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

137

Test

116

ODI

Total Fours

All time

2415

Test

2226

ODI

189

Total Fifties

All time

108

Test

100

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 2327
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 2111
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 2607
Roy FREDERICKS WI		1169
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1048
Clive LLOYD WI		872
Dennis AMISS ENG		863
David STEELE ENG		852
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		837
Ian REDPATH AUS		785
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		707

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 2376
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
Roy FREDERICKS WI	138
Alan TURNER AUS	136
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	134
Surinder AMARNATH IND	124

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
Roy FREDERICKS WI	138
Alan TURNER AUS	136
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	134
Surinder AMARNATH IND	124

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
Mushtaq MOHAMMAD PAK		46
Lawrence ROWE WI		45

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
Alan KNOTT ENG		80.00
Derek RANDALL ENG		78.40
Keith BOYCE WI		76.40
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		75.00
Jock EDWARDS NZ		73.74

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		71.76
Clive LLOYD WI		67.15
Bernard JULIEN WI		63.89
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		63.05
Alan TURNER AUS		57.64
Keith FLETCHER ENG		57.14

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
Lance CAIRNS NZ		93.22
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		89.91
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		84.62
Alan KNOTT ENG		80.00

Most sixes (All time)
Clive LLOYD 13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		8
Lance CAIRNS NZ		7
Javed MIANDAD PAK		6
Mohinder AMARNATH 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
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		2
Derek RANDALL ENG		1

Best Averages (All time)
Keith BOYCE 191 / 3

Best Averages (Test)
Ian REDPATH 392 / 6

Best Averages (ODI)
Jock EDWARDS 73 / 2

Most 50s (All time)
Clive LLOYD 7
Gundappa VISWANATH IND		6
Glenn TURNER NZ		5
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		4
Lawrence ROWE WI		3

Most 50s (Test)
Clive LLOYD 6
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		5
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		4
Lawrence ROWE WI		3
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2

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

Most 100s (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 10
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		4
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		3
Ian REDPATH AUS		2

Most 100s (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 9
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
Brijesh PATEL IND		3

Most Not Outs (Test)
Madan LAL 6
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		4
Bernard JULIEN WI		3
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Richard COLLINGE 2
Graham BARLOW ENG		1

Most Wickets (All time)
Michael HOLDING 53
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		48
Andy ROBERTS NZ		42
Bishan BEDI IND		41
Vanburn HOLDER WI		27
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		26
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		22
Jeff THOMSON AUS		21
Richard COLLINGE NZ		19

Most Wickets (Test)
Michael HOLDING 51
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		45
Bishan BEDI IND		41
Andy ROBERTS NZ		38
Vanburn HOLDER WI		27
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		22
Jeff THOMSON AUS		21
Peter PETHERICK NZ		16

Most Wickets (ODI)
Richard COLLINGE 5
Mike HENDRICK ENG		4
Tony GREIG ENG		3
Bob WOOLMER ENG		2

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Michael HOLDING 8/2
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		8/64
John LEVER ENG		7/24
Andy ROBERTS NZ		6/4
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/14
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/28
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/34
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		5/9
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5/12
Lance CAIRNS NZ		5/20

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Michael HOLDING 8/2
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		8/64
John LEVER ENG		7/24
Andy ROBERTS NZ		6/4
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/14
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/28
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/34
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		5/9
Vanburn HOLDER WI		5/12
Bob WILLIS ENG		5/21

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Richard COLLINGE 5/23
Andy ROBERTS NZ		4/32
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		3/27
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		3/36
Lance CAIRNS NZ		2/20
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2/31
Tony GREIG ENG		2/31
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2/34
Intikhab ALAM PAK		2/36
Michael HOLDING WI		2/38

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Derek UNDERWOOD 5/165
Peter PETHERICK NZ		3/154
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/153
Lance CAIRNS NZ		5/142
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/141
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		5/138
Michael HOLDING WI		8/126
John SNOW ENG		4/123
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		3/120
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/117

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Derek UNDERWOOD 5/165
Peter PETHERICK NZ		3/154
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		6/153
Lance CAIRNS NZ		5/142
Richard COLLINGE NZ		6/141
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		5/138
Michael HOLDING WI		8/126
John SNOW ENG		4/123
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		3/120
Jeff THOMSON AUS		6/117

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Mohinder AMARNATH 1/59
John LEVER ENG		2/57
Bob WOOLMER ENG		2/52
Robin JACKMAN ENG		0/50
Tony GREIG ENG		2/48
Eknath SOLKAR IND		2/46
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2/45
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		1/45
Dayle HADLEE NZ		2/41
Asif MASOOD PAK		1/38

Most Dots (All time)
Dilip VENGSARKAR 0

Most Dots (Test)
Dilip VENGSARKAR 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Bob WOOLMER 0

Michael HOLDING WI		20.68
Mark BURGESS NZ		20.00
Bishan BEDI IND		17.68
Max WALKER AUS		16.83
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		15.00
David HOLFORD WI		14.80
Barry WOOD ENG		13.00
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		12.73
John LEVER ENG		10.58

Sarfraz NAWAZ PAK		21.85
Michael HOLDING WI		20.75
Mark BURGESS NZ		20.00
Bishan BEDI IND		17.68
Max WALKER AUS		16.83
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		15.00
David HOLFORD WI		14.80
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		12.73
John LEVER ENG		7.00

Michael HOLDING WI		19.00
Intikhab ALAM PAK		18.00
Javed MIANDAD PAK		15.50
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		13.75
Barry WOOD ENG		13.00
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		12.00
Lance CAIRNS NZ		10.00
Andy ROBERTS NZ		8.00
Richard COLLINGE NZ		4.60

Best Economy (All time)
Majid KHAN 1.44
Farrukh ZAMAN PAK		1.50
Albert PADMORE WI		1.71
Bishan BEDI IND		1.73
Parthasarthi SHARMA IND		2.00
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		2.00
Larry GOMES WI		2.00
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		2.01
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2.08
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		2.18

Best Economy (Test)
Majid KHAN 1.44
Farrukh ZAMAN PAK		1.50
Albert PADMORE WI		1.71
Bishan BEDI IND		1.73
John LEVER ENG		1.92
Parthasarthi SHARMA IND		2.00
Sadiq MOHAMMAD PAK		2.00
Larry GOMES WI		2.00
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		2.01
Alvin KALLICHARRAN WI		2.08

Best Economy (ODI)
Wasim RAJA 1.00
Vanburn HOLDER WI		2.73
Lance CAIRNS NZ		2.86
Andy ROBERTS NZ		2.91
Brian MCKECHNIE NZ		3.20
Richard COLLINGE NZ		3.29
Bernard JULIEN WI		3.36
Michael HOLDING WI		3.45
Mike HENDRICK ENG		4.16
Collis KING WI		4.17

Dennis LILLEE AUS		33.37
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		31.80
Max WALKER AUS		30.30
Jeff THOMSON AUS		26.86
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		25.64
Mark BURGESS NZ		24.00
John LEVER ENG		23.20
Barry WOOD ENG		18.00

Gary GILMOUR AUS		34.52
David HOLFORD WI		33.72
Dennis LILLEE AUS		33.37
Greg CHAPPELL AUS		31.80
Max WALKER AUS		30.30
Jeff THOMSON AUS		26.86
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		25.64
Mark BURGESS NZ		24.00
John LEVER ENG		21.84

Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		19.50
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		18.00
Andy ROBERTS NZ		16.50
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		14.00
Richard COLLINGE NZ		8.40

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR 1216
Michael HOLDING WI	1096
Andy ROBERTS NZ	1048
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	1022
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND	908
Vanburn HOLDER WI	857
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG	783
Bishan BEDI IND	725
Peter PETHERICK NZ	667
Richard COLLINGE NZ	620

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR 1180
Michael HOLDING WI	1058
Andy ROBERTS NZ	1016
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	994
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND	863
Vanburn HOLDER WI	827
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG	728
Bishan BEDI IND	725
Peter PETHERICK NZ	667
Richard COLLINGE NZ	597

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Mike HENDRICK 79
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		59
John LEVER ENG		57
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		55
Bob WOOLMER ENG		52
Robin JACKMAN ENG		50
Eknath SOLKAR IND		46
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		45
Dayle HADLEE NZ		41

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Bishan BEDI 166
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		123
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		99
Andy ROBERTS NZ		96
Michael HOLDING WI		92
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		77
Vanburn HOLDER WI		59
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		45
Wayne DANIEL WI		35

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Vanburn HOLDER 3
Mike HENDRICK ENG		2
Clive LLOYD WI		1
Andy ROBERTS NZ		0

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Michael HOLDING 4
Bishan BEDI IND		3
Richard COLLINGE NZ		2
Erapalli PRASANNA IND		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Michael HOLDING 4
Bishan BEDI IND		3
John LEVER ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Richard COLLINGE 1

Series updates of 1976

India in New Zealand Test Series

24 Jan-13 Feb 1976

1-1 (3)
drawn

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

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

Pakistan in Australia Test Series

24 Dec-14 Jan 1977

1-1 (3)
drawn

England in India Test Series

17 Dec-11 Feb 1977

3-1 (5)
England

India in New Zealand ODI Series

21 Feb-22 Feb 1976

2-0 (2)
New Zealand

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

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Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Bishan BEDI 166
Srinivas VENKATARAGHAVAN IND		123
Bhagwath CHANDRASEKHAR IND		99
Andy ROBERTS NZ		96
Michael HOLDING WI		93
Derek UNDERWOOD ENG		77
Vanburn HOLDER WI		62
Bernard JULIEN WI		61
Raphick JUMADEEN WI		45
Wayne DANIEL WI		35

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

2327

1024

914

853

850

739

720

690

624

620

2111

1024

829

797

788

710

624

592

573

565

216

182

127

126

98

93

80

73

61

59

2607

1169

1048

872

863

852

837

785

707

2376

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

138

136

134

124

291

206

203

182

166

166

156

138

136