Most Centuries in International Cricket: Full List

Virat Kohli (India) holds the most centuries in international cricket in the record book’s data, with 84 three-figure scores from 622 visits to the crease in all three formats. Joe Root (England) is second with 60, and no one else has more than 54.

Every figure comes from 7,029 internationals with ball-by-ball scorecards, the first on 19 Dec 2001 and the last in Sep 2026. Hundreds scored before Dec 2001 are not counted, so long careers that began before then look shorter here than in the full history books. Afghanistan’s fixtures are also missing, because they were never released openly. Below are the all-format list, the most fifties, and separate hundreds lists for each format.

Most Centuries in International Cricket: The Top of the List

The all-format table counts every score of 100 or more in a Test, ODI or T20I. Kohli’s 84 gives him a clear lead over Root’s 60. More than half of Kohli’s hundreds came in ODIs, where he has 54, the most in that format by a distance. Rohit Sharma (India) is next in ODIs with 33.

Behind the top two, the race is tight. Hashim Amla (South Africa) has 54, Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 53, and Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith (Australia) 49 each. Kane Williamson (New Zealand) and David Warner (Australia) are level on 48, with AB de Villiers (South Africa) on 46.

Read the Tendulkar line with care. Sachin Tendulkar (India) shows 34 hundreds here, but that counts only his innings from Dec 2001 onwards. The same applies to anyone whose career started before the data does. For the full run and wicket leaderboards, see the international cricket records hub.

Most Centuries in International Cricket (All Formats)

Batter	M	Inns	100s	Runs	HS
V Kohli India	533	622	84	28,012	254*
JE Root England	375	515	60	22,737	262
HM Amla South Africa	335	425	54	18,133	311*
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka	417	484	53	21,401	319
RG Sharma India	484	534	49	19,860	264
SPD Smith Australia	329	428	49	17,678	239
KS Williamson New Zealand	363	448	48	19,186	251
DA Warner Australia	374	467	48	18,658	335*
AB de Villiers South Africa	387	457	46	19,097	278*
LRPL Taylor New Zealand	412	494	39	17,632	290
AN Cook England	256	386	38	15,737	294
TM Dilshan Sri Lanka	395	437	36	15,343	193
JH Kallis South Africa	238	299	36	12,862	224
MJ Clarke Australia	333	412	35	15,622	329*
SR Tendulkar India	227	284	34	12,859	248*

Most Fifties in International Cricket

Batter	M	Inns	50s	Runs	HS
V Kohli India	533	622	145	28,012	254*
JE Root England	375	515	121	22,737	262
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka	417	484	116	21,401	319
RG Sharma India	484	534	109	19,860	264
Babar Azam Pakistan	334	390	106	15,644	196
MS Dhoni India	445	498	105	16,405	224
KS Williamson New Zealand	363	448	102	19,186	251
AB de Villiers South Africa	387	457	102	19,097	278*
DA Warner Australia	374	467	97	18,658	335*
Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh	350	412	93	14,234	206
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh	378	434	93	13,289	217
LRPL Taylor New Zealand	412	494	90	17,632	290
AD Mathews Sri Lanka	369	464	90	15,062	200*
HM Amla South Africa	335	425	84	18,133	311*
SPD Smith Australia	329	428	84	17,678	239

Most Centuries in Test Cricket

Batter	M	Inns	100s	Runs	HS
JE Root England	169	309	41	14,278	262
SPD Smith Australia	124	223	37	10,920	239
AN Cook England	161	291	33	12,472	294
KS Williamson New Zealand	110	195	33	9,515	251
V Kohli India	121	210	30	9,230	254*
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka	84	151	29	8,489	319
HM Amla South Africa	121	211	28	9,146	311*
JH Kallis South Africa	88	149	28	7,322	224
MJ Clarke Australia	107	186	27	8,146	329*
DA Warner Australia	112	205	26	8,786	335*

Most Centuries in ODI Cricket

Batter	M	Inns	100s	Runs	HS
V Kohli India	300	300	54	14,819	183
RG Sharma India	273	273	33	11,532	264
HM Amla South Africa	174	174	26	7,834	159
AB de Villiers South Africa	209	209	25	9,324	176
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka	280	280	24	11,530	169
Q de Kock South Africa	159	159	23	7,014	178
TM Dilshan Sri Lanka	259	259	21	9,212	161*
DA Warner Australia	154	154	21	6,623	179
LRPL Taylor New Zealand	209	209	20	8,126	181*
Babar Azam Pakistan	134	134	20	6,328	158

Most Centuries in T20 International Cricket

Batter	M	Inns	100s	Runs	HS
GJ Maxwell Australia	116	116	5	2,784	145*
RG Sharma India	145	145	4	4,027	118
SA Yadav India	105	105	4	3,213	117
Karanbir Singh Austria	56	56	4	2,537	164
PD Salt England	60	60	4	1,852	141*
Babar Azam Pakistan	134	134	3	4,545	122
Waseem Muhammad UAE	85	85	3	2,682	112
HG Munsey Scotland	81	81	3	2,508	132
K Bhurtel Nepal	77	77	3	2,290	129
C Munro New Zealand	62	62	3	1,724	109*

Most Hundreds in Tests, ODIs and T20Is

Tests are led by Root with 41 hundreds in 309 innings, ahead of Smith on 37. Alastair Cook (England) and Williamson share third on 33, and Kohli has 30. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) needed only 149 innings for his 28, the fewest in that top ten. More on long-format batting is on the Test cricket records page.

In ODIs, Kohli’s 54 sits well ahead of Rohit Sharma’s 33 and Amla’s 26. Quinton de Kock (South Africa) has 23 in just 159 innings. Babar Azam (Pakistan) has 20 in 134 innings, the fewest innings in that top ten. See the ODI records for more.

T20I hundreds are rarer. Glenn Maxwell (Australia) leads with 5. Four batters have 4: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (India), Phil Salt (England) and Karanbir Singh of Austria, whose 164 is the highest score in that top ten. Associate batters feature strongly, with HG Munsey (Scotland), Waseem Muhammad (UAE) and K Bhurtel (Nepal) on 3 each. The T20I records page has the wider list.

Most Fifties and How Conversion Shows

Kohli also leads the fifties list with 145, followed by Root on 121 and Sangakkara on 116. Rohit Sharma is fourth with 109.

Comparing the two tables shows who turned starts into hundreds. Amla has 54 hundreds and 84 fifties, so his hundreds come close to his fifties. MS Dhoni (India) has 105 fifties but does not appear in the top fifteen for hundreds. Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan (both Bangladesh) have 93 fifties each, and Babar Azam reached 106 fifties.

For context, the biggest innings anywhere in the data came in Apr 2004, when Brian Lara of West Indies finished unbeaten on 400 against England. Power hitters have their own list on the most sixes page, and the quickest hundreds by balls faced are on fastest centuries.

How These Century Lists Are Measured

Every list is ranked by the number of hundreds, with runs shown alongside to separate players who are level. Matches (M) and innings (Inns) are counted only within the period covered, and HS is each player’s top score in the data, with an asterisk for not out.

Because the data begins on 19 Dec 2001 and runs to 17 Sep 2026, players from the T20I era sit naturally higher than those who did much of their scoring before Dec 2001. Women’s hundreds have their own lists on the women’s international records page, and team totals are on highest and lowest team totals.

Tap any column title in these tables to re-sort them, for example by runs or by innings instead of hundreds.

Questions about Most centuries

Who has the most centuries in international cricket?

Virat Kohli of India, with 84 hundreds in 622 innings in the data since Dec 2001. Joe Root of England is second with 60 and Hashim Amla of South Africa third with 54.

How many international centuries does Virat Kohli have?

In the record book’s data, Kohli has 84: 30 in Tests and 54 in ODIs. He also has 145 fifties, the most of any batter here.

Who has the most centuries in Test cricket?

Joe Root of England, with 41 Test hundreds in 309 innings. Steve Smith of Australia has 37, and Alastair Cook and Kane Williamson have 33 each.

Who has the most hundreds in T20 international cricket?

Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has 5. On 4 apiece are India’s Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, England’s Phil Salt and Karanbir Singh of Austria.

Why does Sachin Tendulkar show only 34 hundreds?

The data starts on 19 Dec 2001, so any hundreds made before that date are not counted. Tendulkar’s 34 here cover his innings from Dec 2001 onwards only.

Source: ball-by-ball match data from Cricsheet.org (ODC-BY). See how we compile these records.