Cricket has seen many amazing moments, but some are remembered forever. One of the most special is the world record partnership that changed the history of the game. These big partnerships show how teamwork and patience can make history in cricket. The most famous of all is the 624-run partnership between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene for Sri Lanka against South Africa in 2006. It is still the highest partnership in Test cricket history. Here is the list of the top world record partnerships that made a big mark in cricket around the world.
| # | Players | Runs | Wicket | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 624 | 3rd | South Africa |
| 2 | ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama | 576 | 2nd | India |
| 3 | AH Jones, MD Crowe | 467 | 3rd | Sri Lanka |
| 4 | WH Ponsford, DG Bradman | 451 | 2nd | England |
| 5 | Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad | 451 | 3rd | India |
| 6 | AC Voges, SE Marsh | 449 | 4th | West Indies |
| 7 | CC Hunte, GS Sobers | 446 | 2nd | Pakistan |
| 8 | MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara | 438 | 2nd | Zimbabwe |
| 9 | DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera | 437 | 4th | Pakistan |
| 10 | JA Rudolph, HH Dippenaar | 429* | 3rd | Bangladesh |
| 11 | ND McKenzie, GC Smith | 415 | 1st | Bangladesh |
| 12 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 413 | 1st | New Zealand |
| 13 | PBH May, MC Cowdrey | 411 | 4th | West Indies |
| 14 | V Sehwag, R Dravid | 410 | 1st | Pakistan |
| 15 | SG Barnes, DG Bradman | 405 | 5th | England |
| 16 | GS Sobers, FMM Worrell | 399 | 4th | England |
| 17 | BA Stokes, JM Bairstow | 399 | 6th | South Africa |
| 18 | Qasim Umar, Javed Miandad | 397 | 3rd | Sri Lanka |
| 19 | WH Ponsford, DG Bradman | 388 | 4th | England |
| 20 | GM Turner, TW Jarvis | 387 | 1st | West Indies |
| 21 | RT Ponting, MJ Clarke | 386 | 4th | India |
| 22 | SR Waugh, GS Blewett | 385 | 5th | South Africa |
| 23 | L Hutton, M Leyland | 382 | 2nd | Australia |
| 24 | WM Lawry, RB Simpson | 382 | 1st | West Indies |
| 25 | HM Amla, JH Kallis | 377* | 3rd | England |
| 26 | VVS Laxman, R Dravid | 376 | 5th | Australia |
| 27 | WJ Edrich, DCS Compton | 370 | 3rd | South Africa |
| 28 | M Vijay, CA Pujara | 370 | 2nd | Australia |
| 29 | JH Edrich, KF Barrington | 369 | 2nd | New Zealand |
| 30 | KS Williamson, HM Nicholls | 369 | 4th | Pakistan |
| 31 | GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 368 | 1st | Pakistan |
| 32 | KS Williamson, BJ Watling | 365* | 6th | Sri Lanka |
| 33 | V Kohli, AM Rahane | 365 | 4th | New Zealand |
| 34 | Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf | 363 | 3rd | England |
| 35 | KS Williamson, HM Nicholls | 363 | 3rd | Sri Lanka |
| 36 | DA Warner, M Labuschagne | 361 | 2nd | Pakistan |
| 37 | L Hutton, C Washbrook | 359 | 1st | South Africa |
| 38 | Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim | 359 | 5th | New Zealand |
| 39 | Z Crawley, JC Buttler | 359 | 5th | Pakistan |
| 40 | SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman | 353 | 4th | Australia |
| 41 | Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq | 352* | 3rd | Sri Lanka |
| 42 | RT Ponting, MJ Clarke | 352 | 4th | Pakistan |
| 43 | BB McCullum, BJ Watling | 352 | 6th | India |
| 44 | GA Gooch, DI Gower | 351 | 2nd | Australia |
| 45 | DPMD Jayawardene, HAPW Jayawardene | 351 | 6th | India |
| 46 | Mushtaq Mohammad, Asif Iqbal | 350 | 4th | New Zealand |
| 47 | IR Bell, KP Pietersen | 350 | 3rd | India |
| 48 | DS Atkinson, CC Depeiaza | 347 | 7th | Australia |
| 49 | JHW Fingleton, DG Bradman | 346 | 6th | England |
| 50 | FDM Karunaratne, DM de Silva | 345 | 4th | Bangladesh |
