Top 10 Players with most test hundreds in career
Most test hundreds in career debate is unarguable right at top because of Sachin Tendulkar’s greatest career achievements. The former opening batsman has made it quite easy for the fans to recollect who is on top of the list. With his 51 test hundreds in career, Tendulkar has taken a noticeable lead that will live for quite some time. Though as they say it, records are meant to be broken, sooner or later it will come to an end as well. But the day of Sachin’s most test hundreds in career outdo is certainly not any near. The credit Sachin Tendulkar reached that far with his bat in cricket field also goes to the number of games he played.
Having had one of the longest cricket careers in history, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut at a young age. With a career span spread over 25 years, Sachin Tendulkar played 200 test matches. The fact that he was one of the best opening batsmen also helped him get the job done. In 329 innings played he managed to keep an average of 53.78. Followed by Sachin Tendulkar, we have one of the finest all-rounders in the world in most test hundreds list. The South African legendary fast bowler and batsman, a rare class in the world, Jacques Kallis could have done even better had he played the number of matches equivalent to that of Sachin Tendulkar. As a matter of fact, he does have a better average than Sachin Tendulkar and is only 6 tons behind the little master.
Jacques Kallis has 45 test hundreds on his name apart from all the heroics he has been doing with the ball. The forever young South African retired in 2014 from all formats of the game. Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Rahul Dravid, Brain Lara and many batting phenomenon join the list of most test hundreds. However all of them have hung their boots from cricket now. The active player with some significant number of test centuries are currently in 30s. Younis Khan at present leads the race for most test hundreds among the active players with his 31 test hundreds. England captain Alastair Cook is about to reach the 30 test hundreds as well with only one century left to surpass the great Sir Don Bradman. Full list of player with most test hundreds is as under.
Top 10 Players with most test hundreds in career
| Player | Span | Mat | Runs | Ave | 100 |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 1989-2013 | 200 | 15921 | 53.78 | 51 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2013 | 166 | 13289 | 55.37 | 45 |
| RT Ponting (Aus) | 1995-2012 | 168 | 13378 | 51.85 | 41 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2015 | 134 | 12400 | 57.40 | 38 |
| R Dravid (ICC/India) | 1996-2012 | 164 | 13288 | 52.31 | 36 |
| SM Gavaskar (India) | 1971-1987 | 125 | 10122 | 51.12 | 34 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 11953 | 52.88 | 34 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 1997-2014 | 149 | 11814 | 49.84 | 34 |
| SR Waugh (Aus) | 1985-2004 | 168 | 10927 | 51.06 | 32 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 2000-2016 | 106* | 9174 | 53.64 | 31 |
