List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first - class cricket - wikipedia List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first - class cricket See also : List of first - class cricket records § Most centuries Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe walk out to the middle at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a Test match. Both Hobbs and Sutcliffe scored over 100 first - class centuries ; with Hobbs holding the record for most centuries in a first - class career. In the sport of cricket, a batsman is said to have scored a century when they score 100 or more runs without being dismissed. In first - class cricket, the highest form of the game below international level, a total of 25 players have achieved the feat on a hundred or more occasions. The first cricketer to achieve the feat was W.G. Grace, who completed his hundredth century in 1895. Grace remains the only batsman to have achieved the feat and finish with a batting average below 40. The English County Championship has historically always been the first - class competition in which the most matches are played per season, hence the most conducive competition to prolific runscoring. Of the 25 men to have scored 100 first - class centuries, all have been either natively English or English - qualified except Donald Bradman of Australia, Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, Glenn Turner of New Zealand and West Indian Viv Richards. Zaheer Abbas ( Gloucestershire ), Turner ( Worcestershire ) and Richards ( Somerset ) all had substantial county careers as overseas players ; Bradman, the first non-English batsman to achieve the feat, therefore remains the only batsman to have done so despite never having played for an English county side. Batsmen with a century of centuries Note : this list uses the figures accepted by the Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack. For details on the difference between these figures and those used by other sources, see Variations in first - class cricket statistics. Key 100s denotes how many centuries the batsman scored in first - class cricket. Nation denotes the side for which the batsman played Test cricket ; the number following indicates the number of centuries scored in Test cricket ( in bold ) plus the number of other first - class centuries scored for the national side. 100th denotes the season in which the batsman scored his one - hundredth century in first - class cricket. ItH denotes how many innings it took the batsman to reach his hundredth century in first - class cricket. Inns denotes how many innings the batsman played. Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the batsman in his first - class career. Ave denotes the batsman 's career batting average. ♠ denotes the batsman scored their hundredth century in a Test match. Rank 100s Player Nation ( 100s ) County ( 100s ) 100th ItH Career Inns Runs Ave Notes 199 Jack Hobbs England ( 15 ) Surrey ( 144 ) 1923 821 1905 -- 1934 1,315 61,237 50.65 170 Patsy Hendren England ( 7 + 1 ) Middlesex ( 119 ) 1928 -- 29 740 1907 -- 1938 1,300 57,611 50.80 167 Wally Hammond England ( 22 + 4 ) Gloucestershire ( 113 ) 1935 680 1923 -- 1950 1,005 50,551 56.10 153 Phil Mead England ( 4 ) Hampshire ( 138 ) 1927 892 1905 -- 1936 1,340 55,061 47.67 5 151 Geoffrey Boycott ♠ England ( 22 + 3 ) Yorkshire ( 103 ) 1977 645 1962 -- 1986 1,014 48,426 56.83 6 149 Herbert Sutcliffe England ( 16 + 2 ) Yorkshire ( 112 ) 1932 700 1919 -- 1945 1,088 50,138 51.95 7 145 Frank Woolley England ( 5 + 3 ) Kent ( 122 ) 1929 1,031 1906 -- 1938 1,532 58,969 40.75 8 136 Graeme Hick England ( 6 ) Worcestershire ( 106 ) 1998 574 1983 -- 2008 871 41,112 52.23 9 129 Len Hutton England ( 19 + 1 ) Yorkshire ( 85 ) 1951 619 1934 -- 1960 814 40,140 55.51 10 128 Graham Gooch England ( 20 ) Essex ( 94 ) 1992 -- 93 820 1973 -- 2000 990 44,846 49.01 11 126 W.G. Grace England ( 2 + 2 ) Gloucestershire ( 49 ) 1895 1,113 1865 -- 1908 1,493 54,896 39.55 12 123 Denis Compton England ( 17 ) Middlesex ( 67 ) 1952 552 1936 -- 1964 839 38,942 51.85 13 122 Tom Graveney England ( 11 ) Gloucestershire ( 50 ) Worcestershire ( 27 ) 1964 940 1948 -- 1972 1,223 47,793 44.91 14 117 Donald Bradman Australia ( 29 + 36 ) -- 1947 -- 48 295 1927 -- 1949 338 28,067 95.14 15 114 Viv Richards West Indies ( 24 + 23 ) Somerset ( 47 ) Glamorgan ( 10 ) 1988 -- 89 658 1971 -- 1993 796 36,212 49.40 16 114 Mark Ramprakash England ( 2 + 3 ) Middlesex ( 46 ) Surrey ( 60 ) 2008 676 1987 -- 2012 764 35,659 53.14 17 108 Zaheer Abbas ♠ Pakistan ( 12 + 17 ) Gloucestershire ( 49 ) 1982 -- 83 658 1965 -- 1987 768 34,843 51.54 18 = 107 Andy Sandham England ( 2 ) Surrey ( 83 ) 1935 871 1911 -- 1938 1,000 41,284 44.82 18 = 107 Colin Cowdrey England ( 22 + 1 ) Kent ( 58 ) 1973 1,035 1950 -- 1976 1,130 42,719 42.89 20 104 Tom Hayward England ( 3 ) Surrey ( 88 ) 1913 1,076 1893 -- 1914 1,138 43,551 41.79 21 = 103 Glenn Turner New Zealand ( 7 + 9 ) Worcestershire ( 72 ) 1982 779 1964 -- 1983 792 34,346 49.70 21 = 103 John Edrich England ( 12 ) Surrey ( 81 ) 1977 945 1956 -- 1978 979 39,790 45.47 23 = 102 Les Ames England ( 8 + 4 ) Kent ( 78 ) 1950 916 1926 -- 1951 951 37,248 43.51 23 = 102 Ernest Tyldesley England ( 3 + 1 ) Lancashire ( 90 ) 1934 919 1909 -- 1936 961 38,874 45.46 23 = 102 Dennis Amiss England ( 11 + 1 ) Warwickshire ( 78 ) 1986 1,081 1960 -- 1987 1,139 43,423 42.86 References General Berry, Scyld, ed. ( 2009 ). `` First - Class Records -- Batting ''. Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack ( 146th ed. ). John Wisden & Co. pp. 134&ndash, 135. ISBN 978 - 1 - 905625 - 16 - 1. Specific Jump up ^ Hussain, Nasser ( 2009 ). `` The Masters of Modern County Cricket ''. In Scyld Berry ( ed ). Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack ( 146th ed. ). John Wisden & Co. p. 54. CS1 maint : Extra text : editors list ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Most hundreds in a career ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2010. ^ Jump up to : Berry, Scyld, ed. ( 2009 ). `` First - Class Records -- Batting -- Most Runs ''. Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack ( 146th ed. ). John Wisden & Co. p. 139. Jump up ^ `` Patsy Hendren player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Wally Hammond player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Phil Mead player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Geoffrey Boycott player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. 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'' Retrieved 24 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` Zaheer Abbas player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Zaheer Abbas, Batting by team ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Andy Sandham player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Colin Cowdrey player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Tom Hayward player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Glenn Turner player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Glenn Turner, Batting by team ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` John Edrich player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Les Ames player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Ernest Tyldesley player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Dennis Amiss player profile ''. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2010. External links `` Most Centuries in First - Class Cricket ''. CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Batsmen who have scored 100 first - class centuries Hobbs ( 199 ) Hendren ( 170 ) Hammond ( 167 ) Mead ( 153 ) Boycott ( 151 ) Sutcliffe ( 149 ) Woolley ( 145 ) Hick ( 136 ) Hutton ( 129 ) Gooch ( 128 ) Grace ( 126 ) Compton ( 123 ) Graveney ( 122 ) Bradman ( 117 ) Richards ( 114 ) Ramprakash ( 114 ) Abbas ( 108 ) Sandham ( 107 ) Cowdrey ( 107 ) Hayward ( 104 ) Turner ( 103 ) Edrich ( 103 ) Ames ( 102 ) Tyldesley ( 102 ) Amiss ( 102 ) Cricket records Test records By team Australia Bangladesh England India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan Sri Lanka South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Batting Most career runs Triple centuries Centuries in both innings Centuries on debut Bowling Most career wickets Five - wicket hauls on debut Double five - wicket hauls on debut Hat - tricks ODI records By team Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan Sri Lanka South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Batting Most career runs Highest individual scores Double centuries Centuries on debut Bowling Most career wickets Hat - tricks Five - wicket haul on debut T20I records By team Australia Bangladesh England India Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Sri Lanka South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Batting Centuries Bowling Five - wicket hauls Hat - tricks Miscellaneous records International Centuries Career Five Wicket Hauls 100 wickets in a season Wicket with first ball World Cup records First - class records Batsmen with 100 FC centuries FC quadruple centuries Ranji Trophy List - A records Centuries by ground Five - wicket hauls by ground Twenty20 records Under - 19 records Women 's cricket Records WTest records WODI records WT20I records Batting WTest centuries WODI centuries WT20I centuries Bowling WTest five - wicket hauls on debut WODI five - wicket hauls WT20I five - wicket hauls Hat - tricks Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_batsmen_who_have_scored_100_centuries_in_first-class_cricket&oldid=820383453 '' Categories : Lists of cricketers First - class cricket records Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Extra text : editors list Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia বাংলা हिन्दी اردو Edit links This page was last edited on 14 January 2018, at 12 : 04 ( UTC ). 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Question: who has scored the most first class centuries in history
Answer: Jack Hobbs