Most Test hundreds before turning 24: Jaiswal rises to joint-fourth behind Bradman, Sachin and Sobers
Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a hundred in the second Test against West Indies in New Delhi on Friday.
This was the 23-year-old Jaiswal’s seventh Test hundred and puts him in an elite company of Test batting.
Only three batters have scored more Test tons before turning 24 than Jaiswal – Donald Bradman (12), Sachin Tendulkar (11) and Garfield Sobers (nine).
Only two other openers have scored as many Test hundreds at his age than Jaiswal – Graeme Smith and Alastair Cook.
Here is the complete list of players with most centuries before the age of 24:
Most centuries before the age of 24:
Don Bradman (Australia) – 12
Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 11
Garfield Sobers (West Indies) – 9
Alastair Cook (England), Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 7
Published on Oct 10, 2025
