Team Largest Margins

Records for South Africa in Test matches

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	inns & 254 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
South Africa	inns & 229 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
South Africa	inns & 220 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
South Africa	inns & 219 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
South Africa	inns & 208 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
South Africa	inns & 205 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
South Africa	inns & 193 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
South Africa	inns & 180 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
South Africa	inns & 160 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
South Africa	inns & 142 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
South Africa	inns & 120 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
South Africa	inns & 118 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
South Africa	inns & 107 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
South Africa	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
South Africa	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
South Africa	inns & 86 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
South Africa	inns & 81 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
South Africa	inns & 80 runs	-	-	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
South Africa	inns & 74 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
South Africa	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
South Africa	inns & 65 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
South Africa	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
South Africa	inns & 63 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
South Africa	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
South Africa	inns & 60 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
South Africa	inns & 59 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
South Africa	inns & 58 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
South Africa	inns & 51 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
South Africa	inns & 48 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
South Africa	inns & 45 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
South Africa	inns & 37 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
South Africa	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
South Africa	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
South Africa	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
South Africa	inns & 16 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
South Africa	inns & 13 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
South Africa	inns & 7 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
South Africa	inns & 6 runs	-	-	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
South Africa	351 runs	569	75.2	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
South Africa	333 runs	424	32.4	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	332 runs	413	23.3	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
South Africa	329 runs	467	53.3	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
South Africa	328 runs	395	34.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
South Africa	324 runs	490	69.3	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
South Africa	284 runs	391	35.1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
South Africa	259 runs	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
South Africa	243 runs	440	78.4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
South Africa	231 runs	448	73.4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	220 runs	274	19.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
South Africa	211 runs	480	100.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
South Africa	204 runs	400	58.2	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
South Africa	197 runs	454	96.3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	178 runs	320	38.2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	Perth	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
South Africa	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
South Africa	163 runs	457	80.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	158 runs	324	58.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
South Africa	157 runs	309	67.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
South Africa	149 runs	421	91.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
South Africa	95 runs	348	82.4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
South Africa	87 runs	247	41.0	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	53 runs	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
South Africa	38 runs	378	83.4	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
South Africa	19 runs	244	53.2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]

South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 28-Mar 2, 2023 [Test # 2495]

Australia v South Africa at Sydney, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 4-8, 2023 [Test # 2488]