Most Centuries by Active Players in Test Cricket
| Player | Inns | Centuries | HS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root (ENG) | 305 | 41 | 262 |
| Steve Smith (AUS) | 223 | 37 | 239 |
| Tom Latham (NZ) | 171 | 17 | 264* |
| Dinesh Chandimal (SL) | 166 | 16 | 206* |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 192 | 14 | 219* |
| Dhananjaya de Silva (SL) | 121 | 13 | 173 |
| Mominul Haque (BAN) | 148 | 13 | 181 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite (WI) | 193 | 12 | 212 |
| Travis Head (AUS) | 114 | 12 | 175 |
| KL Rahul (IND) | 121 | 12 | 199 |
| Marnus Labuschagne (AUS) | 117 | 11 | 215 |
| HM Nicholls (NZ) | 94 | 11 | 200* |
| Shubman Gill (IND) | 76 | 11 | 269 |
| Harry Brook (ENG) | 67 | 10 | 317 |
| Kusal Mendis (SL) | 139 | 10 | 245 |
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Key Insights – Current Test Hundred Leaders
If you’re wondering who currently leads the pack for most Test centuries among active players, you’ve come to the right place.
Three of the Fab Four batters occupy the top three spots. Joe Root, Steven Smith, and Kane Williamson have more than 30 Test centuries to their names. The other member of the quartet, Virat Kohli, retired with 30 hundreds.
Root also leads the run chart, with over 13,000 runs to his name. He is now England’s top run-scorer and century-maker in the whites.
What’s fascinating is that more than half of Root’s centuries have come since the start of the 2020s decade. This also includes his best score of 262 achieved against Pakistan in 2024.
Smith and Williamson are the other two batters to bring up 10 or more hundreds this decade.
Harry Brook has scored the most Test centuries among the batters who have debuted after 2020. He also remains the only triple centurion in Tests this decade. Brook blasted his triple ton from 310 balls, the second fastest behind Virender Sehwag’s 278 balls.
Root and Williamson have scored six double centuries each, the most among the active batters.
Bonus Read: Most 200s by Teams in Test Cricket