Most Centuries in First-Class Cricket

Scoring a century is a special milestone every batter looks to achieve. Doing so in first-class (FC) cricket is even more special, as it takes a lot of work to get a hundred.

So here’s a look at the batters with the most centuries in first-class cricket.

Players with 100+ Centuries in FC

Player	Span	Inns	100s	50s	Runs	HS	Avg
Jack Hobbs	1905-1934	1325	199	273	61760	316*	50.70
Patsy Hendren	1907-1937	1300	170	272	57611	301*	50.80
Wally Hammond	1920-1951	1005	167	185	50551	336*	56.10
Phil Mead	1905-1936	1340	153	258	55061	280*	47.67
Geoff Boycott	1962-1986	1014	151	238	48426	261*	56.83
Herbert Sutcliffe	1919-1945	1098	151	230	50670	313	52.02
Frank Woolley	1906-1938	1530	145	295	58959	305*	40.77
Graeme Hick	1983-2008	871	136	158	41112	405*	52.23
Len Hutton	1934-1955	814	129	177	40140	364	55.51
Graham Gooch	1973-2000	990	128	217	44846	333	49.01
W.G. Grace	1865-1908	1478	124	251	54211	344	39.45
Denis Compton	1936-1964	839	123	183	38942	300	51.85
Tom Graveney	1948-1972	1223	122	233	47793	258	44.91
Don Bradman	1927-1949	338	117	69	28067	452*	95.14
Mark Ramprakash	1987-2012	764	114	147	35659	301*	53.14
Viv Richards	1971-1993	796	114	162	36212	322	49.40
Zaheer Abbas	1965-1987	768	108	158	34843	274	51.54
Andrew Sandham	1911-1937	1000	107	165	41284	325	44.82
Colin Cowdrey	1950-1976	1130	107	231	42719	307	42.89
Tom Hayward	1893-1914	1138	104	218	43551	315*	41.79
Glenn Turner	1964-1983	792	103	148	34346	311*	49.70
John Edrich	1956-1978	979	103	188	39790	310*	45.47
Les Ames	1926-1951	951	102	176	37248	295	43.51
Ernest Tyldesley	1909-1936	961	102	191	38874	256*	45.46
Dennis Amiss	1960-1987	1139	102	212	43423	262*	42.86

Key Insights on Most Centuries in First-Class Cricket

All-Time Hundred Records in FC Cricket

Jack Hobbs has scored the most centuries in first-class cricket. He smashed 199 centuries in 1325 innings (834 matches).

Hobbs brought up 144 of his 199 hundreds for Surrey, the most by a batter for a single team in first-class cricket.

Phil Mead (138 for Hampshire), Frank Woolley (122 for Kent), Patsy Hendren (119 for Middlesex), Wally Hammond (113 for Gloucestershire), Herbert Sutcliffe (112 for Yorkshire), Graeme Hick (106 for Worcestershire) and Geoff Boycott (103 for Yorkshire) are the other batters with 100-plus centuries for a single team in first-class cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most centuries in Test cricket. He brought up 51 tons in 329 innings (200 matches) for India.

Don Bradman has aggregated the most double centuries in FC cricket, scoring 37 in the longest format.

Charles Fry (for Sussex in 1901), Don Bradman (for South Australia in 1938-39) and Mike Procter (for Rhodesia in 1970-71) have smashed the most centuries in consecutive first-class innings, scoring six each.

Fastest Hundreds in FC Cricket

Glen Chapple (Lancashire vs Glamorgan, 1993) and Mark Pettini (Essex vs Leicestershire, 2006) have hammered the fastest centuries in FC cricket, off 27 balls each.

Shafiqullah Shinwari, meanwhile, has smashed the quickest double ton in FC cricket. He needed just 89 balls to reach 200 for Kabul Region against Boost Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali tournament.

Tanmay Agarwal is the quickest to score a triple hundred in FC cricket, taking only 147 balls to reach the mark for Hyderabad against Arunachal Pradesh in the 2023/24 Ranji Trophy season.

Highest Individual Scores in FC Cricket

Brian Lara has recorded the highest individual score in FC cricket. He accumulated an unbeaten 501 from 427 deliveries for Warwickshire against Durham in the 1994 County Championship.

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