Australian captains scoring a century in a test innings
SPD Smith of Australia scored 138 against England is the second innings of the test in the just concluded test at Sydney to provide the 162nd occasion of an Australian captain scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WL Murdoch | 153* | 3 | v England | The Oval | 06 Sep 1880 |
| 2 | WL Murdoch | 211 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 11 Aug 1884 |
| 3 | GHS Trott | 143 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1896 |
| 4 | MA Noble | 133 | 1 | v England | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 5 | C Hill | 191 | 1 | v South Africa | Sydney | 09 Dec 1910 |
| 6 | C Hill | 100 | 3 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 17 Feb 1911 |
| 7 | WW Armstrong | 158 | 3 | v England | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 |
| 8 | WW Armstrong | 121 | 3 | v England | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 |
| 9 | WW Armstrong | 123* | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 |
| 10 | HL Collins | 203 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 |
| 11 | HL Collins | 114 | 1 | v England | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 |
| 12 | J Ryder | 112 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 |
| 13 | WM Woodfull | 155 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1930 |
| 14 | WM Woodfull | 161 | 3 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1931 |
| 15 | DG Bradman | 270 | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1937 |
| 16 | DG Bradman | 212 | 3 | v England | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1937 |
| 17 | DG Bradman | 169 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Feb 1937 |
| 18 | DG Bradman | 144* | 3 | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 |
| 19 | DG Bradman | 102* | 4 | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1938 |
| 20 | DG Bradman | 103 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1938 |
| 21 | DG Bradman | 187 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1946 |
| 22 | DG Bradman | 234 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 |
| 23 | DG Bradman | 185 | 1 | v India | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 |
| 24 | DG Bradman | 132 | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1948 |
| 25 | DG Bradman | 127* | 3 | v India | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1948 |
| 26 | DG Bradman | 201 | 1 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1948 |
| 27 | DG Bradman | 138 | 2 | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 |
| 28 | DG Bradman | 173* | 4 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 |
| 29 | AL Hassett | 112 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 |
| 30 | AL Hassett | 167 | 1 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 03 Mar 1950 |
| 31 | AL Hassett | 132 | 2 | v West Indies | Sydney | 30 Nov 1951 |
| 32 | AL Hassett | 102 | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 |
| 33 | AL Hassett | 163 | 1 | v South Africa | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 |
| 34 | AL Hassett | 115 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 |
| 35 | AL Hassett | 104 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 25 Jun 1953 |
| 36 | RB Simpson | 311 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 37 | RB Simpson | 153 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
| 38 | RB Simpson | 115 | 4 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
| 39 | RB Simpson | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 40 | RB Simpson | 225 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1966 |
| 41 | RB Simpson | 153 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1966 |
| 42 | RB Simpson | 103 | 3 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 |
| 43 | RB Simpson | 109 | 2 | v India | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1967 |
| 44 | WM Lawry | 135 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 22 Aug 1968 |
| 45 | WM Lawry | 105 | 2 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 06 Dec 1968 |
| 46 | WM Lawry | 205 | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 |
| 47 | WM Lawry | 151 | 1 | v West Indies | Sydney | 14 Feb 1969 |
| 48 | IM Chappell | 118 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 10 Aug 1972 |
| 49 | IM Chappell | 196 | 2 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1972 |
| 50 | IM Chappell | 106* | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 09 Mar 1973 |
| 51 | IM Chappell | 109 | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1973 |
| 52 | IM Chappell | 145 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Mar 1974 |
| 53 | IM Chappell | 121 | 3 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Mar 1974 |
| 54 | IM Chappell | 192 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 28 Aug 1975 |
| 55 | GS Chappell | 123 | 2 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
| 56 | GS Chappell | 109* | 4 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 |
| 57 | GS Chappell | 182* | 2 | v West Indies | Sydney | 03 Jan 1976 |
| 58 | GS Chappell | 121 | 1 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1977 |
| 59 | GS Chappell | 112 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 07 Jul 1977 |
| 60 | RB Simpson | 176 | 2 | v India | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 1977 |
| 61 | RB Simpson | 100 | 1 | v India | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1978 |
| 62 | GN Yallop | 102 | 3 | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 63 | GN Yallop | 121 | 1 | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 |
| 64 | KJ Hughes | 100 | 1 | v India | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 |
| 65 | GS Chappell | 124 | 3 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1979 |
| 66 | GS Chappell | 114 | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 01 Feb 1980 |
| 67 | GS Chappell | 235 | 1 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 06 Mar 1980 |
| 68 | GS Chappell | 204 | 2 | v India | Sydney | 02 Jan 1981 |
| 69 | GS Chappell | 201 | 2 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 |
| 70 | GS Chappell | 176 | 1 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 19 Mar 1982 |
| 71 | GS Chappell | 117 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 12 Nov 1982 |
| 72 | GS Chappell | 115 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 10 Dec 1982 |
| 73 | KJ Hughes | 106 | 3 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 09 Dec 1983 |
| 74 | AR Border | 196 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1985 |
| 75 | AR Border | 146* | 3 | v England | Manchester | 01 Aug 1985 |
| 76 | AR Border | 152* | 3 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 08 Nov 1985 |
| 77 | AR Border | 163 | 3 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1985 |
| 78 | AR Border | 140 | 1 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
| 79 | AR Border | 114* | 3 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
| 80 | AR Border | 106 | 1 | v India | Chennai | 18 Sep 1986 |
| 81 | AR Border | 125 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 28 Nov 1986 |
| 82 | AR Border | 100* | 3 | v England | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 |
| 83 | AR Border | 205 | 2 | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1987 |
| 84 | AR Border | 113* | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 23 Sep 1988 |
| 85 | AR Border | 106 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 |
| 86 | AR Border | 110 | 1 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 87 | AR Border | 200* | 1 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1993 |
| 88 | AR Border | 105 | 2 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 03 Dec 1993 |
| 89 | MA Taylor | 113 | 4 | v England | Sydney | 01 Jan 1995 |
| 90 | MA Taylor | 123 | 3 | v Pakistan | Hobart | 17 Nov 1995 |
| 91 | MA Taylor | 129 | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1997 |
| 92 | MA Taylor | 112 | 1 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 07 Nov 1997 |
| 93 | MA Taylor | 169* | 2 | v South Africa | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 |
| 94 | MA Taylor | 102* | 4 | v India | Bengaluru | 25 Mar 1998 |
| 95 | MA Taylor | 334* | 1 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 96 | SR Waugh | 100 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 13 Mar 1999 |
| 97 | SR Waugh | 199 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Mar 1999 |
| 98 | SR Waugh | 151* | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 14 Oct 1999 |
| 99 | SR Waugh | 150 | 1 | v India | Adelaide | 10 Dec 1999 |
| 100 | SR Waugh | 151* | 2 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 24 Mar 2000 |
| 101 | SR Waugh | 121* | 1 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2000 |
| 102 | SR Waugh | 103 | 2 | v West Indies | Sydney | 02 Jan 2001 |
| 103 | SR Waugh | 110 | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 |
| 104 | SR Waugh | 105 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jul 2001 |
| 105 | SR Waugh | 157* | 1 | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 2001 |
| 106 | SR Waugh | 103* | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 19 Oct 2002 |
| 107 | SR Waugh | 102 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 02 Jan 2003 |
| 108 | SR Waugh | 115 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 01 May 2003 |
| 109 | SR Waugh | 100* | 2 | v Bangladesh | Darwin | 18 Jul 2003 |
| 110 | SR Waugh | 156* | 2 | v Bangladesh | Cairns | 25 Jul 2003 |
| 111 | AC Gilchrist | 104 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 06 Oct 2004 |
| 112 | RT Ponting | 207 | 2 | v Pakistan | Sydney | 02 Jan 2005 |
| 113 | RT Ponting | 105 | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 26 Mar 2005 |
| 114 | RT Ponting | 156 | 4 | v England | Manchester | 11 Aug 2005 |
| 115 | RT Ponting | 149 | 1 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 03 Nov 2005 |
| 116 | RT Ponting | 104* | 3 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 03 Nov 2005 |
| 117 | RT Ponting | 117 | 1 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2005 |
| 118 | RT Ponting | 120 | 2 | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 |
| 119 | RT Ponting | 143* | 4 | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 2006 |
| 120 | RT Ponting | 103 | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 |
| 121 | RT Ponting | 116 | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 |
| 122 | RT Ponting | 118* | 4 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 09 Apr 2006 |
| 123 | RT Ponting | 196 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 |
| 124 | RT Ponting | 142 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 01 Dec 2006 |
| 125 | RT Ponting | 140 | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 24 Jan 2008 |
| 126 | RT Ponting | 158 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 22 May 2008 |
| 127 | RT Ponting | 123 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 09 Oct 2008 |
| 128 | RT Ponting | 101 | 1 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 |
| 129 | RT Ponting | 150 | 2 | v England | Cardiff | 08 Jul 2009 |
| 130 | RT Ponting | 209 | 1 | v Pakistan | Hobart | 14 Jan 2010 |
| 131 | MJ Clarke | 112 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Sep 2011 |
| 132 | MJ Clarke | 151 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 |
| 133 | MJ Clarke | 139 | 2 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 01 Dec 2011 |
| 134 | MJ Clarke | 329* | 2 | v India | Sydney | 03 Jan 2012 |
| 135 | MJ Clarke | 210 | 1 | v India | Adelaide | 24 Jan 2012 |
| 136 | MJ Clarke | 259* | 2 | v South Africa | Brisbane | 09 Nov 2012 |
| 137 | MJ Clarke | 230 | 1 | v South Africa | Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 |
| 138 | MJ Clarke | 106 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2012 |
| 139 | MJ Clarke | 130 | 1 | v India | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 140 | MJ Clarke | 187 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 01 Aug 2013 |
| 141 | MJ Clarke | 113 | 3 | v England | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2013 |
| 142 | MJ Clarke | 148 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 05 Dec 2013 |
| 143 | MJ Clarke | 161* | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Mar 2014 |
| 144 | MJ Clarke | 128 | 1 | v India | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 145 | SPD Smith | 133 | 2 | v India | Brisbane | 17 Dec 2014 |
| 146 | SPD Smith | 192 | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2014 |
| 147 | SPD Smith | 117 | 1 | v India | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
| 148 | SPD Smith | 138 | 3 | v New Zealand | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 149 | SPD Smith | 134* | 1 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 |
| 150 | SPD Smith | 138 | 2 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 20 Feb 2016 |
| 151 | SPD Smith | 119 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Aug 2016 |
| 152 | SPD Smith | 130 | 1 | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 15 Dec 2016 |
| 153 | SPD Smith | 165* | 2 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2016 |
| 154 | SPD Smith | 109 | 3 | v India | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
| 155 | SPD Smith | 178* | 1 | v India | Ranchi | 16 Mar 2017 |
| 156 | SPD Smith | 111 | 1 | v India | Dharamsala | 25 Mar 2017 |
| 157 | SPD Smith | 141* | 2 | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2017 |
| 158 | SPD Smith | 239 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 2017 |
| 159 | SPD Smith | 102* | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2017 |
| 160 | SPD Smith | 141 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 161 | SPD Smith | 131 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 06 Feb 2025 |
| 162 | SPD Smith | 138 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 04 Jan 2026 |
SPD Smith of Australia scored 138 against England is the second innings of the test in the just concluded test at Sydney to provide the 54th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a century in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WL Murdoch | 153* | 3 | v England | The Oval | 06 Sep 1880 |
| 2 | WL Murdoch | 211 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 11 Aug 1884 |
| 3 | GHS Trott | 143 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1896 |
| 4 | MA Noble | 133 | 1 | v England | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 5 | WW Armstrong | 158 | 3 | v England | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 |
| 6 | WW Armstrong | 121 | 3 | v England | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 |
| 7 | WW Armstrong | 123* | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 |
| 8 | HL Collins | 114 | 1 | v England | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 |
| 9 | J Ryder | 112 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 |
| 10 | WM Woodfull | 155 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1930 |
| 11 | DG Bradman | 270 | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1937 |
| 12 | DG Bradman | 212 | 3 | v England | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1937 |
| 13 | DG Bradman | 169 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Feb 1937 |
| 14 | DG Bradman | 144* | 3 | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 |
| 15 | DG Bradman | 102* | 4 | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1938 |
| 16 | DG Bradman | 103 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1938 |
| 17 | DG Bradman | 187 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1946 |
| 18 | DG Bradman | 234 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 |
| 19 | DG Bradman | 138 | 2 | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 |
| 20 | DG Bradman | 173* | 4 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 |
| 21 | AL Hassett | 115 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 |
| 22 | AL Hassett | 104 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 25 Jun 1953 |
| 23 | RB Simpson | 311 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 24 | RB Simpson | 225 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1966 |
| 25 | WM Lawry | 135 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 22 Aug 1968 |
| 26 | IM Chappell | 118 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 10 Aug 1972 |
| 27 | IM Chappell | 192 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 28 Aug 1975 |
| 28 | GS Chappell | 112 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 07 Jul 1977 |
| 29 | GN Yallop | 102 | 3 | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 30 | GN Yallop | 121 | 1 | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 |
| 31 | GS Chappell | 114 | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 01 Feb 1980 |
| 32 | GS Chappell | 117 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 12 Nov 1982 |
| 33 | GS Chappell | 115 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 10 Dec 1982 |
| 34 | AR Border | 196 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1985 |
| 35 | AR Border | 146* | 3 | v England | Manchester | 01 Aug 1985 |
| 36 | AR Border | 125 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 28 Nov 1986 |
| 37 | AR Border | 100* | 3 | v England | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 |
| 38 | AR Border | 200* | 1 | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1993 |
| 39 | MA Taylor | 113 | 4 | v England | Sydney | 01 Jan 1995 |
| 40 | MA Taylor | 129 | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1997 |
| 41 | SR Waugh | 105 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jul 2001 |
| 42 | SR Waugh | 157* | 1 | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 2001 |
| 43 | SR Waugh | 102 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 02 Jan 2003 |
| 44 | RT Ponting | 156 | 4 | v England | Manchester | 11 Aug 2005 |
| 45 | RT Ponting | 196 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2006 |
| 46 | RT Ponting | 142 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 01 Dec 2006 |
| 47 | RT Ponting | 150 | 2 | v England | Cardiff | 08 Jul 2009 |
| 48 | MJ Clarke | 187 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 01 Aug 2013 |
| 49 | MJ Clarke | 113 | 3 | v England | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2013 |
| 50 | MJ Clarke | 148 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 05 Dec 2013 |
| 51 | SPD Smith | 141* | 2 | v England | Brisbane | 23 Nov 2017 |
| 52 | SPD Smith | 239 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 2017 |
| 53 | SPD Smith | 102* | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2017 |
| 54 | SPD Smith | 138 | 2 | v England | Sydney | 04 Jan 2026 |