How many Test runs has Geoff Boycott scored?

Geoff Boycott has 8,114 runs in 193 Test innings from 108 matches at an average of 47.72. Highest score: 246*.

What is Geoff Boycott's Test batting average?

Geoff Boycott's Test batting average is 47.72, from 8,114 runs and 193 innings.

How many Test wickets has Geoff Boycott taken?

Geoff Boycott has taken 7 wickets in Test from 108 matches at a bowling average of 54.57. Best innings: 3/47.

How many ODI runs has Geoff Boycott scored?

Geoff Boycott has 1,082 runs in 34 ODI innings from 36 matches at an average of 36.06 and a strike rate of 53.56. Highest score: 105.

What is Geoff Boycott's ODI batting average?

Geoff Boycott's ODI batting average is 36.06, from 1,082 runs and 34 innings.

How many ODI wickets has Geoff Boycott taken?

Geoff Boycott has taken 5 wickets in ODI from 36 matches at a bowling average of 21.00. Best innings: 2/14.

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Geoff Boycott

Top-order batter · 1964 to 1982 · 144 internationals

England

Test108 matches ODI36 matches

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144Internationals

9,196Runs

23Hundreds

12Wickets

38Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8
ODI	36	34	4	1,082	105	36.06	2,020	53.56	1	9	1	84	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	108	20	944	45	382	7	3/47	3/47	54.57	2.42	134.85	0	0	0
ODI	36	6	168	-	105	5	2/14	2/14	21.00	3.75	33.60	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	108	193	33	0	33	0.170	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	36	35	5	0	5	0.142	3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Geoff Boycott: Test and ODI stats

Test

108 matches · 1964-1982

8,114runs

Matches: 108
Average: 47.72
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 22
Highest: 246*
Fifties: 42

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ODI

36 matches · 1971-1981

1,082runs

Matches: 36
Average: 36.06
Strike rate: 53.56
Hundreds: 1
Highest: 105
Fifties: 9

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Where the career sits

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	193	193	20	20	1964-06-04	1982-01-01	Complete
ODI	34	33	6	5	1971-01-05	1981-12-20	97%

Questions fans ask about Geoff Boycott

How many Test runs has Geoff Boycott scored?: Geoff Boycott has 8,114 runs in 193 Test innings from 108 matches at an average of 47.72. Highest score: 246*.
What is Geoff Boycott's Test batting average?: Geoff Boycott's Test batting average is 47.72, from 8,114 runs and 193 innings.
How many Test wickets has Geoff Boycott taken?: Geoff Boycott has taken 7 wickets in Test from 108 matches at a bowling average of 54.57. Best innings: 3/47.
How many ODI runs has Geoff Boycott scored?: Geoff Boycott has 1,082 runs in 34 ODI innings from 36 matches at an average of 36.06 and a strike rate of 53.56. Highest score: 105.
What is Geoff Boycott's ODI batting average?: Geoff Boycott's ODI batting average is 36.06, from 1,082 runs and 34 innings.
How many ODI wickets has Geoff Boycott taken?: Geoff Boycott has taken 5 wickets in ODI from 36 matches at a bowling average of 21.00. Best innings: 2/14.

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144 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-01-01	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1981-12-23	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1981-12-20	England v India	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1981-12-09	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1981-11-27	England v India	Test	India won by 138 runs
1981-11-25	England v India	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
1981-08-27	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1981-08-13	Australia v England	Test	England won by 103 runs
1981-07-30	Australia v England	Test	England won by 29 runs
1981-07-16	Australia v England	Test	England won by 18 runs
1981-07-02	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1981-06-18	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 4 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1964 to 1982

Geoff Boycott in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

8,114Runs

47.72Average

-Strike rate

22Hundreds

42Fifties

246*Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	108	20	944	45	382	7	3/47	3/47	54.57	2.42	134.85	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	108	193	33	0	33	0.170	2 (2ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught104 · 53.9%

Bowled30 · 15.5%

LBW27 · 14.0%

Run out7 · 3.6%

Stumped2 · 1.0%

Not out23 · 11.9%

Test batting position: average and innings

143.91117 inns

255.2374 inns

3-0 inns

411.502 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

449runs

49.88average

37.19strike rate

250s

2100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	38	71	9	2,945	191	47.50	8,568	34.37	7	14	3	244	0
West Indies	29	53	5	2,205	128	45.93	-	-	5	15	4	247	2
New Zealand	15	25	1	916	131	38.16	-	-	2	6	2	-	3
India	13	22	3	1,084	246*	57.05	2,688	40.32	4	2	0	103	1
South Africa	7	12	2	373	117	37.30	-	-	1	2	1	-	0
Pakistan	6	10	3	591	121*	84.42	1,666	35.47	3	3	0	58	2
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	57	100	10	4,356	246*	48.40	-	-	14	15	6	-	8
Away	50	91	12	3,579	142*	45.30	-	-	7	26	4	341	0
Neutral	1	2	1	179	100*	179.00	501	35.72	1	1	0	17	0
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	62	62	2	2,878	246*	47.96	-	-	8	12	1	-	5
2nd innings of the match	46	46	1	1,917	137	42.60	-	-	5	13	5	-	1
3rd innings of the match	51	51	7	2,085	142*	47.38	-	-	6	10	2	176	1
4th innings of the match	34	34	13	1,234	128*	58.76	-	-	3	7	2	-	1
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	67	117	12	4,611	142*	43.91	-	-	13	27	8	-	7
No. 2	41	74	11	3,480	246*	55.23	-	-	9	15	2	325	1
No. 4	1	2	0	23	13	11.50	89	25.84	0	0	0	2	0
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	35	62	8	2,950	246*	54.62	-	-	10	10	3	-	2
Lost	20	40	1	1,096	99*	28.10	-	-	0	8	4	102	2
Drawn	53	91	14	4,068	137	52.83	-	-	12	24	3	-	4
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1964	6	8	0	368	113	46.00	-	-	1	2	0	32	0
1965	9	18	5	617	117	47.46	-	-	1	4	1	-	0
1966	9	15	0	335	84	22.33	-	-	0	3	1	34	1
1967	3	5	2	293	246*	97.66	688	42.58	1	0	0	35	1
1968	8	13	1	625	116	52.08	-	-	1	4	1	79	0
1969	6	11	1	371	128	37.10	1,117	33.21	2	0	3	49	0
1970	2	4	0	173	70	43.25	557	31.05	0	2	0	12	0
1971	6	11	4	766	142*	109.42	1,820	42.08	4	3	0	81	2
1972	2	4	0	72	47	18.00	166	43.37	0	0	0	8	0
1973	6	10	1	522	115	58.00	1,188	43.93	1	5	0	63	4
1974	6	11	0	437	112	39.72	1,445	30.24	1	3	0	52	0
1977	4	6	2	505	191	126.25	1,490	33.89	2	2	0	55	0
1978	10	18	1	759	131	44.64	2,626	28.90	2	5	0	56	0
1979	8	13	1	572	155	47.66	1,592	35.92	2	1	2	42	0
1980	9	18	3	700	128*	46.66	1,915	36.55	1	4	0	50	0
1981	13	26	2	975	137	40.62	2,713	35.93	3	4	2	73	0
1982	1	2	0	24	18	12.00	52	46.15	0	0	0	2	0
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

Geoff Boycott: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	16	29	3	1,189	128*	45.73	-	-	3	6	1	-	4
Trent Bridge	10	17	2	663	131	44.20	-	-	2	4	3	54	1
Headingley	10	16	1	897	246*	59.80	2,047	43.82	4	0	1	109	2
Kennington Oval	8	15	1	747	137	53.35	1,910	39.10	3	2	1	62	1
Old Trafford	7	13	1	442	128	36.83	1,386	31.89	1	2	0	43	0
Edgbaston	6	10	2	418	155	52.25	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	10	2	252	76*	31.50	835	30.17	0	2	0	16	0
Queen's Park Oval	5	9	1	620	112	77.50	-	-	1	6	0	75	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	5	9	1	369	142*	46.12	968	38.11	1	2	1	34	0
Adelaide Oval	3	6	1	266	119*	53.20	645	41.24	1	1	0	24	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	6	1	190	63*	38.00	666	28.52	0	1	0	15	0
Sabina Park	3	6	0	142	68	23.66	-	-	0	1	1	15	0
WACA Ground	3	6	1	319	99*	63.80	1,119	28.50	0	4	1	16	0
Kensington Oval	3	5	0	114	90	22.80	-	-	0	1	1	13	0
Lancaster Park	2	4	0	42	26	10.50	-	-	0	0	0	6	0
All	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	-	22	42	10	-	8

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Hundreds 22

Best Test performances

Geoff Boycott: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
246*	555	44.32	30	1	India	Headingley	1967-06-08
191	471	40.55	23	0	Australia	Headingley	1977-08-11
155	341	45.45	12	0	India	Edgbaston	1979-07-12
142*	360	39.44	12	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1971-01-09
137	321	42.67	7	0	Australia	Kennington Oval	1981-08-27
131	374	35.02	9	0	New Zealand	Trent Bridge	1978-08-10
128*	252	50.79	12	0	Australia	Lord's	1980-08-28
128	362	35.35	18	0	West Indies	Old Trafford	1969-06-12
125	293	42.66	6	0	India	Kennington Oval	1979-08-30
121*	261	46.36	12	1	Pakistan	Lord's	1971-06-17

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1982-01-01	India	18 & 6	-	Eden Gardens	Match drawn
1981-12-23	India	105 & 34*	-	Arun Jaitley Stadium	Match drawn
1981-12-09	India	36 & 50	-	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	Match drawn
1981-11-27	India	60 & 3	-	Wankhede Stadium	India won by 138 runs
1981-08-27	Australia	137 & 0	-	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1981-08-13	Australia	10 & 37	-	Old Trafford	England won by 103 runs
1981-07-30	Australia	13 & 29	-	Edgbaston	England won by 29 runs
1981-07-16	Australia	12 & 46	0/2	Headingley	England won by 18 runs
1981-07-02	Australia	17 & 60	-	Lord's	Match drawn
1981-06-18	Australia	27 & 4	-	Trent Bridge	Australia won by 4 wickets

ODI CAREER · 1971 to 1981

Geoff Boycott in ODIs

Scorecards for 33 of 34 official batting innings

1,082Runs

36.06Average

53.56Strike rate

1Hundreds

9Fifties

105Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	36	34	4	1,082	105	36.06	2,020	53.56	1	9	1	84	0

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	36	6	168	-	105	5	2/14	2/14	21.00	3.75	33.60	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	36	35	5	0	5	0.142	3 (3ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI runs, innings by innings

ODI runs by year

Last 20 ODI innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

ODI innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How ODI innings ended

Caught18 · 54.5%

Bowled4 · 12.1%

LBW6 · 18.2%

Run out2 · 6.1%

Not out3 · 9.1%

ODI batting position: average and innings

115.2815 inns

253.3718 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours336 · 31.5%

Other runs732 · 68.5%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

360runs

40.00average

58.25strike rate

450s

0100s

ODI record by situation

33 recorded innings

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Australia	16	16	3	686	105	52.76	1,159	59.18	1	5	0	59
West Indies	9	9	0	307	70	34.11	592	51.85	0	4	1	19
New Zealand	3	3	0	37	20	12.33	128	28.90	0	0	0	4
Pakistan	3	3	0	27	18	9.00	83	32.53	0	0	0	2
India	2	2	0	11	6	5.50	22	50.00	0	0	0	0
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Home	18	18	1	535	99	31.47	1,038	51.54	0	5	1	48
Away	12	12	2	367	105	36.70	674	54.45	1	2	0	24
Neutral	3	3	0	166	68	55.33	272	61.02	0	2	0	12
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Batting first	15	15	0	515	105	34.33	871	59.12	1	4	0	46
Chasing	18	18	3	553	86*	36.86	1,113	49.68	0	5	1	38
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
No. 1	15	15	1	214	41	15.28	620	34.51	0	0	1	16
No. 2	18	18	2	854	105	53.37	1,364	62.60	1	9	0	68
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Won	17	17	3	735	105	52.50	1,277	57.55	1	6	1	61
Lost	15	15	0	318	68	21.20	681	46.69	0	3	0	20
No result	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	26	57.69	0	0	0	3
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
1971	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	37	21.62	0	0	0	0
1972	3	3	0	74	41	24.66	136	54.41	0	0	0	8
1973	3	3	0	35	20	11.66	127	27.55	0	0	1	4
1978	2	2	0	9	6	4.50	29	31.03	0	0	0	0
1979	11	11	2	479	105	53.22	839	57.09	1	4	0	32
1980	6	6	0	350	99	58.33	570	61.40	0	4	0	34
1981	7	7	1	113	75*	18.83	246	45.93	0	1	0	6
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

Geoff Boycott: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s
Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	6	1	185	68	37.00	392	47.19	0	1	0	12
Lord's	5	5	1	211	75*	52.75	368	57.33	0	3	0	11
Headingley	4	4	0	27	18	6.75	109	24.77	0	0	1	3
Old Trafford	4	4	0	45	25	11.25	86	52.32	0	0	0	6
Edgbaston	3	3	0	133	78	44.33	228	58.33	0	1	0	17
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	3	1	254	105	127.00	350	72.57	1	2	0	21
All	33	33	3	1,068	105	35.60	1,984	53.83	1	9	1	84

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

ODI milestones

Hundreds 1

105v AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground · 1979-12-11

Best ODI performances

Geoff Boycott: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
105	124	84.67	7	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-12-11
99	159	62.26	10	Australia	Kennington Oval	1980-08-20
86*	134	64.17	6	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-12-26
78	98	79.59	11	Australia	Edgbaston	1980-08-22
75*	135	55.55	3	Australia	Lord's	1981-06-04
70	115	60.86	4	West Indies	Lord's	1980-05-30
68	85	80.00	7	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-12-08
68	114	59.64	3	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1979-12-23
63	92	68.47	8	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground	1980-01-22
57	105	54.28	3	West Indies	Lord's	1979-06-23

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1981-12-20	India	6	-	Jalandhar	India won by 6 wickets
1981-11-25	India	5	-	Narendra Modi Stadium	England won by 5 wickets
1981-06-08	Australia	4	-	Headingley	Australia won by 71 runs
1981-06-06	Australia	14	-	Edgbaston	Australia won by 2 runs
1981-06-04	Australia	75*	-	Lord's	England won by 6 wickets
1981-02-26	West Indies	7	-	Albion	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1981-02-04	West Indies	2	-	Arnos Vale Ground	West Indies won by 2 runs
1980-08-22	Australia	78	0/11	Edgbaston	England won by 47 runs
1980-08-20	Australia	99	-	Kennington Oval	England won by 23 runs
1980-05-30	West Indies	70	-	Lord's	England won by 3 wickets