List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored

This list is a compilation of total centuries scored by international cricketers, split between different formats of the game.

A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 111 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 74 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries and 40 have 30 or more centuries. Eight players have scored 50 or more centuries in their international career across the 3 formats.

Seven centuries is used as the qualifying standard for the women's list; to date, 10 players have reached this mark.

Men's cricket

Rank	Player	Period	Teams	Test	ODI	T20I	Total
1	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2013	India	51	49	0	100
2	Ricky Ponting^	1995–2012	Australia/ICC	41	30	0	71
3	Kumar Sangakkara	2000–2015	Sri Lanka/ICC/Asia	38	25	0	63
4	Jacques Kallis	1995–2014	South Africa/ICC/Africa	45	17	0	62
5	Virat Kohli ǂ	2008–2018	India	24	35	0	59
6	Mahela Jayawardene	1997–2015	Sri Lanka/Asia	34	19	1	54
	Hashim Amla ǂ	2004–2018	South Africa/ICC	28	26	0	54
8	Brian Lara^	1990–2007	West Indies/ICC	34	19	N/A	53
9	Rahul Dravid^	1996–2012	India/ICC/Asia	36	12	0	48
10	AB de Villiers	2004–2018	South Africa/Africa	22	25	0	47
11	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989–2011	Sri Lanka/Asia	14	28	0	42
12	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	1994–2015	West Indies	30	11	0	41
	Younis Khan	2000–2017	Pakistan	34	7	0	41
14	Matthew Hayden	1993–2009	Australia/ICC	30	10	0	40
	Chris Gayle ǂ	2000–2018	West Indies/ICC	16	22	2	40
16	Tillakaratne Dilshan	1999–2016	Sri Lanka	16	22	1	39
	Mohammad Yousuf	1998–2010	Pakistan/Asia	24	15	0	39
18	Sourav Ganguly	1992–2008	India/Asia	16	22	N/A	38
	Virender Sehwag	1999–2013	India/ICC/Asia	23	15	0	38
	Mark Waugh	1988–2002	Australia	20	18	N/A	38
	Alastair Cook	2006–2018	England	33	5	0	38
22	Graeme Smith	2002–2014	South Africa/ICC/Africa	27	10	0	37
23	Michael Clarke	2003–2015	Australia	28	8	0	36
	Ross Taylor ǂ	2006–2018	New Zealand	17	19	0	36
25	Sunil Gavaskar^	1971–1987	India	34	1	N/A	35
	Herschelle Gibbs	1996–2010	South Africa	14	21	0	35
	Desmond Haynes	1978–1994	West Indies	18	17	N/A	35
	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1991–2007	Pakistan/ICC/Asia	25	10	0	35
	Viv Richards^	1974–1991	West Indies	24	11	N/A	35
	Steve Waugh^	1985–2004	Australia	32	3	N/A	35
	David Warner ǂ	2009–2018	Australia	21	14	0	35
32	Gary Kirsten	1993–2004	South Africa	21	13	N/A	34
33	Adam Gilchrist^	1996–2008	Australia/ICC	17	16	0	33
34	Kevin Pietersen	2004–2014	England/ICC	23	9	0	32
35	Aravinda de Silva	1984–2003	Sri Lanka	20	11	N/A	31
	Javed Miandad^	1975–1996	Pakistan	23	8	N/A	31
	Saeed Anwar	1989–2003	Pakistan	11	20	N/A	31
	Steve Smith ǂ	2010–2018	Australia	23	8	0	31
39	Allan Border^	1978–1994	Australia	27	3	N/A	30
	Gordon Greenidge^	1974–1991	West Indies	19	11	N/A	30
41	Mohammad Azharuddin	1984–2000	India	22	7	N/A	29
	Don Bradman^	1928–1948	Australia	29	N/A	N/A	29
	Kane Williamson ǂ	2010–2018	New Zealand	18	11	0	29
44	Graham Gooch^	1975–1995	England	20	8	N/A	28
45	Nathan Astle	1995–2007	New Zealand	11	16	N/A	27
	Marvan Atapattu	1990–2007	Sri Lanka	16	11	N/A	27
	Greg Chappell^	1970–1984	Australia	24	3	N/A	27
	Andrew Strauss	2003–2012	England	21	6	0	27
49	Ian Bell	2004–2015	England	22	4	0	26
	David Boon	1984–1996	Australia	21	5	N/A	26
	Garfield Sobers^	1954–1974	West Indies	26	0	N/A	26
	Marcus Trescothick	2000–2006	England	14	12	N/A	26
53	David Gower^	1978–1992	England	18	7	N/A	25
	Rohit Sharma ǂ	2007–2018	India	3	19	3	25
55	Joe Root ǂ	2012–2018	England	13	11	0	24
56	Geoffrey Boycott^	1964–1982	England	22	1	N/A	23
	Justin Langer	1993–2007	Australia	23	0	N/A	23
	V. V. S. Laxman	1996–2012	India	17	6	N/A	23
59	Colin Cowdrey	1954–1975	England	22	0	N/A	22
	Wally Hammond^	1927–1947	England	22	N/A	N/A	22
	Michael Hussey	2004–2013	Australia	19	3	0	22
	Ijaz Ahmed	1986–2001	Pakistan	12	10	N/A	22
	Shikhar Dhawan ǂ	2010–2018	India	7	15	0	22
63	Martin Crowe^	1982–1995	New Zealand	17	4	N/A	21
	Neil Harvey^	1948–1963	Australia	21	N/A	N/A	21
	Richie Richardson	1983–1996	West Indies	16	5	N/A	21
67	Ken Barrington^	1955–1968	England	20	N/A	N/A	20
	Gautam Gambhir	2003–2016	India	9	11	0	20
	Carl Hooper	1987–2003	West Indies	13	7	N/A	20
	Clive Lloyd^	1966–1985	West Indies	19	1	N/A	20
	Mohammad Hafeez ǂ	2003–2018	Pakistan	9	11	0	20
	Saleem Malik	1982–1999	Pakistan	15	5	N/A	20
	Ramnaresh Sarwan	2000–2013	West Indies	15	5	0	20
	Mark Taylor	1989–1999	Australia	19	1	N/A	20
75	Len Hutton^	1937–1955	England	19	N/A	N/A	19
	Brendon McCullum	2002–2016	New Zealand	12	5	2	19
	Alec Stewart	1989–2003	England	15	4	N/A	19
	Zaheer Abbas	1969–1985	Pakistan	12	7	N/A	19
	Tamim Iqbal ǂ	2007–2018	Bangladesh/ICC	8	10	1	19
79	Michael Atherton	1989–2001	England	16	2	N/A	18
	Faf du Plessis ǂ	2011–2018	South Africa/ICC	8	9	1	18
	Martin Guptill ǂ	2009–2018	New Zealand	3	13	2	18
	Dean Jones	1984–1994	Australia	11	7	N/A	18
	Allan Lamb	1982–1992	England	14	4	N/A	18
	Damien Martyn	1992–2006	Australia	13	5	N/A	18
	Upul Tharanga ǂ	2005–2018	Sri Lanka/Asia	3	15	0	18
	Michael Vaughan	1999–2008	England	18	0	0	18
	Dilip Vengsarkar	1976–1992	India	17	1	N/A	18
89	Azhar Ali ǂ	2010–2018	Pakistan	14	3	0	17
	Denis Compton	1937–1957	England	17	N/A	N/A	17
	Daryll Cullinan	1993–2001	South Africa	14	3	N/A	17
	Stephen Fleming	1994–2008	New Zealand/ICC	9	8	0	17
	Marlon Samuels ǂ	2000–2018	West Indies	7	10	0	17
	Yuvraj Singh ǂ	2000–2017	India/Asia	3	14	0	17
95	Quinton de Kock ǂ	2012–2018	South Africa	3	13	0	16
	MS Dhoni ǂ	2004–2018	India/Asia	6	10	0	16
	Andy Flower	1992–2003	Zimbabwe	12	4	N/A	16
	Thilan Samaraweera	1998–2013	Sri Lanka	14	2	0	16
	Herbert Sutcliffe^	1924–1935	England	16	N/A	N/A	16
	Graham Thorpe	1993–2005	England	16	0	N/A	16
101	Dennis Amiss	1966–1977	England	11	4	N/A	15
	Dinesh Chandimal ǂ	2010–2018	Sri Lanka	11	4	0	15
	Paul Collingwood	2001–2017	England/ICC	10	5	0	15
	Jack Hobbs^	1909–1930	England	15	N/A	N/A	15
	Nasser Hussain	1989–2003	England	14	1	N/A	15
	Rohan Kanhai^	1957–1975	West Indies	15	0	N/A	15
	Ravi Shastri	1981–1992	India	11	4	N/A	15
	Navjot Singh Sidhu	1983–1999	India	9	6	N/A	15
	Clyde Walcott^	1948–1960	West Indies	15	N/A	N/A	15
	Doug Walters	1965–1981	Australia	15	0	N/A	15
	Everton Weekes	1948–1958	West Indies	15	N/A	N/A	15

Women's cricket

Rank	Player	Period	Teams	WTest	WODI	WT20I	Total
1	Charlotte Edwards	1996–2016	England	4	9	0	13
2	Meg Lanningǂ	2010–2018	Australia	0	11	1	12
	Claire Taylor	1998–2011	England	4	8	0	12
4	Suzie Batesǂ	2006–2018	New Zealand	N/A	10	1	11
5	Janette Brittin	1979–1998	England	5	5	N/A	10
	Karen Rolton	1995–2009	Australia	2	8	0	10
7	Debbie Hockley	1979–1996	New Zealand	4	4	N/A	8
8	Belinda Clark	1991–2005	Australia	2	5	0	7
	Mithali Rajǂ	2002–2018	India	1	6	0	7
	Sarah Taylorǂ	2006–2018	England	0	7	0	7

Last updated: 13 July 2018

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