Little Masters On Top
Gavaskar's world record is fittingly broken by another Indian and the parallelsare amazing - both scored their 28th 100s in their 88th Test, their 30th in their 99th,and their 34th in the 119th
Top Test Century Makers | |||
| Player | Country | 100s | Tests |
| SR Tendulkar | IND | 35 | 125 |
| SM Gavaskar | IND | 34 | 125 |
| SR Waugh | AUS | 32 | 168 |
| BC Lara | WI | 31 | 121 |
| DG Bradman | AUS | 29 | 052 |
| AR Border | AUS | 27 | 156 |
| GS Sobers | WI | 26 | 093 |
| RT Ponting | AUS | 25 | 097 |
| ML Hayden | AUS | 24 | 076 Advertisement |
| GS Chappell | AUS | 24 | 087 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | PAK | 24 | 105 |
| IVA Richards | WI | 24 | 121 |
| Javed Miandad | PAK | 23 | 124 |
| WR Hammond | ENG | 22 | 085 |
| JH Kallis | RSA | 22 | 094 |
| JL Langer | AUS | 22 | 095 |
| M Azharuddin | IND | 22 | 099 |
| G Boycott | ENG | 22 | 108 |
| MC Cowdrey | ENG | 22 | 114 |
| RN Harvey | AUS | 21 | 079 |
| G Kirsten | RSA | 21 | 101 |
| DC Boon | AUS | 21 | 107 |
| KF Barrington | ENG | 20 | 082 |
| PA de Silva | SRL | 20 | 093 |
| R Dravid | IND | 20 | 093 |
| GA Gooch | ENG | 20 | 118 |
| ME Waugh | AUS | 20 | 128 |
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GavaskarVs Tendulkar
They both scored their 28th 100s in their 88th Test, their 30th in their 99th,and their 34th in the 119th. Tendulkar, fittingly, got his 35th in his 125th Test at thesame ground where Gavaskar had equalled Don Bradman's then world record of 29 centuries.
| Hundreds In Tests | |||||||
| Tests. | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 119 | 125 |
| Gavaskar | 6 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 34 |
| Tendulkar | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 35 |
| Versus | Gavaskar | Tendulkar | ||
| Country | 100s | Tests | 100s | Tests |
| Australia | 08 | 20 | 07 | 21 |
| England | 04 | 38 | 06 | 16 |
| New Zealand | 02 | 09 | 03 | 16 |
| Pakistan | 05 | 24 | 02 | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 02 | 07 | 07 | 15 |
| West Indies | 13 | 27 | 03 | 16 |
| Bangladesh | - | 01 | 03 | |
| South Africa | - | 03 | 16 | |
| Zimbabwe | - Advertisement | 03 | 09 | |
| Total | 34 | 125 | 35 | 125 |
Based on all matches up to and including Test #1776: India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, SriLanka in India 2nd Test, 10 Dec 2005. All figures, based on and courtesy, cricinfo
