Last updated on March 15th, 2024 at 10:34 am
Ranji Trophy Winners List: In this post, we will compiled the Ranji Trophy winners list from 1934-35 till 2023-24. The full Ranji Trophy winners list year wise is outlined below.
Ranji Trophy History
Ranji Trophy Winners List: The Ranji Trophy is a domestic cricket championship in India, named after Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, the first Indian cricketer in international play. Starting in 1934-35, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) won the first edition and has since dominated with a record 42 titles.
The tournament structure has changed over time, moving from zones to divisions and now follows a round-robin format with 38 teams divided into Elite Groups and one Plate Group.
The latest champions are Mumbai, winning their 42nd title in the 2023-24 season by defeating Vidarbha in the final.
Ranji Trophy Winners List Since 1934/35-2022/23
Ranji Trophy Winners List
| Season | Winner | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Mumbai | Vidarbha |
| 2022-23 | Saurashtra | Bengal |
| 2021-22 | Madhya Pradesh | Mumbai |
| 2020-21 | Not held due to COVID-19 | |
| 2019–20 | Saurashtra | Bengal |
| 2018–19 | Vidarbha | Saurashtra |
| 2017–18 | Vidarbha | Delhi |
| 2016–17 | Gujarat | Mumbai |
| 2015–16 | Mumbai | Saurashtra |
| 2014–15 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu |
| 2013–14 | Karnataka | Maharashtra |
| 2012–13 | Mumbai | Saurashtra |
| 2011–12 | Rajasthan | Tamil Nadu |
| 2010–11 | Rajasthan | Baroda |
| 2009–10 | Mumbai | Karnataka |
| 2008–09 | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2007–08 | Delhi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2006–07 | Mumbai | Bengal |
| 2005–06 | Uttar Pradesh | Bengal |
| 2004–05 | Railways | Punjab |
| 2003–04 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu |
| 2002–03 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu |
| 2001–02 | Railways | Baroda |
| 2000–01 | Baroda | Railways |
| 1999–00 | Mumbai | Hyderabad |
| 1998–99 | Karnataka | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1997–98 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1996–97 | Mumbai | Delhi |
| 1995–96 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu |
| 1994–95 | Bombay | Punjab |
| 1993–94 | Bombay | Bengal |
| 1992–93 | Punjab | Maharashtra |
| 1991–92 | Delhi | Tamil Nadu |
| 1990–91 | Haryana | Bombay |
| 1989–90 | Bengal | Delhi |
| 1988–89 | Delhi | Bengal |
| 1987–88 | Tamil Nadu | Railways |
| 1986–87 | Hyderabad | Delhi |
| 1985–86 | Delhi | Haryana |
| 1984–85 | Bombay | Delhi |
| 1983–84 | Bombay | Delhi |
| 1982–83 | Karnataka | Bombay |
| 1981–82 | Delhi | Karnataka |
| 1980–81 | Bombay | Delhi |
| 1979–80 | Delhi | Bombay |
| 1978–79 | Delhi | Karnataka |
| 1977–78 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1976–77 | Bombay | Delhi |
| 1975–76 | Bombay | Bihar |
| 1974–75 | Bombay | Karnataka |
| 1973–74 | Karnataka | Rajasthan |
| 1972–73 | Bombay | Tamil Nadu |
| 1971–72 | Bombay | Bengal |
| 1970–71 | Bombay | Maharashtra |
| 1969–70 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1968–69 | Bombay | Bengal |
| 1967–68 | Bombay | Madras |
| 1966–67 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1965–66 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1964–65 | Bombay | Hyderabad |
| 1963–64 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1962–63 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1961–62 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1960–61 | Bombay | Rajasthan |
| 1959–60 | Bombay | Mysore |
| 1958–59 | Bombay | Bengal |
| 1957–58 | Baroda | Services |
| 1956–57 | Bombay | Services |
| 1955–56 | Bombay | Bengal |
| 1954–55 | Madras | Holkar |
| 1953–54 | Bombay | Holkar |
| 1952–53 | Holkar | Bengal |
| 1951–52 | Bombay | Holkar |
| 1950–51 | Holkar | Gujarat |
| 1949–50 | Baroda | Holkar |
| 1948–49 | Bombay | Baroda |
| 1947–48 | Holkar | Bombay |
| 1946–47 | Baroda | Holkar |
| 1945–46 | Holkar | Baroda |
| 1944–45 | Bombay | Holkar |
| 1943–44 | Western India | Bengal |
| 1942–43 | Baroda | Hyderabad |
| 1941–42 | Bombay | Mysore |
| 1940–41 | Maharashtra | Madras |
| 1939–40 | Maharashtra | United Provinces |
| 1938–39 | Bengal | Southern Punjab |
| 1937–38 | Hyderabad | Nawanagar |
| 1936–37 | Nawanagar | Bengal |
| 1935–36 | Bombay | Madras |
| 1934–35 | Bombay | Northern India |
Ranji Trophy Winners List | Most Winning Titles
Mumbai, previously known as Bombay, holds the record for the most Ranji Trophy titles with 42 wins. Following closely is Karnataka (formerly Mysore) with 8 wins, and Delhi with 7. Teams like Baroda, Madhya Pradesh (formerly Holkar) have each won 5 times, and Saurashtra 4 times respectively.
Additionally, several teams, including Vidarbha, Bengal, Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras), Rajasthan, Hyderabad, Maharashtra, and Railways, have each won the trophy twice. Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh (formerly United Province) have each claimed victory once.
Ranji Trophy Winners List with Most Titles
| # | Teams | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai/Bombay | 42 |
| 2 | Karnataka/Mysore | 8 |
| 3 | Delhi | 7 |
| 4 | – Baroda – Madhya Pradesh/Holkar | 5 |
| 6 | Saurashtra | 4 |
| 7 | – Vidarbha – Bengal – Tamil Nadu/Madras – Rajasthan – Hyderabad – Maharashtra – Railways | 2 |
| 14 | – Gujarat – Haryana – Punjab – Uttar Pradesh/United Provinces | 1 |
Most Runs in Ranji Trophy Winners List
Wasim Jaffer holds the record for the most runs in the Ranji Trophy career, accumulating 12,038 runs between 1996/97 and 2019/20.
Behind him are Amol Mazumdar, who scored 9,205 runs from 1993/94 to 2013/14, and Devendra Bundela, close with 9,201 runs achieved from 1995/96 to 2017/18.
These three players are the top performers in terms of runs in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Check out the most runs by the individuals in the Ranji Trophy Winners List:
| # | Players | Teams | Runs | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wasim Jaffer | – Mumbai: 1996–2015 – Vidarbha: 2015–2020 | 12038 | 1996/97 – 2019/20 |
| 2 | Amol Mazumdar | – Bombay/Mumbai: 1993–2009 – Assam: 2009–2011 – Andhra Pradesh: 2012–2013 | 9205 | 1993/94 – 2013/14 |
| 3 | Devendra Bundela | – Madhya Pradesh | 9201 | 1995/96 – 2017/18 |
| 4 | Faiz Fazal | – Vidarbha: 2003–present – Railways: 2009–2012 | 9105 | 2003/04 – 2022/23 |
| 5 | Yashpal Singh | – Sikkim – Sevices | 8700 | 2001/02 – 2019/20 |
| 6 | Paras Dogra | – Himachal Pradesh: 2001–2017 – Puducherry: 2018–2022 | 8699 | 2001/02 – 2019/20 |
| 7 | Mithun Manhas | – Delhi: 1998–2015 – Jammu & Kashmir: 2016–2017 | 8554 | 1997/98 – 2016/17 |
| 8 | Hrishikesh Kanitkar | – Maharashtra – Madhya Pradesh – Rajasthan | 8059 | 1994/95 – 2013/14 |
| 9 | Naman Ojha | – Madhya Pradesh | 7861 | 2000/01 – 2019/20 |
| 10 | Subramaniam Badrinath | – Tamil Nadu: 2000–2014 – Vidarbha: 2014–2016 – Hyderabad: 2016–2017 | 7850 | 2000/01 – 2016/17 |
Highest Individual Scores in Ranji Trophy Winners List History
B. B. Nimbalkar achieved the highest individual score in Ranji Trophy history by scoring 443 runs while playing for Maharashtra against Saurashtra in the year 1948/49.
| # | Score | Player | Played For | Played Against | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 443* | B. B. Nimbalkar | Maharashtra | Saurashtra | 1948/49 |
| 2 | 379 | Prithvi Shaw | Mumbai | Assam | 2022/23 |
| 3 | 377 | Sanjay Manjrekar | Bombay | Hyderabad | 1990/91 |
| 4 | 366 | M. V. Sridhar | Hyderabad | Andhra | 1993/94 |
| 5 | 359* | – Vijay Merchant – Samit Gohel | – Bombay – Gujarat | – Maharashtra – Odisha | – 1943/44 – 2016/17 |
| 7 | 353 | V. V. S. Laxman | Hyderabad | Karnataka | 1999/00 |
| 8 | 352 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Saurashtra | Karnataka | 2012/13 |
| 9 | 351* | Swapnil Gugale | Maharashtra | Delhi | 2016/17 |
| 10 | 343 | Puneet Bisht | Meghalaya | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
| 11 | 341 | S Gani | Bihar | Mizoram | 2021/22 |
| 12 | 340 | Sunil Gavaskar | Bombay | Bengal | 1981/82 |
| 13 | 338 | Prashant Chopra | Himachal Pradesh | Punjab | 2017/18 |
Most Career Centuries in Ranji Trophy Winners List
Wasim Jaffer holds the record for the most centuries in Ranji Trophy history, scoring 40 centuries from 1996/97 to 2019/20.
Ajay Sharma follows with 31 centuries from 1984/85 to 2000/01, and in third place is Paras Dogra with 29 centuries from 2001/02 to 2022/23.
| Centuries | Player | Teams | Career |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | – Wasim Jaffer | – Mumbai, Vidarbha | – 1996/97–2019/20 |
| 31 | – Ajay Sharma | – Delhi, Himachal Pradesh | – 1984/85–2000/01 |
| 29 | – Paras Dogra | – Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry | – 2001/02–2022/23 |
| 28 | – Hrishikesh Kanitkar – Amol Muzumdar | – Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan – Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra | – 1994/95–2013/14 – 1993/94–2013/14 |
| 27 | – Amarjit Kaypee | – Punjab, Haryana | – 1980/81–1999/00 |
| 26 | – Brijesh Patel – Surendra Bhave | – Mysore/Karnataka – Maharashtra | – 1969/70–1987/88 – 1986/87–2000/01 |
| 25 | – Mithun Manhas | – Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir | – 1997/98–2016/17 |
| 24 | – Vinod Kambli – Subramaniam Badrinath – Devendra Bundela | – Bombay/Mumbai – Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad – Madhya Pradesh | – 1989/90–2004/05 – 2000/01–2016/17 – 1995/96–2017/18 |
Most Wickets in Ranji Trophy Winners List
Rajinder Goel holds the top spot for the most wickets in Ranji Trophy history, having a career tally of 637 wickets from 1958/59 to 1984/85.
Following him is Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in second place, having accumulated 531 wickets during his career from 1963/64 to 1984/85. Sunil Joshi occupies the third position with 479 career wickets, achieved between 1992/93 and 2010/11.
| # | Players | Teams | Wickets | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajinder Goel | – Patiala: 1958/59 – Southern Punjab: 1959–1963 – Delhi: 1963–1973 – Haryana- 1973–1985 | 637 | 1958/59 – 1984/85 |
| 2 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghvan | – Madras/Tamil Nadu | 531 | 1963/64 – 1984/85 |
| 3 | Sunil Joshi | – Karnataka | 479 | 1992/93 – 2010/11 |
| 4 | Vinay Kumar | – Karnataka: 2004–2019 – Puducherry: 2019–2021 | 442 | 2004/05 – 2019/20 |
| 5 | Narendra Hirwani | – Madhya Pradesh: 1984–2006 – Bengal: 1996–1997 | 441 | 1984/85 – 2005/06 |
| 6 | Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | – Mysore/Karnataka | 437 | 1963/64 – 1979/80 |
Ranji Trophy Updates:
- Ranji Trophy began in the 1934-35 season, where Mumbai (Bombay) emerged as the inaugural champions.
- Mumbai/Bombay holds a record of 41 Ranji Trophy victories out of the 46 times final appearance, the most by any team.
- Until 2001, the tournament had five zones: North, West, East, South, and Central (Central zone was added in 1952-53).
- In 2002-03, Ranji Trophy zonal system was replaced by Elite Group and Plate Group.
- At present format in Ranji Trophy, 38 teams are divided into Elite Groups (32 teams) and one Plate Group (6 teams).
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Ranji Trophy Winners List FAQs
1. Who was first Ranji Trophy Winner?
Bombay (currently Mumbai) won the first Ranji Trophy title in the year 1934–35, defeating Northern India.
2. Which team won most Ranji Trophy Title?
Bombay (currently Mumbai) has won most Ranji Trophies with a record of 41 times, followed by Karnataka (8 wins), Delhi (7 wins), Baroda and Holkar (5 wins), and Saurashtra (4 wins).