List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket
Batsmen with a century of centuries
Table:
Rank
100s
Player
Nation (100s)
County (100s)
100th
ItH
Career
Inns
Runs
Ave
Notes

1
199
Jack Hobbs
England (15)
Surrey (144)
1923
821
1905–1934
1,315
61,237
50.65
[3]

2
170
Patsy Hendren
England (7+1)
Middlesex (119)
1928–29
740
1907–1938
1,300
57,611
50.80
[4]

3
167
Wally Hammond
England (22+4)
Gloucestershire (113)
1935
680
1923–1950
1,005
50,551
56.10
[5]

4
153
Phil Mead
England (4)
Hampshire (138)
1927
892
1905–1936
1,340
55,061
47.67
[6]

5
151
Geoffrey Boycott ♠
England (22+3)
Yorkshire (103)
1977
645
1962–1986
1,014
48,426
56.83
[7]

6
149
Herbert Sutcliffe
England (16+2)
Yorkshire (112)
1932
700
1919–1945
1,088
50,138
51.95
[3]

7
145
Frank Woolley
England (5+3)
Kent (122)
1929
1,031
1906–1938
1,532
58,969
40.75
[3]

8
136
Graeme Hick
England (6)
Worcestershire (106)
1998
574
1983–2008
871
41,112
52.23
[8]

9
129
Len Hutton
England (19+1)
Yorkshire (85)
1951
619
1934–1960
814
40,140
55.51
[9]

10
128
Graham Gooch
England (20)
Essex (94)
1992–93
820
1973–2000
990
44,846
49.01
[10]

11
126
W. G. Grace
England (2+2)
Gloucestershire (49)
1895
1,113
1865–1908
1,493
54,896
39.55
[3]

12
123
Denis Compton
England (17)
Middlesex (67)
1952
552
1936–1964
839
38,942
51.85
[11]

13
122
Tom Graveney
England (11)
Gloucestershire (50)
Worcestershire (27)
1964
940
1948–1972
1,223
47,793
44.91
[12]

14
117
Donald Bradman
Australia (29+36)
—
1947–48
295
1927–1949
338
28,067
95.14
[13][14]

15
114
Viv Richards
West Indies (24+23)
Somerset (47)
Glamorgan (10)
1988–89
658
1971–1993
796
36,212
49.40
[15][16]

16
114
Mark Ramprakash
England (2+3)
Middlesex (46)
Surrey (60)
2008
676
1987–2012
764
35,659
53.14
[17][18]

17
108
Zaheer Abbas ♠
Pakistan (12+17)
Gloucestershire (49)
1982–83
658
1965–1987
768
34,843
51.54
[19][20]

18=
107
Andy Sandham
England (2)
Surrey (83)
1935
871
1911–1938
1,000
41,284
44.82
[21]

18=
107
Colin Cowdrey
England (22+1)
Kent (58)
1973
1,035
1950–1976
1,130
42,719
42.89
[22]

20
104
Tom Hayward
England (3)
Surrey (88)
1913
1,076
1893–1914
1,138
43,551
41.79
[23]

21=
103
Glenn Turner
New Zealand (7+9)
Worcestershire (72)
1982
779
1964–1983
792
34,346
49.70
[24][25]

21=
103
John Edrich
England (12)
Surrey (81)
1977
945
1956–1978
979
39,790
45.47
[26]

23=
102
Les Ames
England (8+4)
Kent (78)
1950
916
1926–1951
951
37,248
43.51
[27]

23=
102
Ernest Tyldesley
England (3+1)
Lancashire (90)
1934
919
1909–1936
961
38,874
45.46
[28]

23=
102
Dennis Amiss
England (11+1)
Warwickshire (78)
1986
1,081
1960–1987
1,139
43,423
42.86
[29]

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