Top Fastest Test Centuries in Cricket – Updated 2025

Test cricket is usually played very patiently and with long batting, but some players can score centuries very fast. These players show that even in long matches, hitting runs quickly can change the game.

Brendon McCullum achieved the record for the fastest Test century, where he took just 54 deliveries to score 100 runs in Christchurch in 2016, while recently, Travis Head scored a century in just 69 balls in the 2025 Ashes Test at Perth, and Australia took control of the match. 

In this article, we'll list the 20 fastest centuries in Test cricket, and then highlight the top 10 innings that turned the perception of scoring quickly in Test matches on its head.

Top 20 Fastest Test Centuries

Rank	Player	Balls	Team	Against	Venue	Year
1	Brendon McCullum	54	New Zealand	Australia	Christchurch	2016
2	Viv Richards	56	West Indies	England	St John’s	1986
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	56	Pakistan	Australia	Abu Dhabi	2014
4	Adam Gilchrist	57	Australia	England	Perth	2006
5	Jack Gregory	67	Australia	South Africa	Johannesburg	1921
6	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	69	West Indies	Australia	Georgetown	2003
7	David Warner	69	Australia	India	Perth	2012
8	Travis Head	69	Australia	England	Perth	2025
9	Chris Gayle	70	West Indies	Australia	Perth	2009
10	Roy Fredericks	71	West Indies	Australia	Perth	1975
11	Colin de Grandhomme	71	New Zealand	West Indies	Wellington	2017
12	Majid Khan	74	Pakistan	New Zealand	Karachi	1976
13	Mohammad Azharuddin	74	India	South Africa	Kolkata	1996
14	Brendon McCullum	74	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Christchurch	2014
15	AB de Villiers	75	South Africa	India	Centurion	2010
16	Gilbert Jessop	76	England	Australia	The Oval	1902
17	Brian Lara	77	West Indies	Pakistan	Multan	2006
18	Jonny Bairstow	77	England	New Zealand	Nottingham	2022
19	Shahid Afridi	78	Pakistan	West Indies	Bridgetown	2005
20	Shahid Afridi	78	Pakistan	India	Lahore	2006