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Player Team Mat From Until
AR Border Australia 93 7 Dec 1984 25 Mar 1994
RT Ponting Australia 73 3 Nov 2004 26 Dec 2010
SP Fleming New Zealand 65 1 Jul 1999 15 Dec 2006
MA Atherton England 52 5 Aug 1993 20 Mar 1998
MA Taylor Australia 50 28 Sep 1994 2 Jan 1999
GS Sobers West Indies 39 3 Mar 1965 20 Apr 1972
ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 38 9 Sep 1999 8 Nov 2002
M Azharuddin India 37 2 Feb 1990 4 Jul 1996
GC Smith South Africa 36 24 Apr 2003 24 Mar 2006
PBH May England 35 9 Jun 1955 2 Jul 1959
JR Reid New Zealand 34 18 Feb 1956 8 Jul 1965
SC Ganguly India 33 10 Nov 2000 8 Oct 2003
GC Smith South Africa 33* 16 Dec 2009 22 Feb 2013
DL Vettori New Zealand 32 8 Nov 2007 15 Jan 2011
IM Chappell Australia 30 12 Feb 1971 28 Aug 1975
SR Waugh Australia 30 23 Aug 2001 2 Jan 2004
CH Lloyd West Indies 29 22 Nov 1974 17 Mar 1978
GC Smith South Africa 29 15 Dec 2006 6 Mar 2009
AJ Strauss England 29 27 May 2010 16 Aug 2012
A Ranatunga Sri Lanka 28 17 Aug 1992 26 Dec 1995
DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka 28 28 Feb 2006 1 Mar 2009
MS Dhoni India 27 24 Jan 2010 13 Jan 2012
WJ Cronje South Africa 26 25 Nov 1994 30 Jan 1998
WJ Cronje South Africa 26 26 Feb 1998 2 Mar 2000
WM Woodfull Australia 25 13 Jun 1930 18 Aug 1934
R Illingworth England 25 12 Jun 1969 10 Aug 1972
DI Gower England 25 12 Mar 1984 5 Jun 1986
DJG Sammy West Indies 25* 15 Nov 2010 20 Mar 2013
MJ Clarke Australia 24 3 Jan 2011 14 Mar 2013
AH Kardar Pakistan 23 16 Oct 1952 26 Mar 1958
CH Lloyd West Indies 23 24 Nov 1980 2 Mar 1984
MW Gatting England 23 19 Jun 1986 2 Jun 1988
N Hussain England 23 16 Aug 2001 24 Jul 2003
BS Bedi India 22 5 Feb 1976 14 Nov 1978
SM Gavaskar India 22 2 Jan 1981 30 Jan 1983
A Ranatunga Sri Lanka 22 11 Sep 1996 24 Feb 1999
CL Hooper West Indies 22 9 Mar 2001 30 Oct 2002
BC Lara West Indies 22 10 Apr 2003 19 Aug 2004
Nawab of Pataudi India 21 23 Mar 1962 13 Jul 1967
SM Pollock South Africa 21 20 Jul 2000 2 Jan 2002
MJK Smith England 20 4 Dec 1964 2 Jun 1966
WM Lawry Australia 20 22 Aug 1968 29 Jan 1971
JM Brearley England 20 1 Jun 1978 15 Feb 1980
N Kapil Dev India 20 30 Aug 1985 13 Mar 1987
WR Hammond England 19 10 Jun 1938 31 Jan 1947
R Benaud Australia 19 5 Dec 1958 8 Jun 1961
RB Simpson Australia 19 1 Jan 1964 14 May 1965
GT Dowling New Zealand 19 22 Feb 1968 9 Mar 1972
GP Howarth New Zealand 19 26 Dec 1980 24 Mar 1984
IVA Richards West Indies 19 29 Mar 1985 11 Jan 1988
GA Gooch England 19 26 Dec 1990 29 Jan 1993
ADR Campbell Zimbabwe 19 11 Sep 1996 29 Oct 1999
SR Waugh Australia 19 5 Mar 1999 1 Dec 2000
HW Taylor South Africa 18 13 Dec 1913 16 Aug 1924
FCM Alexander West Indies 18 17 Jan 1958 25 Mar 1960
LRD Mendis Sri Lanka 18 22 Apr 1983 16 Apr 1987
MP Vaughan England 18 3 Jun 2004 8 Sep 2005
R Dravid India 18 13 Jan 2006 9 Aug 2007
MP Vaughan England 18 25 May 2007 30 Jul 2008
BE Congdon New Zealand 17 23 Mar 1972 28 Feb 1975
GS Chappell Australia 17 28 Nov 1975 25 Aug 1977
IVA Richards West Indies 17 14 Apr 1988 24 Feb 1990
KR Rutherford New Zealand 17 26 Nov 1993 18 Mar 1995
SR Tendulkar India 17 10 Oct 1996 3 Dec 1997
BC Lara West Indies 17 29 Jan 1998 26 Dec 1999
MS Atapattu Sri Lanka 17 6 May 2004 18 Dec 2005
AL Wadekar India 16 18 Feb 1971 4 Jul 1974
GS Chappell Australia 16 1 Dec 1979 7 Feb 1981
Imran Khan Pakistan 16 23 Feb 1986 6 Aug 1987
Waqar Younis Pakistan 16 17 May 2001 2 Jan 2003
AJ Strauss England 16 4 Feb 2009 14 Jan 2010
DG Bradman Australia 15 29 Nov 1946 14 Aug 1948
AD Nourse South Africa 15 16 Dec 1948 16 Aug 1951
JDC Goddard West Indies 15 3 Mar 1948 31 Dec 1951
L Hutton England 15 5 Jun 1952 10 Jun 1954
IWG Johnson Australia 15 31 Dec 1954 19 Oct 1956
ER Dexter England 15 26 Jul 1962 22 Aug 1963
FMM Worrell West Indies 15 9 Dec 1960 22 Aug 1963
Nawab of Pataudi India 15 30 Dec 1967 24 Dec 1969
SP Fleming New Zealand 15 14 Feb 1997 2 Jan 1999
JC Adams West Indies 15 16 Mar 2000 2 Jan 2001
Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 15 12 Nov 2010 3 Feb 2012

* indicates an ongoing sequence

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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The record for most centuries in a Test is eight. It has happened twice, most recently in the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in March 2013, when five Sri Lankans and three Bangladeshis scored tons. The only other instance was in Antigua between West Indies and South Africa, 2005.

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