| Balls | Min | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 611 | Glenn Turner (259) | New Zealand v West Indies | Georgetown | 1971-72 | |
| 609 | Bob Simpson (311) | Australia v England | Manchester | 1964 | |
| 608 | Sid Barnes (234) | Australia v England | Sydney | 1946-47 | |
| 597 | Dudley Nourse (208) | South Africa v England | Nottingham | 1951 | |
| 548 | 777 | DSBP Kuruppu (201*) | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Colombo (CCC) | 1986-87 |
| 537 | 465 | Len Hutton (202*) | England v West Indies | The Oval | 1950 |
| 531 | 680 | Marvan Atapattu (201*) | Sri Lanka v England | Galle | 2000-01 |
| 524 | 433 | D Houghton (266) | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka | Bulawayo | 1994-95 |
| 522 | 741 | G Kirsten (275) | South Africa v England | Durban | 1999-00 |
| 521 | Cheteshwar Pujara (202) | India v Australia | Ranchi | 2016-17 | |
| 520 | 654 | G Flower (201*) | Zimbabwe v Pakistan | Harare | 1994-95 |
| 488 | 671 | NS Sidhu (201) | India v West Indies | Port-of-Spain | 1996-97 |
| 484 | 650 | S Campbell (208) | West Indies v New Zealand | Bridgetown | 1995-96 |
| 465 | 596 | T Chanderpaul (207*) | West Indies v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2022-23 |
| 451 | 652 | MS Atapattu (207*) | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Kandy | 2000-01 |
| 426 | 652 | AD Gaekwad (201) | India v Pakistan | Jalandhar | 1983-84 |
| 411 | 656 | Shoaib Mohammad (203*) | Pakistan v New Zealand | Karachi | 1990-91 |
| 608 | RB Simpson (311) | Australia v England | Manchester | 1964 |
Ref: The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 3, 1996-2000
