Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	682/6d	177.0	3.85	2	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
South Africa	658/9d	166.2	3.95	2	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
South Africa	651	154.3	4.21	2	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
South Africa	637/2d	189.0	3.37	2	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
South Africa	627/7d	211.0	2.97	2	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
South Africa	622/9d	167.5	3.70	1	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
South Africa	621	142.1	4.36	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
South Africa	621/5d	200.1	3.10	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1999	Test # 1446
South Africa	620/4d	130.1	4.76	2	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
South Africa	620/7d	135.0	4.59	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
South Africa	620	177.3	3.49	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
South Africa	604/6d	158.0	3.82	1	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
South Africa	600/3d	139.0	4.31	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
South Africa	595	123.1x8	3.62	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
South Africa	594/5d	145.0	4.09	1	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
South Africa	588/6d	163.0	3.60	1	v West Indies	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
South Africa	584/9d	153.0	3.81	1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
South Africa	583/7d	161.1	3.61	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
South Africa	580/4d	139.0	4.17	1	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
South Africa	573/4d	120.0	4.77	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
South Africa	572/7	209.2	2.73	3	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
South Africa	569	111.5	5.08	3	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	563	143.0	3.93	2	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
South Africa	561	148.4	3.77	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	558/6d	176.0	3.17	1	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
South Africa	556/4d	120.0	4.63	2	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
South Africa	552/5d	140.3	3.92	1	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
South Africa	552/5d	199.5	2.76	1	v England	Manchester	2 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
South Africa	548/9d	177.5	3.08	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
South Africa	543/6d	147.0	3.69	1	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
South Africa	540	152.5	3.53	1	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
South Africa	540/8d	160.1	3.37	3	v Australia	Perth	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
South Africa	538	235.3	2.28	1	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
South Africa	533	196.3	2.71	1	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
South Africa	532	145.0	3.66	1	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
South Africa	530	202.6x8	1.96	1	v England	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
South Africa	529/4d	129.0	4.10	1	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
South Africa	529/7d	162.5	3.24	1	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	525/8d	153.5	3.41	1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
South Africa	524/8d	174.0	3.01	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
South Africa	522	176.2	2.96	2	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
South Africa	521/8d	195.0	2.67	2	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
South Africa	519/8d	186.2	2.78	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
South Africa	517	163.1	3.16	2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
South Africa	517	166.0	3.11	1	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
South Africa	513/8d	192.0	2.67	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931	Test # 202
South Africa	512	188.0	2.72	2	v New Zealand	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
South Africa	510/9d	190.4	2.67	1	v India	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
South Africa	506	153.0	3.30	2	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
South Africa	504/7d	158.2	3.18	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
South Africa	502	189.1	2.65	1	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
South Africa	501/7d	179.2	2.79	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965	Test # 573
South Africa	500	155.2	3.21	2	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
South Africa	500	208.5	2.39	3	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	498/8d	165.0	3.01	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
South Africa	496/3d	146.0	3.39	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	495	181.0	2.73	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
South Africa	494/7d	141.2	3.49	2	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
South Africa	492/8d	172.0	2.86	2	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1929	Test # 185
South Africa	491	149.3	3.28	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
South Africa	488	136.5	3.56	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
South Africa	484	128.0	3.78	1	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
South Africa	483/9d	240.0	2.01	1	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	482/5d	121.0	3.98	2	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
South Africa	482	166.4	2.89	1	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
South Africa	481/8d	154.0	3.12	1	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
South Africa	481	142.1x8	2.53	3	v England	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
South Africa	480/7d	109.5	4.37	2	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
South Africa	479	191.4	2.49	2	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
South Africa	476	145.4	3.26	1	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1935	Test # 246
South Africa	475	132.0	3.59	1	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
South Africa	474/9d	148.4	3.18	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
South Africa	473	162.0	2.91	3	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
South Africa	472/8d	195.0	2.42	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
South Africa	471/9d	142.1	3.31	1	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
South Africa	470/8d	121.2	3.87	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
South Africa	470/2d	130.5	3.59	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
South Africa	470/9d	130.6x8	2.69	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
South Africa	464	124.2	3.73	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
South Africa	464/8d	157.0	2.95	3	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
South Africa	462/9d	154.0	3.00	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
South Africa	460	120.2	3.82	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
South Africa	459	139.2	3.29	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
South Africa	459	153.0	3.00	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
South Africa	455/9d	166.2	2.73	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
South Africa	454	95.0	4.77	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902	Test # 75
South Africa	454	173.1	2.62	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
South Africa	453	136.2	3.32	1	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
South Africa	452	141.5	3.18	3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
South Africa	451	136.5	3.29	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
South Africa	451/9d	154.4	2.91	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
South Africa	450	128.1	3.51	1	v England	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
South Africa	450/7	136.0	3.30	4	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
South Africa	450	136.3	3.29	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	450	151.4	2.96	1	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
South Africa	450/9d	159.5	2.81	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	448	166.3	2.69	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
South Africa	447/7d	111.2	4.01	3	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
South Africa	447	133.1	3.35	2	v England	Leeds	4 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
South Africa	442/1d	162.0	2.72	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449

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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]