Fastest fifties (by balls faced) in Tests
By Balls Faced (where known)
Balls | Player | Match | Location | Year |
| 21 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan v Australia | Abu Dhabi | 2014 |
| 23 | DA Warner | Australia v Pakistan | Sydney | 2017 |
| 24 | JH Kallis | South Africa v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 2005 |
| 24 | Ben Stokes | England v West Indies | Birmingham | 2024 |
| 25 | S Shillingford | West Indies v New Zealand | Kingston | 2014 |
| 26 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v India | Bangalore | 2005 |
| 26 | Mohammad Ashraful | Bangladesh v India | Mirpur | 2007 |
| 26 | DW Steyn | South Africa v West Indies | Port Elizabeth | 2014 |
| 27 | Yousuf Youhana | Pakistan v South Africa | Cape Town | 2003 |
| 28 | EAV Williams | West Indies v England | Bridgetown | 1948 |
| 28 | IT Botham | England v India | Delhi | 1981 |
| 28 | CH Gayle | West Indiies v New Zealand | Port of Spain | 2014 |
| 28 | C de Grandhomme | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 2018 |
| 28 | RR Pant | India v Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 2022 |
| 29 | B Yardley | Australia v West Indies | Bridgetown | 1978 |
| 29 | TG Southee | New Zealand v England | Napier | 2008 |
| 29 | Rishabh Pant | India v Australia | Sydney | 2025 |
| 30 | N Kapil Dev | India v Pakistan | Karachi | 1982 |
| 30 | IVA Richards | West Indies v India | Kingston | 1983 |
| 30 | TM Dilshan | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Galle | 2009 |
| 30 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Pakistan | Sharjah | 2014 |
| 30 | JM Bairstow | England v New Zealand | Leeds | 2022 |
| 31 | A Ranatunga | Sri Lanka v India | Kanpur | 1986 |
| 31 | WJ Cronje | South Africa v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 1998 |
| 31 | SN Thakur | India v England | The Oval | 2021 |
| 31 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India v Bangladesh | Kanpur | 2024 |
| 32 | IT Botham | England v New Zealand | The Oval | 1986 |
| 32 | V Sehwag | India v England | Chennai | 2008 |
| 32 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan v New Zealand | Wellington | 2009 |
| 32 | MA Starc | Australia v South Africa | Perth | 2012 |
| 32 | Ben Duckett | England v West Indies | Nottingham | 2024 |
| 32 | Sean Williams | Zimbabwe v South Africa | Bulawayo | 2025 |