Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1976 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1976 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Runs

All time

31976

Test

29688

ODI

2288

Total Wickets

All time

838

Test

743

ODI

Total Sixes

All time

2466

Test

2088

ODI

378

Total Fours

All time

42246

Test

38844

ODI

3402

Total Fifties

All time

108

Test

100

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

147

Test

134

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 1926
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	1024
Clive LLOYD WI	914
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	853
Roy FREDERICKS WI	850
Mohinder AMARNATH IND	739
Glenn TURNER NZ	720
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	690
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	624
Javed MIANDAD PAK	620

Most Runs (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 1710
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	1024
Roy FREDERICKS WI	829
Gundappa VISWANATH IND	797
Clive LLOYD WI	788
Mohinder AMARNATH IND	710
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	624
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	592
Javed MIANDAD PAK	573
Mark BURGESS NZ	565

Most Runs (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 216
Glenn TURNER NZ		182
Derek RANDALL ENG		127
Clive LLOYD WI		126
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		98
Dennis AMISS ENG		93
Graham BARLOW ENG		80
Jock EDWARDS NZ		73
Brijesh PATEL IND		61
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		59

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 2018
Roy FREDERICKS WI		1169
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1048
Clive LLOYD WI		872
Dennis AMISS ENG		863
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		852
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		837
Ian REDPATH AUS		785
Alan KNOTT ENG		741

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 1787
Roy FREDERICKS WI	1119
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	939
Greg CHAPPELL AUS	852
David STEELE ENG	840
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI	837
Ian REDPATH AUS	785
Clive LLOYD WI	752
Dennis AMISS ENG	733
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	707

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Glenn TURNER 288
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI	231
Derek RANDALL ENG	162
Graham BARLOW ENG	149
Dennis AMISS ENG	130
Clive LLOYD WI	120
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	109
Brijesh PATEL IND	103
Graham GOOCH ENG	102
Jock EDWARDS NZ	99

Highest Score (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 291
Javed MIANDAD PAK	206
Dennis AMISS ENG	203
Greg CHAPPELL AUS	182
Asif IQBAL PAK	166
Asif IQBAL PAK	166
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	156
Warren LEES NZ	152
Roy FREDERICKS WI	138
Alan TURNER AUS	136
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	134

Highest Score (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 291
Javed MIANDAD PAK	206
Dennis AMISS ENG	203
Greg CHAPPELL AUS	182
Asif IQBAL PAK	166
Asif IQBAL PAK	166
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	156
Warren LEES NZ	152
Roy FREDERICKS WI	138
Alan TURNER AUS	136
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	134

Highest Score (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 119
Derek RANDALL ENG		88
Graham BARLOW ENG		80
Clive LLOYD WI		79
Glenn TURNER NZ		67
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		56
Javed MIANDAD PAK		47
Ken WADSWORTH NZ		46

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Mark BURGESS 122.58
Lance CAIRNS NZ		93.22
Dennis LILLEE AUS		92.11
Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		89.19
Gary GILMOUR AUS		88.59
Ken WADSWORTH NZ		82.14
Derek RANDALL ENG		78.40
Keith BOYCE WI		76.40
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		75.00
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		74.33

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Sarfraz NAWAZ 94.29
Dennis LILLEE AUS		92.11
Gary GILMOUR AUS		88.59
Keith BOYCE WI		76.40
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		71.85
Clive LLOYD WI		67.15
Bernard JULIEN WI		63.89
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		63.05
Alan TURNER AUS		57.64

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Wasim BARI 200.00
Mark BURGESS NZ		122.58
Clive LLOYD WI		105.00
Mike HENDRICK ENG		100.00
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		93.51
Deryck MURRAY WI		93.33
Lance CAIRNS NZ		93.22
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		89.91
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		84.62
Ken WADSWORTH NZ		82.14

Most sixes (All time)
Clive LLOYD 13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		8
Lance CAIRNS NZ		7
Javed MIANDAD PAK		6
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		5

Most sixes (Test)
Clive LLOYD 8
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		7
Javed MIANDAD PAK		6
Brijesh PATEL IND		5

Most sixes (ODI)
Clive LLOYD 5
Lance CAIRNS NZ		3
Ken WADSWORTH NZ		2
Mark BURGESS NZ		1

Best Averages (All time)
Keith BOYCE 191 / 3

Best Averages (Test)
Ian REDPATH 392 / 6

Best Averages (ODI)
Mark BURGESS 38 / 1

Most 50s (All time)
Clive LLOYD 7
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		6
Glenn TURNER NZ		5
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		4

Most 50s (Test)
Clive LLOYD 6
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		5
Bev CONGDON NZ		4
Alan KNOTT ENG		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Glenn TURNER 3
Derek RANDALL ENG		1

Most 100s (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 8
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		4
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		3
Ian REDPATH AUS		2

Most 100s (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 7
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		4
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		3
Ian REDPATH AUS		2

Most 100s (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR 7
Madan LAL IND		6
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5
Peter PETHERICK NZ		4
Mike HENDRICK ENG		3

Most Not Outs (Test)
Madan LAL 6
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		4
Wasim BARI PAK		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Sir ANDY ROBERTS 2
Wasim BARI PAK		1

Most Wickets (All time)
Michael HOLDING 55
Bishan BEDI IND		49
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		46
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		36
Vanburn HOLDER WI		34
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		27
Richard COLLINGE NZ		22
Jeff THOMSON AUS		21

Most Wickets (Test)
Michael HOLDING 53
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		52
Bishan BEDI IND		48
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		38
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		35
Vanburn HOLDER WI		27
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		22
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		21
Dennis LILLEE AUS		18

Most Wickets (ODI)
Sir ANDY ROBERTS 8
Vanburn HOLDER WI		7
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6
Mike HENDRICK ENG		5
Bernard JULIEN WI		4
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		3

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Michael HOLDING 8/2
Erapalli PRASANNA IND	8/21
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	7/23
John LEVER ENG	7/24
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI	6/9
Richard COLLINGE NZ	6/14
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND	6/28
Jeff THOMSON AUS	6/34
Madan LAL IND	5/0
Bev CONGDON NZ	5/5

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Michael HOLDING 8/2
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		8/21
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		7/23
John LEVER ENG		7/24
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		6/12
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/14
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/28
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/34
Madan LAL IND		5/0
Bev CONGDON NZ		5/5

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Richard COLLINGE 5/19
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5/30
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		4/9
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		3/27
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		3/36
Clive LLOYD WI		2/4
Roy FREDERICKS WI		2/10
Bob WOOLMER ENG		2/16
Dayle HADLEE NZ		2/18
Lance CAIRNS NZ		2/20

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Kerry O'KEEFFE 3/166
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		5/165
Dennis LILLEE AUS		5/163
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/163
Peter PETHERICK NZ		3/154
Lance CAIRNS NZ		5/142
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/141
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		7/138
Madan LAL IND		5/134
David O'SULLIVAN NZ		3/131

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Kerry O'KEEFFE 3/166
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		5/165
Dennis LILLEE AUS		5/163
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/163
Peter PETHERICK NZ		3/154
Lance CAIRNS NZ		5/142
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/141
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		7/138
Madan LAL IND		5/134
David O'SULLIVAN NZ		3/131

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Mohinder AMARNATH 1/59
John LEVER ENG		2/57
Bernard JULIEN WI		2/56
Bob WOOLMER ENG		2/52
Robin JACKMAN ENG		0/50
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5/50
Tony GREIG ENG		2/48
Eknath SOLKAR IND		2/46
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		1/45
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2/45

Most Dots (All time)
Karsan GHAVRI 0

Most Dots (Test)
Karsan GHAVRI 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Mike HENDRICK 0

Barry WOOD ENG		21.00
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		20.98
Bishan BEDI IND		20.08
John PARKER NZ		17.00
Max WALKER AUS		16.83
Mark BURGESS NZ		16.00
John LEVER ENG		13.75
Jock EDWARDS NZ		5.00

Greg CHAPPELL AUS		22.75
Intikhab ALAM PAK		22.20
Jeff THOMSON AUS		22.19
Mark BURGESS NZ		22.00
David HOLFORD WI		21.00
Michael HOLDING WI		20.38
Bishan BEDI IND		20.00
Max WALKER AUS		16.83
John LEVER ENG		7.00

Dayle HADLEE NZ		14.75
Richard COLLINGE NZ		13.17
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		12.00
John PARKER NZ		10.00
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		8.50
Jock EDWARDS NZ		5.00
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		4.00

Best Economy (All time)
Majid KHAN 1.44
Farrukh ZAMAN PAK		1.50
Albert PADMORE WI		1.71
Bishan BEDI IND		1.86
Parthasarthi SHARMA IND		2.00
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		2.00
Larry GOMES WI		2.00
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		2.06
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2.08
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		2.24

Best Economy (Test)
Majid KHAN 1.44
Farrukh ZAMAN PAK		1.50
Albert PADMORE WI		1.71
Bishan BEDI IND		1.84
John LEVER ENG		1.92
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		2.00
Parthasarthi SHARMA IND		2.00
Larry GOMES WI		2.00
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		2.06
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2.08

Best Economy (ODI)
Wasim RAJA 1.00
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		2.83
Bishan BEDI IND		3.43
Vanburn HOLDER WI		3.71
Michael HOLDING WI		3.77
Barry WOOD ENG		3.82
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		4.00
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		4.09
Bernard JULIEN WI		4.11
Gary TROUP NZ		4.14

Barry WOOD ENG		33.00
Max WALKER AUS		30.30
John LEVER ENG		27.70
Jeff THOMSON AUS		26.86
Mark BURGESS NZ		21.00
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		18.00
Jock EDWARDS NZ		3.60

Dennis LILLEE AUS		40.00
Gary GILMOUR AUS		38.06
Alan WARD ENG		36.00
Max WALKER AUS		30.30
John PARKER NZ		30.00
Jeff THOMSON AUS		26.86
John LEVER ENG		21.84

Richard COLLINGE NZ		17.00
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		14.00
John PARKER NZ		12.00
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		6.00
Roy FREDERICKS WI		4.20
Jock EDWARDS NZ		3.60

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR 1494
Michael HOLDING WI	1178
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	1144
Bishan BEDI IND	984
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI	965
David O'SULLIVAN NZ	957
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND	947
Vanburn HOLDER WI	942
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG	818
Richard COLLINGE NZ	733

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR 1458
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	1081
Michael HOLDING WI	1080
Bishan BEDI IND	960
David O'SULLIVAN NZ	915
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI	897
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND	863
Vanburn HOLDER WI	827
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG	728
Peter PETHERICK NZ	667

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Mike HENDRICK 117
Bernard JULIEN WI		115
Michael HOLDING WI		98
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		96
John LEVER ENG		95
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		90
Lance CAIRNS NZ		89
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		84
Tony GREIG ENG		79

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Bernard JULIEN 6
Mike HENDRICK ENG		5
Vanburn HOLDER WI		3
Michael HOLDING WI		2
Gary TROUP NZ		1

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Michael HOLDING 4
Bishan BEDI IND		3
Vanburn HOLDER WI		2
Lance CAIRNS NZ		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Michael HOLDING 4
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		3
Dennis LILLEE AUS		2
Bob WILLIS ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Vanburn HOLDER 1

Series updates of 1976

India in West Indies Test Series

10 Mar-21 Apr 1976

2-1 (4)
West Indies

The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England)

03 Jun-12 Aug 1976

3-0 (5)
West Indies

Prudential Trophy (West Indies in England)

26 Aug-30 Aug 1976

3-0 (3)
West Indies

New Zealand in Pakistan ODI Match

16 Oct-16 Oct 1976

1-0 (1)
New Zealand

New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series

09 Oct-30 Oct 1976

2-0 (3)
Pakistan

New Zealand in India Test Series

10 Nov-26 Nov 1976

2-0 (3)
India

England in India Test Series

17 Dec-11 Feb 1977

3-1 (5)
England

Pakistan in Australia Test Series

24 Dec-14 Jan 1977

1-1 (3)
drawn

India in New Zealand ODI Series

21 Feb-22 Feb 1976

2-0 (2)
New Zealand

India in New Zealand Test Series

24 Jan-13 Feb 1976

1-1 (3)
drawn

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Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Bishan BEDI 187
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		123
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		108
Michael HOLDING WI		100
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		88
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		78
Bernard JULIEN WI		67
David O'SULLIVAN NZ		66
Vanburn HOLDER WI		62
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		52

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Bishan BEDI 187
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		123
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		108
Michael HOLDING WI		98
Sir ANDY ROBERTS WI		86
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		77
David O'SULLIVAN NZ		66
Bernard JULIEN WI		61
Vanburn HOLDER WI		59
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		52

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1976 Performances & Rankings

1926

1024

914

853

850

739

720

690

624

620

1710

1024

829

797

788

710

624

592

573

565

216

182

127

126

98

93

80

73

61

59

2018

1169

1048

872

863

852

837

785

741

1787

1119

939

852

840

837

785

752

733

707

288

231

162

149

130

120

109

103

102

99

291

206

203

182

166

166

156

152

138

136

134

291

206

203

182

166

166

156

152

138