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title: "Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket"  
description: "Scoring a century in Tests is much more special than scoring one in limited-overs because the former demands more endurance than the latter. Here's the list"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-10  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1276/top-5-batsmen-with-the-most-centuries-in-test-cricket  
category: "cricket"  
tags: ["Cricket", "cricketer", "Indian cricketer", "cricket records", "Test cricket", "test records"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket

![Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e91e6f1-ec25-4a69-9aca-ba6bcb48e553/images/c40683e4-929f-44af-a7c2-6aba2e20f065.jpeg) ![Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e91e6f1-ec25-4a69-9aca-ba6bcb48e553/images/13a314fd-c22f-49a1-9cef-9f20bc804802.jpeg) Sachin Tendulkar – 51 centuries ![Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e91e6f1-ec25-4a69-9aca-ba6bcb48e553/images/9781f2e8-f7a9-49a6-a65d-51ec6bbd0161.jpeg) Jacques Kallis – 45 centuries ![Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e91e6f1-ec25-4a69-9aca-ba6bcb48e553/images/305f0f60-925c-4d67-943c-fa64b640feb9.jpeg) Ricky Ponting – 41 centuries ![Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e91e6f1-ec25-4a69-9aca-ba6bcb48e553/images/ee5d85f5-61f1-4ff2-b667-8ed191138011.jpeg) Kumar Sangakkara – 38 centuries ![Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in Test cricket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e91e6f1-ec25-4a69-9aca-ba6bcb48e553/images/16904113-9b9f-4227-89c3-d16ae66ee2d8.jpeg) Rahul Dravid – 36 centuries

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