Highest Test Score by a Captain
    Name   vs Venue Date
1
WIN 		BC Lara 400* ENG St John's 10 Apr 2004
2
SRI 		DPMD Jayawardene 374 RSA Colombo SSC 27 Jul 2006
3
AUS 		MA Taylor 334* PAK Peshawar 15 Oct 1998
4
ENG 		GA Gooch 333 IND Lord's 26 Jul 1990
5
AUS 		MJ Clarke 329* IND Sydney 3 Jan 2012
6
PAK 		Younis Khan 313 SRI Karachi 21 Feb 2009
7
AUS 		RB Simpson 311 ENG Manchester 23 Jul 1964
8
NZL 		BB McCullum 302 IND Wellington BR 14 Feb 2014
9
NZL 		MD Crowe 299 SRI Wellington BR 31 Jan 1991
10
ENG 		PBH May 285* WIN Birmingham 30 May 1957
11
RSA 		GC Smith 277 ENG Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
12
NZL 		SP Fleming 274* SRI Colombo PS 25 Apr 2003
13
AUS 		DG Bradman 270 ENG Melbourne 1 Jan 1937
14
ENG 		AN Cook 263 PAK Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015
15
NZL 		SP Fleming 262 RSA Cape Town 27 Apr 2006
16
AUS 		MJ Clarke 259* RSA Brisbane 9 Nov 2012
17
RSA 		GC Smith 259 ENG Lord's 31 Jul 2003
18
PAK 		Wasim Akram 257* ZIM Sheikhupura 17 Oct 1996
19
IND 		V Kohli 254* RSA Pune 10 Oct 2019
20
NZL 		TWM Latham 252 BAN Christchurch 9 Jan 2022
21
NZL 		KS Williamson 251 WIN Hamilton 3 Dec 2020
22
SRI 		MS Atapattu 249 ZIM Bulawayo 14 May 2004
23
AFG 		Hashmatullah Shahidi 246 ZIM Bulawayo 26 Dec 2024
24
SRI 		FDM Karunaratne 244 BAN Pallekele 21 Apr 2021
25
IND 		V Kohli 243 SRI Delhi 2 Dec 2017
26
WIN 		CH Lloyd 242* IND Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
27
ENG 		WR Hammond 240 AUS Lord's 24 Jun 1938
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SRI 		DPMD Jayawardene 240 PAK Karachi 21 Feb 2009
29
NZL 		GT Dowling 239 IND Christchurch LP 22 Feb 1968
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AUS 		SPD Smith 239 ENG Perth WACA 14 Dec 2017
31
NZL 		KS Williamson 238 PAK Christchurch 3 Jan 2021
32
PAK 		Saleem Malik 237 AUS Rawalpindi 5 Oct 1994
33
AUS 		GS Chappell 235 PAK Faisalabad 6 Mar 1980
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IND 		V Kohli 235 ENG Mumbai 8 Dec 2016
35
AUS 		DG Bradman 234 ENG Sydney 13 Dec 1946
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RSA 		GC Smith 234 PAK Dubai 23 Oct 2013
37
WIN 		CL Hooper 233 IND Georgetown 11 Apr 2002
38
RSA 		GC Smith 232 BAN Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
39
AUS 		MJ Clarke 230 RSA Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
40
ENG 		JE Root 228 SRI Galle 14 Jan 2021
41
ENG 		JE Root 226 NZL Hamilton 29 Nov 2019
42
AUS 		RB Simpson 225 ENG Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
43
IND 		MS Dhoni 224 AUS Chennai 22 Feb 2013
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NZL 		BB McCullum 224 IND Auckland 6 Feb 2014
45
WIN 		DS Atkinson 219 AUS Bridgetown 14 May 1955
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SRI 		KC Sangakkara 219 IND Colombo SSC 26 Jul 2010
47
ENG 		JE Root 218 IND Chennai 5 Feb 2021
48
IND 		SR Tendulkar 217 NZL Ahmedabad 29 Oct 1999
49
WIN 		BC Lara 216 PAK Multan 19 Nov 2006
50
ENG 		DI Gower 215 AUS Birmingham 15 Aug 1985
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