List of West Indies Test cricket records

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Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level.{{cite book|first=Matthew|last=Nicholson|year=2007|title=Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lfeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA58|publisher=Elsevier|page=58|isbn=978-0-7506-8109-4|access-date=1 July 2018}} A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days,{{efn|For the first 50 years of Test cricket matches were played over three or। four days{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Nicholas|authorlink=Mark Nicholas|title=Where are we 140 years later?|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18912187/mark-nicholas-140-years-test-cricket|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=15 March 2017|access-date=20 June 2020}} and until the 1930s some timeless Tests were played.{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Williamson|title=The Oval grind of 1938|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/901415.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=22 August 2015|access-date=20 June 2020}}}}{{efn|In October 2017, the ICC Board approved a trial of four-day Test cricket to run through until the 2019 Cricket World Cup.{{cite news|first1=Nagraj|last1=Gollapudi|first2=Osman|last2=Samiuddin|title=South Africa to play Zimbabwe in inaugural four-day Test|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21008545/south-africa-play-zimbabwe-inaugural-four-day-test|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 October 2017|access-date=23 July 2018}}}} and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Williamson|title=International Cricket Council: A brief history ...|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/209608.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 May 2007|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite journal|title=ICC Classification of Official Cricket|url=https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/09/16/d64143b5-3fb0-449a-8f8c-f06668433ab3/ICC-Classification-of-Official-Cricket-September-2018.pdf|page=[https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/09/16/d64143b5-3fb0-449a-8f8c-f06668433ab3/ICC-Classification-of-Official-Cricket-September-2018.pdf#page=2 2]|publisher=International Cricket Council|date=9 September 2018}}

This is a list of West Indies Test cricket records. It is based on the List of Test cricket records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the West Indian Test cricket team, and any cricketers who have played for that team.

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Key

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for West Indies only, and are correct {{as of|2020|01|lc=yes}}.

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|+ Key

scope=col | Symbol

! scope=col | Meaning

scope=row | {{dagger}}

| Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket

scope=row | *

| Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken

scope=row style=background:#cee0f2; | ♠

| Test cricket record

scope=row | d

| Innings was declared (e.g. 8/758d)

scope=row | Date

| Starting date of the Test match

scope=row | Innings

| Number of innings played

scope=row | Matches

| Number of matches played

scope=row | Opposition

| The team The West Indies was playing against

scope=row | Period

| The time period when the player was active in Test cricket

scope=row | Player

| The player involved in the record

scope=row | Venue

| Test cricket ground where the match was played

Team records

= Team wins, losses, draws and ties =

{{As of|2023|7}}, West Indies played 573 Test matches resulting in 182 victories, 209 defeats, 181 draws and 1 tie for an overall winning percentage of 31.76.{{cite web|title=Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283877.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=30 December 2018}}

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Opponent1st TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied% Won
{{cr|AFG|2013}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2019}}{{nts|1}}{{nts|1}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|100.00}}
{{cr|AUS}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1930}}{{nts|118}}{{nts|32}}{{nts|60}}{{nts|25}}{{nts|1}}{{nts|27.11}}
{{cr|BAN}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2002}}{{nts|20}}{{nts|14}}{{nts|4}}{{nts|2}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|70}}
{{cr|ENG}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1928}}{{nts|163}}{{nts|59}}{{nts|51}}{{nts|53}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|36.19}}
{{cr|IND}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1948}}100{{nts|30}}{{nts|23}}{{nts|47}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|30.00}}
{{cr|NZ}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1952}}{{nts|49}}{{nts|13}}{{nts|17}}{{nts|19}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|26.53}}
{{cr|PAK}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958}}{{nts|54}}{{nts|18}}{{nts|21}}{{nts|15}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|33.33}}
{{cr|RSA}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1992}}{{nts|32}}{{nts|3}}{{nts|22}}{{nts|7}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|9.37}}
{{cr|SRI}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993}}{{nts|24}}{{nts|4}}{{nts|11}}{{nts|9}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|16.66}}
{{cr|ZIM}}{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000}}{{nts|12}}{{nts|8}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|4}}{{nts|0}}{{nts|66.66}}
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan=2|Total

| 573

{{nts|182}}209181{{nts|1}}31.76
colspan=8 | Last updated: 29 July 2023{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/westindies/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|title=West Indies – Test matches – Results summary|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=8 February 2023}}

= First Test series wins =

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! Opponent !! Year of first Home win !! Year of first Away win

{{cr|AFG|2013}}YTP2019
{{cr|AUS}}19651980
{{cr|BAN}}20042002
{{cr|ENG}}19351950
{{cr|IND}}19531949
{{cr|IRE}}YTPYTP
{{cr|NZL}}19851952
{{cr|PAK}}19581980
{{cr|SAF}}1992rowspan=2|–
{{cr|SRI}}1997
{{cr|ZIM}}20002001
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| colspan=3 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite web|title=Records / West Indies / Test matches / Series summary|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/series_results.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 June 2020}}

= First Test match wins =

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! rowspan="2" | Opponent !! colspan="2" | Home !! colspan="2" | Away

VenueYearVenueYear
{{cr|AFG|2013}}colspan=2 align=center|YTPLucknow2019
{{cr|AUS}}Kingston1965Sydney1980
{{cr|BAN}}Kingston2004Dhaka2002
{{cr|ENG}}Georgetown1930Lord's1950
{{cr|IND}}Bridgetown1953Chennai1949
{{cr|IRE}}colspan=4 align=center|YTP
{{cr|NZL}}Bridgetown1985Christchurch1952
{{cr|PAK}}Port of Spain1958Lahore1959
{{cr|SA}}Bridgetown1992Port Elizabeth2007
{{cr|SRI}}St. John's1997colspan=2 align=center
{{cr|ZIM}}Port of Spain2000Bulawayo2001
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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite web|title=Records / West Indies / Test matches / Test Records|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;result=1;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=team;view=results|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 June 2020}}

=Team scoring records=

==Most runs in an innings==

The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series between Sri Lanka and India in August 1997. Playing in the first Test at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. The third Test of the 1958 series against Pakistan saw West Indies set their highest innings total of 790/3d.{{cite web|title=3rd Test, Pakistan tour of West Indies at Kingston, Feb 26 - Mar 4 1958| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17398/scorecard/62837/west-indies-vs-pakistan-3rd-test-pakistan-tour-of-west-indies-1957-58|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite news|title=Test records – Highest innings totals|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283966.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104034703/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283966.html|archive-date=4 January 2018}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Score

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|790/3d}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|February|26}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|751/5d}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|April|10}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|749/9d}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|February|26}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|747}}

| {{cr|SA}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2005|April|29}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|692/8d}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Kennington Oval, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|August|24}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 February 2021{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Highest innings totals|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Highest successful run chases==

West Indies' highest fourth innings total is 418/7 in a successful run chase against Australia at St. John's in May 2003 which is also the highest successful run chase in Test Matches.{{cite web |title=India highest fourth innings totals |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;orderby=team_score;team=4;template=results;type=team;view=innings |website=Cricinfo}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Score

! scope=col | Target

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|418/7}}

| align=center | 418

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2003|May|9}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|395/7}}

| align=center | 395

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2021|February|3}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|348/5}}

| align=center | 345

| {{cr|NZ}}

| Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1969|February|27}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|344/1}}

| align=center | 342

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1984|June|28}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|322/5}}

| align=center | 322

| Headingley, Leeds, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2017|August|25}}

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| colspan=6 | Last updated: 7 February 2021{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Highest successful run chases|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;orderby=target;result=1;size=5;team=4;template=results;type=team;view=innings|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Fewest runs in an innings==

The lowest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the second Test of England's tour of New Zealand in March 1955. Trailing England by 46, New Zealand was bowled out in their second innings for 26 runs.{{cite news|title=26 all out|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149926.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}} The lowest score in Test history for West Indies is 47 against England in the second innings of the first Test of the English cricket team in the West Indies in 2003-04.{{cite news|title=Test records – Lowest innings totals|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/145832.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104034851/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/145832.html|archive-date=4 January 2018}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Score

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 47

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|March|11}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 51

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1947|November|28}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 53

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1986|October|24}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 54

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|June|29}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 61

| Headingley, Leeds, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|August|17}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Lowest innings totals|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/lowest_innings_totals.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most runs conceded in an innings==

The highest innings total scored against West Indies is by England when they scored 849 in the fourth Test of the England's tour of `West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park.

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Score

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|849|849}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| rowspan=2|Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1930|April|3}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|758|758/8d}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|AUS}}

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1955|June|11}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|668|668}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1955|May|14}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|658|658/9d}}

| {{cr|RSA}}

| Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2003|December|26}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|657|657/8d}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|January|17}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 23 August 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Highest innings totals Conceded |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=1;id=4;type=opposition|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 August 2020}}

==Fewest runs conceded in an innings==

The lowest innings total scored against West Indies is 43 in the first test of Bangladesh's tour of West Indies in 2018

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Score

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 43

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2018|July|4}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 46

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago|

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1994|March|25}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 51

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|February|4}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 63

| {{cr|ZIM}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago|

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|March|16}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 71

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Old Trafford, Manchester, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1976|July|8}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 3 December 2017{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Lowest innings totals conceded|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/lowest_innings_totals.html?class=1;id=4;type=opposition|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2017}}

=Result records=

A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.{{cite web|url=http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-21-the-result,47,AR.html |title=Law 21 (The Result) |publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club |accessdate=20 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221063656/http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-21-the-result%2C47%2CAR.html |archivedate=21 February 2010 }}

==Greatest win margins (by innings)==

The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The largest victory for West Indies, which is the third largest, is their win against India in the third Test of the 1958–59 tour at the Eden Gardens, where the hosts lost by an innings and 336 runs.{{cite news|title=Test records – Largest margin of victory (by an innings)|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/210099.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 336 runs

| {{cr|IND}}

| Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|December|31}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 322 runs

| {{cr|NZL}}

| Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|February|10}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center | Innings and 310 runs

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2002|December|8}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center | Innings and 226 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1973|August|23}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 219 runs

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2018|July|4}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Largest victories|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Greatest win margins (by runs)==

The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series. The largest victory recorded by West Indies, which is the seventh largest victory, is the third Test of the 1976 tour by 425 runs against England at Old Trafford, Manchester.{{cite news|title=Test records – Largest margin of victory (by runs)|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283901.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 425 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Old Trafford, Manchester, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1976|July|8}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 408 runs

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1980|January|26}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 381 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| rowspan=2|Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2019|January|23}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 343 runs

| {{cr|AUS}}

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1991|April|19}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 326 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1950|June|24}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 3 December 2017

==Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)==

West Indies have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 28 occasions.

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

| align=center | 8

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2019|January|31}}

align=center | 2

| align=center | 6

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1999|March|13}}

align=center | 3

| align=center | 5

| {{cr|NZ}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2014|June|16}}

align=center | 4

| align=center | 4

| {{cr|IND}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2002|May|2}}

align=center | 5

| align=center | 3

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2014|September|5}}

align=center rowspan=2| 6

| align=center rowspan=2| 1

| {{cr|PAK}}

| |Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993|April|23}}

{{cr|ZIM}}

| |Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|March|24}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 28 June 2022

==Narrowest win margins (by runs)==

The narrowest win is West Indies' one-run win over Australia in 1993.{{cite news|title=Test records – Smallest margin of victory (by runs)|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/215342.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|1 run}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|AUS}}

| Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993|January|23}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|8 runs}}

| The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2024|January|25}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|17 runs}}

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2021|February|11}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|30 runs}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1931|February|27}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|35 runs}}

| {{cr|ZIM}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|March|16}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 14 February 2021{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Smallest victories|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/smallest_margins.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Narrowest win margins (by wickets)==

West Indies' narrowest win by wickets is by 1 wicket, which they have achieved thrice, has come in the third Test of the 1998-99 Australia tour at Kensington Oval, Barbados and twice against Pakistan, once Pakistan's tour in 2000 at Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's and during the 2021 tour at Sabina Park, Kingston. These are three of only fifteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket.{{cite news|title=Test records – Smallest margin of victory (by wickets)|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/255926.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63839.html |work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020|title=3rd Test, Australia tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Mar 26-30 1999}}{{cite web|title=3rd Test, Pakistan tour of West Indies at St John's, May 25-29 2000| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63882.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite web|title=1st Test, Pakistan tour of West Indies, August 12-15 2021| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63882.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=15 August 2021}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center rowspan=3| 1

| align=center rowspan=3| 1 wicket

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1999|March|26}}

rowspan=2|{{cr|PAK}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|May|25}}

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2021|August|12}}

align=center rowspan=2 | 4

| align=center rowspan=2 | 2 wickets

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1980|June|5}}

{{cr|PAK}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1988|April|22}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 15 August 2021

==Greatest loss margins (by innings)==

The Oval in London played host to the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket. The final Test of the 1938 Ashes saw England defeat the tourists by an innings and 579 runs, to the draw the series at one match all.{{cite news|title=1938 Ashes series|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/60332.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}} West Indies biggest defeat came during the Wisden Trophy in 2007 when they lost by an innings and 283 runs at Headingley, Leeds.{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Largest defeats|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?class=1;id=4;type=opposition|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Innings and 283 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Headingley, Leeds, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2007|May|25}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 272 runs

| {{cr|IND}}

| Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2018|October|4}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 237 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| The Oval, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1957|August|22}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 220 runs

| {{cr|SA}}

| Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2014|December|17}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | Innings and 217 runs

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1931|January|16}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

==Greatest loss margins (by runs)==

The first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket. West Indies biggest defeat by runs was 419 against Australia in the second Test of the 2022 tour of Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

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! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 419 runs

| rowspan=4|{{cr|AUS}}

| Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2022|December|8}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 382 runs

| Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1969|February|14}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 379 runs

| Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2005|November|3}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 352 runs

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|December|26}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 351 runs

| {{cr|SA}}

| Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1999|January|15}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 11 December 2022

==Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets)==

West Indies have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 16 occasions with most recent being during the 2nd test of the West Indies tour of Australia in 2024.

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Number of Defeats

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Most Recent Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

| align=center | 6

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2024|January|17}}

align=center | 2

| align=center | 4

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|May|6}}

align=center rowspan=2| 3

| align=center rowspan=2| 2

| {{cr|PAK}}

| National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1997|December|6}}

{{cr|SRI}}

| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2001|November|29}}

align=center rowspan=3| 5

| align=center rowspan=3| 1

| {{cr|SA}}

| Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|January|16}}

{{cr|NZ}}

| Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2006|March|16}}

{{cr|IND}}

| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2018|October|12}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

==Narrowest loss margins (by runs)==

The narrowest loss of West Indies in terms of runs is by 26 runs against England in the fifth test of the England's tour of West Indies in 1974.{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Smallest defeats|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/smallest_margins.html?class=1;id=4;type=opposition|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 September 2019}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 26 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1974|March|30}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center | 27 runs

| {{cr|NZ}}

| Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2006|March|6}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center | 30 runs

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Headingley, Leeds, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1969|July|10}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 35 runs

| {{cr|AUS}}

| WACA Ground, Perth, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|December|16}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center| 37 runs

| {{cr|IND}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2002|April|19}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

==Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)==

The narrowest loss of West Indies in terms of wickets is by 1 wicket twice. First such loss came against Australia in the fourth test of West Indies tour of Australia in 1951-52 and the other one came against New Zealand in the first test of West Indies tour of New Zealand in 1979–80.

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Margin

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center rowspan=2| 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=2| 1 wicket

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1951|December|31}}

{{cr|NZ}}

| Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1980|February|8}}

rowspan=2|2

! scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=2| 2 wickets

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1961|February|10}}

{{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|June|29}}

rowspan=5|2

! scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=5| 3 wickets

| rowspan=2|{{cr|AUS}}

| Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1951|November|9}}

Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1978|March|31}}

{{cr|IND}}

| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1979|January|12}}

{{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1998|February|13}}

{{cr|AUS}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2012|April|7}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

==Tied matches ==

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings. Only two matches have ended in a tie in Test cricket history, both of which involved Australia.

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scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

bgcolor=#cee0f2

! scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; | {{cr|AUS}} ♠

| The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1960|December|9}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=3 | Last updated: 3 December 2017

Individual records

=Batting records=

==Most career runs==

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of {{convert|22|yards|metres}} of the pitch.{{cite web|title=Law 18 – Scoring runs|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/scoring-runs|publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club|access-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229232041/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/scoring-runs|archive-date=29 December 2018}}

India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921. Second is Ricky Ponting of Australia with 13,378 ahead of Jacques Kallis from South Africa in third with 13,289. Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are the only two West Indian batsmen who have scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most career runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/223646.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=text-align:center
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 11,912

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 130

| align=center | 230

| 1990–2006

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 11,867

| {{sortname|Shivnarine|Chanderpaul}}

| align=center | 164

| align=center | 280

| 1994–2015

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 8,540

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| align=center | 121

| align=center | 182

| 1974–1991

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 8,032

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| align=center | 93

| align=center | 160

| 1954–1974

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7,558

| {{sortname|Gordon|Greenidge}}

| align=center | 108

| align=center | 185

| 1974–1991

6

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |7,515

|Clive Lloyd

|110

|175

|1966-1985

7

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |7,487

|Desmond Haynes

|116

|202

|1978-1994

8

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |7,214

|Chris Gayle

|103

|182

|2000-2014

9

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |6,227

|Rohan Kanhai

|79

|137

|1957-1974

10

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |5,949

|Richie Richardson

|86

|146

|1983-1995

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="6" | Last updated: 1 December 2022{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most career runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Fastest runs getter==

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scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Runs

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Batsman

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Match

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Innings

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Record Date

! scope="col" |Reference

bgcolor=#cee0f2

! scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" |1000

|{{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

|9 ♠

|12 ♠

|4 February 1949

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283173.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 1000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000

|{{sortname|George|Headley}}

|17

|32

|24 June 1939

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283152.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 2000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|3000

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

|31

|51

|11 April 1955

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283177.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 3000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|4000

|22

|71

|25 July 1957

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283179.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 4000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|5000

|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

|56

|95

|4 August 1966

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283181.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 5000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|6000

|65

|111

|28 March 1968

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283183.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 6000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|7000

|79

|138

|19 March 1971

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283185.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 7000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|8000

|91

|157

|16 February 1974

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283187.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 8000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|9000

|rowspan=3|{{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

|101

|177

|2 January 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283189.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 9000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

bgcolor=#cee0f2

! scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" |10000

|111 ♠

|195 ♠

|12 August 2004

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283191.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 10000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|11000

|121

|213

|25 November 2005

|{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/306127.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest to 11000 runs {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

==Most runs in each batting position==

class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center;
scope="col" |Batting position

! scope="col" |Batsman

! scope="col" |Innings

! scope="col" |Runs

! scope="col" |Average

! scope="col" |Test Career Span

! scope="col" |Ref

scope="row" | Opener

|Gordon Greenidge|| 182 || 7,488 || 45.11 || 1974–1991

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=1;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Opener {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 3

|Richie Richardson|| 107 || 4,711 || 47.11 || 1983–1995

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=3;batting_positionmin1=3;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 3{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 4

|Brian Lara|| 148 || 7,535 || 51.26 || 1990–2006

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=4;batting_positionmin1=4;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 4{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

bgcolor=#cee0f2

! scope="row" | Number 5

| Shivnarine Chanderpaul

1516,88356.421994–2015

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=5;batting_positionmin1=5;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 5{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 6

| Garry Sobers || 57 || 2,614 || 53.35 || 1954–1974

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=6;batting_positionmin1=6;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 6{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 7

| Jeff Dujon || 69 || 2,113 || 33.54 || 1981-1991

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=7;batting_positionmin1=7;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 7{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 8

| Jason Holder{{dagger}} || 58 || 1,525 || 32.44 || 2015–2023

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=8;batting_positionmin1=8;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 8{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 9

| Curtly Ambrose || 97 || 973 || 12.01 || 1988–2000

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=9;batting_positionmin1=9;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 9{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 10

|Wes Hall|| 41 || 462 || 14.90 || 1958–1969

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=10;batting_positionmin1=10;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 10{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 11

|Courtney Walsh|| 122 || 553 || 7.47 || 1984–2001

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=11;batting_positionmin1=11;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Number 11{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

colspan=7 | Last updated: 25 July 2023.

==Most runs against each team==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Period

! scope=col | Ref

{{cr|AFG|2013}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 111

| {{sortname|Shamarh|Brooks}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 1

| align=center | 1

| 2019–2019

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=40;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against Afghanistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|AUS}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 2,815

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 30

| align=center |56

| 1992-2005

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=2;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against Australia {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|BAN}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,033

| Kraigg Brathwaite{{dagger}}

| align=center | 14

| align=center | 26

| 2011–2024

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=25;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against Bangladesh {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|ENG}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 3,214

| {{sortname|Garry|Sobers}}

| align=center | 36

| align=center | 61

| 1954-1974

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against England {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|IND}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 2,344

| {{sortname|Clive|Lloyd}}

| align=center | 28

| align=center | 44

| 1966-1983

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=6;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against India {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IRE}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6| YTP

{{cr|NZ}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,258

| {{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| align=center rowspan=2| 12

| align=center | 21

| 2002-2014

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=5;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against New Zealand{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|PAK}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,173

| rowspan=3|{{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 22

| 1990-2006

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against Pakistan{{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|SA}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,715

| align=center | 18

| align=center | 35

| 1992-2005

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=3;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against South Africa {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|SL}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,125

| align=center rowspan=2| 8

| align=center | 14

| 1993-2003

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=8;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against Sri Lanka {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

{{cr|ZIM}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 498

| {{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| align=center | 13

| 2000-2013

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=9;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Runs {{!}} Against Zimbabwe {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

colspan=7 | Last updated: 3 December 2024.

==Highest individual score==

The first Test of the 2003–04 series of the Southern Cross Trophy, contested between Australia and Zimbabwe, at the WACA Ground saw Matthew Hayden of Australia set the highest Test score with 380, surpassing the West Indies' Brian Lara's 375 scored against England in April 1994 at the Antigua Recreation Ground.{{cite web|first=Lynn|last=McConnell|title=Hayden leaves Lara in his wake|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/132732.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=10 October 2003|access-date=30 July 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419041705/http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/132732.html|archive-date=19 April 2017}} Six months later, during the last test of the England's tour of West Indies in 2003-04 Brian Lara scored the first ever quadruple century and reclaim the world record for highest Individual score.{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Miller|title=England in strife after Lara's 400|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/134345.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=12 April 2004|access-date=30 July 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601045508/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/134345.html|archive-date=1 June 2017}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 400*

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| rowspan=2|Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|April|10}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 375

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1994|April|16}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 365*

| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|February|26}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 333

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| {{cr|SRI}}

| Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2010|November|15}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 317

| {{cr|SA}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2005|April|25}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/westindies/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|title=West Indies – Test matches – High scores|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=5 February 2014}}

==Highest individual score against each team==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

! scope=col | Ref

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|AFG|2013}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 111

| {{sortname|Shamarh|Brooks}}

| Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2019|November|27}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=40;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against Afghanistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|AUS}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 277

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993|January|2}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=2;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against Australia {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|BAN}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 261*

| {{sortname|Ramnaresh|Sarwan}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|June|4}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=25;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against Bangladesh {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|ENG}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 400*

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|April|10}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against England {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IND}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 256

| {{sortname|Rohan|Kanhai}}

| Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|December|31}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=6;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against India {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IRE}}

| style=text-align:center; colspan=5|YTP

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|NZ}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 258

| {{sortname|Seymour|Nurse}}

| AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1969|March|13}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=5;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against New Zealand {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|PAK}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 365*

| {{sortname|Garry|Sobers}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|February|26}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against Pakistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|SA}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 317

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2005|April|29}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=3;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against South Africa {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|SL}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 333

| Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2010|November|15}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=8;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against Sri Lanka {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|ZIM}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 207*

| Tagenarine Chanderpaul

| Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2023|February|4}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=9;orderby=runs;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Individual Score {{!}} Against Zimbabwe {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 11 February 2023

==Highest individual score – progression of record==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col |Runs

! scope=col |Player

! scope=col |Opponent

! scope=col |Venue

! scope=col |Season

52

| {{sortname|Joe|Small|dab=cricketer}} ||rowspan=6|{{cr|ENG}}||Lord's, London, England ||rowspan=2|1928

53

|{{sortname|Clifford|Roach}} || Kennington Oval, London, England

176

|{{sortname|George|Headley}} ||Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados||rowspan=3|1929-30

209

|{{sortname|Clifford|Roach}} || Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

223

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|George|Headley}}||rowspan=3|Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

270*

|| 1934-35

365*

| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}|| {{cr|PAK}} || 1957–58

375

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Brian|Lara}}||rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}||rowspan=2|Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda || 1993-94

400*

|| 2003–04

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

==Highest career average==

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.{{cite book|first=M. A.|last=Pervez|title=A Dictionary of Cricket|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2001|page=7|isbn=978-81-7370-184-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwYsHe-F-IUC&pg=PA7}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Average

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Not out

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 60.83

| {{sortname|George|Headley}}

402,19041930–1954
align=center | 2

! 58.61

| {{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

814,45551948–1958
align=center | 3

! 57.78

| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

1608,032211954–1974
align=center | 4

! 56.68

| {{sortname|Clyde|Walcott}}

743,7871948–1960
align=center | 5

! 54.20

| {{sortname|Charlie|Davis|dab=cricketer}}

291,30151968–1973
class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Highest career average|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Highest Average in each batting position==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" |Batting position

! scope="col" |Batsman

! scope="col" |Innings

! scope="col" |Runs

! scope="col" |Average

! scope="col" |Career Span

! scope="col" |Ref

scope="row" | Opener

|{{sortname|Allan|Rae|Allan Rae (cricketer)}}|| 24 || 1,016 || 46.18 || 1948-1953

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax2=2;batting_positionmin2=1;batting_positionval2=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Opener {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 3

|{{sortname|George|Headley}}|| 32 || 2,064 || 71.17 || 1930–1954

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=3;batting_positionmin1=3;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 3 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 4

|{{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}|| 24 || 1,530 || 63.75 || 1956-1969

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=4;batting_positionmin1=4;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 4 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 5

|{{sortname|Frank|Worrell}}|| 23 || 1,189 || 59.45 || 1948–1962

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=5;batting_positionmin1=5;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 5 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

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! scope="row" | Number 6

|{{sortname|Shivnarine|Chanderpaul}}

492,52864.82 ♠1994–2015

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=6;batting_positionmin1=6;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 6 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 7

|{{sortname|Jeff|Dujon}}|| 69 || 2,113 || 33.54 || 1981-1991

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=7;batting_positionmin1=7;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 7 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 8

|{{sortname|Jason|Holder}}{{dagger}}|| 56 || 1,425 || 30.97 || 2015–2023

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=8;batting_positionmin1=8;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 8 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 9

|{{sortname|Michael|Holding}}|| 23 || 403 || 17.52 || 1976–1987

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=9;batting_positionmin1=9;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 9 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 10

|{{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}|| 28 || 311 || 17.27 || 1988-2000

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=10;batting_positionmin1=10;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 10 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

scope="row" | Number 11

|{{sortname|Colin|Croft}}|| 24 || 74 || 10.57 || 1977-1982

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=11;batting_positionmin1=11;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=20;qualval1=innings;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=batting |title=Statistics {{!}} Highest Average {{!}} Number 11 {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

colspan=7 | Last updated: 2 March 2023. Qualification: Min 20 innings batted at position

==Most half-centuries==

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with 68. He is followed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 66, India's Rahul Dravid and Allan Border of Australia on 63 and in fifth with 62 fifties to his name, Australia's Ricky Ponting.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most half-centuries|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283032.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Half centuries

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 66

| Shivnarine Chanderpaul

28011,8671994–2015
align=center | 2

! 48

| Brian Lara

23011,9121990–2006
align=center | 3

! 45

| Viv Richards

1828,5421974–1991
align=center rowspan=2|4

! rowspan=2|39

| Clive Lloyd

1757,5151966–1985
Desmond Haynes2027,4871978–1994
class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 13 December 2015{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/westindies/engine/records/batting/most_fifties_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|title=West Indies – Test matches – Most fifites (and over)|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=29 December 2014}}

==Most centuries==

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in Test cricket with 51. South Africa's Jacques Kallis is next on 45 and Ricky Ponting with 41 hundreds is in third. Brian Lara is the highest West Indian on this list with 34 centuries.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most centuries|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/227046.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=7 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007020339/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/227046.html|archive-date=7 October 2019}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Centuries

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 34

| Brian Lara

23011,9121990–2006
align=center | 2

! 30

| Shivnarine Chanderpaul

28011,8671994–2015
align=center | 3

! 26

| Garfield Sobers

1608,0321954–1974
align=center | 4

! 24

| Viv Richards

1828,5421974–1991
align=center rowspan=2|5

! rowspan=2|19

| Clive Lloyd

1757,5151966–1985
Gordon Greenidge1857,5581974-1991
class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most centuries|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_hundreds_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most double centuries==

A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings.

Bradman holds the Test record for the most double centuries scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine. England's Wally Hammond and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka both scored seven and Kohli is one of seven cricketers who reached the mark on six occasions.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most Double Hundreds|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/230344.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Double centuries

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 9

| Brian Lara

23011,9121990–2006
align=center | 2

! 4

| Gordon Greenidge

1857,5581974-1991
align=center rowspan=2|3

! rowspan=2|3

| Viv Richards

1828,5401974-1991
| Chris Gayle1827,2142000–2014
align=center rowspan=9| 5

! rowspan=9|2

| George Headley

402,1901930-1954
| Lawrence Rowe492,0471972-1980
| Seymour Nurse542,5231960-1969
| Everton Weekes814,4551948-1958
| Frank Worrell873,8601948-1963
| Rohan Kanhai1376,2271957-1974
| Ramnaresh Sarwan1545,8422000-2011
| Garfield Sobers1608,0321954–1974
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul28011,8671994–2015
class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most double centuries|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_double_hundreds_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most triple centuries==

A triple century is a score of 300 or more runs in a single innings.

Lara and Gayle hold the equal Test record for the most triple centuries scored with two, along with Australia's Don Bradman and India's Virender Sehwag.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most triple centuries|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282944.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Triple centuries

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Period

bgcolor=#cee0f2

| align=center rowspan=2| 1

!rowspan=2|2

| Chris Gayle

1827,2142000–2014
bgcolor=#cee0f2

| Brian Lara

23011,9121990–2006
align=center rowspan=2| 3

! rowspan=2|1

| Lawrence Rowe

492,0471972-1980
Garfield Sobers1608,0321954–1974
class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most triple centuries|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_triple_hundreds_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most Sixes==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Sixes

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 98

| {{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| align=center | 182

| align=center | 7,214

| 2000–2014

align=center | 2

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 88

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 230

| align=center | 11,912

| 1990–2006

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 84

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| align=center | 182

| align=center | 8,540

| 1974–1991

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 70

| {{sortname|Clive|Lloyd}}

| align=center | 175

| align=center | 7,515

| 1966–1985

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 67

| {{sortname|Gordon|Greenidge}}

| align=center | 185

| align=center | 7,558

| 1974–1991

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most sixes|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=sixes;team=4;template=results;type=batting|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most Fours==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Fours

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,551

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 230

| align=center | 11,912

| 1990–2006

align=center | 2

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1,285

| {{sortname|Shivnarine|Chanderpaul}}

| align=center | 280

| align=center | 11,867

| 1994–2015

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 1,051

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| align=center | 182

| align=center | 8,540

| 1974–1991

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 1,046

| {{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| align=center | 182

| align=center | 7,214

| 2000–2014

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 884

| {{sortname|Gordon|Greenidge}}

| align=center | 185

| align=center | 7,558

| 1974–1991

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most fours|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=fours;team=4;template=results;type=batting|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most runs in a series==

The 1930 Ashes series in England saw Don Bradman set the record for the most runs scored in a single series, falling just 26 short of 1,000 runs. He is followed by Wally Hammond with 905 runs scored in the 1928–29 Ashes series. Vivian Richards with 829 runs in the 1976 tour of England is the highest West Indian on the list.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most runs in a series|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282849.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Series

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 829

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 7

| {{sort|1|West Indian cricket team in England in 1976}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 827

| {{sortname|Clyde|Walcott}}

| align=center rowspan=4| 5

| align=center | 10

| {{sort|2|Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1954-55}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 824

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| align=center rowspan=2| 8

| {{sort|3|Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1957-58}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 798

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| {{sort|3|English cricket team in the West Indies in 1993-94}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 779

| {{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

| align=center | 7

| {{sort|5|West Indian cricket team in India in 1948–49}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most runs in a series|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_series.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most ducks in career==

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Williamson|title=A glossary of cricket terms|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/239756.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}} Courtney Walsh holds the record for highest number of ducks in Test cricket.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most ducks|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283087.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Ducks

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 43

| Courtney Walsh

1321851984–2001
align=center rowspan=2|2

! rowspan=2|26

| Mervyn Dillon

38681989–2003
| Curtly Ambrose981451988–2000
align=center | 4

! 23

| Shannon Gabriel{{dagger}}

58872012–2023
align=center | 5

! 20

| Kemar Roach{{dagger}}

801262009–2024
class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 18 January 2024{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/westindies/engine/records/batting/most_ducks_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|title=West Indies – Test matches – Most ducks|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=20 March 2010}}

Bowling records

= Most career wickets =

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

West Indies' Courtney Walsh is the first fast bowler to take 500 Test wickets. He is sixth on the list of bowlers with most wickets, with 519 wickets. James Anderson of England is fourth on the list with 600 wickets {{as of|2021|01|lc=yes}}.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most career wickets taken by a fast bowler|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;template=results;type=bowling|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite news|title=England v West Indies: James Anderson breaks Glenn McGrath's record in hosts' win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45464628|work=BBC Sport|date=11 September 2018|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite news|title=Test records – Most career wickets|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/93276.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Average

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 519

| {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| align=center | 132

| align=center | 242

| align=center | 24.44

| 1984–2001

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 405

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| align=center | 98

| align=center | 179

| align=center | 20.99

| 1988–2000

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 376

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

| align=center | 81

| align=center | 151

| align=center | 20.94

| 1978–1991

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 309

| {{sortname|Lance|Gibbs}}

| align=center | 79

| align=center | 148

| align=center | 29.09

| 1958–1976

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 284

| Kemar Roach{{dagger}}

| align=center | 85

| align=center | 154

| align=center | 27.55

| 2009–2024

align=center | 6

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 259

|Joel Garner

| align=center | 58

| align=center | 111

| align=center | 20.97

| 1977–1987

align=center | 7

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 249

|Michael Holding

| align=center | 60

| align=center | 113

| align=center | 23.68

| 1975–1987

align=center | 8

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 235

|Gary Sobers

| align=center | 93

| align=center | 159

| align=center | 34.03

| 1954–1974

align=center | 9

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 202

|Andy Roberts

| align=center | 47

| align=center | 90

| align=center | 25.61

| 1974–1983

align=center | 10

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 192

|Wes Hall

| align=center | 48

| align=center | 92

| align=center | 26.38

| 1958–1969

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="7" | Last updated: 25 January 2025{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most career wickets|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most wickets against each team =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Average

! scope=col | Period

! scope=col | Ref

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|AFG|2013}}

! 10

| {{sortname|Rahkeem|Cornwall}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 1

| align=center | 2

| align=center | 12.10

| 2019–2019

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=40;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against Afghanistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|AUS}}

! 135

| {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| align=center | 38

| align=center | 69

| align=center | 28.68

| 1984–2001

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=2;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against Australia {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|BAN}}

! 48

| {{sortname|Kemar|Roach}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 12

| align=center | 22

| align=center | 20.10

| 2009–2024

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=25;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against Bangladesh {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|ENG}}

! 164

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| align=center | 34

| align=center | 63

| align=center | 18.79

| 1988–2000

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against England {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IND}}

! 76

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

| align=center | 17

| align=center | 30

| align=center | 21.98

| 1978–1989

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=6;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}}Against India {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IRE}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7| YTP

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|NZ}}

! 43

| rowspan=3|{{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| align=center | 10

| align=center | 19

| align=center | 21.93

| 1985–1999

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=5;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against New Zealand {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|PAK}}

! 63

| align=center | 18

| align=center | 31

| align=center | 23.04

| 1986–2000

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against Pakistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|SA}}

! 51

| align=center | 10

| align=center | 20

| align=center | 19.80

| 1992–2001

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=3;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against South Africa {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|SL}}

! 32

| {{sortname|Kemar|Roach}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 11

| align=center | 19

| align=center | 27.46

| 2010–2021

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=8;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against Sri Lanka {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; rowspan=2|{{cr|ZIM}}

! rowspan=2|19

| {{sortname|Shane|Shillingford}}

| align=center rowspan=2| 2

| align=center rowspan=2| 4

| align=center | 10.52

| 2013–2013

| rowspan=2|{{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=9;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling |title=Statistics {{!}} Most Wickets {{!}} Against Zimbabwe {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

Gudakesh Motie{{dagger}}

| align=center | 13.63

| 2023–2023

class=sortbottom

| colspan=8 | Last updated: 28 November 2024

= Fastest wicket taker =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Wickets

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Bowler

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Match

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Record Date

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Reference

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|50

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Alf|Valentine}}

|8

|31 December 1951

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283528.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 50 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 |100

|rowspan=2|19

|24 February 1954

|rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283530.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 100 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

rowspan=2|{{sortname|Andy|Roberts|dab=cricketer}}

| 22 July 1976

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|150

|33

|5 June 1980

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283532.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 150 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|200

|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

|42

|7 March 1986

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283534.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 200 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"|250

|53

|22 April 1988

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283536.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 250 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"|300

|61

|24 December 1988

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283538.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 300 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"|350

|75

|19 April 1991

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283540.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 350 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|400

|{{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

|97

|17 August 2000

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283542.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 400 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|450

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

|118

|15 June 2000

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283544.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 450 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|500

|129

|17 March 2001

|{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283546.html|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Fastest to 500 wickets {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-27}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020

= Best figures in an innings =

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.{{cite web|title=Definition: bowling analysis|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling%20analysis|work=Merriam-Webster|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904012227/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling%20analysis|archive-date=4 September 2017}}

There have been two occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all ten wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956 and India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan. Jack Noreiga is one of 15 bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings.{{cite news|title=Test records – Best bowling figures in an innings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283203.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729235538/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283203.html|archive-date=29 July 2017}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Figures

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|9/95}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Noreiga}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| rowspan=2|Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1971|March|6}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|8/29}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Croft}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1977|March|4}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|8/38}}

| {{sortname|Lance|Gibbs}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| rowspan=2|Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1962|March|23}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|8/45}}

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1990|April|5}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|8/49}}

| {{sortname|Devendra|Bishoo}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2016|October|13}}

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| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Best bowling figures in an innings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Best bowling figures against each team =

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scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Figures

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

! scope=col | Ref

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|AFG|2013}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7/75

| {{sortname|Rahkeem|Cornwall}}

| Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2019|November|27}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=40;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against Afghanistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|AUS}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7/25

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993|January|30}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=2;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against Australia {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|BAN}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 6/3

| {{sortname|Jermaine|Lawson}}

| Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2002|December|8}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=25;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against Bangladesh {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|ENG}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 8/45

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| Kensington Oval, Barbados, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1990|April|5}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against England {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IND}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 9/95

| {{sortname|Jack|Noreiga}}

| Port Of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1971|March|6}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=6;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against India {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|IRE}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=5| YTP

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|NZ}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7/37

| {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|February|10}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=5;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against New Zealand {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|PAK}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 8/29

| {{sortname|Colin|Croft}}

| Port Of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1977|March|4}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against Pakistan {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|SA}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7/84

| {{sortname|Franklyn|Rose}}

| Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1998|December|26}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=3;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against South Africa {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|SL}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 8/62

| {{sortname|Shannon|Gabriel}}

| Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2018|June|14}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=8;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against Sri Lanka {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

style=text-align:left; |{{cr|ZIM}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 6/49

| {{sortname|Shane|Shillingford}}

| Kensington Oval, Barbados, West Indies

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2013|March|12}}

| {{Cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=9;orderby=wickets;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics {{!}} Best Bowling Figures {{!}} Against Zimbabwe {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |access-date=2020-07-01}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 12 February 2021

= Best figures in a match =

A bowler's bowling figures in a match is the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.

No bowler in the history of Test cricket has taken all 20 wickets in a match. The closest to do so was English spin bowler Jim Laker. During the fourth Test of the 1956 Ashes series, Laker took 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second to finish with match figures of 19/90. Michael Holding's figures of 14/149, taken during the fifth match of the West Indies tour of England in 1976, is the 19th-best in Test cricket history.{{cite news|title=Test records – Best bowling figures in a match|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283211.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Figures

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|14/149}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Holding}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Kennington Oval, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1976|August|12}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|13/55}}

| {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| {{cr|NZ}}

| Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|February|10}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|13/121}}

| {{sortname|Shannon|Gabriel}}{{dagger}}

| {{cr|SRI}}

| Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2018|June|14}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|12/121}}

| {{sortname|Andy|Roberts|dab=cricketer}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1975|January|11}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|11/84}}

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1994|March|24}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Best bowling figures in a match|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_match.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Best career average =

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.

Nineteenth century English medium pacer George Lohmann holds the record for the best career average in Test cricket with 10.75. J. J. Ferris, one of fifteen cricketers to have played Test cricket for more than one team,{{cite news|title=Test cricketers who have played for two international teams|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283699.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121062121/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283699.html|archive-date=21 November 2017}} is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket.{{cite news|title=Test records – Best career average|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283256.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728224334/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283256.html|archive-date=28 July 2017}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Average

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Balls

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 20.94

| Malcolm Marshall

3767,87617,5841978–1991
align=center | 2

! 20.97

| Joel Garner

2595,43313,1691977–1987
align=center | 3

! 20.99

| Curtly Ambrose

4058,50122,1031988–2000
align=center | 4

! 23.30

| Colin Croft

1252,9136,6151977–1982
align=center | 5

! 23.68

| Michael Holding

2495,89812,6801975–1987
class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Best career average|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_career_bowling_average.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Best career economy rate =

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.

English bowler William Attewell, who played 10 matches for England between 1884 and 1892, holds the Test record for the best career economy rate with 1.31. West Indies's Gerry Gomez, with a rate of 1.82 runs per over conceded over his 29-match Test career, is ninth on the list.{{cite news|title=Test records – Best career economy rate|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283265.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Economy rate

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Balls

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 1.82

| Gerry Gomez

581,5905,2361939–1954
align=center | 2

! 1.90

| Denis Atkinson

471,6475,2011948–1958
align=center | 3

! 1.95

| Alf Valentine

1394,21512,9531950–1962
align=center | 4

! 1.97

| Sonny Ramadhin

1584,57913,9391950–1961
align=center | 5

! 1.98

| Lance Gibbs

3098,98927,1151958–1976
class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Best career economy rate|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_career_economy_rate.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Best career strike rate =

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.

As with the career average above, the top bowler with the best Test career strike rate is George Lohmann with strike rate of 34.1 balls per wicket. West Indies's Jermaine Lawson is at 18th position in this list.{{cite news|title=Test records – Best career strike rate|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283274.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Strike rate

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Balls

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! 46.35

| Jermaine Lawson

511,5122,3642002–2005
align=center | 2

! 46.76

| Malcolm Marshall

3767,87617,5841978–1991
align=center | 3

! 49.32

| Colin Croft

1252,9136,6151977–1982
align=center | 4

! 50.84

| Joel Garner

2595,43313,1691977–1987
align=center | 5

! 50.92

| Michael Holding

2495,89812,6801975–1987
class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Best career strike rate|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_career_strike_rate.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most five-wicket hauls in an innings =

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.{{cite book|first=M. A.|last=Pervez|title=A Dictionary of Cricket|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2001|page=31|isbn=978-81-7370-184-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwYsHe-F-IUC&pg=PA31}}

Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh are joint-17th on the list of most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most Five-Wicket Hauls in a Career|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283354.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Five-wicket hauls

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Balls

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Period

align=center rowspan=3| 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=3| 22

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

| align=center | 151

| align=center | 17,584

| align=center | 376

| 1978–1991

{{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| align=center | 179

| align=center | 22,103

| align=center | 405

| 1988–2000

{{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| align=center | 242

| align=center | 30,019

| align=center | 519

| 1984–2001

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 18

| {{sortname|Lance|Gibbs}}

| align=center | 148

| align=center | 27,715

| align=center | 309

| 1958–1976

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 13

| {{sortname|Michael|Holding}}

| align=center | 113

| align=center | 12,680

| align=center | 249

| 1976–1987

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most five-wicket hauls in an innings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_5wi_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most ten-wicket hauls in a match =

A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.

As with the five-wicket hauls above, Marshall is the highest West Indian in taking the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most Ten-Wicket Hauls in a Match|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283370.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Ten-wicket hauls

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Balls

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 4

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

| align=center | 81

| align=center | 17,584,850

| align=center | 376

| 1978–1991

align=center rowspan=2| 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 3

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| align=center | 98

| align=center | 22,103

| align=center | 405

| 1988–2000

{{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| align=center | 132

| align=center | 30,019

| align=center | 519

| 1984–2001

align=center rowspan=5| 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=5| 2

| {{sortname|Alf|Valentine}}

| align=center | 36

| align=center | 12,953

| align=center | 139

| 1950–1962

{{sortname|Lance|Gibbs}}

| align=center | 79

| align=center | 27,715

| align=center | 309

| 1958–1976

{{sortname|Andy|Roberts|dab=cricketer}}

| align=center | 47

| align=center | 11,135

| align=center | 202

| 1974–1983

{{sortname|Michael|Holding}}

| align=center | 60

| align=center | 12,680

| align=center | 249

| 1976–1987

{{sortname|Shane|Shillingford}}

| align=center | 16

| align=center | 4,694

| align=center | 70

| 2010–2014

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most ten-wicket hauls in a match|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_10wm_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Worst figures in an innings =

The worst figures in a single innings in Test cricket came in the third Test between the West Indies at home to Pakistan in 1958. Pakistan's Khan Mohammad returned figures of 0/259 from his 54 overs in the second innings of the match.{{cite news|title=Test records – Worst bowling figures in an innings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?ballsmin1=1;ballsval1=balls;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=conceded;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmax1=0;wicketsval1=wickets|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite news|title=3rd Test, Pakistan tour of West Indies at Kingston, Feb 26-Mar 4 1958|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17399/scorecard/62837/West-Indies-vs-Pakistan-3rd-Test-pakistan-tour-of-west-indies-1957-58/|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

The worst figures by a West Indian is 0/148 that came off the bowling of Shannon Gabriel in the first test of the West Indies's tour of New Zealand in 2013.{{cite news|title=1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Dec 3-7 2013|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11869/scorecard/661679/new-zealand-vs-west-indies-1st-test-west-indies-tour-of-new-zealand-2013-14|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Figures

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Overs

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|0/148}}

| {{sortname|Shannon|Gabriel}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 27.5

| {{cr|NZ}}

| University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2013|December|3}}

align=center rowspan=2| 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| {{sort|2|0/137}}

| {{sortname|Sonny|Ramadhin}}

| align=center | 41

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1951|November|30}}

{{sortname|Sulieman|Benn}}

| align=center | 39

| rowspan=3|{{cr|ENG}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|February|15}}

align=center rowspan=2|4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2|{{sort|4|0/137}}

| {{sortname|Denis|Atkinson}}

| align=center | 72

| Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1957|May|30}}

{{sortname|Rajindra|Dhanraj}}

| align=center | 40

| Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|August|10}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Worst bowling figures in an innings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?ballsmin1=1;ballsval1=balls;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=conceded;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmax1=0;wicketsval1=wickets|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Worst figures in a match =

The worst figures in a match in Test cricket were returned by South Africa's Imran Tahir in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in November 2012. He had figures of 0/180 off his 23 overs in the first innings and 0/80 off his 14 overs in the third innings, for a total of 0/260 from 37 overs.{{cite news|title=Test records – Worst bowling figures in a match|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?ballsmin1=1;ballsval1=balls;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=conceded;template=results;type=bowling;view=match;wicketsmax1=0;wicketsval1=wickets|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite news|title=2nd Test, South Africa tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 22-26 2012|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/12276/scorecard/573008/Australia-vs-South-Africa-2nd-Test-south-africa-tour-of-australia-2012-13/|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

The worst figures by a West Indian is by Rajindra Dhanraj in the fifth test of the West Indies's tour of England in 1995.

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Figures

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Overs

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

scope=row style=text-align:center; | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|0/191}}

| {{sortname|Rajindra|Dhanraj}}

| align=center | 55

| {{Cr|ENG}}

| Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|August|10}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|0/169}}

| {{sortname|Charlie|Griffith}}

| align=center | 42

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1965|May|5}}

align=center rowspan=2| 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| {{sort|3|0/164}}

| {{sortname|Shannon|Gabriel}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 32.5

| {{cr|NZ}}

| University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2013|December|3}}

{{sortname|Rahkeem|Cornwall}}

| align=center | 46

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Old Trafford, Manchester, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2020|July|24}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|0/160}}

| {{sortname|Jomel|Warrican}}

| align=center | 34

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2015|December|26}}

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| colspan=7 | Last updated:24 July 020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Worst bowling figures in a match|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?ballsmin1=1;ballsval1=balls;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=conceded;team=4;template=results;type=bowling;view=match;wicketsmax1=0;wicketsval1=wickets|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most wickets in a series =

England's seventh Test tour of South Africa in 1913–14 saw the record set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a Test series. English paceman Sydney Barnes played in four of the five matches and achieved a total of 49 wickets to his name. West Indies's Malcolm Marshall is joint 18th with his 35 wickets taken against England during the 1988 tour.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most wickets in a series|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/122207.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Series

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 35

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

| align=center rowspan=2| 5

| {{sort|1|West Indian cricket team in England in 1988}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 34

| {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| {{sort|2|West Indian cricket team in England in 2000}}

align=center rowspan=4| 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=4| 33

| {{sortname|Alf|Valentine}}

| align=center | 4

| {{sort|3|West Indian cricket team in England in 1950}}

{{sortname|Colin|Croft}}

| align=center | 5

| {{sort|3|Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1976-77}}

{{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

| align=center | 6

| {{sort|3|West Indian cricket team in India in 1983-84}}

{{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

| align=center | 4

| {{sort|3|West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1992-93}}

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most wickets in a series|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_series.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Hat-trick =

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.

In Test cricket history there have been just 44 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Fred Spofforth for Australia against England in 1879. In 1912, Australian Jimmy Matthews achieved the feat twice in one game against South Africa. The only other players to achieve two hat-tricks are Australia's Hugh Trumble, against England in 1902 and 1904, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, in separate games against Sri Lanka in 1999, and England's Stuart Broad.

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scope="col"|No.

! scope="col"|Bowler

! scope="col"|Against

! scope="col"|Inn.

! scope="col"|Test

! scope="col"|Dismissals

! scope="col"|Venue

! scope="col"|Date

! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

| 1

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Wes|Hall}}

{{cr|PAK}}13/3* Mushtaq Mohammed (lbw)

{{flagicon|PAK}} Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore29 March 1959{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-tour-of-pakistan-1958-59-61923/pakistan-vs-west-indies-3rd-test-62857/full-scorecard|title=West Indies tour of Pakistan, 1958/59 – 3rd Test|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=14 May 2024}}
| 2

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lance|Gibbs}}

|rowspan=3|{{cr|AUS}}

14/5* Ken Mackay (lbw)

{{flagicon|AUS}} Adelaide Oval, Adelaide30 January 1961{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62891.html|title=West Indies tour of Australia, 1960/61 – 4th Test|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=4 January 2013}}
| 3

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

1 & 21/5* Tony Dodemaide (c Viv Richards)

{{flagicon|AUS}} The Gabba, Brisbane18–20 November 1988{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63496.html|title=West Indies tour of Australia, 1988/89: The Frank Worrell Trophy – 1st Test|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=4 January 2013}}
| 4

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jermaine|Lawson}}

1 & 23/4* Brett Lee (b)

{{flagicon|Barbados}} Kensington Oval, Bridgetown2–5 May 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64026.html|title=Australia tour of West Indies, 2003: The Frank Worrell Trophy – 3rd Test|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=4 January 2013}}

Wicket-keeping records

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.{{cite web|title=Law 27 – The wicket-keeper|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/the-wicket-keeper|publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club|access-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229232954/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/the-wicket-keeper|archive-date=29 December 2018}}

= Most career dismissals =

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,{{cite web|title=Law 33 – Caught|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/caught|publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club|access-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229233205/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/caught|archive-date=29 December 2018}}{{cite web|title=Law 5 – The Bat|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/the-bat|publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club|access-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229233752/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/the-bat|archive-date=29 December 2018}} Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat. while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.{{cite web|title=Law 39 – Stumped|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/stumped|publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club|access-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229233857/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/stumped|archive-date=29 December 2018}}

West Indies's Jeff Dujon is seventh in taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most wicket-keeper dismissals|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283791.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Dismissals

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 270

| {{sortname|Jeff|Dujon}}

| align=center | 81

| 1981–1991

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 219

| {{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| align=center | 65

| 1998–2004

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 217

| {{sortname|Denesh|Ramdin}}

| align=center | 74

| 2005–2016

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 189

| {{sortname|Deryck|Murray}}

| align=center | 62

| 1963–1980

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 101

| {{sortname|Junior|Murray}}

| align=center | 33

| 1993–2002

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| colspan=5 | Last updated:20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most wicket-keeper career dismissals|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most career catches =

Dujon is fifth in taking most catches in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most wicket-keeper catches|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283365.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Catches

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 265

| {{sortname|Jeff|Dujon}}

| align=center | 81

| 1981–1991

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 207

| {{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| align=center | 65

| 1998–2004

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 205

| {{sortname|Denesh|Ramdin}}

| align=center | 74

| 2005–2016

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 181

| {{sortname|Deryck|Murray}}

| align=center | 62

| 1963–1980

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 98

| {{sortname|Junior|Murray}}

| align=center | 33

| 1993–2002

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most wicket-keeper career catches|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_catches_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most career stumpings =

Bert Oldfield, Australia's fifth-most capped wicket-keeper, holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. West Indies glovemen Ridley Jacobs and Denesh Ramdin have the most stumpings among West Indies with 12.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most wicket-keeper career stumpings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283340.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Stumpings

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Period

align=center rowspan=2| 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 12

| {{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| align=center | 65

| 1998–2004

{{sortname|Denesh|Ramdin}}

| align=center | 74

| 2005–2016

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 8

| {{sortname|Clyde|Walcott}}

| align=center | 44

| 1948–1960

align=center rowspan=7| 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=7| 5

| {{sortname|Ivan|Barrow}}

| align=center | 11

| 1930–1939

{{sortname|Gerry|Alexander}}

| align=center | 25

| 1957–1961

{{sortname|Jackie|Hendriks}}

| align=center | 20

| 1962–1969

{{sortname|Deryck|Murray}}

| align=center | 62

| 1963–1980

{{sortname|Jeff|Dujon}}

| align=center | 81

| 1981–1991

{{sortname|Carlton|Baugh}}

| align=center | 21

| 2003–2012

{{sortname|Shane|Dowrich}}{{dagger}}

| align=center | 32

| 2015–2020

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| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most wicket-keeper career stumpings|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_stumpings_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most dismissals in an innings =

Four wicket-keepers have taken seven dismissals in a single innings in a Test match—Wasim Bari of Pakistan in 1979, Englishman Bob Taylor in 1980, New Zealand's Ian Smith in 1991 and most recently West Indiesn gloveman Ridley Jacobs against Australia in 2000.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283802.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Dismissals

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7

| {{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|December|26}}

align=center rowspan=19| 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=19| 5

| {{sortname|Gerry|Alexander}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1960|January|6}}

rowspan=2|{{sortname|Deryck|Murray}}

| Headingley, Leeds, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1976|July|22}}

{{cr|PAK}}

| Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1977|March|18}}

rowspan=2|{{sortname|David|Murray|dab=cricketer}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1979|January|24}}

{{cr|AUS}}

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1981|December|26}}

rowspan=3|{{sortname|Jeff|Dujon}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1983|February|23}}

{{cr|ENG}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1986|March|21}}

rowspan=3|{{cr|AUS}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1991|April|27}}

{{sortname|David|Williams|dab=cricketer, born 1963}}

| Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1992|November|27}}

{{sortname|Junior|Murray}}

| WACA Ground, Perth, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993|January|30}}

rowspan=2|{{sortname|Courtney|Browne}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|August|10}}

{{cr|NZ}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1996|April|27}}

{{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2002|October|2}}

{{sortname|Chadwick|Walton}}

| {{cr|BAN}}

| National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|July|17}}

{{sortname|Denesh|Ramdin}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2009|November|26}}

{{sortname|Carlton|Baugh}}

| {{cr|BAN}}

| MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2011|October|21}}

rowspan=2|{{sortname|Denesh|Ramdin}}

| {{cr|NZ}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2014|June|16}}

{{cr|BAN}}

| Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2014|September|13}}

{{sortname|Shai|Hope}}{{dagger}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2019|August|22}}

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| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_innings.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most dismissals in a match =

Three wicket-keepers have made 11 dismissals in a Test match, Englishman Jack Russell in 1995, South African AB de Villiers in 2013 and most recently India's Rishabh Pant against Australia in 2018.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most dismissals in a match by a wicket-keeper|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283810.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102062809/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283810.html|archive-date=2 January 2020}}

The feat of making 10 dismissals in a match has been achieved five occasions by five different wicket-keepers.{{cite news|title=Wicket-keepers who have made 10 dismissals in a Test match|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;keeper=1;orderby=dismissals;qualmax2=10;qualmin2=10;qualval2=dismissals;size=200;template=results;type=fielding;view=match|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 May 2024}}

David Murray, Courtney Browne and Ridley Jacobs have made nine dismissals in a match, the most among West Indian wicket keepers.

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Dismissals

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center rowspan=3|1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=3|9

| {{sortname|David|Murray|dab=cricketer}}

{{cr|AUS}}Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1981|December|26}}
{{sortname|Courtney|Browne}}{{cr|ENG}}Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1995|August|10}}
{{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}rowspan=2|{{cr|AUS}}Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2000|December|26}}
align=center rowspan=2|4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2|8

| {{sortname|Junior|Murray}}

WACA Ground, Perth, Australia{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1993|January|30}}
{{sortname|Joshua|Da Silva}}{{cr|PAK}}Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica{{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2021|August|12}}
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| colspan=6 | Last updated: 15 August 2021{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most dismissals in a match by a wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_match.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 August 2020}}

= Most dismissals in a series =

Brad Haddin holds the Test cricket record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He took 29 catches during the 2013 Ashes series. West Indiesn record is held by Deryck Murray when he made 24 dismissals during the West Indies tour of England in 1963.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most dismissals in a series by a wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283369.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Dismissals

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Series

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 24

| {{sortname|Deryck|Murray}}

| align=center rowspan=6| 5

| align=center rowspan=2| 10

| {{sort|1|West Indian cricket team in England in 1963}}

align=center rowspan=2| 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 23

| {{sortname|Gerry|Alexander}}

| {{sort|2|English cricket team in the West Indies in 1959-60}}

{{sortname|Jeff|Dujon}}

| align=center rowspan=2| 9

| {{sort|3|Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1990–91}}

align=center rowspan=3| 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=3| 21

| rowspan=3|{{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| {{sort|4|West Indian cricket team in England in 2000}}

align=center| 8

| {{sort|5|West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2000-01}}

align=center| 10

| {{sort|6|South African cricket team in West Indies in 2000-01}}

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=Fielding records=

==Most career catches==

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.{{efn|In 2017, The Laws of Cricket were amended, reducing the methods of dismissals from ten to nine, with handled the ball now covered as part of obstructing the field.{{cite news|title=The new cricket rule changes coming into effect from September 28|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20822607/the-new-cricket-rule-changes-coming-effect-september-28|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=26 September 2017|access-date=20 June 2020}}}} The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.{{cite book|first1=S.|last1=Giridhar|first2=V. J.|last2= Raghunath|year=2014|title=Mid-Wicket Tales: From Trumper to Tendulkar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPwjBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|publisher=SAGE Publications|page=2|isbn=978-81-321-1738-4|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cite magazine|first=Mike|last=Selvey|author-link=Mike Selvey|title=The greatest slip catcher|url=http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/863595/the-greatest-slip-catcher|magazine=The Cricket Monthly|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=May 2015|access-date=20 June 2020}}

India's Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 209, followed by Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka on 205 and South African Jacques Kallis with 200. Brian Lara is the highest ranked West Indian in ninth, securing 164 catches in his Test career.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most career catches by a non wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283548.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Catches

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 164

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 130

| 1990–2006

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 122

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| align=center | 121

| 1974–1991

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 115

| {{sortname|Carl|Hooper}}

| align=center | 102

| 1987–2002

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 109

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| align=center | 93

| 1954–1974

align=center rowspan=2| 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 96

| {{sortname|Gordon|Greenidge}}

| align=center | 108

| 1974–1991

{{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| align=center | 103

| 2000–2014

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most career catches by a non wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fielding/most_catches_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most catches in a series==

The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time,{{cite news|title=Ashes series whitewashes|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;orderby=start;qualmin1=5;qualval1=won;size=100;team=2;template=results;type=team;view=series|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}} saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets.{{cite news|title=1920–21 Ashes series records – Most wickets|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=42;type=series|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}} Greg Chappell, a fellow Australian all-rounder, and India's K. L. Rahul are equal second behind Gregory with 14 catches taken during the 1974–75 Ashes series and during the 2018 Indian tour of England respectively. Four players have taken 13 catches in a series on six occasions with both Bob Simpson and Brian Lara having done so twice and Rahul Dravid and Alastair Cook once.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most catches in a series by a non wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283632.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Catches

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Innings

! scope=col | Series

align=center rowspan=2| 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 13

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center | 6

| align=center | 11

| {{sort|1|English cricket team in the West Indies in 1997-98}}

align=center | 4

| align=center | 7

| {{sort|2|Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 2006}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 12

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| align=center | 5

| align=center | 10

| {{sort|3|West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960-61}}

align=center rowspan=2| 4

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 11

| {{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 8

| {{sort|4|West Indian cricket team in England in 1950}}

{{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| align=center | 5

| align=center | 10

| {{sort|5|Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1961-62}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most catches in a series by a non wicket-keeper|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fielding/most_catches_series.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

All-round Records

= 1000 runs and 100 wickets =

A total of 71 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their Test career.{{cite web |title=1000 Runs and 100 Wickets |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282786.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 July 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Average Difference

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Bat Avg

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Bowl Avg

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 23.74

| align=center | 93

align=center | 8,032align=center | 57.78align=center | 235align=center | 34.031954–1974
align=center | 2

| {{sortname|Jason|Holder}}{{dagger}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 0.22

| align=center | 64

align=center | 2,797align=center | 29.44align=center | 157align=center | 29.212014–2023
align=center | 3

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Marshall}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | -2.09

| align=center | 81

align=center | 1810align=center | 18.85align=center | 376align=center | 20.941978–1991
align=center | 4

| {{sortname|Curtly|Ambrose}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | -8.58

| align=center | 98

align=center | 1439align=center | 12.40align=center | 405align=center | 20.991988–2000
align=center | 5

| {{sortname|Carl|Hooper}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | -12.96

| align=center | 102

align=center | 5762align=center | 36.46align=center | 114align=center | 49.421987–2002
align=center | 6

| {{sortname|Kemar|Roach}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | -16.12

| align=center | 67

align=center | 1021align=center | 11.87align=center | 231align=center | 27.052009–2024
class=sortbottom

| colspan=9 | Last updated: 19 January 2024{{cite web |title=1000 Runs and 100 Wickets |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=allround_average;qualmin1=100;qualmin2=1000;qualval1=wickets;qualval2=runs;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=allround |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 August 2020}}

= 250 runs and 20 wickets in a series =

A total of 18 players on 24 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 20 wickets in a series.{{cite web |title=250 Runs and 20 Wickets in a series |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282789.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 August 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Wickets

! scope=col | Series

rowspan=3|{{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

| align=center rowspan=3|5

align=center |424align=center |23{{sort|1962|India in West Indies in 1961-62}}
align=center |322align=center rowspan=2|20{{sort|1963|West Indies in England in 1963}}
align=center |722{{sort|1966|West Indies in England in 1966}}
class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 22 August 2020{{cite web |title=250 Runs and 20 Wickets |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;qualmin1=250;qualmin2=20;qualval1=runs;qualval2=wickets;size=200;team=4;template=results;type=allround;view=series |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 August 2020}}

Other records

= Most career matches =

{{see also|List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests}}

India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200, with former captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul being joint fifth having represented West Indies on 164 occasions.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most career matches|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283683.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | Wkts

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 164

| {{sortname|Shivnarine|Chanderpaul}}

| align=center|11,867

| align=center|9

| 1994-2015

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 132

| {{sortname|Courtney|Walsh}}

| align=center|936

| align=center|519

| 1984-2001

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 130

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| align=center|11,912

| align=center

1990–2006
align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 121

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| align=center|8,540

| align=center|32

| 1974–1991

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 116

| {{sortname|Desmond|Haynes}}

| align=center|7,487

| align=center|1

| 1978–1994

class=sortbottom

| colspan=6 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most career matches|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

= Most consecutive career matches =

Former English captain Alastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159. He broke Allan Border's long standing record of 153 matches in June 2018.{{cite web|title='We'll be looking for other employment' – Cook|url=https://www.wisden.com/stories/news-stories/well-looking-employment-cook|website=wisden.com|date=31 May 2018|access-date=20 June 2020}} gary Sobers, widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-rounder, played 85 consecutive Test matches, is 12th and the highest ranked West Indies player to achieve the feat.{{cite news|title=Most Consecutive Test matches| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283652.html|work=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 85

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| 1955–1972

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 72

| {{sortname|Desmond|Haynes}}

| 1979–1988

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 64

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| 1992–1999

align=center rowspan=2| 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 61

| {{sortname|Rohan|Kanhai}}

| 1957-1969

{{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

| 1980–1989

class=sortbottom

| colspan=4 | Last updated: 3 June 2018

= Most matches as captain =

Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in Test cricket with 109.Clive Lloyd captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s is fifth on the list with 60 matches.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most matches as captain|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283746.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Won

! scope=col | Lost

! scope=col | Tied

! scope=col | Draw

! scope=col | %W

! scope=col | %L

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 74

| {{sortname|Clive|Lloyd}}

361202648.6416.211974-1985
align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 50

| {{sortname|Viv|Richards}}

27801554.0016.001980–1991
align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 47

| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

102601121.2755.311997–2006
align=center| 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center;| 39

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

91002023.0725.641965-1972
align=center |5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 37

| {{sortname|Jason|Holder}}

11210529.7256.752015-2020
class=sortbottom

| colspan=11 | Last updated: 14 December 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Most matches as captain|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

==Most man of the match awards==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | M.O.M. Awards

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 14

| Curtly Ambrose

| align=center | 98

| 1988–2000

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 12

| Brian Lara

| align=center | 130

| 1990–2006

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 11

| Shivnarine Chanderpaul

| align=center | 164

| 1994–2015

align=center rowspan=2| 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 10

| Malcolm Marshall

| align=center | 81

1978–1991
Viv Richards

| align=center | 121

| 1974–1991

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 26 January 2024{{cite news |title=West Indies Test Records – Most man of the match awards |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=awards_match;team=4;template=results;type=allround;view=awards |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 January 2022}}

==Most man of the series awards==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | M.O.S. Awards

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 7

| Shivnarine Chanderpaul

| align=center | 164

| 1994–2015

align=center rowspan=2| 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 6

| Malcolm Marshall

| align=center | 81

| 1978–1991

Curtly Ambrose

| align=center | 98

| 1988–2000

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 4

| Brian Lara

| align=center | 130

| 1990–2006

align=center rowspan=2| 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2| 3

| Kemar Roach{{dagger}}

| align=center | 81

| 2009–2024

Ramnaresh Sarwan

| align=center | 87

| 2000–2011

class=sortbottom

| colspan=5 | Last updated: 26 January 2024{{cite news |title=West Indies Test Records – Most man of the series awards |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=awards_series;team=4;template=results;type=allround;view=awards |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 January 2022}}

= Youngest players on Debut =

The youngest player to play in a Test match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 227 days, though there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.{{cite news|title=A late starter|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149397.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Age

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|17 years and 122 days}}

| {{sortname|Derek|Sealy}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1930|January|11}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|17 years and 245 days}}

| {{sortname|Gary|Sobers}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1954|March|30}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|18 years and 31 days}}

| {{sortname|Robin|Bynoe}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1983|April|28}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|18 years and 105 days}}

| {{sortname|Jeff|Stollmeyer}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1939|June|24}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|18 years and 170 days}}

| {{sortname|Kraigg|Brathwaite}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Warner Park, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2011|May|20}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 3 December 2017{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;debut_or_last=1;filter=advanced;orderby=age;orderbyad=reverse;team=4;template=results;type=allround;view=match | work= ESPN Cricinfo | accessdate= 28 January 2021 | title= West Indies - Youngest Players on Debut}}

= Oldest players on Debut =

England left-arm slow bowler James Southerton is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the very first inaugural test against Australia in 1876 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne, Australia, he was aged 49 years and 119 days. Nelson Betancourt is the oldest West Indian Test debutant when he played his only game during the second Test of the 1929–30 series at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain.{{cite news|title=Test records – Oldest debutants|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283716.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Age

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|1|42 years and 242 days}}

| {{sortname|Nelson|Betancourt}}

| rowspan=5|{{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1930|February|1}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|40 years and 345 days}}

| {{sortname|Archie|Wiles}}

| Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1933|July|22}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|39 years and 361 days}}

| {{sortname|George|Challenor}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1928|June|23}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|39 years and 306 days}}

| {{sortname|Berkeley|Gaskin}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1948|January|21}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|37 years and 259 days}}

| {{sortname|Snuffy|Browne}}

| Lord's, London, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1928|June|23}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;debut_or_last=1;filter=advanced;orderby=age;team=4;template=results;type=allround;view=match | work= ESPN Cricinfo | accessdate= 28 January 2021 | title= West Indies - Oldest Players on Debut}}

= Oldest players =

England all-rounder Wilfred Rhodes is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park, in Kingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The oldest West Indian Test player is George Headley who was aged 44 years and 230 days when he represented West Indies for the final time in the 1954 tour by England at Sabina Park.{{cite web|title=Test records – Oldest players|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283722.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 July 2018}}

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scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Age

! scope=col | Player

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | 1

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|1|44 years and 230 days}}

| {{sortname|George|Headley}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1954|January|15}}

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|2|42 years and 242 days}}

| {{sortname|Nelson|Betancourt}}

| Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1930|February|1}}

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|3|41 years and 124 days}}

| {{sortname|Lance|Gibbs}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1976|January|31}}

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|4|40 years and 345 days}}

| {{sortname|Archie|Wiles}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1933|July|22}}

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | {{sort|5|40 years and 258 days}}

| {{sortname|Shivnarine|Chanderpaul}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2015|May|1}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 28 January 2021{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;debut_or_last=2;filter=advanced;orderby=age;team=4;template=results;type=allround;view=match | work= ESPN Cricinfo | accessdate= 28 January 2021 | title= West Indies - Oldest Players}}

Partnership records

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

=Highest partnerships by wicket=

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Wicket

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | First batsman

! scope=col | Second batsman

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | {{sort|01|1st wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 336

| {{sortname|Kraigg|Brathwaite}}

| {{sortname|Tagenarine|Chanderpaul}}

| {{cr|ZIM}}

| Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2023|February|6}}

align=center | {{sort|02|2nd wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 446

| {{sortname|Conrad|Hunte}}

| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|February|16}}

align=center | {{sort|03|3rd wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 338

| {{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Frank|Worrell}}

| rowspan=2|{{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Sports Club, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1954|March|17}}

align=center | {{sort|04|4th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 399

| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1960|January|6}}

align=center | {{sort|05|5th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 322

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Brian|Lara}}

| {{sortname|Jimmy|Adams}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1999|March|13}}

align=center | {{sort|06|6th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 282*

| {{sortname|Ridley|Jacobs}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2004|April|10}}

bgcolor=#cee0f2

! align=center | {{sort|07|7th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 347 ♠

| {{sortname|Denis|Atkinson}}

| {{sortname|Clairmonte|Depeiaza}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1955|May|14}}

align=center | {{sort|08|8th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 212

| {{sortname|Shane|Dowrich}}{{dagger}}

| {{sortname|Jason|Holder}}{{dagger}}

| {{cr|ZIM}}

| Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2017|October|29}}

align=center | {{sort|09|9th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 161

| {{sortname|Clive|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Andy|Roberts|dab=cricketer}}

| {{cr|IND}}

| Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1983|December|10}}

align=center | {{sort|10|10th wicket}}

| scope=row style=text-align:center; | 143

| {{sortname|Denesh|Ramdin}}

| {{sortname|Tino|Best}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2012|June|7}}

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| colspan=7 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/westindies/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|title=West Indies / Records / Test matches / Highest partnerships by wicket|work=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=20 June 2020}}

=Highest partnerships by runs=

The highest Test partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Sri Lankan pairing of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put together a third wicket partnership of 624 runs during the first Test against South Africa in July 2006. This broke the record of 576 runs set by their compatriots Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India in 1997. West Indies' Conrad Hunte and Garfield Sobers hold the seventh highest Test partnership with 446 made in 1958 against Pakistan.{{cite news|title=Test records – Highest partnerships by runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283573.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Wicket

! scope=col | Runs

! scope=col | First batsman

! scope=col | Second batsman

! scope=col | Opposition

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | Date

align=center | {{sort|02|2nd wicket}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 446

| {{sortname|Conrad|Hunte}}

| rowspan=2|{{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}}

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1958|February|16}}

align=center | {{sort|04|4th wicket}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 399

| {{sortname|Frank|Worrell}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1960|January|6}}

bgcolor=#cee0f2

| align=center | {{sort|07|7th wicket}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 347 ♠

| {{sortname|Denis|Atkinson}}

| {{sortname|Clairmonte|Depeiaza}}

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Sabina Park, Kingston

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1955|May|14}}

align=center | {{sort|03|3rd wicket}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 338

| {{sortname|Everton|Weekes}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Worrell}}

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Queen's Sports Club, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|1954|March|17}}

align=center | {{sort|02|2nd wicket}}

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 331

| {{sortname|Chris|Gayle}}

| {{sortname|Ramnaresh|Sarwan}}

| {{cr|RSA}}

| Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

| {{dts|nowrap=off|format=dmy|2005|April|29}}

class=sortbottom

| colspan=7 | Last updated: 20 June 2020{{cite news|title=West Indies Test records – Highest partnerships by runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?class=1;id=4;type=team|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

=Highest overall partnership runs by a pair=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:centre;"
style="background:#9cf;"

! style="background:#9cf;" scope="col"| Rank

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| Runs

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| Innings

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| Players

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| Highest

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| Average

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| 100/50

! scope="col" style="background:#9cf;"| T20I career span

align=center | 1

! scope-"row" | 6,482

| 148

Gordon Greenidge & Desmond Haynes29847.3116/261978-1991
align=center | 2

! scope="row" | 3,650

| 77

Desmond Haynes & Richie Richardson29752.1411/161983-1994
align=center | 3

! scope="row" | 3,198

| 58

Brian Lara & Ramnaresh Sarwan23255.1312/82000-2006
align=center | 4

! scope="row" | 2,621

| 57

Shivnarine Chanderpaul & Brian Lara21946.59/91994-2006
align=center | 5

! scope="row" | 2,176

| 45

Conrad Hunte & Rohan Kanhai16350.65/141958-1967
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| scope="row" colspan=9 | An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 11 October 2022{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283514.html|title=Records–Test Matches–Partnership records–Highest overall partnership runs by a pair–ESPN Cricinfo|publisher=ESPN| work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 October 2022}}

Umpiring records

=Most matches umpired=

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most Test matches umpired with 130. The current active Dar set the record in December 2019 overtaking Steve Bucknor from the West Indies mark of 128 matches.{{cite web|title=Aleem Dar set to break record for most Tests as umpire|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1526681|publisher=International Cricket Council|date=11 December 2019|access-date=20 June 2020}} They are followed by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen who officiated in 108.{{cite news|title=Test records – Most matches umpired|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283783.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope=col | Rank

! scope=col | Matches

! scope=col | Umpire

! scope=col | Period

align=center | 1

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 128

| {{sortname|Steve|Bucknor}}

| 1989–2009

align=center | 2

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 38

| {{sortname|Billy|Doctrove}}

| 2000–2012

align=center | 3

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 31

| {{sortname|Douglas|Sang Hue}}

| 1985–1999

align=center | 4

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 29

| {{sortname|Lloyd|Barker|Lloyd Barker (umpire)}}

| 1984–1997

align=center | 5

! scope=row style=text-align:center; | 28

| {{sortname|David|Archer|dab=umpire}}

| 1981–1992

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| colspan=4 | Last updated: 6 January 2020

See also

Notes

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References