Highest Test Score by a Captain
| Name | vs | Venue | Date | |||
| 1 | 
| BC Lara (WI) | 400* |  Eng
| St John's | 10 Apr 2004 |
| 2 | 
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 374 |  SAf
| Colombo SSC | 27 Jul 2006 |
| 3 | 
| MA Taylor (Aus) | 334* |  Pak
| Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 4 |
| GA Gooch (Eng) | 333 |  Ind
| Lord's | 26 Jul 1990 |
| 5 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | 329* | Ind
| Sydney | 3 Jan 2012 |
| 6 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 313 | SL
| Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 7 |
| RB Simpson (Aus) | 311 | Eng
| Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 |
| 8 | 
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 302 | Ind
| Wellington BR | 14 Feb 2014 |
| 9 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | 299 | SL
| Wellington BR | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 10 |
| PBH May (Eng) | 285* | WI
| Birmingham | 30 May 1957 |
| 11 |
| GC Smith (SAf) | 277 | Eng
| Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
| 12 |
| SP Fleming (NZ) | 274* | SL
| Colombo PS | 25 Apr 2003 |
| 13 |
| DG Bradman (Aus) | 270 | Eng
| Melbourne | 1 Jan 1937 |
| 14 |
| AN Cook (Eng) | 263 | Pak
| Abu Dhabi | 13 Oct 2015 |
| 15 |
| SP Fleming (NZ) | 262 | SAf
| Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 |
| 16 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | 259* | SAf
| Brisbane | 9 Nov 2012 |
| 17 |
| GC Smith (SAf) | 259 | Eng
| Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 |
| 18 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 257* |  Zim
| Sheikhupura | 17 Oct 1996 |
| 19 |
| V Kohli (Ind) | 254* | SAf
| Pune | 10 Oct 2019 |
| 20 |
| KS Williamson (NZ) | 251 | WI
| Hamilton | 3 Dec 2020 |
| 21 |
| MS Atapattu (SL) | 249 | Zim
| Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 |
| 22 |
| FDM Karunaratne (SL) | 244 |  Ban
| Pallekele | 21 Apr 2021 |
| 23 |
| V Kohli (Ind) | 243 | SL
| Delhi | 2 Dec 2017 |
| 24 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 242* | Ind
| Mumbai | 23 Jan 1975 |
| 25 |
| WR Hammond (Eng) | 240 | Aus
| Lord's | 24 Jun 1938 |
| = |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 240 | Pak
| Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 27 |
| GT Dowling (NZ) | 239 | Ind
| Christchurch LP | 22 Feb 1968 |
| = |
| SPD Smith (Aus) | 239 | Eng
| Perth WACA | 14 Dec 2017 |
| 29 |
| KS Williamson (NZ) | 238 | Pak
| Christchurch | 3 Jan 2021 |
| 30 |
| Saleem Malik (Pak) | 237 | Aus
| Rawalpindi | 5 Oct 1994 |
| 31 |
| GS Chappell (Aus) | 235 | Pak
| Faisalabad | 6 Mar 1980 |
| = |
| V Kohli (Ind) | 235 | Eng
| Mumbai | 8 Dec 2016 |
| 33 |
| DG Bradman (Aus) | 234 | Eng
| Sydney | 13 Dec 1946 |
| = |
| GC Smith (SAf) | 234 | Pak
| Dubai ICS | 23 Oct 2013 |
| 35 |
| CL Hooper (WI) | 233 | Ind
| Georgetown | 11 Apr 2002 |
| 36 |
| GC Smith (SAf) | 232 | Ban
| Chittagong | 29 Feb 2008 |
| 37 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | 230 | SAf
| Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 |
| 38 |
| JE Root (Eng) | 228 | SL
| Galle | 14 Jan 2021 |
| 39 |
| JE Root (Eng) | 226 | NZ
| Hamilton | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 40 |
| RB Simpson (Aus) | 225 | Eng
| Adelaide | 28 Jan 1966 |
| 41 |
| MS Dhoni (Ind) | 224 | Aus
| Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| = |
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 224 | Ind
| Auckland | 6 Feb 2014 |
| 43 |
| DS Atkinson (WI) | 219 | Aus
| Bridgetown | 14 May 1955 |
| = |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 219 | Ind
| Colombo SSC | 26 Jul 2010 |
| 45 |
| JE Root (Eng) | 218 | Ind
| Chennai | 5 Feb 2021 |
| 46 |
| SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 217 | NZ
| Ahmedabad | 29 Oct 1999 |
| 47 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 216 | Pak
| Multan | 19 Nov 2006 |
| 48 |
| DI Gower (Eng) | 215 | Aus
| Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 |
| 49 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 213* | Eng
| Galle | 18 Dec 2007 |
| 50 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 213 | Aus
| Kingston | 13 Mar 1999 |
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