Top 15 Fastest Centuries in Test Cricket In 2026

1) Brendon McCullum (NZ)

McCullum's batting was so powerful that he changed the whole scoring rates in Test cricket. His rapid hundred is still regarded as the ultimate example of Test batting in an aggressive style.

2) Sir Viv Richards (WI)


The West Indian great's hundred signalled a dominance over the bowlers long before the T20 era came, and he did it verbally.

3) Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)


With an unexpected quick century, Misbah stunned the cricket world, proving both his mature mind and his explosive timing.

4) Adam Gilchrist (AUS)


Although he was the man of limited-overs fury, Gilchrist's Test century was one of the very fastest in history.

5) Ian Botham (ENG)


The all-rounder of England was a master of combining skills with aggression, and thus, he managed to score one of the fastest centuries.

6) Jayasuriya (SL)


The Sri Lankan left-hander was very furious, and his hundred was just a part of his power show.

7) Kevin Pietersen (ENG)


Pietersen's skilful, yet powerful, hundred was a highly exciting one as it was very fast.

8) Brendon McCullum (second entry)


With another huge score and a superhigh strike-rate, McCullum is back.

9) Misbah-ul-Haq (second entry)


Misbah's comeback performance came as a surprise with his smart aggression, which gave the bowlers no chance at all.

10) Victor Trumper (AUS)


The Australian batsman was a trailblazer for fashionable batting: Trumper's thunderous century is immortal in early cricket history.

11) George Headley (WI)


"Black Bradman"הis quick hundred demonstrated the classical timing as well as the stroke play.

12) Don Bradman (AUS)


Even the greatest batsman at an incredibly fast scoring rate came to be one of the fastest hundred makers in cricket history.

13) Virender Sehwag (IND)


Sehwag's explosive stroke-making, along with one of the fastest centuries in his era, completely transformed the old-fashioned Test batting.

14) Brendon McCullum (third mention)


With another record-breaking century, McCullum again appears to demonstrate his non-conventional attacking mindset.

15) AB de Villiers (SA)


The title "Mr. 360˚" was conferred upon de Villiers, who managed to get one of the fastest Test centuries by the marriage of innovation and aggression.

These great players are the rarest of the rare who have, by their whirlwind scoring, permanently changed the course of Test match history and have thereby converted marathon innings into dazzling displays of skill and stamina.