Team Highest Innings Totals - South Africa

Highest totals in 2000s in Tests - South Africa

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	682/6d	177.0	3.85	2	v England	Lord's	won	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
South Africa	658/9d	166.2	3.95	2	v West Indies	Durban	won	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
South Africa	651	154.3	4.21	2	v Australia	Cape Town	won	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
South Africa	620/7d	135.0	4.59	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	won	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
South Africa	604/6d	158.0	3.82	1	v West Indies	Centurion	won	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
South Africa	600/3d	139.0	4.31	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	won	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
South Africa	594/5d	145.0	4.09	1	v England	Birmingham	draw	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
South Africa	588/6d	163.0	3.60	1	v West Indies	St John's	draw	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
South Africa	583/7d	161.1	3.61	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	won	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
South Africa	563	143.0	3.93	2	v India	Bloemfontein	won	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
South Africa	561	148.4	3.77	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	won	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	556/4d	120.0	4.63	2	v West Indies	Durban	won	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
South Africa	548/9d	177.5	3.08	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	won	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
South Africa	540	152.5	3.53	1	v India	Chennai	draw	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
South Africa	532	145.0	3.66	1	v West Indies	Cape Town	draw	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
South Africa	529/4d	129.0	4.10	1	v Bangladesh	East London	won	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
South Africa	522	176.2	2.96	2	v England	Leeds	won	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
South Africa	519/8d	186.2	2.78	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	draw	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
South Africa	512	188.0	2.72	2	v New Zealand	Cape Town	draw	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
South Africa	510/9d	190.4	2.67	1	v India	Kanpur	draw	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
South Africa	504/7d	158.2	3.18	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	won	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
South Africa	494/7d	141.2	3.49	2	v India	Ahmedabad	won	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
South Africa	484	128.0	3.78	1	v England	The Oval	lost	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
South Africa	482/5d	121.0	3.98	2	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	won	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
South Africa	480/7d	109.5	4.37	2	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	won	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
South Africa	479	191.4	2.49	2	v India	Bengaluru	won	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
South Africa	473	162.0	2.91	3	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
South Africa	471/9d	142.1	3.31	1	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	won	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
South Africa	470/2d	130.5	3.59	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	won	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
South Africa	459	139.2	3.29	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	draw	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
South Africa	459	153.0	3.00	2	v Australia	Melbourne	won	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
South Africa	454	173.1	2.62	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
South Africa	452	141.5	3.18	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
South Africa	451/9d	154.4	2.91	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
South Africa	450	136.3	3.29	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	won	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	448	166.3	2.69	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	won	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
South Africa	441	122.5	3.59	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	won	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
South Africa	441	142.1	3.10	1	v England	Cape Town	won	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
South Africa	434	157.2	2.75	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	lost	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
South Africa	429	115.2	3.71	2	v Bangladesh	Centurion	won	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
South Africa	422/3d	126.0	3.34	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
South Africa	421	153.4	2.73	2	v England	Cape Town	won	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
South Africa	420	152.3	2.75	1	v Sri Lanka	Durban	draw	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
South Africa	419	118.1	3.54	2	v England	Johannesburg	lost	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
South Africa	418	153.2	2.72	1	v England	Centurion	draw	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
South Africa	417	117.5	3.53	2	v Pakistan	Centurion	won	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
South Africa	414/4	119.2	3.46	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	won	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
South Africa	398	166.5	2.38	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	won	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
South Africa	393/3d	167.0	2.35	3	v England	Lord's	draw	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
South Africa	386	104.4	3.68	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	won	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
South Africa	383	97.3	3.92	2	v New Zealand	Centurion	won	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
South Africa	378	91.3	4.13	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	won	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
South Africa	376	139.4	2.69	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	draw	4 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
South Africa	374	121.4	3.07	2	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
South Africa	373	128.3	2.90	2	v India	Cape Town	won	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
South Africa	371/8d	127.3	2.90	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	draw	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
South Africa	370	132.2	2.79	4	v Australia	Durban	lost	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
South Africa	368	107.0	3.43	1	v Pakistan	Durban	won	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
South Africa	365	100.5	3.61	3	v England	Leeds	won	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	362	119.5	3.02	2	v England	Nottingham	lost	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
South Africa	362	121.0	2.99	1	v India	Gqeberha	draw	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
South Africa	361	89.5	4.01	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	lost	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
South Africa	361	144.4	2.49	2	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	won	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
South Africa	357	125.1	2.85	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	draw	8 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
South Africa	349	108.3	3.21	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	lost	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
South Africa	343	108.3	3.16	1	v England	Durban	lost	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
South Africa	342	114.4	2.98	1	v England	Leeds	won	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	340/3d	50.0	6.80	2	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	won	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
South Africa	340/5	104.5	3.24	4	v Australia	Durban	won	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
South Africa	337	110.4	3.04	1	v England	Gqeberha	lost	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
South Africa	335/3d	76.0	4.40	3	v West Indies	Cape Town	draw	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
South Africa	332	102.0	3.25	2	v England	Durban	draw	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
South Africa	332	127.0	2.61	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	draw	9 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
South Africa	331/5d	109.0	3.03	3	v India	Chennai	draw	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
South Africa	331	133.2	2.48	3	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	lost	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
South Africa	330	113.2	2.91	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	won	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
South Africa	328	91.3	3.58	1	v India	Durban	won	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	327	120.5	2.70	2	v Australia	Sydney	lost	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
South Africa	321	118.2	2.71	2	v West Indies	Cape Town	won	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
South Africa	320	83.0	3.85	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	lost	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
South Africa	318	99.2	3.20	3	v England	The Oval	lost	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
South Africa	316	99.5	3.16	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
South Africa	314	90.2	3.47	2	v England	Birmingham	won	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
South Africa	313/4d	116.1	2.69	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	draw	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
South Africa	311	107.5	2.88	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	lost	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
South Africa	311	111.0	2.80	2	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
South Africa	305/4d	110.3	2.76	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	draw	8 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
South Africa	305	121.3	2.51	1	v India	Eden Gardens	lost	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
South Africa	303	97.2	3.11	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
South Africa	301/7d	85.5	3.50	3	v England	Centurion	draw	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
South Africa	299	98.1	3.04	3	v New Zealand	Centurion	won	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
South Africa	297	99.5	2.97	4	v Australia	Durban	lost	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
South Africa	296/6d	73.0	4.05	3	v England	Centurion	draw	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
South Africa	296	81.2	3.63	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	draw	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
South Africa	296	123.3	2.39	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	lost	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
South Africa	291	119.2	2.43	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
South Africa	290/8	86.0	3.37	4	v England	Durban	draw	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
South Africa	287/5	126.0	2.27	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	draw	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
South Africa	287	130.4	2.19	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	won	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	286	86.5	3.29	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	won	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

Pakistan Shaheens vs MCC Young Cricketers and Soth Asian Cricket Academy XI at Beckenham, Pakistan Shaheens in England Tour Match, Aug 3-5, 2025 [Other match]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]