Fastest to 35 Test Centuries
| Player | Team | Innings to 35 Test Centuries |
|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 194 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200 |
| Steven D Smith | Australia | 205 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 209 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 234 |
| Joe Root | England | 268 |
| Rahul Dravid | India | 272 |
Fastest to Every Test Century Milestone
Key Insights
Ricky Ponting is the fastest batter to score 35 centuries in Test cricket. The former Australian star needed 194 innings to reach the landmark.
Ponting scored a century after every 5.54 innings on his way to his 35th ton — the best innings-per-century ratio among the batters listed.
Rahul Dravid, on the other hand, took 272 innings to bring up his 35th Test hundred, making him the slowest batter to do so.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first batter to aggregate 35 Test centuries. He attained the feat in his 200th innings in 2005.
Tendulkar is also the youngest to achieve the mark. The Master Blaster brought up his 35th hundred at the age of 32 years and 231 days.
Rahul Dravid, meanwhile, is the oldest batter to smash his 35th Test century. He was 38 years and 220 days old at the time.
Joe Root recorded the highest individual score among all batters for their 35th Test ton. He struck a 262-run knock against Pakistan in the 2024 Multan Test. Thanks to Root’s effort, England declared their innings on 823 for 7, their third-highest total in Test history.
Kumar Sangakkara brought up his 34th and 35th Test hundreds in the same match. His 34th ton was a 319-run knock, followed by a 105-run century against Bangladesh in 2014. Sangakkara is one of only two batters to score a triple century and a century in the same Test.
