CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Geoff Boycott
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
GB
144Internationals
9,196Career runs
23Centuries
12Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 108
- Innings
- 193
- Runs
- 8,114
- Average
- 47.72
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 246*
- Not outs
- 23
- 100s
- 22
- 50s
- 42
- Ducks
- 10
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 8
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 108
- Innings
- 20
- Balls
- 944
- Maidens
- 45
- Runs conceded
- 382
- Wickets
- 7
- Average
- 54.57
- Economy
- 2.42
- Strike rate
- 134.85
- Best innings
- 3/47
- Best match
- 3/47
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 108
- Innings
- 193
- Catches
- 33
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 33
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 33
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.170
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 36
- Innings
- 34
- Runs
- 1,082
- Average
- 36.06
- Strike rate
- 53.56
- Highest score
- 105
- Not outs
- 4
- 100s
- 1
- 50s
- 9
- Ducks
- 1
- 4s
- 84
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 2,020
Bowling
- Matches
- 36
- Innings
- 6
- Balls
- 168
- Maidens
- —
- Runs conceded
- 105
- Wickets
- 5
- Average
- 21.00
- Economy
- 3.75
- Strike rate
- 33.60
- Best innings
- 2/14
- Best match
- 2/14
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 36
- Innings
- 35
- Catches
- 5
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 5
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 5
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.142
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
144 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-01-01 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1981-12-23 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1981-12-20 | England v India | ODI | India won by 6 wickets |
| 1981-12-09 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1981-11-27 | England v India | Test | India won by 138 runs |
| 1981-11-25 | England v India | ODI | England won by 5 wickets |
| 1981-08-27 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1981-08-13 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 103 runs |
| 1981-07-30 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 29 runs |
| 1981-07-16 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 18 runs |
| 1981-07-02 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1981-06-18 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 4 wickets |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 12.00 | 46.15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1981 | 13 | 26 | 975 | 137 | 40.62 | 35.93 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 2,713 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 1.16 | N/A |
| 1980 | 9 | 18 | 700 | 128 | 46.66 | 36.55 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 1,915 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1.57 | N/A |
| 1979 | 8 | 13 | 572 | 155 | 47.66 | 35.92 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 1,592 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 1.68 | N/A |
| 1978 | 10 | 18 | 759 | 131 | 44.64 | 28.90 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 2,626 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1977 | 4 | 6 | 505 | 191 | 126.25 | 33.89 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 1,490 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1.00 | N/A |
| 1974 | 6 | 11 | 437 | 112 | 39.72 | 30.24 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 1,445 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1973 | 6 | 10 | 522 | 115 | 58.00 | 43.93 | 1 | 5 | 63 | 4 | 1,188 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1972 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 47 | 18.00 | 43.37 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1971 | 6 | 11 | 766 | 142 | 109.42 | 42.08 | 4 | 3 | 81 | 2 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1970 | 2 | 4 | 173 | 70 | 43.25 | 31.05 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 557 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.25 | N/A |
| 1969 | 6 | 11 | 371 | 128 | 37.10 | 33.21 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1,117 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1968 | 8 | 13 | 625 | 116 | 52.08 | — | 1 | 4 | 79 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1967 | 3 | 5 | 293 | 246 | 97.66 | 42.58 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 688 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1966 | 9 | 15 | 335 | 84 | 22.33 | — | 0 | 3 | 34 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | N/A | 2.80 | N/A |
| 1965 | 9 | 18 | 617 | 117 | 47.46 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 7 | 7 | 37.42 | 2.63 | 85.14 |
| 1964 | 6 | 8 | 368 | 113 | 46.00 | — | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | N/A | 1.00 | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7 | 7 | 113 | 75 | 18.83 | 45.93 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 246 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1980 | 6 | 6 | 350 | 99 | 58.33 | 61.40 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 570 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 11.00 | N/A |
| 1979 | 11 | 11 | 479 | 105 | 53.22 | 57.09 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 839 | 4 | 5 | 18.20 | 3.50 | 31.20 |
| 1978 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4.50 | 31.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1973 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 11.66 | 27.55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1972 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 41 | 24.66 | 54.41 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 21.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Nottingham
- First century in this archive · 113 runs
Test v Australia · The Oval
- Best recorded bowling · 3/47
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
- Highest recorded innings · 246* runs
Test v India · Leeds
- Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Eden Gardens