Smallest victories For Sheffield Shield
By runs
By wickets
Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 1 wicket | - | 344 | 122.3 | v NSW | Sydney | 1 Feb 1901 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 189 | 70.2x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1927 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 181 | 52.4x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 22 Feb 1929 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 227 | 69.0x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 30 Oct 1936 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 208 | 70.1x8 | v Queensland | Sydney | 30 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 363 | 70.4x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 3 Nov 1961 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 308 | 61.6x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 3 Jan 1969 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 289 | 56.2x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Jan 1969 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 181 | 56.3x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1969 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 263 | 80.7x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 28 Jan 1972 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 322 | 75.3x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 10 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 246 | 76.0 | v NSW | Melbourne | 21 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 220 | 93.2 | v Queensland | Sydney | 15 Mar 1985 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 254 | 69.0 | v Victoria | Sydney | 6 Mar 1987 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 263 | 91.3 | v NSW | Melbourne | 19 Nov 1993 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 340 | 79.3 | v Tasmania | Melbourne | 9 Jan 1997 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 183 | 57.2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 18 Mar 2005 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 348 | 85.0 | v West Aust | Hobart | 8 Dec 2009 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 251 | 76.5 | v Victoria | Brisbane | 22 Feb 2010 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 163 | 52.5 | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Nov 2010 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 68 | 19.5 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 6 Feb 2012 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 189 | 54.2 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 24 Jan 2013 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 207 | 72.2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 7 Mar 2013 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 316 | 86.5 | v West Aust | Adelaide | 6 Nov 2015 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 274 | 60.0 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 5 Mar 2016 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 206 | 78.3 | v Queensland | Adelaide | 30 Oct 2020 | First-class | |
| 1 wicket | - | 272 | 82.3 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 11 Nov 2025 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 186 | 44.0 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1906 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 135 | 70.0 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 7 Nov 1908 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 265 | 83.2x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 3 Dec 1926 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 350 | 107.1x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 6 Jan 1940 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 266 | 76.2x8 | v NSW | Brisbane | 24 Oct 1947 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 135 | 40.2x8 | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 182 | 52.6x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 31 Dec 1960 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 264 | 61.5x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Jan 1964 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 180 | 26.1x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 18 Feb 1972 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 355 | 70.6x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1972 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 118 | 42.1x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 12 Jan 1974 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 153 | 44.2x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 25 Oct 1974 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 291 | 60.4x8 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 22 Nov 1974 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 364 | 93.3x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 20 Feb 1976 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 171 | 44.1x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 20 Nov 1976 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 268 | 75.7x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 17 Feb 1978 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 177 | 44.3 | v Tasmania | Hobart | 20 Dec 1984 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 201 | 68.5 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 17 Jan 1985 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 329 | 90.4 | v NSW | Brisbane | 28 Oct 1988 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 87 | 32.1 | v Tasmania | W.A.C.A | 9 Nov 1990 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 391 | 127.0 | v NSW | Melbourne | 30 Jan 1997 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 182 | 47.4 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 27 Feb 2003 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 230 | 65.0 | v NSW | Melbourne | 12 Dec 2003 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 240 | 65.2 | v NSW | Brisbane | 15 Oct 2004 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 348 | 101.5 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 27 Nov 2005 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 134 | 24.5 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 3 Nov 2006 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 94 | 31.5 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 8 Feb 2010 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 357 | 112.2 | v Tasmania | W.A.C.A | 21 Feb 2013 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 295 | 96.2 | v NSW | Sydney | 30 Oct 2013 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 121 | 33.5 | v NSW | Adelaide | 5 Dec 2016 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 137 | 51.3 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 9 Feb 2022 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 231 | 73.4 | v Tasmania | Melbourne | 15 Mar 2022 | First-class | |
| 2 wickets | - | 201 | 61.5 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 15 Nov 2023 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 204 | 79.4 | v NSW | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1893 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 177 | 55.0 | v NSW | Sydney | 22 Jan 1898 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 255 | 66.3 | v South Aust | Sydney | 6 Jan 1899 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 409 | 120.3x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 31 Oct 1924 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 173 | 44.5x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 30 Jan 1925 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 434 | 117.7x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1931 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 144 | 37.1x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 25 Nov 1932 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 86 | 33.2x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1932 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 210 | 55.4x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1934 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 319 | 56.3x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 16 Dec 1938 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 267 | 51.2x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 17 Nov 1939 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 310 | 74.7x8 | v Victoria | Adelaide | 17 Nov 1939 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 257 | 62.7x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 28 Nov 1952 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 177 | 61.5x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 3 Feb 1961 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 387 | 89.6x8 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 7 Jan 1966 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 185 | 49.2x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 13 Dec 1968 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 179 | 42.4x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 7 Feb 1970 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 299 | 79.5x8 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 3 Mar 1972 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 291 | 52.5x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 3 Feb 1973 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 264 | 37.5x8 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 2 Nov 1973 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 248 | 81.4x8 | v West Aust | Melbourne | 1 Nov 1974 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 166 | 25.4x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 289 | 66.1 | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1986 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 250 | 86.2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 1 Jan 1988 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 194 | 81.2 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 15 Jan 1988 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 75 | 18.5 | v West Aust | Adelaide | 25 Nov 1988 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 390 | 75.2 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 11 Dec 1992 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 162 | 52.0 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 17 Mar 1994 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 256 | 81.0 | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 14 Jan 2000 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 455 | 102.0 | v NSW | Newcastle | 9 Jan 2004 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 220 | 69.0 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 17 Dec 2005 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 180 | 48.5 | v Tasmania | Hobart | 19 Dec 2006 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 360 | 113.2 | v NSW | Sydney | 16 Jan 2007 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 322 | 86.0 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 26 Jan 2007 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 314 | 85.4 | v Victoria | Hobart | 12 Feb 2007 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 181 | 73.5 | v South Aust | Hobart | 3 Nov 2008 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 334 | 95.5 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 28 Nov 2008 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 219 | 80.0 | v NSW | Hobart | 2 Dec 2008 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 106 | 26.1 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 10 Mar 2010 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 251 | 90.0 | v West Aust | Sydney | 10 Mar 2011 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 133 | 62.1 | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 16 Mar 2012 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 98 | 37.3 | v Queensland | Canberra | 27 Nov 2012 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 213 | 78.0 | v West Aust | Canberra | 11 Mar 2014 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 273 | 65.3 | v Tasmania | Hobart | 6 Nov 2015 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 214 | 58.4 | v Queensland | Mackay | 6 Dec 2015 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 96 | 35.3 | v West Aust | Sydney | 4 Nov 2016 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 300 | 73.2 | v Queensland | Melbourne | 23 Feb 2019 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 310 | 97.4 | v Tasmania | Hobart | 17 Feb 2021 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 217 | 53.4 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Oct 2021 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 194 | 74.1 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 31 Oct 2022 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 432 | 122.2 | v Queensland | Hobart | 26 Oct 2023 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 157 | 44.3 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 3 Feb 2024 | First-class | |
| 3 wickets | - | 217 | 51.5 | v Tasmania | Hobart | 10 Nov 2025 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 170 | 76.4 | v NSW | Adelaide | 5 Jan 1895 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 204 | 70.2 | v NSW | Sydney | 25 Jan 1896 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 337 | 91.4 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 3 Nov 1911 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 446 | 106.0x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 17 Dec 1926 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 131 | 36.4x8 | v Queensland | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1928 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 227 | 72.3x8 | v South Aust | Sydney | 15 Jan 1938 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 179 | 35.0x8 | v NSW | Melbourne | 23 Dec 1938 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 209 | 44.1x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1948 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 92 | 41.7x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 20 Feb 1948 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 209 | 80.1x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 9 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 235 | 23.2x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 31 Jan 1964 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 105 | 51.6x8 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 19 Dec 1964 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 225 | 40.6x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 19 Nov 1965 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 256 | 40.3x8 | v NSW | Adelaide | 17 Dec 1965 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 130 | 33.0x8 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 22 Jan 1966 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 205 | 63.4x8 | v West Aust | Melbourne | 18 Nov 1966 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 94 | 29.0x8 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 141 | 39.6x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 4 Nov 1972 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 325 | 81.2x8 | v West Aust | Sydney | 1 Dec 1972 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 321 | 84.1x8 | v South Aust | Brisbane | 17 Jan 1975 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 229 | 53.2x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 1 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 161 | 41.6x8 | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 15 Nov 1975 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 150 | 43.7x8 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 14 Feb 1976 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 370 | 75.3x8 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 5 Nov 1977 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 357 | 104.1x8 | v West Aust | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 206 | 79.0 | v Queensland | Lismore | 15 Dec 1979 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 230 | 60.4 | v West Aust | Sydney | 12 Nov 1982 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 193 | 46.0 | v Queensland | Sydney | 18 Feb 1983 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 223 | 70.5 | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 9 Mar 1984 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 126 | 30.3 | v NSW | Melbourne | 5 Nov 1986 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 125 | 51.1 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 11 Nov 1988 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 180 | 53.0 | v South Aust | Melbourne | 8 Dec 1989 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 219 | 40.5 | v NSW | Hobart | 26 Jan 1990 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 155 | 54.2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Nov 1990 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 506 | 153.4 | v Queensland | Adelaide | 7 Feb 1992 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 294 | 76.0 | v NSW | Hobart | 7 Jan 1994 | First-class | |
| 4 wickets | - | 328 | 83.3 | v South Aust | Hobart | 18 Jan 1994 | First-class |
By balls remaining in the second innings
Tied matches
Team 1 | Team 2 | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| Victoria | NSW | Junction Oval, Melbourne | 22 Dec 1956 | First-class |
| South Aust | Queensland | Adelaide Oval | 11 Feb 1977 | First-class |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Tasmania vs South Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield 18th Match, Dec 5-7, 2025 [First-class]
New South Wales vs Queensland at Sydney, Sheffield Shield 17th Match, Dec 5-7, 2025 [First-class]
Western Australia vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield 16th Match, Dec 4-7, 2025 [First-class]