| Rank | Name | Age | Inn. | Opp. | Venue | Date |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 19y 216d | 29 | SAf | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 |
| 2 | Mohammad Ashraful (Bdesh) | 20y 99d | 45 | Ind | Chittagong MAS | 17 Dec 2004 |
| 3 | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 21y 23d | 34 | Pak | Kolkata | 29 Jan 1980 |
| 4 | Javed Miandad (Pak) | 21y 126d | 24 | Ind | Faisalabad | 16 Oct 1978 |
| 5 | RG Pollock (SAf) | 21y 159d | 23 | Eng | Nottingham | 5 Aug 1965 |
| = | RR Sarwan (WI) | 21y 159d | 33 | SL | Colombo SSC | 29 Nov 2001 |
| 7 | RJ Shastri (Ind) | 21y 197d | 40 | WI | Kolkata | 10 Dec 1983 |
| 8 | GStA Sobers (WI) | 21y 213d | 29 | Pak | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 9 | Saleem Malik (Pak) | 21y 238d | 29 | NZ | Karachi | 10 Dec 1984 |
| 10 | GA Headley (WI) | 21y 273d | 18 | Aus | Sydney | 27 Feb 1931 |
| 11 | T Taibu (Zim) | 21y 294d | 36 | SAf | Cape Town | 4 Mar 2005 |
| 12 | AB de Villiers (SAf) | 21y 302d | 21 | Aus | Perth | 16 Dec 2005 |
| 13 | DG Bradman (Aus) | 21y 318d | 13 | Eng | Leeds | 11 Jul 1930 |
| 14 | AN Cook (Eng) | 22y 1d | 24 | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2006 |
| 15 | RN Harvey (Aus) | 22y 54d | 15 | Eng | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1950 |
| 16 | Saeed Ahmed (Pak) | 22y 64d | 21 | Aus | Karachi | 4 Dec 1959 |
| 17 | DI Gower (Eng) | 22y 102d | 20 | Ind | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1979 |
| 18 | A Ranatunga (SL) | 22y 103d | 31 | Pak | Colombo CCC | 14 Mar 1986 |
| 19 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 22y 122d | 24 | Pak | Rawalpindi | 26 Feb 2000 |
| 20 | S Chanderpaul (WI) | 22y 160d | 24 | Aus | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1997 |
| 21 | GC Smith (SAf) | 22y 180d | 17 | Eng | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 |
| 22 | MD Crowe (NZ) | 22y 196d | 34 | WI | Georgetown | 6 Apr 1985 |
| 23 | KD Walters (Aus) | 22y 217d | 18 | Eng | Leeds | 25 Jul 1968 |
| 24 | CH Gayle (WI) | 22y 239d | 36 | Ind | Kingston | 18 May 2002 |
| 25 | DB Vengsarkar (Ind) | 22y 293d | 33 | WI | Delhi | 24 Jan 1979 |
| Rank | Name | Age | Inn. | Opp. | Venue | Date |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 20y 329d | 45 | NZ | Hamilton | 19 Mar 1994 |
| 2 | GStA Sobers (WI) | 22y 177d | 40 | Ind | Madras Corp | 21 Jan 1959 |
| 3 | Javed Miandad (Pak) | 22y 187d | 42 | Ind | Mumbai | 16 Dec 1979 |
| 4 | RR Sarwan (WI) | 22y 320d | 57 | Aus | St John's | 9 May 2003 |
| 5 | GC Smith (SAf) | 23y 53d | 40 | NZ | Wellington BR | 26 Mar 2004 |
| 6 | AN Cook (Eng) | 23y 79d | 49 | NZ | Wellington BR | 13 Mar 2008 |
| 7 | DG Bradman (Aus) | 23y 92d | 22 | SAf | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1931 |
| 8 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 23y 139d | 49 | Eng | Colombo SSC | 15 Mar 2001 |
| 9 | DB Vengsarkar (Ind) | 23y 284d | 57 | Pak | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 |
| 10 | AB de Villiers (SAf) | 23y 312d | 60 | WI | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 2007 |
| 11 | KD Walters (Aus) | 24y 32d | 36 | SAf | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 |
| 12 | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 24y 48d | 71 | WI | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 |
| 13 | RN Harvey (Aus) | 24y 93d | 37 | SAf | Sydney | 9 Jan 1953 |
| 14 | CH Gayle (WI) | 24y 103d | 62 | SAf | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2004 |
| 15 | RJ Shastri (Ind) | 24y 114d | 69 | Aus | Chennai | 18 Sep 1986 |
| 16 | DI Gower (Eng) | 24y 120d | 51 | Aus | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 |
| 17 | S Chanderpaul (WI) | 24y 130d | 54 | SAf | Durban | 26 Dec 1998 |
| 18 | JH Kallis (SAf) | 24y 131d | 55 | Ind | Mumbai | 24 Feb 2000 |
| 19 | MD Crowe (NZ) | 24y 158d | 56 | WI | Auckland | 27 Feb 1987 |
| = | IVA Richards (WI) | 24y 158d | 36 | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 |
| Rank | Name | Age | Inn. | Opp. | Venue | Date |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 25y 298d | 103 | Pak | Kolkata | 16 Feb 1999 |
| 2 | GC Smith (SAf) | 27y 28d | 111 | Bdesh | Chittagong | 29 Feb 2008 |
| 3 | Javed Miandad (Pak) | 27y 242d | 108 | NZ | Dunedin C | 9 Feb 1985 |
| 4 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 27y 320d | 114 | Bdesh | Colombo RPS | 12 Sep 2005 |
| 5 | JH Kallis (SAf) | 28y 71d | 120 | WI | Durban | 26 Dec 2003 |
| 6 | DI Gower (Eng) | 28y 122d | 127 | Aus | Manchester | 1 Aug 1985 |
| 7 | RT Ponting (Aus) | 28y 302d | 111 | Zim | Sydney | 17 Oct 2003 |
| 8 | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 29y 49d | 107 | NZ | Wellington BR | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 9 | MA Atherton (Eng) | 29y 74d | 124 | Aus | Birmingham | 5 Jun 1997 |
| 10 | R Dravid (Ind) | 29y 223d | 108 | Eng | Leeds | 22 Aug 2002 |
| 11 | ME Trescothick (Eng) | 29y 229d | 121 | Aus | Manchester | 11 Aug 2005 |
| 12 | V Sehwag (Ind) | 29y 285d | 100 | SL | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 13 | BC Lara (WI) | 29y 315d | 104 | Aus | Kingston | 13 Mar 1999 |
| 14 | DG Bradman (Aus) | 29y 329d | 57 | Eng | Leeds | 22 Jul 1938 |
| 15 | AR Border (Aus) | 29y 335d | 120 | Eng | Lord's | 27 Jun 1985 |
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