List of Ranji Trophy records explained

This is a list of Ranji Trophy records, with each list containing the top five performances in the category. The Ranji Trophy is the premier first-class cricket competition in India.

Currently active players are bolded.

Batting records

Most career runs

Score	Player	Teams	Career span
12038		Mumbai, Vidharba	1996/97 – 2019/20
9205			1993/94 – 2013/14
9201			1995/96 – 2017/18
9105	Faiz Fazal		2003/04 – 2022/23
8700	Yashpal Singh		2001/02 – 2019/20
8699	Paras Dogra		2001/02 – 2019/20
8554			1997/98 – 2016/17
8059			1994/95 – 2013/14
7861	Naman Ojha		2000/01 – 2019/20
7850			2000/01 – 2016/17
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 March 2020.

Highest individual scores

See also: List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries.

Score	Player	For	Against	Year
379	Prithvi Shaw	Mumbai	Assam	2022/23
377				1990/91
366				1993/94
	Tanmay Agarwal			2023/24
359*				1943/44
	Samit Gohel			2016/17
353				1999/00
352	Cheteshwar Pujara			2012/13
351*	Swapnil Gugale			2016/17
343	Puneet Bisht	Meghalaya	Sikkim	2018/19
341	Sakibul Gani	Bihar	Mizoram	2021/22
338	Prashant Chopra			2017/18

Most career centuries

Centuries	Player	Teams	Career span
40			1996/97 – 2019/20
31			1984/85 – 2000/01
30			2001/02 – 2022/23
28			1994/95 – 2013/14
			1993/94 – 2013/14
27			1980/81 – 1999/00
26			1969/70 – 1987/88
			1986/87 – 2000/01
25			1997/98 – 2016/17
24			1989/90 – 2004/05
			2000/01 – 2016/17
			1995/96 – 2017/18
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 January 2019.

Highest career average

Qualification: 2000+runs

Average	Player	Teams	Runs
98.35			3639
85.62			4281
80.61			5764
78.29			7438
76.08			6619
72.87			3892
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 March 2020.

Most runs in a season

Score	Player	Team	Season
1415			1999/00
1340	Rahul Dalal		2019/20
1331	Milind Kumar		2018/19
1330	Shreyas Iyer		2015/16
1310	Priyank Panchal		2016/17
1280			1998/99
1260	Wasim Jaffer		2008/09
1223	Kedar Jadhav		2013/14
1160	Mayank Agarwal		2017/18
1089	Ajinkya Rahane		2008/09
Source: . Last updated: 4 February 2020.

Bowling records

Most career wickets

Wickets	Player	Teams	Career span
639			1958/59 – 1984/85^[1]
531			1963/64 – 1984/85
479			1992/93 – 2010/11
442			2004/05 – 2019/20
441			1984/85 – 2005/06
437			1963/64 – 1979/80
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 February 2024.

Best bowling figures in an innings

Score	Player	Team	Opponent	Season
10/20				1956/57
10/78	Pradeep Sunderam			1985/86
9/23				2012/13
9/25				1969/70
9/29				2002/03
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 19 December 2012.

Most wickets in a season

Wickets	Player	Team	Season
68	Ashutosh Aman		2018/19
67	Jaydev Unadkat		2019/20
64			1974/75
62			1998/99
			1999/00
59	Dharmendrasinh Jadeja		2018/19
58			1972/73
			1991/92
57			2006/07
56	Shahbaz Nadeem		2016/17
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 4 March 2020.

Team records

Highest innings totals

Score	Team	Opponent	Season
944/6 dec			1993/94^[2]
912/6 dec			1988/89^[3]
912/8 dec	Madhya Pradesh		1945/46^[4]
880/10			2021/22
855/6 dec			1990/91^[5]
826/4			1948/49
826/7 dec	Meghalaya	Sikkim	2018/19
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 1 January 2019.

Lowest innings totals

Score	Team	Opponent	Season
21			2010/11
22			1934/35
23			1938/39
			1960/61
			1977/78
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 October 2016.

Highest partnerships per wicket

Wicket	Score	Players	Team	Opponent	Season
1st	464				1994/95
2nd	475				1991/92
3rd	594*	Swapnil Gugale & Ankit Bawne			2016/17
4th	577				1946/47
5th	520*	Cheteshwar Pujara & Ravindra Jadeja			2008/09
6th	417				2010/11
7th	460				1994/95
8th	392	Amit Mishra & Jayant Yadav			2012/13
9th	249*				2000/01^[6] ^[7]
10th	233				1991/92
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: February 2013.

See also

• List of hat-tricks in the Ranji Trophy

Notes

All lists are referenced to CricketArchive.

External links

• Ranji Trophy records in ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Indian sources usually credit Goel with 640 Ranji Trophy wickets, whereas CricketArchive has his wicket tally as 637, and Robert Brooke's The Cricketer Book of Cricket Milestones states that he took 636 wickets.
2. Book: Frindall. Bill. The Wisden Book of Cricket Records. 1998. Headline Book Publishing. London, United Kingdom. 0747222037. 7. 4th.
3. Includes 52 penalty runs
4. The Holkar innings included six centurions. Kamal Bhandarkar made 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhavsinh Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, B. B. Nimbalkar 172 and Pratap Singh 100.
5. Includes 48 penalty runs
6. It was Kapil Seth's only first-class match.
7. 276 runs were added for this wicket. After Srivastava retired hurt, Seth and Narendra Hirwani added 27 runs