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
317292Ricky PontingAUS4,076 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
21368 · 3,320 ahead of Sangakkara
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Virat KohliIND
13 separate entries on this list · 213 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2343
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
18 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND21368
2Kumar SangakkaraSL18048
3Ricky PontingAUS17292
4Mahela JayawardeneSL16020
5Jacques KallisSA15885
6Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK15812
7Virat KohliIND15634
8Sourav GangulyIND15416
9Rahul DravidIND15285
10Rahul DravidIND2343
11Sourav GangulyIND2325
12Gary KirstenSA2004
13Sachin TendulkarIND1955
14Jacques KallisSA1952
15Mark WaughAUS1942
16Sourav GangulyIND1919
17Sourav GangulyIND1908
18Chris BroadENG1903
18Sourav GangulyIND1903
20Misbah-ul-HaqPAK1867
21Brian LaraWI1865
22Sachin TendulkarIND1854
23Mohammad YousufPAK1840
24Matthew HaydenAUS1795
25David BoonAUS1742
25Saeed AnwarPAK1742
27Shai HopeWI1726
28Gary KirstenSA1724
29Sourav GangulyIND1698
30Desmond HaynesWI1688
31Kumar SangakkaraSL1682
32Marvan AtapattuSL1675
33Stuart CarlisleZIM1673
34Sachin TendulkarIND1665
35Aamer SohailPAK1664
36Rohit SharmaIND1657
37Mohammad AzharuddinIND1656
38Marvan AtapattuSL1646
39Jonathan TrottENG1643
40Hansie CronjeSA1640
41Ijaz AhmedPAK1638
42Sachin TendulkarIND1624
43Virat KohliIND1614
44Mohammad YousufPAK1604
45Jacques KallisSA1597
46Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1589
47Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1571
48Ricky PontingAUS1553
49Mohammad AzharuddinIND1550
50Vriitya AravindUAE1544
51Martin GuptillNZ1542
51Mohammad HafeezPAK1542
51Javed MiandadPAK1542
54Ricky PontingAUS1539
55Mahela JayawardeneSL1538
56Kumar SangakkaraSL1537
57Rahul DravidIND1536
58Kane WilliamsonNZ1531
59Ricky PontingAUS1516
60Geoff MarshAUS1514
61Younis KhanPAK1504
62Shubman GillIND1502
63Kumar SangakkaraSL1496
64Javed MiandadPAK1493
64Rahul DravidIND1493
66Ian BellENG1490
67Dean JonesAUS1489
68Ajay JadejaIND1484
69Herschelle GibbsSA1483
70Rohit SharmaIND1480
71Mohammad YousufPAK1477
71Ricky PontingAUS1477
73Grant FlowerZIM1475
74Virat KohliIND1473
75Shahriar NafeesBAN1468
76Rahul DravidIND1463
77Chris GayleWI1452
78Aamer SohailPAK1451
78Ijaz AhmedPAK1451
80Sanath JayasuriyaSL1444
81Yuvraj SinghIND1438
82Ramiz RajaPAK1434
83Kumar SangakkaraSL1432
84Tillakaratne DilshanSL1431
85Virat KohliIND1429
86Geoff MarshAUS1419
87Ricky PontingAUS1417
88Misbah-ul-HaqPAK1416
89Jacques KallisSA1415
90Ricky PontingAUS1413
91Mohammad HafeezPAK1408
92Aravinda de SilvaSL1403
93MS DhoniIND1400
94Adam GilchristAUS1393
95Ajay JadejaIND1392
96Angelo MathewsSL1391
97Virat KohliIND1389
98Desmond HaynesWI1386
99Mark WaughAUS1381
100Desmond HaynesWI1376
101Paul CollingwoodENG1374
102Alistair CampbellZIM1369
103Rahul DravidIND1367
104Daryll CullinanSA1362
105Marvan AtapattuSL1358
106Sourav GangulyIND1355
107Kepler WesselsAUS1354
108Andy FlowerZIM1351
109Upul TharangaSL1349
110Sourav GangulyIND1347
111Marvan AtapattuSL1344
112Andrew JonesNZ1341
112Kumar SangakkaraSL1341
112Mohammad YousufPAK1341
115Boeta DippenaarSA1340
116MS DhoniIND1333
117Tillakaratne DilshanSL1330
118Sir Viv RichardsWI1329
119Tillakaratne DilshanSL1322
119Mahela JayawardeneSL1322
121Ajay JadejaIND1319
122Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1318
123Pathum SilvaSL1317
123Grant FlowerZIM1317
125David WarnerAUS1316
125Matthew HaydenAUS1316
127Ramiz RajaPAK1311
128Sunil GavaskarIND1309
128Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1309
130Kumar SangakkaraSL1308
131Sachin TendulkarIND1306
132Yasir HameedPAK1303
133Rohit SharmaIND1300
133Virat KohliIND1300
135Aravinda de SilvaSL1295
136Steven SmithAUS1294
137Imrul KayesBAN1291
138Michael HusseyAUS1284
139Ross TaylorNZ1281
140Nathan AstleNZ1279
140Mohammad AzharuddinIND1279
142Usman KhawajaAUS1278
142Ramnaresh SarwanWI1278
144Aaron FinchAUS1276
145Geoff MarshAUS1275
146Sir Richie RichardsonWI1273
146Mark WaughAUS1273
148Matthew HaydenAUS1259
149Babar AzamPAK1258
149Kane WilliamsonNZ1258
151Chris GayleWI1257
152David GowerENG1256
153Rahul DravidIND1255
154Shiv ChanderpaulWI1254
155Kumar SangakkaraSL1251
156Michael ClarkeAUS1249
156Mahela JayawardeneSL1249
158Kepler WesselsAUS1240
159Chris GayleWI1238
160Gautam GambhirIND1236
160Navjot SidhuIND1236
162Hamilton MasakadzaZIM1234
163Bruce EdgarNZ1231
164Sachin TendulkarIND1229
165Alistair CampbellZIM1227
166Jonty RhodesSA1224
167Merwe ErasmusNAM1222
168Simon KatichAUS1215
169Saeed AnwarPAK1213
170Kannaur RahulIND1208
171Bill AtheyENG1206
172David BoonAUS1203
173Daryl MitchellNZ1201
174Shane WatsonAUS1199
174Dean JonesAUS1199
176AB de VilliersSA1198
177Martin CroweNZ1192
178Sachin TendulkarIND1190
179Shai HopeWI1188
180Desmond HaynesWI1187
180Shikhar DhawanIND1187
182Marvan AtapattuSL1186
183Ross TaylorNZ1182
184Michael BevanAUS1180
185Desmond HaynesWI1178
186Michael BevanAUS1174
187Virat KohliIND1172
188Brian LaraWI1170
189Virat KohliIND1169
190Alistair CampbellZIM1168
191Babar AzamPAK1163
192Stephen FlemingNZ1161
193Tillakaratne DilshanSL1160
194John WrightNZ1159
195Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN1156
196Jacques KallisSA1155
197Michael ClarkeAUS1154
198Graham GoochENG1152
199David BoonAUS1151
200Roshan MahanamaSL1148
201Allan LambENG1147
202Chamu ChibhabhaZIM1146
203Yasir HameedPAK1144
203Kumar SangakkaraSL1144
203Sourav GangulyIND1144
206Sir Richie RichardsonWI1142
207Graeme SmithSA1138
208Dinesh ChandimalSL1136
209Saleem MalikPAK1134
210Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1132
211Michael ClarkeAUS1130
212Ahmed ShehzadPAK1125
213Lahiru ThirimanneSL1121
214Hashim AmlaSA1119
215Brendan TaylorZIM1116
216Gordon GreenidgeWI1113
216Joe RootENG1113
218Shoaib MohammadPAK1111
219Hashim AmlaSA1107
220Phil SimmonsWI1105
221Upul TharangaSL1103
221Marvan AtapattuSL1103
223Babar AzamPAK1100
224Joe RootENG1099
224Brendan TaylorZIM1099
226Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1098
227Gordon GreenidgeWI1096
227Peter KirstenSA1096
229Virat KohliIND1094
229Shoaib MalikPAK1094
231Russel ArnoldSL1093
232Upul TharangaSL1091
233Ross TaylorNZ1090
234Mohammad YousufPAK1085
235Adam GilchristAUS1083
236Geoff MarshAUS1081
237Jacques KallisSA1076
238Graeme WoodAUS1075
239Vriitya AravindUAE1074
240Desmond HaynesWI1072
241Glenn TurnerNZ1068
242Joe RootENG1067
243Dean JonesAUS1066
243Faf du PlessisSA1066
245Damien MartynAUS1063
246Andrew HudsonSA1062
247Virat KohliIND1058
248Allan BorderAUS1055
249Mark TaylorAUS1054
250Kris SrikkanthIND1047
251Shane WatsonAUS1046
252Yuvraj SinghIND1043
253Rahmat ShahAFG1041
254Tamim IqbalBAN1035
255Sachin TendulkarIND1034
256Mahela JayawardeneSL1032
257Rohit SharmaIND1029
258Desmond HaynesWI1026
259George BaileyAUS1020
260Sachin TendulkarIND1019
261Hashim AmlaSA1015
262David WarnerAUS1014
263Khurram KhanOMN1009
264Quinton de KockSA1008
265Salman ButtPAK1007
266Vinod KambliIND1005
267Cameron WhiteAUS1004
268Saleem MalikPAK1003
269Chris TavaréENG1001
270Aaron JonesUSA995
271Upul TharangaSL993
272John WrightNZ991
273Javed MiandadPAK987
274Mohammad AzharuddinIND986
275Shakib Al HasanBAN982
276Faf du PlessisSA980
277Michael ClarkeAUS979
278Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK972
279Tillakaratne DilshanSL969
280Mark WaughAUS964
281Geoff MarshAUS960
281Mudassar NazarPAK960
283Upul TharangaSL958
284Shai HopeWI955
285AB de VilliersSA944
286Imran KhanPAK943
287Kepler WesselsAUS942
288Mohammad AshrafulBAN941
289Mohinder AmarnathIND937
290Mushfiqur RahimBAN935
291Geoff MarshAUS933
291Ricky PontingAUS933
293Assad ValaPNG928
294Shikhar DhawanIND927
295Graeme WoodAUS923
296Mark TaylorAUS922
297Mohammad AzharuddinIND920
298Javed MiandadPAK915
299Javed MiandadPAK909
299Shamarh BrooksWI909
301Sanjay ManjrekarIND903
302Tamim IqbalBAN896
303Monank PatelUSA895
304Yuvraj SinghIND891
305Younis KhanPAK890
306Mahela JayawardeneSL889
307Sir Richie RichardsonWI887
307Mohinder AmarnathIND887
309Paul StirlingIRE885
310Daryl MitchellNZ883
311Allan LambENG879
312Geoff BoycottENG875
313Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK866
314Ramiz RajaPAK860
315Sir Richie RichardsonWI856
316Kane WilliamsonNZ855
317Mahela JayawardeneSL852
318Joe RootENG851
319Kris SrikkanthIND850
320Joe RootENG846
321Jeremy ConeyNZ844
322Brian LaraWI839
323Gautam GambhirIND836
324Alastair CookENG829
325Ramiz RajaPAK825
326Aaron FinchAUS824
326Martin CroweNZ824
326David BoonAUS824
329Kusal MendisSL819
329Mark TaylorAUS819
331Allan BorderAUS808
332Bruce EdgarNZ803
333Asanka GurusinhaSL794
334Mohammad RizwanPAK784
335Sir Richie RichardsonWI782
336Steve SmithAUS773
337Keacy CartyWI771
337Sherwin CampbellWI771
339Gordon GreenidgeWI767
339Dinesh ChandimalSL767
341Allan BorderAUS766
342Imran KhanPOR759
343Quinton de KockSA755
344Saeed AnwarPAK752
345Virat KohliIND739
346Dean JonesAUS730
346Matthew BreetzkeSA730
348Graham GoochENG728
349Kim HughesAUS727
350Saleem MalikPAK721
351Allan BorderAUS720
352Salman AghaPAK715
353Mark WaughAUS714
354Javed MiandadPAK712
355Allan BorderAUS706
356Babar AzamPAK705
357Roshan MahanamaSL701
358Sir Viv RichardsWI686
359Shai HopeWI681
360Zaheer AbbasPAK673
361Gordon GreenidgeWI672
362John WrightNZ669
363Desmond HaynesWI667
364Pathum SilvaSL652
365Mike BrearleyENG646
366Bruce LairdAUS642
367Stephen FlemingNZ637
368Keacy CartyWI636
369Bruce EdgarNZ635
370Mudassar NazarPAK633
371Aravinda de SilvaSL630
372Kariyawasam AsalankaSL623
373Graeme WoodAUS620
374Ravi ShastriIND618
375Javed MiandadPAK610
376Greg ChappellAUS608
377Harry TectorIRE600
378David BoonAUS599
379Mohsin KhanPAK596
380Avishka FernandoSL595
381Rahmanullah GurbazAFG592
382Sir Viv RichardsWI587
383Andy BalbirnieIRE585
384Mohsin KhanPAK572
385Geoff BoycottENG570
386Kongala VimukthiSL567
387Harsh ThakerCAN563
388Sachin TendulkarIND560
389Janneman MalanSA553
390Desmond HaynesWI549
391Roy DiasSL547
392Joe RootENG545
393Andrew JonesNZ543
394Sir Viv RichardsWI535
395Glenn TurnerNZ534
396Steven SmithAUS533
397Mushfiqur RahimBAN531
398Marnus LabuschagneAUS519
399Gordon GreenidgeWI518
400Graham GoochENG511
401Dilip VengsarkarIND508
402MahmudullahBAN489
403David WarnerAUS488
404Aqib SulehriOMN486
405Daryl MitchellNZ484
406Virat KohliIND467
407Kim HughesAUS461
408Desmond HaynesWI445
409Greg ChappellAUS443
410Graham GoochENG432
411Alvin KallicharranWI426
412John DysonAUS421
413Dhananjaya de SilvaSL420
414Allan BorderAUS418
415John WrightNZ417
415Kannaur RahulIND417
417Sir Viv RichardsWI407
417Greg ChappellAUS407
419David GowerENG398
420Fakhar ZamanPAK397
421Keith FletcherENG388
422Kim HughesAUS380
422Mudassar NazarPAK380
424William YoungNZ376
424Shai HopeWI376
426Clive RadleyENG367
427Ian ChappellAUS366
428Virat KohliIND360
429Dennis AmissENG356
430Tanzid TamimBAN333
431Shubman GillIND331
432Ben DuckettENG326
433David LloydENG319
434Alvin KallicharranWI310
435Alan TurnerAUS309
436Sediqullah AtalAFG307
437Greg ChappellAUS303
438Glenn TurnerNZ288
439Mike BrearleyENG277
439Majid KhanPAK277
441Keith StackpoleAUS276
442Sunil GavaskarIND274
443Mudassar NazarPAK261
444Dennis AmissENG258
445David GowerENG248
446Sir Viv RichardsWI231
447Dennis AmissENG221
448Brian RoseENG210
449Keith FletcherENG196
450John EdrichENG191
451Graham RoopeENG187
452Dennis AmissENG185
453Bev CongdonNZ184
454Greg ChappellAUS166
455Alvin KallicharranWI162
455Derek RandallENG162
457Derek RandallENG155
458Anshuman GaekwadIND150
459Graham BarlowENG149
459Javed MiandadPAK149
461Mohinder AmarnathIND146
462Mike BrearleyENG145
463Keith FletcherENG144
464Richie RobinsonAUS143
465Keith FletcherENG142
466Ian ChappellAUS140
467Javed MiandadPAK137
468Geoff BoycottENG136
468Desmond HaynesWI136
470Ian ChappellAUS135
471Roy FredericksWI134
472Dennis AmissENG130
473Geoff BoycottENG127
474Craig SerjeantAUS126
475Paul SheahanAUS124
476Mike DennessENG123
477Mike DennessENG121
478Clive LloydWI120
479John EdrichENG119
479Ken WadsworthNZ119
481Greg ChappellAUS115
482Vic PollardNZ112
482Zaheer AbbasPAK112
484Glenn TurnerNZ111
485Chris OldENG110
486Gordon GreenidgeWI109
487Mike SmithENG107
488Graham BarlowENG106
489Ian ChappellAUS103
489Brijesh PatelIND103
489Ross EdwardsAUS103
492Graham GoochENG102
493Tony GreigENG76
494Doug WaltersAUS51
495Bill LawryAUS49
496Keith FletcherENG47
497Geoff BoycottENG37
498Alan KnottENG31
499Greg ChappellAUS29
500Ken ShuttleworthENG19
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