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Most Test centuries in Australia [Source: @sparkhi, @ImTanujSingh, @CallMeJade362/x]
Australia has birthed some of Test cricket’s most unforgiving batting conditions with bouncy and lively surfaces, yet the country has also produced a rare breed of run-makers who have turned home hostility into a fortress of centuries.
Modern-day run-machine Steve Smith continues to climb higher among an elite Australian pantheon by churning out one century after the other in home Tests.
Here, we take a look at five players (all Australians), with the highest number of Test centuries to their names in matches played in Australia.
5. Don Bradman (Australia) – 18 centuries
Late Sir Don Bradman plundered 18 of his 29 Test hundreds in home matches alone. The South Australian run-machine aggregated his home runs at a staggering rate in just 50 Test innings spanning 33 matches.
Apart from tonking 18 centuries, Bradman also registered 10 fifties, and racked up 4,322 runs in home Tests at an astonishing batting average of 98.22.
4. Steve Smith (Australia) – 19 centuries
Australia’s modern-day batting behemoth Steve Smith soared past late Don Bradman by charting his 37th Test century, doing so against age-old rivals England in the fifth Test of the 2025-26 Ashes series in January 2026 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
The innings also marked Smith’s 19th Test century at home, as the legendary right-hander continues to turn familiar Australian conditions into a personal theatre of dominance.
Steve Smith, who averages over 56 in Test cricket, aggregates his runs at an average of above 60 in home matches, considering the prolific middle-order batter has piled up more than 5,000 home Test runs in just 107 innings with 19 tons and 20 additional scores of 50 or more.
3. David Warner (Australia) – 20 centuries
Legendary Australian opener David Warner remained a formidable force for his team, especially in home Tests during his playing days. While the blistering top-order batter held a batting average of 44.59 after playing 112 Tests, his average at home read a staggering 57.85 in 58 matches.
From his debut in December 2011 up until his farewell Test in January 2024, David Warner aggregated 5,438 runs in 101 innings, and further glittered his home career with 20 hundreds and 15 half-centuries.
The attacking opener also blasted his magnum opus Test score of 335* from just 418 balls at home, doing so against Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval in November 2019.
2. Matthew Hayden (Australia) – 21 centuries
Australia’s quintessential all-format opener Matthew Hayden hammered 21 of his 30 Test centuries at home in just 56 matches. The broad-shouldered Queenslander also muscled the then world record score of 380 in a home match at the WACA back in October 2003 against Zimbabwe.
Matthew Hayden averaged a prolific 57.88 in Test matches played in Australia after featuring in 98 innings between the years 1996 and 2009. During this time, the legendary left-hander clattered 5,210 runs with 37 overall scores of fifty or more.
1. Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 23 centuries
Former Australian captain and champion cricketer Ricky Ponting conquered the Australian grounds like a master of his domain, marrying ruthless efficiency with unmatched longevity.
In the 92 matches he played at home between 1995 and 2012, Ponting amassed over 7,500 Test runs at an astonishing average of nearly 57, plundering 23 hundreds and 38 half-centuries in the process.
To date, the multi-World Cup winner remains the most proficient Test batter in Australian conditions by a landslide, considering his 7,578-run tally places him nearly 2,000 runs ahead of second-placed Allan Border, and his 23-century haul a couple of tons ahead of Matthew Hayden.
