List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored
This list is a compilation of total centuries scored by international cricketers, split between different formats of the game.
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 120 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 79 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries. 43 have scored 30 or more centuries and 18 have a total of 40 or more centuries. Across all three formats, eight players have scored 50 or more centuries and five have scored 60 or more centuries in their respective international careers.
Five centuries is used as the qualifying standard for the women's list; to date, 18 players have reached this mark.
Key[]
^ | Inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame |
ǂ | Denotes player who is still playing internationally |
N/A | Indicates player hasn't played in the format |
Men's international cricket[]
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Last updated: 23 January 2022
Rank | Player | Period | Team | Test | ODI | T20I | Total |
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1 | Sachin Tendulkar^ | 1989–2013 | India | 51 | 49 | 0 | 100 |
2 | Ricky Ponting^ | 1995–2012 | Australia | 41 | 30 | 0 | 71 |
3 | Virat Kohli ǂ | 2008–2022 | India | 27 | 43 | 0 | 70 |
4 | Kumar Sangakkara^ | 2000–2015 | Sri Lanka | 38 | 25 | 0 | 63 |
5 | Jacques Kallis^ | 1995–2014 | South Africa | 45 | 17 | 0 | 62 |
6 | Hashim Amla | 2004–2019 | South Africa | 28 | 27 | 0 | 55 |
7 | Mahela Jayawardene^ | 1997–2015 | Sri Lanka | 34 | 19 | 1 | 54 |
8 | Brian Lara^ | 1990–2007 | West Indies | 34 | 19 | N/A | 53 |
9 | Rahul Dravid^ | 1996–2012 | India | 36 | 12 | 0 | 48 |
10 | AB de Villiers | 2004–2018 | South Africa | 22 | 25 | 0 | 47 |
11 | David Warner ǂ | 2009–2022 | Australia | 24 | 18 | 1 | 43 |
12 | Chris Gayle ǂ | 1999–2021 | West Indies | 15 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 1989–2011 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 28 | 0 | 42 | |
14 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 1994–2015 | West Indies | 30 | 11 | 0 | 41 |
Younis Khan | 2000–2017 | Pakistan | 34 | 7 | 0 | 41 | |
Rohit Sharma ǂ | 2007–2021 | India | 8 | 29 | 4 | 41 | |
17 | Matthew Hayden | 1993–2009 | Australia | 30 | 10 | 0 | 40 |
Ross Taylor ǂ | 2006–2022 | New Zealand | 19 | 21 | 0 | 40 | |
19 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1999–2016 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
Mohammad Yousuf | 1998–2010 | Pakistan | 24 | 15 | 0 | 39 | |
Joe Root ǂ | 2012–2022 | England | 23 | 16 | 0 | 39 | |
22 | Alastair Cook | 2006–2018 | England | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
Sourav Ganguly | 1992–2008 | India | 16 | 22 | N/A | 38 | |
Virender Sehwag | 1999–2013 | India | 23 | 15 | 0 | 38 | |
Steve Smith ǂ | 2010–2022 | Australia | 27 | 11 | 0 | 38 | |
Mark Waugh | 1988–2002 | Australia | 20 | 18 | N/A | 38 | |
27 | Graeme Smith | 2002–2014 | South Africa | 27 | 10 | 0 | 37 |
Kane Williamson ǂ | 2010–2021 | New Zealand | 24 | 13 | 0 | 37 | |
29 | Michael Clarke | 2003–2015 | Australia | 28 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
30 | Sunil Gavaskar^ | 1971–1987 | India | 34 | 1 | N/A | 35 |
Herschelle Gibbs | 1996–2010 | South Africa | 14 | 21 | 0 | 35 | |
Desmond Haynes^ | 1978–1994 | West Indies | 18 | 17 | N/A | 35 | |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | 1991–2007 | Pakistan | 25 | 10 | 0 | 35 | |
Viv Richards^ | 1974–1991 | West Indies | 24 | 11 | N/A | 35 | |
Steve Waugh^ | 1985–2004 | Australia | 32 | 3 | N/A | 35 | |
36 | Gary Kirsten | 1993–2004 | South Africa | 21 | 13 | N/A | 34 |
37 | Adam Gilchrist^ | 1996–2008 | Australia | 17 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
38 | Kevin Pietersen | 2004–2014 | England | 23 | 9 | 0 | 32 |
39 | Aravinda de Silva | 1984–2003 | Sri Lanka | 20 | 11 | N/A | 31 |
Javed Miandad^ | 1975–1996 | Pakistan | 23 | 8 | N/A | 31 | |
Saeed Anwar | 1989–2003 | Pakistan | 11 | 20 | N/A | 31 | |
42 | Allan Border^ | 1978–1994 | Australia | 27 | 3 | N/A | 30 |
Gordon Greenidge^ | 1974–1991 | West Indies | 19 | 11 | N/A | 30 | |
44 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1984–2000 | India | 22 | 7 | N/A | 29 |
Don Bradman^ | 1928–1948 | Australia | 29 | N/A | N/A | 29 | |
46 | Graham Gooch^ | 1975–1995 | England | 20 | 8 | N/A | 28 |
47 | Nathan Astle | 1995–2007 | New Zealand | 11 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
Marvan Atapattu | 1990–2007 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 11 | 0 | 27 | |
Greg Chappell^ | 1970–1984 | Australia | 24 | 3 | N/A | 27 | |
Andrew Strauss | 2003–2012 | England | 21 | 6 | 0 | 27 | |
51 | Ian Bell | 2004–2015 | England | 22 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
David Boon | 1984–1996 | Australia | 21 | 5 | N/A | 26 | |
Garfield Sobers^ | 1954–1974 | West Indies | 26 | 0 | N/A | 26 | |
Marcus Trescothick | 2000–2006 | England | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 | |
55 | David Gower^ | 1978–1992 | England | 18 | 7 | N/A | 25 |
56 | Shikhar Dhawan ǂ | 2010–2022 | India | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
Tamim Iqbal ǂ | 2007–2021 | Bangladesh | 9 | 14 | 1 | 24 | |
58 | Geoffrey Boycott^ | 1964–1982 | England | 22 | 1 | N/A | 23 |
Faf du Plessis ǂ | 2011–2021 | South Africa | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 | |
Justin Langer | 1993–2007 | Australia | 23 | 0 | N/A | 23 | |
VVS Laxman | 1996–2012 | India | 17 | 6 | N/A | 23 | |
62 | Colin Cowdrey | 1954–1975 | England | 22 | 0 | N/A | 22 |
Quinton de Kock ǂ | 2012–2022 | South Africa | 6 | 16 | 0 | 22 | |
Wally Hammond^ | 1927–1947 | England | 22 | N/A | N/A | 22 | |
Michael Hussey | 2004–2013 | Australia | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
Ijaz Ahmed | 1986–2001 | Pakistan | 12 | 10 | N/A | 22 | |
67 | Martin Crowe^ | 1982–1995 | New Zealand | 17 | 4 | N/A | 21 |
Martin Guptill ǂ | 2009–2021 | New Zealand | 3 | 16 | 2 | 21 | |
Neil Harvey^ | 1948–1963 | Australia | 21 | N/A | N/A | 21 | |
Mohammad Hafeez | 2003–2021 | Pakistan | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 | |
Richie Richardson | 1983–1996 | West Indies | 16 | 5 | N/A | 21 | |
Azhar Ali ǂ | 2010–2021 | Pakistan | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 | |
73 | Ken Barrington^ | 1955–1968 | England | 20 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
Gautam Gambhir | 2003–2016 | India | 9 | 11 | 0 | 20 | |
Carl Hooper | 1987–2003 | West Indies | 13 | 7 | N/A | 20 | |
Clive Lloyd^ | 1966–1985 | West Indies | 19 | 1 | N/A | 20 | |
Saleem Malik | 1982–1999 | Pakistan | 15 | 5 | N/A | 20 | |
Ramnaresh Sarwan | 2000–2013 | West Indies | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 | |
Mark Taylor | 1989–1999 | Australia | 19 | 1 | N/A | 20 | |
Babar Azam ǂ | 2015–2021 | Pakistan | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | |
81 | Aaron Finch ǂ | 2011–2021 | Australia | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
Len Hutton^ | 1937–1955 | England | 19 | N/A | N/A | 19 | |
Brendon McCullum | 2002–2016 | New Zealand | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
Alec Stewart | 1989–2003 | England | 15 | 4 | N/A | 19 | |
Zaheer Abbas^ | 1969–1985 | Pakistan | 12 | 7 | N/A | 19 | |
86 | Michael Atherton | 1989–2001 | England | 16 | 2 | N/A | 18 |
Dean Jones | 1984–1994 | Australia | 11 | 7 | N/A | 18 | |
Allan Lamb | 1982–1992 | England | 14 | 4 | N/A | 18 | |
Damien Martyn | 1992–2006 | Australia | 13 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
Cheteshwar Pujara ǂ | 2010–2022 | India | 18 | 0 | N/A | 18 | |
Jonny Bairstow ǂ | 2011–2022 | England | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | |
Upul Tharanga | 2005–2019 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 15 | 0 | 18 | |
Michael Vaughan | 1999–2008 | England | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 1976–1992 | India | 17 | 1 | N/A | 18 | |
95 | Denis Compton | 1937–1957 | England | 17 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
Daryll Cullinan | 1993–2001 | South Africa | 14 | 3 | N/A | 17 | |
Stephen Fleming | 1994–2008 | New Zealand | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 | |
Marlon Samuels | 2000–2018 | West Indies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | |
Brendan Taylor | 2004–2021 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | |
Yuvraj Singh | 2000–2017 | India | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | |
Tom Latham ǂ | 2012–2022 | New Zealand | 12 | 5 | 0 | 17 | |
102 | MS Dhoni | 2004–2019 | India | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
Andy Flower^ | 1992–2003 | Zimbabwe | 12 | 4 | N/A | 16 | |
Eoin Morgan ǂ | 2006–2022 | England/ Ireland | 2 | 14 | 0 | 16 | |
Thilan Samaraweera | 1998–2013 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
Herbert Sutcliffe^ | 1924–1935 | England | 16 | N/A | N/A | 16 | |
Graham Thorpe | 1993–2005 | England | 16 | 0 | N/A | 16 | |
108 | Dennis Amiss | 1966–1977 | England | 11 | 4 | N/A | 15 |
Dinesh Chandimal ǂ | 2010–2022 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |
Mushfiqur Rahim ǂ | 2005–2022 | Bangladesh | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | |
Paul Collingwood | 2001–2017 | England | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | |
Jack Hobbs^ | 1909–1930 | England | 15 | N/A | N/A | 15 | |
Nasser Hussain | 1989–2003 | England | 14 | 1 | N/A | 15 | |
Rohan Kanhai^ | 1957–1975 | West Indies | 15 | 0 | N/A | 15 | |
Ajinkya Rahane ǂ | 2011–2022 | India | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
Ravi Shastri | 1981–1992 | India | 11 | 4 | N/A | 15 | |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | 1983–1999 | India | 9 | 6 | N/A | 15 | |
Clyde Walcott^ | 1948–1960 | West Indies | 15 | N/A | N/A | 15 | |
Doug Walters | 1965–1981 | Australia | 15 | 0 | N/A | 15 | |
Everton Weekes | 1948–1958 | West Indies | 15 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
Women's international cricket[]
Last updated: 1 October 2021
Rank | Player | Period | Teams | WTest | WODI | WT20I | Total |
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1 | Meg Lanning ǂ | 2010–2021 | Australia | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
2 | Charlotte Edwards | 1996–2016 | England | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
3 | Claire Taylor^ | 1998–2011 | England | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
4 | Suzie Bates ǂ | 2006–2021 | New Zealand | N/A | 10 | 1 | 11 |
5 | Janette Brittin | 1979–1998 | England | 5 | 5 | N/A | 10 |
Karen Rolton^ | 1995–2009 | Australia | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
7 | Tammy Beaumont ǂ | 2009–2021 | England | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
8 | Debbie Hockley^ | 1979–1996 | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | N/A | 8 |
Mithali Raj ǂ | 2002–2021 | India | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
10 | Belinda Clark^ | 1991–2005 | Australia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Sarah Taylor | 2006–2019 | England | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Amy Satterthwaite ǂ | 2007–2021 | New Zealand | N/A | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
13 | Enid Bakewell^ | 1968–1982 | England | 4 | 2 | N/A | 6 |
Chamari Atapattu ǂ | 2009–2020 | Sri Lanka | N/A | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Sophie Devine ǂ | 2006–2021 | New Zealand | N/A | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Stafanie Taylor ǂ | 2008–2021 | West Indies | N/A | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
17 | Jill Kennare | 1982–1987 | Australia | 3 | 2 | N/A | 5 |
Smriti Mandhana ǂ | 2013–2021 | India | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Records - Women's Test matches - Batting records - Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Records - Women's One-Day Internationals - Batting records - Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Records - Women's Twenty20 Internationals - Batting records - Fastest hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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