1996 County Championship
The 1996 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 97th officially organised running of the County Championship. Leicestershire won the Championship.Table
Points awarded:
Win: 16 points.
Draw: 3 points.
| Position | Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Drawn | Batting bonus | Bowling bonus | Points |
| 1 | Leicestershire | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 57 | 61 | 296 |
| 2 | Derbyshire | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 58 | 269 |
| 3 | Surrey | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 64 | 262 |
| 4 | Kent | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 52 | 261 |
| 5 | Essex | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 57 | 255 |
| 6 | Yorkshire | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 58 | 248 |
| 7 | Worcestershire | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 60 | 222 |
| 8 | Warwickshire | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 55 | 218 |
| 9 | Middlesex | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 59 | 213 |
| 10 | Glamorgan | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 43 | 207 |
| 11 | Somerset | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 61 | 197 |
| 12 | Sussex | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 58 | 196 |
| 13 | Gloucestershire | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 177 |
| 14 | Hampshire | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 56 | 166 |
| 15 | Lancashire | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 52 | 160 |
| 16 | Northamptonshire | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 57 | 159 |
| 17 | Nottinghamshire | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 52 | 131 |
| 18 | Durham | 17 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 60 | 97 |
