Most Balls Faced – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the most balls faced in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ODIAll-time500 entries
121368Sachin TendulkarIND3,320 clear of Kumar Sangakkara
218048Kumar SangakkaraSL3,320 off the lead
317046Ricky PontingAUS4,322 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
21368 · 3,320 ahead of Sangakkara
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tendulkar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
14725
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND21368
2Kumar SangakkaraSL18048
3Ricky PontingAUS17046
4Virat KohliIND16069
5Mahela JayawardeneSL16020
6Jacques KallisSA15885
7Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK15812
8Sourav GangulyIND15416
9Rahul DravidIND15285
10Sanath JayasuriyaSL14725
11Desmond HaynesWI13707
12Brian LaraWI13086
13Mohammad YousufPAK12942
14Rohit SharmaIND12889
15Mohammad AzharuddinIND12669
16Marvan AtapattuSL12594
17Shiv ChanderpaulWI12408
18MS DhoniIND12303
19Chris GayleWI12050
20Tillakaratne DilshanSL11933
21Aravinda de SilvaSL11443
22Stephen FlemingNZ11242
23Mark WaughAUS11053
24Javed MiandadPAK11014
25Saeed AnwarPAK10938
26Tamim IqbalBAN10642
27Ross TaylorNZ10330
28Michael ClarkeAUS10104
29Steve WaughAUS9971
30Yuvraj SinghIND9924
31Adam GilchristAUS9922
32Sir Richie RichardsonWI9801
33Mushfiqur RahimBAN9780
34Nathan AstleNZ9760
35Grant FlowerZIM9723
36Herschelle GibbsSA9721
37Younis KhanPAK9628
38Arjuna RanatungaSL9571
39AB de VilliersSA9473
40Gary KirstenSA9436
41Saleem MalikPAK9383
42Michael BevanAUS9320
43Ramiz RajaPAK9226
44Shoaib MalikPAK9181
45Hashim AmlaSA9178
46David BoonAUS9157
47Shakib Al HasanBAN9138
48Allan BorderAUS9134
49Upul TharangaSL9122
50Andy FlowerZIM9097
51Joe RootENG9077
52Brendan TaylorZIM9026
53Kane WilliamsonNZ8893
54Graeme SmithSA8648
55Eoin MorganENG8640
56Mohammad HafeezPAK8599
57Roshan MahanamaSL8521
58Martin GuptillNZ8415
59Dean JonesAUS8362
60Ijaz AhmedPAK8174
61Shai HopeWI8105
62Virender SehwagIND7929
63Gordon GreenidgeWI7908
64Alistair CampbellZIM7834
65Geoff MarshAUS7790
66Matthew HaydenAUS7767
67Hamilton MasakadzaZIM7751
68Ajay JadejaIND7678
69Ramnaresh SarwanWI7663
70Marlon SamuelsWI7547
71Carl HooperWI7517
72Babar AzamPAK7497
73Sir Viv RichardsWI7451
74Shikhar DhawanIND7436
75Jonty RhodesSA7336
76Quinton de KockSA7327
76MahmudullahBAN7327
77Paul StirlingIRE7303
78Aamer SohailPAK7297
79Hansie CronjeSA7277
80William PorterfieldIRE7207
81David WarnerAUS7127
82Angelo MathewsSL7069
83Ian BellENG7019
84Misbah-ul-HaqPAK6945
85Graham GoochENG6932
86Shahid AfridiGER6892
87Damien MartynAUS6877
88Alec StewartENG6841
89John WrightNZ6804
90Steven SmithAUS6669
91Paul CollingwoodENG6629
92Hashan TillakaratneSL6588
93Chris HarrisNZ6583
94Martin CroweNZ6476
95Asanka GurusinhaSL6409
96Shane WatsonAUS6365
97Navjot SidhuIND6329
98Brendon McCullumNZ6312
99Abdul RazzaqPAK6252
100Michael HusseyAUS6243
101Faf du PlessisSA6215
102Craig McMillanNZ6198
103Aaron FinchAUS6162
104Gautam GambhirIND6144
105Kepler WesselsAUS6088
106Jean-Paul DuminySA6052
107Suresh RainaIND6005
108Sean WilliamsZIM6000
109Mark TaylorAUS5908
110Chris CairnsNZ5874
111Rahmat ShahAFG5835
112Kusal MendisSL5834
113Kris SrikkanthIND5702
114Scott StyrisNZ5645
115Sikandar RazaZIM5613
116Mark BoucherSA5528
117Andrew SymondsAUS5504
118Daryll CullinanSA5492
119Tom LathamNZ5489
120Russel ArnoldSL5443
121Elton ChigumburaZIM5423
122Phil SimmonsWI5407
123Allan LambENG5308
124Andrew StraussENG5281
125Graeme HickENG5191
126Dilip VengsarkarIND5179
127Kyle CoetzerSCO5155
128Mudassar NazarPAK5130
129Kevin PietersenENG5128
130Dinesh ChandimalSL5114
131Imran NiaziBHR5105
132Marcus TrescothickENG5095
133Ravi ShastriIND5089
134Nick KnightENG5085
135Boeta DippenaarSA5047
136Craig ErvineZIM5041
137Tatenda TaibuZIM5020
138Sunil GavaskarIND4966
139Mohammad AshrafulBAN4947
140Jos ButtlerENG4914
141Ken RutherfordNZ4888
142Adam ParoreNZ4867
143Richie BerringtonSCO4819
144Andy BalbirnieIRE4818
145Andrew JonesNZ4811
146Romesh KaluwitharanaSL4776
147Steve TikoloKEN4770
148Vusi SibandaZIM4716
149Mohammad NabiAFG4705
150David MillerSA4565
151Darren BravoWI4434
152Kevin O'BrienIRE4423
153Lahiru ThirimanneSL4419
154Wavell HindsWI4393
155Stuart CarlisleZIM4325
156Niall O'BrienIRE4225
157David GowerENG4218
158Wasim AkramPAK4208
159Fakhar ZamanPAK4207
160Calum MacLeodSCO4163
161Alastair CookENG4154
162Collins ObuyaKEN4134
163Asghar StanikzaiAFG4075
164Shaun PollockSA4059
165Moin KhanPAK4017
166Jason RoyENG4013
167Guy WhittallZIM4011
168Heath StreakZIM4008
169Kapil DevIND3979
170Lance KlusenerSA3977
171Andrew HudsonSA3960
172Kennedy OtienoKEN3934
173Chamu ChibhabhaZIM3898
174KL RahulIND3856
175Kamran AkmalPAK3855
176Sherwin CampbellWI3853
177Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG3838
178Assad ValaPNG3833
179Mohammad KaifIND3822
180Andrew FlintoffENG3821
181Gus LogieWI3801
182Darren LehmannAUS3784
183Imam-ul-HaqPAK3778
184Ajinkya RahaneIND3767
185Jonny BairstowENG3734
186Ed JoyceENG3729
187Graeme WoodAUS3725
188Umar AkmalPAK3712
189Brad HaddinAUS3706
190Thomas OdoyoKEN3705
191Mohammad ShahzadAFG3701
192Bruce EdgarNZ3685
193Jonathan TrottENG3658
194George BaileyAUS3645
195Ben StokesENG3619
196Jimmy AdamsWI3614
196Ahmed ShehzadPAK3614
197Dwayne BravoWI3606
198Roger TwoseNZ3603
199Habibul BasharBAN3586
200Rohan MustafaUAE3577
201Salman ButtPAK3572
202Mohammad RizwanPAK3519
203Mitchell MarshAUS3503
204Gary WilsonIRE3489
205Nasser HussainENG3481
206Shubman GillIND3475
207Robin SmithENG3473
208Ravi BoparaENG3462
209Kusal PereraSL3460
210Lou VincentNZ3453
211Vinod KambliIND3443
212Imrul KayesBAN3423
213Ashish BagaiCAN3422
214Shaun MarshAUS3406
215Gerhard ErasmusNAM3405
216Ravindra JadejaIND3396
217Mohsin KhanHK3373
218Graham ThorpeENG3344
219Pathum NissankaSL3336
220Mohinder AmarnathIND3334
221Khaled MashudBAN3315
222VVS LaxmanIND3282
223Matthew CrossSCO3280
224Shreyas IyerIND3206
225Shahriar NafeesBAN3167
226Glenn MaxwellAUS3149
227Robin SinghIND3144
228Daryl MitchellNZ3120
229Morris OumaKEN3115
230Sanjay ManjrekarIND3101
231Mark GreatbatchNZ3099
232Manoj PrabhakarIND3083
233Litton DasBAN3080
234Greg ChappellAUS3079
235Travis HeadAUS3072
235Stuart MatsikenyeriZIM3072
236Charith AsalankaSL3061
237Mike AthertonENG3054
238Zaheer AbbasPAK3033
239Yasir HameedPAK3029
240Samiullah ShenwariAFG3023
241Rassie van der DussenSA3015
242Shaiman AnwarUAE2970
243Mike GattingENG2968
244Henry NichollsNZ2963
245Vriitya AravindUAE2957
246Kim HughesAUS2919
247Neil FairbrotherENG2903
248Michael VaughanENG2898
249Jeremy ConeyNZ2885
250Jeff DujonWI2881
251Kieron PollardWI2866
252Rohit PaudelNEP2842
253Keith ArthurtonWI2822
254Jacob OramNZ2810
255Max O'DowdNED2796
255Chaminda VaasSL2796
256Aiden MarkramSA2749
257Denesh RamdinWI2738
258Evin LewisWI2737
259Bryan YoungNZ2733
260Daniel VettoriNZ2715
261Wesley BarresiNED2706
262Alex CareyAUS2698
263Harry TectorIRE2695
264Jatinder SinghOMN2682
265Lendl SimmonsWI2680
266Sir Ian BothamENG2671
267Ibrahim ZadranAFG2664
268Ridley JacobsWI2662
269Murray GoodwinZIM2654
270Sarfraz AhmedPAK2634
271Soumya SarkarBAN2586
271Cameron WhiteAUS2586
272Larry GomesWI2578
273Dion EbrahimZIM2540
274Javed OmarBAN2528
275Alex HalesENG2526
276Gyanendra MallaNEP2522
277Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN2515
278Shoaib MohammadPAK2492
279Imran FarhatPAK2489
279Jason HolderWI2489
280Temba BavumaSA2484
281Azhar AliPAK2478
282Dhananjaya de SilvaSL2469
283Jeff CroweNZ2456
284Chris BroadENG2447
285George MunseySCO2442
286Craig WishartZIM2436
287Clive LloydWI2434
288Neil McKenzieSA2432
289Monank PatelUSA2427
290Grant ElliottNZ2416
291Mehidy HasanBAN2410
291Prosper UtseyaZIM2410
292Aaron JonesUSA2406
293Keacy CartyWI2405
294Stuart WilliamsWI2402
295Moeen AliENG2399
296Dinesh KarthikIND2392
297Avishka GunawardeneSL2389
297Neil JohnsonZIM2389
298Will YoungNZ2378
299Sese BauPNG2370
300Noor Ali ZadranAFG2363
301Ryan ten DoeschateNED2356
302Aftab AhmedBAN2353
303Glenn TurnerNZ2348
304Alex ObandaKEN2345
305Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN2342
306Imran NazirPAK2339
307Owais ShahENG2331
308Gavin HamiltonENG2330
309Rahmanullah GurbazAFG2324
310Sir Richard HadleeNZ2319
311Roy DiasSL2315
312Peter KirstenSA2308
313Najibullah ZadranAFG2306
314Geoff HowarthNZ2301
315Ravi ShahKEN2298
316Runako MortonWI2289
317Matthew WadeAUS2288
318Bas ZuiderentNED2269
319Chamara KapugederaSL2254
319Chamara SilvaSL2254
320Marnus LabuschagneAUS2239
321Rashid LatifPAK2237
322Upul ChandanaSL2229
323Saleem ElahiPAK2214
324Babar HayatHK2196
325Anshuman RathHK2167
326Ricardo PowellWI2157
327Dave HoughtonZIM2155
328Eric SzwarczynskiNED2153
329Ambati RayuduIND2143
329Nawroz MangalAFG2143
330David ObuyaKEN2135
331Preston MommsenSCO2134
331Craig WilliamsNAM2134
332Raqibul HasanBAN2133
333Scott EdwardsNED2107
334Ian HealyAUS2104
335Tony UraPNG2102
336Thisara PereraSL2086
336Mathew SinclairNZ2086
337Peter BorrenNED2081
338Aasif SheikhNEP2057
339Mashrafe MortazaBAN2041
340Duleep MendisSL2034
341Aarif SheikhNEP2028
342Charles AminiPNG2021
342Khurram KhanUAE2021
343Geoff BoycottENG2020
344Maurice OdumbeKEN2014
345George DockrellIRE2003
346Nicholas PooranWI2000
347Avishka FernandoSL1995
348Hamish MarshallNZ1990
349Azhar MahmoodPAK1988
350Tom CooperNED1985
351David HusseyAUS1980
352Asad ShafiqPAK1979
353Brendon KuruppuSL1978
354Chirag SuriUAE1973
355Haris SohailPAK1972
356Ben DuckettENG1961
357Irfan PathanIND1941
357Dipendra Singh AireeNEP1941
358Fraser WattsSCO1931
359Simon KatichAUS1926
359Devon ConwayNZ1926
360Hitesh ModiKEN1906
361Towhid HridoyBAN1883
362Nasir JamshedPAK1881
363Kumar DharmasenaSL1879
364Darren SammyWI1870
365Alexei KervezeeNED1862
366Neil McCallumSCO1859
367Steven TaylorUSA1848
367Usman KhawajaAUS1848
368Nayan MongiaIND1845
369Brandon KingWI1843
369Mitchell SantnerNZ1843
369Gulbadin NaibAFG1843
370Danushka GunathilakaSL1842
371Aqib SulehriOMN1838
372Peter FultonNZ1833
372Rajin SalehBAN1833
373Heinrich KlaasenSA1829
374Justin KempSA1819
375Jimmy KamandeKEN1817
375Alok KapaliBAN1817
376Rakep PatelKEN1810
377Anamul HaqueBAN1808
378Johnson CharlesWI1803
379Salman AghaPAK1796
380Bas de LeedeNED1782
381Lega SiakaPNG1775
382Curtis CampherIRE1769
383Junaid SiddiqueBAN1753
384Regis ChakabvaZIM1751
385Tanmay MishraKEN1748
386Tom MoodyAUS1747
387Sarel BurgerNAM1731
388Jacques RudolphSA1725
389Akram KhanBAN1721
389Dinesh MongiaIND1721
390Hardik PandyaIND1717
390Niroshan DickwellaSL1717
391Chris WoakesENG1710
392Stephan BaardNAM1704
393Derek RandallENG1702
394Muhammad WaseemUAE1690
395Dwayne SmithWI1683
396Asif MujtabaPAK1671
397Matt PriorENG1670
398Basit AliPAK1669
399Mohammad RafiqueBAN1663
400Dimuth KarunaratneSL1654
401James FranklinNZ1651
401Paul StrangZIM1651
402Stuart LawAUS1643
403Malcolm WallerZIM1641
404Chundangapoyil RizwanUAE1638
405Sidath WettimunySL1636
406Michael SlaterAUS1634
407Nuwan KulasekaraSL1629
408Harry BrookENG1622
409Sadeera SamarawickramaSL1607
410Nasir HossainBAN1605
411Paras KhadkaNEP1603
412JJ SmitNAM1600
413Mohammad NadeemOMN1599
414Nicky BojeSA1594
415Marcus StoinisAUS1591
416Ranjan MadugalleSL1574
416Ajit AgarkarIND1574
417Shimron HetmyerWI1573
418Jamie HowNZ1572
419Ravi RatnayekeSL1571
420Muhammad UsmanUAE1563
421John DysonAUS1553
422Chad SoperPNG1550
423Nizakat KhanHK1549
424Michael van LingenNAM1543
425Kushal BhurtelNEP1542
426Roston ChaseWI1537
427Anil KumbleIND1536
428Simon O'DonnellAUS1534
429Harbhajan SinghIND1526
430Zane GreenNAM1523
431Andrew WhiteIRE1516
432Matt HorneNZ1515
433Devon SmithWI1506
434Vikram SolankiENG1504
435Ryan WatsonSCO1503
436Ashwell PrinceSA1502
437Dasun ShanakaSL1500
438James NeeshamNZ1496
438Khawar AliOMN1496
439Bill AtheyENG1495
440Rod MarshAUS1489
441Dawid MalanENG1488
442Greg RitchieAUS1479
443Naeem IslamBAN1473
444Chris TavaréENG1471
445Vikramjit SinghNED1466
446Khaled MahmudBAN1461
446Sabbir RahmanBAN1461
447Daan van BungeNED1447
448Waqar YounisPAK1445
449Saqlain MushtaqPAK1434
450Jesse RyderNZ1429
451Kiplin DorigaPNG1428
452Shane ThomsonNZ1427
452Lorcan TuckerIRE1427
453Ayaan KhanOMN1423
454Amjad AliUAE1417
455Kashyap PrajapatiOMN1415
455James HopesAUS1415
456Daren GangaWI1414
457Shane WarneAUS1413
458Rameez ShahzadUAE1412
459Brett LeeAUS1407
460Aminul IslamBAN1403
461Yashpal SharmaIND1401
462Sharad VesawkarNEP1396
463Rashid KhanAFG1393
464David HempBER1385
465John MooneyIRE1380
466Kedar JadhavIND1367
467Irfan KarimKEN1358
468Sunil DhaniramCAN1357
469Basil HameedUAE1349
470Javed AhmadiAFG1347
471Mark ChapmanHK1343
472Janith LiyanageSL1340
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