Highest totals For Sheffield Shield, 1971/72
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 524/7d | 109.0x8 | 3.60 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 12 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 497 | 116.3x8 | 3.20 | 2 | v Victoria | Sydney | won | 29 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 426/9d | 92.0x8 | 3.47 | 1 | v Victoria | Adelaide | won | 26 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 422 | 96.5x8 | 3.27 | 2 | v NSW | Melbourne | won | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 388/9d | 93.2x8 | 3.12 | 2 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | won | 30 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 377 | 112.5x8 | 2.51 | 3 | v West Aust | Melbourne | lost | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 370 | 115.4x8 | 2.40 | 3 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 3 Mar 1972 | First-class | |
| 364 | 86.1x8 | 3.16 | 2 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | draw | 12 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 357 | 89.4x8 | 2.99 | 2 | v Victoria | Melbourne | won | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 308/8d | 79.1x8 | 2.91 | 1 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | draw | 20 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 301/7 | 79.5x8 | 2.83 | 4 | v South Aust | Melbourne | won | 3 Mar 1972 | First-class | |
| 300 | 66.2x8 | 3.39 | 2 | v Queensland | Melbourne | won | 12 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 300/5d | 70.0x8 | 3.21 | 3 | v Queensland | Sydney | won | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 298/3 | 78.0x8 | 2.86 | 3 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | draw | 12 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 285 | 77.3x8 | 2.76 | 1 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 15 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 283 | 84.3x8 | 2.51 | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 26 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 279/9 | 69.1x8 | 3.02 | 4 | v NSW | Brisbane | draw | 15 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 278 | 67.3x8 | 3.09 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | won | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 265/8d | 65.0x8 | 3.05 | 3 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 17 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 265/9 | 80.7x8 | 2.45 | 4 | v NSW | Sydney | won | 28 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 264 | 69.3x8 | 2.85 | 3 | v NSW | Sydney | lost | 29 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 262 | 89.0x8 | 2.20 | 2 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 20 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 258 | 69.5x8 | 2.77 | 1 | v South Aust | Sydney | lost | 28 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 257 | 72.6x8 | 2.64 | 4 | v NSW | Sydney | lost | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 255 | 84.0x8 | 2.27 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 26 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 252/7d | 57.3x8 | 3.29 | 2 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | won | 26 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 252/5d | 61.1x8 | 3.09 | 2 | v NSW | Adelaide | won | 18 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 232 | 69.5x8 | 2.49 | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 18 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 231/7d | 63.4x8 | 2.72 | 3 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | draw | 20 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 225/9d | 57.7x8 | 2.91 | 2 | v Queensland | Adelaide | draw | 5 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 225/4d | 65.0x8 | 2.59 | 3 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 15 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 221/5 | 58.6x8 | 2.82 | 4 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | won | 26 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 220 | 44.3x8 | 3.71 | 3 | v South Aust | Sydney | lost | 28 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 218 | 69.6x8 | 2.34 | 1 | v Queensland | Sydney | won | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 217 | 54.3x8 | 2.99 | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 26 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 216 | 65.0x8 | 2.49 | 2 | v NSW | Sydney | won | 28 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 215 | 61.1x8 | 2.63 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | lost | 21 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 212 | 57.0x8 | 2.78 | 3 | v Victoria | Adelaide | won | 26 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 211 | 53.4x8 | 2.95 | 2 | v NSW | Brisbane | draw | 15 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 207/7d | 61.6x8 | 2.51 | 2 | v West Aust | Sydney | draw | 17 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 203 | 53.7x8 | 2.82 | 3 | v West Aust | Brisbane | lost | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 201/7d | 50.2x8 | 3.00 | 1 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 17 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 199 | 45.0x8 | 3.31 | 1 | v NSW | Sydney | lost | 29 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 199 | 49.3x8 | 3.02 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 18 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 189 | 55.6x8 | 2.54 | 1 | v South Aust | Brisbane | won | 21 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 181/8 | 26.1x8 | 5.19 | 4 | v NSW | Adelaide | won | 18 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 177 | 48.7x8 | 2.71 | 3 | v South Aust | Brisbane | won | 21 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 175 | 43.4x8 | 3.01 | 2 | v South Aust | Melbourne | won | 3 Mar 1972 | First-class | |
| 170 | 62.7x8 | 2.02 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 5 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 168 | 65.4x8 | 1.92 | 3 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 12 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 164 | 52.0x8 | 2.36 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 30 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 158 | 49.4x8 | 2.39 | 3 | v West Aust | Adelaide | won | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 156 | 59.0x8 | 1.98 | 4 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 26 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 140 | 67.2x8 | 1.56 | 4 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 136/9d | 52.0x8 | 1.96 | 1 | v West Aust | Adelaide | won | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 134 | 50.5x8 | 1.98 | 4 | v Queensland | Brisbane | lost | 21 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 131 | 48.7x8 | 2.01 | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 30 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 129 | 48.0x8 | 2.01 | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 128 | 35.1x8 | 2.73 | 2 | v NSW | Sydney | lost | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 113/8 | 34.0x8 | 2.49 | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 5 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 107/8 | 47.0x8 | 1.70 | 4 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 20 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 105 | 57.2x8 | 1.37 | 3 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 103 | 27.2x8 | 2.83 | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 3 Mar 1972 | First-class | |
| 103 | 32.5x8 | 2.36 | 1 | v West Aust | Brisbane | lost | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 94/6 | 29.0x8 | 2.43 | 4 | v Victoria | Melbourne | won | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 94/6 | 33.0x8 | 2.13 | 4 | v West Aust | Sydney | draw | 17 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 76 | 35.7x8 | 1.58 | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 12 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 73 | 24.5x8 | 2.22 | 1 | v West Aust | Melbourne | lost | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 67/9d | 34.6x8 | 1.44 | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 29/0 | 5.0x8 | 4.35 | 4 | v Queensland | Brisbane | won | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Australia vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Mar 3-6, 1972 [First-class]
South Australia vs Western Australia at W.A.C.A, Sheffield Shield , Feb 26-29, 1972 [First-class]
New South Wales vs South Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Feb 18-21, 1972 [First-class]