Team Records

Teams with Most 500+ Totals in Test Cricket

Most 500+ Totals in Test Cricket

Team500+ TotalsHighest Total
Australia151758/8d vs WI, 1955
England116903/7d vs AUS, 1938
India90759/7d vs ENG, 2016
West Indies67790/3d vs PAK, 1958
Pakistan57765/6d vs SL, 2009
South Africa57682/6d vs ENG, 2003
New Zealand45715/6d vs BAN, 2019
Sri Lanka42952/6d vs IND, 1997
Bangladesh12638 vs SL, 2013
Zimbabwe6586 vs AFG, 2024
Afghanistan2699 vs ZIM, 2024

Key Insights

Australia were the first team to score 500-plus in 100 or more innings. Now they are the only team with 500-plus totals in more than 150 Test innings.

Australia were also the first side to crack a 500-plus total in a Test innings. They put up 551 all out against England in the first innings of the 1884 Oval Test.

Australia, England, and India are the three teams with 50 or more 500-plus totals on their respective home soils. In away conditions, only Australia and England meet the criteria.

India are the only team to score 500-plus totals in three consecutive innings three times. England are the other team with two such instances.

Australia have scored more than 30 500-plus totals at a run rate of four or more per over, the most by a team in Test cricket.

Australia have won more than 100 Tests after scoring 500-plus totals in at least one innings of the match. Find out teams with most Test wins.

In 2024, Pakistan became the first side to lose five Tests after aggregating a 500-plus total in at least one innings of the match. They are also the first team to face a defeat by an innings despite amassing a 500-plus total in an outing.