Highest totals For Sheffield Shield, 1978/79
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 491 | 117.6x8 | 3.12 | 2 | v South Aust | Melbourne | won | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 476/8d | 115.3x8 | 3.09 | 2 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 474/5d | 116.2x8 | 3.05 | 1 | v Tasmania | Sydney | won | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 455/7d | 94.7x8 | 3.59 | 1 | v NSW | Sydney | won | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 408/7d | 136.4x8 | 2.24 | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 393/6d | 106.0x8 | 2.78 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 382 | 100.0x8 | 2.86 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 377 | 85.4x8 | 3.30 | 3 | v Victoria | Adelaide | lost | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 376 | 105.5x8 | 2.66 | 1 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 359/6 | 104.1x8 | 2.58 | 4 | v West Aust | Devonport | won | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 352/7d | 83.0x8 | 3.18 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 344 | 90.5x8 | 2.84 | 2 | v Tasmania | Adelaide | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 328/7d | 75.0x8 | 3.28 | 1 | v Tasmania | Launceston | won | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 325/9d | 72.2x8 | 3.37 | 1 | v West Aust | Sydney | draw | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 320 | 84.5x8 | 2.83 | 3 | v NSW | Adelaide | lost | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 318/7d | 89.0x8 | 2.67 | 2 | v Queensland | Melbourne | won | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 315 | 88.5x8 | 2.66 | 2 | v Victoria | Sydney | draw | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 304 | 89.7x8 | 2.53 | 2 | v South Aust | Sydney | draw | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 300/6d | 78.0x8 | 2.88 | 3 | v Tasmania | Brisbane | draw | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 298/4d | 68.7x8 | 3.24 | 3 | v NSW | Brisbane | won | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 297 | 71.5x8 | 3.10 | 1 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 294 | 95.2x8 | 2.31 | 2 | v Queensland | Sydney | lost | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 293 | 62.3x8 | 3.52 | 2 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | won | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 290/8d | 72.1x8 | 3.01 | 3 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 289/7d | 79.0x8 | 2.74 | 2 | v West Aust | Adelaide | lost | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 285 | 86.0x8 | 2.48 | 2 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 283/9d | 90.1x8 | 2.35 | 2 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | draw | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 281 | 86.2x8 | 2.44 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 277 | 60.6x8 | 3.41 | 1 | v NSW | Brisbane | won | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 277/6d | 76.0x8 | 2.73 | 1 | v Tasmania | Devonport | lost | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 273 | 87.0x8 | 2.35 | 2 | v West Aust | Brisbane | draw | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 272/4d | 67.3x8 | 3.02 | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 270/9d | 93.0x8 | 2.17 | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 267 | 80.5x8 | 2.48 | 2 | v NSW | Sydney | lost | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 263 | 89.7x8 | 2.19 | 2 | v Victoria | Melbourne | won | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 259 | 60.5x8 | 3.20 | 3 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 252 | 55.4x8 | 3.40 | 1 | v Victoria | Brisbane | won | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 250/9d | 68.5x8 | 2.73 | 1 | v South Aust | Brisbane | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 247 | 63.3x8 | 2.92 | 3 | v South Aust | Brisbane | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 240/9d | 70.4x8 | 2.55 | 1 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 232/9d | 65.4x8 | 2.65 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 232/5d | 71.3x8 | 2.43 | 3 | v Tasmania | Devonport | lost | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 224/5d | 69.0x8 | 2.43 | 3 | v NSW | Melbourne | lost | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 224 | 72.2x8 | 2.32 | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 220/5d | 81.5x8 | 2.02 | 3 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 219 | 89.3x8 | 1.83 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 208 | 53.6x8 | 2.90 | 3 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | won | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 207/8 | 81.6x8 | 1.89 | 3 | v West Aust | Sydney | draw | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 204/9d | 67.5x8 | 2.26 | 1 | v NSW | Melbourne | lost | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 202 | 50.2x8 | 3.01 | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 200/9 | 49.0x8 | 3.06 | 4 | v West Aust | Melbourne | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 200 | 64.2x8 | 2.33 | 2 | v Queensland | Adelaide | won | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 196/2d | 50.0x8 | 2.94 | 3 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 192 | 67.6x8 | 2.12 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | lost | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 179 | 55.1x8 | 2.43 | 2 | v NSW | Adelaide | lost | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 178 | 72.3x8 | 1.84 | 4 | v Queensland | Brisbane | lost | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 177/9d | 53.1x8 | 2.49 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 177 | 60.5x8 | 2.18 | 1 | v Tasmania | Brisbane | draw | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 173/4 | 66.0x8 | 1.96 | 4 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 171 | 54.2x8 | 2.36 | 4 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 170 | 62.2x8 | 2.04 | 4 | v Queensland | Brisbane | lost | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 167/7 | 25.4x8 | 4.91 | 4 | v Victoria | Melbourne | won | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 166 | 54.7x8 | 2.26 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 166 | 58.6x8 | 2.11 | 2 | v West Aust | Melbourne | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 164 | 36.0x8 | 3.41 | 4 | v West Aust | Adelaide | lost | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 163/4 | 50.1x8 | 2.43 | 4 | v South Aust | Sydney | draw | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 158 | 59.3x8 | 1.99 | 1 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | won | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 156 | 46.5x8 | 2.50 | 3 | v NSW | Sydney | lost | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 155 | 39.5x8 | 2.93 | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 155 | 54.4x8 | 2.13 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 153 | 59.2x8 | 1.93 | 2 | v West Aust | Devonport | won | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 151 | 62.4x8 | 1.81 | 3 | v Queensland | Sydney | lost | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 150/6d | 38.0x8 | 2.96 | 3 | v Victoria | Melbourne | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 145 | 38.3x8 | 2.83 | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 145/9d | 41.7x8 | 2.59 | 1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 142 | 53.3x8 | 1.99 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | lost | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 138/1 | 36.4x8 | 2.83 | 4 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 136 | 43.4x8 | 2.34 | 3 | v Victoria | Brisbane | won | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 127 | 36.7x8 | 2.58 | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | lost | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 124 | 48.2x8 | 1.92 | 3 | v Victoria | Launceston | lost | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 119 | 47.6x8 | 1.86 | 2 | v Victoria | Launceston | lost | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 118/4 | 30.2x8 | 2.92 | 4 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 114 | 36.7x8 | 2.31 | 2 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 112 | 42.2x8 | 1.98 | 2 | v Victoria | Adelaide | lost | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 107 | 41.0x8 | 1.95 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | lost | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 105/2 | 37.0x8 | 2.12 | 4 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 97 | 29.3x8 | 2.47 | 3 | v Victoria | Melbourne | lost | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 89/1 | 18.5x8 | 3.58 | 4 | v Queensland | Melbourne | won | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 85/1 | 26.2x8 | 2.42 | 4 | v Queensland | Adelaide | won | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 73/3 | 30.0x8 | 1.82 | 4 | v Victoria | Sydney | draw | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 73/2 | 39.0x8 | 1.40 | 4 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | draw | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 65/3 | 25.0x8 | 1.95 | 4 | v West Aust | Brisbane | draw | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 45/3 | 17.0x8 | 1.98 | 4 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 3/0 | 2.0x8 | 1.12 | 4 | v Tasmania | Adelaide | draw | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Mar 2-5, 1979 [First-class]
South Australia vs Western Australia at W.A.C.A, Sheffield Shield , Mar 3-5, 1979 [First-class]
New South Wales vs Tasmania at Sydney, Sheffield Shield , Feb 24-27, 1979 [First-class]