This table gives the progressive highest score made by an individual in all classes of cricket. It goes from the first recorded hundred, by John Minshull, to the highest individual score, by Pranav Dhanawade.

See From Minshull to Collins for a more detailed account of the progression of the record.

Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder)
Score Name Match Location Date
1009* Pranav Dhanawade KC Gandhi English School v Arya Gurukul (CBSE) Kalyan, Mumbai 2015-16
628* AEJ Collins Clark's House v North Town Clifton College 1899
485 AE Stoddart Hampstead v Stoics Hampstead 1886
419* JS Carrick West of Scotland v Priory Park Chichester 1885
415* WN Roe Emmanuel LVC v Caius College LVC Cambridge 1881
404* EFS Tylecote Classical v Modern Clifton 1868
279 Alfred Adams Saffron Walden v Bishop's Stortford Saffron Walden 1837
278 W Ward MCC v Norfolk Lord's 1820
170 Lord F Beauclerk Homerton v Montpelier Montpelier 1806
167 J Aylward Hambledon v All England Sevenoaks 1777
136 J Small, sen. Hambledon v Surrey Hambledon 1775
107 J Minshull. Duke of Dorset's XI v Wrotham Sevenoaks? 1769