Tons of Consequence
A great ton is not always a ton of consequence. A ton of consequence is one that changed the match: it won it, saved it, or rescued it.
How much can we measure?
The test needs the match record, which is close to complete from about 2006. We can measure 1,768 of the 4,628 hundreds in the database, and 336 of them are tons of consequence. Don Bradman’s 29 are measured by hand, on The Don. Older innings will follow as their scorecards are collected.
The batters with the most
Tap a name to see every hundred and why it was, or wasn’t.
| Batter | Tons of consequence | Measured | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bradman | 12 | 29 | 41% |
| Steve Smith | 9 | 37 | 24% |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 7 | 29 of 38 | 24% |
| Alastair Cook | 6 | 33 | 18% |
| Joe Root | 6 | 41 | 15% |
| Travis Head | 5 | 12 | 42% |
| Kane Williamson | 5 | 33 | 15% |
| Jonathan Trott | 4 | 9 | 44% |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 4 | 10 of 15 | 40% |
| Brendon McCullum | 4 | 11 of 12 | 36% |
| Jonny Bairstow | 4 | 12 | 33% |
| Rohit Sharma | 4 | 12 | 33% |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 4 | 13 | 31% |
| Andrew Strauss | 4 | 14 of 21 | 29% |
| Matthew Hayden | 4 | 14 of 30 | 29% |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 14 of 16 | 29% |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 4 | 16 | 25% |
| Usman Khawaja | 4 | 16 | 25% |
| Azhar Ali | 4 | 19 | 21% |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 4 | 19 | 21% |
| Ross Taylor | 4 | 19 | 21% |
| AB de Villiers | 4 | 21 of 22 | 19% |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 4 | 21 of 34 | 19% |
| Kevin Pietersen | 4 | 23 | 17% |
| David Warner | 4 | 26 | 15% |
| Michael Clarke | 4 | 27 of 28 | 15% |
| Hashim Amla | 4 | 28 | 14% |
| BJ Watling | 3 | 8 | 38% |
| Darren Bravo | 3 | 8 | 38% |
| Justin Langer | 3 | 8 of 23 | 38% |
| Faf du Plessis | 3 | 10 | 30% |
| Harry Brook | 3 | 10 | 30% |
| Kusal Mendis | 3 | 10 | 30% |
| Shubman Gill | 3 | 10 | 30% |
| Henry Nicholls | 3 | 11 | 27% |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 3 | 12 | 25% |
| Mominul Haque | 3 | 12 of 13 | 25% |
| VVS Laxman | 3 | 12 of 17 | 25% |
| Ben Stokes | 3 | 14 | 21% |
| Dinesh Chandimal | 3 | 15 of 16 | 20% |