Openers
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ML Hayden 380 622 437 38 11 Australia v Zimbabwe W.A.C.A 9 Oct 2003 Test # 1661
L Hutton 364 797 847 35 0 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
ST Jayasuriya 340 799 578 36 2 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (RPS) 2 Aug 1997 Test # 1374
Hanif Mohammad 337 970 - 24 0 Pakistan v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958 Test # 446
DA Warner 335* 554 418 39 1 Australia v Pakistan Adelaide 29 Nov 2019 Test # 2372
MA Taylor 334* 720 564 32 1 Australia v Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998 Test # 1426
GA Gooch 333 628 485 43 3 England v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
CH Gayle 333 653 437 34 9 West Indies v Sri Lanka Galle 15 Nov 2010 Test # 1977
A Sandham 325 600 640 28 0 England v West Indies Kingston 3 Apr 1930 Test # 193
V Sehwag 319 530 304 42 5 India v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008 Test # 1870
CH Gayle 317 630 483 37 3 West Indies v South Africa St John's 29 Apr 2005 Test # 1750
RB Simpson 311 762 743 23 1 Australia v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
JH Edrich 310* 532 450 52 5 England v New Zealand Leeds 8 Jul 1965 Test # 593
V Sehwag 309 531 375 39 6 India v Pakistan Multan 28 Mar 2004 Test # 1693
Azhar Ali 302* 658 469 23 2 Pakistan v West Indies Dubai (DICS) 13 Oct 2016 Test # 2224
LG Rowe 302 612 430 36 1 West Indies v England Bridgetown 6 Mar 1974 Test # 734
Position 3
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
BC Lara 400* 778 582 43 4 West Indies v England St John's 10 Apr 2004 Test # 1696
BC Lara 375 766 538 45 0 West Indies v England St John's 16 Apr 1994 Test # 1259
GS Sobers 365* 614 - 38 0 West Indies v Pakistan Kingston 26 Feb 1958 Test # 450
WR Hammond 336* 318 - 34 10 England v New Zealand Auckland 31 Mar 1933 Test # 226
DG Bradman 334 383 448 46 0 Australia v England Leeds 11 Jul 1930 Test # 196
KC Sangakkara 319 551 482 32 8 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Chattogram 4 Feb 2014 Test # 2117
Younis Khan 313 760 568 27 4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 21 Feb 2009 Test # 1909
HM Amla 311* 790 529 35 0 South Africa v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012 Test # 2049
DG Bradman 299* 396 - 23 0 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 29 Jan 1932 Test # 215
IVA Richards 291 472 386 38 0 West Indies v England The Oval 12 Aug 1976 Test # 781
RR Sarwan 291 698 452 30 2 West Indies v England Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1911
KC Sangakkara 287 675 457 35 0 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006 Test # 1810
VVS Laxman 281 631 452 44 0 India v Australia Eden Gardens 11 Mar 2001 Test # 1535
Position 4
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
DPMD Jayawardene 374 752 572 43 1 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006 Test # 1810
Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 579 436 38 9 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 1 May 2002 Test # 1600
RM Cowper 307 727 589 20 0 Australia v England Melbourne 11 Feb 1966 Test # 601
MD Crowe 299 610 523 29 3 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991 Test # 1162
LRPL Taylor 290 567 374 43 0 New Zealand v Australia W.A.C.A 13 Nov 2015 Test # 2187
PBH May 285* 600 - 25 2 England v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957 Test # 439
Javed Miandad 280* 696 460 19 1 Pakistan v India Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983 Test # 946
DCS Compton 278 287 - 34 1 England v Pakistan Nottingham 1 Jul 1954 Test # 388
BC Lara 277 474 372 38 0 West Indies v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 1993 Test # 1208
DJ Cullinan 275* 658 490 27 2 South Africa v New Zealand Auckland 27 Feb 1999 Test # 1446
DPMD Jayawardene 275 610 435 27 1 Sri Lanka v India Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009 Test # 1933
RG Pollock 274 417 401 43 0 South Africa v Australia Durban 5 Feb 1970 Test # 671
Javed Miandad 271 558 465 28 5 Pakistan v New Zealand Auckland 24 Feb 1989 Test # 1116
Position 5
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
MJ Clarke 329* 609 468 39 1 Australia v India Sydney 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2027
HC Brook 317 418 322 29 3 England v Pakistan Multan 7 Oct 2024 Test # 2553
DG Bradman 304 430 473 43 2 Australia v England Leeds 20 Jul 1934 Test # 236
KK Nair 303* 565 381 32 4 India v England Chennai 16 Dec 2016 Test # 2241
BB McCullum 302 775 559 32 4 New Zealand v India Wellington 14 Feb 2014 Test # 2120
RE Foster 287 419 - 37 0 England v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903 Test # 78
AB de Villiers 278* 601 418 23 6 South Africa v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 20 Nov 2010 Test # 1979
MJ Clarke 259* 582 398 26 0 Australia v South Africa Brisbane 9 Nov 2012 Test # 2056
KD Walters 242 480 412 24 0 Australia v West Indies Sydney 14 Feb 1969 Test # 646
AC Voges 239 504 364 30 3 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 12 Feb 2016 Test # 2201
CL Hooper 233 630 402 29 3 West Indies v India Georgetown 11 Apr 2002 Test # 1598
A Flower 232* 544 444 30 2 Zimbabwe v India Nagpur 25 Nov 2000 Test # 1517
AD Nourse 231 289 - 36 0 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935 Test # 248
TT Samaraweera 231 454 318 31 0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Karachi 21 Feb 2009 Test # 1909
MJ Clarke 230 345 257 40 1 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 22 Nov 2012 Test # 2061
BB McCullum 224 462 307 29 5 New Zealand v India Auckland 6 Feb 2014 Test # 2118
NJ Astle 222 231 168 28 11 New Zealand v England Christchurch 13 Mar 2002 Test # 1594
Position 6
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
BA Stokes 258 338 198 30 11 England v South Africa Cape Town 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
KD Walters 250 394 342 30 2 Australia v New Zealand Christchurch 18 Feb 1977 Test # 796
DG Bradman 234 397 396 24 0 Australia v England Sydney 13 Dec 1946 Test # 280
MS Dhoni 224 365 265 24 6 India v Australia Chennai 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2074
AB de Villiers 217* 480 333 17 2 South Africa v India Ahmedabad 3 Apr 2008 Test # 1871
GS Blewett 214 519 421 33 0 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997 Test # 1356
BJ Watling 205 667 473 24 1 New Zealand v England Mount Maunganui 21 Nov 2019 Test # 2367
HP Tillakaratne 204* 542 343 23 0 Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo (SSC) 29 Nov 2001 Test # 1572
Hanif Mohammad 203* 445 - 33 0 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 2 Apr 1965 Test # 586
SE Gregory 201 243 - 28 0 Australia v England Sydney 14 Dec 1894 Test # 42
Mushfiqur Rahim 200 437 321 22 1 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Galle 8 Mar 2013 Test # 2078
RT Ponting 197 420 288 22 0 Australia v Pakistan W.A.C.A 26 Nov 1999 Test # 1472
GJ Whittall 188* 506 429 27 2 Zimbabwe v New Zealand Harare 19 Sep 2000 Test # 1511
MR Marsh 181 322 236 29 0 Australia v England W.A.C.A 14 Dec 2017 Test # 2288
R Dravid 180 446 353 20 0 India v Australia Eden Gardens 11 Mar 2001 Test # 1535
Position 7
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
DG Bradman 270 458 375 22 0 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1937 Test # 257
DS Atkinson 219 351 - 29 1 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 14 May 1955 Test # 406
AC Gilchrist 204* 293 213 19 8 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
J Ryder 201* 385 461 12 1 Australia v England Adelaide 16 Jan 1925 Test # 160
BB McCullum 185 322 272 17 3 New Zealand v Bangladesh Hamilton 15 Feb 2010 Test # 1953
DT Lindsay 182 273 227 25 5 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
RA Jadeja 175* 324 228 17 3 India v Sri Lanka Mohali 4 Mar 2022 Test # 2452
KS Ranjitsinhji 175 223 - 26 0 England v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1897 Test # 53
L Klusener 174 333 221 25 2 South Africa v England Gqeberha 9 Dec 1999 Test # 1475
J Hardstaff 169* 326 400 20 0 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
BJ Haddin 169 303 222 24 2 Australia v New Zealand Adelaide 28 Nov 2008 Test # 1896
D Ramdin 166 424 268 20 0 West Indies v England Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1911
DW Randall 164 365 269 20 2 England v New Zealand Wellington 20 Jan 1984 Test # 975
N Kapil Dev 163 240 165 19 1 India v Sri Lanka Kanpur 17 Dec 1986 Test # 1061
AC Gilchrist 162 220 146 22 5 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 18 Mar 2005 Test # 1742
IA Healy 161* 356 250 20 0 Australia v West Indies Brisbane 22 Nov 1996 Test # 1340
Position 8
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
Wasim Akram 257* 490 363 22 12 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 17 Oct 1996 Test # 1336
Imtiaz Ahmed 209 380 - 28 0 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 26 Oct 1955 Test # 414
JO Holder 202* 284 229 23 8 West Indies v England Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019 Test # 2342
PHKD Mendis 164 300 237 16 6 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Sylhet 22 Mar 2024 Test # 2536
Kamran Akmal 154 326 242 14 0 Pakistan v England Lahore 29 Nov 2005 Test # 1774
Mahmudullah 150* 413 278 17 1 Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Jul 2021 Test # 2427
MS Dhoni 144 181 175 10 5 India v West Indies Eden Gardens 14 Nov 2011 Test # 2017
DL Vettori 140 258 189 16 0 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 26 Aug 2009 Test # 1932
JDS Neesham 137* 220 154 20 0 New Zealand v India Wellington 14 Feb 2014 Test # 2120
Imran Khan 135* - 230 14 5 Pakistan v India Chennai 3 Feb 1987 Test # 1066
H Wood 134* - - - 0 England v South Africa Cape Town 19 Mar 1892 Test # 37
MS Dhoni 132* 272 187 12 3 India v South Africa Eden Gardens 14 Feb 2010 Test # 1952
MC Cowdrey 128* 238 - 10 0 England v New Zealand Wellington 1 Mar 1963 Test # 541
Azhar Mahmood 128* 350 267 11 1 Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 6 Oct 1997 Test # 1380
GJ Bonnor 128 115 - 14 3 Australia v England Sydney 14 Mar 1885 Test # 20
HH Streak 127* 358 264 12 0 Zimbabwe v West Indies Harare 4 Nov 2003 Test # 1668
DL Vettori 127 - 98 20 2 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Aug 2005 Test # 1759
MJ Santner 126 352 269 11 5 New Zealand v England Mount Maunganui 21 Nov 2019 Test # 2367
Position 9
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
IDS Smith 173 237 136 23 3 New Zealand v India Auckland 22 Feb 1990 Test # 1139
SCJ Broad 169 426 297 18 1 England v Pakistan Lord's 26 Aug 2010 Test # 1971
C Hill 160 319 - 18 0 Australia v England Adelaide 10 Jan 1908 Test # 98
Asif Iqbal 146 200 244 21 2 Pakistan v England The Oval 24 Aug 1967 Test # 623
DL Vettori 137* 223 170 23 1 New Zealand v Pakistan Hamilton 19 Dec 2003 Test # 1676
JEC Franklin 122* 359 268 14 1 New Zealand v South Africa Cape Town 27 Apr 2006 Test # 1800
GOB Allen 122 170 - 14 1 England v New Zealand Lord's 27 Jun 1931 Test # 209
JT Murray 112 266 260 13 0 England v West Indies The Oval 18 Aug 1966 Test # 609
SM Pollock 111 123 106 16 3 South Africa v Sri Lanka Centurion 20 Jan 2001 Test # 1529
Mohammad Rafique 111 230 152 11 3 Bangladesh v West Indies Gros Islet 28 May 2004 Test # 1701
AC Parore 110 308 243 14 1 New Zealand v Australia W.A.C.A 30 Nov 2001 Test # 1573
JO Holder 110 281 198 9 2 West Indies v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 29 Oct 2017 Test # 2280
SM Pollock 106* 240 195 13 0 South Africa v West Indies Bridgetown 29 Mar 2001 Test # 1541
J Yadav 104 244 204 15 0 India v England Wankhede 8 Dec 2016 Test # 2239
L Klusener 102* 141 100 13 1 South Africa v India Cape Town 2 Jan 1997 Test # 1349
JM Gregory 100 137 115 12 0 Australia v England Melbourne 31 Dec 1920 Test # 136
RR Lindwall 100 113 90 13 1 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1947 Test # 281
Position 10
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
WW Read 117 120 155 20 0 England v Australia The Oval 11 Aug 1884 Test # 16
Abul Hasan 113 163 123 14 3 Bangladesh v West Indies Khulna 21 Nov 2012 Test # 2060
PL Symcox 108 226 157 17 0 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 14 Feb 1998 Test # 1400
RA Duff 104 206 - 11 - Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1902 Test # 66
Sarfraz Nawaz 90 223 160 8 0 Pakistan v England Lahore 19 Mar 1984 Test # 984
RB Desai 85 206 - 7 0 India v Pakistan Brabourne 2 Dec 1960 Test # 497
JG Bracewell 83* 146 120 8 0 New Zealand v Australia Sydney 22 Nov 1985 Test # 1030
Wasim Akram 79 195 146 10 0 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000 Test # 1485
BAW Mendis 78 175 157 10 1 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (PSS) 3 Aug 2010 Test # 1968
TG Southee 77* 48 40 4 9 New Zealand v England Napier 22 Mar 2008 Test # 1868
GG Macaulay 76 120 - 10 0 England v Australia Leeds 10 Jul 1926 Test # 165
DW Steyn 76 238 191 9 1 South Africa v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2008 Test # 1902
Taskin Ahmed 75 225 134 11 0 Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Jul 2021 Test # 2427
Position 11
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
AC Agar 98 134 101 12 2 Australia v England Nottingham 10 Jul 2013 Test # 2090
TL Best 95 138 112 14 1 West Indies v England Birmingham 7 Jun 2012 Test # 2045
JM Anderson 81 230 130 17 0 England v India Nottingham 9 Jul 2014 Test # 2128
Z Khan 75 123 115 10 2 India v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004 Test # 1725
RO Collinge 68* 155 - 6 1 New Zealand v Pakistan Auckland 16 Feb 1973 Test # 713
AEE Vogler 62* 75 - 5 3 South Africa v England Cape Town 30 Mar 1906 Test # 92
GD McGrath 61 139 92 5 1 Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 18 Nov 2004 Test # 1721
Wasim Bari 60* 110 - 10 0 Pakistan v West Indies Bridgetown 18 Feb 1977 Test # 797
JA Snow 59* 140 146 8 0 England v West Indies The Oval 18 Aug 1966 Test # 609
Mushtaq Ahmed 59 183 106 4 4 Pakistan v South Africa Rawalpindi 6 Oct 1997 Test # 1380
MJ Henry 58* 73 68 8 0 New Zealand v South Africa Christchurch 17 Feb 2022 Test # 2450
TJ Murtagh 54* - 75 4 2 Ireland v Afghanistan Dehradun 15 Mar 2019 Test # 2351
PL Symcox 54 47 42 6 0 South Africa v Australia Adelaide 30 Jan 1998 Test # 1397
S Shillingford 53* 38 29 3 5 West Indies v New Zealand Kingston 8 Jun 2014 Test # 2123
TA Boult 52* 147 137 4 3 New Zealand v Bangladesh Chattogram 9 Oct 2013 Test # 2097
RM Hogg 52 149 160 6 1 Australia v West Indies Georgetown 2 Mar 1984 Test # 979
Mohammed Shami 51* 152 81 6 1 India v England Nottingham 9 Jul 2014 Test # 2128
WW Hall 50* - - - 0 West Indies v India Port of Spain 4 Apr 1962 Test # 528
FR Spofforth 50 70 - 4 1 Australia v England Melbourne 21 Mar 1885 Test # 21
Ghulam Ahmed 50 80 - - 2 India v Pakistan Delhi 16 Oct 1952 Test # 355
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Only Test, May 22-24, 2025 [Test # 2584]
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chattogram, 2nd Test, Apr 28-30, 2025 [Test # 2583]
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Sylhet, 1st Test, Apr 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2582]
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