Highest totals in 1970s in Tests
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 687/8d | 182.5 | 3.75 | 1 | v England | The Oval | won | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| 652/8d | 168.4 | 3.86 | 1 | v England | Lord's | won | 23 Aug 1973 | Test # 727 | |
| 644/7d | 189.4 | 3.39 | 1 | v West Indies | Kanpur | draw | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 845 | |
| 633/5d | 165.2 | 3.82 | 1 | v India | Birmingham | won | 12 Jul 1979 | Test # 851 | |
| 629 | 182.5 | 3.44 | 1 | v India | Lord's | won | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| 622/9d | 167.5 | 3.70 | 1 | v Australia | Durban | won | 5 Feb 1970 | Test # 671 | |
| 608/7d | 195.0 | 3.11 | 1 | v England | Birmingham | draw | 3 Jun 1971 | Test # 687 | |
| 604/6d | 161.0 | 3.75 | 1 | v India | Wankhede | won | 23 Jan 1975 | Test # 753 | |
| 600/7d | 165.3 | 3.62 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 22 Aug 1974 | Test # 744 | |
| 596/8d | 154.0 | 3.87 | 2 | v England | Bridgetown | draw | 6 Mar 1974 | Test # 734 | |
| 593/6d | 153.0x8 | 2.90 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | won | 20 Feb 1975 | Test # 757 | |
| 585 | 95.4x8 | 4.59 | 2 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | won | 12 Dec 1975 | Test # 765 | |
| 585 | 110.2x8 | 3.97 | 2 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | won | 22 Dec 1972 | Test # 704 | |
| 583/9d | 196.0 | 2.97 | 2 | v England | Kingston | draw | 16 Feb 1974 | Test # 732 | |
| 574/8d | 124.6x8 | 3.45 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | lost | 29 Dec 1972 | Test # 705 | |
| 569/9d | 192.0 | 2.96 | 2 | v England | Hyderabad (Sind) | draw | 16 Mar 1973 | Test # 717 | |
| 566/8d | 142.2 | 3.97 | 1 | v West Indies | Delhi | draw | 24 Jan 1979 | Test # 842 | |
| 565/9d | 105.2x8 | 4.02 | 1 | v New Zealand | Karachi | draw | 30 Oct 1976 | Test # 784 | |
| 564/8 | 214.0 | 2.63 | 3 | v New Zealand | Bridgetown | draw | 23 Mar 1972 | Test # 695 | |
| 552 | 110.5x8 | 3.74 | 1 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | draw | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 796 | |
| 551/9d | 204.5 | 2.68 | 2 | v England | Lord's | draw | 21 Jun 1973 | Test # 723 | |
| 545 | 225.4 | 2.41 | 2 | v Pakistan | The Oval | draw | 22 Aug 1974 | Test # 744 | |
| 543/3d | 268.0 | 2.02 | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | draw | 6 Apr 1972 | Test # 696 | |
| 540 | 163.3 | 3.30 | 3 | v West Indies | Georgetown | draw | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
| 539/6d | 133.0 | 4.05 | 2 | v India | Lahore | won | 27 Oct 1978 | Test # 832 | |
| 538 | 233.5 | 2.30 | 3 | v Australia | The Oval | draw | 28 Aug 1975 | Test # 763 | |
| 532/9d | 181.0 | 2.93 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 28 Aug 1975 | Test # 763 | |
| 529 | 151.2x8 | 2.62 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | won | 8 Feb 1975 | Test # 755 | |
| 526 | 216.3 | 2.42 | 2 | v India | Port of Spain | draw | 13 Apr 1971 | Test # 686 | |
| 524/9d | 168.0 | 3.11 | 1 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | draw | 18 Nov 1976 | Test # 786 | |
| 517/8d | 92.6x8 | 4.18 | 1 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | won | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 790 | |
| 511/6d | 105.5x8 | 3.62 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | draw | 1 Mar 1974 | Test # 733 | |
| 510/7d | 144.2 | 3.53 | 1 | v Australia | Delhi | draw | 13 Oct 1979 | Test # 858 | |
| 508/4d | 153.0 | 3.32 | 1 | v New Zealand | Kingston | draw | 16 Feb 1972 | Test # 693 | |
| 507/6d | 123.0x8 | 3.09 | 1 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | won | 7 Feb 1973 | Test # 712 | |
| 505 | 112.4x8 | 3.36 | 1 | v India | Adelaide | won | 28 Jan 1978 | Test # 816 | |
| 503/8d | 152.0 | 3.30 | 1 | v India | Faisalabad | draw | 16 Oct 1978 | Test # 831 | |
| 501/5d | 171.0 | 2.92 | 1 | v India | Bridgetown | draw | 1 Apr 1971 | Test # 685 | |
| 494 | 153.3 | 3.21 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | draw | 3 Jun 1976 | Test # 777 | |
| 493 | 103.1x8 | 3.58 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | draw | 1 Mar 1975 | Test # 759 | |
| 493 | 141.0 | 3.49 | 2 | v India | Delhi | won | 11 Dec 1974 | Test # 747 | |
| 493 | 161.0 | 3.06 | 2 | v India | Wankhede | draw | 1 Dec 1978 | Test # 835 | |
| 493/9d | 128.0x8 | 2.88 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | draw | 21 Jan 1971 | Test # 677 | |
| 488/9d | 138.5 | 3.51 | 2 | v India | Bridgetown | won | 10 Mar 1976 | Test # 773 | |
| 487 | 200.2 | 2.43 | 1 | v Pakistan | Hyderabad (Sind) | draw | 16 Mar 1973 | Test # 717 | |
| 485 | 118.3x8 | 3.07 | 2 | v West Indies | Melbourne | won | 26 Dec 1975 | Test # 766 | |
| 484 | 169.0x8 | 2.14 | 2 | v Australia | Wellington | draw | 1 Mar 1974 | Test # 733 | |
| 481/9d | 141.0 | 3.41 | 2 | v India | Karachi | won | 14 Nov 1978 | Test # 833 | |
| 481 | 108.6x8 | 3.31 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | won | 13 Dec 1974 | Test # 748 | |
| 480 | 163.1 | 2.94 | 2 | v India | Brabourne | draw | 6 Feb 1973 | Test # 711 | |
| 477 | 120.5x8 | 2.96 | 1 | v New Zealand | Adelaide | won | 26 Jan 1974 | Test # 730 | |
| 473/8d | 128.0x8 | 2.77 | 1 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Sind) | won | 23 Oct 1976 | Test # 783 | |
| 470/8d | 121.2 | 3.87 | 3 | v Australia | Gqeberha | won | 5 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
| 470 | 136.2x8 | 2.58 | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | draw | 29 Jan 1971 | Test # 678 | |
| 468 | 103.5x8 | 3.38 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | draw | 30 Oct 1976 | Test # 784 | |
| 466 | 132.7x8 | 2.63 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | draw | 24 Dec 1976 | Test # 789 | |
| 465 | 170.3 | 2.72 | 3 | v Pakistan | Lahore | lost | 27 Oct 1978 | Test # 832 | |
| 464 | 146.5x8 | 2.37 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | draw | 27 Nov 1970 | Test # 674 | |
| 463/9 | 196.0 | 2.36 | 3 | v New Zealand | Lord's | draw | 21 Jun 1973 | Test # 723 | |
| 462/8d | 101.5x8 | 3.40 | 1 | v New Zealand | Melbourne | won | 29 Dec 1973 | Test # 728 | |
| 462/9d | 142.5 | 3.23 | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | draw | 16 Oct 1978 | Test # 831 | |
| 460/8 | 101.0x8 | 3.41 | 3 | v New Zealand | Wellington | draw | 1 Mar 1974 | Test # 733 | |
| 459/2d | 140.0 | 3.27 | 2 | v India | Birmingham | won | 4 Jul 1974 | Test # 741 | |
| 458/8d | 149.0 | 3.07 | 1 | v Australia | Wankhede | won | 3 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
| 457/5d | 144.0 | 3.17 | 2 | v Australia | Bengaluru | draw | 19 Sep 1979 | Test # 856 | |
| 454 | 119.4x8 | 2.84 | 2 | v Pakistan | Adelaide | draw | 24 Dec 1976 | Test # 789 | |
| 452/8d | 144.0 | 3.13 | 2 | v Pakistan | Birmingham | won | 1 Jun 1978 | Test # 825 | |
| 452/8 | 148.1 | 3.05 | 2 | v India | Kanpur | draw | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 845 | |
| 450 | 88.4 | 5.07 | 1 | v England | Leeds | won | 22 Jul 1976 | Test # 780 | |
| 448 | 138.2 | 3.23 | 1 | v England | Brabourne | draw | 6 Feb 1973 | Test # 711 | |
| 448 | 162.3 | 2.75 | 2 | v Pakistan | Georgetown | draw | 18 Mar 1977 | Test # 801 | |
| 448/6d | 166.0 | 2.69 | 3 | v West Indies | Brisbane | draw | 1 Dec 1979 | Test # 862 | |
| 448 | 171.4 | 2.60 | 1 | v West Indies | Georgetown | draw | 22 Mar 1974 | Test # 737 | |
| 445/6d | 154.0 | 2.88 | 1 | v England | Karachi | draw | 24 Mar 1973 | Test # 719 | |
| 445 | 141.4x8 | 2.35 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | lost | 28 Jan 1978 | Test # 816 | |
| 442 | 153.0 | 2.88 | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | draw | 26 Oct 1979 | Test # 859 | |
| 441/5d | 85.5x8 | 3.86 | 1 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | won | 29 Dec 1972 | Test # 705 | |
| 441 | 132.1 | 3.33 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | draw | 1 Dec 1979 | Test # 862 | |
| 440 | 114.5x8 | 2.87 | 2 | v England | W.A.C.A | draw | 11 Dec 1970 | Test # 675 | |
| 440 | 188.1 | 2.33 | 4 | v England | Nottingham | lost | 7 Jun 1973 | Test # 722 | |
| 439 | 116.4 | 3.76 | 3 | v Australia | Georgetown | lost | 31 Mar 1978 | Test # 822 | |
| 437 | 140.0 | 3.12 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | draw | 15 Dec 1978 | Test # 837 | |
| 437 | 169.1 | 2.58 | 2 | v Australia | Manchester | won | 7 Jul 1977 | Test # 805 | |
| 436/7d | 147.4 | 2.95 | 3 | v Australia | Lord's | draw | 31 Jul 1975 | Test # 761 | |
| 436 | 155.4 | 2.80 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | won | 11 Aug 1977 | Test # 807 | |
| 435 | 129.5 | 3.35 | 2 | v West Indies | The Oval | lost | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| 435 | 133.4 | 3.25 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | draw | 18 Feb 1977 | Test # 797 | |
| 433 | 115.3x8 | 2.81 | 1 | v England | Brisbane | draw | 27 Nov 1970 | Test # 674 | |
| 432/9 | 183.0 | 2.36 | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | draw | 16 Feb 1974 | Test # 732 | |
| 431/9d | 149.3 | 2.88 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | draw | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 | |
| 429/8 | 150.5 | 2.84 | 4 | v England | The Oval | draw | 30 Aug 1979 | Test # 854 | |
| 429 | 180.5 | 2.37 | 1 | v New Zealand | Nottingham | won | 10 Aug 1978 | Test # 829 | |
| 429 | 156.3x8 | 2.05 | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | draw | 4 Mar 1978 | Test # 820 | |
| 428 | 124.5 | 3.42 | 2 | v Australia | Kingston | draw | 16 Feb 1973 | Test # 714 | |
| 428/7d | 157.0 | 2.72 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | draw | 16 Feb 1973 | Test # 714 | |
| 427 | 197.4 | 2.16 | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | draw | 13 Apr 1971 | Test # 686 | |
| 425 | 87.6x8 | 3.63 | 3 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | won | 29 Dec 1972 | Test # 705 | |
| 425 | 130.3 | 3.25 | 2 | v Australia | Chennai | draw | 11 Sep 1979 | Test # 855 | |
| 424 | 137.0 | 3.09 | 1 | v West Indies | Wankhede | draw | 1 Dec 1978 | Test # 835 | |
| 422 | 158.2 | 2.66 | 2 | v England | Lahore | draw | 2 Mar 1973 | Test # 715 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]
India vs Pakistan at Kanpur, Pakistan tour of India 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]
India vs Pakistan at Wankhede, Pakistan tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]