Most Hundreds in Test
At the forefront of the list for most hundreds in Test cricket stands Sachin Tendulkar , who has notched up 51 centuries across 200 matches. In pursuit, Jacques Kallis follows with an admirable tally of 45 hundreds, closely pursued by Ricky Ponting with 41 hundreds.
Here is the list of batsmen with most hundreds in Test format.
Sr. | Player | Team | Mat | Inn | 100s | 50s | HS | Runs | Avg |
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1 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200 | 329 | 51 | 68 | 248* | 15921 | 53.78 |
2 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 166 | 280 | 45 | 58 | 224 | 13289 | 55.37 |
3 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 168 | 287 | 41 | 62 | 257 | 13378 | 51.85 |
4 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 134 | 233 | 38 | 52 | 319 | 12400 | 57.40 |
5 | Joe Root | England | 152 | 278 | 36 | 65 | 262 | 12972 | 50.87 |
6 | Rahul Dravid | India | 164 | 286 | 36 | 63 | 270 | 13288 | 52.31 |
7 | Steven Smith | Australia | 113 | 202 | 34 | 41 | 239 | 9962 | 56.28 |
8 | Younis Khan | Pakistan | 118 | 213 | 34 | 33 | 313 | 10099 | 52.05 |
9 | Sunil Gavaskar | India | 125 | 214 | 34 | 45 | 236* | 10122 | 51.12 |
10 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 131 | 232 | 34 | 48 | 400* | 11953 | 52.88 |
11 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 149 | 252 | 34 | 50 | 374 | 11814 | 49.84 |
12 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 105 | 186 | 33 | 37 | 251 | 9276 | 54.88 |
13 | Sir Alastair Cook | England | 161 | 291 | 33 | 57 | 294 | 12472 | 45.35 |
14 | Steve Waugh | Australia | 168 | 260 | 32 | 50 | 200 | 10927 | 51.06 |
15 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 103 | 184 | 30 | 29 | 380 | 8625 | 50.73 |