Today cricket is played around the world, though it is more popular in certain countries. Cricket is 2nd Most Popular Sport in the World with 2-3 billion fans. Are you looking for a list of the Top 20 Players with the most Centuries in International Cricket? If your answer is yes then this article is for you. Here we make a great list for you.
| Rank | Player | Period | Team | Test | ODI | T20I | Total |
| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1989–2013 | India | 51 | 49 | 0 | 100 |
| 2 | Ricky Ponting | 1995–2012 | Australia | 41 | 30 | 0 | 71 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 2008–2021 | India | 27 | 43 | 0 | 70 |
| 4 | Kumar Sangakkara | 2000–2015 | Sri Lanka | 38 | 25 | 0 | 63 |
| 5 | Jacques Kallis | 1995–2014 | South Africa | 45 | 17 | 0 | 62 |
| 6 | Hashim Amla | 2004–2019 | South Africa | 28 | 27 | 0 | 55 |
| 7 | Mahela Jayawardene | 1997–2015 | Sri Lanka | 34 | 19 | 1 | 54 |
| 8 | Brian Lara | 1990–2007 | West Indies | 34 | 19 | N/A | 53 |
| 9 | Rahul Dravid | 1996–2012 | India | 36 | 12 | 0 | 48 |
| 10 | AB de Villiers | 2004–2018 | South Africa | 22 | 25 | 0 | 47 |
| 11 | David Warner | 2009–2021 | Australia | 24 | 18 | 1 | 43 |
| 12 | Chris Gayle | 1999–2021 | West Indies | 15 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
| 13 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 1989–2011 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 28 | 0 | 42 |
| 14 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 1994–2015 | West Indies | 30 | 11 | 0 | 41 |
| 15 | Younis Khan | 2000–2017 | Pakistan | 34 | 7 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Matthew Hayden | 1993–2009 | Australia | 30 | 10 | 0 | 40 |
| 17 | Rohit Sharma | 2007–2021 | India | 7 | 29 | 4 | 40 |
| 18 | Ross Taylor | 2006–2021 | New Zealand | 19 | 21 | 0 | 40 |
| 19 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1999–2016 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
| 20 | Mohammad Yousuf | 1998–2010 | Pakistan | 24 | 15 | 0 | 39 |
| 21 | Alastair Cook | 2006–2018 | England | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| 22 | Sourav Ganguly | 1992–2008 | India | 16 | 22 | N/A | 38 |
| 23 | Virender Sehwag | 1999–2013 | India | 23 | 15 | 0 | 38 |
| 24 | Steve Smith | 2010–2021 | Australia | 27 | 11 | 0 | 38 |
| 25 | Mark Waugh | 1988–2002 | Australia | 20 | 18 | N/A | 38 |
| 26 | Graeme Smith | 2002–2014 | South Africa | 27 | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 27 | Kane Williamson | 2010–2021 | New Zealand | 24 | 13 | 0 | 37 |
| 28 | Michael Clarke | 2003–2015 | Australia | 28 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| 29 | Joe Root | 2012–2021 | England | 20 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 30 | Sunil Gavaskar | 1971–1987 | India | 34 | 1 | N/A | 35 |
| 31 | Herschelle Gibbs | 1996–2010 | South Africa | 14 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 32 | Desmond Haynes | 1978–1994 | West Indies | 18 | 17 | N/A | 35 |
| 33 | Inzamam ul-Haq | 1991–2007 | Pakistan | 25 | 10 | 0 | 35 |
| 34 | Viv Richards | 1974–1991 | West Indies | 24 | 11 | N/A | 35 |
| 35 | Steve Waugh | 1985–2004 | Australia | 32 | 3 | N/A | 35 |
| 36 | Gary Kirsten | 1993–2004 | South Africa | 21 | 13 | N/A | 34 |
| 37 | Adam Gilchrist | 1996–2008 | Australia | 17 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 38 | Kevin Pietersen | 2004–2014 | England | 23 | 9 | 0 | 32 |
| 39 | Aravinda de Silva | 1984–2003 | Sri Lanka | 20 | 11 | N/A | 31 |
| 40 | Javed Miandad | 1975–1996 | Pakistan | 23 | 8 | N/A | 31 |
| 41 | Saeed Anwar | 1989–2003 | Pakistan | 11 | 20 | N/A | 31 |
| 42 | Allan Border | 1978–1994 | Australia | 27 | 3 | N/A | 30 |
| 43 | Gordon Greenidge | 1974–1991 | West Indies | 19 | 11 | N/A | 30 |
| 44 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1984–2000 | India | 22 | 7 | N/A | 29 |
| 45 | Don Bradman | 1928–1948 | Australia | 29 | N/A | N/A | 29 |
| 46 | Graham Gooch | 1975–1995 | England | 20 | 8 | N/A | 28 |
| 47 | Nathan Astle | 1995–2007 | New Zealand | 11 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 48 | Marvan Atapattu | 1990–2007 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 49 | Greg Chappell | 1970–1984 | Australia | 24 | 3 | N/A | 27 |
| 50 | Andrew Strauss | 2003–2012 | England | 21 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| 51 | Ian Bell | 2004–2015 | England | 22 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 52 | David Boon | 1984–1996 | Australia | 21 | 5 | N/A | 26 |
| 53 | Garfield Sobers | 1954–1974 | West Indies | 26 | 0 | N/A | 26 |
| 54 | Marcus Trescothick | 2000–2006 | England | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 55 | David Gower | 1978–1992 | England | 18 | 7 | N/A | 25 |
| 56 | Shikhar Dhawan | 2010–2021 | India | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 57 | Tamim Iqbal | 2007–2021 | Bangladesh | 9 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 58 | Geoffrey Boycott | 1964–1982 | England | 22 | 1 | N/A | 23 |
| 59 | Faf du Plessis | 2011–2021 | South Africa | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 60 | Justin Langer | 1993–2007 | Australia | 23 | 0 | N/A | 23 |
| 61 | VVS Laxman | 1996–2012 | India | 17 | 6 | N/A | 23 |
| 62 | Colin Cowdrey | 1954–1975 | England | 22 | 0 | N/A | 22 |
| 63 | Wally Hammond | 1927–1947 | England | 22 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
| 64 | Michael Hussey | 2004–2013 | Australia | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 65 | Ijaz Ahmed | 1986–2001 | Pakistan | 12 | 10 | N/A | 22 |
| 66 | Martin Crowe | 1982–1995 | New Zealand | 17 | 4 | N/A | 21 |
| 67 | Martin Guptill | 2009–2021 | New Zealand | 3 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 68 | Neil Harvey | 1948–1963 | Australia | 21 | N/A | N/A | 21 |
| 69 | Mohammad Hafeez | 2003–2021 | Pakistan | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 70 | Richie Richardson | 1983–1996 | West Indies | 16 | 5 | N/A | 21 |
| 71 | Azhar Ali | 2010–2021 | Pakistan | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 72 | Quinton de Kock | 2012–2021 | South Africa | 6 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 73 | Ken Barrington | 1955–1968 | England | 20 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 74 | Gautam Gambhir | 2003–2016 | India | 9 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 75 | Carl Hooper | 1987–2003 | West Indies | 13 | 7 | N/A | 20 |
| 76 | Clive Lloyd | 1966–1985 | West Indies | 19 | 1 | N/A | 20 |
| 77 | Saleem Malik | 1982–1999 | Pakistan | 15 | 5 | N/A | 20 |
| 78 | Ramnaresh Sarwan | 2000–2013 | West Indies | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 79 | Mark Taylor | 1989–1999 | Australia | 19 | 1 | N/A | 20 |
| 80 | Babar Azam | 2015–2021 | Pakistan | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 81 | Aaron Finch | 2011–2021 | Australia | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 82 | Len Hutton | 1937–1955 | England | 19 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 83 | Brendon McCullum | 2002–2016 | New Zealand | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 84 | Alec Stewart | 1989–2003 | England | 15 | 4 | N/A | 19 |
| 85 | Zaheer Abbas | 1969–1985 | Pakistan | 12 | 7 | N/A | 19 |
| 86 | Michael Atherton | 1989–2001 | England | 16 | 2 | N/A | 18 |
| 87 | Dean Jones | 1984–1994 | Australia | 11 | 7 | N/A | 18 |
| 88 | Allan Lamb | 1982–1992 | England | 14 | 4 | N/A | 18 |
| 89 | Damien Martyn | 1992–2006 | Australia | 13 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 90 | Cheteshwar Pujara | 2010–2021 | India | 18 | 0 | N/A | 18 |
| 91 | Upul Tharanga | 2005–2019 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 92 | Michael Vaughan | 1999–2008 | England | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 93 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1976–1992 | India | 17 | 1 | N/A | 18 |
| 94 | Jonny Bairstow | 2011–2021 | England | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 95 | Denis Compton | 1937–1957 | England | 17 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 96 | Daryll Cullinan | 1993–2001 | South Africa | 14 | 3 | N/A | 17 |
| 97 | Stephen Fleming | 1994–2008 | New Zealand | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 98 | Marlon Samuels | 2000–2018 | West Indies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 99 | Brendan Taylor | 2004–2021 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 100 | Yuvraj Singh | 2000–2017 | India | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| 101 | MS Dhoni | 2004–2019 | India | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 102 | Andy Flower | 1992–2003 | Zimbabwe | 12 | 4 | N/A | 16 |
| 103 | Tom Latham | 2012–2021 | New Zealand | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 104 | Eoin Morgan | 2006–2021 | England/ Ireland | 2 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 105 | Thilan Samaraweera | 1998–2013 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 106 | Herbert Sutcliffe | 1924–1935 | England | 16 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 107 | Graham Thorpe | 1993–2005 | England | 16 | 0 | N/A | 16 |
| 108 | Dennis Amiss | 1966–1977 | England | 11 | 4 | N/A | 15 |
| 109 | Dinesh Chandimal | 2010–2021 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 110 | Mushfiqur Rahim | 2005–2021 | Bangladesh | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 111 | Paul Collingwood | 2001–2017 | England | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 112 | Jack Hobbs | 1909–1930 | England | 15 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 113 | Nasser Hussain | 1989–2003 | England | 14 | 1 | N/A | 15 |
| 114 | Rohan Kanhai | 1957–1975 | West Indies | 15 | 0 | N/A | 15 |
| 115 | Ajinkya Rahane | 2011–2021 | India | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 116 | Ravi Shastri | 1981–1992 | India | 11 | 4 | N/A | 15 |
| 117 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 1983–1999 | India | 9 | 6 | N/A | 15 |
| 118 | Clyde Walcott | 1948–1960 | West Indies | 15 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 119 | Doug Walters | 1965–1981 | Australia | 15 | 0 | N/A | 15 |
| 120 | Everton Weekes | 1948–1958 | West Indies | 15 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
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