West Indies national cricket team

West Indies appear in 816 of the men's internationals in the records used here: 173 Tests, 396 One Day Internationals and 247 Twenty20 Internationals. The earliest of them is dated 9 February 2003 and the most recent 11 October 2026.

Of the 738 matches that produced a winner, West Indies won 288 and lost 450, a win rate of 39.0%. Across the 19 national sides on this site that is the 16th highest overall win rate, although the sides are measured over very different eras and formats.

The latest recorded result is a T20I against India on 11 October 2026: India won by 14 runs.

In Tests, West Indies have played 173 recorded matches, winning 39 and losing 94, with 40 draws. The first of these is dated 9 May 2003 and the last 2 August 2026, a win rate of 29.3% in decided matches. Among the 10 sides with enough Test matches recorded to compare, that is 8th. Their innings in these matches average 250.2 runs, against 290.9 for opponents. 40 of the 173 Tests ended in a draw.

In One Day Internationals, West Indies have played 396 recorded matches, winning 145 and losing 228, with 7 ties and 16 without a result. The first of these is dated 9 February 2003 and the last 3 October 2026, a win rate of 38.9% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough ODI matches recorded to compare, that is 15th. Their innings in these matches average 218.9 runs, against 230.3 for opponents. Batting first West Indies have won 54 and lost 115 (32.0%); chasing, 91 won and 113 lost (44.6%).

In Twenty20 Internationals, West Indies have played 247 recorded matches, winning 104 and losing 128, with 3 ties and 12 without a result. The first of these is dated 16 February 2006 and the last 11 October 2026, a win rate of 44.8% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough T20I matches recorded to compare, that is 16th. Their innings in these matches average 152.1 runs, against 158.6 for opponents. Batting first West Indies have won 52 and lost 60 (46.4%); chasing, 52 won and 68 lost (43.3%).

Since the start of 2024 West Indies have played 124 recorded matches across all formats, winning 46 and losing 71. That win rate of 39.3% is in line with the overall figure of 39.0%.

West Indies's first recorded year is 2003, with 17 matches. The busiest calendar year is 2022 with 52 matches, and the year with most wins is 2024, with 21 wins and 24 defeats from 47 matches. The heaviest year for defeats is 2025, with 33.

Year by year, the most recent calendar years read as follows: 2019, 9 won and 26 lost from 37; 2020, 7 won and 10 lost from 19; 2021, 16 won and 23 lost from 44; 2022, 16 won and 33 lost from 52; 2023, 19 won and 15 lost from 37; 2024, 21 won and 24 lost from 47; 2025, 11 won and 33 lost from 48; 2026, 14 won and 14 lost from 29.

Earlier calendar years: 2003, 9-7 from 17; 2004, 11-5 from 19; 2005, 1-11 from 14; 2006, 17-15 from 38; 2007, 12-14 from 28; 2008, 4-19 from 27; 2009, 9-23 from 38; 2010, 7-19 from 31; 2011, 14-24 from 43; 2012, 19-16 from 40; 2013, 13-19 from 35; 2014, 17-16 from 35; 2015, 8-21 from 30; 2016, 11-16 from 32; 2017, 8-25 from 36; 2018, 15-22 from 40.

By decade the recorded record is 2000s, 63 wins and 94 defeats from 181 matches; 2010s, 121 wins and 204 defeats from 359 matches; 2020s, 104 wins and 152 defeats from 276 matches.

In Tests, West Indies's highest Test total in the records is 751/5, made against England at Antigua Recreation Ground on 10 April 2004; the lowest completed innings is 27 against Australia on 12 July 2025. The widest recorded Test wins are by 381 runs against England on 23 January 2019 and by 10 wickets against England on 31 January 2019. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 6, between 25 July 2012 and 20 March 2013. The longest losing run is 6, from 3 June 2015 to 26 December 2015.

In One Day Internationals, West Indies's highest ODI total in the records is 405/7, made against India at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on 30 September 2026; the lowest completed innings is 54 against South Africa on 25 January 2004. The widest recorded ODI wins are by 215 runs against Netherlands on 28 February 2011 and by 10 wickets against Zimbabwe on 10 May 2006. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 215 by CH Gayle against Zimbabwe on 24 February 2015 and the best bowling is 6 for 18 by JNT Seales against Pakistan on 12 August 2025. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 7, between 14 May 2006 and 18 September 2006. The longest losing run is 9, from 8 June 2022 to 27 July 2022.

In Twenty20 Internationals, West Indies's highest T20I total in the records is 258/5, made against South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion on 26 March 2023; the lowest completed innings is 45 against England on 8 March 2019. The widest recorded T20I wins are by 134 runs against Uganda on 8 June 2024 and by 10 wickets against Nepal on 30 September 2025. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 125 by E Lewis against India on 9 July 2017 and the best bowling is 6 for 17 by OC McCoy against India on 1 August 2022. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 7, between 11 November 2015 and 27 August 2016. The longest losing run is 7, from 5 March 2019 to 6 December 2019.

The leading Test run scorer for West Indies in the records is S Chanderpaul with 5,995 runs from 76 matches at an average of 57.10, ahead of KC Brathwaite (5,931) and CH Gayle (3,927). The most successful bowler is KAJ Roach with 304 wickets at 26.82, followed by ST Gabriel (166) and JO Holder (157).

The leading ODI run scorer for West Indies in the records is CH Gayle with 6,379 runs from 199 matches at an average of 34.11, ahead of SD Hope (6,143) and MN Samuels (4,205). The most successful bowler is DJ Bravo with 177 wickets at 29.45, followed by JO Holder (151) and AS Joseph (137).

The leading T20I run scorer for West Indies in the records is R Powell with 2,348 runs from 119 matches at an average of 25.80, ahead of N Pooran (2,177) and CH Gayle (1,932). The most successful bowler is JO Holder with 109 wickets at 26.53, followed by AJ Hosein (93) and R Shepherd (81).

In One Day Internationals, West Indies players have passed 100 on 107 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 378 occasions; the most centuries are SD Hope (20), CH Gayle (13) and MN Samuels (9). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 24 times, most often KAJ Roach (3), JO Holder (2) and FH Edwards (2). The most recorded appearances are CH Gayle (199), MN Samuels (152), SD Hope (147) and DJ Bravo (146).

In Twenty20 Internationals, West Indies players have passed 100 on 8 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 153 occasions; the most centuries are E Lewis (2), SD Hope (2) and CH Gayle (2). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 9 times, most often KMA Paul (1), O Thomas (1) and JO Holder (1). The most recorded appearances are R Powell (119), N Pooran (105), AJ Hosein (100) and KA Pollard (98).

In One Day Internationals, the highest total West Indies have chased down is 352, against India on 3 October 2026, one of 91 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 124, against Bangladesh on 16 May 2004, among 54 wins batting first.

In Twenty20 Internationals, the highest total West Indies have chased down is 252, against India on 9 October 2026, one of 52 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 96, against Ireland on 21 February 2014, among 52 wins batting first.

The Tests milestones in the records: match 1 was against Australia on 9 May 2003 (West Indies won by 3 wickets); match 10 was against New Zealand on 9 March 2006 (New Zealand won by 27 runs); match 25 was against Sri Lanka on 3 April 2008 (West Indies won by 6 wickets); match 50 was against India on 28 June 2011 (Match drawn); match 100 was against Pakistan on 30 April 2017 (West Indies won by 106 runs).

The One Day Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against South Africa on 9 February 2003 (West Indies won by 3 runs); match 10 was against Sri Lanka on 11 June 2003 (West Indies won by 6 wickets (D/L method)); match 25 was against England on 6 July 2004 (West Indies won by 7 wickets); match 50 was against Zimbabwe on 13 May 2006 (No result); match 100 was against Australia on 29 June 2008 (Australia won by 7 wickets).

The Twenty20 Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against New Zealand on 16 February 2006 (Match tied); match 10 was against New Zealand on 28 December 2008 (New Zealand won by 36 runs); match 25 was against India on 9 May 2010 (West Indies won by 14 runs); match 50 was against Pakistan on 27 July 2013 (Pakistan won by 2 wickets); match 100 was against India on 11 November 2018 (India won by 6 wickets).

The side West Indies have met most often in the records is India: 123 matches, 30 won and 79 lost, the latest on 11 October 2026.

Other regular opponents are England (41 won, 66 lost from 120), Australia (21 won, 64 lost from 92), Bangladesh (43 won, 36 lost from 84), South Africa (24 won, 50 lost from 81) and Pakistan (22 won, 52 lost from 79).

Against opponents met at least five times, the strongest record is against Bangladesh (54.4% of decided matches won) and the weakest against Australia (24.7%).

Against the other sides met at least three times the recorded results are New Zealand (19 won, 48 lost from 76, last met 21 July 2026), Sri Lanka (23 won, 37 lost from 69, last met 3 July 2026), Zimbabwe (27 won, 7 lost from 38, last met 23 February 2026), Ireland (15 won, 7 lost from 26, last met 15 June 2025), United Arab Emirates (5 won, 0 lost from 5, last met 9 June 2023), Netherlands (4 won, 0 lost from 5, last met 26 June 2023), Nepal (3 won, 2 lost from 5, last met 15 February 2026) and Scotland (2 won, 2 lost from 4, last met 7 February 2026).

The grounds used most often are Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados (54 matches, 23 won and 27 lost), Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica (47 matches, 24 won and 22 lost), Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua (38 matches, 15 won and 16 lost) and Providence Stadium, Guyana (36 matches, 15 won and 18 lost).

Further grounds with the most recorded matches are Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad (34, 10-16), Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (27, 14-12), Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts (25, 11-11) and National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada (19, 9-10).

By competition, the largest groups of recorded matches are England tour of West Indies (37 matches, 17 won, 15 lost), West Indies tour of India (30 matches, 5 won, 24 lost), West Indies tour of New Zealand (26 matches, 1 won, 20 lost), West Indies tour of England (23 matches, 3 won, 19 lost) and ICC Men's T20 World Cup (21 matches, 11 won, 10 lost).

Smaller groups of matches are Australia tour of West Indies (20, 8-12), ICC World Twenty20 (20, 9-9), Bangladesh tour of West Indies (19, 11-7), South Africa tour of West Indies (19, 8-9), India in West Indies ODI Series (18, 8-8), ICC Champions Trophy (18, 10-7) and West Indies tour of Bangladesh (17, 8-8).

Across the last 10 recorded matches, most recent first, the sequence is L W L W L L L W W L (W won, L lost, T tied, D drawn, N no result): 4 wins and 6 defeats.

In order, those matches were India on 11 October 2026 (T20I, India won by 14 runs); India on 9 October 2026 (T20I, West Indies won by 6 wickets); India on 6 October 2026 (T20I, India won by 8 wickets); India on 3 October 2026 (ODI, West Indies won by 5 wickets); India on 30 September 2026 (ODI, India won by 8 wickets).

Every count on this page comes from the recorded matches only. For West Indies the earliest dates are Test 2003, ODI 2003 and T20I 2006, so no figure here is an all-time total.

Of the 816 matches counted for West Indies, 288 were won, 450 were lost and 78 ended tied, drawn or without a result; the win rate in the tables leaves that last group out.

West Indies won the toss in 392 of 816 recorded matches (48.0%) and chose to field 247 times and to bat 145 times. They went on to win 149 of the 356 of those matches that produced a winner (41.9%).

West Indies batters hit 18,601 fours and 4,797 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 12.3 balls; 53.7% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 57%, bowled 19%, lbw 14%, run out 5% and caught and bowled 3% of the 7,494 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 65%, bowled 19%, lbw 10%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 2% of the 6,263 times.