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Most Centuries Every Year Since 2015

Centuries are regarded as one of the most prestigious milestones in cricket, with all batsmen looking to cross the 100-run mark in every game they play. While cricket is a team sport and players are told to ignore personal milestones and concentrate on the bigger picture, something like a century always sneaks into the batsman’s game, with the player going a little slower as he nears the century mark so that he can secure the milestone. This article talks about the players who have had the most centuries in every year since 2015.

Who Scored The Most Centuries Every Year Since 2015

Credit: Sportstar – The Hindu

2015 – Steve Smith/Kane Williamson (8 Centuries)

Steve Smith and Kane Williamson both hit eight centuries in 2015. Smith hit test hundreds and two ODI hundreds, whereas Williamson managed five test hundreds while hitting three in One Day Internationals (ODIs). The Australian star scored two of his test hundreds against West Indies and two more against England while scoring one each against India and New Zealand. His ODI centuries came against India and England. Williamson scored his two test hundreds each against Sri Lanka and Australia while scoring one against England. His three ODI hundreds came against England, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

2016 – David Warner (9 Centuries)

David Warner had a spectacular One Day International (ODI) performance in 2016. He scored a total of nine centuries, with two of them coming in test cricket and the other seven coming in ODIs. Warner’s two test hundreds came against Pakistan (144 runs in 143 balls) and West Indies (122 runs in 103 balls), and three of his ODI centuries came against South Africa (173 runs in 136 balls, 117 runs in 107 balls, and 109 runs in 120 balls), two against New Zealand (156 runs in 128 balls and 119 runs in 115 balls), and one each against India (122 runs in 113 balls) and Sri Lanka (106 runs in 126 balls).

2017 – Virat Kohli (11 Centuries)

Virat Kohli made 11 hundreds in each of 2017 and 2018. Only Sachin Tendulkar – 12 tons in 1998 – has made more in a single calendar year 👑 pic.twitter.com/tG2ZG7Tl9Y

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) September 17, 2021

Virat Kohli had one of the best seasons of his career in 2017. Kohli hit five test centuries and six ODI centuries in 2017, with four of his five test hundreds coming against Sri Lanka (243 runs in 287 balls, 213 runs in 267 balls, 103 runs in 136 balls, and 104 runs in 119 balls) and one against Bangladesh (204 runs in 246 balls). Kohli scored two ODI hundreds against each of Sri Lanka (131 runs in 96 balls and 110 runs in 116 balls) and New Zealand (121 runs in 125 balls and 113 runs in 106 balls), and one each against England (122 runs in 105 balls) and West Indies (111 runs in 115 balls).

2018 – Virat Kohli (11 Centuries)

Virat Kohli backed his spectacular 2017 season by hitting 11 centuries in 2018. Kohli hit five test hundreds and six ODI hundreds in 2018, with two of his hundreds coming against England (243 runs in 287 balls and 213 runs in 267 balls) and one each against South Africa (204 runs in 246 balls), Australia (204 runs in 246 balls), and West Indies (204 runs in 246 balls). Kohli scored three ODI hundreds each against South Africa (160 runs in 159 balls, 129 runs in 96 balls, and 112 runs in 119 balls) and West Indies (157 runs in 129 balls, 140 runs in 107 balls, and 107 runs in 119 balls).

2019 – Rohit Sharma (10 Centuries)

#OnThisDay in 2019@ImRo45 became the first batsman ever to score 5 ODI centuries in one World Cup. #TeamIndia 👏🏾👏🏾

His record-breaking feat
122* vs South Africa
140 vs Pakistan
102 vs England
104 vs Bangladesh
103 vs Sri Lanka pic.twitter.com/2N1KTpwJt1

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 6, 2020

Rohit Sharma had a brilliant year in 2019, scoring three test centuries and seven ODI hundreds for the Indian cricket team. The hitman scored all three of his test centuries against South Africa (176 runs in 244 balls, 127 runs in 149 balls, and 212 runs in 255 balls) while he scored one T20I century against each of West Indies (159 runs in 138 balls), Pakistan (140 runs in 113 balls), Australia (133 runs in 129 balls), South Africa (122 runs in 144 balls), Bangladesh (104 runs in 92 balls), Sri Lanka (103 runs in 94 balls), England (102 runs in 109 balls).

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2020 – Steve Smith (3 Centuries)

Steve Smith ended 2020 with the most number of centuries that year despite only managing to hit three hundreds that year. This was probably due to the extremely reduced number of games due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which saw people stay under lockdown for most of the year, which led to very limited cricket being played throughout the year. Steve Smith managed to hit three hundreds, all of them coming in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and all coming against India (131 runs in 132 balls, 105 runs in 66 balls, and 104 runs in 64 balls).

2021 – Joe Root (6 Centuries)

Joe Root is an English professional cricketer who is mostly known for his test cricket performances. Despite mainly concentrating on only one format, he is regarded as one of the greatest cricket players of all time. He ended 2021 having hit six centuries, the most by any cricketer that year. Root scored all six of his hundreds in test matches, with four out of his six hundreds coming against India (218 runs in 377 balls, 180 runs in 321 balls, 109 runs in 172 balls, and 121 runs in 165 balls) while he scored the other two centuries against Sri Lanka (228 runs in 321 balls and 186 runs in 309 balls).

2022 – Babar Azam (8 Centuries)

🏏 2598 international runs
🔥 Eight centuries and 15 half-centuries

ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2022, Babar Azam 👏

Details ➡️ https://t.co/y97IvH0vKC pic.twitter.com/xXpUmYjE2o

— ICC (@ICC) January 27, 2023

Babar Azam ended 2022 having scored eight centuries. He managed to hit this milestone across all three different formats, with four of his hundreds coming in the test format, three in the ODI format, and one in the T20I format. Babar Azam scored one test century against Australia (196 runs in 425 balls), New Zealand (161 runs in 280 balls), Sri Lanka (119 runs in 244 balls), and England (136 runs in 168 balls). Two of his ODI centuries came against Australia (114 runs in 83 balls and 105 runs in 115 balls) and one against West Indies (103 runs in 107 balls), while his T20I century came against England (110 runs in 66 balls).

2023 – Virat Kohli (8 Centuries)

This is the third time Virat Kohli’s name appears on this list. He ended 2023 with the most centuries scored by any cricketer that year. Two out of these eight hundreds came in the Test format against West Indies (121 runs in 206 balls) and Sri Lanka (166 runs in 110 balls), while six of his hundreds came in the One Day International (ODI) format. He scored two centuries against Sri Lanka (166 runs in 110 balls and 113 runs in 87 balls) while scoring one century each against Pakistan (122 runs in 94 balls), New Zealand (117 runs in 113 balls), Bangladesh (103 runs in 97 balls), and South Africa (101 runs in 121 balls).

2024 – Joe Root (6 Centuries)

Joe Root has only played test cricket and domestic T20 games in the entire season. He did not place a single One Day International (ODI) or Twenty20 International (T20I) game but still has the highest number of centuries than any other player this year. Root scored six centuries in test cricket this year. He scored two of them against Sri Lanka (143 runs in 206 balls and 103 runs in 121 balls), while he scored one century each against Pakistan (262 runs in 375 balls), West Indies (122 runs in 178 balls), India (122 runs in 274 balls), and New Zealand (106 runs in 130 balls).

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