PLAYER CAREER

Viv Richards

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

West Indies1974–1991

308Internationals

15,261Career runs

35Centuries

150Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 121
Innings: 182
Runs: 8,540
Average: 50.23
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 291
Not outs: 12
100s: 24
50s: 45
Ducks: 10
4s: —
6s: 84
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 121
Innings: 103
Balls: 5,170
Maidens: 203
Runs conceded: 1,964
Wickets: 32
Average: 61.37
Economy: 2.27
Strike rate: 161.56
Best innings: 2/17
Best match: 3/51
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 121
Innings: 232
Catches: 122
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 122
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 122
Dismissals / inns: 0.525
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 187
Innings: 167
Runs: 6,721
Average: 47.00
Strike rate: 90.20
Highest score: 189*
Not outs: 24
100s: 11
50s: 45
Ducks: 7
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 7,451

Bowling

Matches: 187
Innings: 131
Balls: 5,644
Maidens: 26
Runs conceded: 4,228
Wickets: 118
Average: 35.83
Economy: 4.49
Strike rate: 47.83
Best innings: 6/41
Best match: 6/41
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 187
Innings: 186
Catches: 100
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 100
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 100
Dismissals / inns: 0.537
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1991-08-08	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 5 wickets
1991-07-25	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1991-07-04	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 9 wickets
1991-06-20	England v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1991-06-06	England v West Indies	Test	England won by 115 runs
1991-05-27	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
1991-05-25	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 9 runs
1991-05-23	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 1 wickets
1991-04-27	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 157 runs
1991-04-19	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 343 runs
1991-04-05	Australia v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1991-03-23	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 10 wickets

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

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 18 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
1991	10	16	550	80	39.28	59.20	0	7	65	11	929	7	0	N/A	3.82	N/A
1990	3	5	141	70	28.20	64.67	0	1	18	2	218	3	0	N/A	1.67	N/A
1989	6	9	287	110	35.87	52.08	1	2	32	1	551	10	4	86.25	2.50	207.00
1988	11	17	867	146	51.00	80.20	2	6	120	9	1,081	11	5	43.60	2.62	99.60
1987	6	8	300	109	42.85	78.74	1	1	39	3	381	4	3	62.00	2.04	182.00
1986	8	11	506	110	50.60	94.05	1	3	48	14	538	7	1	38.00	1.52	150.00
1985	4	6	310	105	62.00	68.13	1	2	42	5	455	5	1	89.00	2.28	234.00
1984	15	21	862	208	45.36	68.68	3	3	114	6	1,255	12	4	34.00	1.94	105.00
1983	11	15	588	120	39.20	—	2	3	—	9	—	6	1	95.00	2.43	234.00
1982	2	4	158	50	39.50	88.26	0	1	20	0	179	3	0	N/A	2.09	N/A
1981	5	7	342	182	57.00	59.27	2	0	50	4	577	8	5	44.60	2.12	126.00
1980	10	14	893	145	68.69	66.99	2	7	122	5	1,333	12	4	38.25	2.37	96.50
1979	2	2	236	140	118.00	63.95	1	1	29	1	369	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	2	2	62	39	31.00	—	0	0	8	1	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1977	5	9	257	92	28.55	—	0	2	—	0	—	5	2	45.50	2.24	121.50
1976	11	19	1,710	291	90.00	—	7	5	—	7	—	7	1	115.00	2.47	279.00
1975	7	12	210	50	19.09	—	0	1	—	0	—	3	1	29.00	1.42	122.00
1974	3	5	261	192	65.25	—	1	0	—	6	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 17 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
1991	7	7	220	78	31.42	78.57	0	1	21	4	280	4	0	N/A	4.94	N/A
1990	3	3	59	32	19.66	66.29	0	0	4	2	89	1	0	N/A	3.55	N/A
1989	22	18	492	60	32.80	96.85	0	2	—	12	508	21	25	29.56	4.81	36.84
1988	14	13	321	110	26.75	94.13	1	1	30	8	341	13	13	40.15	4.87	49.38
1987	21	19	890	181	49.44	91.84	2	6	74	24	969	16	16	26.18	3.97	39.56
1986	11	11	333	82	33.30	98.23	0	4	25	14	339	2	1	27.00	2.70	60.00
1985	28	25	1,231	103	61.55	92.62	1	12	—	—	1,329	21	18	39.66	4.17	57.00
1984	18	16	695	189	53.46	101.31	2	4	80	12	686	16	12	43.16	4.35	59.50
1983	15	14	730	149	66.36	92.99	2	3	—	—	785	8	6	29.66	4.56	39.00
1982	9	9	383	78	42.55	71.58	0	4	31	3	535	6	6	39.50	4.55	52.00
1981	6	6	156	72	31.20	92.30	0	1	13	3	169	5	6	34.66	4.16	50.00
1980	8	8	328	88	41.00	80.58	0	3	—	—	407	8	5	54.40	5.78	56.40
1979	8	8	526	153	131.50	89.60	2	2	—	—	587	5	6	35.50	4.63	46.00
1978	1	1	9	9	9.00	69.23	0	0	2	0	13	1	0	N/A	12.00	N/A
1977	1	1	20	20	20.00	142.85	0	0	—	—	14	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1976	3	3	216	119	108.00	93.50	1	1	30	1	231	1	1	4.00	4.00	6.00
1975	5	5	112	74	28.00	66.27	0	1	13	1	169	3	3	16.33	3.86	25.33

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1974-11-22
First available scorecard
Test v India · Bengaluru
1974-12-11
First century in this archive · 192 runs
Test v India · Delhi
1976-08-12
Highest recorded innings · 291 runs
Test v England · The Oval
1987-03-18
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v New Zealand · Dunedin
1989-10-23
Best recorded bowling · 6/41
ODI v India · Delhi
1991-08-08
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · The Oval