JE Root of England scored twin centuries against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in Aug 2024 which fetched him a total of 34 centuries in tests. All his centuries are tabulated below.

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013
2	180	3	v Australia	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
3	200*	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
4	154*	2	v India	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
5	149*	2	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
6	182*	2	v West Indies	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
7	134	1	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015
8	130	2	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015
9	110	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016
10	254	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
11	124	1	v India	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
12	190	1	v South Africa	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
13	136	1	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
14	125	3	v India	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
15	124	3	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
16	122	3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019
17	226	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
18	228	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021
19	186	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021
20	218	1	v India	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
21	109	3	v India	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021
22	180*	2	v India	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
23	121	2	v India	Leeds	25 Aug 2021
24	109	3	v West Indies	North Sound	08 Mar 2022
25	153	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	16 Mar 2022
26	115*	4	v New Zealand	Lord’s	02 Jun 2022
27	176	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022
28	142*	4	v India	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022
29	153*	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Feb 2023
30	118*	1	v Australia	Birmingham	16 Jun 2023
31	122*	1	v India	Ranchi	23 Feb 2024
32	122	3	v West Indies	Nottingham	18 Jul 2024
33	143	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	29 Aug 2024
34	103	3	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	29 Aug 2024

It is interesting to note that there are four more batsmen who have scored 34 centuries in tests as on date. SM Gavaskar, M Jayawardene, BC Lara and Younis Khan are the four other batsmen who have scored 34 centuries as on date. The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 34 or more centuries in test cricket as on date including JE Root

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1990-2011	51	51	16	7435	248*	212.42	51
2	JH Kallis	SAF	1997-2013	43	45	15	6171	224	205.70	45
3	RT Ponting	Aus	1997-2012	38	41	07	5989	257	176.14	41
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2001-2015	36	38	08	6344	319	211.46	38
5	R Dravid	Ind	1997-2011	34	36	08	5283	270	188.67	36
6	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1986	31	34	07	4802	236*	177.85	34
7	M Jayawardene	Srl	1998-2014	34	34	04	5438	374	181.26	34
8	BC Lara	Win	1993-2006	33	34	02	5889	400*	184.03	34
9	JE Root	Eng	2013-2024	33	34	10	5142	254	214.25	34
10	Younis Khan	Pak	2000-2017	33	34	09	5213	313	208.52	34