In this blog, we will cover the complete Ranji Trophy Winners List from 1938 to 2024. Plus you will get to know who has the most Ranji Trophy in history, the Current Champion, and the Ranji Trophy Format, list of most Ranji Trophy winners.
What is the Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is the most prestigious Domestic First class series organized by the BCCI annually. Originally known as the Cricket Championship of India it was later renamed after Kumar Sri sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II who was the first Indian cricketer to play International cricket in England.
What is the Format of the Ranji Trophy
Founded in 1938, the Ranji Trophy has changed its format from previously based on a Zonal system- North, West, East, and South, with Central to a two-division structure in 2002-2003. In this Ranji Trophy format, all the teams are divided into two groups- Elite which contains the top 15 teams, and Plate Group which contains the rest of it. Each group further divided into sub-groups faced each other in the round-robin stage which led to the knockout stage of the tournament. The Ranji Trophy winner is determined after the Knockout round.
Who is the current winner of Ranji Trophy 2023-2024
The latest winner of the Ranji Trophy 2023-2024 is Team Mumbai who defeated Vidarbha by 169 runs. The Wankhede stadium became the witness of the iconic match in which Mumbai crushed Vidarbha by 169 runs after posting 418 and became the 2023-2024 Ranji Trophy winner.
Full list of Ranji Trophy winners and runner-ups from 1938 to 2024
Here is the list of Ranji Trophy champions from 1938-39 to 2023-24 including runners-up and winning captain in the history of the tournament-
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Winning Captain |
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2023–24 | Mumbai | Vidarbha | Ajinkya Rahane |
2022–23 | Saurashtra | Bengal | Jaydev Unadkat |
2021–22 | Madhya Pradesh | Mumbai | Aditya Shrivastava |
2019–20 | Saurashtra | Bengal | Jaydev Unadkat |
2018–19 | Vidarbha | Saurashtra | Faiz Fazal |
2017–18 | Vidarbha | Delhi | Faiz Fazal |
2016–17 | Gujarat | Mumbai | Parthiv Patel |
2015–16 | Mumbai | Saurashtra | Aditya Tare |
2014–15 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | Vinay Kumar |
2013–14 | Karnataka | Maharashtra | Vinay Kumar |
2012–13 | Mumbai | Saurashtra | Ajit Agarkar |
2011–12 | Rajasthan | Tamil Nadu | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
2010–11 | Rajasthan | Baroda | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
2009–10 | Mumbai | Karnataka | Wasim Jaffer |
2008–09 | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh | Wasim Jaffer |
2007–08 | Delhi | Uttar Pradesh | Gautam Gambhir |
2006–07 | Mumbai | Bengal | Amol Muzumdar |
2005–06 | Uttar Pradesh | Bengal | Mohammad Kaif |
2004–05 | Railways | Punjab | Sanjay Bangar |
2003–04 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Sairaj Bahutule |
2002–03 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Paras Mhambrey |
2001–02 | Railways | Baroda | Abhay Sharma |
2000–01 | Baroda | Railways | Jacob Martin |
1999–00 | Mumbai | Hyderabad | Sameer Dighe |
1998–99 | Karnataka | Madhya Pradesh | Sunil Joshi |
1997–98 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | Rahul Dravid |
1996–97 | Mumbai | Delhi | Sanjay Manjrekar |
1995–96 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | Anil Kumble |
1994–95 | Mumbai | Punjab | Sachin Tendulkar |
1993–94 | Mumbai | Bengal | Ravi Shastri |
1992–93 | Punjab | Maharashtra | Gursharan Singh |
1991–92 | Delhi | Tamil Nadu | Ajay Sharma |
1990–91 | Haryana | Mumbai | Kapil Dev |
1989–90 | Bengal | Delhi | Sambaran Banerjee |
1988–89 | Delhi | Bengal | Madan Lal |
1987–88 | Tamil Nadu | Railways | S. Vasudevan |
1986–87 | Hyderabad | Delhi | M. V. Narasimha Rao |
1985–86 | Delhi | Haryana | Madan Lal |
1984–85 | Mumbai | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
1983–84 | Mumbai | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
1982–83 | Karnataka | Mumbai | Brijesh Patel |
1981–82 | Delhi | Karnataka | Mohinder Amarnath |
1980–81 | Mumbai | Delhi | Eknath Solkar |
1979–80 | Delhi | Mumbai | Bishan Singh Bedi |
1978–79 | Delhi | Karnataka | Bishan Singh Bedi |
1977–78 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | E. A. S. Prasanna |
1976–77 | Mumbai | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
1975–76 | Mumbai | Bihar | Ashok Mankad |
1974–75 | Mumbai | Karnataka | Ashok Mankad |
1973–74 | Karnataka | Rajasthan | E. A. S. Prasanna |
1972–73 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Ajit Wadekar |
1971–72 | Mumbai | Bengal | Ajit Wadekar |
1970–71 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Sudhir Naik |
1969–70 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Ajit Wadekar |
1968–69 | Mumbai | Bengal | Ajit Wadekar |
1967–68 | Mumbai | Madras | Manohar Hardikar |
1966–67 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Manohar Hardikar |
1965–66 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Bapu Nadkarni |
1964–65 | Mumbai | Hyderabad | Bapu Nadkarni |
1963–64 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Bapu Nadkarni |
1962–63 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Polly Umrigar |
1961–62 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Madhav Apte |
1960–61 | Mumbai | Rajasthan | Polly Umrigar |
1959–60 | Mumbai | Mysore | Polly Umrigar |
1958–59 | Mumbai | Bengal | Madhav Apte |
1957–58 | Baroda | Services | Datta Gaekwad |
1956–57 | Mumbai | Services | Madhav Mantri |
1955–56 | Mumbai | Bengal | Madhav Mantri |
1954–55 | Madras | Holkar | Balu Alaganan |
1953–54 | Mumbai | Holkar | Ranga Sohoni |
1952–53 | Holkar | Bengal | C. K. Nayudu |
1951–52 | Mumbai | Holkar | Madhav Mantri |
1950–51 | Holkar | Gujarat | C. K. Nayudu |
1949–50 | Baroda | Holkar | Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
1948–49 | Mumbai | Baroda | K. C. Ibrahim |
1947–48 | Holkar | Mumbai | C. K. Nayudu |
1946–47 | Baroda | Holkar | Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
1945–46 | Holkar | Baroda | C. K. Nayudu |
1944–45 | Mumbai | Holkar | Vijay Merchant |
1943–44 | Western India | Bengal | Herbert Barritt |
1942–43 | Baroda | Hyderabad | W.Ghorpade |
1941–42 | Mumbai | Mysore | Vijay Merchant |
1940–41 | Maharashtra | Madras | D. B. Deodhar |
1939–40 | Maharashtra | United Provinces | D. B. Deodhar |
1938–39 | Bengal | Southern Punjab | Tom Longfield |
1937–38 | Hyderabad | Nawanagar | SM Hussain |
1936–37 | Nawanagar | Bengal | Albert Wensley |
1935–36 | Mumbai | Madras | Hormasji Vajifdar |
1934–35 | Mumbai | Northern India | L. P. Jai |
Which is the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy
Mumbai Team is also the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy with 42 trophies in the tournament history. The inaugural season winner of the Ranji Trophy (1938-1939), Mumbai holds the 4 times Ranji Trophy than any other team and won more than 10 Ranji trophies. They also hold the record for the most 48 appearances in the Ranji Trophy since its inception in 1938.
Most Ranji Trophy winners list
A total of 38 teams, only a few teams made it to the Ranji Trophy finals and became winners twice or more in history. Other than Mumbai, Karnataka won 8, Delhi 7 times, Baroda won 5 times and Holkar won 4 Ranji Trophies in the tournament history.
Here are the top 10 Most Ranji Trophy winners list
No. | Team | Winner | Runner-up | Last win |
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1 | Mumbai | 42 | 6 | 2024 |
2 | Karnataka | 8 | 6 | 2015 |
3 | Delhi | 7 | 8 | 2008 |
4 | Baroda | 5 | 4 | 2001 |
5 | Holkar | 4 | 6 | 1953 |
6 | Saurashtra | 2 | 3 | 2023 |
7 | Vidarbha | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
8 | Bengal | 2 | 13 | 1990 |
9 | Tamil Nadu | 2 | 10 | 1988 |
10 | Rajasthan | 2 | 8 | 2012 |