Mumbai has won a staggering 41 of the 83 Ranji Trophy titles. On Thursday Nov 09,2017, when it plays against Baroda at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai will become the first to make 500 appearances.
A whopping 25 captains have led Mumbai in at least one winning final of the tournament:
Four times
Ajit Wadekar (1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1972-73)
Three times
Madhav Mantri (1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57)
Polly Umrigar (1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63)
R.G., alias Bapu Nadkarni (1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66)
Sunil Gavaskar (1976-77, 1983-84, 1984-85)
Two times
Vijay Merchant (1941-42, 1944-45)
Madhav Apte (1958-59, 1961-62)
Manohar Hardikar (1966-67, 1967-68)
Ashok Mankad (1974-75, 1975-76)
Wasim Jaffer (2008-09, 2009-10)
One time
L.P. Jai (1934-35)
H.L. Vajifdar (1935-36)
K.C. Ibrahim (1948-49)
S.W. alias Ranga Sohoni (1953-54)
Sudhir Naik (1970-71)
Eknath Solkar (1980-81)
Ravi Shastri (1993-94)
Sachin Tendulkar (1994-95)
Sanjay Manjrekar (1996-97)
Sameer Dighe (1999-00)
Paras Mhambrey (2002-03)
Sairaj Bahutule (2003-04)
Amil Muzumdar (2006-07)
Ajit Agarkar (2012-13)
Aditya Tare (2015-16)
Mumbai's landmark matches
First match
Who: Gujarat
When:February 2 to 4, 1935
Where: Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
Brief Scores: Bombay 231 and 300 for seven decl. vs Gujarat 106 and 165 for four
Led by L.P. Jai: Bombay marked its debut in the Ranji Trophy by earning the innings lead against its neighbouring team.
100th match
Who: Gujarat
When: December 7 to 9, 1962
Where: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Brief scores: Gujarat 126 and 237 lost to Bombay 403 for five decl.
Polly Umrigar's men were on a roll. Baloo Gupte shone with an eight-wicket match-haul, including five in the first innings and Bapu Nadkarni and Sudhakar Adhikari's hundreds made it easier for them to rout Gujarat.
200th match
Who: Gujarat
When: December 23 to 25, 1978
Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Brief scores: Bombay 340 beat Gujarat 182 and 110
Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 83 while opening the innings. Rajendra Jadeja's valuable 70 lower down the order helped Mumbai cross the 300-run mark. Padmakar Shivalkar then spun his web around the Gujarat batsmen, dismantling them witha 10-wicket haul.
300th match
Who: Haryana
When: February 12 to 15, 1994
Where: Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
Brief scores: Bombay 718 beat Haryana 291 and 225
The pre-quarterfinal was the first between the teams since the 1990-91 final. Bombay avenged the loss in style. Four centurions — including captain Ravi Shastri, Jatin Paranjape, Sameer Dighe and debutant Amol Muzumdar who smashed 260 — led Bombay to a gargantuan total to make the bowlers' task easier.
400th match
Who: Bengal
When: February 2 to 5, 2007
Where: Wankhede Stadium, Faridabad
Brief scores: Mumbai 320 and 294 beat Bengal 143 and 339
International stars featuring in Ranji Trophy was a rarity by then. But the 2006-07 final was a star-studded affairs with Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer and Ajit Agarkar wearing the Lion's crest while Zaheer Khan making his debut against Sourav Ganguly's Bengal. Jaffer and Tendulkar's hundreds in the first innings set up the game for Mumbai and Zaheer took over with nine wickets.
Most runs in a season for Mumbai
| Runs | Batsman | Average | Matches | Innings | Highest | Season |
| 1321 | Shreyas Iyer | 73.38 | 11 | 18 | 200 | 2015-16 |
| 1260 | Wasim Jaffer | 84.00 | 10 | 16 | 301 | 2008-09 |
| 1089 | Ajinkya Rahane | 68.06 | 10 | 17 | 201 | 2008-09 |
| 1008 | Rusi Modi | 201.60 | 5 | 7 | 245* | 1944-45 |
| 966 | Abhishek Nayar | 96.60 | 11 | 17 | 132 | 2012-13 |
Most wickets in a season for Mumbai
| Wkts | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Average | Season |
| 50 | Ramakant Desai | 228.2 | 72 | 550 | 11.00 | 1958-59 |
| 49 | Padmakar Shivalkar | 329.4 | 117 | 641 | 13.08 | 1972-73 |
| 48 | Paras Mhambrey | 306 | 89 | 739 | 15.40 | 1997-98 |
| 48 | Shardul Thakur | 343.5 | 97 | 999 | 20.81 | 2014-15 |
| 44 | Rajesh Pawar | 379.4 | 111 | 916 | 20.82 | 1999-00 |
Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in a season
| Victims | Catches | Stumpings | Keeper | Matches | Season |
| 53 | 49 | 4 | Aditya Tare | 11 | 2016-17 |
| 48 | 45 | 3 | Aditya Tare | 10 | 2015-16 |
| 41 | 39 | 2 | Aditya Tare | 11 | 2012-13 |
| 40 | 37 | 3 | Vinayak Samant | 10 | 2008-09 |
| 38 | 34 | 4 | Sulakshan Kulkarni | 10 | 1996-97 |
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