Fastest Hundreds (by balls faced)

Records for Test Matches

By Balls Faced (where known)

Balls	Player	Match	Location	Season
54	BB McCullum	New Zealand v Australia	Christchurch	2015/16
56	IVA Richards	West Indies v England	St John's	1985/86
56	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan v Australia	Abu Dhabi	2014/15
57	AC Gilchrist	Australia v England	Perth	2006/07
67	JM Gregory	Australia v South Africa	Johannesburg	1921/22
69	S Chanderpaul	West Indies v Australia	Georgetown	2002/03
69	DA Warner	Australia v India	Perth	2011/12
70	CH Gayle	West Indies v Australia	Perth	2009/10
71	RC Fredericks	West Indies v Australia	Perth	1975/76
71	C de Grandhomme	New Zealand v West Indies	Wellington	2017/18
74	Majid Khan	Pakistan v New Zealand	Karachi	1976/77
74	Kapil Dev	India v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	1986/87
74	M Azharuddin	India v South Africa	Calcutta	1996/97
74	BB McCullum	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	2014/15
75	AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	Centurion	2010/11
76	GL Jessop	England v Australia	The Oval	1902
77	BC Lara	West Indies v Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium	2006/07
77	JM Bairstow	England v New Zealand	Nottingham	2022
78	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	2004/05
78	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2005/06
78	V Sehwag	India v West Indies	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	2006
78	BB McCullum	New Zealand v Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2014/15
78	DA Warner	Australia v Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground	2016/17
79	CH Gayle	West Indies v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	2003/04
80	CH Gayle	West Indies v England	Kennington Oval	2004
80	Sarfraz Ahmed	Pakistan v Australia	Dubai Sports City Stadium	2014/15
80	Harry Brook	England v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2022/23
81	DPMD Jayawardene	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001/02
81	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan v India	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2005/06
81	LRPL Taylor	New Zealand v Australia	Seddon Park, Hamilton	2009/10
82	BC Lara	West Indies v Australia	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	1998/99
82	DL Vettori	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2005/06
82	DA Warner	Australia v West Indies	Sydney	2015/16
83	BR Taylor	New Zealand v West Indies	Eden Park, Auckland	1968/69
84	AC Gilchrist	Australia v India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2000/01
84	AC Gilchrist	Australia v Zimbabwe	Perth	2003/04
84	ML Hayden	Australia v Zimbabwe	Sydney Cricket Ground	2003/04
85	CH Lloyd	West Indies v India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1974/75
85	J Darling	Australia v England	Sydney	1898
85	S Dhawan	India v Australia	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	2012/13
85	BA Stokes	England v New Zealand	Lord's	2015
86	IT Botham	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1981
86	IT Botham	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1981
86	Kapil Dev	India v England	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	1981/82
86	CL Cairns	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Eden Park, Auckland	1995/96
86	Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2000
86	AC Gilchrist	Australia v New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	2004/05
86	MG Johnson	Australia v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	2008/09
86	HH Pandya	India v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	2017
86	Zak Crawley	England v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2022/23
87	V Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2008
87	V Sehwag	India v South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2009/10
87	HM Amla	South Africa v Australia	Perth	2012/13
87	S Dhawan	India v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	2018
88	RJ Hadlee	New Zealand v West Indies	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1979/80
88	M Azharuddin	India v England	Lord's	1990
88	BC Lara	West Indies v Pakistan	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	2005
88	KP Pietersen	England v West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	2008/09
89	RR Lindwall	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1946/47
89	RR Pant	India v England	Birmingham	2022
90	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2004
90	V Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	P Sara Oval, Colombo	2010
90	V Sehwag	India v England	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	2012/13
90	Ollie Pope	England v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2022/23
91	AC Gilchrist	Australia v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	2001/02
92	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan v Bangladesh	Multan Cricket Stadium	2001/02
93	DR Smith	West Indies v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	2003/04
93	V Sehwag	India v Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2005/06
93	MS Dhoni	India v Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	2005/06
93	TM Dilshan	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Chittagong	2008/09
93	DA Warner	Australia v South Africa	Adelaide Oval	2012/13
94	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan v India	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	1982/83
94	SM Gavaskar	India v West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1983/84
94	AC Gilchrist	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground	2002/03
94	BB McCullum	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2005/06
94	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh v England	Lord's	2010
94	Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh v New Zealand	Hamilton	2018/19
95	DT Lindsay	South Africa v Australia	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1966/67
95	Kapil Dev	India v West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	1982/83
95	JN Rhodes	South Africa v West Indies	Centurion Park, Centurion	1998/99
95	SM Pollock	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Centurion Park, Centurion	2000/01
96	CH Gayle	West Indies v South Africa	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	2004/05
96	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	2005/06
97	K Srikkanth	India v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1985/86
97	JE Taylor	West Indies v New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	2008/09
97	V Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	2009/10
98	RS Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1996/97
98	Mominul Haque	Bangladesh v New Zealand	Chittagong	2013/14
99	IT Botham	England v New Zealand	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1983
99	LRPL Taylor	New Zealand v India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	2012
99	KDK Vithanage	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	2013/14
100	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	2010

Note: All the figures are from the start of an individual innings. NJ Astle's second hundred in his 222 v England at Christchurch in 2001/02 took 39 balls.