It must however be noted that one of Dravid's Test was for ICC World XI against Australia in Super 'Test' which was controversially given Test status by the ICC. So technically, Dravid is still one short of completing his century of Tests for India.
This is how all Indians - members of this exclusive club - stood before their 100th Tests. Clearly Dravid enjoys a higher run-aggregate and batting average than all others, though Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar were way ahead in terms of centuries.
Player | Runs | Inns | NO | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | 0s |
R Dravid | 8492 | 167 | 21 | 270 | 58.16 | 22 | 41 | 6 |
SM Gavaskar | 8394 | 174 | 14 | 236* | 52.46 | 30 | 36 | 10 |
SR Tendulkar | 8351 | 159 | 15 | 217 | 57.99 | 30 | 33 | 10 |
DB Vengsarkar | 6331 | 159 | 22 | 166 | 46.21 | 17 | 31 | 12 |
Kapil Dev | 4087 | 143 | 12 | 163 | 31.20 | 6 | 21 | 12 |
Dravid's performance against all opponents:
Opponent | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | Hs | 100 | 50 | 0 |
Australia | 19 | 35 | 4 | 1503 | 48.48 | 233 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Bangladesh | 3 | 4 | 1 | 229 | 76.33 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
England | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1159 | 77.27 | 217 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
New Zealand | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1004 | 59.06 | 222 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Pakistan | 12 | 20 | 2 | 1045 | 58.06 | 270 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
South Africa | 12 | 23 | 2 | 829 | 39.48 | 148 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 11 | 17 | 1 | 832 | 52.00 | 107 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
West Indies | 13 | 20 | 5 | 912 | 60.80 | 144* | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 9 | 13 | 3 | 979 | 97.90 | 200* | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Dravid's pattern of scoring:
Opponent | 0s | 0*-9 | 10-19 | 20-49 | 50-89 | 90-99 | 100-149 | 150-199 | 200-249 | 250+ |
Australia | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
England | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New Zealand | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pakistan | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Indies | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
TOTAL | 6 | 31 | 18 | 49 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
This is how Dravid made his runs in each progressive chunk of 10 matches:
Match # | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | Hs | 100 | 50 | 0 |
1 - 10 | 18 | 2 | 773 | 48.31 | 148 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
11 - 20 | 14 | 1 | 755 | 58.08 | 93 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
21 - 30 | 18 | 1 | 1012 | 59.53 | 190 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
31 - 40 | 19 | 3 | 782 | 48.88 | 200* | 2 | 1 | 1 |
41 - 50 | 19 | 2 | 813 | 47.82 | 180 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
51 - 60 | 15 | 2 | 598 | 46.00 | 144* | 1 | 4 | 0 |
61 - 70 | 17 | 2 | 1176 | 78.40 | 222 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
71 - 80 | 17 | 3 | 1032 | 73.71 | 270 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
81 - 90 | 15 | 2 | 832 | 64.00 | 160 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
91 - 99 | 15 | 3 | 719 | 59.92 | 128* | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Year-wise progress of Dravid's run-scoring:
Year | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | Hs | 100 | 50 | 0 |
1996 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 436 | 39.64 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1997 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 984 | 61.50 | 148 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
1998 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 413 | 45.89 | 118 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
1999 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 865 | 48.06 | 190 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
2000 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 624 | 78.00 | 200* | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 935 | 46.75 | 180 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
2002 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1357 | 59.00 | 217 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
2003 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 803 | 100.38 | 233 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
2004 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 946 | 63.07 | 270 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
2005 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 640 | 53.33 | 135 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
2006 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 489 | 81.50 | 128* | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Dravid's performance in each series:
# | Season | Vs | In | Tests | Inns | NO | runs | Ave | Hs | 100 | 50 | 0 |
1 | 1996 | Eng | Eng | 2 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 62.33 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | 1996-97 | Aus | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 40.00 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 1996-97 | SAf | Ind | 3 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 29.17 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | 1996-97 | SAf | SAf | 3 | 6 | 1 | 277 | 55.40 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
5 | 1996-97 | WI | WI | 5 | 7 | 2 | 360 | 72.00 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
6 | 1997-98 | SL | SL | 2 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 25.67 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | 1997-98 | SL | Ind | 3 | 4 | 0 | 304 | 76.00 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
8 | 1997-98 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 5 | 0 | 223 | 44.60 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
9 | 1998-99 | Zim | Zim | 1 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 81.00 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 1998-99 | NZ | NZ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 321 | 107.00 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
11 | 1998-99 | Pak | Ind | 3 | 6 | 0 | 162 | 27.00 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | 1998-99 | SL | SL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 107.00 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
13 | 1999-00 | NZ | Ind | 3 | 6 | 0 | 239 | 39.83 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 1999-00 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 15.50 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15 | 1999-00 | SAf | Ind | 2 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 23.50 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | 2000-01 | Ban | Ban | 1 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 69.00 | 41* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 2000-01 | Zim | Ind | 2 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 432.00 | 200* | 2 | 1 | 0 |
18 | 2000-01 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 6 | 0 | 338 | 56.33 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
19 | 2001 | Zim | Zim | 2 | 3 | 1 | 138 | 69.00 | 68* | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | 2001-02 | SL | SL | 3 | 6 | 1 | 235 | 47.00 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
21 | 2001-02 | SAf | SAf | 2 | 4 | 0 | 102 | 25.50 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | 2001-02 | Eng | Ind | 3 | 4 | 1 | 122 | 40.67 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | 2001-02 | Zim | Ind | 2 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 24.00 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
24 | 2001-02 | WI | WI | 5 | 8 | 1 | 404 | 57.71 | 144* | 1 | 2 | 0 |
25 | 2002 | Eng | Eng | 4 | 6 | 0 | 602 | 100.33 | 217 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
26 | 2002-03 | WI | Ind | 3 | 5 | 2 | 148 | 49.33 | 100* | 1 | 0 | 0 |
27 | 2002-03 | NZ | NZ | 2 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 32.75 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
28 | 2003-04 | NZ | Ind | 2 | 4 | 0 | 313 | 78.25 | 222 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
29 | 2003-04 | Aus | Aus | 4 | 8 | 3 | 619 | 123.80 | 233 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
30 | 2003-04 | Pak | Pak | 3 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 77.25 | 270 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
31 | 2004-05 | Aus | Ind | 4 | 7 | 1 | 167 | 27.83 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
32 | 2004-05 | SAf | Ind | 2 | 3 | 1 | 181 | 90.50 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
33 | 2004-05 | Ban | Ban | 2 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 80.00 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
34 | 2004-05 | Pak | Ind | 3 | 5 | 0 | 333 | 66.60 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
35 | 2005-06 | Zim | Zim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 87.50 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
36 | 2005-06 | Aus | Aus | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
37 | 2005-06 | SL | Ind | 2 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 36.33 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
38 | 2005-06 | Pak | Pak | 3 | 5 | 2 | 241 | 80.33 | 128* | 2 | 0 | 0 |
39 | 2005-06 | Eng | Ind | 2 | 4 | 1 | 248 | 82.67 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Dravid's mode of dismissals:
Opponent | Inns | NO | Bowled | CW | CF | C&B | HW | LBW | RO | St | RH |
Australia | 35 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
New Zealand | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa | 23 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
West Indies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 167 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Dravid's nemesis:
Bowler | For | Total | Bowled | CW | CF | C&B | HW | LBW | St |
Warne, SK | Aus | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gillespie, JN | Aus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
McGrath, GD | Aus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Muralitharan, M | SL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoggard, MJ | Eng | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Adams, PR | SAf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pollock, SM | SAf | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vettori, DL | NZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rose, FA | WI | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saqlain Mushtaq | Pak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pak | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vaas, WPUJC | SL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lee, B | Aus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danish Kaneria | Pak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
McMillan, BM | SAf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wiseman, PJ | NZ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanford, A | WI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dillon, M | WI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Streak, HH | Zim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blignaut, AM | Zim | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mbangwa, M | Zim | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cairns, CL | NZ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Giles, AF | Eng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mashrafe Mortaza | Ban | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oram, JDP | NZ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tuffey, DR | NZ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammad Sami | Pak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kasprowicz, MS | Aus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cronje, WJ | SAf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Symcox, PL | SAf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Powell, DB | WI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jayasuriya, ST | SL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Waugh, SR | Aus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mahwire, NB | Zim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lewis, CC | Eng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mullally, AD | Eng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ealham, MA | Eng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doull, SB | NZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ranatunga, A | SL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ambrose, CEL | WI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
de Silva, KSC | SL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bishop, IR | WI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robertson, GR | Aus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Klusener, L | SAf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dharmasena, HDPK | SL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blewett, GS | Aus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wasim Akram | Pak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Butler, IG | NZ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Umar Gul | Pak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Farhat | Pak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lawson, JJC | WI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Styris, SB | NZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bond, SE | NZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clarke, MJ | Aus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammad Asif | Pak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panesar, MS | Eng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Flintoff, A | Eng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ntini, M | SAf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hall, AJ | SAf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arshad Khan | Pak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boje, N | SAf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammad Rafique | Ban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fleming, DW | Aus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hathurusingha, UC | SL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nash, DJ | NZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Donald, AA | SAf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miller, CR | Aus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black, MI | WI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cuffy, CE | WI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cork, DG | Eng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hayward, M | SAf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ormond, J | Eng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Price, RW | Zim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |