Top 25 Fastest Century in Test Cricket History (2025 Update): Brendon McCullum Still Leads

Test cricket is known for its history as it has been introduced over a hundred years ago, batsmen try to stay on the field for as long as they can and score as much as they can. In this type of cricket, batsmen do not consider balls faced like they do for ODI's and T20 Internationals. However, there are some of the explosive players who have scored a century while facing very less number of balls, For example, Brendon McCullum, IVA Richards, Misbah-ul-Haq and some more well-known players from all over the world. Following is the list of Top 10 players who scored the Fastest Test Centuries from all over the world.

Fastest Century in Test Cricket History

Detailed and Complete List of the Top 25 Fastest Centuries in Test Cricket History:

1- Brendon McCullum: He is the one who holds the record of scoring fastest century off just 54 balls in Test cricket.

2- IVA Richards: Sir VIV Richards is second in the list who scored a century in 56 balls.

3- Misbah-ul-Haq: A player who is famous for his slow batting once scored a century in 56 balls which counts as the third fastest in Test cricket.

4- AC Gilchrist: This Australian player scored a century off just 57 balls against South Africa.

5- JM Gregory: Gregory scored a century off 67 balls and got the fifth position of fastest centuries in Test cricket.

6- S Chanderpaul: The player from West Indies famous for his iconic batting style also scored century while hitting 69 balls, which counts as the Sixth fastest in Test cricket.

7- DA Warner: He is one of the senior players of Australia now famous for his batting and hitting. He once scored a century off just 69 balls which counts as 7 fastest in Test cricket.

8- CH Gayle: One of the most famous batsmen for hitting tremendously in all formats of cricket. He also has scored one of the fastest 100’s off just 70 balls in Test cricket.

9- RC Fredericks: While playing against Australia during Test match, he scored a century off just 71 balls.

10- C de Grandhomme: Player from New Zealand scored a century off 71 deliveries, which counts as the tenth fastest 100 scored in Test cricket.

Who Scored the Fastest Century in Test Cricket

The tittle of Fastest Century in Test cricket is achieved by a player from New Zealand named Brendon McCullum. He scored the century off just 54 deliveries while playing against Australia.

Summary

Test cricket is mostly played slow, players try to score more runs without considering deliveries too much comparatively as in ODI’s or T20’s but Cricket as a whole is a sport full of enthusiasm and we have some batsmen who can score aggressively in all formats such as Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Sir Viv Richards, David Warner and many more. These players have scored one of the fastest centuries in the history of Test cricket till date while Brendon McCullum leading the list.

FAQs

Who has the fastest 100 in cricket?

David Miller holds the record for the fastest international century, scoring 100 runs off 35 balls in a T20I against Bangladesh in 2017.

What is the fastest T20 century?

The fastest T20 century is by Chris Gayle, who scored 100 runs off 30 balls in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2013.

What is the fastest test 50?

The fastest Test fifty is by Misbah-ul-Haq, who scored 50 runs off 21 balls against Australia in 2014.