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, 124 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 82 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries. 43 have scored 30 or more centuries and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries. Across all three formats, eight players have scored 50 or more centuries, five have scored 60 or more centuries and three have scored 70 or more centuries in their respective international careers.
Five centuries is used as the qualifying standard for the women's list; to date, 25 players have reached this mark.
Key[edit]
^ | 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[edit]
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Last updated: 25 June 2023
Rank | Player | Period | Team | Test | ODI | T20I | Total |
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1 | Sachin Tendulkar^ | 1989–2013 | India | 51 | 49 | 0 | 100 |
2 | Virat Kohli ǂ | 2008–2023 | India | 29 | 46 | 1 | 76 |
3 | Ricky Ponting^ | 1995–2012 | Australia | 41 | 30 | 0 | 71 |
4 | 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 | – | 53 |
9 | Rahul Dravid^ | 1996–2012 | India | 36 | 12 | 0 | 48 |
10 | AB de Villiers | 2004–2018 | South Africa | 22 | 25 | 0 | 47 |
11 | Joe Root ǂ | 2012–2023 | England | 30 | 16 | 0 | 46 |
12 | David Warner ǂ | 2009–2023 | Australia | 25 | 19 | 1 | 45 |
13 | Rohit Sharma ǂ | 2007–2023 | India | 10 | 30 | 4 | 44 |
Steve Smith ǂ | 2010–2023 | Australia | 32 | 12 | 0 | 44 | |
15 | Chris Gayle | 1999–2021 | West Indies | 15 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 1989–2011 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 28 | 0 | 42 | |
17 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul^ | 1994–2015 | West Indies | 30 | 11 | 0 | 41 |
Younis Khan | 2000–2017 | Pakistan | 34 | 7 | 0 | 41 | |
Kane Williamson ǂ | 2010–2023 | New Zealand | 28 | 13 | 0 | 41 | |
20 | Matthew Hayden | 1993–2009 | Australia | 30 | 10 | 0 | 40 |
Ross Taylor | 2006–2022 | New Zealand | 19 | 21 | 0 | 40 | |
22 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1999–2016 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
Mohammad Yousuf | 1998–2010 | Pakistan | 24 | 15 | 0 | 39 | |
24 | Alastair Cook | 2006–2018 | England | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
Sourav Ganguly | 1992–2008 | India | 16 | 22 | – | 38 | |
Virender Sehwag | 1999–2013 | India | 23 | 15 | 0 | 38 | |
Mark Waugh | 1988–2002 | Australia | 20 | 18 | – | 38 | |
28 | Graeme Smith | 2002–2014 | South Africa | 27 | 10 | 0 | 37 |
29 | Michael Clarke | 2003–2015 | Australia | 28 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
30 | Sunil Gavaskar^ | 1971–1987 | India | 34 | 1 | – | 35 |
Herschelle Gibbs | 1996–2010 | South Africa | 14 | 21 | 0 | 35 | |
Desmond Haynes^ | 1978–1994 | West Indies | 18 | 17 | – | 35 | |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | 1991–2007 | Pakistan | 25 | 10 | 0 | 35 | |
Viv Richards^ | 1974–1991 | West Indies | 24 | 11 | – | 35 | |
Steve Waugh^ | 1985–2004 | Australia | 32 | 3 | – | 35 | |
36 | Gary Kirsten | 1993–2004 | South Africa | 21 | 13 | – | 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 | – | 31 |
Javed Miandad^ | 1975–1996 | Pakistan | 23 | 8 | – | 31 | |
Saeed Anwar | 1989–2003 | Pakistan | 11 | 20 | – | 31 | |
42 | Allan Border^ | 1978–1994 | Australia | 27 | 3 | – | 30 |
Gordon Greenidge^ | 1974–1991 | West Indies | 19 | 11 | – | 30 | |
Babar Azam ǂ | 2015–2023 | Pakistan | 9 | 18 | 3 | 30 | |
45 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1984–2000 | India | 22 | 7 | – | 29 |
Don Bradman^ | 1928–1948 | Australia | 29 | – | – | 29 | |
47 | Graham Gooch^ | 1975–1995 | England | 20 | 8 | – | 28 |
48 | 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 | – | 27 | |
Andrew Strauss | 2003–2012 | England | 21 | 6 | 0 | 27 | |
52 | Ian Bell | 2004–2015 | England | 22 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
David Boon | 1984–1996 | Australia | 21 | 5 | – | 26 | |
Garfield Sobers^ | 1954–1974 | West Indies | 26 | 0 | – | 26 | |
Marcus Trescothick | 2000–2006 | England | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 | |
56 | David Gower^ | 1978–1992 | England | 18 | 7 | – | 25 |
Tamim Iqbal ǂ | 2007–2023 | Bangladesh | 10 | 14 | 1 | 25 | |
58 | Shikhar Dhawan ǂ | 2010–2022 | India | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
Quinton de Kock ǂ | 2012–2023 | South Africa | 6 | 17 | 1 | 24 | |
60 | Geoffrey Boycott^ | 1964–1982 | England | 22 | 1 | – | 23 |
Jonny Bairstow ǂ | 2011–2023 | England | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | |
Faf du Plessis | 2011–2021 | South Africa | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 | |
Martin Guptill ǂ | 2009–2022 | New Zealand | 3 | 18 | 2 | 23 | |
Justin Langer | 1993–2007 | Australia | 23 | 0 | – | 23 | |
VVS Laxman | 1996–2012 | India | 17 | 6 | – | 23 | |
66 | Colin Cowdrey | 1954–1975 | England | 22 | 0 | – | 22 |
Wally Hammond^ | 1927–1947 | England | 22 | – | – | 22 | |
Michael Hussey | 2004–2013 | Australia | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
Azhar Ali | 2010–2022 | Pakistan | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
Ijaz Ahmed | 1986–2001 | Pakistan | 12 | 10 | – | 22 | |
71 | Martin Crowe^ | 1982–1995 | New Zealand | 17 | 4 | – | 21 |
Neil Harvey^ | 1948–1963 | Australia | 21 | – | – | 21 | |
Mohammad Hafeez | 2003–2021 | Pakistan | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 | |
Richie Richardson | 1983–1996 | West Indies | 16 | 5 | – | 21 | |
75 | Ken Barrington^ | 1955–1968 | England | 20 | – | – | 20 |
Tom Latham ǂ | 2012–2023 | New Zealand | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 | |
Gautam Gambhir | 2003–2016 | India | 9 | 11 | 0 | 20 | |
Carl Hooper | 1987–2003 | West Indies | 13 | 7 | – | 20 | |
Clive Lloyd^ | 1966–1985 | West Indies | 19 | 1 | – | 20 | |
Saleem Malik | 1982–1999 | Pakistan | 15 | 5 | – | 20 | |
Ramnaresh Sarwan | 2000–2013 | West Indies | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 | |
Mark Taylor | 1989–1999 | Australia | 19 | 1 | – | 20 | |
83 | Aaron Finch | 2011–2022 | Australia | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
Cheteshwar Pujara ǂ | 2010–2023 | India | 19 | 0 | – | 19 | |
Mushfiqur Rahim ǂ | 2005–2023 | Bangladesh | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 | |
Len Hutton^ | 1937–1955 | England | 19 | – | – | 19 | |
Brendon McCullum | 2002–2016 | New Zealand | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
Alec Stewart | 1989–2003 | England | 15 | 4 | – | 19 | |
Zaheer Abbas^ | 1969–1985 | Pakistan | 12 | 7 | – | 19 | |
90 | Michael Atherton | 1989–2001 | England | 16 | 2 | – | 18 |
Dean Jones | 1984–1994 | Australia | 11 | 7 | – | 18 | |
Allan Lamb | 1982–1992 | England | 14 | 4 | – | 18 | |
Angelo Mathews ǂ | 2008–2023 | Sri Lanka | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 | |
Damien Martyn | 1992–2006 | Australia | 13 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
Dinesh Chandimal ǂ | 2010–2023 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 4 | 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 | – | 18 | |
99 | Denis Compton | 1937–1957 | England | 17 | – | – | 17 |
Usman Khawaja ǂ | 2011–2023 | Australia | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | |
Shai Hope ǂ | 2015–2023 | West Indies | 2 | 15 | 0 | 17 | |
Dimuth Karunaratne ǂ | 2011–2023 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 1 | – | 17 | |
Daryll Cullinan | 1993–2001 | South Africa | 14 | 3 | – | 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 | |
108 | MS Dhoni | 2004–2019 | India | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
Andy Flower^ | 1992–2003 | Zimbabwe | 12 | 4 | – | 16 | |
Eoin Morgan | 2006–2022 | England/ Ireland | 2 | 14 | 0 | 16 | |
Ben Stokes ǂ | 2011–2023 | England | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
Thilan Samaraweera | 1998–2013 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
Herbert Sutcliffe^ | 1924–1935 | England | 16 | – | – | 16 | |
Graham Thorpe | 1993–2005 | England | 16 | 0 | – | 16 | |
115 | Dennis Amiss | 1966–1977 | England | 11 | 4 | – | 15 |
Paul Stirling ǂ | 2008–2023 | Ireland | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |
Paul Collingwood | 2001–2017 | England | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | |
Jack Hobbs^ | 1909–1930 | England | 15 | – | – | 15 | |
Nasser Hussain | 1989–2003 | England | 14 | 1 | – | 15 | |
Rohan Kanhai^ | 1957–1975 | West Indies | 15 | 0 | – | 15 | |
Ajinkya Rahane ǂ | 2011–2023 | India | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
Ravi Shastri | 1981–1992 | India | 11 | 4 | – | 15 | |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | 1983–1999 | India | 9 | 6 | – | 15 | |
Clyde Walcott^ | 1948–1960 | West Indies | 15 | – | – | 15 | |
Doug Walters | 1965–1981 | Australia | 15 | 0 | – | 15 | |
Everton Weekes | 1948–1958 | West Indies | 15 | – | – | 15 |
Women's international cricket[edit]
Last updated: 18 July 2023
Rank | Player | Period | Teams | WTest | WODI | WT20I | Total |
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1 | Meg Lanning ǂ | 2010–2023 | Australia | 0 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
2 | Suzie Bates ǂ | 2006–2023 | New Zealand | – | 12 | 1 | 13 |
Charlotte Edwards | 1996–2016 | England | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |
4 | Claire Taylor^ | 1998–2011 | England | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
5 | Tammy Beaumont ǂ | 2009–2023 | England | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
6 | Janette Brittin | 1979–1998 | England | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
Karen Rolton^ | 1995–2009 | Australia | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
8 | Chamari Atapattu ǂ | 2009–2023 | Sri Lanka | – | 8 | 1 | 9 |
9 | Debbie Hockley^ | 1979–1996 | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | – | 8 |
Mithali Raj | 2002–2022 | India | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
Nat Sciver-Brunt ǂ | 2013–2023 | England | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
12 | Belinda Clark^ | 1991–2005 | Australia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Sarah Taylor | 2006–2019 | England | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Sophie Devine ǂ | 2006–2023 | New Zealand | – | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Amy Satterthwaite | 2007–2022 | New Zealand | – | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Stafanie Taylor ǂ | 2008–2023 | West Indies | – | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
17 | Enid Bakewell^ | 1968–1982 | England | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
Alyssa Healy ǂ | 2010–2023 | Australia | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Smriti Mandhana ǂ | 2013–2023 | India | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
Harmanpreet Kaur ǂ | 2009–2023 | India | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
21 | Jill Kennare | 1982–1987 | Australia | 3 | 2 | – | 5 |
Deandra Dottin ǂ | 2008–2022 | West Indies | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Heather Knight ǂ | 2010–2023 | England | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Hayley Matthews ǂ | 2014–2023 | West Indies | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Beth Mooney ǂ | 2016–2023 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "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 - Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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