Last Updated on 7 months ago by Charbel Coorey
Yashasvi Jaiswal is in elite company when it comes to the most Test hundreds before turning 24. The 23-year-old struck his seventh hundred during the second Test against West Indies at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, leaving just three legends ahead of him.
Most Test hundreds before turning 24 years of age: Where does Yashasvi Jaiswal sit?
| Player | Number of Test hundreds before turning 24 |
| Don Bradman (Australia) | 12 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 11 |
| Sir Garfield Sobers (West Indies) | 9 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Alastair Cook (England), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Kane Williamson (New Zealand) | 7 |
Don Bradman: 12 hundreds
The greatest batter of all time was off to a flying start. Bradman struck 12 hundreds from his debut at 20 through to his 24th birthday.
His scores were simply remarkable. His first hundred (112) came against England in December 1928, followed by:
- 123 vs England (March 1929).
- 131 vs England (June 1930).
- 254 vs England (June 1930).
- 334 vs England (July 1930).
- 232 vs England (August 1930).
- 223 vs West Indies (January 1931).
- 152 vs West Indies (February 1931).
- 226 vs South Africa (November 1931).
- 112 vs South Africa (December 1931).
- 167 vs South Africa (December 1931).
- 299* vs South Africa (January 1932).
Sachin Tendulkar: 11 hundreds
Sachin Tendulkar was one of the greatest prodigies Test cricket has ever seen. The Little Master struck 11 Test hundreds before turning 24, with his first coming against England in Manchester as a 17-year-old in 1990.
Tendulkar then struck masterful centuries away in Australia – 148* in Sydney and 114 in Perth – as an 18-year-old at the start of 1992. He then made 111 in Johannesburg later that year, before his first home ton (165 vs England) came in February 1993.
His remaining centuries before turning 24 came against Sri Lanka, West Indies, England and South Africa between 1993 and the start of 1997.
Sir Garfield Sobers: 9 hundreds
One of the greatest cricketers of all-time and arguably the greatest all-rounder ever, Sir Garfield Sobers struck nine centuries before turning 24.
His first was a mammoth 365* against Pakistan as a 21-year-old in February 1958. He followed that knock up with 125 and 109* against Pakistan in the next Test in March 1958. Soon after in India, Sobers struck 142*, 198 and 106* in Brabourne, Kanpur and Eden Gardens to round out a magnificent year.
His next ton came in January 1960, hitting 226 against England in Bridgetown. His final two Test hundreds before turning 24 came against England (147 in Kingston and 145 in Georgetown).
Yashasvi Jaiswal: 7 hundreds
Jaiswal joins great company. The Indian opener is listed among Alastair Cook (England), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Kane Williamson (New Zealand) as those with seven Test hundreds before turning 24.
Jaiswal wasted no time getting going, hitting 171 on debut against the West Indies in 2023. He then famously struck two double centuries in the same series against England at home in 2024. Later that year, the left-hander hit a masterful 161 against Australia in Perth.
The away tons didn’t end there, with 101 and 118 against England in the 2025 series. A few months later, Jaiswal went big in the second Test against West Indies, finishing day one unbeaten on 173.
