List of Cricket World Test Championship records

The ICC World Test Championship is a Test cricket competition in men's cricket. Organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament has taken place as a cycle every two years since its inception. It is in line with the ICC's goal of having one pinnacle tournament for each of the three formats of international cricket. The top nine Test-ranked teams have been participating in the championship since inception.

Joe Root holds nearly 50 Records in World Test Championship Including Most Runs, Most 100s & 50+ scores, Most 4s, Most Matches & innings, Most Matches As player, Most Matches Lost As Player, Most Runs vs Single opponent, Most 100 vs Single opponent, Most Run at a Specific Batting position, Most 100s at specific batting position, Most 150 as player, Most Runs as a Captain, Most Matches as Captain, Most Match lost as Captain, Most 100, 150s & 200s As Captain, Most Catches as fielder, (He holds all above mentioned record Overall and also in Single Cycle of WTC), Most Man of the match(Joint), Most man of the series(Joint), Only player to...(1)face 3000+ balls in a Cycle(He did it Twice) , (2)take 30+ Catches in both Cycles, (3)Only player to score 1500+ Runs in both cycles

Tournament Results

New Zealand won the inaugural World Test Championship, securing their second global title after their 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy win.

Team records

Team wins, losses, draws and no results

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	W/L ratio	%W	%L	%D	Span
									First Cycle	Last Cycle
Australia	32	19	7	6	2.71	59.37	21.87	18.75	2019–21	2021–23
Bangladesh	19	1	16	2	0.06	5.26	84.2	10.52	2019–21	2021–23
England	43	21	15	7	1.40	48.83	34.88	16.27	2019–21	2021–23
India	35	22	10	3	2.20	62.85	28.57	8.57	2019–21	2021–23
New Zealand	23	10	10	3	1.00	43.47	43.47	13.04	2019–21	2021–23
South Africa	27	12	14	1	0.85	44.44	51.85	3.7	2019–21	2021–23
Sri Lanka	22	7	10	5	0.70	31.81	45.45	22.72	2019–21	2021–23
West Indies	25	7	14	4	0.50	28	56	16	2019–21	2021–23
Pakistan	26	8	11	7	0.72	30.76	42.3	26.92	2019–21	2021–23
Last updated: 3 March 2023

Result records

Largest winning margin (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Team	Against	Venue	Date
1	419 runs	Australia	West Indies	Adelaide	8 December 2022
2	372 runs	India	New Zealand	Mumbai	3 December 2021
3	332 runs	South Africa	Bangladesh	Port Elizabeth	8 April 2022
4	318 runs	India	West Indies	Antigua	22 August 2019
5	317 runs		England	Chennai	13 February 2021
Last updated: 11 December 2022

Largest winning margin (by an innings)

Rank	Margin	Team	Against	Venue	Date
1	inns & 276 runs	New Zealand	South Africa	Christchurch	17 February 2022
2	inns & 222 runs	India	Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 March 2022
3	inns & 202 runs		South Africa	Ranchi	19 October 2019
4	inns & 182 runs	Australia		Melbourne	26 December 2022
5	inns & 176 runs	New Zealand	Pakistan	Christchurch	3 January 2021
Last updated: 29 December 2022

Smallest winning margin (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Team	Against	Venue	Date
1	17 runs	West Indies	Bangladesh	Dhaka	11 February 2021
2	26 runs	England	Pakistan	Multan	9 December 2022
3	74 runs			Rawalpindi	1 December 2022
4	87 runs	South Africa	West Indies	Centurion	28 February 2023
5	95 runs	Pakistan	South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 February 2021
Last updated: 2 March 2023

Team scoring records

Highest team totals

Rank	Score	Team	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	659/6d	New Zealand	158.5	4.14	2	Pakistan	Christchurch	3 January 2021
2	657	England	101	6.5	1		Rawalpindi	1 December 2022
3	648/8d	Sri Lanka	179	3.62	2	Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 April 2021
4	621	South Africa	142.1	4.36		Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 December 2020
5	612/9d	New Zealand	194.5	3.14		Pakistan	Karachi	26 December 2022
(d=declared) Last Update: 29 December 2022

Lowest team totals

Rank	Score	Team	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	36/9	India	21.2	1.68	3	Australia	Adelaide	19 December 2020
2	53	Bangladesh	19.0	2.78	4	South Africa	Durban	31 March 2022
3	62	New Zealand	28.1	2.2	2	India	Mumbai	3 December 2021
4	67	England	27.5	2.40	2	Australia	Headingley	22 August 2019
5	68		27.4	2.45	3		Melbourne	26 December 2021
Last Update: 5 April 2022

Highest successful run-chases

Rank	Score	Team	Target	Overs	RR	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	395/7	West Indies	395	127.3	3.10	Bangladesh	Chattogram	7 February 2021
2	378/3	England	378	76.4	4.93	India	Birmingham	1 July 2022
3	362/9		359	125.4	2.88	Australia	Headingley	25 August 2019
4	344/6	Pakistan	342	127.2	2.70	Sri Lanka	Galle	16 July 2022
5	329/7	India	328	97.0	3.39	Australia	The Gabba	19 January 2021
Last Update: 21 July 2022

Streaks

Record	First		Second		Third		Fourth
Most Matches (Total)	England	43	India	35	Australia	32	South Africa	27
Most Wins (Total)	India	22	England	21	Australia	19	South Africa	12
Most Defeats (Total)	Bangladesh	16	England	15	West Indies	14	South Africa	14
Highest Win%	India	62.85	Australia	59.37	England	48.83	South Africa	44.44
Lowest Win%	Bangladesh	5.26	West Indies	28	Pakistan	30.76	Sri Lanka	31.81
Highest Defeat%	Bangladesh	84.2	West Indies	56	South Africa	51.85	Sri Lanka	45.45
Lowest Defeat%	Australia	21.87	India	28.57	England	34.88	Pakistan	42.3

Batting records

Most runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Ave	HS	100s	50s	Period
1	3,575	Joe Root	42	77	6	50.35	228	11	14	2019–2022
2	3,121	Marnus Labuschagne	32	55	4	61.19	215	10	13	2019–2023
3	2,583	Steve Smith	32	51		56.15	211	7
4	2,459	Babar Azam	24	43		63.05	196	8	15
5	2,305	Ben Stokes	35	64	5	39.06	176	6	10	2019–2022
Last updated : 9 March 2023

Most runs in each batting position

Batting position	Batsman	Innings	Runs	Average	Span	Ref
Opener	Dimuth Karunaratne	36	1,814	51.82	2019–2023
Number 3	Marnus Labuschagne	50	2,856	62.08
Number 4	Joe Root	57	2,858	54.96	2019–2022
Number 5	Ben Stokes	35	1,384	41.93
Number 6	Cameron Green	23	822	39.14	2020–2023
Number 7	Niroshan Dickwella	21	673	35.42	2019–2023
Number 8	Ravichandran Ashwin	20	466	23.38
Number 9	Mitchell Starc	17	329	27.41	2019–2022
Number 10	Nathan Lyon	26	271	13.55	2019–2023
Number 11	Trent Boult	14	140	20.00	2019–2022
Last updated: 10 March 2023.

Highest individual score

Rank	Runs	Player	Balls	4s	6s	Opposition	Ground	Match date
1	335*	David Warner	418	39	1	Pakistan	Adelaide	29 November 2019
2	267	Zak Crawley	393	34			Southampton	21 August 2020
3	254*	Virat Kohli	336	33	2	South Africa	Pune	10 October 2019
4	252	Tom Latham	373	34		Bangladesh	Christchurch	9 January 2022
5	251	Kane Williamson	412			West Indies	Hamilton	3 December 2020
Last updated: 10 August 2021

Most runs in a match

Rank	Runs	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	335	David Warner	335*	-	Pakistan	Adelaide	29 November 2019
2	308	Marnus Labuschagne	204	104*	West Indies	Perth	30 November 2022
3	303	Rohit Sharma	176	127	South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 October 2019
4	293	Steve Smith	211	82	England	Manchester	4 September 2019
5	286		144	142		Birmingham	1 August 2019
Last updated: 30 November 2022

Highest individual scores at each batting position

Batting position	Score	Player	Opponent	Venue	Date	Ref
Opener	335*	David Warner	Pakistan	Adelaide	29 November 2019
Number 3	267	Zak Crawley		Southampton	21 August 2020
Number 4	254*	Virat Kohli	South Africa	Pune	10 October 2019
Number 5	210*	Kyle Mayers	Bangladesh	Chattogram	3 February 2021
Number 6	152	Jos Buttler	Pakistan	Southampton	21 August 2020
Number 7	175*	Ravindra Jadeja	Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 March 2022
Number 8	113	Yasir Shah	Australia	Adelaide	29 November 2019
Number 9	84	Axar Patel		Nagpur	9 February 2023
Number 10	72	Keshav Maharaj	India	Pune	10 October 2019
Number 11	58*	Matt Henry	South Africa	Christchurch	17 February 2022
Last updated: 11 February 2023.

Highest individuals score against each opponent

Opposition	Score	Player	Balls	Ground	Date	Ref
Australia	206*	Dinesh Chandimal	326	Galle	8 July 2022	[1]
Bangladesh	252	Tom Latham	373	Christchurch	9 January 2022	[2]
England	211	Steve Smith	319	Manchester	4 September 2019	[3]
India	218	Joe Root	377	Chennai	5 February 2021	[4]
New Zealand	215	Marnus Labuschagne	363	Sydney	3 January 2020	[5]
Pakistan	335*	David Warner	418	Adelaide	29 November 2019	[6]
South Africa	254*	Virat Kohli	336	Pune	10 October 2019	[7]
Sri Lanka	228	Joe Root	321	Galle	14 January 2021	[8]
West Indies	251	Kane Williamson	412	Hamilton	3 December 2020	[9]
Last Updated: 18 March 2022

Most runs against each opponent

Opposition	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	Period	Ref
Australia	677	Ben Stokes	10	20	2019–2022	[10]
Bangladesh	576	Dimuth Karunaratne	4	7	2021–2022	[11]
England	1,018	Steve Smith	9	15	2019–2022	[12]
India	1,105	Joe Root	9	17	2021–2022	[13]
New Zealand	549	Marnus Labuschagne	3	6	2019–2020	[14]
Pakistan	665	Kane Williamson	4	6	2020–2023	[15]
South Africa	529	Rohit Sharma	3	4	2019–2019	[16]
Sri Lanka	533	Babar Azam	4	7	2019–2022	[17]
West Indies	557	Ben Stokes	6	11	2020–2022	[18]
Last Updated: 5 January 2023

Highest average

Rank	Average	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Span
1	63.53	Daryl Mitchell	13	19	3	953	190	2020–2023
2	63.05	Babar Azam	24	43	4	2,459	196	2019–2023
3	61.19	Marnus Labuschagne	32	55		3,121	215
4	59.65	Usman Khawaja	19	34	5	1,730	195*	2019–2023
5	56.15	Steve Smith	32	51	5	2,583	211
Qualification: Minimum 15 innings. Last updated: 10 March 2023

Highest batting average in each batting position

Batting position	Batsman	Innings	Runs	Average	Span	Ref
Opener	Usman Khawaja	26	1,370	62.27	2022–2023
Number 3	Marnus Labuschagne	50	2,856	62.08	2019-2023
Number 4	Babar Azam	35	2,140	69.03	2019-2023
Number 5	Jonny Bairstow	18	864	54.00	2019-2022
Number 6	Litton Das	16	690	43.12	2021-2022
Number 7	Ravindra Jadeja	15	647	49.76	2020-2023
Number 8	Joshua Da Silva	15	344	26.46	2020-2022
Number 9	Mitchell Starc	17	329	27.41	2019-2022
Number 10	Neil Wagner	16	173	17.30	2019-2022
Number 11	Josh Hazlewood	15	57	9.50	2019-2023
Qualification: Minimum 15 innings. Last updated: 10 March 2023.

Highest strike rates

Rank	Strike rates	Player	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	Span
1	92.13	Harry Brook	480	521	55	12	2022–2022
2	73.56	Rishabh Pant	1,575	2,141	176	38	2019–2022
3	73.39	Colin de Grandhomme	538	733	53	11
4	72.46	Stuart Broad	450	621	48	15
5	70.41	Tamim Iqbal	714	1,014	105	5	2020–2022
Qualification: Minimum 500 balls faced. Last updated: 25 December 2022

Most centuries

Rank	Centuries	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Span
1	11	Joe Root	42	77	3,575	228	2019–2022
2	10	Marnus Labuschagne	32	55	3,121	215	2019–2023
3	8	Babar Azam	24	43	2,459	196	2019–2023
4	7	Steve Smith	32	51	2,583	211	2019–2023
5	6	Usman Khawaja	19	34	1,654	195*	2019–2023
		Rohit Sharma	22	35	1,759	212	2019–2023
		Dimuth Karunaratne	21	38	1,896	244	2019–2023
		Jonny Bairstow	25	48	1,676	162	2019–2022
		Ben Stokes	35	64	2,305	176	2019–2022
Last updated : 9 March 2023

Most 50+ scores

Rank	No.	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Span
1	25	Joe Root	42	77	3,575	228	11	14	2019–2022
2	23	Babar Azam	24	43	2,459	196	8	15	2019–2023
		Marnus Labuschagne	32	55	3,121	215	10	13	2019–2023
4	20	Steve Smith	32	51	2,583	211	7		2019–2023
5	16	Dimuth Karunaratne	21	38	1,896	102*	6	10	2019–2023
		Cheteshwar Pujara	34	59	1,686	102*	1	15	2019–2023
		Ben Stokes	35	64	2,305	176	6	10	2019–2022
Last updated : 9 March 2023

Most double centuries

Rank	Double Centuries	Player
1	3	Kane Williamson
2	2	Mayank Agarwal
		Marnus Labuschagne
		Joe Root
		Steve Smith
		David Warner
Last updated: 29 December 2022

Most Sixes

Rank	Sixes	Player	Matches	Innings	Span
1	59	Ben Stokes	35	64	2019–2022
2	38	Rishabh Pant	24	41	2019–2022
3	36	Rohit Sharma	20	33	2019–2023
4	23	Mayank Agarwal	19	33	2019–2022
5	22	Jonny Bairstow	25	48	2019–2022
Last updated: 19 February 2023

Most Fours

Rank	Fours	Player	Matches	Innings	Span
1	385	Joe Root	42	77	2019–2022
2	354	Marnus Labuschagne	32	55	2019–2023
3	285	Babar Azam	24	43	2019–2023
4	275	Steve Smith	32	51	2019–2023
5	248	Ben Stokes	35	64	2019–2022
Last updated : 9 March 2023

Most Ducks

Rank	Ducks	Player	Matches	Innings	Span
1	10	Khaled Ahmed	9	16	2021–2022
		Jasprit Bumrah	20	31	2019–2022
3	9	Kagiso Rabada	19	34	2019–2022
4	8	Anrich Nortje	16	28	2019–2022
		Rory Burns	21	38	2019–2021
Last updated: 22 December 2022

Most runs in a cycle

Rank	Runs	Player	Mat	Inns	Average	100	50	Edition
1	1,915	Joe Root	22	40	53.19	8	6	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
2	1,675	Marnus Labuschagne	13	23	72.82	5	9	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
3	1,660	Joe Root	20	37	47.42	3	8
4	1,608	Usman Khawaja	16	28	69.91	6	7	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
5	1,527	Babar Azam	14	26	61.08	4	10
Last updated : 10 March 2023

Bowling records

Most wickets

Ashwin had the most wickes in a single cycle of World Test Championship with 71 wickets as well as most wickets in WTC for India🇮🇳

Rank	Wkts	Bowler	Mat	Inns	Avg	SR	BBI	BBM	5WI	10WM	Span
1	136	Nathan Lyon	33	59	28.37	63.4	8/64	11/99	9	2	2019–2023
2	131	Ravichandran Ashwin	27	51	19.74	46.2	7/145	9/207	6	0	2019–2023
3	123	Pat Cummins	29	53	21.11	47.5	5/28	8/79	4	0	2019–2023
4	112	Stuart Broad	28	53	23.25	47.0	6/31	10/67	3	1	2019–2022
5	102	Kagiso Rabada	23	38	23.57	41.6	6/50	8/89	4	0	2019–2023
Last updated: 10 March 2023

Best bowling figures

Rank	Figures	Bowler	Overs	Mdns	Econ	Opposition	Ground	Match date
1	10/119	Ajaz Patel	47.5	12	2.48	India	Mumbai	3 December 2021
2	8/42	Sajid Khan	15.0	4	2.80	Bangladesh	Mirpur	4 December 2021
3	8/64	Nathan Lyon	23.3	1	2.72	India	Indore	1 March 2023
4	7/23	Matt Henry	15.0	7	1.53	South Africa	Christchurch	17 February 2022
5	7/32	Keshav Maharaj	10.0	0	3.20	Bangladesh	Durban	31 March 2022
Last updated: 2 March 2023

Best bowling figures in a match

Rank	Figures	Bowler	Overs	Mdns	Opposition	Ground	Match date
1	14/225	Ajaz Patel	73.5	15	India	Mumbai	3 December 2021
2	12/128	Sajid Khan	47.4	12	Bangladesh	Mirpur	4 December 2021
3	12/177	Prabath Jayasuriya	52.0	5	Australia	Galle	8 July 2022
4	11/70	Axar Patel	36.4	9	England	Ahmedabad	25 February 2021
5	11/99	Nathan Lyon	34.5	3	India	Indore	1 March 2023
Last updated: 2 March 2023

Best bowling figures against each opponent (inning)

Opposition	Figure	Player	Econ	Ground	Date	Ref
Australia	7/42	Ravindra Jadeja	3.45	Delhi	17 February 2023	[19]
Bangladesh	8/42	Sajid Khan	2.80	Mirpur	4 December 2021	[20]
England	7/114	Abrar Ahmed	5.18	Multan	9 December 2022	[21]
India	10/119	Ajaz Patel	2.48	Mumbai	3 December 2021	[22]
New Zealand	6/46	Ebadot Hossain	2.19	Mount Maunganui	1 January 2022	[23]
Pakistan	7/116	Taijul Islam	2.59	Chattogram	26 November 2021	[24]
South Africa	7/23	Matt Henry	1.53	Christchurch	17 February 2022	[25]
Sri Lanka	6/40	James Anderson	1.37	Galle	22 January 2021	[26]
West Indies	6/27	Jasprit Bumrah	2.21	Kingston	30 August 2019	[27]
Last Updated: 19 February 2023

Best bowling figures against each opponent (match)

Opposition	Figure	Player	Econ	Ground	Date	Ref
Australia	12/177	Prabath Jayasuriya	3.40	Galle	12 July 2022	[28]
Bangladesh	12/128	Sajid Khan	2.68	Mirpur	4 December 2021	[29]
England	11/70	Axar Patel	1.90	Ahmedabad	24 February 2021	[30]
India	14/225	Ajaz Patel	3.04	Mumbai	3 December 2021	[31]
New Zealand	10/118	Nathan Lyon	2.48	Sydney	3 January 2020	[32]
Pakistan	11/117	Kyle Jamieson	2.85	Christchurch	3 January 2021	[33]
South Africa	10/114	Hasan Ali	3.60	Rawalpindi	4 February 2021	[34]
Sri Lanka	9/87	Ravindra Jadeja	3.00	Mohali	4 March 2022	[35]
West Indies	11/136	Ramesh Mendis	2.29	Galle	29 November 2021	[36]
Last Updated: 12 July 2022

Most wickets against each opponent

Opposition	Wkts	Player	Matches	Innings	Period	Ref
Australia	36	Ravichandran Ashwin	7	13	2020–2023	[37]
		Stuart Broad	8	16	2019–2022
Bangladesh	19	Umesh Yadav	4	8	2019–2022	[38]
England	50	Pat Cummins	9	18	2019–2022	[39]
India	29	James Anderson	8	14	2021–2022	[40]
New Zealand	21	Ravichandran Ashwin	4	7	2020–2021	[41]
Pakistan	22	Mitchell Starc	5	10	2019–2022	[42]
South Africa	28	Stuart Broad	7	13	2019–2022	[43]
Sri Lanka	14	Naseem Shah	4	7	2019–2022	[44]
West Indies	21	Kagiso Rabada	4	7	2021–2023	[45]
Last Updated: 10 March 2023

Best bowling averages

Rank	Average	Bowler	Matches	Wkts	Runs	Balls	Span
1	13.42	Scott Boland	7	28	376	1,033	2021–2023
2	16.77	Axar Patel	12	49	82	2,144	2021–2023
3	17.12	Kyle Mayers	16	33	565	1,416	2021–2023
4	18.66	Kyle Jamieson	15	69	1,288	2,916	2020–2022
5	19.74	Ravichandran Ashwin	27	131	2,586	6,057	2019–2023
Qualification: Minimum 1,000 deliveries bowled Last updated: 10 March 2023

Best bowling strike-rates

Rank	Strike Rate	Bowler	Matches	Wkts	Balls	Average	Span
1	36.8	Scott Boland	7	28	1,033	13.42	2021–2023
2	40.3	Marco Jansen	11	44	1,775	22.38	2021–2023
3	40.6	Shardul Thakur	7	27	1,097	24.11	2021–2022
4	41.6	Kagiso Rabada	23	102	4,245	23.57	2019–2023
5	41.8	Umesh Yadav	15	49	2,050	23.02	2019–2023
Qualification: Minimum 1,000 deliveries bowled Last updated: 10 March 2023

Best economy rates

Rank	Economy	Bowler	Runs	Balls	Wkts	Span
1	2.18	Scott Boland	376	1,033	28	2021–2023
2	2.28	James Anderson	1,943	5,107	97	2019–2022
3	2.32	Axar Patel	706	1,820	48	2021–2023
4	2.33	Colin de Grandhomme	496	1,277	13	2019–2022
5	2.36	Mohammad Abbas	827	2,098	24	2019–2021
Qualification: Minimum 1,000 deliveries bowled Last updated: 11 February 2023

Most maidens earned

Rank	Maidens	Bowler	Innings	Overs	Economy	Span
1	314	Nathan Lyon	59	1,438.4	2.68	2019–2023
2	263	Pat Cummins	53	974.1	2.66	2019–2023
3	262	James Anderson	48	851.1	2.28	2019–2022
4	222	Tim Southee	45	911.1	2.89	2019–2023
5	221	Jack Leach	43	1,010.3	3.05	2019–2022
Last updated: 10 March 2023

Most five-wicket hauls

Rank	Five-wicket hauls	Bowler	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Runs	Overs	BBI	BBM	Avg	10WM
1	9	Nathan Lyon	33	59	136	3,859	1,438.4	8/64	11/99	28.37	2
2	6	Tim Southee	23	45	100	2,642	911.1	5/32	9/110	26.42	0
		Ravichandran Ashwin	27	51	131	2,585	1009.3	7/145	9/207	19.74	0
4	5	Axar Patel	12	22	49	822	357.2	6/38	11/70	16.77	1
		Kyle Jamieson	15	29	69	1,288	486.0	6/48	11/117	18.66	1
		Jasprit Bumrah	20	38	79	1,742	642.0	6/27	9/110	22.05	0
		James Anderson	27	48	97	1,943	851.1	6/40	7/63	20.03	0
Last updated: 10 March 2023

Most ten-wicket hauls

Rank	ten-wicket haul	Bowler	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Runs	Overs	BBI	BBM	Avg	5WI
1	2	Nathan Lyon	32	58	136	3,845	1,435.4	8/64	11/99	28.27	9
2	1	15 players took ten-wicket haul 1 time in the world test championship
Last updated: 2 March 2023

Most runs conceded in an innings

Rank	Runs	Player	Team	Opposition	Figures	Venue	Date
1	235	Zahid Mahmood	Pakistan	England	4/235	Rawalpindi	1 December 2022
2	205	Yasir Shah		Australia	4/205	Brisbane	21 November 2019
		Abrar Ahmed		New Zealand	5/205	Karachi	26 December 2022
4	197	Yasir Shah		Australia	0/197	Adelaide	29 November 2019
5	196	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	India	1/196	Pune	10 October 2019
Last updated: 30 December 2022

Worst bowling figures in an innings

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/197	Yasir Shah	Australia	Adelaide	29 November 2019
2	0/159	Zafar Gohar	New Zealand	Christchurch	3 January 2021
3	0/156	Mitchell Swepson	Pakistan	Karachi	12 March 2022
4	0/154	Tim Southee	England	Nottingham	10 June 2022
5	0/141	Naseem Shah	New Zealand	Christchurch	3 January 2021
Last updated: 30 December 2022

Most wickets in a cycle

Rank	Wkts	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Average	SR	5WI	10WM	Edition
1	80	Nathan Lyon	18	31	804.5	26.10	60.3	5	1	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
2	71	Ravichandran Ashwin	14	26	549.4	20.33	46.4	4	0	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
3	70	Pat Cummins	14	28	555.3	21.02	47.6	1	0
4	69	Stuart Broad	17	32	499.3	20.08	43.4	2	1
5	63	Kagiso Rabada	12	20	369.4	21.79	35.2	3	0	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
Last updated : 3 March 2023

All-round Records

500 runs and 50 wickets

Rank	Player	Average Difference	Matches	Runs	Bat Avg	Wickets	Bowl Avg	Period
1	Ravindra Jadeja	17.78	23	1,145	42.40	72	24.62	2019-2023
2	Ben Stokes	8.55	35	2,305	39.06	64	30.51	2019-2022
3	Ravichandran Ashwin	2.12	27	761	22.38	126	20.25	2019-2023
4	Keshav Maharaj	-20.77	24	673	17.25	61	38.03	2019-2023
Last updated: 9 March 2023

Fielding records

Overall

Indian🇮🇳 wicket keeper Rishab Pant had the most stumping and catches as a wicket-keeper in the World Test Championship.

Most dismissals as a wicket keeper

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Match	Innings	Catches	Stumpings	Diss/Inn	Period
1	91	Rishabh Pant	24	47	79	12	1.936	2019-2022
2	81	Joshua Da Silva	20	38	77	4	2.131	2020-2023
3	80	Jos Buttler	25	38	79	1	2.105	2019-2022
4	66	Mohammad Rizwan	24	41	64	2	1.609	2019-2022
5	65	Tim Paine	14	28	63	2	2.321	2019-2021
Last updated: 10 March 2023

Most Catches as a wicket keeper

Rank	Catches	Player	Match	Innings	Period
1	79	Rishabh Pant	24	47	2019-2022
		Jos Buttler	25	38	2019-2022
3	77	Joshua Da Silva	20	38	2019-2023
4	64	Mohammad Rizwan	24	41	2019-2022
5	63	Tim Paine	14	28	2019-2021
Last updated: 10 March 2023

Most Stumpings

Rank	Stumpings	Player	Match	Innings	Period
1	12	Rishabh Pant	24	47	2019-2022
2	7	Niroshan Dickwella	20	35	2019-2022
3	6	Tom Blundell	19	23	2019-2023
4	4	Nurul Hasan	6	9	2021-2022
		Litton Das	18	23	2019-2022
		Ben Foakes	13	24	2021-2022
		Joshua Da Silva	18	34	2020-2022
Last updated: 4 January 2023

Most dismissals as a wicket keeper in a cycle

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Match	Innings	Catches	Stumpings	Diss/Inn	Edition
1	65	Tim Paine	14	28	63	2	2.321	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
2	62	Alex Carey	18	34	60	0	1.823	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
3	54	Joshua Da Silva	13	25	51	3	2.160
4	50	Quinton de Kock	12	22	48	2	2.275	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
		Rishabh Pant		23	44	6	2.173	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
		Jos Buttler	13	25	49	1	2.000	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
Last updated: 9 March 2023

Most catches by fielder

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Innings	Ct/Inn	Period
1	65	Joe Root	42	80	0.812	2019–2022
2	58	Steve Smith	30	57	0.964	2019-2023
3	38	Ben Stokes	35	67	0.567	2019–2022
4	36	Virat Kohli	29	56	0.625	2019–2023
5	34	Zak Crawley	28	52	0.653	2020–2022
Last updated: 17 February 2023

Most catches by fielder in a cycle

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Innings	Ct/Inn	Edition
1	34	Joe Root	20	38	0.894	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
2	31	Steve Smith	18	34	0.911	2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
		Joe Root	22	42	0.738
4	27	Steve Smith	13	26	1.038	2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship
5	25	Ben Stokes	17	36	0.757
Last updated: 2 March 2022

Other records

Most matches played

Rank	Matches	Player	Runs	Wkts	Period
1	42	Joe Root	3,575	30	2019–2022
2	35	Ben Stokes	2,305	64	2019–2022
3	34	Cheteshwar Pujara	1,686	-	2019–2023
4	33	Nathan Lyon	380	136	2019–2023
5	32	Marnus Labuschagne	3,121	4	2019–2023
		Steve Smith	2,583	2	2019–2023
Last updated: 9 March 2023

Most matches as captain

Rank	Matches	Player	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L	%W	%L	Span
1	32	Joe Root	12	13	0	7	0.92	37.5	40.62	2019–2022
2	22	Virat Kohli	14	7	0	1	2.00	63.63	31.81	2019–2022
3	20	Dimuth Karunaratne	7	8	0	5	0.87	35	40	2019–2022
4	18	Kraigg Brathwaite	6	8	0	4	0.75	33.66	44.44	2021–2023
5	16	Babar Azam	6	6	0	4	1.00	37.5	37.5	2019–2023
Last updated: 2 March 2023

Most matches won as a captain

Rank	Won	Player	Matches	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L	%W	%L	Span
1	14	Virat Kohli	22	7	0	1	2.00	63.63	31.81	2019–2022
2	12	Joe Root	32	13	0	7	0.92	37.5	40.62	2019–2022
3	9	Ben Stokes	11	2	0	0	4.50	81.81	18.18	2020–2022
4	8	Tim Paine	14	4	0	2	2.00	57.14	28.57	2019–2021
		Pat Cummins	15	3	0	4	2.66	53.33	20	2021–2023
		Dean Elgar	15	6	0	1	1.33	53.33	40	2021–2023
Last updated: 19 February 2023

Most man of the match awards

Rank	M.O.M	Player	Matches	Span
1	5	Travis Head	24	2019–2022
		Ben Stokes	35	2019–2022
		Joe Root	42	2019–2022
4	4	Marnus Labuschagne	27	2019–2022
Last updated: 28 December 2022

Most man of the series awards

Rank	M.O.S	Player	Matches	Span
1	3	Ben Stokes	35	2019–2022
		Joe Root	42	2019–2022
3	2	Abid Ali	14	2019–2021
		Ravichandran Ashwin	23	2019–2022
		Mohammad Rizwan	24	2019–2022
		David Warner	27	2019–2023
		Marnus Labuschagne	28	2019–2023
Last updated: 8 January 2023

Most matches as an umpire

Rank	Matches	Umpire	Country	Span
1	20	Michael Gough	England	2019-2023
		Joel Wilson	West Indies	2019-2022
3	19	Richard Illingworth	England	2019-2023
4	18	Marais Erasmus	South Africa	2019-2023
		Chris Gaffaney	New Zealand	2019-2023
		Richard Kettleborough	England	2019-2022
Last updated: 9 March 2023

Youngest players on Debut

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	16 years and 279 days	Naseem Shah	Australia	Brisbane	21 November 2019
2	18 years and 126 days	Rehan Ahmed	Pakistan	Karachi	17 December 2022
3	19 years and 93 days	Muhammad Musa	Australia	Adelaide	29 November 2019
4	19 years and 196 days	Dunith Wellalage	Pakistan	Galle	24 July 2022
5	19 years and 273 days	Jayden Seales	South Africa	Gros Islet	10 June 2021
Last Updated: 22 December 2022

Oldest player

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	40 years and 132 days	James Anderson	Pakistan	Multan	9 December 2022
2	38 years and 184 days	Dilruwan Perera	England	Galle	22 January 2021
3	37 years and 307 days	Ross Taylor	Bangladesh	Christchurch	9 January 2022
4	37 years and 301 days	Azhar Ali	England	Karachi	17 December 2022
5	37 years and 116 days	William Somerville	India	Wankhede	3 December 2021
Last Updated: 22 December 2022

Partnership records

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.

By wicket

Wicket	Partnership	Players		Team	Against	Venue	Date
1st	317	Mayank Agarwal	Rohit Sharma	India	South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 October 2019
2nd	361	David Warner	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	Pakistan	Adelaide	29 November 2019
3rd	251	Steve Smith			West Indies	Perth	30 November 2022
4th	369	Kane Williamson	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand	Pakistan	Christchurch	3 January 2021
5th	359	Zak Crawley	Jos Buttler	England		Southampton	21 August 2020
6th	272	Mushfiqur Rahim	Litton Das	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Mirpur	23 May 2022
7th	241	Jonny Bairstow	Jamie Overton	England	New Zealand	Leeds	23 June 2022
8th	117	Cameron Green	Alex Carey	Australia	South Africa	Melbourne	26 December 2022
9th	124	Dhananjaya de Silva	Lasith Embuldeniya	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Galle	29 November 2021
10th	104	Matt Henry	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand	Pakistan	Karachi	2 January 2023
Last updated: 3 January 2023

By runs

Rank	Partnership	Wicket	Players		Team	Against	Venue	Date
1	369	4th	Kane Williamson	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand	Pakistan	Christchurch	3 January 2021
2	361	2nd	David Warner	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia		Adelaide	29 November 2019
3	359	5th	Zak Crawley	Jos Buttler	England		Southampton	21 August 2020
4	345	4th	Dimuth Karunaratne	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Kandy	21 April 2021
5	317	1st	Mayank Agarwal	Rohit Sharma	India	South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 October 2019
Last updated: 8 August 2021

Highest overall partnership runs by a pair

Rank	Runs	Innings	Players	Batting team	Highest	Average	100/50	Span
1	1,767	29	Marnus Labuschagne & Steve Smith	Australia	251	63.10	8/7	2019-2023
2	1,377	17	Marnus Labuschagne & David Warner		361	81.00	6/4	2019-2023
3	1,075	19	Jonny Bairstow & Joe Root	England	269*	63.23	5/2	2019-2022
4	993	11	Litton Das & Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	272	90.27	3/3	2019-2022
5	992	15	Travis Head & Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	297	70.85	1/6	2019-2023
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 3 March 2023

See also

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• List of Test cricket records

External links

• List of World Test Championship records at ESPN Cricinfo

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