| S.No. | Highest Score | Player’s Name | Hundreds Scored | Matches Played | Years Served | Runs Scored |
| 1 | 248* | Sachin Tendulkar | 51 | 200 | 1989-2013 | 15921 |
| 2 | 224 | Jacques Kallis | 45 | 166 | 1995-2013 | 13289 |
| 3 | 257 | Ricky Ponting | 41 | 168 | 1995-2012 | 13378 |
| 4 | 319 | Kumar Sangakkara | 38 | 134 | 2000-2015 | 12400 |
| 5 | 270 | Rahul Dravid | 36 | 164 | 1996-2012 | 13288 |
| 6 | 313 | Younis Khan | 34 | 118 | 2000-2017 | 10099 |
| 7 | 236* | Sunil Gavaskar | 34 | 125 | 1971-1987 | 10122 |
| 8 | 400* | Brian Lara | 34 | 131 | 1990-2006 | 11953 |
| 9 | 374 | Mahela Jayawardene | 34 | 149 | 1997-2014 | 11867 |
| 10 | 200 | Steve Waugh | 34 | 168 | 1985-2004 | 6996 |
| 11 | 294 | Alastair Cook | 32 | 152 | 2006-2018 | 8877 |
| 12 | 380 | Matthew Hayden | 30 | 103 | 1994-2009 | 8643 |
| 13 | 203* | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 30 | 164 | 1994-2015 | 9265 |
| 14 | 334 | Don Bradman | 29 | 52 | 1928-1948 | 11174 |
| 15 | 311* | Hashim Amla | 28 | 115 | 2004-2018 | 8032 |
| 16 | 329* | Michael Clarke | 28 | 115 | 2004-2015 | 8830 |
| 17 | 277 | Graeme Smith | 27 | 117 | 2002-2014 | 7110 |
| 18 | 205 | Allan Border | 27 | 156 | 1978-1994 | 7530 |
| 19 | 365* | Garfield Sobers | 26 | 93 | 1954-1974 | 8540 |
| 20 | 229 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 25 | 120 | 1992-2007 | 6187 |
| 21 | 247* | Greg Chappell | 24 | 87 | 1970-1984 | 8586 |
| 22 | 223 | Mohammad Yousuf | 24 | 90 | 1998-2010 | 8181 |
| 23 | 229 | Viv Richards | 24 | 121 | 1974-1991 | 7696 |
| 24 | 239 | Steve Smith | 23 | 63 | 2010-2018 | 8832 |
| 25 | 319 | Virender Sehwag | 23 | 104 | 2001-2013 | 7249 |
| 26 | 227 | Kevin Peterson | 23 | 104 | 2005-2014 | 6215 |
| 27 | 250 | Justin Langer | 23 | 105 | 1993-2007 | 8563 |
| 28 | 280 | Javed Miandad | 23 | 124 | 1976-1993 | 7624 |
| 29 | 336* | Wally Hammond | 22 | 85 | 1927-1947 | 8114 |
| 30 | 199 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 22 | 99 | 1984-2000 | 7727 |
| 31 | 278* | AB de Villiers | 22 | 112 | 2004-2018 | 5554 |
| 32 | 182 | Colin Cowdrey | 22 | 114 | 1954-1975 | 6301 |
| 33 | 246* | Geoffrey Boycott | 22 | 108 | 1964-1982 | 6149 |
| 34 | 235 | Ian Bell | 22 | 118 | 2004-2015 | 7289 |
| 35 | 243 | Virat Kohli | 21 | 66 | 2011-2018 | 7037 |
| 36 | 253 | David Warner | 21 | 73 | 2011-2018 | 7422 |
| 37 | 205 | Neil Harvey | 21 | 79 | 1948-1963 | 6806 |
| 38 | 275 | Gary Kirsten | 21 | 101 | 1993-2004 | 6361 |
| 39 | 177 | Andrew Strauss | 21 | 100 | 2004-2012 | 8029 |
| 40 | 200 | David Boon | 21 | 107 | 1984-1996 | 8900 |
| 41 | 256 | Ken Barrington | 20 | 82 | 1955-1968 | 6235 |
| 42 | 267 | Aravinda de Silva | 20 | 93 | 1984-2002 | 6971 |
| 43 | 153* | Mark Waugh | 20 | 128 | 1991-2002 | 7515 |
| 44 | 333 | Graham Gooch | 20 | 118 | 1975-1995 | 7558 |
| 45 | 195 | Mike Hussey | 19 | 79 | 2005-2013 | 7525 |
| 46 | 364 | Len Hutton | 19 | 79 | 1937-1955 | 5719 |
| 47 | 242* | Clive Lloyd | 19 | 110 | 1966-1985 | 7487 |
| 48 | 226 | Gordon Greenidge | 19 | 108 | 1974-1991 | 8231 |
| 49 | 334* | Mark Taylor | 19 | 104 | 1989-1999 | 5214 |
| 50 | 197 | Michael Vaughan | 18 | 82 | 1999-2008 | 5807 |
The above table tells the record of the international cricketers scoring the maximum number of centuries in Test Cricket. No wonder, the ‘God of Cricket’, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar tops the table with 51 test centuries in his bag. It would take few more years to witness someone breaking his test centuries record.
From India, along with Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, and Virat Kohli have etched their name in the top 50 of maximum test centuries.
The West Indies cricketer, Brian Lara has simply set an exemplary record of scoring 400 runs in test cricket. The match was against England in the year 2004. The records of Hayden, Jayawardene, and Sobers is also peerless with a maximum run of more than 360.
