Most centuries in Career – Test ODI and T20I combined

Most centuries in Career – Test ODI and T20I combined

Most centuries in a cricket career list is topped by a player the whole world is well acquainted of. The little master Sachin Tendulkar who is also the crown holder form highest run scorer history. With over 34000 runs scored in total, Sachin Tendulkar has left a tough task for the coming players to beat his feats. Take the example of most centuries scored. The gap between the first and second placed player is so evident that Sachin’s record seems unbreakable forever. Interestingly when speaking of all formats, both second and third placed players had the real chance to narrow down the gap. Sachin Tendulkar played only a single T20 in his entire career, on the other hand Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara- the second and third placers in most centuries list respectively, played a lot of T20 games.

No doubt, T20 being a limited overs game offers very little chances to get a three figured innings, still the opportunity has been there. Ricky Ponting played a total of 17 T20 international matches. However with his highest score of 98, he was unable to add a T20 hundred in his blistering career. Similarly Kumar Sangakkara, one of the best wicketkeepers in world played 56 T20s. considering the batting skills he was gifted with he should have scored more than one T20I hundreds but in reality his highest score reached only 78. Though Sachin Tendulkar also did not scored a lot in the sole t20 he played however that is not the point right now. Kumar Sangakkara at least had great opportunity to add in his tally of most centuries. Because at Ricky Ponting’s time even T20 format wasn’t that brutal.

Nevertheless, ranking aside, all these legendary players did their best for the sport and will be remembered forever. As for most centuries in cricket, the list is followed by more legends like Jacque Kallis, Mahela Jayawardane and Brian Lara. For the record, Hashim Amla is the highest ton getter of the players who are currently in action. The full list of most centuries in cricket career is as under.

Most centuries in Career – Test ODI and T20I combined

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2013	664	782	34357	248*	48.52	100
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)	1995-2012	560	668	27483	257	45.95	71
KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)	2000-2015	594	666	28016	319	46.77	63
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1995-2014	519	617	25534	224	49.10	62
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	1997-2015	652	725	25957	374	39.15	54
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	430	521	22358	400*	46.28	53
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2016	266	327	14811	311*	49.53	48
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India)	1996-2012	509	605	24208	270	45.41	48
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2004-2016	383	441	60	18184	278*	47.72
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2011	586	651	21032	340	34.14	42