Men's Test cricket records
Data through 14 October 2026Last updated 14 October 2026
Highest team totals
823/7
England
Lowest team totals27
West Indies
Highest individual scores400*
Brian Lara
Best bowling figures in an innings10/119
Ajaz Patel
Most runs14,278
Joe Root
Most wickets682
James Anderson
Most hundreds41
Joe Root
Most fifties69
Joe Root
Most sixes138
Ben Stokes
Most sixes in an innings12
Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal
Best batting average67.87
Brian Lara
Best economy rate2.39
Colin de Grandhomme
Best bowling average18.59
Scott Boland
Biggest wins by runs492 runs
South Africa
Most runs in a calendar year1,708
Joe Root
Most wickets in a calendar year84
Muttiah Muralitharan
Most runs in a series or tournament774
Steven Smith
Most wickets in a series or tournament37
Mitchell Johnson
Highest partnerships624
Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene
Most ducks39
Stuart Broad
Most catches (fielders)268
BJ Watling
Coverage: Cricsheet data only (from the early 2000s). Not all-time records.
Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Definitions: methodology.