List of Ranji Trophy records

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

Rank	Score	Player	Teams	Career span
1	10738	Wasim Jaffer	Vidarbha, Bombay/Mumbai	1996/97 – 2017/18
2	9202	Amol Muzumdar	Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra Pradesh	1993/94 – 2013/14
3	9201	Devendra Bundela	Madhya Pradesh	1995/96 – 2017/18
4	8554	Mithun Manhas	Delhi, J & K	1997/98 – 2016/17
5	8059	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	1994/95 – 2013/14
6	7850	Subramaniam Badrinath	Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad	2000/01 – 2016/17
7	7623	Amarjit Kaypee	Punjab, Haryana	1980/81 – 1999/00
8	7621	Pankaj Dharmani	Punjab	1992/93 – 2010/11
9	7607	Shitanshu Kotak	Saurashtra	1992/93 – 2013/14
10	7516	Rashmi Parida	Odisha, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh	1994/95 – 2014/15
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 1 January 2018.

Highest individual scores

Rank	Score	Player	For	Against	Year
1	443*	B. B. Nimbalkar	Maharashtra	Kathiawar	1948/49
2	377	Sanjay Manjrekar	Bombay	Hyderabad	1990/91
3	366	M. V. Sridhar	Hyderabad	Andhra	1993/94
4	359*	Vijay Merchant	Bombay	Maharashtra	1943/44
5	359*	Samit Gohel	Gujarat	Odisha	2016/17
6	353	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	Karnataka	1999/00
7	352	Cheteshwar Pujara	Saurashtra	Karnataka	2012/13
8	351*	Swapnil Gugale	Maharashtra	Delhi	2016/17
9	347	Yuvraj Singh	Punjab	Jharkhand	1997/98
10	338	Prashant Chopra	Himachal Pradesh	Punjab	2017/18
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 27 December 2016.

Most career centuries

Rank	Centuries	Player	Teams	Career span
1	36	Wasim Jaffer	Bombay/Mumbai, Vidarbha	1996/97 – 2017/18
2	31	Ajay Sharma	Delhi, Himachal Pradesh	1984/85 – 2000/01
3	28	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	1994/95 – 2013/14
3	28	Amol Muzumdar	Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra Pradesh	1993/94 – 2013/14
5	27	Amarjit Kaypee	Punjab, Haryana	1980/81 – 1999/00
6	26	Brijesh Patel	Mysore, Karnataka	1969/70 – 1987/88
6	26	Surendra Bhave	Maharashtra	1986/87 – 2000/01
8	25	Mithun Manhas	Delhi, J&K	1997/98 – 2016/17
9	24	Vinod Kambli	Bombay/Mumbai	1989/90 – 2004/05
	24	Subramaniam Badrinath	Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad	2000/01 – 2016/17
	24	Devendra Bundela	Madhya Pradesh	1995/96 – 2017/18
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 November 2017.

Highest career average

Qualification: 3500+ runs

Rank	Average	Player	Teams	Runs
1	98.35	Vijay Merchant	Bombay	3639
2	85.62	Sachin Tendulkar	Bombay/Mumbai	4281
3	80.61	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	5764
4	78.29	Ajay Sharma	Delhi, Himachal Pradesh	7438
5	76.08	Ashok Mankad	Bombay	6619
6	68.04	Cheteshwar Pujara	Saurashtra	5307
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 30 November 2017.

Most runs in a season

Rank	Score	Player	Team	Season
1	1415	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	1999/00
2	1321	Shreyas Iyer	Mumbai	2015/16
3	1310	Priyank Panchal	Gujarat	2016/17
4	1280	Vijay Bharadwaj	Karnataka	1998/99
5	1260	Wasim Jaffer	Mumbai	2008/09
6	1223	Kedar Jadhav	Maharashtra	2013/14
7	1160	Mayank Agarwal	Karnataka	2017/18
8	1089	Ajinkya Rahane	Mumbai	2008/09
9	1075	Sridharan Sriram	Tamil Nadu	1999/00
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 December 2017.

Bowling records

Most career wickets

Rank	Wickets	Player	Teams	Career span
1	637	Rajinder Goel	Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana	1958/59 – 1984/85^[1]
2	530	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	Madras, Tamil Nadu	1963/64 – 1984/85
3	479	Sunil Joshi	Karnataka	1992/93 – 2010/11
4	441	Narendra Hirwani	Madhya Pradesh, Bengal	1984/85 – 2005/06
5	437	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Mysore, Karnataka	1963/64 – 1979/80^[2]
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 October 2010.

Best bowling figures in an innings

Rank	Score	Player	Team	Opponent	Season
1	10/20	Premangsu Chatterjee	Bengal	Assam	1956/57
2	10/78	Pradeep Sunderam	Rajasthan	Vidarbha	1985/86
3	9/23	Ankeet Chavan	Mumbai	Punjab	2012/13
4	9/25	Hyder Ali	Railways	Jammu and Kashmir	1969/70
5	9/29	Faisal Shaikh	Goa	Services	2002/03
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 19 December 2012.

Most wickets in a season

Rank	Wickets	Player	Team	Season
1	64	Bishan Singh Bedi	Delhi	1974/75
2	62	Dodda Ganesh	Karnataka	1998/99
2	62	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	1999/00
4	58	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	Tamil Nadu	1972/73
4	58	Maninder Singh	Delhi	1991/92
6	57	Ranadeb Bose	Bengal	2006/07
7	56	Shahbaz Nadeem	Jharkhand	2016/17
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 4 January 2017.

Team records

Highest innings totals

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Season
1	944/6 dec	Hyderabad	Andhra	1993/94^[3]
2	912/6 dec	Tamil Nadu	Goa	1988/89^[4]
3	912/8 dec	Holkar	Mysore	1945/46^[5]
4	855/6 dec	Bombay	Hyderabad	1990/91^[6]
5	826/4	Maharashtra	Kathiawar	1948/49
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 October 2010.

Lowest innings totals

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Season
1	21	Hyderabad	Rajasthan	2010/11
2	22	Southern Punjab	Northern India	1934/35
3	23	Sind	Southern Punjab	1938/39
	23	Jammu and Kashmir	Delhi	1960/61
	23	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*	Amkit Srivastava & Kapil Seth	Madhya Pradesh	Vidarbha	2000/01^[7]^[8]
10th	233	Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh	Delhi	Bombay	1991/92
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: February 2013.

Notes

All lists are referenced to CricketArchive.

↑ Indian sources usually credit Goel with 640 Ranji Trophy wickets. CricketArchive has his wicket tally as 637 while Robert Brooke's 'The Cricketer Book of Cricket Milestones' states that he took 636 wickets.
↑ The most successful non-spin bowler in the Ranji Trophy is Madan Lal, who took 351 wickets.
↑ Frindall, Bill (1998). The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (4th ed.). London, United Kingdom: Headline Book Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0747222037.
↑ Includes 52 penalty runs
↑ 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.
↑ Includes 48 penalty runs
↑ It was Kapil Seth's only first-class match.
↑ 276 runs were added for this wicket. After Srivastava retired hurt, Seth and Narendra Hirwani added 27 runs

External links

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[1] Indian sources usually credit Goel with 640 Ranji Trophy wickets. CricketArchive has his wicket tally as 637 while Robert Brooke's 'The Cricketer Book of Cricket Milestones' states that he took 636 wickets.

[2] The most successful non-spin bowler in the Ranji Trophy is Madan Lal, who took 351 wickets.

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

[4] Includes 52 penalty runs

[5] 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.

[6] Includes 48 penalty runs

[7] It was Kapil Seth's only first-class match.

[8] 276 runs were added for this wicket. After Srivastava retired hurt, Seth and Narendra Hirwani added 27 runs

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