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.
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.
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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 | 751 | Chris Rushworth | 2010–present | ||
| Source: CricketArchive . Last updated: 17 May 2007. | |||||
| 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 | 254 | David Bedingham Ned Eckersley | v Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | 2021 |
| 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 | 149 | Liam Trevaskis Matty Potts | v Northants | Northamptonshire | 2021 |
| 10th | 103 | Melvyn Betts David Cox | v Yorkshire | Hove | 1996 |
| Source: CricketArchive . Last updated: 10 September 2009 | |||||
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