Joe Root is easily the best longer-format batsman the team England has produced post-Alastair Cook.
Interestingly, Root is only second to Cook in terms of runs scored and centuries hit for England in Test cricket, becoming only the second English batsman to score 10000+ runs and 30+ centuries in the format.
Even in One-day Internationals, Root has stomped his presence in the early years. However, the former captain finds it hard to fix his spot in the new-looking England side in the limited-overs setup, which relies more on players with the aggressive tag. His last ODI century came during the 2019 ODI world cup.
With a high score of 90* in the 32 T20 Internationals, Root has no triple-digit score in the shortest format, thereby hasn’t break in to the elite list of batters scoring centuries in all three formats.
This article lists Joe Root’s centuries in ODI and Test cricket.
Joe Root Test Centuries List
| Century No. | Final Score | Opposition | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 104 (167) | New Zealand | Leeds | 2013 |
| 2 | 180 (338) | Australia | Lord’s | 2013 |
| 3 | 200* (298) | Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 2014 |
| 4 | 154* (295) | India | Nottingham | 2014 |
| 5 | 149* (165) | India | The Oval | 2014 |
| 6 | 182* (229) | West Indies | St George’s | 2015 |
| 7 | 134 (166) | Australia | Cardiff | 2015 |
| 8 | 130 (176) | Australia | Nottingham | 2015 |
| 9 | 110 (139) | South Africa | Johannesburg | 2016 |
| 10 | 254 (406) | Pakistan | Manchester | 2016 |
| 11 | 124 (180) | India | Rajkot | 2016 |
| 12 | 190 (234) | South Africa | Lord’s | 2017 |
| 13 | 136 (189) | West Indies | Birmingham | 2017 |
| 14 | 125 (190) | India | The Oval | 2018 |
| 15 | 124 (146) | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 2018 |
| 16 | 122 (225) | West Indies | Gros Islet | 2019 |
| 17 | 226 (441) | New Zealand | Hamilton | 2019 |
| 18 | 228 (321) | Sri Lanka | Galle | 2021 |
| 19 | 186 (309) | Sri Lanka | Galle | 2021 |
| 20 | 218 (377) | India | Chennai | 2021 |
| 21 | 109 (172) | India | Nottingham | 2021 |
| 22 | 180* (321) | India | Lord’s | 2021 |
| 23 | 121 (165) | India | Leeds | 2021 |
| 24 | 109 (204) | West Indies | North Sound | 2022 |
| 25 | 153 (316) | West Indies | Bridgetown | 2022 |
| 26 | 115* (170) | New Zealand | Lord’s | 2022 |
| 27 | 176 (211) | New Zealand | Nottingham | 2022 |
| 28 | 142* (173) | India | Birmingham | 2022 |
| 29 | 153* (224) | New Zealand | Wellington | 2023 |
| 30 | 118* (152) | Australia | Birmingham | 2023 |
| 31 | 122* (274) | India | Ranchi | 2024 |
| 32 | 122 (178) | West Indies | Nottingham | 2024 |
| 33 | 143 (206) | Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 2024 |
| 34 | 103 (121) | Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 2024 |
| 35 | 262 (375) | Pakistan | Multan | 2024 |
| 36 | 106 (130) | New Zealand | Wellington | 2024 |
| 37 | 104 (199) | India | Lord’s | 2025 |
Key Stats
In terms of his Test aggregates and century counts, 2021 and 2022 have been the best years of Joe Root. Root scored 6 and 5 centuries in those two subsequent years. The English right-hander was also the second-highest run-scorer in 2021. Find Joe Root’s year-wise batting stats in Tests here to understand how he has dominated these two years in cricket.
Scoring six centuries in 2021, Root came close to making it to the list of most Test centuries in a calendar year.
Root’s favourite opponent has been the Men in Blue. Root scored nine longer-format centuries against India, at the joined sixth place for any player who has hit the most 100s against a single opponent in Test cricket.
The Mecca of Cricket, the Lords occupied five of Joe Root’s Test centuries, his highest in any venue. Away from his home country, Root has two centuries in Sri Lanka’s Galle International Stadium.
The ratio of his home-to-away Test centuries is 18:12
Innings-wise, Root has scored 11 hundreds each in the 1st and 2nd innings of the game. Six of the remaining were scored in the 3rd innings and 2 in the 4th.
Also, Joe Root has contributed five double centuries for England in the longest format.
Twenty one of Joe Root’s century has landed England on the victorious side, whereas two in lost games and seven in drawn Test matches.
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Joe Root ODI Centuries List
| Century No. | Final Score | Strike Rate | Opposition | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 107 (122) | 87.7 | West Indies | North Sound | 2014 |
| 2 | 113 (108) | 104.62 | India | Leeds | 2014 |
| 3 | 104* (117) | 88.88 | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 2014 |
| 4 | 121 (108) | 112.03 | Sri Lanka | Wellington | 2015 |
| 5 | 104 (78) | 133.33 | New Zealand | Birmingham | 2015 |
| 6 | 106* (97) | 109.27 | New Zealand | Nottingham | 2015 |
| 7 | 125 (113) | 110.61 | South Africa | Centurion | 2016 |
| 8 | 109 (124) | 87.9 | South Africa | Johannesburg | 2016 |
| 9 | 101 (108) | 93.51 | West Indies | Bridgetown | 2017 |
| 10 | 133* (129) | 103.1 | Bangladesh | The Oval | 2017 |
| 11 | 102 (101) | 100.99 | New Zealand | Dunedin | 2018 |
| 12 | 113* (116) | 97.41 | India | Lord’s | 2018 |
| 13 | 100* (120) | 83.33 | India | Leeds | 2018 |
| 14 | 102 (97) | 105.15 | West Indies | Bridgetown | 2019 |
| 15 | 107 (104) | 102.88 | Pakistan | Nottingham | 2019 |
| 16 | 100* (94) | 106.38 | West Indies | Southampton | 2019 |
| 17 | 120 (111) | 108.1 | Afghanistan | Lahore | 2025 |
| 18 | 166* (139) | 119.42 | West Indies | Cardiff | 2025 |
Key Stats
Having started his limited-overs triple-digit knock against West Indies in 2014 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Joe Root continued to dominate the Caribbean opponent, scoring four centuries against them – his best in ODIs opponent-wise, followed by three against India. Overall he has 12 centuries against India in International cricket.
Interestingly, Root has never scored a century against his Ashes counterparts, Australia, in the limited-overs.
Eleven of his sixteen ODI centuries came while batting at No. 3, whereas his first ton as an opener came in the 2019 World Cup match against West Indies.
Regarding the outcomes of those games, 11 resulted in England’s wins and five on the wrong side. You can find the list of batters who have scored the most winning 100s for their nations in the ODI format.
Looking into the Home/Away column, Root scored seven centuries outside England and eight within the country. His only neutral venue century knock came in Wellington against Sri Lanka in the 2015 ODI World Cup.
Root is currently the only English batter to score three centuries in ODI World Cups – One in 2015 and two in England’s title-winning campaign in 2019.
Year-wise, he has three centuries each in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019.
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