Faf du Plessis owns this record outright. The former Proteas skipper sits alone at the top of the list of the oldest batsmen to score T20 centuries, and he did not put one name there — he put three. His most recent came on 18 June 2026, when he smashed an unbeaten 113 off 52 balls for the Texas Super Kings against Seattle in Major League Cricket. It is the oldest T20 hundred ever scored, a landmark that belongs entirely to du Plessis.

What makes the achievement even more extraordinary is the context. Just a year earlier, on 29 June 2025, he had carved up MI New York for 103 not out off 53 balls. Nine days before that, on 20 June 2025, he had blazed exactly 100 off 51 balls against the San Francisco Unicorns. Three MLC centuries in the space of a year, each one adding to a late-career body of work that has no parallel in the format. His first entry on this list came on 8 July 2024, a 100 off 58 balls against Washington Freedom that started the streak. Follow all the latest from Proteas Men as du Plessis continues to rewrite the record books across the Atlantic.

The rest of the list belongs to veterans of a different era. England's Graeme Hick was an early pioneer, hammering 110 off 49 balls for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire on 29 June 2007, long before T20 became a science. Paul Collingwood followed a decade later, posting 108 not out off 60 balls for Durham against Worcestershire on 30 July 2017. Ravi Bopara completed the picture on 3 September 2025, blasting an unbeaten 105 off 46 balls for Northamptonshire against Surrey. Find all the latest cricket match coverage on Octafield. Du Plessis, though, is in a category of one — and he shows no signs of stopping.

First reported by Cricket365.