| Player | Runs | Total | % | Inns | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Bannerman | 165* | 245 | 67.34 | 1 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 | Test # 1 | |
| MJ Slater | 123 | 184 | 66.84 | 3 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 2 Jan 1999 | Test # 1439 | |
| VVS Laxman | 167 | 261 | 63.98 | 3 | India | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1481 | |
| KC Brathwaite | 94 | 148 | 63.51 | 3 | West Indies | v Australia | Hobart | 10 Dec 2015 | Test # 2193 | |
| CG Greenidge | 134 | 211 | 63.5 | 1 | West Indies | v England | Manchester | 8 Jul 1976 | Test # 779 | |
| AP Gurusinha | 52* | 82 | 63.41 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v India | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| JR Reid | 100 | 159 | 62.89 | 3 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 15 Mar 1963 | Test # 542 | |
| SM Nurse | 258 | 417 | 61.87 | 1 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13 Mar 1969 | Test # 652 | |
| M Amarnath | 60 | 97 | 61.85 | 3 | India | v West Indies | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 | Test # 776 | |
| GN Yallop | 121 | 198 | 61.11 | 1 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| GA Gooch | 154* | 252 | 61.11 | 3 | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 6 Jun 1991 | Test # 1171 | |
| V Sehwag | 201* | 329 | 61.09 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 | |
| KL Rahul | 64 | 105 | 60.95 | 2 | India | v Australia | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 | Test # 2250 | |
| VT Trumper | 74 | 122 | 60.65 | 2 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 | |
| HA Gomes | 91 | 151 | 60.26 | 3 | West Indies | v India | Chennai | 12 Jan 1979 | Test # 841 | |
| JT Tyldesley | 62 | 103 | 60.19 | 3 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 | Test # 79 | |
| N Kapil Dev | 129 | 215 | 60 | 3 | India | v South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1992 | Test # 1206 | |
| HW Taylor | 109 | 182 | 59.89 | 1 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| JH Sinclair | 106 | 177 | 59.88 | 2 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| Saeed Ahmed | 68 | 114 | 59.64 | 3 | Pakistan | v England | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1967 | Test # 622 | |
| MG Burgess | 119* | 200 | 59.5 | 3 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 8 Nov 1969 | Test # 665 | |
| Saeed Anwar | 188* | 316 | 59.49 | 3 | Pakistan | v India | Kolkata | 16 Feb 1999 | Test # 1444 | |
| BC Lara | 176 | 296 | 59.45 | 1 | West Indies | v South Africa | Bridgetown | 21 Apr 2005 | Test # 1749 | |
| RG Pollock | 209 | 353 | 59.2 | 2 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1966 | Test # 613 | |
| B Sutcliffe | 74 | 125 | 59.2 | 1 | New Zealand | v England | Dunedin | 11 Mar 1955 | Test # 401 | |
| DG Bradman | 334 | 566 | 59.01 | 1 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 11 Jul 1930 | Test # 196 | |
| MN Samuels | 123 | 209 | 58.85 | 2 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Kingston | 2 Aug 2012 | Test # 2052 | |
| KC Sangakkara | 100* | 170 | 58.82 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 7 Dec 2006 | Test # 1820 | |
| L Hutton | 202* | 344 | 58.72 | 2 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 | Test # 326 | |
| DG Bradman | 299* | 513 | 58.28 | 2 | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 | Test # 215 | |
| KC Sangakkara | 156* | 268 | 58.2 | 1 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1822 | |
| C Hill | 188 | 323 | 58.2 | 1 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Jan 1898 | Test # 56 | |
| Liton Das | 25 | 43 | 58.13 | 1 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | North Sound | 4 Jul 2018 | Test # 2310 | |
| BF Butcher | 133 | 229 | 58.07 | 3 | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 20 Jun 1963 | Test # 544 | |
| GM Turner | 223* | 386 | 57.77 | 2 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 | Test # 693 | |
| ST Jayasuriya | 253 | 438 | 57.76 | 3 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 | Test # 1716 | |
| L Hutton | 30 | 52 | 57.69 | 1 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 14 Aug 1948 | Test # 303 | |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 95 | 165 | 57.57 | 4 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 | Test # 1283 | |
| CL Walcott | 220 | 383 | 57.44 | 1 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 6 Feb 1954 | Test # 383 | |
| L Hutton | 156* | 272 | 57.35 | 2 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 2 Feb 1951 | Test # 330 | |
| Asif Iqbal | 146 | 255 | 57.25 | 3 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 24 Aug 1967 | Test # 623 | |
| GM Turner | 81 | 142 | 57.04 | 3 | New Zealand | v England | Leeds | 5 Jul 1973 | Test # 724 | |
| JR Reid | 142 | 249 | 57.02 | 3 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Feb 1962 | Test # 523 | |
| KC Sangakkara | 203 | 356 | 57.02 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Wellington | 3 Jan 2015 | Test # 2155 | |
| C Overton | 33* | 58 | 56.89 | 1 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2299 | |
| BC Lara | 221 | 390 | 56.66 | 1 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 | Test # 1572 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 180 | 318 | 56.6 | 1 | Sri Lanka | v England | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 | Test # 2038 | |
| TL Goddard | 56* | 99 | 56.56 | 3 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
| RM Cowper | 165 | 292 | 56.5 | 3 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 26 Jan 1968 | Test # 628 | |
| BC Lara | 196 | 347 | 56.48 | 1 | West Indies | v South Africa | Port of Spain | 8 Apr 2005 | Test # 1747 | |
| SPD Smith | 48* | 85 | 56.47 | 1 | Australia | v South Africa | Hobart | 12 Nov 2016 | Test # 2233 | |
| SJ McCabe | 232 | 411 | 56.44 | 2 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 | Test # 263 | |
| DC Boon | 58* | 103 | 56.31 | 3 | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 | Test # 1040 | |
| PA de Silva | 127 | 226 | 56.19 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 9 Aug 1994 | Test # 1265 | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 197 | 351 | 56.12 | 1 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 | Test # 2147 | |
| PS McDonnell | 147 | 262 | 56.1 | 2 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 3 Mar 1882 | Test # 7 | |
| DL Haynes | 143 | 256 | 55.85 | 3 | West Indies | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Jan 1989 | Test # 1113 | |
| BC Lara | 226 | 405 | 55.8 | 1 | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Nov 2005 | Test # 1773 | |
| SR Tendulkar | 122 | 219 | 55.7 | 3 | India | v England | Birmingham | 6 Jun 1996 | Test # 1327 | |
| PF Warner | 132* | 237 | 55.69 | 3 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
| DCS Compton | 158 | 284 | 55.63 | 1 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| AB Barath | 104 | 187 | 55.61 | 3 | West Indies | v Australia | Brisbane | 26 Nov 2009 | Test # 1936 | |
| Younis Khan | 175* | 315 | 55.55 | 2 | Pakistan | v Australia | Sydney | 3 Jan 2017 | Test # 2245 | |
| AR Morris | 206 | 371 | 55.52 | 1 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 2 Feb 1951 | Test # 330 | |
| MS Dhoni | 82 | 148 | 55.4 | 1 | India | v England | The Oval | 15 Aug 2014 | Test # 2137 | |
| AB Tancred | 26* | 47 | 55.31 | 2 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| Moin Khan | 117* | 212 | 55.18 | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Sialkot | 22 Sep 1995 | Test # 1306 | |
| RR Sarwan | 107* | 194 | 55.15 | 3 | West Indies | v South Africa | Port of Spain | 8 Apr 2005 | Test # 1747 | |
| D Elgar | 118* | 214 | 55.14 | 2 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2015 | Test # 2196 | |
| CL Hooper | 81 | 147 | 55.1 | 1 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kingstown | 20 Jun 1997 | Test # 1371 | |
| FDM Karunaratne | 158* | 287 | 55.05 | 1 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2311 | |
| RA Smith | 143 | 260 | 55 | 1 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 27 Jul 1989 | Test # 1124 |
only includes cases where a team is all out
Records include the following recent matches:
Australia v India at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Jan 15-19, 2021 [Test # 2404]
Sri Lanka v England at Galle, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jan 14-18, 2021 [Test # 2403]
Australia v India at Sydney, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 7-11, 2021 [Test # 2402]
