Highest individual scores in Test cricket since 2001

Figures in men's Test cricket since 2001 (895 matches in our records). Matches before then are not in our records yet, so some players’ full career totals are higher. Data: Cricsheet.

Top 50

Highest individual scores in Test cricket since 2001

#	Player	Runs	Balls	Date
1	BC LaraWest Indies v England	400*	582	10 Apr 2004
2	ML HaydenAustralia v Zimbabwe	380	437	9 Oct 2003
3	DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka v South Africa	374	572	27 Jul 2006
4	PWA MulderSouth Africa v Zimbabwe	367*	334	6 Jul 2025
5	DA WarnerAustralia v Pakistan	335*	418	29 Nov 2019
6	CH GayleWest Indies v Sri Lanka	333	437	15 Nov 2010
7	MJ ClarkeAustralia v India	329*	468	3 Jan 2012
=8	V SehwagIndia v South Africa	319	304	26 Mar 2008
=8	KC SangakkaraSri Lanka v Bangladesh	319	482	4 Feb 2014
=10	HC BrookEngland v Pakistan	317	322	7 Oct 2024
=10	CH GayleWest Indies v South Africa	317	483	29 Apr 2005
12	Younis KhanPakistan v Sri Lanka	313	568	21 Feb 2009
13	HM AmlaSouth Africa v England	311*	529	19 Jul 2012
14	KK NairIndia v England	303*	381	16 Dec 2016
=15	Azhar AliPakistan v West Indies	302*	469	13 Oct 2016
=15	BB McCullumNew Zealand v India	302	559	14 Feb 2014
17	AN CookEngland v India	294	545	10 Aug 2011
18	V SehwagIndia v Sri Lanka	293	254	2 Dec 2009
19	RR SarwanWest Indies v England	291	452	26 Feb 2009
20	LRPL TaylorNew Zealand v Australia	290	374	13 Nov 2015
21	KC SangakkaraSri Lanka v South Africa	287	457	27 Jul 2006
22	AB de VilliersSouth Africa v Pakistan	278*	418	20 Nov 2010
23	GC SmithSouth Africa v England	277	373	24 Jul 2003
24	DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka v India	275	435	16 Nov 2009
25	R DravidIndia v Pakistan	270	495	13 Apr 2004
=26	AC VogesAustralia v West Indies	269*	285	10 Dec 2015
=26	Shubman GillIndia v England	269	387	2 Jul 2025
28	Z CrawleyEngland v Pakistan	267	393	21 Aug 2020
29	TWM LathamNew Zealand v Sri Lanka	264*	489	15 Dec 2018
30	AN CookEngland v Pakistan	263	528	13 Oct 2015
=31	JE RootEngland v Pakistan	262	375	7 Oct 2024
=31	SP FlemingNew Zealand v South Africa	262	423	27 Apr 2006
33	MN SamuelsWest Indies v Bangladesh	260	455	21 Nov 2012
=34	RD RickeltonSouth Africa v Pakistan	259	343	3 Jan 2025
=34	MJ ClarkeAustralia v South Africa	259*	398	9 Nov 2012
36	BA StokesEngland v South Africa	258	198	2 Jan 2016
=37	V KohliIndia v South Africa	254*	336	10 Oct 2019
=37	JE RootEngland v Pakistan	254	406	22 Jul 2016
=39	DA WarnerAustralia v New Zealand	253	286	13 Nov 2015
=39	HM AmlaSouth Africa v India	253*	473	6 Feb 2010
41	TWM LathamNew Zealand v Bangladesh	252	373	9 Jan 2022
42	KS WilliamsonNew Zealand v West Indies	251	412	3 Dec 2020
43	JL LangerAustralia v England	250	407	26 Dec 2002
44	SR TendulkarIndia v Bangladesh	248*	379	10 Dec 2004
=45	BKG MendisSri Lanka v Ireland	245	291	24 Apr 2023
=45	Shoaib MalikPakistan v England	245	420	13 Oct 2015
=47	AN CookEngland v Australia	244*	409	26 Dec 2017
=47	FDM KarunaratneSri Lanka v Bangladesh	244	437	21 Apr 2021
=49	V KohliIndia v Sri Lanka	243	287	2 Dec 2017
=49	MA AgarwalIndia v Bangladesh	243	330	14 Nov 2019

* not out. HS: highest score. Ave: average. SR: strike rate. 5w: five or more wickets in an innings.