| 400* | BC Lara | West Indies v England at St John's, 4th Test, 2003/04 [1696] |
| 380 | ML Hayden | Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1661] |
| 375 | BC Lara | West Indies v England at St John's, 5th Test, 1993/94 [1259] |
| 374 | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2006 [1810] |
| 365* | GS Sobers | West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 3rd Test, 1957/58 [450] |
| 364 | L Hutton | England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, 1938 [266] |
| 340 | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, 1997/98 [1374] |
| 337 | Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan v West Indies at Bridgetown, 1st Test, 1957/58 [446] |
| 336* | WR Hammond | England v New Zealand at Auckland, 2nd Test, 1932/33 [226] |
| 334* | MA Taylor | Australia v Pakistan at Peshawar, 2nd Test, 1998/99 [1426] |
| 334 | DG Bradman | Australia v England at Leeds, 3rd Test, 1930 [196] |
| 333 | GA Gooch | England v India at Lord's, 1st Test, 1990 [1148] |
| 329 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, 1st Test, 2002 [1600] |
| 325 | A Sandham | England v West Indies at Kingston, 4th Test, 1929/30 [193] |
| 317 | CH Gayle | West Indies v South Africa at St John's, 4th Test, 2004/05 [1750] |
| 311 | RB Simpson | Australia v England at Manchester, 4th Test, 1964 [564] |
| 310* | JH Edrich | England v New Zealand at Leeds, 3rd Test, 1965 [593] |
| 309 | V Sehwag | India v Pakistan at Multan, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1693] |
| 307 | RM Cowper | Australia v England at Melbourne, 5th Test, 1965/66 [601] |
| 304 | DG Bradman | Australia v England at Leeds, 4th Test, 1934 [236] |
| 302 | LG Rowe | West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 3rd Test, 1973/74 [734] |
| 299* | DG Bradman | Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, 4th Test, 1931/32 [215] |
| 299 | MD Crowe | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 1st Test, 1990/91 [1162] |
| 291 | IVA Richards | West Indies v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1976 [781] |
| 287 | RE Foster | England v Australia at Sydney, 1st Test, 1903/04 [78] |
| 287 | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2006 [1810] |
| 285* | PBH May | England v West Indies at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1957 [439] |
| 281 | VVS Laxman | India v Australia at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 2000/01 [1535] |
| 280* | Javed Miandad | Pakistan v India at Hyderabad (Sind), 4th Test, 1982/83 [946] |
| 278 | DCS Compton | England v Pakistan at Nottingham, 2nd Test, 1954 [388] |
| 277 | BC Lara | West Indies v Australia at Sydney, 3rd Test, 1992/93 [1208] |
| 277 | GC Smith | South Africa v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 2003 [1651] |
| 275* | DJ Cullinan | South Africa v New Zealand at Auckland, 1st Test, 1998/99 [1446] |
| 275 | G Kirsten | South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, 1999/00 [1480] |
| 274* | SP Fleming | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), 1st Test, 2003 [1641] |
| 274 | RG Pollock | South Africa v Australia at Durban, 2nd Test, 1969/70 [671] |
| 274 | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1971 [687] |
| 271 | Javed Miandad | Pakistan v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 1988/89 [1116] |
| 270* | GA Headley | West Indies v England at Kingston, 4th Test, 1934/35 [241] |
| 270 | DG Bradman | Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, 1936/37 [257] |
| 270 | R Dravid | India v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 3rd Test, 2003/04 [1697] |
| 270 | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 2004 [1699] |
| 268 | GN Yallop | Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 4th Test, 1983/84 [973] |
| 267* | BA Young | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, 1st Test, 1996/97 [1358] |
| 267 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 1990/91 [1162] |
| 267 | Younis Khan | Pakistan v India at Bangalore, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1743] |
| 266 | WH Ponsford | Australia v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1934 [237] |
| 266 | DL Houghton | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 1994/95 [1271] |
| 262* | DL Amiss | England v West Indies at Kingston, 2nd Test, 1973/74 [732] |
| 262 | SP Fleming | New Zealand v South Africa at Cape Town, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1800] |
