Here in this article, we will look at the 10 fastest batters to have reached the milestone of 10 Test centuries.
Fastest to 10 Test Centuries
| Player | Team | Innings to 10 Test Centuries |
|---|---|---|
| Don Bradman | Australia | 23 |
| George Headley | West Indies | 32 |
| Arthur Morris | Australia | 36 |
| Denis Compton | England | 40 |
| Neil Harvey | Australia | 40 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 44 |
| Everton Weekes | West Indies | 45 |
| Clyde Walcott | West Indies | 47 |
| Harry Brook | England | 50 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 51 |
Fastest to Every Test Century Milestone
Key Insights
Don Bradman is the fastest batter to score 10 centuries in Test cricket. He took 23 innings to bring up his 10th hundred in this format.
An innings before that (22), Bradman completed his 2000 Test runs, the quickest by a batter.
Bradman scored a hundred after every two innings (2.30), which is the best innings per hundred ratio by a batter in Test cricket.
Bradman also took the fewest innings to score 10 Test hundreds as a captain. He brought up his 10th century in his 26th innings as Australia’s captain.
74 innings taken by Adam Gilchrist to bring up his 10th Test century are the fewest by a designated wicketkeeper.
Graham Gooch recorded the highest score by a batter for his 10th Test century. He amassed 333 against India in the 1990 Lord’s Test. Gooch remains the only one to convert the 10th hundred into a triple century.
15 batters converted their 10th Test centuries into double centuries, with four of those being England batters, the most from a team.
12 batters scored exactly 10 centuries in their Test careers. Overall, 145 batters have smashed 10 or more hundreds in the longest format.
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