List of Ranji Trophy records

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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=

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! Score !! Player !! Teams !! Career span

12038

|Wasim Jaffer || Mumbai, Vidharba|| 1996/97 – 2019/20

9205

|Amol Muzumdar || Mumbai, Assam, Andhra || 1993/94 – 2013/14

9201

|Devendra Bundela || Madhya Pradesh || 1995/96 – 2017/18

9143

|Paras Dogra|| Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry ||2001/02 – 2023/24

8700

|Yashpal Singh || Services, Tripura,Sikkim, Manipur || 2001/02 – 2019/20

8635

|Manoj Tiwary || Bengal || 2000/01 – 2023/24

8554

|Mithun Manhas || Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir || 1997/98 – 2016/17

8430

|Faiz Fazal || Vidarbha, Railways ||2003/04 – 2023/24

8059

|Hrishikesh Kanitkar || Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan ||1994/95 – 2013/14

7861

|Naman Ojha || Madhya Pradesh || 2000/01 – 2019/20

colspan="4" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 29 August 2024.

=Highest individual scores=

{{see also|List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries}}

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! Score !! Player !! For !! Against !! Year

443*

| B. B. Nimbalkar||

Maharashtra

||Kathiawar

|1948/49

379

|Prithvi Shaw ||

Mumbai

||Assam

| 2022/23

377

|Sanjay Manjrekar || Bombay || Hyderabad || 1990/91

rowspan="2" | 366

|M. V. Sridhar || Hyderabad || Andhra || 1993/94

Tanmay AgarwalHyderabadArunachal2023/24
rowspan="2" | 359*

|Vijay Merchant || Bombay || Maharashtra || 1943/44

Samit GohelGujaratOdisha2016/17
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

|Mumbai

|Bengal

|1981/82

338

|Prashant Chopra || Himachal Pradesh || Punjab || 2017/18

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=Most career centuries=

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! 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

rowspan="2" | 28

|Hrishikesh Kanitkar || Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan ||1994/95 – 2013/14

Amol MuzumdarBombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra1993/94 – 2013/14
27

|Amarjit Kaypee || Punjab, Haryana ||1980/81 – 1999/00

rowspan="2" | 26

|Brijesh Patel || Mysore/Karnataka || 1969/70 – 1987/88

Surendra BhaveMaharashtra1986/87 – 2000/01
25

|Mithun Manhas || Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir ||1997/98 – 2016/17

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|Vinod Kambli || Bombay/Mumbai || 1989/90 – 2004/05

Subramaniam BadrinathTamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad2000/01 – 2016/17
Devendra BundelaMadhya Pradesh1995/96 – 2017/18
colspan="4" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Batting_Records/Most_Hundreds.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 16 January 2019.

=Highest career average=

Qualification: 2000+runs

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! 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

colspan="5" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive]. Last updated: 13 March 2020.

=Most runs in a season=

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! Score !! Player !! Team !! Season

1415

|V. V. S. Laxman || Hyderabad || 1999/00

1380

|Vijay Bharadwaj || Karnataka || 1998/99

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

1260

|Wasim Jaffer || Mumbai || 2008/09

1223

|Kedar Jadhav || Maharashtra || 2013/14

1160

|Mayank Agarwal || Karnataka || 2017/18

1089

|Ajinkya Rahane || Mumbai || 2008/09

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Bowling records

=Most career wickets=

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! Wickets !! Player !! Teams !! Career span

639

|Rajinder Goel || Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana ||1958/59 – 1984/85Indian 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.

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

colspan="6" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Bowling_Records/Most_Career_Wickets.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 13 February 2024.

=Best bowling figures in an innings=

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! 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

colspan="5" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 19 December 2012.

=Most wickets in a season=

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! Wickets !! Player !! Team !! Season

69

|Harsh Dubey|| Vidarbha ||2024-25

68

|Ashutosh Aman || Bihar || 2018/19

67

|Jaydev Unadkat || Saurashtra || 2019/20

64

|Bishan Singh Bedi || Delhi || 1974/75

rowspan="2" | 62

|Dodda Ganesh || Karnataka || 1998/99

Kanwaljit SinghHyderabad1999/00
59

|Dharmendrasinh Jadeja || Saurashtra || 2018/19

rowspan="2" | 58

|Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan || Tamil Nadu || 1972/73

Maninder SinghDelhi1991/92
57

|Ranadeb Bose || Bengal || 2006/07

56

|Shahbaz Nadeem || Jharkhand || 2016/17

colspan="4" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Bowling_Records/Most_Season_Wickets.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 4 March 2020.

Team records

=Highest innings totals=

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! Score !! Team !! Opponent !! Season

944/6 dec

|Hyderabad || Andhra || 1993/94{{cite book|last1=Frindall|first1=Bill|title=The Wisden Book of Cricket Records|date=1998|publisher=Headline Book Publishing|location=London, United Kingdom|isbn=0747222037|pages=7|edition=4th}}

912/6 dec

|Tamil Nadu || Goa || 1988/89Includes 52 penalty runs

912/8 dec

|Holkar|| Karnataka || 1945/46The 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.

880/10

|Jharkhand || Nagaland || 2021/22

855/6 dec

|Mumbai || Hyderabad || 1990/91Includes 48 penalty runs

826/4

|Maharashtra || Saurashtra || 1948/49

826/7 dec

|Meghalaya

|Sikkim

|2018/19

colspan="4" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Team_Records/Highest_Team_Total.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 1 January 2019.

=Lowest innings totals=

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! Score !! Team !! Opponent !! Season

21

|Hyderabad || Rajasthan || 2010/11

22

|Southern Punjab || Northern India || 1934/35

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|Sind || Southern Punjab || 1938/39

Jammu and KashmirDelhi1960/61
Jammu and KashmirHaryana1977/78
colspan="4" |Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Team_Records/Lowest_Team_Total.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: 16 October 2016.

=Highest partnerships per wicket=

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! Wicket !! Score !! Players !! Team !! Opponent !! Season

1st464

|Ravi Sehgal & Raman Lamba || Delhi || Himachal Pradesh || 1994/95

2nd475

|Zahir Alam & Lalchand Rajput || Assam || Tripura || 1991/92

3rd594*

|Swapnil Gugale & Ankit Bawne || Maharashtra || Delhi || 2016/17

4th577

|Vijay Hazare & Gul Mohammad || Baroda || Holkar || 1946/47

5th520*

|Cheteshwar Pujara & Ravindra Jadeja || Saurashtra || Orissa || 2008/09

6th417

|Wriddhiman Saha & Laxmi Ratan Shukla || Bengal || Assam || 2010/11

7th460

|Bhupinder Singh Jr. & Pankaj Dharmani || Punjab || Delhi || 1994/95

8th392

|Amit Mishra & Jayant Yadav || Haryana || Karnataka || 2012/13

9th249*

|Ankit Srivastava & Kapil Seth || Madhya Pradesh || Vidarbha || 2000/01It 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

10th233

|Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh || Delhi || Bombay || 1991/92

colspan=6 | Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Partnership_Records/Highest_Partnership_Each_Wicket.html CricketArchive]. Last updated: February 2013.

See also

Notes

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