Batting Most Hundreds Career

South Africa vs other countries Tests Batting Records - Most Centuries in Career

Most hundreds

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RN Harvey (AUS)	1949-1958	14	23	3	1625	205	81.25	-	-	8	5	-	105+	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2012	26	48	3	2132	143*	47.37	3566	59.78	8	11	6	252	12
DCS Compton (ENG)	1947-1957	24	42	1	2205	208	53.78	345+	28.98	7	11	1	113+	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	25	45	4	1741	169	42.46	3648	47.72	7	5	3	242	9
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2024	12	20	3	1068	176	62.82	2159	49.46	6	2	1	120	7
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	17	27	3	1336	122	55.66	0+	-	6	5	-	5+	2
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2014	17	32	1	1782	374	57.48	3377	52.76	6	2	2	214	12
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2009	19	36	2	1486	138	43.70	2739	54.25	6	5	6	202	12
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	42	7	2188	181	62.51	-	-	6	14	1	52+	4
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	15	26	-	1306	319	50.23	1621	80.56	5	2	2	191	17
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2014	14	27	5	1487	259*	67.59	2495	59.59	5	3	3	182	3
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2023	15	27	-	1415	200	52.40	1767	80.07	5	5	1	170	16
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2015	23	41	4	1710	203*	46.21	4145	41.25	5	8	2	197	5
DG Bradman (AUS)	1931-1932	5	5	1	806	299*	201.50	0+	-	4	-	-	73	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	1993-2006	11	18	4	743	133	53.07	1451	51.20	4	3	2	81	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-2000	11	20	1	779	163*	41.00	1079	72.19	4	2	-	111	6
RR Sarwan (WI)	2001-2005	11	21	1	879	127	43.95	2067	42.52	4	2	2	114	2
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	15	26	-	1177	258	45.26	1589	74.07	4	4	1	140	30
Younis Khan (PAK)	2002-2013	14	28	3	990	131*	39.60	2053	48.22	4	2	3	102	8
ME Waugh (AUS)	1993-2002	18	29	2	1135	116	42.03	2300	49.34	4	4	1	142	5
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1951	19	34	4	1564	158	52.13	243+	36.21	4	7	-	40+	3
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2005	18	35	-	1715	202	49.00	3193	53.71	4	9	1	243	13
JHW Fingleton (AUS)	1932-1936	6	8	1	518	118	74.00	-	-	3	1	-	11+	1
E Paynter (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	-	653	243	81.62	-	-	3	2	-	50+	1
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1998	6	9	2	530	136	75.71	951	55.73	3	1	-	70	5
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1947	9	12	1	792	219	72.00	0+	-	3	2	1	59+	4
C Hill (AUS)	1902-1911	8	13	1	752	191	62.66	461+	92.19	3	3	1	42+	1
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1953	10	14	-	748	167	53.42	-	-	3	3	-	44+	1
CP Mead (ENG)	1913-1923	10	16	-	770	181	48.12	-	-	3	2	2	-	0
W Bardsley (AUS)	1910-1921	11	17	1	982	164	61.37	838+	68.37	3	6	-	82	3
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2012	10	18	-	817	152	45.38	1208	67.63	3	2	1	113	4
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	11	20	1	738	212	38.84	1143	64.56	3	-	3	86	22
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2005	10	20	2	935	219	51.94	1724	54.23	3	3	3	141	8
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1957	12	22	1	906	138	43.14	-	-	3	4	3	70+	2
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2022	13	22	3	884	127	46.52	1698	52.06	3	4	1	111	14
N Hussain (ENG)	1998-2003	14	26	3	1010	146*	43.91	2802	36.04	3	5	2	136	5
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1965	14	27	1	1021	155	39.26	-	-	3	7	1	91+	3
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2024	16	28	2	1408	254*	54.15	2459	57.25	3	5	-	184	6
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2010	16	30	-	1359	317	45.30	2257	60.21	3	5	1	203	12
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	16	30	1	1113	147	38.37	2361	47.14	3	3	5	145	3
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2012	17	31	2	1108	122	38.20	2325	47.65	3	6	4	136	10
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-2000	18	32	2	1315	185*	43.83	3672	35.81	3	8	5	172	1
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2014	17	32	-	1534	287	47.93	2714	56.52	3	7	2	208	4
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1929	26	37	5	1354	154	42.31	0+	-	3	10	6	8+	9
BC Booth (AUS)	1963-1964	4	7	1	531	169	88.50	710+	39.43	2	3	-	45	0
CAG Russell (ENG)	1923-1923	4	7	-	436	140	62.28	-	-	2	1	-	-	0
PA Gibb (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	-	473	120	59.12	-	-	2	2	-	2+	0
J Moroney (AUS)	1949-1950	5	8	1	352	118	50.28	-	-	2	1	1	0+	0
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2022	7	9	-	400	118	44.44	674	59.34	2	1	1	53	0
MA Agarwal (IND)	2019-2022	6	10	-	475	215	47.50	877	54.16	2	1	-	66	8
A Flower (ZIM)	1995-2001	5	10	2	566	199*	70.75	1146	49.38	2	2	-	76	2
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	5	10	-	532	160	53.20	871	61.07	2	2	1	71	6
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2004-2012	5	10	2	413	115*	51.62	931	44.36	2	-	-	47	0
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1924-1928	6	10	1	535	122	59.44	-	-	2	3	1	-	0
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1912	8	12	2	548	114	54.80	725+	40.68	2	2	-	24+	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2007	7	12	2	525	133	52.50	940	55.85	2	1	-	66	8
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2010	6	12	-	730	135	60.83	1645	44.37	2	4	-	104	2
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1911	8	13	1	691	159*	57.58	666+	61.56	2	2	1	36+	1
CG Macartney (AUS)	1910-1921	9	13	-	491	137	37.76	277+	75.09	2	2	1	54+	2
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1931-1936	10	13	2	621	189*	56.45	1+	-	2	2	2	18+	1+
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1939	10	15	4	530	148*	48.18	-	-	2	1	2	27+	2
VT Trumper (AUS)	1902-1911	8	15	3	900	214*	75.00	753+	87.78	2	4	-	71+	1
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2010-2019	9	16	-	640	130	40.00	1270	50.39	2	5	1	89	3
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1998	10	17	3	606	141	43.28	1193	50.79	2	2	-	87	6
AR Morris (AUS)	1949-1953	10	17	-	792	157	46.58	-	-	2	3	1	43+	2
KL Rahul (IND)	2018-2025	9	17	-	437	123	25.70	1057	41.34	2	1	1	60	6
EH Hendren (ENG)	1924-1931	14	18	2	876	142	54.75	0+	-	2	6	1	37+	3
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2006	12	19	3	754	204*	47.12	871	86.56	2	2	2	97	12
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2015	10	19	-	788	105	41.47	1718	45.86	2	5	-	110	3
MA Taylor (AUS)	1993-1998	11	19	1	746	170	41.44	1948	38.29	2	3	-	61	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2008-2012	11	20	1	789	199	41.52	1823	43.28	2	4	-	92	3
JL Langer (AUS)	2001-2006	11	20	2	768	126	42.66	1367	56.18	2	2	-	117	2
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	13	21	2	684	122	36.00	363+	40.49	2	1	1	49+	1
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1935	14	21	1	936	161	46.80	-	-	2	6	1	27+	3
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2024	11	22	1	730	158*	34.76	1288	56.67	2	4	1	91	1
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2025	12	22	1	771	195*	36.71	1591	48.46	2	5	2	90	5
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1965	14	23	3	989	148*	49.45	5+	-	2	6	1	69+	5
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2025	13	23	2	933	104	44.42	1756	53.13	2	5	2	117	9
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	16	25	2	1147	164	49.86	2486	46.13	2	7	2	147	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-2004	15	27	1	1007	116	38.73	2413	41.73	2	6	1	150	0
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2022	15	27	1	1210	190	46.53	1923	62.92	2	9	-	155	4
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1927-1935	17	27	2	873	149	34.92	-	-	2	4	3	18+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1964	15	28	1	914	142	33.85	-	-	2	5	2	80+	7
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1910-1929	18	29	3	1562	211	60.07	-	-	2	12	1	15+	4
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-2005	16	29	4	897	124	35.88	1975	45.41	2	5	4	119	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2008-2017	19	36	-	1263	118	35.08	2873	43.96	2	9	2	158	2
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	21	40	3	1252	148	33.83	3591	34.86	2	5	-	164	0

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]