| Player | Score | Match | Venue |
| Garry Sobers | 365* | West Indies v Pakistan: 3rd Test, 1957/58 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Bob Simpson | 311 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1964 | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Reginald Foster | 287 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1903/04 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Brian Lara | 277 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 3rd Test, 1992/93 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Zaheer Abbas | 274 | England v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1971 | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Rohan Kanhai | 256 | India v West Indies: 3rd Test, 1958/59 | Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
| Jackie McGlew | 255* | New Zealand v South Africa: 1st Test, 1952/53 | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| 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 |
| Sid Barnes | 234 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1946/47 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Dudley Nourse | 231 | South Africa v Australia: 2nd Test, 1935/36 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg |
| Vinod Kambli | 224 | India v England: 3rd Test, 1992/93 | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay |
| Jacques Rudolph | 222* | South Africa in Bangladesh: 1st Test, 2003 | MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong |
| Robert Key | 221 | The Wisden Trophy: 1st Test, 2004 | Lord's, London |
| Bill Edrich | 219 | South Africa v England: 5th Test, 1938/39 | Kingsmead, Durban |
| Denis Atkinson | 219 | West Indies v Australia: 4th Test, 1954/55 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Eddie Paynter | 216* | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1938 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Mathew Sinclair | 214 | West Indies in New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1999/00 | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Lawrence Rowe | 214 | West Indies v New Zealand: 1st Test, 1971/72 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| David Lloyd | 214* | England v India: 3rd Test, 1974 | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 211* | South Africa in New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1998/99 | Jade Stadium, Christchurch |
| Dean Jones | 210 | India v Australia: 1st Test, 1986/87 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras |
| Taslim Arif | 210* | Pakistan v Australia: 2nd Test, 1979/80 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad |
| Imtiaz Ahmed | 209 | Pakistan v New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1955/56 | Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore |
| Sherwin Campbell | 208 | West Indies v New Zealand: 1st Test, 1995/96 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Martin Donnelly | 206 | England v New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1949 | Lord's, London |
| Aamer Sohail | 205 | England v Pakistan: 3rd Test, 1992 | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Brad Hodge | 203* | South Africa in Australia: 1st Test, 2005/06 | W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth |
| Syd Gregory | 201 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1894/95 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Seymour Nurse | 201 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 4th Test, 1964/65 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Jason Gillespie | 201* | Australia in Bangladesh: 2nd Test, 2005/06 | Chittagong Divisional Stadium |
| Brendon Kuruppu | 201* | Sri Lanka v New Zealand: 1st Test, 1986/87 | Colombo Cricket Club Ground |
| Grant Flower | 201* | Zimbabwe v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1994/95 | Harare Sports Club |
| Graeme Smith | 200 | Bangladesh in South Africa: 1st Test, 2002/03 | Buffalo Park, East London |
| Dilip Sardesai | 200* | India v New Zealand: 3rd Test, 1964/65 | Brabourne Stadium, Bombay |
| Geoffrey Legge | 196 | New Zealand v England: 4th Test, 1929/30 | Eden Park, Auckland |
| Budhi Kunderan | 192 | India v England: 1st Test, 1963/64 | Corporation Stadium, Madras |
| Sir Viv Richards | 192* | India v West Indies: 2nd Test, 1974/75 | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Waqar Hasan | 189 | Pakistan v New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1955/56 | Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore |
| Clem Hill | 188 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1897/98 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Jack Hobbs | 187 | South Africa v England: 5th Test, 1909/10 | Newlands, Cape Town |
| Stan McCabe | 187* | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1932/33 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Bob Barber | 185 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1965/66 | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Denis Lindsay | 182 | South Africa v Australia: 1st Test, 1966/67 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Terry Jarvis | 182 | West Indies v New Zealand: 4th Test, 1971/72 | Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana |
| Peter Burge | 181 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1961 | Kennington Oval, London |
| Wilfred Rhodes | 179 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1911/12 | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Graeme Hick | 178 | India v England: 3rd Test, 1992/93 | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay |
| Steve Waugh | 177* | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1989 | Headingley, Leeds |
| George Headley | 176 | West Indies v England: 1st Test, 1929/30 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Chris Gayle | 175 | Clive Lloyd Trophy: 1st Test, 2001 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo |
