STATS: 10 highest Test totals after following on
In Test cricket, the team enforcing a follow on has the upper hand and most of the times the team that enforces the follow on end up winning the match. Here are the 10 highest Test totals after being asked to follow on. Interestingly, 8 of them ended in a draw. However, India lost and won the match on the other two occasions.
| Team | FO Difference | Score | Lead | Opposition | Result | Margin | Ground | Season |
| Pakistan | 473 runs | 657/8d | 184 | West Indies | drawn | Bridgetown | 1957/58 | |
| India | 274 runs | 657/7d | 383 | Australia | won | 171 runs | Kolkata | 2000/01 |
| South Africa | 210 runs | 572/7 | 362 | England | drawn | Durban | 1999/00 | |
| England | 325 runs | 551 | 226 | South Africa | drawn | Nottingham | 1947 | |
| England | 341 runs | 538 | 197 | Australia | drawn | The Oval | 1975 | |
| Pakistan | 261 runs | 537 | 276 | Australia | drawn | Rawalpindi | 1994/95 | |
| Sri Lanka | 359 runs | 537/9 | 178 | England | drawn | Lord’s | 2006 | |
| England | 280 runs | 529/5d | 249 | Sri Lanka | drawn | Lord’s | 2002 | |
| India | 386 runs | 510 | 124 | England | lost | 6 wickets | Leeds | 1967 |
| Zimbabwe | 227 runs | 503/6 | 276 | India | drawn | Nagpur | 2000/01 |
