The island nation of Jamaica is one of the regions which makes up the West Indies cricket team. It has produced international cricketers in all forms of the game—Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Freddie Martin and Karl Nunes became the first Jamaicans to play international cricket when they appeared in the West Indies's inaugural Test match, against England in 1928. Nunes captained the West Indies during this match, the first of seven Jamaicans to do so.

Chris Gayle has scored the most runs by a Jamaican in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is also the highest overall scorer for the West Indies in both ODIs with 10480 runs and T20Is with 1889 runs. Courtney Walsh, who has also captained the West Indies, has taken the most wickets by a Jamaican in Tests and ODIs. He is also the highest wicket taking West Indian in Tests and ODIs, having taken 519 and 227 wickets respectively. Alf Valentine and Jerome Taylor are the only other Jamaicans to have taken 100 or more wickets in test matches. Along with that, Gayle and Taylor are the only other Jamaicans to take 100 or more wickets in one day internationals. With 132 appearances, Walsh has also played the most matches by a West Indian in Tests.

List Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made. Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player. Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player. West Indies captains

Statistics correct as of: October 2022

NameInternationalcareer Apps Runs WktsAppsRunsWktsAppsRunsWktsReferencesTestsODIsT20Is 1928–1931 1928–1930 1928–1931 1930–1954 1930–1939 1930–1935 1930 1930 1933 1935–1939 1935 1935 1939 1948–1950 1948–1954 1948–1952 1948–1949 1948–1953 1950–1962 1953–1956 1953 1953 1954–1959 1955–1959 1955–1958 1957–1959 1957–1961 1958–1966 1960 1960–1962 1962–1969 1962–1968 1969–1978 1971–1975 1971 1971–1973 1972–1980 1973 1975–1987 1978 1978–1979 1979 1981 1981–1991 1984–2001 1986–1993 1989–1991 1992–2001 1996–2001 1996–1997 1997–2000 1999–2000 1999–2005 2000–2010 2000–2021 2000–2018 2001 2001–2005 2002–2009 2002 2003–2012 2003–2010 2003–2018 2005–2009 2005 2005 2007–2008 2008–2009 2008–2018 2009–2018 2010– 2011–2012 2011– 2011–2014 2014– 2016– 2018– 2018– 2019– 2019–

Notes Gayle played 3 ODIs for the ICC World XI

See also List of West Indies Test cricketers List of West Indies ODI cricketers List of West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers

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