PLAYER CAREER

Garry Sobers

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

West Indies1954–1974

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	93	160	45	102	1954-03-30	1974-03-30
ODI	1	1	1	1	1973-09-05	1973-09-05

94Internationals

8,032Career runs

26Centuries

236Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 93
Innings: 160
Runs: 8,032
Average: 57.78
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 365*
Not outs: 21
100s: 26
50s: 30
Ducks: 12
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 93
Innings: 159
Balls: 21,599
Maidens: 974
Runs conceded: 7,999
Wickets: 235
Average: 34.03
Economy: 2.22
Strike rate: 91.91
Best innings: 6/73
Best match: 8/80
4 wickets: 8
5 wickets: 6
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 93
Innings: 172
Catches: 109
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 109
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 109
Dismissals / inns: 0.633
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
Runs: 0
Average: 0.00
Strike rate: 0.00
Highest score: 0
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 6

Bowling

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
Balls: 63
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 31
Wickets: 1
Average: 31.00
Economy: 2.95
Strike rate: 63.00
Best innings: 1/31
Best match: 1/31
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 1.000
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

94 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1974-03-30	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 26 runs
1974-03-06	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1974-02-16	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1974-02-02	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1973-09-05	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 1 wickets
1973-08-23	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 226 runs
1973-08-09	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1973-07-26	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 158 runs
1972-04-20	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1972-04-06	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1972-03-23	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1972-03-09	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

West Indies

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

195440 runs
1955231 runs
195681 runs
1957320 runs
19581,299 runs
1959242 runs
1960864 runs
1961275 runs
1962424 runs
1963322 runs
1965352 runs
1966895 runs
1967169 runs
1968669 runs
1969593 runs
1971597 runs
1972253 runs
1973306 runs
1974100 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19544 wickets
19556 wickets
19562 wickets
19575 wickets
19588 wickets
19596 wickets
196012 wickets
196112 wickets
196223 wickets
196320 wickets
196512 wickets
196632 wickets
19672 wickets
196824 wickets
196925 wickets
197112 wickets
197210 wickets
19736 wickets
197414 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 19 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1974	4	5	100	57	20.00	37.31	0	1	12	1	268	8	14	30.07	1.88	95.71
1973	3	5	306	150	76.50	51.17	1	2	41	0	598	6	6	28.16	2.05	82.16
1972	5	8	253	142	36.14	—	1	0	—	1	—	8	10	33.20	1.83	108.60
1971	5	10	597	178	74.62	—	3	1	—	4	—	9	12	33.41	1.83	109.50
1969	9	17	593	113	37.06	—	2	2	—	3	—	17	25	46.08	2.55	108.40
1968	7	13	669	152	66.90	—	2	3	81	3	—	11	24	29.50	2.07	85.25
1967	1	2	169	95	169.00	—	0	2	19	3	—	2	2	63.50	2.33	163.00
1966	7	11	895	174	99.44	—	3	5	120	2	—	13	32	24.00	2.07	69.46
1965	5	10	352	69	39.11	—	0	2	—	1	—	9	12	40.83	2.54	96.25
1963	5	8	322	102	40.25	—	1	2	—	2	—	10	20	28.55	2.47	69.30
1962	5	7	424	153	70.66	—	2	1	—	8	—	10	23	20.56	2.11	58.30
1961	3	6	275	168	45.83	—	1	1	32	1	—	6	12	29.58	1.98	89.33
1960	7	12	864	226	78.54	—	4	1	—	2	—	11	12	49.00	3.09	95.00
1959	5	8	242	72	30.25	—	0	1	—	—	—	8	6	34.66	1.64	126.16
1958	8	13	1,299	365	144.33	—	6	3	—	1	—	14	8	67.25	2.33	172.87
1957	5	10	320	66	32.00	—	0	2	44	0	—	5	5	71.00	2.64	160.80
1956	4	5	81	27	16.20	—	0	0	—	0	—	4	2	24.50	1.04	140.50
1955	4	8	231	64	38.50	—	0	1	—	0	—	6	6	35.50	2.26	93.83
1954	1	2	40	26	40.00	—	0	0	—	0	—	2	4	20.25	2.71	44.75

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

19730 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19731 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1973	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	31.00	2.95	63.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1954-03-30
First available scorecard
Test v England · Kingston
1958-02-26
Highest recorded innings · 365* runs
Test v Pakistan · Kingston
1961-02-10
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1968-12-06
Best recorded bowling · 6/73
Test v Australia · Brisbane
1974-03-30
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Port of Spain