Highest totals by South Africa in Tests
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 790/3d | 208.1 | 3.79 | 2 | v Pakistan | Kingston | won | 26 Feb 1958 | Test # 450 | |
| 751/5d | 202.0 | 3.71 | 1 | v England | St John's | draw | 10 Apr 2004 | Test # 1696 | |
| 749/9d | 194.4 | 3.84 | 2 | v England | Bridgetown | draw | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1911 | |
| 747 | 235.2 | 3.17 | 2 | v South Africa | St John's | draw | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 | |
| 692/8d | 163.0 | 4.24 | 2 | v England | The Oval | draw | 24 Aug 1995 | Test # 1303 | |
| 687/8d | 182.5 | 3.75 | 1 | v England | The Oval | won | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| 682/6d | 177.0 | 3.85 | 2 | v England | Lord's | won | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 | |
| 681/8d | 198.4 | 3.42 | 1 | v England | Port of Spain | draw | 17 Mar 1954 | Test # 385 | |
| 660/5d | 169.2 | 3.89 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | won | 10 Feb 1995 | Test # 1289 | |
| 658/9d | 166.2 | 3.95 | 2 | v West Indies | Durban | won | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1679 | |
| 652/8d | 168.4 | 3.86 | 1 | v England | Lord's | won | 23 Aug 1973 | Test # 727 | |
| 651 | 154.3 | 4.21 | 2 | v Australia | Cape Town | won | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
| 648/9d | 200.3 | 3.23 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Khulna | won | 21 Nov 2012 | Test # 2060 | |
| 644/8d | 214.0 | 3.00 | 2 | v India | Delhi | draw | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 637/2d | 189.0 | 3.37 | 2 | v England | The Oval | won | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 | |
| 631 | 183.4 | 3.43 | 1 | v India | Delhi | draw | 10 Nov 1948 | Test # 304 | |
| 631/8d | 217.4 | 2.89 | 2 | v India | Kingston | won | 7 Mar 1962 | Test # 526 | |
| 629/6d | 206.0 | 3.05 | 1 | v India | Brabourne | draw | 9 Dec 1948 | Test # 305 | |
| 629/9d | 248.0 | 2.53 | 2 | v India | St John's | draw | 10 May 2002 | Test # 1602 | |
| 627/7d | 211.0 | 2.97 | 2 | v England | Cape Town | draw | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
| 626/5d | 114.0 | 5.49 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | won | 6 Jul 2025 | Test # 2593 | |
| 622/9d | 167.5 | 3.70 | 1 | v Australia | Durban | won | 5 Feb 1970 | Test # 671 | |
| 621 | 142.1 | 4.36 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | won | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2399 | |
| 621/5d | 200.1 | 3.10 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | draw | 27 Feb 1999 | Test # 1446 | |
| 620/4d | 130.1 | 4.76 | 2 | v India | Centurion | won | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 | |
| 620/7d | 135.0 | 4.59 | 1 | v Pakistan | Cape Town | won | 2 Jan 2003 | Test # 1637 | |
| 620 | 177.3 | 3.49 | 3 | v Australia | Johannesburg | won | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 | |
| 616 | 137.2x8 | 3.36 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | draw | 24 Jan 1969 | Test # 645 | |
| 615 | 141.3 | 4.34 | 1 | v Pakistan | Cape Town | won | 3 Jan 2025 | Test # 2576 | |
| 614/5d | 162.1 | 3.78 | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | won | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
| 606 | 143.0 | 4.23 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | won | 14 Jun 1984 | Test # 989 | |
| 606 | 184.4 | 3.28 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | draw | 2 Jan 1993 | Test # 1208 | |
| 604/6d | 158.0 | 3.82 | 1 | v West Indies | Centurion | won | 16 Jan 2004 | Test # 1682 | |
| 604/6d | 161.0 | 3.75 | 1 | v India | Wankhede | won | 23 Jan 1975 | Test # 753 | |
| 600/3d | 139.0 | 4.31 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | won | 7 Sep 2001 | Test # 1562 | |
| 596/8d | 154.0 | 3.87 | 2 | v England | Bridgetown | draw | 6 Mar 1974 | Test # 734 | |
| 595 | 123.1x8 | 3.62 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | won | 24 Jan 1964 | Test # 553 | |
| 594/5d | 145.0 | 4.09 | 1 | v England | Birmingham | draw | 24 Jul 2003 | Test # 1651 | |
| 593/5d | 180.2 | 3.28 | 1 | v England | St John's | draw | 16 Apr 1994 | Test # 1259 | |
| 591 | 167.4 | 3.52 | 2 | v Pakistan | Multan | draw | 19 Nov 2006 | Test # 1816 | |
| 590 | 184.1 | 3.20 | 1 | v India | Wankhede | draw | 22 Nov 2011 | Test # 2019 | |
| 588/6d | 163.0 | 3.60 | 1 | v West Indies | St John's | draw | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 | |
| 585 | 95.4x8 | 4.59 | 2 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | won | 12 Dec 1975 | Test # 765 | |
| 584/9d | 153.0 | 3.81 | 1 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | draw | 20 Nov 2010 | Test # 1979 | |
| 583/7d | 161.1 | 3.61 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | won | 29 Feb 2008 | Test # 1865 | |
| 583/9d | 196.0 | 2.97 | 2 | v England | Kingston | draw | 16 Feb 1974 | Test # 732 | |
| 582 | 176.3 | 3.29 | 1 | v India | Chennai | won | 27 Jan 1949 | Test # 310 | |
| 581 | 170.0 | 3.41 | 1 | v India | Basseterre | draw | 22 Jun 2006 | Test # 1807 | |
| 580/4d | 139.0 | 4.17 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | won | 3 Jan 2012 | Test # 2028 | |
| 580/9d | 163.2 | 3.55 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | draw | 15 Nov 2010 | Test # 1977 | |
| 579/9d | 172.2 | 3.35 | 1 | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | draw | 17 Jan 1958 | Test # 446 | |
| 576 | 206.1 | 2.79 | 2 | v India | Kingston | draw | 28 Mar 1953 | Test # 371 | |
| 575/6d | 144.2 | 3.98 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | won | 29 Oct 2024 | Test # 2559 | |
| 573/4d | 120.0 | 4.77 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | won | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | |
| 573 | 212.0 | 2.70 | 2 | v Australia | Bridgetown | draw | 5 May 1965 | Test # 589 | |
| 572/7 | 209.2 | 2.73 | 3 | v England | Durban | draw | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | |
| 569 | 111.5 | 5.08 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | won | 30 Nov 2012 | Test # 2064 | |
| 569 | 153.5 | 3.69 | 2 | v Australia | Georgetown | won | 23 Mar 1991 | Test # 1167 | |
| 564/8 | 214.0 | 2.63 | 3 | v New Zealand | Bridgetown | draw | 23 Mar 1972 | Test # 695 | |
| 563 | 143.0 | 3.93 | 2 | v India | Bloemfontein | won | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 | |
| 563/8d | 239.4 | 2.34 | 2 | v England | Bridgetown | draw | 6 Jan 1960 | Test # 485 | |
| 561 | 148.4 | 3.77 | 1 | v West Indies | Johannesburg | won | 12 Dec 2003 | Test # 1674 | |
| 559/4d | 151.0 | 3.70 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Kingston | won | 4 Jun 2004 | Test # 1703 | |
| 559/6d | 168.0 | 3.32 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | won | 19 Jul 2001 | Test # 1551 | |
| 558 | 174.4 | 3.19 | 2 | v England | Nottingham | won | 20 Jul 1950 | Test # 325 | |
| 558/6d | 176.0 | 3.17 | 1 | v India | Nagpur | won | 6 Feb 2010 | Test # 1951 | |
| 556/4d | 120.0 | 4.63 | 2 | v West Indies | Durban | won | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 | |
| 556 | 153.3 | 3.62 | 2 | v England | Georgetown | won | 17 Mar 1994 | Test # 1254 | |
| 552/5d | 140.3 | 3.92 | 1 | v West Indies | Centurion | won | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 | |
| 552/5d | 199.5 | 2.76 | 1 | v England | Manchester | draw | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 | |
| 550 | 166.4 | 3.30 | 2 | v India | St John's | draw | 28 Apr 1983 | Test # 956 | |
| 548/7d | 166.0 | 3.30 | 1 | v New Zealand | St John's | draw | 27 Apr 1996 | Test # 1326 | |
| 548/9d | 177.5 | 3.08 | 2 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | won | 21 Apr 2005 | Test # 1749 | |
| 546/6d | 159.4 | 3.41 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | draw | 15 Feb 1952 | Test # 350 | |
| 546 | 181.1 | 3.01 | 2 | v South Africa | Basseterre | draw | 18 Jun 2010 | Test # 1961 | |
| 544 | 178.4 | 3.04 | 2 | v England | Port of Spain | draw | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1914 | |
| 543/6d | 147.0 | 3.69 | 1 | v West Indies | Basseterre | draw | 18 Jun 2010 | Test # 1961 | |
| 543/5d | 152.1 | 3.56 | 1 | v South Africa | Georgetown | draw | 31 Mar 2005 | Test # 1745 | |
| 540 | 152.5 | 3.53 | 1 | v India | Chennai | draw | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 | |
| 540/8d | 160.1 | 3.37 | 3 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | won | 3 Nov 2016 | Test # 2230 | |
| 538 | 235.3 | 2.28 | 1 | v England | Leeds | draw | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
| 536 | 160.0 | 3.35 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | won | 8 Dec 2002 | Test # 1630 | |
| 536/9d | 162.3 | 3.29 | 3 | v Australia | Bridgetown | won | 19 Apr 1991 | Test # 1169 | |
| 535/7d | 168.0 | 3.18 | 1 | v England | Kingston | won | 14 Mar 1935 | Test # 241 | |
| 533 | 196.3 | 2.71 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | draw | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
| 532 | 145.0 | 3.66 | 1 | v West Indies | Cape Town | draw | 2 Jan 2004 | Test # 1681 | |
| 530/5d | 151.5 | 3.49 | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | draw | 26 Dec 1987 | Test # 1088 | |
| 530 | 202.6x8 | 1.96 | 1 | v England | Durban | draw | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
| 529/4d | 129.0 | 4.10 | 1 | v Bangladesh | East London | won | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
| 529/7d | 162.5 | 3.24 | 1 | v India | Cape Town | won | 2 Jan 1997 | Test # 1349 | |
| 527/4d | 144.0 | 3.65 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | won | 13 Nov 2012 | Test # 2057 | |
| 526/7d | 133.0 | 3.95 | 1 | v England | Port of Spain | lost | 14 Mar 1968 | Test # 635 | |
| 526 | 216.3 | 2.42 | 2 | v India | Port of Spain | draw | 13 Apr 1971 | Test # 686 | |
| 525/8d | 153.5 | 3.41 | 1 | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | won | 11 Jan 2013 | Test # 2071 | |
| 524/8d | 174.0 | 3.01 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | won | 6 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
| 522 | 163.3 | 3.19 | 2 | v New Zealand | North Sound | won | 25 Jul 2012 | Test # 2050 | |
| 522 | 176.2 | 2.96 | 2 | v England | Leeds | won | 18 Jul 2008 | Test # 1881 | |
| 521/8d | 195.0 | 2.67 | 2 | v England | Manchester | won | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| 519/8d | 186.2 | 2.78 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | draw | 14 Sep 2001 | Test # 1563 | |
| 518 | 147.2 | 3.51 | 2 | v England | Lord's | draw | 19 Jun 1980 | Test # 881 |
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