List of South Africa Test cricket centurions

A century in cricket occurs when a batsman scores 100 runs or more in an innings, 70 South Africa players have scored centuries in Test matches.

Key

• * denotes that the batsman remained not out.
• 200s denotes the number of times the players scored 200 or more during an innings.
• 300s denotes the number of times the players scored 300 or more during an innings.
• HS denotes the players highest score
• Maiden century and Date give the details of the player's first century.

List of centurions

• 

  Jacques Kallis: Has scored the most centuries for South Africa with 45.

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  Graeme Smith: Second highest century maker for South Africa with 27, including 5 double-centuries.

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  Hashim Amla: South Africa's only triple-century scorer.

No.	Player	100s	200s	300s	HS	Maiden century	Date
1	Jimmy Sinclair	3	0	0	106	106 vs England at Newlands, Cape Town	1 April 1899
2	Maitland Hathorn	1	0	0	102	102 vs England at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	10 March 1906
3	Gordon White	2	0	0	147	147 vs England at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	10 March 1906
4	Percy Sherwell	1	0	0	115	115 vs England at Lord's, London	1 July 1907
5	Aubrey Faulkner	4	1	0	204	123 vs England at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1 January 1910
6	Billy Zulch	2	0	0	150	105 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval	7 January 1911
7	Tip Snooke	1	0	0	103	103 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval	7 January 1911
8	Herbie Taylor	7	0	0	176	109 vs England at Lord's No. 1 Ground, Durban	13 December 1913
9	Charlie Frank	1	0	0	152	152 vs Australia at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	12 November 1921
10	Dave Nourse	1	0	0	111	111 vs Australia at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	12 November 1921
11	Bob Catterall	3	0	0	120	120 vs England at Edgbaston, Birmingham	14 June 1924
12	Tuppy Owen-Smith	1	0	0	129	129 vs England at Headingley, Leeds	13 July 1929
13	Bruce Mitchell	8	0	0	189*	123 vs England at Newlands, Cape Town	1 January 1931
14	Jack Siedle	1	0	0	141	141 vs England at Newlands, Cape Town	1 January 1931
15	Ken Viljoen	2	0	0	124	111 vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground	31 December 1931
16	Jim Christy	1	0	0	103	103 vs New Zealand at Lancaster Park, Christchurch	27 February 1932
17	Xen Balaskas	1	0	0	122*	122* vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington	4 March 1932
18	Eric Dalton	2	0	0	117	117 vs England at The Oval, London	17 August 1935
19	Dudley Nourse	9	2	0	231	231 vs Australia at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	24 December 1935
20	Pieter van der Bijl	1	0	0	125	125 vs England at Kingsmead, Durban	3 March 1939
21	Alan Melville	4	0	0	189	103 vs England at Kingsmead, Durban	3 March 1939
22	Eric Rowan	3	1	0	236	156* vs England at Ellis Park, Johannesburg	27 December 1948
23	Billy Wade	1	0	0	125	125 vs England at St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	5 March 1949
24	Russell Endean	3	0	0	162*	162* vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground	24 December 1952
25	Jackie McGlew	7	1	0	255*	255* vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington	6 March 1953
26	Anton Murray	1	0	0	109	109 vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington	6 March 1953
27	Roy McLean	5	0	0	142	101 vs New Zealand at Kingsmead, Durban	11 December 1953
28	John Waite	4	0	0	134	113 vs England at Old Trafford, Manchester	7 July 1955
29	Paul Winslow	1	0	0	108	108 vs at England Old Trafford, Manchester	7 July 1955
30	Eddie Barlow	6	1	0	201	114 vs Australia at The Gabba, Brisbane	6 December 1963
31	Graeme Pollock	7	2	0	274	122 vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground	10 January 1964
32	Colin Bland	3	0	0	144*	126 vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground	7 February 1964
33	Tony Pithey	1	0	0	154	154 vs England at Newlands, Cape Town	1 January 1965
34	Trevor Goddard	1	0	0	112	112 vs England at The Wanderers, Johannesburg	22 January 1965
35	Denis Lindsay	3	0	0	182	182 vs Australia at The Wanderers, Johannesburg	23 December 1966
36	Barry Richards	2	0	0	140	140 vs Australia at Kingsmead, Durban	5 February 1970
37	Lee Irvine	1	0	0	102	102 vs Australia at St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	5 March 1970
38	Andrew Hudson	4	0	0	163	163 vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	18 April 1992
39	Kepler Wessels	2	0	0	118	118 vs India at Kingsmead, Durban	13 November 1992
40	Hansie Cronje	6	0	0	135	135 vs India at St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	26 December 1992
41	Jonty Rhodes	3	0	0	117	101* vs Sri Lanka at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa	25 August 1993
42	Daryll Cullinan	14	1	0	275*	102 vs Sri Lanka at P.Sara Oval, Colombo	14 September 1993
43	Peter Kirsten	1	0	0	104	104 vs England at Headingley, Leeds	4 August 1994
44	Dave Richardson	1	0	0	109	109 vs New Zealand at Newlands, Cape Town	2 January 1995
45	Brian McMillan	3	0	0	113	113 vs Pakistan at The Wanderers, Johannesburg	19 January 1995
46	Gary Kirsten	21	3	0	275	110 vs England at The Wanderers, Johannesburg	30 November 1995
47	Lance Klusener	4	0	0	174	102* vs India at Newlands, Cape Town	2 January 1997
48	Jacques Kallis	45	2	0	224	101 vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground	26 December 1997
49	Pat Symcox	1	0	0	108	108 vs Pakistan at The Wanderers, Johannesburg	14 February 1998
50	Mark Boucher	5	0	0	125	100 vs West Indies at Centurion Park, Centurion	15 January 1999
51	Herschelle Gibbs	14	2	0	228	211* vs New Zealand at Lancaster Park, Christchurch	11 March 1999
52	Neil McKenzie	5	1	0	226	120 vs New Zealand at St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	30 November 2000
53	Boeta Dippenaar	3	0	0	177*	100 vs New Zealand at The Wanderers, Johannesburg	8 December 2000
54	Shaun Pollock	2	0	0	111	111 vs Sri Lanka at Centurion Park, Centurion	20 January 2001
55	Graeme Smith	27	5	0	277	200 vs Bangladesh at Buffalo Park, East London	18 October 2002
56	Jacques Rudolph	6	1	0	222*	222* vs Bangladesh at M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	24 April 2003
57	Andrew Hall	1	0	0	163	163 vs India at Green Park, Kanpur	20 November 2004
58	AB de Villiers	22	2	0	278*	109 vs England at Centurion Park, Centurion	21 January 2005
59	Ashwell Prince	11	0	0	162*	139* vs Zimbabwe at Centurion Park, Centurion	11 March 2005
60	Hashim Amla	28	4	1	311*	149 vs New Zealand at Newlands, Cape Town	27 April 2006
61	JP Duminy	6	0	0	166	166 vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground	26 December 2008
62	Alviro Petersen	5	0	0	182	100 vs India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata	14 February 2010
63	Faf du Plessis	9	0	0	137	110* vs Australia at Adelaide Oval	22 November 2012
64	Dean Elgar	12	0	0	199	103* vs New Zealand at St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	11 January 2013
65	Stiaan van Zyl	1	0	0	101*	101* vs West Indies at Centurion Park, Centurion	17 December 2014
66	Temba Bavuma	1	0	0	102*	102* vs England at Newlands, Newlands	5 January 2016
67	Stephen Cook	3	0	0	117	115 vs England at Centurion Park, Centurion	22 January 2016
68	Quinton de Kock	5	0	0	129*	129* vs England at Centurion Park, Centurion	22 January 2016
69	Aiden Markram	4	0	0	152	143 vs Bangladesh at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	2 October 2017
70	Theunis de Bruyn	1	0	0	101	101 vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	23 July 2018

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