| Player | Score | Match | Venue |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 374 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2006 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Garry Sobers | 365* | West Indies v Pakistan: 3rd Test, 1957/58 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 340 | Sri Lanka v India: 1st Test, 1997 | R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo |
| Wally Hammond | 336* | New Zealand v England: 2nd Test, 1932/33 | Eden Park, Auckland |
| Chris Gayle | 317 | Vivian Richards Trophy: 4th Test, 2004/05 | Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua |
| Bob Cowper | 307 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1965/66 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Don Bradman | 304 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1934 | Headingley, Leeds |
| Lawrence Rowe | 302 | The Wisden Trophy: 3rd Test, 1973/74 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Don Bradman | 299* | Australia v South Africa: 4th Test, 1931/32 | Adelaide Oval |
| Reginald Foster | 287 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1903/04 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 287 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2006 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Denis Compton | 278 | England v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1954 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Brian Lara | 277 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 3rd Test, 1992/93 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Rahul Dravid | 270 | India in Pakistan: 3rd Test, 2003/04 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 270 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe: 2nd Test, 2004 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo |
| Graham Yallop | 268 | Australia v Pakistan: 4th Test, 1983/84 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Aravinda de Silva | 267 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1990/91 | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Frank Worrell | 261 | England v West Indies: 3rd Test, 1950 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 261* | Bangladesh in West Indies: 2nd Test, 2004 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Conrad Hunte | 260 | West Indies v Pakistan: 3rd Test, 1957/58 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Glenn Turner | 259 | West Indies v New Zealand: 4th Test, 1971/72 | Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana |
| Graeme Smith | 259 | South Africa in England: 2nd Test, 2003 | Lord's, London |
| Wasim Akram | 257* | Pakistan v Zimbabwe: 1st Test, 1996/97 | Sheikhupura Stadium |
| Ricky Ponting | 257 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 3rd Test, 2003/04 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Ken Barrington | 256 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1964 | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Don Bradman | 254 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1930 | Lord's, London |
| Virender Sehwag | 254 | India in Pakistan: 1st Test, 2005/06 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Wally Hammond | 251 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1928/29 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Faoud Bacchus | 250 | India v West Indies: 6th Test, 1978/79 | Green Park, Kanpur |
| Marvan Atapattu | 249 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe: 2nd Test, 2004 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 248* | India in Bangladesh: 1st Test, 2004/05 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 242 | Asian Test Championship: 2nd Test, 1998/99 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Frank Worrell | 237 | West Indies v India: 5th Test, 1952/53 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 236* | India v West Indies: 6th Test, 1983/84 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras |
| Zaheer Abbas | 235* | Pakistan v India: 2nd Test, 1978/79 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Sid Barnes | 234 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1946/47 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Don Bradman | 234 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1946/47 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Rahul Dravid | 233 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 2nd Test, 2003/04 | Adelaide Oval |
| Don Bradman | 232 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1930 | Kennington Oval, London |
| Stan McCabe | 232 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1938 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 230 | Asian Test Championship: Final, 2001/02 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Garry Sobers | 226 | West Indies v England: 1st Test, 1959/60 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Bob Simpson | 225 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1965/66 | Adelaide Oval |
| Roshan Mahanama | 225 | Sri Lanka v India: 1st Test, 1997 | R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo |
| Vinod Kambli | 224 | India v England: 3rd Test, 1992/93 | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay |
| Lou Vincent | 224 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand: 2nd Test, 2004/05 | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Glenn Turner | 223* | West Indies v New Zealand: 1st Test, 1971/72 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Justin Langer | 223 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 3rd Test, 1999/00 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 223 | England in Pakistan: 3rd Test, 2005/06 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Jacques Rudolph | 222* | South Africa in Bangladesh: 1st Test, 2003 | MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong |
