| Administrator: | Test and County Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament Format: | League |
| Champions: | Kent County Cricket Club |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 17 |
| Matches: | 136 |
| Most Runs: | 643 Barry Richards (Hampshire) |
| Most Wickets: | 31 Keith Boyce (Essex) |
| Previous Year: | 1971 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1971 John Player League |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
| Next Tournament: | 1973 John Player League |
The 1972 John Player League was the fourth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Kent County Cricket Club.
| width=200 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | T | width=20 | L | width=20 | N/R | width=20 | A | width=20 | Pts | width=60 | R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent (C) | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4.361 | |||||||||
| 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.215 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.059 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 3.984 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4.456 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4.69 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 4.584 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.181 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 4.282 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 4.192 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4.883 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.322 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.899 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 3.72 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 3.862 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.985 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3.805 | ||||||||||
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