Most Triple Centuries in Test Cricket

Don Bradman of Australia & Virendra Sehwag of India tops the list of most triple hundreds by a batsman in test cricket. Both of them have scored 2 triple hundreds each. Several other players have scored triple hundreds. These players are from countries like – Australia, India, England, West Indies, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka & South Africa etc.

Australia has the most players who had scored triple hundreds – 7. These players are – Don Bradman (2), Bob Cowper (1), Bob Simpson (1), Matthew Hyden (1), Bob Simpson (1), David Warner (1) & Michael Clarke (1).

5 players from England have scored 1 triple-century each. These players are – Andy Sandham, John Edrich, Len Hutton, Wally Hammond & Graham Gooch. There are 4 players each from Pakistan & West Indies who have scored 1 triple century. From Pakistan – Haniff Mohammad, Azhar Ali, Yonus Khan & Inzamam-ul-Haq. From West Indies – Chris Gayle (2), Brian Lara (2), Sir Gary Sobers (1) & Lawrence Rowe (1).

S No.	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100s	50s	300s
1	Don Bradman	Australia	52	80	6996	334	99.94	29	13	2
2	Virendra Sehwag	India	104	180	8586	319	49.34	23	32	2
3	Chris Gayle	West Indies	103	182	7214	333	42.18	15	37	2
4	Brian Lara	West Indies	131	232	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	2
5	Karun Nair	India	6	7	374	303*	62.33	1	–	1
6	Andy Sandham	England	14	23	879	325	38.21	2	3	1
7	Bob Cowper	Australia	27	46	2061	307	46.84	5	10	1
8	Lawrence Rowe	West Indies	30	49	2047	302	43.55	7	7	1
9	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan	55	97	3915	337	43.98	12	15	1
10	Bob Simpson	Australia	62	111	4869	311	46.81	10	27	1
11	John Edrich	England	77	127	5138	310*	43.54	12	24	1
12	Len Hutton	England	79	138	6971	364	56.67	19	33	1
13	Wally Hammond	England	85	140	7249	336*	58.45	22	24	1
14	Sir Gary Sobers	West Indies	93	160	8032	365*	57.78	26	30	1
15	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	101	176	6453	302	38.64	12	31	1
16	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	97	180	7142	302*	42.26	19	35	1
17	Matthew Hayden	Australia	103	184	8625	380	50.73	30	29	1
18	Mark Taylor	Australia	104	186	7525	334*	43.49	19	40	1
19	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	110	188	6973	340	40.07	14	31	1
20	David Warner	Australia	104	189	8202	335*	45.31	25	34	1
21	Michael Clarke	Australia	115	198	8643	329*	49.1	28	27	1
22	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	120	200	8830	329	49.6	25	46	1
23	Younis Khan	Pakistan	118	213	10099	313	52.05	34	33	1
24	Hashim Amla	South Africa	124	215	9282	311*	46.64	28	41	1
25	Graham Gooch	England	118	215	8900	333	42.58	20	46	1
26	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	134	233	12400	319	57.4	38	52	1
27	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	149	252	11814	374	49.84	34	50	1

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