CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Most centuries

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most centuries	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	51	200	329	15,921	46
2	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	45	166	280	13,289	292
3	Joe Root	England	41	168	307	14,208	74
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia	41	168	287	13,378	5
5	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	38	134	233	12,400	0
6	Steven Smith	Australia	37	125	223	10,920	19
7	Rahul Dravid	India	36	164	286	13,288	1
8	Brian Lara	West Indies	34	131	232	11,953	0
8	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	34	149	252	11,814	6
8	Sunil Gavaskar	India	34	125	214	10,122	1
8	Younis Khan	Pakistan	34	118	213	10,099	9
12	Alastair Cook	England	33	161	291	12,472	1
12	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	33	110	195	9,515	30
14	Steve Waugh	Australia	32	168	260	10,927	92
15	Matthew Hayden	Australia	30	103	184	8,625	0
15	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	30	164	280	11,867	9
15	Virat Kohli	India	30	123	210	9,230	0
18	Donald Bradman	Australia	29	52	80	6,996	2
19	Hashim Amla	South Africa	28	124	215	9,282	0
19	Michael Clarke	Australia	28	115	198	8,643	31
21	Allan Border	Australia	27	156	265	11,174	39
21	Graeme Smith	South Africa	27	117	205	9,265	8
23	David Warner	Australia	26	112	205	8,786	4
23	Garry Sobers	West Indies	26	93	160	8,032	235
25	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	25	120	200	8,830	0
26	Greg Chappell	Australia	24	87	151	7,110	47
26	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	24	90	156	7,530	0
26	Viv Richards	West Indies	24	121	182	8,540	32
29	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	23	124	189	8,832	17
29	Justin Langer	Australia	23	105	182	7,696	0
29	Kevin Pietersen	England	23	104	181	8,181	10
29	Virender Sehwag	India	23	104	180	8,586	40
33	AB de Villiers	South Africa	22	114	191	8,765	2
33	Colin Cowdrey	England	22	114	188	7,624	0
33	Geoff Boycott	England	22	108	193	8,114	7
33	Ian Bell	England	22	118	205	7,727	1
33	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	22	99	147	6,215	0
33	Wally Hammond	England	22	85	140	7,249	83
39	Andrew Strauss	England	21	100	178	7,037	—
39	David Boon	Australia	21	107	190	7,422	0
39	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	21	101	176	7,289	2
39	Neil Harvey	Australia	21	79	137	6,149	3
43	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	20	93	159	6,361	29
43	Graham Gooch	England	20	118	215	8,900	23
43	Ken Barrington	England	20	82	131	6,806	29
43	Mark Waugh	Australia	20	128	209	8,029	59
47	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	19	97	180	7,142	8
47	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	19	103	176	7,195	0
47	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	19	110	175	7,515	10
47	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	19	108	185	7,558	0
47	Leonard Hutton	England	19	79	138	6,971	3
47	Mark Taylor	Australia	19	104	186	7,525	1
47	Michael Hussey	Australia	19	79	137	6,235	7
47	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	19	112	196	7,683	3
55	David Gower	England	18	117	204	8,231	1
55	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	18	116	202	7,487	1
55	Michael Vaughan	England	18	82	147	5,719	6
58	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	17	96	137	5,570	—
58	Denis Compton	England	17	78	131	5,807	25
58	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	17	116	185	6,868	0
58	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	17	77	131	5,444	14
58	Tom Latham	New Zealand	17	95	171	6,450	—
58	VVS Laxman	India	17	134	225	8,781	2
64	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	16	119	212	8,214	33
64	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	16	100	191	7,222	2
64	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	16	93	166	6,534	—
64	Graham Thorpe	England	16	100	179	6,744	0
64	Herbert Sutcliffe	England	16	54	84	4,555	—
64	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	16	90	156	5,502	1
64	Mike Atherton	England	16	115	212	7,728	2
64	Richie Richardson	West Indies	16	86	146	5,949	0
64	Sourav Ganguly	India	16	113	188	7,212	32
64	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	16	87	145	5,492	39
64	Usman Khawaja	Australia	16	88	159	6,229	0
75	Alec Stewart	England	15	133	235	8,463	0
75	Chris Gayle	West Indies	15	103	182	7,214	73
75	Clyde Walcott	West Indies	15	44	74	3,798	11
75	Doug Walters	Australia	15	74	125	5,357	49
75	Everton Weekes	West Indies	15	48	81	4,455	1
75	Jack Hobbs	England	15	61	102	5,410	1
75	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	15	87	154	5,842	23
75	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies	15	79	137	6,227	0
75	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	15	103	154	5,768	5
84	Allan Lamb	England	14	79	139	4,656	1
84	Ben Stokes	England	14	122	220	7,273	252
84	D Elgar	South Africa	14	86	152	5,347	15
84	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	14	70	115	4,554	2
84	Gundappa Viswanath	India	14	91	155	6,080	1
84	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	14	90	154	6,167	0
84	Ian Botham	England	14	102	161	5,200	383
84	Ian Chappell	Australia	14	75	136	5,345	20
84	Marcus Trescothick	England	14	76	143	5,825	1
84	Michael Slater	Australia	14	74	131	5,312	1
84	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	14	105	193	6,876	—
84	Nasser Hussain	England	14	96	171	5,764	0
84	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	14	110	188	6,973	98
84	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	14	81	132	5,462	15
98	Bill Lawry	Australia	13	67	123	5,234	0
98	Carl Hooper	West Indies	13	102	173	5,762	114
98	Damien Martyn	Australia	13	67	109	4,406	2

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Sachin Tendulkar leads this snapshot. Most centuries: 51. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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