| Administrator: | Test and County Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament Format: | League |
| Champions: | Kent |
| Count: | 3 |
| Participants: | 17 |
| Matches: | 136 |
| Most Runs: | 710 Barry Richards (Hampshire) |
| Most Wickets: | 31 John Lever (Essex) |
| Previous Year: | 1975 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1975 John Player League |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
| Next Tournament: | 1977 John Player League |
The 1976 John Player League was the eighth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third 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 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.989 | |||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.56 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.703 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.847 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.564 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4.91 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4.909 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4.931 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4.076 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5.002 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4.872 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.614 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.496 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.399 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.769 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.414 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.135 | ||||||||||
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