Ranji Trophy Winners List: The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations.
The competition currently consists of 38 teams, with all 28 states in India and four of the eight union territories having at least one representation. The competition is named after the first Indian cricketer who played international cricket, Ranjitsinhji, who was also known as ‘Ranji’.
Ranji Trophy Winners List
The first edition of the tournament was won by Bombay (now known as Mumbai). Mumbai/Bombay has played in 48 finals and has won a total of 42 Ranji Trophy champions, the most by any team on the Ranji winners list.
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Winning Captain |
| 1934–35 | Bombay | Northern India | L. P. Jai |
| 1935–36 | Bombay | Madras | Hormasji Vajifdar |
| 1936–37 | Bengal | Bengal | Albert Wensley |
| 1937–38 | Hyderabad | Nawanagar | SM Hussain |
| 1938–39 | Bengal | Southern Punjab | Tom Longfield |
| 1939–40 | Maharashtra | United Provinces | D. B. Deodhar |
| 1940–41 | Maharashtra | Madras | D. B. Deodhar |
| 1941–42 | Bombay | Mysore | Vijay Merchant |
| 1942–43 | Baroda | Hyderabad | W.Ghorpade |
| 1943–44 | Western India | Bengal | Herbert Barritt |
| 1944–45 | Bombay | Holkar | Vijay Merchant |
| 1945–46 | Holkar | Baroda | C. K. Nayudu |
| 1946–47 | Baroda | Holkar | Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
| 1947–48 | Holkar | Bombay | C. K. Nayudu |
| 1948–49 | Bombay | Baroda | K. C. Ibrahim |
| 1949–50 | Baroda | Holkar | Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
| 1950–51 | Holkar | Gujarat | C. K. Nayudu |
| 1951–52 | Bombay | Holkar | Madhav Mantri |
| 1952–53 | Holkar | Bengal | C. K. Nayudu |
| 1953–54 | Bombay | Holkar | Ranga Sohoni |
| 1954–55 | Madras | Holkar | Balu Alaganan |
| 1955–56 | Bombay | Bengal | Madhav Mantri |
| 1956–57 | Bombay | Services | Madhav Mantri |
| 1957–58 | Baroda | Services | Datta Gaekwad |
| 1958–59 | Bombay | Bengal | Madhav Apte |
| 1959–60 | Bombay | Mysore | Polly Umrigar |
| 1960–61 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Polly Umrigar |
| 1961–62 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Madhav Apte |
| 1962–63 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Polly Umrigar |
| 1963–64 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Bapu Nadkarni |
| 1964–65 | Bombay | Hyderabad | Bapu Nadkarni |
| 1965–66 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Bapu Nadkarni |
| 1966–67 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Manohar Hardikar |
| 1967–68 | Bombay | Madras | Manohar Hardikar |
| 1968–69 | Bombay | Bengal | Ajit Wadekar |
| 1969–70 | Bombay | Rajasthan | Ajit Wadekar |
| 1970–71 | Bombay | Maharashtra | Sudhir Naik |
| 1971–72 | Bombay | Bengal | Ajit Wadekar |
| 1972–73 | Bombay | Tamil Nadu | Ajit Wadekar |
| 1973–74 | Karnataka | Rajasthan | E. A. S. Prasanna |
| 1974–75 | Bombay | Karnataka | Ashok Mankad |
| 1975–76 | Bombay | Bihar | Ashok Mankad |
| 1976–77 | Bombay | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 1977–78 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | E. A. S. Prasanna |
| 1978–79 | Delhi | Karnataka | Bishan Singh Bedi |
| 1979–80 | Delhi | Bombay | Bishan Singh Bedi |
| 1980–81 | Bombay | Delhi | Eknath Solkar |
| 1981–82 | Delhi | Karnataka | Mohinder Amarnath |
| 1982–83 | Karnataka | Bombay | Brijesh Patel |
| 1983–84 | Bombay | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 1984–85 | Bombay | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 1985–86 | Delhi | Haryana | Madan Lal |
| 1986–87 | Hyderabad | Delhi | M. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 1987–88 | Tamil Nadu | Railways | Krishnamachari Srikkanth |
| 1988–89 | Delhi | Bengal | Madan Lal |
| 1989–90 | Bengal | Delhi | Sambaran Banerjee |
| 1990–91 | Haryana | Bombay | Kapil Dev |
| 1991–92 | Delhi | Tamil Nadu | Ajay Sharma |
| 1992–93 | Punjab | Maharashtra | Gursharan Singh |
| 1993–94 | Bombay | Bengal | Ravi Shastri |
| 1994–95 | Bombay | Punjab | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 1995–96 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | Anil Kumble |
| 1996–97 | Mumbai | Delhi | Sanjay Manjrekar |
| 1997–98 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | Rahul Dravid |
| 1998–99 | Karnataka | Madhya Pradesh | Sunil Joshi |
| 1999–00 | Mumbai | Hyderabad | Sameer Dighe |
| 2000–01 | Baroda | Railways | Jacob Martin |
| 2001–02 | Railways | Baroda | Abhay Sharma |
| 2002–03 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Paras Mhambrey |
| 2003–04 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Sairaj Bahutule |
| 2004–05 | Railways | Punjab | Sanjay Bangar |
| 2005–06 | Uttar Pradesh | Bengal | Mohammad Kaif |
| 2006–07 | Mumbai | Bengal | Amol Muzumdar |
| 2007–08 | Delhi | Uttar Pradesh | Gautam Gambhir |
| 2008–09 | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh | Wasim Jaffer |
| 2009–10 | Mumbai | Karnataka | Wasim Jaffer |
| 2010–11 | Rajasthan | Baroda | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
| 2011–12 | Rajasthan | Tamil Nadu | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
| 2012–13 | Mumbai | Saurashtra | Ajit Agarkar |
| 2013–14 | Karnataka | Maharashtra | Vinay Kumar |
| 2014–15 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | Vinay Kumar |
| 2015–16 | Mumbai | Saurashtra | Aditya Tare |
| 2016–17 | Gujarat | Mumbai | Parthiv Patel |
| 2017–18 | Vidarbha | Delhi | Faiz Fazal |
| 2018–19 | Vidarbha | Saurashtra | Faiz Fazal |
| 2019–20 | Saurashtra | Bengal | Jaydev Unadkat |
| 2021–22 | Madhya Pradesh | Mumbai | Aditya Shrivastava |
| 2022–23 | Saurashtra | Bengal | Jaydev Unadkat |
| 2023–24 | Mumbai | Vidarbha | Ajinkya Rahane |
| 2024–25 | Vidarbha | Kerala | Akshay Wadkar |
Ranji Trophy Records
Most Career Runs
Wasim Jaffer is the only player to score more than 10000 runs in Ranji Trophy. Wasim Jaffer announces his retirement from all forms of cricket in late 2020. Check out the list of Most Career runs in Ranji Trophy below:
| Score | Player | Teams | Career span |
| 12038 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai, Vidharba | 1996/97 – 2019/20 |
| 9205 | Amol Muzumdar | Mumbai, Assam, Andhra | 1993/94 – 2013/14 |
| 9201 | Devendra Bundela | Madhya Pradesh | 1995/96 – 2017/18 |
| 9143 | Paras Dogra | Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry | 2001/02 – 2023/24 |
| 8700 | Yashpal Singh | Services, Tripura,Sikkim, Manipur | 2001/02 – 2019/20 |
| 8635 | Manoj Tiwary | Bengal | 2000/01 – 2023/24 |
| 8554 | Mithun Manhas | Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir | 1997/98 – 2016/17 |
| 8430 | Faiz Fazal | Vidarbha, Railways | 2003/04 – 2023/24 |
| 8059 | Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan | 1994/95 – 2013/14 |
| 7861 | Naman Ojha | Madhya Pradesh | 2000/01 – 2019/20 |
Highest Individual Scores
B. B. Nimbalkar’s 443* against Kathiawar in the 1948/49 season remains the Highest Individual Score in Ranji Trophy history. Check out the full list of Highest Individual Scores in the Ranji Trophy tournament:
| Score | Player | For | Against | Year |
| 443* | B. B. Nimbalkar | Maharashtra | Kathiawar | 1948/49 |
| 379 | Prithvi Shaw | Mumbai | Assam | 2022/23 |
| 377 | Sanjay Manjrekar | Bombay | Hyderabad | 1990/91 |
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366
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M. V. Sridhar | Hyderabad | Andhra | 1993/94 |
| Tanmay Agarwal | Hyderabad | Arunachal | 2023/24 | |
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359*
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Vijay Merchant | Bombay | Maharashtra | 1943/44 |
| Samit Gohel | Gujarat | Odisha | 2016/17 | |
| 353 | V. V. S. Laxman | Hyderabad | Karnataka | 1999/00 |
| 352 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Saurashtra | Karnataka | 2012/13 |
| 351* | Swapnil Gugale | Maharashtra | Delhi | 2016/17 |
| 343 | Puneet Bisht | Meghalaya | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
| 341 | Sakibul Gani | Bihar | Mizoram | 2021/22 |
| 340 | Sunil Gavaskar | Mumbai | Bengal | 1981/82 |
| 338 | Prashant Chopra | Himachal Pradesh | Punjab | 2017/18 |
Most Career Centuries
Domestic cricket legend Wasim Jaffer scored a whopping 40 centuries in his career span and leads the list of most career centuries in the Ranji Trophy tournament. Check out the full list of most career centuries in the Ranji Trophy tournament:
| Centuries | Player | Teams | Career span |
| 40 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai, Vidarbha | 1996/97 – 2019/20 |
| 31 | Ajay Sharma | Delhi, Himachal Pradesh | 1984/85 – 2000/01 |
| 30 | Paras Dogra | Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry | 2001/02 – 2022/23 |
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28
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Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan | 1994/95 – 2013/14 |
| Amol Muzumdar | Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra | 1993/94 – 2013/14 | |
| 27 | Amarjit Kaypee | Punjab, Haryana | 1980/81 – 1999/00 |
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26
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Brijesh Patel | Mysore/Karnataka | 1969/70 – 1987/88 |
| Surendra Bhave | Maharashtra | 1986/87 – 2000/01 | |
| 25 | Mithun Manhas | Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir | 1997/98 – 2016/17 |
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24
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Vinod Kambli | Bombay/Mumbai | 1989/90 – 2004/05 |
| Subramaniam Badrinath | Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad | 2000/01 – 2016/17 | |
| Devendra Bundela | Madhya Pradesh | 1995/96 – 2017/18 |
Most Runs in a Season
Former Indian cricketer V.V.S. Laxman scored a massive 1415 runs during the 1999/00 season while playing for Hyderabad. Check out the list of Most Runs scored in a Ranji Trophy Season:
| Score | Player | Team | Season |
| 1415 | V. V. S. Laxman | Hyderabad | 1999/00 |
| 1380 | Vijay Bharadwaj | Karnataka | 1998/99 |
| 1340 | Rahul Dalal | Arunachal Pradesh | 2019/20 |
| 1331 | Milind Kumar | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
| 1330 | Shreyas Iyer | Mumbai | 2015/16 |
| 1310 | Priyank Panchal | Gujarat | 2016/17 |
| 1260 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai | 2008/09 |
| 1223 | Kedar Jadhav | Maharashtra | 2013/14 |
| 1160 | Mayank Agarwal | Karnataka | 2017/18 |
| 1089 | Ajinkya Rahane | Mumbai | 2008/09 |
Most career wickets
Rajinder Goel leads the list of Most career wickets in the Ranji Trophy tournament with 637 wickets under his name. Check out the list of Most career wickets holders in Ranji Trophy tournament:
| Wickets | Player | Teams | Career span |
| 639 | Rajinder Goel | Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana | 1958/59 – 1984/85 |
| 531 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Madras/Tamil Nadu | 1963/64 – 1984/85 |
| 479 | Sunil Joshi | Karnataka | 1992/93 – 2010/11 |
| 442 | Vinay Kumar | Karnataka, Pondicherry | 2004/05 – 2019/20 |
| 441 | Narendra Hirwani | Madhya Pradesh, Bengal | 1984/85 – 2005/06 |
| 437 | Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | Mysore/Karnataka | 1963/64 – 1979/80 |
Best Bowling Figures in an Innings
Premangsu Chatterjee has the best Bowling Figures in an Innings of the Ranji Trophy tournament. Check out the list of Bowling Figures in an Innings of the Ranji Trophy tournament:
| Score | Player | Team | Opponent | Season |
| 10/20 | Premangsu Chatterjee | Bengal | Assam | 1956/57 |
| 10/78 | Pradeep Sunderam | Rajasthan | Vidarbha | 1985/86 |
| 9/23 | Ankeet Chavan | Mumbai | Punjab | 2012/13 |
| 9/25 | Hyder Ali | Railways | Jammu and Kashmir | 1969/70 |
| 9/29 | Faisal Shaikh | Goa | Services | 2002/03 |
Most wickets in a season
Ashutosh Aman is the player to pick the maximum wicket in a season. Ashutosh picked 68 wickets in the 2018/19 season.
Following him, Jaydev Unadkat picked 67 wickets in 2019/20 and holds the second position. Check out the full list of Most wicket takers in a season of Ranji Trophy tournament:
| Wickets | Player | Team | Season |
| 68 | Ashutosh Aman | Bihar | 2018/19 |
| 67 | Jaydev Unadkat | Saurashtra | 2019/20 |
| 64 | Bishan Singh Bedi | Delhi | 1974/75 |
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62
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Dodda Ganesh | Karnataka | 1998/99 |
| Kanwaljit Singh | Hyderabad | 1999/00 | |
| 59 | Dharmendrasinh Jadeja | Saurashtra | 2018/19 |
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58
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Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Tamil Nadu | 1972/73 |
| Maninder Singh | Delhi | 1991/92 | |
| 57 | Ranadeb Bose | Bengal | 2006/07 |
| 56 | Shahbaz Nadeem | Jharkhand | 2016/17 |
Highest Innings Totals
In 1993/94 Ranji tournament Hyderabad scored 944 runs for 6 wickets loss and registered their name in the top position of the list of Highest Innings Totals. In the 20th Century, Meghalaya becomes the only team to register their name in the Highest Innings Totals list with a score of 826/7 (dec) in 2018/19 season.
| Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
| 944/6 dec | Hyderabad | Andhra | 1993/94 |
| 912/6 dec | Tamil Nadu | Goa | 1988/89 |
| 912/8 dec | Holkar | Karnataka | 1945/46 |
| 880/10 | Jharkhand | Nagaland | 2021/22 |
| 855/6 dec | Mumbai | Hyderabad | 1990/91 |
| 826/4 | Maharashtra | Saurashtra | 1948/49 |
| 826/7 dec | Meghalaya | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
Lowest Innings Totals
Again Hyderabad is the team to top the list of Lowest innings totals of a Ranji Trophy Season. Check out the list of Lowest innings totals of a Ranji Trophy Tournament sofar:
| Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
| 21 | Hyderabad | Rajasthan | 2010/11 |
| 22 | Southern Punjab | Northern India | 1934/35 |
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23
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Sind | Southern Punjab | 1938/39 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Delhi | 1960/61 | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Haryana | 1977/78 |
Highest partnerships per wicket
Following are the details of the Highest partnership run scored per wicket scored in the Ranji Trophy tournament.
| Wicket | Score | Players | Team | Opponent | Season |
| 1st | 464 | Ravi Sehgal & Raman Lamba | Delhi | Himachal Pradesh | 1994/95 |
| 2nd | 475 | Zahir Alam & Lalchand Rajput | Assam | Tripura | 1991/92 |
| 3rd | 594* | Swapnil Gugale & Ankit Bawne | Maharashtra | Delhi | 2016/17 |
| 4th | 577 | Vijay Hazare & Gul Mohammad | Baroda | Holkar | 1946/47 |
| 5th | 520* | Cheteshwar Pujara & Ravindra Jadeja | Saurashtra | Orissa | 2008/09 |
| 6th | 417 | Wriddhiman Saha & Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Bengal | Assam | 2010/11 |
| 7th | 460 | Bhupinder Singh Jr. & Pankaj Dharmani | Punjab | Delhi | 1994/95 |
| 8th | 392 | Amit Mishra & Jayant Yadav | Haryana | Karnataka | 2012/13 |
| 9th | 249* | Ankit Srivastava & Kapil Seth | Madhya Pradesh | Vidarbha | 2000/01 |
| 10th | 233 | Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh | Delhi | Bombay | 1991/92 |
