PERFORMANCE RECORDS

Best international cricket performances

Official landmark innings first, then the biggest batting and bowling spells in available scorecards.

Official landmark records

Official international innings and career landmarks
Record	Player	Team	Value	Detail
Highest Test score	Brian Lara	West Indies	400 not out	v England, Antigua, 2004
Highest ODI score	Rohit Sharma	India	264	v Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014
Highest T20I score	Aaron Finch	Australia	172	v Zimbabwe, 2018
Highest women's ODI score	Amelia Kerr	New Zealand	232 not out	v Ireland, 2018
Best Test bowling innings	Jim Laker	England	10/53	v Australia, Old Trafford, 1956
Best ODI bowling innings	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	8/19	v Zimbabwe, Colombo, 2001
Most Test runs	Sachin Tendulkar	India	15,921	1989 to 2013
Most ODI runs	Sachin Tendulkar	India	18,426	1989 to 2012
Most Test wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	800	1992 to 2010
Most ODI wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	534	1993 to 2011

The tables below rank individual innings in available scorecards. They do not replace the official landmarks above. Historical coverage varies by era. Every row links to the underlying scorecard.

Highest individual scores in this archive

1 Brian Lara

400

2 Matthew Hayden

380

3 Brian Lara

375

4 Mahela Jayawardene

374

5 Wiaan Mulder

367

6 Garry Sobers

365

7 Leonard Hutton

364

8 Sanath Jayasuriya

340

9 Hanif Mohammad

337

10 Wally Hammond

336

Most wickets in an innings in this archive

1 Jim Laker

2 Anil Kumble

3 Ajaz Patel

4 George Lohmann

5 Jim Laker

6 Muthiah Muralidaran

7 Richard Hadlee

8 Abdul Qadir

9 Devon Malcolm

10 Muthiah Muralidaran

Highest individual scores

Highest individual international batting scores
Player	Date	Team	Opponent	Format	Runs	Balls	Strike rate	Match
Brian Lara	2004-04-10	West Indies	England	Test	400	582	68.72	Scorecard
Matthew Hayden	2003-10-09	Australia	Zimbabwe	Test	380	437	86.95	Scorecard
Brian Lara	1994-04-16	West Indies	England	Test	375	538	69.70	Scorecard
Mahela Jayawardene	2006-07-27	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Test	374	572	65.38	Scorecard
Wiaan Mulder	2025-07-06	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Test	367	334	109.88	Scorecard
Garry Sobers	1958-02-26	West Indies	Pakistan	Test	365	-	-	Scorecard
Leonard Hutton	1938-08-20	England	Australia	Test	364	847	42.97	Scorecard
Sanath Jayasuriya	1997-08-02	Sri Lanka	India	Test	340	578	58.82	Scorecard
Hanif Mohammad	1958-01-17	Pakistan	West Indies	Test	337	-	-	Scorecard
Wally Hammond	1933-03-31	England	New Zealand	Test	336	-	-	Scorecard
David Warner	2019-11-29	Australia	Pakistan	Test	335	418	80.14	Scorecard
Mark Taylor	1998-10-15	Australia	Pakistan	Test	334	564	59.21	Scorecard
Donald Bradman	1930-07-11	Australia	England	Test	334	448	74.55	Scorecard
Graham Gooch	1990-07-26	England	India	Test	333	485	68.65	Scorecard
Chris Gayle	2010-11-15	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Test	333	437	76.20	Scorecard
Michael Clarke	2012-01-03	Australia	India	Test	329	468	70.29	Scorecard
Inzamam-ul-Haq	2002-05-01	Pakistan	New Zealand	Test	329	436	75.45	Scorecard
Andy Sandham	1930-04-03	England	West Indies	Test	325	640	50.78	Scorecard
Kumar Sangakkara	2014-02-04	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Test	319	482	66.18	Scorecard
Virender Sehwag	2008-03-26	India	South Africa	Test	319	304	104.93	Scorecard
Chris Gayle	2005-04-29	West Indies	South Africa	Test	317	483	65.63	Scorecard
Harry Brook	2024-10-07	England	Pakistan	Test	317	322	98.44	Scorecard
Younis Khan	2009-02-21	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Test	313	568	55.10	Scorecard
Bob Simpson	1964-07-23	Australia	England	Test	311	743	41.85	Scorecard
Hashim Amla	2012-07-19	South Africa	England	Test	311	529	58.79	Scorecard
John Edrich	1965-07-08	England	New Zealand	Test	310	450	68.88	Scorecard
Virender Sehwag	2004-03-28	India	Pakistan	Test	309	375	82.40	Scorecard
Bob Cowper	1966-02-11	Australia	England	Test	307	589	52.12	Scorecard
Donald Bradman	1934-07-20	Australia	England	Test	304	473	64.27	Scorecard
KK Nair	2016-12-16	India	England	Test	303	381	79.52	Scorecard
Brendon McCullum	2014-02-14	New Zealand	India	Test	302	559	54.02	Scorecard
Azhar Ali	2016-10-13	Pakistan	West Indies	Test	302	469	64.39	Scorecard
Lawrence Rowe	1974-03-06	West Indies	England	Test	302	430	70.23	Scorecard
Martin Crowe	1991-01-31	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Test	299	523	57.17	Scorecard
Donald Bradman	1932-01-29	Australia	South Africa	Test	299	-	-	Scorecard
Alastair Cook	2011-08-10	England	India	Test	294	545	53.94	Scorecard
Virender Sehwag	2009-12-02	India	Sri Lanka	Test	293	254	115.35	Scorecard
Ramnaresh Sarwan	2009-02-26	West Indies	England	Test	291	452	64.38	Scorecard
Viv Richards	1976-08-12	West Indies	England	Test	291	386	75.38	Scorecard
Ross Taylor	2015-11-13	New Zealand	Australia	Test	290	374	77.54	Scorecard
Kumar Sangakkara	2006-07-27	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Test	287	457	62.80	Scorecard
Tip Foster	1903-12-11	England	Australia	Test	287	-	-	Scorecard
Peter May	1957-05-30	England	West Indies	Test	285	-	-	Scorecard
VVS Laxman	2001-03-11	India	Australia	Test	281	452	62.16	Scorecard
Javed Miandad	1983-01-14	Pakistan	India	Test	280	460	60.86	Scorecard
AB de Villiers	2010-11-20	South Africa	Pakistan	Test	278	418	66.50	Scorecard
Denis Compton	1954-07-01	England	Pakistan	Test	278	-	-	Scorecard
Graeme Smith	2003-07-24	South Africa	England	Test	277	373	74.26	Scorecard
Brian Lara	1993-01-02	West Indies	Australia	Test	277	372	74.46	Scorecard
Gary Kirsten	1999-12-26	South Africa	England	Test	275	642	42.83	Scorecard
Daryll Cullinan	1999-02-27	South Africa	New Zealand	Test	275	490	56.12	Scorecard
Mahela Jayawardene	2009-11-16	Sri Lanka	India	Test	275	435	63.21	Scorecard
Stephen Fleming	2003-04-25	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Test	274	476	57.56	Scorecard
Zaheer Abbas	1971-06-03	Pakistan	England	Test	274	467	58.67	Scorecard
Graeme Pollock	1970-02-05	South Africa	Australia	Test	274	401	68.32	Scorecard
Javed Miandad	1989-02-24	Pakistan	New Zealand	Test	271	465	58.27	Scorecard
Rahul Dravid	2004-04-13	India	Pakistan	Test	270	495	54.54	Scorecard
Donald Bradman	1937-01-01	Australia	England	Test	270	375	72.00	Scorecard
Kumar Sangakkara	2004-05-14	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Test	270	365	73.97	Scorecard
George Headley	1935-03-14	West Indies	England	Test	270	-	-	Scorecard
Shubman Gill	2025-07-02	India	England	Test	269	387	69.50	Scorecard
Adam Voges	2015-12-10	Australia	West Indies	Test	269	285	94.38	Scorecard
Graham Yallop	1983-12-26	Australia	Pakistan	Test	268	517	51.83	Scorecard
Younis Khan	2005-03-24	Pakistan	India	Test	267	504	52.97	Scorecard
Bryan Young	1997-03-07	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Test	267	422	63.27	Scorecard
Zak Crawley	2020-08-21	England	Pakistan	Test	267	393	67.93	Scorecard
Aravinda de Silva	1991-01-31	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Test	267	380	70.26	Scorecard
Dave Houghton	1994-10-20	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	Test	266	541	49.16	Scorecard
Bill Ponsford	1934-08-18	Australia	England	Test	266	422	63.03	Scorecard
Tom Latham	2018-12-15	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Test	264	489	53.98	Scorecard
Rohit Sharma	2014-11-13	India	Sri Lanka	ODI	264	173	152.60	Scorecard
Alastair Cook	2015-10-13	England	Pakistan	Test	263	528	49.81	Scorecard
Dennis Amiss	1974-02-16	England	West Indies	Test	262	563	46.53	Scorecard
Stephen Fleming	2006-04-27	New Zealand	South Africa	Test	262	423	61.93	Scorecard
Joe Root	2024-10-07	England	Pakistan	Test	262	375	69.86	Scorecard
Ramnaresh Sarwan	2004-06-04	West Indies	Bangladesh	Test	261	402	64.92	Scorecard
Frank Worrell	1950-07-20	West Indies	England	Test	261	-	-	Scorecard
Javed Miandad	1987-08-06	Pakistan	England	Test	260	521	49.90	Scorecard
Marlon Samuels	2012-11-21	West Indies	Bangladesh	Test	260	455	57.14	Scorecard
Conrad Hunte	1958-02-26	West Indies	Pakistan	Test	260	-	-	Scorecard
Glenn Turner	1972-04-06	New Zealand	West Indies	Test	259	759	34.12	Scorecard
Michael Clarke	2012-11-09	Australia	South Africa	Test	259	398	65.07	Scorecard
Graeme Smith	2003-07-31	South Africa	England	Test	259	370	70.00	Scorecard
Ryan Rickelton	2025-01-03	South Africa	Pakistan	Test	259	343	75.51	Scorecard
Ben Stokes	2016-01-02	England	South Africa	Test	258	198	130.30	Scorecard
Tom Graveney	1957-07-04	England	West Indies	Test	258	-	-	Scorecard
Seymour Nurse	1969-03-13	West Indies	New Zealand	Test	258	-	-	Scorecard
Ricky Ponting	2003-12-26	Australia	India	Test	257	458	56.11	Scorecard
Wasim Akram	1996-10-17	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Test	257	363	70.79	Scorecard
Ken Barrington	1964-07-23	England	Australia	Test	256	624	41.02	Scorecard
Rohan Kanhai	1958-12-31	West Indies	India	Test	256	-	-	Scorecard
Jackie McGlew	1953-03-06	South Africa	New Zealand	Test	255	-	-	Scorecard
Joe Root	2016-07-22	England	Pakistan	Test	254	406	62.56	Scorecard
Donald Bradman	1930-06-27	Australia	England	Test	254	376	67.55	Scorecard
Virat Kohli	2019-10-10	India	South Africa	Test	254	336	75.59	Scorecard
Virender Sehwag	2006-01-13	India	Pakistan	Test	254	247	102.83	Scorecard
Hashim Amla	2010-02-06	South Africa	India	Test	253	473	53.48	Scorecard
Sanath Jayasuriya	2004-10-20	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Test	253	348	72.70	Scorecard
David Warner	2015-11-13	Australia	New Zealand	Test	253	286	88.46	Scorecard
Tom Latham	2022-01-09	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Test	252	373	67.56	Scorecard

Best bowling figures by wickets

Best individual international bowling figures by wickets
Player	Date	Team	Opponent	Format	Wickets	Runs conceded	Overs	Match
Jim Laker	1956-07-26	Australia	England	Test	10	53	51.2	Scorecard
Anil Kumble	1999-02-04	Pakistan	India	Test	10	74	26.3	Scorecard
Ajaz Patel	2021-12-03	India	New Zealand	Test	10	119	47.5	Scorecard
George Lohmann	1896-03-02	South Africa	England	Test	9	28	12.0	Scorecard
Jim Laker	1956-07-26	Australia	England	Test	9	37	16.4	Scorecard
Muthiah Muralidaran	2002-01-04	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	Test	9	51	40.0	Scorecard
Richard Hadlee	1985-11-08	Australia	New Zealand	Test	9	52	23.4	Scorecard
Abdul Qadir	1987-11-25	England	Pakistan	Test	9	56	37.0	Scorecard
Devon Malcolm	1994-08-18	South Africa	England	Test	9	57	16.3	Scorecard
Muthiah Muralidaran	1998-08-27	England	Sri Lanka	Test	9	65	54.2	Scorecard
Jasubhai Patel	1959-12-19	Australia	India	Test	9	69	35.5	Scorecard
Kapil Dev	1983-11-12	West Indies	India	Test	9	83	30.3	Scorecard
Sarfraz Nawaz	1979-03-10	Australia	Pakistan	Test	9	86	47.2	Scorecard
Jack Noreiga	1971-03-06	India	West Indies	Test	9	95	49.4	Scorecard
Subhash Gupte	1958-12-12	West Indies	India	Test	9	102	34.3	Scorecard
Sydney Barnes	1913-12-26	South Africa	England	Test	9	103	38.4	Scorecard
Hugh Tayfield	1957-02-15	England	South Africa	Test	9	113	49.2	Scorecard
Arthur Mailey	1921-02-11	England	Australia	Test	9	121	47.0	Scorecard
Rangana Herath	2014-08-14	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Test	9	127	33.1	Scorecard
Keshav Maharaj	2018-07-20	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Test	9	129	41.1	Scorecard
George Lohmann	1896-02-13	South Africa	England	Test	8	7	8.1	Scorecard
Johnny Briggs	1889-03-25	South Africa	England	Test	8	11	9.4	Scorecard
Stuart Broad	2015-08-06	Australia	England	Test	8	15	9.3	Scorecard
Chaminda Vaas	2001-12-08	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	ODI	8	19	8.0	Scorecard
Glenn McGrath	2004-12-16	Pakistan	Australia	Test	8	24	16.0	Scorecard
Sydney Barnes	1912-08-12	South Africa	England	Test	8	29	16.4	Scorecard
Colin Croft	1977-03-04	Pakistan	West Indies	Test	8	29	18.5	Scorecard
Frank Laver	1909-07-26	England	Australia	Test	8	31	18.2	Scorecard
Fred Trueman	1952-07-17	India	England	Test	8	31	8.4	Scorecard
Ian Botham	1978-06-15	Pakistan	England	Test	8	34	20.5	Scorecard
George Lohmann	1887-02-25	Australia	England	Test	8	35	18.1	Scorecard
Lance Gibbs	1962-03-23	India	West Indies	Test	8	38	53.3	Scorecard
Glenn McGrath	1997-06-19	England	Australia	Test	8	38	20.3	Scorecard
Taijul Islam	2014-10-25	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Test	8	39	16.5	Scorecard
Yasir Shah	2018-11-24	New Zealand	Pakistan	Test	8	41	12.3	Scorecard
Sajid Khan	2021-12-04	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Test	8	42	15.0	Scorecard
Albert Trott	1895-01-11	England	Australia	Test	8	43	27.0	Scorecard
Hedley Verity	1934-06-22	Australia	England	Test	8	43	22.3	Scorecard
Bob Willis	1981-07-16	Australia	England	Test	8	43	15.1	Scorecard
Curtly Ambrose	1990-04-05	England	West Indies	Test	8	45	22.4	Scorecard
Muthiah Muralidaran	2005-07-22	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Test	8	46	16.2	Scorecard
Nauman Ali	2024-10-15	England	Pakistan	Test	8	46	16.3	Scorecard
Devendra Bishoo	2016-10-13	Pakistan	West Indies	Test	8	49	13.5	Scorecard
NM Lyon	2017-03-04	India	Australia	Test	8	50	22.2	Scorecard
Derek Underwood	1974-08-08	Pakistan	England	Test	8	51	34.5	Scorecard
Vinoo Mankad	1952-10-16	Pakistan	India	Test	8	52	47.0	Scorecard
Goofy Lawrence	1961-12-26	New Zealand	South Africa	Test	8	53	30.3	Scorecard
Bob Massie	1972-06-22	England	Australia	Test	8	53	27.2	Scorecard
Neetu David	1995-11-24	England	India	Test	8	53	31.3	Scorecard
Angus Fraser	1998-02-05	West Indies	England	Test	8	53	16.1	Scorecard
Vinoo Mankad	1952-02-06	England	India	Test	8	55	38.5	Scorecard
Sydney Barnes	1913-12-26	South Africa	England	Test	8	56	26.5	Scorecard
George Lohmann	1892-01-29	Australia	England	Test	8	58	43.2	Scorecard
Imran Khan	1982-03-22	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Test	8	58	29.3	Scorecard
Colin Blythe	1907-07-29	South Africa	England	Test	8	59	15.5	Scorecard
Ashley Mallett	1972-12-22	Pakistan	Australia	Test	8	59	31.4	Scorecard
Imran Khan	1982-12-23	India	Pakistan	Test	8	60	20.1	Scorecard
Roston Chase	2019-01-23	England	West Indies	Test	8	60	21.4	Scorecard
Narendra Hirwani	1988-01-11	West Indies	India	Test	8	61	18.3	Scorecard
Mitchell Johnson	2008-12-17	South Africa	Australia	Test	8	61	24.0	Scorecard
Shannon Gabriel	2018-06-14	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Test	8	62	20.4	Scorecard
Rangana Herath	2016-11-06	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	Test	8	63	23.0	Scorecard
Lance Klusener	1996-11-27	India	South Africa	Test	8	64	21.3	Scorecard
NM Lyon	2023-03-01	India	Australia	Test	8	64	23.3	Scorecard
Hugh Trumble	1902-08-11	England	Australia	Test	8	65	31.0	Scorecard
Ashleigh Gardner	2023-06-22	England	Australia	Test	8	66	20.0	Scorecard
Wilfred Rhodes	1904-01-01	Australia	England	Test	8	68	15.0	Scorecard
Hugh Tayfield	1957-01-25	England	South Africa	Test	8	69	50.3	Scorecard
Sikander Bakht	1979-12-04	India	Pakistan	Test	8	69	21.0	Scorecard
Tip Snooke	1906-03-10	England	South Africa	Test	8	70	31.4	Scorecard
Muthiah Muralidaran	2006-06-02	England	Sri Lanka	Test	8	70	30.1	Scorecard
Graham McKenzie	1968-12-26	West Indies	Australia	Test	8	71	37.2	Scorecard
Shane Warne	1994-11-25	England	Australia	Test	8	71	50.2	Scorecard
Allan Donald	1995-10-13	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Test	8	71	33.0	Scorecard
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	1965-03-19	New Zealand	India	Test	8	72	51.1	Scorecard
Narendra Hirwani	1988-01-11	West Indies	India	Test	8	75	15.2	Scorecard
Angus Fraser	1994-04-08	West Indies	England	Test	8	75	28.5	Scorecard
Erapalli Prasanna	1976-01-24	New Zealand	India	Test	8	76	30.4	Scorecard
Sneh Rana	2024-06-28	South Africa	India	Test	8	77	25.3	Scorecard
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	1972-12-20	England	India	Test	8	79	41.5	Scorecard
Len Braund	1904-03-05	Australia	England	Test	8	81	29.1	Scorecard
Ravi Ratnayeke	1985-10-27	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Test	8	83	23.2	Scorecard
Bob Massie	1972-06-22	England	Australia	Test	8	84	32.5	Scorecard
Harbhajan Singh	2001-03-18	Australia	India	Test	8	84	41.5	Scorecard
Kapil Dev	1983-01-23	Pakistan	India	Test	8	85	30.5	Scorecard
Tony Greig	1974-03-30	West Indies	England	Test	8	86	36.1	Scorecard
Javagal Srinath	1999-02-16	Pakistan	India	Test	8	86	27.0	Scorecard
Merv Hughes	1988-12-02	West Indies	Australia	Test	8	87	37.0	Scorecard
Muthiah Muralidaran	2001-08-29	India	Sri Lanka	Test	8	87	34.1	Scorecard
Michael Holding	1976-08-12	England	West Indies	Test	8	92	33.0	Scorecard
Tom Richardson	1898-02-26	Australia	England	Test	8	94	36.1	Scorecard
Craig McDermott	1991-02-01	England	Australia	Test	8	97	24.4	Scorecard
Ian Botham	1984-06-28	West Indies	England	Test	8	103	27.4	Scorecard
Alf Valentine	1950-06-08	England	West Indies	Test	8	104	50.0	Scorecard
Kapil Dev	1985-12-13	Australia	India	Test	8	106	38.0	Scorecard
Bernard Bosanquet	1905-05-29	Australia	England	Test	8	107	32.4	Scorecard
Neil Foster	1987-07-02	Pakistan	England	Test	8	107	46.2	Scorecard
Stuart MacGill	2006-04-09	Bangladesh	Australia	Test	8	108	33.3	Scorecard
Paul Strang	2000-09-12	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	Test	8	109	51.5	Scorecard
Geoff Lawson	1984-12-07	West Indies	Australia	Test	8	112	40.0	Scorecard