200 plus runs in a test innings by an opening batsman
UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 131st occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | ML Hayden | 380 | 01 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | W.A.C.A | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 2 | L Hutton | 364 | 01 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 3 | ST Jayasuriya | 340 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 4 | Hanif Mohammad | 337 | 03 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 |
| 5 | DA Warner | 335* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 6 | MA Taylor | 334* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 7 | GA Gooch | 333 | 01 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
| 8 | CH Gayle | 333 | 01 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 9 | A Sandham | 325 | 01 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 03 Apr 1930 |
| 10 | V Sehwag | 319 | 02 | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 11 | CH Gayle | 317 | 02 | West Indies | v South Africa | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 |
| 12 | RB Simpson | 311 | 01 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 13 | JH Edrich | 310* | 01 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 08 Jul 1965 |
| 14 | V Sehwag | 309 | 01 | India | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 15 | Azhar Ali | 302* | 01 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Dubai (DICS) | 13 Oct 2016 |
| 16 | LG Rowe | 302 | 02 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 06 Mar 1974 |
| 17 | AN Cook | 294 | 02 | England | v India | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 18 | V Sehwag | 293 | 02 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 19 | GC Smith | 277 | 01 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
| 20 | G Kirsten | 275 | 03 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 21 | BA Young | 267* | 01 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 07 Mar 1997 |
| 22 | WH Ponsford | 266 | 01 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 |
| 23 | TWM Latham | 264* | 02 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 |
| 24 | AN Cook | 263 | 02 | England | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 13 Oct 2015 |
| 25 | DL Amiss | 262* | 03 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1974 |
| 26 | CC Hunte | 260 | 02 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 27 | GM Turner | 259 | 02 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 28 | GC Smith | 259 | 02 | South Africa | v England | Lord’s | 31 Jul 2003 |
| 29 | RD Rickelton | 259 | 01 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2025 |
| 30 | DJ McGlew | 255* | 01 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 |
| 31 | V Sehwag | 254 | 02 | India | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 32 | ST Jayasuriya | 253 | 03 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 |
| 33 | DA Warner | 253 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 34 | TWM Latham | 252 | 01 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Christchurch | 09 Jan 2022 |
| 35 | SFAF Bacchus | 250 | 02 | West Indies | v India | Kanpur | 02 Feb 1979 |
| 36 | JL Langer | 250 | 01 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 |
| 37 | MS Atapattu | 249 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 |
| 38 | G Boycott | 246* | 01 | England | v India | Leeds | 08 Jun 1967 |
| 39 | AN Cook | 244* | 02 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2017 |
| 40 | FDM Karunaratne | 244 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 21 Apr 2021 |
| 41 | AN Cook | 243 | 01 | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 17 Aug 2017 |
| 42 | MA Agarwal | 243 | 02 | India | v Bangladesh | Indore | 14 Nov 2019 |
| 43 | GT Dowling | 239 | 01 | New Zealand | v India | Christchurch | 22 Feb 1968 |
| 44 | EAB Rowan | 236 | 01 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 |
| 45 | Taufeeq Umar | 236 | 02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 46 | AN Cook | 235* | 03 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 47 | SG Barnes | 234 | 02 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 |
| 48 | GC Smith | 234 | 02 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Oct 2013 |
| 49 | GC Smith | 232 | 01 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 29 Feb 2008 |
| 50 | UT Khawaja | 232 | 01 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 51 | MH Mankad | 231 | 01 | India | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 52 | Mudassar Nazar | 231 | 01 | Pakistan | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14 Jan 1983 |
| 53 | B Sutcliffe | 230* | 01 | New Zealand | v India | Delhi | 16 Dec 1955 |
| 54 | HH Gibbs | 228 | 01 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2003 |
| 55 | CG Greenidge | 226 | 03 | West Indies | v Australia | Bridgetown | 19 Apr 1991 |
| 56 | ND McKenzie | 226 | 01 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 29 Feb 2008 |
| 57 | RB Simpson | 225 | 02 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1966 |
| 58 | BB McCullum | 225 | 03 | New Zealand | v India | Hyderabad | 12 Nov 2010 |
| 59 | Mohammad Hafeez | 224 | 02 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Khulna | 28 Apr 2015 |
| 60 | GM Turner | 223* | 02 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 |
| 61 | MH Mankad | 223 | 01 | India | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 02 Dec 1955 |
| 62 | CG Greenidge | 223 | 01 | West Indies | v England | Manchester | 26 Jul 1984 |
| 63 | MS Atapattu | 223 | 01 | Sri Lanks | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 |
| 64 | SM Gavaskar | 221 | 04 | India | v England | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 65 | SM Gavaskar | 220 | 03 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 66 | G Kirsten | 220 | 01 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 67 | MA Taylor | 219 | 01 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 |
| 68 | MJ Slater | 219 | 02 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | W.A.C.A | 08 Dec 1995 |
| 69 | ME Trescothick | 219 | 02 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 04 Sep 2003 |
| 70 | MS Atapattu | 216* | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 18 Nov 1999 |
| 71 | Abid Ali | 215* | 01 | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 May 2021 |
| 72 | JL Langer | 215 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 26 Nov 2004 |
| 73 | MA Agarwal | 215 | 01 | India | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 02 Oct 2019 |
| 74 | D Lloyd | 214* | 02 | England | v India | Birmingham | 04 Jul 1974 |
| 75 | CG Greenidge | 214* | 04 | West Indies | v England | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
| 76 | YBK Jaiswal | 214* | 03 | India | v England | Rajkot | 15 Feb 2024 |
| 77 | CG Greenidge | 213 | 01 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Auckland | 27 Feb 1987 |
| 78 | ST Jayasuriya | 213 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 |
| 79 | WW Hinds | 213 | 01 | West Indies | v South Africa | Georgetown | 31 Mar 2005 |
| 80 | W Jaffer | 212 | 03 | India | v West Indies | St John’s | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 81 | KC Brathwaite | 212 | 01 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 05 Sep 2014 |
| 82 | RG Sharma | 212 | 01 | India | v South Africa | Ranchi | 19 Oct 2019 |
| 83 | HH Gibbs | 211* | 02 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 11 Mar 1999 |
| 84 | JB Hobbs | 211 | 02 | England | v South Africa | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1924 |
| 85 | Taslim Arif | 210* | 02 | Pakistan | v Australia | Faisalabad | 06 Mar 1980 |
| 86 | WM Lawry | 210 | 01 | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 87 | G Kirsten | 210 | 01 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 02 Jul 1998 |
| 88 | CA Roach | 209 | 01 | West Indies | v England | Georgetown | 21 Feb 1930 |
| 89 | YBK Jaiswal | 209 | 01 | India | v England | Visakhapatnam | 02 Feb 2024 |
| 90 | SL Campbell | 208 | 02 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Bridgetown | 19 Apr 1996 |
| 91 | MS Atapattu | 207* | 01 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Kandy | 28 Jun 2000 |
| 92 | T Chanderpaul | 207* | 01 | West Indies | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 04 Feb 2023 |
| 93 | KR Stackpole | 207 | 01 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1970 |
| 94 | WA Brown | 206* | 02 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1938 |
| 95 | L Hutton | 206 | 02 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 13 Aug 1949 |
| 96 | AR Morris | 206 | 01 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 |
| 97 | RJ Shastri | 206 | 02 | India | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 1992 |
| 98 | G Gambhir | 206 | 01 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 29 Oct 2008 |
| 99 | Tamim Iqbal | 206 | 03 | Bangladesh | v Pakistan | Khulna | 28 Apr 2015 |
| 100 | Azhar Ali | 205* | 01 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2016 |
| 101 | L Hutton | 205 | 02 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 |
| 102 | WM Lawry | 205 | 02 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 |
| 103 | SM Gavaskar | 205 | 01 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 104 | Aamer Sohail | 205 | 01 | Pakistan | v England | Manchester | 02 Jul 1992 |
| 105 | KNM Fernando | 205 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Ireland | Galle | 24 Apr 2023 |
| 106 | CH Gayle | 204 | 02 | West Indies | v New Zealand | St George’s | 28 Jun 2002 |
| 107 | Shoaib Mohammad | 203* | 02 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 10 Oct 1990 |
| 108 | HL Collins | 203 | 01 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 |
| 109 | DL Amiss | 203 | 02 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 |
| 110 | ML Hayden | 203 | 01 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 111 | L Hutton | 202* | 02 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 |
| 112 | W Jaffer | 202 | 01 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 30 Nov 2007 |
| 113 | BB McCullum | 202 | 02 | New Zeland | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
| 114 | DSBP Kuruppu | 201* | 01 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Colombo (CCC) | 16 Apr 1987 |
| 115 | GW Flower | 201* | 01 | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Harare | 31 Jan 1995 |
| 116 | MS Atapattu | 201* | 01 | Sri Lanka | v England | Galle | 22 Feb 2001 |
| 117 | V Sehwag | 201* | 01 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 118 | EJ Barlow | 201 | 02 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1964 |
| 119 | RB Simpson | 201 | 01 | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 120 | AD Gaekwad | 201 | 02 | India | v Pakistan | Jalandhar | 24 Sep 1983 |
| 121 | G Fowler | 201 | 02 | England | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 |
| 122 | NS Sidhu | 201 | 02 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 14 Mar 1997 |
| 123 | MS Atapattu | 201 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 2001 |
| 124 | V Sehwag | 201 | 02 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 |
| 125 | Abdullah Shafique | 201 | 02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2023 |
| 126 | DN Sardesai | 200* | 03 | India | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 12 Mar 1965 |
| 127 | Mohsin Khan | 200 | 01 | Pakistan | v England | Lord’s | 12 Aug 1982 |
| 128 | DC Boon | 200 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | W.A.C.A | 24 Nov 1989 |
| 129 | GC Smith | 200 | 01 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 |
| 130 | DP Conway | 200 | 01 | New Zealand | v England | Lord’s | 02 Jun 2021 |
| 131 | DA Warner | 200 | 02 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 |
UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the ninth occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | CH Gayle | 333 | 01 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 2 | V Sehwag | 293 | 02 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 3 | BA Young | 267* | 01 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 07 Mar 1997 |
| 4 | TWM Latham | 264* | 02 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 |
| 5 | Taufeeq Umar | 236 | 02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 6 | UT Khawaja | 232 | 01 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 7 | MJ Slater | 219 | 02 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | W.A.C.A | 08 Dec 1995 |
| 8 | V Sehwag | 201* | 01 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 9 | Abdullah Shafique | 201 | 02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2023 |
UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the 23rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | ML Hayden | 380 | 01 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | W.A.C.A | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 2 | DA Warner | 335* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 3 | MA Taylor | 334* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 4 | RB Simpson | 311 | 01 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 5 | WH Ponsford | 266 | 01 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 |
| 6 | DA Warner | 253 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 7 | JL Langer | 250 | 01 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 |
| 8 | SG Barnes | 234 | 02 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 |
| 9 | UT Khawaja | 232 | 01 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 10 | RB Simpson | 225 | 02 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1966 |
| 11 | MA Taylor | 219 | 01 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 |
| 12 | MJ Slater | 219 | 02 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | W.A.C.A | 08 Dec 1995 |
| 13 | JL Langer | 215 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 26 Nov 2004 |
| 14 | WM Lawry | 210 | 01 | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 15 | KR Stackpole | 207 | 01 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1970 |
| 16 | WA Brown | 206* | 02 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1938 |
| 17 | AR Morris | 206 | 01 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 |
| 18 | WM Lawry | 205 | 02 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 |
| 19 | HL Collins | 203 | 01 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 |
| 20 | ML Hayden | 203 | 01 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 21 | RB Simpson | 201 | 01 | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 22 | DC Boon | 200 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | W.A.C.A | 24 Nov 1989 |
| 23 | DA Warner | 200 | 02 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 |
UT Khawaja of Australia scored 232 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the on-going test to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated in the descending order of runs.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | UT Khawaja | 232 | 01 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 2 | MJ Slater | 219 | 02 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | W.A.C.A | 08 Dec 1995 |
The following table lists the 16 occasions of opening batsmen scoring three hundred plus runs in a test innings.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | ML Hayden | 380 | 01 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | W.A.C.A | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 2 | L Hutton | 364 | 01 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 |
| 3 | ST Jayasuriya | 340 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 4 | Hanif Mohammad | 337 | 03 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 |
| 5 | DA Warner | 335* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 6 | MA Taylor | 334* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 7 | GA Gooch | 333 | 01 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
| 8 | CH Gayle | 333 | 01 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 9 | A Sandham | 325 | 01 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 03 Apr 1930 |
| 10 | V Sehwag | 319 | 02 | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 11 | CH Gayle | 317 | 02 | West Indies | v South Africa | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 |
| 12 | RB Simpson | 311 | 01 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 13 | JH Edrich | 310* | 01 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 08 Jul 1965 |
| 14 | V Sehwag | 309 | 01 | India | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 15 | Azhar Ali | 302* | 01 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Dubai (DICS) | 13 Oct 2016 |
| 16 | LG Rowe | 302 | 02 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 06 Mar 1974 |
MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and V Sehwag of India are the two opening batsmen who have scored six double hundreds and share the record for most double hundreds in the annals of test cricket
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MS Atapattu | 249 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 |
| 2 | MS Atapattu | 223 | 01 | Sri Lanks | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 |
| 3 | MS Atapattu | 216* | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 18 Nov 1999 |
| 4 | MS Atapattu | 207* | 01 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Kandy | 28 Jun 2000 |
| 5 | MS Atapattu | 201* | 01 | Sri Lanka | v England | Galle | 22 Feb 2001 |
| 6 | MS Atapattu | 201 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 2001 |
| 1 | V Sehwag | 319 | 02 | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 2 | V Sehwag | 309 | 01 | India | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 293 | 02 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 4 | V Sehwag | 254 | 02 | India | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 5 | V Sehwag | 201* | 01 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 6 | V Sehwag | 201 | 02 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 |