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Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	South Africa	inns & 273 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2024	Test # 2559
🥈 2	South Africa	inns & 254 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
🥉 3	South Africa	inns & 236 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
4	South Africa	inns & 229 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
5	South Africa	inns & 220 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
6	South Africa	inns & 219 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
7	South Africa	inns & 208 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
8	South Africa	inns & 205 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
9	South Africa	inns & 193 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
10	South Africa	inns & 180 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
11	South Africa	inns & 160 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
12	South Africa	inns & 142 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
13	South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
13	South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
15	South Africa	inns & 120 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
16	South Africa	inns & 118 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
17	South Africa	inns & 107 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
18	South Africa	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
19	South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
19	South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
21	South Africa	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
22	South Africa	inns & 86 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
23	South Africa	inns & 81 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
24	South Africa	inns & 80 runs	-	-	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
25	South Africa	inns & 74 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
26	South Africa	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
27	South Africa	inns & 65 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
28	South Africa	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
29	South Africa	inns & 63 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
30	South Africa	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
31	South Africa	inns & 60 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
32	South Africa	inns & 59 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
33	South Africa	inns & 58 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
34	South Africa	inns & 51 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
35	South Africa	inns & 48 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
36	South Africa	inns & 45 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
37	South Africa	inns & 37 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
38	South Africa	inns & 32 runs	-	-	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
39	South Africa	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
40	South Africa	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
41	South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
41	South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
43	South Africa	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
44	South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
44	South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
46	South Africa	inns & 16 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
47	South Africa	inns & 13 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
48	South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
48	South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
48	South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
51	South Africa	inns & 7 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
52	South Africa	inns & 6 runs	-	-	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951

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Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
🥈 2	South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
🥉 3	South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
4	South Africa	351 runs	569	75.2	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
5	South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
6	South Africa	333 runs	424	32.4	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
7	South Africa	332 runs	413	23.3	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
8	South Africa	329 runs	467	53.3	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
9	South Africa	328 runs	395	34.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
9	South Africa	328 runs	537	66.2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
11	South Africa	324 runs	490	69.3	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
12	South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
13	South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
14	South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
15	South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
16	South Africa	284 runs	391	35.1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
17	South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
17	South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
19	South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
20	South Africa	259 runs	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
21	South Africa	243 runs	440	78.4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
22	South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
22	South Africa	233 runs	516	79.4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
24	South Africa	231 runs	448	73.4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
25	South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
26	South Africa	220 runs	274	19.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
27	South Africa	211 runs	480	100.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
28	South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
29	South Africa	204 runs	400	58.2	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
30	South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
31	South Africa	197 runs	454	96.3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
32	South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
33	South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
34	South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
35	South Africa	178 runs	320	38.2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
36	South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
37	South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
38	South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
39	South Africa	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
40	South Africa	163 runs	457	80.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
41	South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
42	South Africa	158 runs	324	58.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
43	South Africa	157 runs	309	67.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
44	South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
45	South Africa	149 runs	421	91.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
46	South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
47	South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
48	South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
49	South Africa	109 runs	348	69.1	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
50	South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
50	South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
52	South Africa	95 runs	348	82.4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
53	South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
54	South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
55	South Africa	87 runs	247	41.0	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
56	South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
56	South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
58	South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
59	South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
60	South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
61	South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
62	South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
63	South Africa	53 runs	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
64	South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
65	South Africa	40 runs	263	66.2	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
66	South Africa	38 runs	378	83.4	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
67	South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
68	South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
69	South Africa	19 runs	244	53.2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
70	South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
71	South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
72	South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243

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