Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores for South Africa in Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	68.72	West Indies	v England	St John's	1	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
BC Lara	375	766	538	45	-	69.70	West Indies	v England	St John's	1	16 Apr 1994	Test # 1259
PWA Mulder	367*	410	334	49	4	109.88	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	06 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
GS Sobers	365*	614	-	38	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	2	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
CH Gayle	333	653	437	34	9	76.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	1	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
HM Amla	311*	790	529	35	-	58.79	South Africa	v England	The Oval	2	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	70.23	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	-	75.38	West Indies	v England	The Oval	1	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RR Sarwan	291	698	452	30	2	64.38	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
AB de Villiers	278*	601	418	23	6	66.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	1	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
BC Lara	277	474	372	38	-	74.46	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1208
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	1	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
DJ Cullinan	275*	658	490	27	2	56.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	27 Feb 1999	Test # 1446
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	-	42.83	South Africa	v England	Durban	3	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
GA Headley	270*	495	-	30	-	-	West Indies	v England	Kingston	1	14 Mar 1935	Test # 241
RR Sarwan	261*	573	402	32	-	64.92	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	2	04 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
FMM Worrell	261	335	-	35	2	-	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	2	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
CC Hunte	260	-	-	28	1	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	2	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
MN Samuels	260	618	455	31	3	57.14	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Khulna	2	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	2	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
RD Rickelton	259	607	343	29	3	75.51	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	03 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
SM Nurse	258	476	-	34	1	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
RB Kanhai	256	400	-	42	-	-	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	1	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
DJ McGlew	255*	534	-	19	-	-	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	1	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
HM Amla	253*	675	473	22	-	53.48	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	1	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	2	02 Feb 1979	Test # 845
CH Lloyd	242*	429	-	19	4	-	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	1	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
FMM Worrell	237	570	-	35	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kingston	2	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	-	-	South Africa	v England	Leeds	1	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
GC Smith	234	627	388	16	-	60.30	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	2	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
CL Hooper	233	630	402	29	3	57.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
IVA Richards	232	438	313	31	4	74.12	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	1	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
GC Smith	232	406	277	33	1	83.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	1	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
AD Nourse	231	289	-	36	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	95.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
GS Sobers	226	647	-	24	-	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	06 Jan 1960	Test # 485
CG Greenidge	226	677	480	32	-	47.08	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	3	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
BC Lara	226	405	298	22	-	75.83	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	1	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
ND McKenzie	226	518	388	28	3	58.24	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	1	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
JH Kallis	224	434	325	31	1	68.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	1	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
GA Headley	223	390	385	28	-	57.92	West Indies	v England	Kingston	4	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CG Greenidge	223	585	425	30	-	52.47	West Indies	v England	Manchester	1	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
JA Rudolph	222*	521	383	29	2	57.96	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	2	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
BC Lara	221	436	354	23	2	62.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	1	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
CL Walcott	220	390	-	28	1	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
G Kirsten	220	442	286	33	1	76.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
DS Atkinson	219	351	-	29	1	-	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	2	14 May 1955	Test # 406
DM Bravo	218	572	416	31	-	52.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	03 Dec 2013	Test # 2104
AB de Villiers	217*	480	333	17	2	65.16	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	2	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
RB Kanhai	217	420	-	32	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	1	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
BC Lara	216	422	262	22	7	82.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	2	19 Nov 2006	Test # 1816
CG Greenidge	214*	302	242	29	2	88.42	West Indies	v England	Lord's	4	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
LG Rowe	214	427	-	19	1	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	1	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
CG Greenidge	213	534	384	20	7	55.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
BC Lara	213	468	344	29	3	61.91	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	2	13 Mar 1999	Test # 1451
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
KC Brathwaite	212	554	447	14	-	47.42	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingstown	1	05 Sep 2014	Test # 2138
HH Gibbs	211*	659	468	23	3	45.08	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
KR Mayers	210*	415	310	20	7	67.74	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	4	03 Feb 2021	Test # 2407
G Kirsten	210	650	525	24	1	40.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	1	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
BF Butcher	209*	461	416	22	-	50.24	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	3	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
CA Roach	209	295	-	22	3	-	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	1	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
RG Pollock	209	350	-	30	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	2	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
BC Lara	209	452	360	24	1	58.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	2	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
JC Adams	208*	435	333	31	1	62.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	1	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	-	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	1	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
IVA Richards	208	374	245	22	3	84.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	1	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
SL Campbell	208	675	470	30	-	44.25	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	2	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
HM Amla	208	475	371	22	-	56.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
T Chanderpaul	207*	596	467	16	3	44.32	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	04 Feb 2023	Test # 2489
ED Weekes	207	445	-	20	-	-	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	2	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
ED Weekes	206	360	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
GA Faulkner	204	315	320	26	-	63.75	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	2	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
CH Gayle	204	482	332	29	2	61.44	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	2	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
S Chanderpaul	203*	541	370	23	-	54.86	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
S Chanderpaul	203*	457	372	22	-	54.56	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	1	13 Nov 2012	Test # 2057
JO Holder	202*	284	229	23	8	88.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	3	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
JH Kallis	201*	389	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	2	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
EJ Barlow	201	392	-	27	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	2	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
SM Nurse	201	-	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	2	05 May 1965	Test # 589
HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	1	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
D Elgar	199	553	388	15	3	51.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	1	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
F du Plessis	199	412	276	24	-	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	2	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
GS Sobers	198	340	-	28	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	3	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
FMM Worrell	197*	682	-	17	2	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	06 Jan 1960	Test # 485
ED Weekes	197	-	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	1	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
CH Gayle	197	514	396	20	7	49.74	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	3	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
HH Gibbs	196	442	354	25	1	55.36	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	1	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
BC Lara	196	430	286	25	-	68.53	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	1	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
HM Amla	196	350	221	21	-	88.68	South Africa	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
DM Bravo	195	384	297	12	5	65.65	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	3	29 Oct 2011	Test # 2012
ED Weekes	194	-	-	18	-	-	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	1	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
CG Greenidge	194	554	368	23	-	52.71	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	1	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
RB Richardson	194	459	367	20	-	52.86	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
IVA Richards	192*	321	-	20	6	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	2	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
HH Gibbs	192	474	335	24	3	57.31	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682

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

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

Somerset vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, County Championship Division One 55th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class]