| Player | Score | Match | Venue |
| George Headley | 223 | West Indies v England: 4th Test, 1929/30 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Nathan Astle | 222 | England in New Zealand: 1st Test, 2001/02 | Jade Stadium, Christchurch |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 221 | England v India: 4th Test, 1979 | Kennington Oval, London |
| Bill Edrich | 219 | South Africa v England: 5th Test, 1938/39 | Kingsmead, Durban |
| Gordon Greenidge | 214* | The Wisden Trophy: 2nd Test, 1984 | Lord's, London |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 192 | Australia v Sri Lanka: 2007/08 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| Stan McCabe | 189* | South Africa v Australia: 2nd Test, 1935/36 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg |
| Bruce Mitchell | 189* | England v South Africa: 5th Test, 1947 | Kennington Oval, London |
| Mike Atherton | 185* | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1995/96 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Arthur Morris | 182 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1948 | Headingley, Leeds |
| Bevan Congdon | 176 | England v New Zealand: 1st Test, 1973 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Derek Randall | 174 | Centenary Test: Only Test, 1976/77 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Don Bradman | 173* | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1948 | Headingley, Leeds |
| Mark Butcher | 173* | The Ashes: 4th Test, 2001 | Headingley, Leeds |
| Seymour Nurse | 168 | New Zealand v West Indies: 1st Test, 1968/69 | Eden Park, Auckland |
| Joe Darling | 160 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1897/98 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Ricky Ponting | 156 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 2005 | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Saleem Malik | 155 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1996/97 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Brian Lara | 153* | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 3rd Test, 1998/99 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Neil Harvey | 151* | Australia in South Africa: 3rd Test, 1949/50 | Kingsmead, Durban |
| Adam Gilchrist | 149* | Pakistan in Australia: 2nd Test, 1999/00 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| Shoaib Malik | 148* | Pakistan in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2005/06 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 146* | India v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1979/80 | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Aravinda de Silva | 143* | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1997/98 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Ricky Ponting | 143* | South Africa in Australia: 3rd Test, 2005/06 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Jack Brown | 140 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1894/95 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Wally Hammond | 140 | South Africa v England: 5th Test, 1938/39 | Kingsmead, Durban |
| Roy Fredericks | 138 | The Wisden Trophy: 2nd Test, 1976 | Lord's, London |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 138* | Bangladesh in Pakistan: 3rd Test, 2003 | Multan Cricket Stadium |
| Seymour Nurse | 137 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 5th Test, 1968/69 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Keith Stackpole | 136 | The Ashes: 6th Test, 1970/71 | Adelaide Oval |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 136 | Pakistan in India: 1st Test, 1998/99 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | 135 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1928/29 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Asif Iqbal | 135 | West Indies v Pakistan: 5th Test, 1976/77 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Graham Gooch | 133 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1993 | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Ken Barrington | 132* | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1962/63 | Adelaide Oval |
| Don Bradman | 131 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1930 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 131 | Australia in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2003/04 | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy |
| Younis Khan | 130 | South Africa in Pakistan: 2nd match, 2007/08 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Geoff Boycott | 128* | Centenary Test: Only Test, 1980 | Lord's, London |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | 127 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1924/25 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| John Dyson | 127* | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 2nd Test, 1981/82 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Justin Langer | 127 | Pakistan in Australia: 2nd Test, 1999/00 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| Jack Hobbs | 126* | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1911/12 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Mohammad Ilyas | 126 | Pakistan v New Zealand: 3rd Test, 1964/65 | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Colin Milburn | 126* | The Wisden Trophy: 2nd Test, 1966 | Lord's, London |
| Graeme Wood | 126 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 3rd Test, 1977/78 | Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 126 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 5th Test, 1977/78 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Younis Khan | 126 | South Africa in Pakistan: 1st match, 2007/08 | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Graeme Smith | 125* | South Africa in New Zealand: 3rd Test, 2003/04 | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
