Joe Root Test Hundreds: Full List of Test Centuries Scored by England Golden Boy

Joe Root has been the batting main stay in Tests for England and is currently the second highest run-scorer for the country, amassing over 11000 runs including 31 hundreds in the longest format.

'The Golden Boy' Root has made over 130 appearances in Tests for the national team, making him only the fifteenth Englishman and 70th overall to reach the milestone. In 140 Test matches, Root has scored more than 11,699 runs at an impressive average of 50+.

Root, who made his Test debut in 2012, scored his maiden century a year later in 2013 against New Zealand. India seem to be Root's favourite opposition as ten of his 31 hundreds have come against the Men in Blue.

Apart from 31 centuries, Root has also scored 58 fifties in the red ball game on internation stage. The 31 hundreds also include 5 double hundreds with his highest score being 254 which he scored against Pakistan in 2016.

Most Hundreds in Tests

Also, most of his hundreds have come in a winning cause. 20 of Root's 31 hundreds have come in wins, while 7 in drawn Tests and only three in a loss against India in 2021, New Zealand in 2023 and Australia in Ashes 2023.

Plus, 13 of his 31 centuries in Tests have come away, while 18 have come at home, including 5 at the Home of Cricket - Lord's. He also two away hundreds at Galle in Sri Lanka.

The 32-year-old, often under-rated for his ability with the ball, has also taken 46 wickets so far in his 121-Test career, including a career best of 5 for 8, his only five-wicket haul that came against India in Ahmedabad in 2021.

Joe Root Test hundreds list