AB de Villiers is a former South African cricketer who captained the national team between 2012 and 2017. A right-handed batsman, he scored 51 centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings)22 in Tests, 4 in T20 and 25 in ODIsover his playing career. He reached the top of the ICC Test batting rankings in March 2012.

De Villiers made his Test debut in December 2004 against England, scoring 28 and 15. He made his first Test century the following month, scoring 109 in the drawn fifth Test at Centurion. His first double-century came in April 2008 against India when he scored 217 not out in a man-of-the-match performance in Ahmedabad. He has scored 22 Test centuries and holds the record for the second-highest individual score by a South African batsman, with 278 not out against Pakistan. De Villiers has the fourth-highest number of centuries in Tests for South Africa.

De Villiers' made his ODI debut in February 2005 against England; he scored 20 in the tied match. His first century in the format came two years later in a man-of-the-match performance when he scored 146 against the West Indies at Grenada during the 2007 Cricket World Cup. He holds the record for the fastest half-century (off 16 balls) and century (off 31 balls) in ODIs. Both were achieved during the course of his 149 (off 44 balls) against West Indies in January 2015. He hit 16 sixes in the match and leveled the then record of most sixes by a batsman (held by India's Rohit Sharma) in an innings. , he has the joint seventh-highest number (25) of centuries in ODIs.

Between 2006 and 2017, de Villiers played 78 Twenty20 International matches. His highest score of 79 not out was made in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 match against Scotland which South Africa won by 130-runs. , de Villiers ranks joint-twelfth (with 47 centuries) in the all-time list for most centuries in international cricket.

Key Symbol Meaning * Remained not out Man of the match Captained the South Africa cricket team Balls Balls faced Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match Test The number of the Test match played in that series S/R Strike rate during the innings H/A/N Venue was at home (South Africa), away or neutral Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches Lost The match was lost by South Africa. Won The match was won by South Africa. Drawn The match was drawn. (D/L) The result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Test centuries + List of Test centuries scored by AB de VilliersNo. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 1 3 5/5 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Drawn 2 2 2 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Won 3 1 1 4/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Away Drawn 4 6 2 3/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home Won 5 6 2 2/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away Won 6 6 2 2/4 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 7 5 4 1/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Won 8 5 2 1/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Lost 9 5 2 3/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 10 5 1 2/3 Warner Park, Basseterre Away Drawn 11 5 1 2/2 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral Drawn 12 5 2 1/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 13 5 1 3/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 14 5 3 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Won 15 5 3 1/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 16 5 1 3/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 17 6 2 2/2 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Won 18 6 4 1/2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Drawn 19 5 1 2/3 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home Won 20 5 1 1/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 21 5 2 3/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 22 5 2 2/4 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home Won

One Day International centuries + List of ODI centuries scored by AB de VilliersNo. ScoreAgainstPos.Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N DateResult Ref 1 1 1 112.30 National Cricket Stadium, St George's Away Won 2 4 1 120.22 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away Won 3 4 1 108.42 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away Won 4 3 1 142.35 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 5 5 2 112.87 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Away Lost 6 4 1 172.88 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away Won 7 4 1 100.99 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Away Won (D/L) 8 3 2 140.27 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home Won 9 4 1 110.10 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Home Won 10 4 2 101.90 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Neutral Won 11 4 1 136.73 PCA Stadium, Mohali Neutral Won 12 4 1 127.55 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Lost 13 5 2 100.00 Westpac Stadium, Wellington Away Won 14 2 1 118.51 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 15 5 1 112.74 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 16 5 1 107.92 SuperSport Park, Centurion, Home No result 17 4 1 152.11 MRIC Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Away Won 18 4 2 128.30 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral Won 19 3 1 338.63 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 20 5 1 245.45 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Neutral Won 21 4 1 142.47 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Away Won 22 4 2 104.67 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away Lost 23 4 1 195.08 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away Won 24 5 2 104.12 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 25 4 1 169.23 Boland Park, Paarl Home Won

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