Batting Most Runs Innings

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HM Amla	311*	790	529	35	-	58.79	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
AB de Villiers	278*	601	418	23	6	66.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
DJ Cullinan	275*	658	490	27	2	56.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1999	Test # 1446
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	-	42.83	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
DJ McGlew	255*	534	-	19	-	0.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
HM Amla	253*	675	473	22	-	53.48	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
GC Smith	234	627	388	16	-	60.30	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
GC Smith	232	406	277	33	1	83.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
AD Nourse	231	289	-	36	-	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	95.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
ND McKenzie	226	518	388	28	3	58.24	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
JH Kallis	224	434	325	31	1	68.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
JA Rudolph	222*	521	383	29	2	57.96	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
G Kirsten	220	442	286	33	1	76.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
AB de Villiers	217*	480	333	17	2	65.16	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
HH Gibbs	211*	659	468	23	3	45.08	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
G Kirsten	210	650	525	24	1	40.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
RG Pollock	209	350	-	30	-	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
HM Amla	208	475	371	22	-	56.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
GA Faulkner	204	315	320	26	-	63.75	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
JH Kallis	201*	389	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
EJ Barlow	201	392	-	27	-	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
D Elgar	199	553	388	15	3	51.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
F du Plessis	199	412	276	24	-	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
HH Gibbs	196	442	354	25	1	55.36	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
HM Amla	196	350	221	21	-	88.68	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
HH Gibbs	192	474	335	24	3	57.31	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
B Mitchell	189*	420	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
JH Kallis	189*	581	443	19	3	42.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
A Melville	189	364	-	16	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
JH Kallis	186	383	262	25	3	70.99	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
D Elgar	185	425	287	28	-	64.45	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
HH Gibbs	183	324	258	35	1	70.93	South Africa	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
GC Smith	183	391	273	25	-	67.03	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JH Kallis	182*	434	326	23	1	55.82	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
DT Lindsay	182	273	227	25	5	80.17	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
AN Petersen	182	533	365	23	-	49.86	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
G Kirsten	180	558	461	20	-	39.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
HH Gibbs	179	305	236	29	1	75.84	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
AB de Villiers	178	551	352	15	1	50.56	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
HH Dippenaar	177*	514	369	25	2	47.96	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
JH Kallis	177	479	344	20	-	51.45	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
HM Amla	176*	511	378	24	-	46.56	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
HW Taylor	176	310	-	25	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
RG Pollock	175	283	-	18	3	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
L Klusener	174	333	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
AB de Villiers	174	517	381	19	-	45.66	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
JH Kallis	173	419	351	15	2	49.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
T Bavuma	172	376	280	20	-	61.42	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
AB de Villiers	169	225	184	21	3	91.84	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
DJ Cullinan	168	425	306	20	-	54.90	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
JP Duminy	166	448	340	18	-	48.82	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
B Mitchell	164*	330	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
AB de Villiers	164	374	274	17	1	59.85	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
AC Hudson	163	519	384	20	-	42.44	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
AJ Hall	163	588	454	17	-	35.90	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
AB de Villiers	163	313	196	12	7	83.16	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
WR Endean	162*	452	-	9	-	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
AG Prince	162*	333	223	23	2	72.64	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
JH Kallis	162	364	264	21	1	61.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
HH Gibbs	161	484	307	25	-	52.44	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
JH Kallis	161	459	291	19	-	55.32	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
AB de Villiers	160*	303	205	19	2	78.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
JH Kallis	160	345	289	26	-	55.36	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
G Kirsten	160	372	227	17	1	70.48	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
D Elgar	160	-	287	18	4	55.74	South Africa	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
HM Amla	159	406	262	20	-	60.68	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
JH Kallis	158	411	297	17	1	53.19	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
JH Kallis	157*	381	272	14	5	57.72	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
GC Smith	157	422	248	17	1	63.30	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
EAB Rowan	156*	370	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
AN Petersen	156	503	335	19	1	46.56	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
ND McKenzie	155*	445	339	13	1	45.72	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
JH Kallis	155	304	249	19	-	62.24	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
JP Duminy	155	293	221	19	-	70.13	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
JA Rudolph	154*	436	312	27	1	49.35	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
GC Smith	154*	341	246	17	-	62.60	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
AJ Pithey	154	440	-	12	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1965	Test # 573
DJ Cullinan	153*	364	261	15	1	58.62	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
G Kirsten	153	437	359	20	-	42.61	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
CN Frank	152	512	-	17	-	0.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
DJ Cullinan	152	327	272	22	1	55.88	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
AB de Villiers	152	318	235	16	2	64.68	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
AK Markram	152	309	216	17	1	70.37	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
GC Smith	151	338	216	18	-	69.90	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
JH Kallis	150*	406	312	19	-	48.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
JW Zulch	150	298	304	15	-	49.34	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911	Test # 115
G Kirsten	150	446	338	13	1	44.37	South Africa	v West Indies	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
G Kirsten	150	326	223	14	-	67.26	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
AG Prince	150	358	249	19	2	60.24	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
AD Nourse	149	244	-	15	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
JH Kallis	149	493	334	11	-	44.61	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
HM Amla	149	408	317	20	-	47.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]

New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]