Highest totals
Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
682/6d 177.0 3.85 2 v England Lord's 31 Jul 2003 Test # 1653
658/9d 166.2 3.95 2 v West Indies Durban 26 Dec 2003 Test # 1679
651 154.3 4.21 2 v Australia Cape Town 19 Mar 2009 Test # 1916
637/2d 189.0 3.37 2 v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012 Test # 2049
627/7d 211.0 2.97 2 v England Cape Town 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
622/9d 167.5 3.7 1 v Australia Durban 5 Feb 1970 Test # 671
621 142.1 4.36 2 v Sri Lanka Centurion 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2399
621/5d 200.1 3.1 1 v New Zealand Auckland 27 Feb 1999 Test # 1446
620/4d 130.1 4.76 2 v India Centurion 16 Dec 2010 Test # 1985
620/7d 135.0 4.59 1 v Pakistan Cape Town 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1637
620 177.3 3.49 3 v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
604/6d 158.0 3.82 1 v West Indies Centurion 16 Jan 2004 Test # 1682
600/3d 139.0 4.31 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Sep 2001 Test # 1562
595 123.1x8 3.62 2 v Australia Adelaide 24 Jan 1964 Test # 553
594/5d 145.0 4.09 1 v England Birmingham 24 Jul 2003 Test # 1651
588/6d 163.0 3.6 1 v West Indies St John's 29 Apr 2005 Test # 1750
584/9d 153.0 3.81 1 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 20 Nov 2010 Test # 1979
583/7d 161.1 3.61 1 v Bangladesh Chattogram 29 Feb 2008 Test # 1865
580/4d 139.0 4.17 1 v Sri Lanka Cape Town 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2028
573/4d 120.0 4.77 1 v Bangladesh Bloemfontein 6 Oct 2017 Test # 2277
572/7 209.2 2.73 3 v England Durban 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1480
569 111.5 5.08 3 v Australia Perth 30 Nov 2012 Test # 2064
563 143.0 3.93 2 v India Bloemfontein 3 Nov 2001 Test # 1564
561 148.4 3.77 1 v West Indies Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
558/6d 176.0 3.17 1 v India Nagpur 6 Feb 2010 Test # 1951
556/4d 120.0 4.63 2 v West Indies Durban 10 Jan 2008 Test # 1860
552/5d 140.3 3.92 1 v West Indies Centurion 17 Dec 2014 Test # 2150
552/5d 199.5 2.76 1 v England Manchester 2 Jul 1998 Test # 1420
548/9d 177.5 3.08 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 21 Apr 2005 Test # 1749
543/6d 147.0 3.69 1 v West Indies Basseterre 18 Jun 2010 Test # 1961
540 152.5 3.53 1 v India Chennai 26 Mar 2008 Test # 1870
540/8d 160.1 3.37 3 v Australia Perth 3 Nov 2016 Test # 2230
538 235.3 2.28 1 v England Leeds 26 Jul 1951 Test # 337
533 196.3 2.71 1 v England Nottingham 7 Jun 1947 Test # 285
532 145.0 3.66 1 v West Indies Cape Town 2 Jan 2004 Test # 1681
530 202.6x8 1.96 1 v England Durban 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
529/4d 129.0 4.1 1 v Bangladesh East London 18 Oct 2002 Test # 1619
529/7d 162.5 3.24 1 v India Cape Town 2 Jan 1997 Test # 1349
525/8d 153.5 3.41 1 v New Zealand Gqeberha 11 Jan 2013 Test # 2071
524/8d 174.0 3.01 1 v New Zealand Wellington 6 Mar 1953 Test # 368
522 176.2 2.96 2 v England Leeds 18 Jul 2008 Test # 1881
521/8d 195.0 2.67 2 v England Manchester 7 Jul 1955 Test # 410
519/8d 186.2 2.78 2 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 14 Sep 2001 Test # 1563
517 163.1 3.16 2 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013 Test # 2100
517 166.0 3.11 1 v Australia Adelaide 30 Jan 1998 Test # 1397
513/8d 192.0 2.67 1 v England Cape Town 1 Jan 1931 Test # 202
512 188.0 2.72 2 v New Zealand Cape Town 27 Apr 2006 Test # 1800
510/9d 190.4 2.67 1 v India Kanpur 20 Nov 2004 Test # 1722
506 153.0 3.3 2 v Australia Melbourne 31 Dec 1910 Test # 112
504/7d 158.2 3.18 2 v Sri Lanka Cape Town 2 Jan 2001 Test # 1528
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 West Indies at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]
South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 1st Test, Feb 28-Mar 2, 2023 [Test # 2495]
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 3rd Test, Jan 4-8, 2023 [Test # 2488]