Most Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket

In the Ranji Season of 2013/14, Wasim Jaffer scored 2 centuries, 111 vs Punjab & 139 vs Vidarbha, and reached 50 centuries in his First Class Career. He became only the 8th Indian player to score 50 centuries in First Class Cricket. The leaders are Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar with 81 centuries each. Rahul Dravid (68), Vijay Hazare (60), Dilip Vengsarkar (55), VVS Laxman (55) and Mohammad Azharuddin (54) are the other Indians to score 50 centuries in their respective First Class Career.

Jaffer becomes the 8th Indian to score 50 centuries in First Class Cricket

Wasim Jaffer began his First Class Career in the 1996/97 Ranji Trophy season and soon made a mark by scoring a Triple Century in only his second First Class match making him the youngest Indian and second youngest after Javed Miandad to score a triple century in First Class Cricket. He smashed another 300 in 2008/09 season and 5 more double centuries in his First Class Cricket Career (2 of those in Tests for India).

Wasim Jaffer is the leading run getter in all the major First Class Tournaments in India - Ranji Trophy (9504), Duleep Trophy (2545) & Irani Trophy (1008).

Jaffer reached the 50 centuries mark in the 356th inning of his First Class Career. Quickest (in terms of Innings) Indian to this mark is Vijay Hazare who scored his 50th first class century in his 253rd inning (155 vs England in December 1951). Slowest being VVS Laxman who got to his 50th First Class Century in a County match for Lancashire vs Somerset in June 2009 in his 377th inning (Rahul Dravid scored his 50th century in his 376th inning).

On the other end of the country Subramaniam Badrinath smashed his 30th century in First Class Career with his 5th double century, a 248 vs Madhya Pradesh in Indore. He became the 37th Indian to score 30 or more centuries in First Class Career.

Mithun Manhas scored his 25th century in First Class Career with his 100 against Vidarbha. He does became the 50th Indian to score 25 Centuries in First Class Career.



Below is the list of all the 50 Indians who scored 25 or more centuries in their First Class Cricket Career sorted in the descending order of 100s.

100s	Batsman	Span	Mat	Innings	Runs	Avg	Best
81	Sunil Gavaskar	1966-1987	348	563	25834	51.46	340
81	Sachin Tendulkar	1988-2013	310	490	25396	57.84	248*
68	Rahul Dravid	1990-2012	298	497	23794	55.33	270
60	Vijay Hazare	1934-1967	238	367	18740	58.38	316*
55	VVS Laxman	1992-2012	267	436	19730	51.64	353
55	Dilip Vengsarkar	1975-1992	260	390	17868	52.86	284
54	Mohammad Azharuddin	1981-2000	229	343	15855	51.98	226
51	Wasim Jaffer	1996-Present	219	361	16747	51.37	314*
49	Polly Umrigar	1944-1963	243	350	16155	52.28	252*
45	Vijay Merchant	1929-1951	150	234	13470	71.64	359*
44	Gundappa Viswanath	1967-1988	308	486	17970	40.93	247
38	Vijay Mankrekar	1949-1973	198	295	12832	49.92	283
38	Virender Sehwag	1997-Present	178	296	13456	47.22	319
38	Ajay Sharma	1984-2001	129	166	10120	67.46	259*
37	Brijesh Patel	1969-1988	203	311	11911	45.63	216
36	Ajit Wadekar	1958-1975	237	360	15380	47.03	323
36	Gautam Gambhir	1999-Present	154	260	12145	51.02	233*
35	Vinod Kambli	1989-2004	129	181	9965	59.67	262
34	Ravi Shastri	1979-1994	245	356	13202	44	217
34	Anshuman Gaekwad	1969-1992	206	326	12136	41.56	225
33	MAK Pataudi	1957-1976	310	499	15425	33.67	203*
33	Sourav Ganguly	1989-2011	254	399	15687	44.18	239
33	ML Jaisimha	1954-1977	245	388	13516	37.44	259
33	Pankaj Roy	1946-1968	185	295	11868	42.38	202*
33	Vikram Rathour	1988-2003	146	239	11473	49.66	254
33	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	1994-Present	146	222	10400	52.26	290
32	Sridharan Sriram *	1993-2011	133	194	9539	52.99	288
31	Ashok Mankad	1963-1983	218	326	12980	50.9	265
31	Lala Amarnath	1929-1964	186	286	10426	41.37	262
31	Sanjay Manjrekar	1984-1998	147	217	10252	55.11	377
31	Raman Lamba	1978-1998	121	175	8776	53.84	320
30	Chandu Borde	1959-1973	251	370	12805	40.91	207*
30	Mohinder Amarnath	1966-1989	248	379	13747	43.22	207
30	Mushtaq Ali	1930-1964	226	384	13213	35.9	233
30	Amol Muzumdar *	1993-Present	171	260	11167	48.13	260
30	Arun Lal	1974-1996	156	240	10421	46.94	287
30	Subramaniam Badrinath	2000-Present	117	167	8754	59.95	250
29	Hanumant Singh	1956-1979	207	331	12338	43.9	213*
29	Aakash Chopra	1997-2012	162	266	10839	45.35	301*
28	Surendra Bhave *	1986-2001	97	154	7971	58.18	292
27	Navjot Sidhu	1981-2000	157	228	9571	44.31	286
27	Sridharan Sharath *	1992-2008	139	203	8700	51.17	224
27	Dinesh Mongia *	1995-2007	121	183	8028	48.95	308*
27	Amarjit Kaypee *	1980-2000	117	175	7894	52.27	210*
26	Vinoo Mankad	1935-1962	233	361	11591	34.7	231
26	Pankaj Dharmani *	1992-2011	147	213	9312	50.06	305*
26	Cheteshwar Pujara	2005-Present	90	145	7693	63.57	352
25	Dilip Sardesai	1960-1973	179	271	10230	41.75	222
25	Abhijit Kale *	1993-2007	93	145	7134	54.45	248*

25

Mithun Manhas *

1997-Present

138

213

8767

47.64

205*

* - Never represented India in Test Matches

Number of Innings to score 50 First Class Centuries

253 – Vijay Hazare

273 – Sachin Tendulkar

311 – Mohammad Azharuddin

312 – Sunil Gavaskar

342 – Dilip Vengsarkar

356 – Wasim Jaffer

376 – Rahul Dravid

377 – VVS Laxman 

Least Innings per century (30 or more centuries)

4.36 - Ajay Sharma

5.17 - Vinod Kambli

5.20 - Vijay Merchant
5.50 - Surendra Bhave

5.56 - Subramaniam Badrinath

Least Innings per century (40 or more centuries)

5.20 - Vijay Merchant

6.05 - Sachin Tendulkar

6.11 - Vijay Hazare

6.35 - Mohammad Azharuddin

6.95 - Sunil Gavaskar

Most Innings per century (25 or more centuries)
15.12 - MAK Pataudi
13.88 - Vinoo Mankad
12.80 - Mushtaq Ali
12.63 - Mohinder Amarnath
12.33 - Chandu Borde

All Stats in the table updated till 25th December 2013