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 Wasim Jaffer Bombay/Mumbai, Vidharba 1996/97 – 2019/20
9205 Amol Muzumdar Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra 1993/94 – 2013/14
9201 Devendra Bundela Madhya Pradesh 1995/96 – 2017/18
9105 Faiz Fazal Vidarbha, Railways 2003/04 – 2022/23
8700 Yashpal Singh Sikkim, Services 2001/02 – 2019/20
8699 Paras Dogra Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry 2001/02 – 2019/20
8554 Mithun Manhas Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir 1997/98 – 2016/17
8059 Hrishikesh Kanitkar Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan 1994/95 – 2013/14
7861 Naman Ojha Madhya Pradesh 2000/01 – 2019/20
7850 Subramaniam Badrinath Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad 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
443* B. B. Nimbalkar Maharashtra Saurashtra 1948/49
379 Prithvi Shaw

Mumbai

Assam 2022/23
377 Sanjay Manjrekar Bombay Hyderabad 1990/91
366 M. V. Sridhar Hyderabad Andhra 1993/94
Tanmay Agarwal Hyderabad Arunachal 2023/24
359* Vijay Merchant Bombay Maharashtra 1943/44
Samit Gohel Gujarat Odisha 2016/17
353 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad Karnataka 1999/00
352 Cheteshwar Pujara Saurashtra Karnataka 2012/13
351* Swapnil Gugale Maharashtra Delhi 2016/17
343 Puneet Bisht Meghalaya Sikkim 2018/19
341 Sakibul Gani Bihar Mizoram 2021/22
340 Sunil Gavaskar Bombay Bengal 1981/82
338 Prashant Chopra Himachal Pradesh Punjab 2017/18

Most career centuries

Centuries Player Teams Career span
40 Wasim Jaffer Mumbai, Vidarbha 1996/97 – 2019/20
31 Ajay Sharma Delhi, Himachal Pradesh 1984/85 – 2000/01
30 Paras Dogra Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry 2001/02 – 2022/23
28 Hrishikesh Kanitkar Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan 1994/95 – 2013/14
Amol Muzumdar Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra 1993/94 – 2013/14
27 Amarjit Kaypee Punjab, Haryana 1980/81 – 1999/00
26 Brijesh Patel Mysore/Karnataka 1969/70 – 1987/88
Surendra Bhave Maharashtra 1986/87 – 2000/01
25 Mithun Manhas Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir 1997/98 – 2016/17
24 Vinod Kambli Bombay/Mumbai 1989/90 – 2004/05
Subramaniam Badrinath Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad 2000/01 – 2016/17
Devendra Bundela Madhya Pradesh 1995/96 – 2017/18
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 January 2019.

Highest career average

Qualification: 2000+runs

Average Player Teams Runs
98.35 Vijay Merchant Bombay 3639
85.62 Sachin Tendulkar Bombay/Mumbai 4281
80.61 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad 5764
78.29 Ajay Sharma Delhi, Himachal Pradesh 7438
76.08 Ashok Mankad Bombay 6619
72.87 Rohit Sharma Mumbai 3892
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 March 2020.

Most runs in a season

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

Bowling records

Most career wickets

Wickets Player Teams Career span
639 Rajinder Goel Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana 1958/59 – 1984/85[1]
531 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Madras/Tamil Nadu 1963/64 – 1984/85
479 Sunil Joshi Karnataka 1992/93 – 2010/11
442 Vinay Kumar Karnataka, Pondicherry 2004/05 – 2019/20
441 Narendra Hirwani Madhya Pradesh, Bengal 1984/85 – 2005/06
437 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Mysore/Karnataka 1963/64 – 1979/80
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 4 March 2020.

Best bowling figures in an innings

Score Player Team Opponent Season
10/20 Premangsu Chatterjee Bengal Assam 1956/57
10/78 Pradeep Sunderam Rajasthan Vidarbha 1985/86
9/23 Ankeet Chavan Mumbai Punjab 2012/13
9/25 Hyder Ali Railways Jammu and Kashmir 1969/70
9/29 Faisal Shaikh Goa Services 2002/03
8/41 Bhuvneshwar Kumar UP Bengal 2024/01
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 19 December 2012. Source: SportsTiger. Last updated: 13 January 2014.

Most wickets in a season

Wickets Player Team Season
68 Ashutosh Aman Bihar 2018/19
67 Jaydev Unadkat Saurashtra 2019/20
64 Bishan Singh Bedi Delhi 1974/75
62 Dodda Ganesh Karnataka 1998/99
Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad 1999/00
59 Dharmendrasinh Jadeja Saurashtra 2018/19
58 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Tamil Nadu 1972/73
Maninder Singh Delhi 1991/92
57 Ranadeb Bose Bengal 2006/07
56 Shahbaz Nadeem Jharkhand 2016/17
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 4 March 2020.

Team records

Highest innings totals

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

Lowest innings totals

Score Team Opponent Season
21 Hyderabad Rajasthan 2010/11
22 Southern Punjab Northern India 1934/35
23 Sind Southern Punjab 1938/39
Jammu and Kashmir Delhi 1960/61
Jammu and Kashmir Haryana 1977/78
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 October 2016.

Highest partnerships per wicket

Wicket Score Players Team Opponent Season
1st 464 Ravi Sehgal & Raman Lamba Delhi Himachal Pradesh 1994/95
2nd 475 Zahir Alam & Lalchand Rajput Assam Tripura 1991/92
3rd 594* Swapnil Gugale & Ankit Bawne Maharashtra Delhi 2016/17
4th 577 Vijay Hazare & Gul Mohammad Baroda Holkar 1946/47
5th 520* Cheteshwar Pujara & Ravindra Jadeja Saurashtra Orissa 2008/09
6th 417 Wriddhiman Saha & Laxmi Ratan Shukla Bengal Assam 2010/11
7th 460 Bhupinder Singh Jr. & Pankaj Dharmani Punjab Delhi 1994/95
8th 392 Amit Mishra & Jayant Yadav Haryana Karnataka 2012/13
9th 249* Ankit Srivastava & Kapil Seth Madhya Pradesh Vidarbha 2000/01[6][7]
10th 233 Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh Delhi Bombay 1991/92
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: February 2013.

See also

Notes

All lists are referenced to CricketArchive.

  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. ^ Frindall, Bill (1998). The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (4th ed.). London, United Kingdom: Headline Book Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0747222037.
  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

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