Highest Team Total in Cricket and the Lowest All-Out Scores

How the Highest Team Total in Cricket Is Ranked

The highest-totals tables rank every completed innings by runs scored, whether the side was bowled out, declared or reached the end of its overs. A score shown as 823/7 means 823 runs for 7 wickets.

The lowest-totals tables are different. They count all-out innings only. A side that ends on a low score with wickets in hand, because of rain, a declaration or a successful chase, does not qualify. That is why every entry in the low lists shows a team bowled out.

Each list is split by format, since a good Test total and a good T20I total are not comparable. The overs column helps here: England’s 823/7 took 150 overs, while Pakistan’s 765/6 against Sri Lanka at Karachi in Feb 2009 needed 248.5 overs. Use the column headings to sort by overs or date; each format has its own table.

Test and ODI Highest Totals: Who Appears Most

The Test top ten is spread widely, but West Indies and Sri Lanka have three entries each. Sri Lanka’s include 760/7 at Ahmedabad in Nov 2009 and 756/5 at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Jul 2006. West Indies made 751/5 at St John’s on 10 Apr 2004, the match in which BC Lara (West Indies) scored 400*. Only two of the ten come from after 2014: India’s 759/7 at Chennai in Dec 2016 and England’s at Multan.

The ODI list belongs to England and South Africa. England hold the top three, led by 498/4 against the Netherlands at Amstelveen on 17 Jun 2022 and 481/6 against Australia at Trent Bridge in Jun 2018. South Africa have five of the ten. The Wanderers in Johannesburg appears three times, two of them from one game on 12 Mar 2006, when Australia made 434/4 and South Africa chased it down with 438/9.

T20I Totals: Associate Nations at Both Ends

The T20I lists look nothing like the others. Zimbabwe’s 344/4 against Gambia at Nairobi on 23 Oct 2024 leads, and only three of the ten highest totals come from Test-playing sides: Zimbabwe, England, whose 304/2 came against South Africa in Manchester in Sep 2025, and India with 297/6 against Bangladesh at Hyderabad in Oct 2024. Nepal appear twice, with 314/3 and 313/2.

The lowest T20I totals are all by Associate teams. Ivory Coast’s 7 is followed by 10 from both the Isle of Man and Mongolia, and Ivory Coast appear four times in the bottom ten, Mongolia three times. More numbers for the shortest format are on the T20I records page.

Lowest Test and ODI Totals

West Indies’ 27 all out against Australia at Sabina Park on 12 Jul 2025 is the lowest Test total in the data, in just 14.3 overs. Ireland’s 38 at Lord’s in Jul 2019 is next. South Africa were the bowling side for four of the ten lowest Test totals, dismissing Sri Lanka for 42, New Zealand for 45, Australia for 47 and Pakistan for 49.

In ODIs, the USA’s 35 against Nepal at Kirtipur in Feb 2020 is the lowest, just below Canada’s 36 against Sri Lanka in Feb 2003. Sri Lanka feature three times in the ODI bottom ten, twice against India in 2023. For the full format lists, see Test cricket records and ODI cricket records.