Top 10 Highest Individual Score in Test Cricket

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In the spirit of some of the best ongoing Test Cricket tours and the new cycle of World Test Championship 2025- 27, the time has arrived to look in the past to appreciate the masters of the format.

Ironically, South African skipper Wiaan Mulder almost broke the 21 year old record of the highest individual test score by none other than the West Indies legend Brian Lara, falling short of a shy 33 runs. Here are the Top 10 Highest Individual Scores in Test Cricket.

Rank	Player Name	Nationality	Score	Balls	SR	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	Brian Charles Lara	West Indies	400*	582	68.72	England	St John’s (Antigua)	2004
2	Matthew Lawrence Hayden	Australia	380	437	86.95	Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A. (Perth)	2003
3	Brian Charles Lara	West Indies	375	538	69.70	England	St John’s (Antigua)	1994
4	Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	374	572	65.38	South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2006
5	Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder	South Africa	367*	334	109.88	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2025*
6	Garfield St Aubrun Sobers	West Indies	365*	—	—	Pakistan	Kingston (Jamaica)	1958
7	Leonard Hutton	England	364	847	42.97	Australia	The Oval (London)	1938
8	Sanath Teran Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	340	578	58.82	India	Colombo (RPS)	1997
9	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan	337	—	—	West Indies	Bridgetown (Barbados)	1958
10	Walter Reginald Hammond	England	336*	—	—	New Zealand	Auckland	1933

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