Top 20 batsman list who scored most century in Internationl cricket

If we consider the individual performances of the players, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar’s name should came at the first time. he has left from his career in 2013 and placed himself on the top of the list according to the performance and achievement. He made highest amount of test & one day International centuries in cricket history. In total, he made hundred centuries where 49 times in ODI and 51 times in Test. He is regarded as the most successful batsman in cricket history though he did not able to make any significant score in T20 format.

[Last Update: 7 November, 2016]

Most Centuries in Test

Name	Country	Innings	Match	Century
Sachin Tendulkar	India	329	200	51
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	280	166	45
Ricky Ponting	Australia	287	168	41
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	229	132	38
Rahul Dravid	India	286	164	36
Sunil Gavaskar	India	214	125	34
Brian Lara	West Indies	232	131	34
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	252	149	34
Younis Khan	Pakistan	195	109	33
Steve Waugh	Australia	260	168	32
Matthew Hayden	Australia	184	103	30
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	280	164	30
Don Bradman	Australia	80	52	29
Alastair Cook	England	241	134	29
Michael Clarke	Australia	198	115	28
Graeme Smith	South Africa	205	117	27
Allan Border	Australia	265	156	27
Garfield Sobers	West Indies	160	93	26
Hasim Amla	South Africa	159	94	25
Inzamam Ul Haq	Pakistan	200	120	25

However, Sachin Tendulkar almost played in international cricket total 23 years so far. In the meantime, he played 200 long format competitions and made 329 innings. Without him, South African star Jacques Kallis is placed on 2nd in position by achieving 45 centuries and Australian Ricky Ponting is in 3rd. Here we provide below the top 20 centurions list in Test cricket.

As like as Test cricket, in One Day International competitions, Tendulkar is the top position by making 49 international centuries. To achieve such number of 100 score, he had to play 463 matches. His nearest opponent Ricky Ponting is in 2nd position with his 30 centuries. Recent Indian sensation Virat Kohli is in 4th position by achieving 26 centuries. Though, he is just young but would able to cross Tendulkar if he can play according to his current performance. He is sometimes called as the new Tendulkar also.

Most Centuries in ODI

Name	Country	Innings	Match	Century
Sachin Tendulkar	India	452	463	49
Ricky Ponting	Australia	365	375	30
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	433	445	28
Virat Kohli	India	166	175	26
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	380	404	25
AB de Villiers	South Africa	197	206	24
Hasim Amla	South Africa	137	140	23
Chris Gayle	West Indies	264	269	22
Saurav Ganguly	India	300	311	22
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	303	330	22
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	240	248	21
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	244	247	20
Brain Lara	West Indies	289	299	19
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	418	448	19
Mark Waugh	Australia	236	244	18
Desmond Haynes	West Indies	237	238	17
Jack Kallis	South Africa	314	328	17
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	217	223	16
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	279	287	16
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	160	175	15

Though, T20 competitions are sometimes played internationally. So, here we include the domestics competitions statistics like IPL, PSL, BPL, Big Bash, Natwest t20 Blast etc. This type of T20 competitions are heavy popular also. Here we present the top century holders list below.

Most Centuries in T20

Name	Country	Innings	Match	Century
C. Gayle	West Indies	267	272	18
B. McCullum	New Zealand	247	251	7
M. Klinger	Australia	120	123	6
L. Wright	England	236	256	6
D. Warner	Australia	221	222	5
H. Masakadza	Zimbabwe	111	112	4
J. Roy	South Africa	121	124	4
Virat Kohli	India	193	206	4
Dussen	South Africa	44	46	3
I. Harvey	Australia	52	54	3
U. Chand	India	57	59	3
A. Gilchrist	Australia	102	102	3
Q. Kock	South Africa	114	120	3
Ahmed Shehzad	Pakistan	149	149	3
K. Pietersen	England	154	159	3
R. Levi	South Africa	158	165	3
AB de Villiers	South Africa	200	216	3
S. Watson	Australia	200	207	3
S. Sharma	India	225	236	3
S. Raina	India	228	242	3