| Player | Team | Innings to 5 Test Centuries |
|---|---|---|
| Everton Weekes | West Indies | 9 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 12 |
| Neil Harvey | Australia | 12 |
| Don Bradman | Australia | 13 |
| George Headley | West Indies | 13 |
| Kamindu Mendis | Sri Lanka | 13 |
| William Woodfull | Australia | 15 |
| Arthur Morris | Australia | 16 |
| Peter Parfitt | England | 16 |
| Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | 16 |
Key Insights
Everton Weekes is the fastest batter to score five Test centuries. He took just nine innings to raise his fifth hundred.
Herbert Sutcliffe completed 1000 runs after getting his fifth hundred in his 12th innings. This is the joint-fewest innings taken by a batter to score 1000 Test runs. Weekes later levelled Sutcliffe’s record in 1949.
Archibald MacLaren was the first batter to aggregate five centuries in Test cricket. The former England batter achieved the feat in 49 innings back in May 1905.
Don Bradman is the only batter to convert his fifth hundred into a triple hundred. He amassed 334 in the first innings against England in the 1930 Leeds Test. This is also Bradman’s highest score in Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest batter to score five Test centuries. He was 19 years and 293 days old at the time of this fifth hundred. Tendulkar is, in fact, the only batter to reach the landmark within 20 years.
Frank Woolley stands on the other end. He was 42 years and 61 days old when he brought up his fifth and last Test hundred for England, the oldest batter to do so.
