High scores
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Match Date Scorecard
SP Fleming 262 576 423 31 2 New Zealand v South Africa 27 Apr 2006 Test # 1800
BA Stokes 258 338 198 30 11 England v South Africa 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
HH Gibbs 228 383 240 29 6 South Africa v Pakistan 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1637
JH Kallis 224 434 325 31 1 South Africa v Sri Lanka 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2028
RG Pollock 209 350 - 30 0 South Africa v Australia 31 Dec 1966 Test # 613
HM Amla 201 707 477 27 0 South Africa v England 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
JW Burke 189 578 - 15 0 Australia v South Africa 31 Dec 1957 Test # 445
JB Hobbs 187 - - - 0 England v South Africa 11 Mar 1910 Test # 110
GC Smith 183 391 273 25 0 South Africa v England 3 Jan 2010 Test # 1946
WR Hammond 181 336 - 16 0 England v South Africa 31 Dec 1938 Test # 268
RN Harvey 178 240 - 16 0 Australia v South Africa 31 Dec 1949 Test # 319
SR Tendulkar 169 329 254 26 0 India v South Africa 2 Jan 1997 Test # 1349
DJ Cullinan 168 425 306 20 0 South Africa v West Indies 2 Jan 1999 Test # 1440
AB de Villiers 163 313 196 12 7 South Africa v Australia 19 Mar 2009 Test # 1916
MJ Clarke 161* 430 301 17 0 Australia v South Africa 1 Mar 2014 Test # 2122
JH Kallis 161 459 291 19 0 South Africa v India 2 Jan 2011 Test # 1988
AB de Villiers 160* 303 205 19 2 South Africa v Sri Lanka 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2028
AJ Pithey 154 440 - 12 1 South Africa v England 1 Jan 1965 Test # 573
RB Simpson 153 386 - 12 0 Australia v South Africa 31 Dec 1966 Test # 613
GC Smith 151 338 216 18 0 South Africa v Pakistan 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1637
MJ Clarke 151 266 176 22 0 Australia v South Africa 9 Nov 2011 Test # 2016
JM Bairstow 150* 281 191 18 2 England v South Africa 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
AG Prince 150 358 249 19 2 South Africa v Australia 19 Mar 2009 Test # 1916
JH Kallis 149 493 334 11 0 South Africa v England 2 Jan 2005 Test # 1732
HM Amla 149 408 317 20 0 South Africa v New Zealand 27 Apr 2006 Test # 1800
AB de Villiers 148 323 194 15 1 South Africa v West Indies 2 Jan 2015 Test # 2154
SR Tendulkar 146 465 314 17 2 India v South Africa 2 Jan 2011 Test # 1988
DA Warner 145 243 156 13 4 Australia v South Africa 1 Mar 2014 Test # 2122
J Ryder 142 181 - 12 0 Australia v South Africa 26 Nov 1921 Test # 147
HH Gibbs 142 305 223 15 4 South Africa v West Indies 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1681
D Elgar 141* 434 284 20 1 South Africa v Australia 22 Mar 2018 Test # 2300
IJ Siedle 141 300 - 13 0 South Africa v England 1 Jan 1931 Test # 202
AC Gilchrist 138* 172 108 22 2 Australia v South Africa 8 Mar 2002 Test # 1593
EJ Barlow 138 344 - 16 0 South Africa v England 1 Jan 1965 Test # 573
JR Reid 135 196 - 18 2 New Zealand v South Africa 1 Jan 1954 Test # 379
Taufeeq Umar 135 345 254 20 1 Pakistan v South Africa 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1637
DA Warner 135 262 152 12 1 Australia v South Africa 1 Mar 2014 Test # 2122
H Wood 134* - - - 0 England v South Africa 19 Mar 1892 Test # 37
KR Stackpole 134 192 - 18 2 Australia v South Africa 31 Dec 1966 Test # 613
DP Sibley 133* 497 311 19 1 England v South Africa 3 Jan 2020 Test # 2379
JH Kallis 130* 262 191 7 5 South Africa v West Indies 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1681
D Elgar 129 362 230 15 0 South Africa v Sri Lanka 2 Jan 2017 Test # 2244
EJ Barlow 127 360 322 11 1 South Africa v Australia 22 Jan 1970 Test # 670
AJL Hill 124 - - - 0 England v South Africa 21 Mar 1896 Test # 49
MG Johnson 123* 154 103 11 5 Australia v South Africa 19 Mar 2009 Test # 1916
B Mitchell 123 - - - 0 South Africa v England 1 Jan 1931 Test # 202
MV Boucher 122* 250 173 21 0 South Africa v West Indies 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1681
JEC Franklin 122* 359 268 14 1 New Zealand v South Africa 27 Apr 2006 Test # 1800
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 11-14, 2022 [Test # 2448]
South Africa v England at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Jan 3-7, 2020 [Test # 2379]
South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2019 [Test # 2340]
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