High scores
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Match Date Scorecard
GS Blewett 214 519 421 33 0 Australia v South Africa 28 Feb 1997 Test # 1356
AC Gilchrist 204* 293 213 19 8 Australia v South Africa 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
BC Lara 202 439 274 32 2 West Indies v South Africa 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
JH Kallis 186 383 262 25 3 South Africa v New Zealand 8 Nov 2007 Test # 1846
MA Atherton 185* 643 492 29 0 England v South Africa 30 Nov 1995 Test # 1315
DT Lindsay 182 273 227 25 5 South Africa v Australia 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
ME Trescothick 180 367 248 24 4 England v South Africa 13 Jan 2005 Test # 1734
HM Amla 176* 511 378 24 0 South Africa v New Zealand 8 Nov 2007 Test # 1846
ER Dexter 172 339 - 28 0 England v South Africa 23 Dec 1964 Test # 572
HH Gibbs 161 484 307 25 0 South Africa v England 13 Jan 2005 Test # 1734
SR Waugh 160 501 366 22 0 Australia v South Africa 28 Feb 1997 Test # 1356
JH Kallis 158 411 297 17 1 South Africa v West Indies 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
JP Duminy 155 293 221 19 0 South Africa v Sri Lanka 12 Jan 2017 Test # 2247
CA Pujara 153 353 270 21 0 India v South Africa 18 Dec 2013 Test # 2108
AK Markram 152 309 216 17 1 South Africa v Australia 30 Mar 2018 Test # 2302
R Dravid 148 541 362 21 0 India v South Africa 16 Jan 1997 Test # 1350
AJ Strauss 147 353 250 23 1 England v South Africa 13 Jan 2005 Test # 1734
KC Bland 144* 248 - 17 2 South Africa v England 23 Dec 1964 Test # 572
JR Reid 142 259 - 21 2 New Zealand v South Africa 2 Feb 1962 Test # 523
Azhar Mahmood 136 304 215 16 2 Pakistan v South Africa 14 Feb 1998 Test # 1400
F du Plessis 134 395 309 15 0 South Africa v India 18 Dec 2013 Test # 2108
HM Amla 134 391 265 16 0 South Africa v Sri Lanka 12 Jan 2017 Test # 2247
DR Martyn 133 314 207 17 0 Australia v South Africa 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
GC Smith 132 266 184 22 0 South Africa v West Indies 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
DT Lindsay 131 161 - 14 4 South Africa v Australia 3 Feb 1967 Test # 616
Q de Kock 129 228 138 18 1 South Africa v Pakistan 11 Jan 2019 Test # 2341
D Elgar 127 241 163 22 0 South Africa v Sri Lanka 3 Jan 2021 Test # 2401
PH Parfitt 122* 333 289 18 0 England v South Africa 22 Jan 1965 Test # 575
DJ Cullinan 122* 261 200 15 1 South Africa v India 16 Jan 1997 Test # 1350
R Benaud 122 - - 20 0 Australia v South Africa 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
WJ Cronje 122 247 192 16 1 South Africa v Australia 4 Mar 1994 Test # 1252
ML Hayden 122 290 189 18 2 Australia v South Africa 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
KF Barrington 121 329 - 16 1 England v South Africa 23 Dec 1964 Test # 572
DJ McGlew 120 302 - 10 1 South Africa v New Zealand 2 Feb 1962 Test # 523
F du Plessis 120 227 178 18 2 South Africa v Australia 30 Mar 2018 Test # 2302
V Kohli 119 257 181 18 0 India v South Africa 18 Dec 2013 Test # 2108
PE Richardson 117 525 - 6 0 England v South Africa 24 Dec 1956 Test # 434
MJ North 117 355 233 12 0 Australia v South Africa 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1910
JHB Waite 115 - - - 0 South Africa v Australia 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
BM McMillan 113 226 180 15 0 South Africa v Pakistan 19 Jan 1995 Test # 1283
TL Goddard 112 251 - 10 3 South Africa v England 22 Jan 1965 Test # 575
SR Tendulkar 111 373 270 19 0 India v South Africa 26 Nov 1992 Test # 1201
EJ Barlow 110 323 252 13 1 South Africa v Australia 19 Feb 1970 Test # 672
G Kirsten 110 351 241 16 0 South Africa v England 30 Nov 1995 Test # 1315
JE Root 110 214 139 17 0 England v South Africa 14 Jan 2016 Test # 2199
DJ McGlew 108 - - 12 1 South Africa v Australia 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
PL Symcox 108 226 157 17 0 South Africa v Pakistan 14 Feb 1998 Test # 1400
DJ Cullinan 108 251 170 17 0 South Africa v England 25 Nov 1999 Test # 1471
GC Smith 105 252 187 16 0 South Africa v England 14 Jan 2010 Test # 1948
HM Amla 105 332 243 14 0 South Africa v Australia 17 Nov 2011 Test # 2018
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
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2022 [Test # 2445]
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Jan 3-5, 2021 [Test # 2401]
South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 4th Test, Jan 24-27, 2020 [Test # 2382]
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