Who has scored the most hundreds in Test cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar has 51 Test hundreds, the most of any batter, from 329 innings.

Who are the top Test century-makers?

The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Joe Root (41) and Ricky Ponting (41).

How many runs does Sachin Tendulkar have?

Sachin Tendulkar has scored 15921 Test runs with 51 hundreds and 68 fifties.

Most Hundreds in Test Cricket

Rank	Player	M	Inns	Runs	NO	BF	S/R	AVG	100	50	4s	6s
1	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	15921	33	0	54.09	53.78	51	68	2058	69
2	Jacques Kallis	166	280	13289	40	28903	45.97	55.37	45	58	1488	97
3	Joe Root	166	304	14114	25	24534	57.52	50.58	41	67	1509	46
4	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	29	22782	58.72	51.85	41	62	1509	73
5	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	17	22882	54.19	57.40	38	52	1491	51
6	Steven Smith	125	223	10920	28	20237	53.96	56.00	37	45	1172	67
7	Rahul Dravid	164	286	13288	32	31258	42.51	52.31	36	63	1655	21
8	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	19	19375	52.12	52.05	34	33	1082	70
9	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	16	15327	66.04	51.12	34	45	1016	26
10	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	6	19753	60.51	52.88	34	48	1559	88
11	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	15	22959	51.45	49.84	34	50	1387	61
12	Kane Williamson	110	195	9515	19	18306	51.97	54.06	33	38	1063	28
13	Alastair Cook	161	291	12472	16	26562	46.95	45.35	33	57	1442	11
14	Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	46	22461	48.64	51.06	32	50	1175	20
15	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	14	14349	60.10	50.73	30	29	1049	82
16	Virat Kohli	123	210	9230	13	16608	55.57	46.85	30	31	1027	30
17	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	49	27395	43.31	51.37	30	66	1285	36
18	Donald Bradman	52	80	6996	10	0	-	99.94	29	13	0	6
19	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	22	15456	55.92	49.10	28	27	978	39
20	Hashim Amla	124	215	9282	16	18573	49.97	46.64	28	41	1170	14
21	Graeme Smith	117	205	9265	13	15525	59.67	48.25	27	38	1165	24
22	Allan Border	156	265	11174	44	0	-	50.56	27	63	1161	28
23	David Warner	112	205	8786	8	12517	70.19	44.59	26	37	1036	69
24	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	22	16345	54.02	49.60	25	46	1105	48
25	Greg Chappell	87	151	7110	19	0	-	53.86	24	31	755	16
26	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	12	14372	52.39	52.29	24	33	957	51
27	Sir Viv Richards	121	182	8540	12	0	-	50.23	24	45	0	84
28	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	6	10441	82.23	49.34	23	32	1233	91
29	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	8	13255	61.72	47.28	23	35	985	81
30	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	12	14192	54.22	45.27	23	30	912	40
31	Javed Miandad	124	189	8832	21	0	-	52.57	23	43	0	48
32	Wally Hammond	85	140	7249	16	7491	96.77	58.46	22	24	490	20
33	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	6215	9	9852	63.08	45.03	22	21	720	19
34	Geoff Boycott	108	193	8114	23	0	-	47.72	22	42	0	8
35	AB de Villiers	114	191	8765	18	16077	54.51	50.66	22	46	1024	64
36	Ian Bell	118	205	7727	24	15622	49.46	42.69	22	46	919	39
37	Neil Harvey	79	137	6149	10	2258	272.32	48.42	21	24	452	1
38	Andrew Strauss	100	178	7037	6	14385	48.91	40.91	21	27	867	10
39	Gary Kirsten	101	176	7289	15	16783	43.43	45.27	21	34	922	12
40	David Boon	107	190	7422	20	18116	40.96	43.65	21	32	822	2
41	Ken Barrington	82	131	6806	15	4242	160.44	58.67	20	35	429	20
42	Aravinda de Silva	93	159	6361	11	0	-	42.97	20	22	0	48
43	Graham Gooch	118	215	8900	6	18075	49.23	42.58	20	46	1079	25
44	Mark Waugh	128	209	8029	17	15360	52.27	41.81	20	47	844	41
45	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	16	12436	50.13	51.52	19	29	685	39
46	Azhar Ali	97	180	7142	11	17033	41.93	42.26	19	35	694	22
47	Cheteshwar Pujara	103	176	7195	11	16217	44.36	43.60	19	35	863	16
48	Mark Taylor	104	186	7525	13	18140	41.48	43.49	19	40	727	9
49	Gordon Greenidge	108	185	7558	16	0	-	44.72	19	34	0	67
50	Clive Lloyd	110	175	7515	14	0	-	46.67	19	39	0	70
51	Ross Taylor	112	196	7683	24	12957	59.29	44.66	19	35	932	55
52	Michael Vaughan	82	147	5719	9	11184	51.13	41.44	18	18	742	22
53	Desmond Haynes	116	202	7487	25	0	-	42.29	18	39	0	24
54	David Gower	117	204	8231	18	16268	50.59	44.25	18	39	979	10
55	Martin Crowe	77	131	5444	11	12190	44.65	45.36	17	18	659	27
56	Denis Compton	78	131	5807	15	2230	260.40	50.06	17	28	440	3
57	Tom Latham	95	171	6450	6	13390	48.17	39.09	17	31	722	22
58	Adam Gilchrist	96	137	5570	20	6796	81.95	47.60	17	26	677	100
59	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	6868	22	11450	59.98	41.37	17	35	560	17
60	VVS Laxman	134	225	8781	34	17785	49.37	45.97	17	56	1135	5
61	Herbert Sutcliffe	53	84	4555	9	6523	69.83	60.73	16	23	176	2
62	Sir Richie Richardson	86	146	5949	12	0	-	44.39	16	27	0	23
63	Tillakaratne Dilshan	87	145	5492	11	8379	65.54	40.98	16	23	677	24
64	Usman Khawaja	88	159	6229	14	12757	48.82	42.95	16	28	664	28
65	Marvan Atapattu	90	156	5502	15	0	-	39.02	16	17	685	4
66	Dinesh Chandimal	91	163	6458	15	12830	50.33	43.63	16	35	681	44
67	Dimuth Karunaratne	99	189	7172	7	13913	51.54	39.40	16	39	760	12
68	Graham Thorpe	100	179	6744	28	14693	45.89	44.66	16	39	778	9
69	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	7212	17	14070	51.25	42.17	16	35	900	57
70	Mike Atherton	115	212	7728	7	20609	37.49	37.69	16	46	904	4
71	Angelo Mathews	119	212	8214	27	16970	48.40	44.40	16	45	835	90
72	Doug Walters	74	125	5357	14	0	-	48.26	15	33	0	23
73	Rohan Kanhai	79	137	6227	6	0	-	47.53	15	28	0	0
74	Ramnaresh Sarwan	87	154	5842	8	12484	46.79	40.01	15	31	747	14
75	Chris Gayle	103	182	7214	11	11970	60.26	42.18	15	37	1046	98
76	Saleem Malik	103	154	5768	22	0	-	43.69	15	29	0	7
77	Alec Stewart	133	235	8463	21	17389	48.66	39.54	15	45	1121	10
78	Daryll Cullinan	70	115	4554	12	9300	48.96	44.21	14	20	548	25
79	Michael Slater	74	131	5312	7	9967	53.29	42.83	14	21	598	30
80	Ian Michael Chappell	75	136	5345	10	0	-	42.42	14	26	0	15
81	Marcus Trescothick	76	143	5825	10	10685	54.51	43.79	14	29	831	42
82	Allan Lamb	79	139	4656	10	9058	51.40	36.09	14	18	618	20
83	Thilan Samaraweera	81	132	5462	20	11641	46.92	48.76	14	30	633	7
84	Dean Elgar	86	152	5347	11	11190	47.78	37.92	14	23	684	26
85	Herschelle Gibbs	90	154	6167	7	12270	50.26	41.95	14	26	887	47
86	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	6080	10	8011	75.90	41.93	14	35	616	6
87	Nasser Hussain	96	171	5764	16	14272	40.38	37.18	14	33	734	24
88	Sir Ian Botham	102	161	5200	6	8565	60.71	33.54	14	22	621	67
89	Mushfiqur Rahim	103	190	6806	16	14012	48.57	39.11	14	29	779	39
90	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	188	6973	14	10698	65.18	40.07	14	31	910	59
91	Ben Stokes	121	218	7228	9	12374	58.41	34.58	14	37	830	136
92	Dhananjaya de Silva	66	117	4253	9	7264	58.54	39.37	13	19	516	36
93	Damien Martyn	67	109	4406	14	8569	51.41	46.37	13	23	513	10
94	Bill Lawry	67	123	5234	12	0	-	47.15	13	27	0	15
95	Mominul Haque	78	145	5131	10	9454	54.27	38.00	13	28	591	21
96	Carl Hooper	102	173	5762	15	11462	50.27	36.46	13	27	633	63
97	Arthur Morris	46	79	3533	3	2079	169.94	46.49	12	12	301	9
98	Hanif Mohammad	54	97	3915	8	1206	324.63	43.99	12	15	203	1
99	Ijaz Ahmed	60	92	3315	4	0	-	37.67	12	12	417	23
100	Murali Vijay	61	105	3982	1	8601	46.29	38.28	12	15	467	33

Most Hundreds in Test Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most hundreds in Test cricket, 51 centuries in 329 innings along with 68 fifties and 15921 runs. He is followed by Jacques Kallis (45), Joe Root (41) and Ricky Ponting (41).

Test hundreds are the truest measure of batting greatness, built over long hours against the moving ball in every condition. The table lists every leading century-maker with innings and fifties. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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