| 1 | 273 | ME Trescothick & AJ Strauss | England v South Africa | 2004/05 | t1730 |
| 2 | 280 | PA Gibb & WJ Edrich | England v South Africa | 1938/39 | t271 |
| 3 | 242 | E Paynter & WR Hammond | England v South Africa | 1938/39 | t269 |
| 4 | 249 | JH Kallis & G Kirsten | South Africa v West Indies | 2003/04 | t1679 |
| 5 | 192 | G Kirsten & MV Boucher | South Africa v England | 1999/00 | t1480 |
| 6 | 206* | KF Barrington & JM Parks | England v South Africa | 1964/65 | t571 |
| 7 | 143 | BM McMillan & DJ Richardson | South Africa v Australia | 1993/94 | t1256 |
| 8 | 110 | F du Plessis & RJ Peterson | South Africa v India | 2013/14 | t2111 |
| 9 | 86 | MV Boucher & PS de Villiers | South Africa v Pakistan | 1997/98 | t1403 |
| 10 | 92 | CAG Russell & AER Gilligan | England v South Africa | 1922/23 | t152 |