Most centuries by New Zealand batsmen – KN Williamson shares the record with MD Crowe
KM Willamson’s 148 not out as at the end of the third day in the test between New Zealand and South Africa at Hamilton represents his 17th test century. He now jointly shares the record of most centuries by a New Zealand batsman in test cricket with MD Crowe who has also scored similar number of centuries. Centuries scored by these two batsmen are tabulated below
| MD CROWE’S TEST CENTURIES | |||||||
| No | Runs | Pos | Dismissal | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 100 | 4 | caught | 3 | v England | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 |
| 2 | 188 | 4 | lbw | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1985 |
| 3 | 188 | 4 | bowled | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 08 Nov 1985 |
| 4 | 137 | 4 | caught | 2 | v Australia | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
| 5 | 106 | 4 | caught | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1986 |
| 6 | 119 | 4 | caught | 3 | v West Indies | Wellington | 20 Feb 1987 |
| 7 | 104 | 4 | caught | 3 | v West Indies | Auckland | 27 Feb 1987 |
| 8 | 137 | 4 | caught | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1987 |
| 9 | 143 | 4 | lbw | 1 | v England | Wellington | 03 Mar 1988 |
| 10 | 174 | 4 | caught | 1 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 10 Feb 1989 |
| 11 | 113 | 4 | lbw | 3 | v India | Auckland | 22 Feb 1990 |
| 12 | 108* | 4 | not out | 3 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 18 Oct 1990 |
| 13 | 299 | 4 | caught | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 14 | 140 | 4 | caught | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 Nov 1992 |
| 15 | 107 | 4 | caught | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Dec 1992 |
| 16 | 142 | 4 | caught | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 16 Jun 1994 |
| 17 | 115 | 5 | caught | 3 | v England | Manchester | 30 Jun 1994 |
| KN WILLIAMSON’S TEST CENTURIES | |||||||
| No | Runs | Pos | Dismissal | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 131 | 6 | caught | 2 | v India | Ahmedabad | 04 Nov 2010 |
| 2 | 102* | 4 | not out | 4 | v South Africa | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 |
| 3 | 135 | 3 | lbw | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
| 4 | 114 | 3 | lbw | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 09 Oct 2013 |
| 5 | 113 | 3 | caught | 1 | v India | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
| 6 | 113 | 3 | bowled | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 08 Jun 2014 |
| 7 | 161* | 3 | not out | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Jun 2014 |
| 8 | 192 | 3 | caught | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
| 9 | 242* | 3 | not out | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 03 Jan 2015 |
| 10 | 132 | 3 | caught | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 21 May 2015 |
| 11 | 140 | 3 | caught | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 12 | 166 | 3 | caught | 2 | v Australia | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 13 | 108* | 3 | not out | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2015 |
| 14 | 113 | 3 | caught | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 06 Aug 2016 |
| 15 | 104* | 3 | not out | 4 | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 16 | 130 | 3 | caught | 2 | v South Africa | Dunedin | 08 Mar 2017 |
| 17 | 148* | 3 | not out | 2 | v South Africa | Hamilton | 25 Mar 2017 |