List of Durham first-class cricket records

This is a list of Durham first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Durham. Records for Durham in List A cricket, the shorter form of the game, are found at List of Durham List A cricket records.

Notation

Team Notation: When a team score is listed as "300-3", this indicates that they have scored 300 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. If it is followed by a "d", this indicates that the side declared. When the team score is listed as "300", this means the side was all out.

Batting Notation: When a batsman's score is listed as "100", the batsman scored 100 runs and was out. If it followed by an asterisk *, the batsman was not out.

Bowling Notation: "5/100" indicates that the bowler took 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

Team Records

	Total Runs	Opponents	Venue	Season
Highest for Durham	648-5 d	v Nottinghamshire	Chester-le-Street	2009
Highest against Durham	810-4 d	by Warwickshire	Birmingham	1994
Lowest for Durham	61	v Leicestershire	Grace Road	2018
Lowest against Durham	18	by Durham MCCU	Chester-le-Street	2012
Source: CricketArchive. Durham MCCU are one of six Marylebone Cricket Club Universities accorded first-class status. Last updated: 9 April 2012.

Batting Records

	Runs	Batsman	Opponents	Venue	Season
Highest individual innings	273	Martin Love	v Hampshire	Chester-le-Street	2003
Most runs in a season for Durham	1,654	Michael Di Venuto			2009
Most runs in a career for Durham	15,057	Paul Collingwood			1996–2015
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 17 October 2009.

Bowling Records

	Analysis	Bowler	Opponents	Venue	Season
Best innings analysis for Durham	10/47	Ottis Gibson	v Hampshire	Chester-Le-Street	2007
Best match analysis for Durham	15/95	Chris Rushworth	v Northamptonshire	Chester-le-Street	2014
	Wickets	Bowler	Season
Most wickets in a season for Durham	80	Ottis Gibson	2007
Most career wickets for Durham	518	Simon Brown	1992–2002
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 17 May 2007.

Partnership Records

Wicket Partnership	Runs	Batsmen	Opponents	Venue	Season
1st	334*	Stewart Hutton Mike Roseberry	v Oxford University	Oxford	1996
2nd	274	Mark Stoneman Scott Borthwick	v Middlesex	Chester-le-Street	2014
3rd	205	Graeme Fowler Stewart Hutton	v Yorkshire	Leeds	1993
4th	331	Ben Stokes Dale Benkenstein	v Lancashire	Chester-le-Street	2011
5th	247	Gordon Muchall Ian Blackwell	v Worcestershire	Worcester	2011
6th	282	Cameron Bancroft Ned Eckersley	v Sussex	Hove	2019
7th	315	Dale Benkenstein Ottis Gibson	v Yorkshire	Leeds	2006
8th	147	Phil Mustard Liam Plunkett	v Yorkshire	Leeds	2009
9th	127	David Ligertwood Simon Brown	v Surrey	Stockton-on-Tees	1996
10th	103	Melvyn Betts David Cox	v Yorkshire	Hove	1996
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 10 September 2009