Considered the greatest batsman of all time, Sir Don Bradman holds the record of most centuries in Ashes. He crossed the 100 runs mark a total of 19 times in the 37 Ashes matches he played. His journey to most hundred in Ashes in the 1928/29 Ashes in Australia. He scored two centuries in that series. He crossed the milestone of highest centuries in Ashes in the 1938 Ashes series. Before him, JB Hoobs was the batsman with most hundreds in Ashes. He scored 12 tons in his 41 matches in Ashes. After Bradman, no batsmen have ever reached close to breaking his record of Ashes most centuries. Some other legendary batsmen in the list of scoring Ashes most hundreds are Steve Waugh, WR Hammond and DI Gower.
Here is the list of most centuries in Ashes -
Ashes Most Hundreds
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Centuries |
Don Bradman | Australia | 37 | 63 | 19 |
Jack Hobbs | England | 41 | 71 | 12 |
Steve Smith | Australia | 27 | 48 | 11 |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 45 | 72 | 10 |
Wally Hammond | England | 33 | 58 | 9 |
David Gower | England | 38 | 69 | 9 |
Arthur Morris | Australia | 24 | 43 | 8 |
Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 27 | 46 | 8 |
Greg Chappell | Australia | 30 | 55 | 8 |
Ricky Ponting | Australia | 35 | 58 | 8 |