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
4Mahela JayawardeneSL16020
5Virat KohliIND16011
6Jacques KallisSA15885
7Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK15812
8Sourav GangulyIND15416
9Rahul DravidIND15285
10Sanath JayasuriyaSL14725
11Desmond HaynesWI13707
12Brian LaraWI13086
13Mohammad YousufPAK12942
14Rohit SharmaIND12855
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
51Brendan TaylorZIM9022
52Joe RootENG8969
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
72Sir Viv RichardsWI7451
73Shikhar DhawanIND7436
74Babar AzamPAK7395
75Jonty RhodesSA7336
76Quinton de KockSA7327
76MahmudullahBAN7327
77Aamer SohailPAK7297
78Hansie CronjeSA7277
79William PorterfieldIRE7207
80Paul StirlingIRE7161
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
111Kusal MendisSL5745
112Rahmat ShahAFG5733
113Kris SrikkanthIND5702
114Scott StyrisNZ5645
115Sikandar RazaZIM5533
116Mark BoucherSA5528
117Andrew SymondsAUS5504
118Daryll CullinanSA5492
119Tom LathamNZ5456
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
143Andrew JonesNZ4811
144Romesh KaluwitharanaSL4776
145Steve TikoloKEN4770
146Vusi SibandaZIM4716
147Mohammad NabiAFG4697
148Andy BalbirnieIRE4668
149Richie BerringtonSCO4619
150David MillerSA4565
151Darren BravoWI4434
152Kevin O'BrienIRE4423
153Lahiru ThirimanneSL4419
154Wavell HindsWI4393
155Stuart CarlisleZIM4325
156Niall O'BrienIRE4225
157David GowerENG4218
158Wasim AkramPAK4208
159Calum MacLeodSCO4163
160Alastair CookENG4154
161Collins ObuyaKEN4134
162Fakhar ZamanPAK4076
163Asghar StanikzaiAFG4075
164Shaun PollockSA4059
165Moin KhanPAK4017
166Jason RoyENG4013
167Guy WhittallZIM4011
168Heath StreakZIM4008
169Kapil DevIND3979
170Lance KlusenerSA3977
171Andrew HudsonSA3960
172Kennedy OtienoKEN3934
173Chamu ChibhabhaZIM3898
174Kamran AkmalPAK3855
175Sherwin CampbellWI3853
176Assad ValaPNG3833
177Mohammad KaifIND3822
178Andrew FlintoffENG3821
179KL RahulIND3813
180Gus LogieWI3801
181Darren LehmannAUS3784
182Imam-ul-HaqPAK3778
183Ajinkya RahaneIND3767
184Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG3754
185Jonny BairstowENG3734
186Ed JoyceENG3729
187Graeme WoodAUS3725
188Umar AkmalPAK3712
189Brad HaddinAUS3706
190Thomas OdoyoKEN3705
191Mohammad ShahzadAFG3701
192Bruce EdgarNZ3685
193Jonathan TrottENG3658
194George BaileyAUS3645
195Ben StokesENG3619
196Ahmed ShehzadPAK3614
196Jimmy AdamsWI3614
197Dwayne BravoWI3606
198Roger TwoseNZ3603
199Habibul BasharBAN3586
200Rohan MustafaUAE3577
201Salman ButtPAK3572
202Mohammad RizwanPAK3519
203Mitchell MarshAUS3503
204Gary WilsonIRE3489
205Nasser HussainENG3481
206Robin SmithENG3473
207Ravi BoparaENG3462
208Kusal PereraSL3460
209Lou VincentNZ3453
210Vinod KambliIND3443
211Imrul KayesBAN3423
212Ashish BagaiCAN3422
213Shubman GillIND3418
214Shaun MarshAUS3406
215Ravindra JadejaIND3396
216Mohsin KhanHK3373
217Graham ThorpeENG3344
218Pathum SilvaSL3336
219Mohinder AmarnathIND3334
220Khaled MashudBAN3315
221VVS LaxmanIND3282
222Matthew CrossSCO3170
223Shahriar NafeesBAN3167
224Glenn MaxwellAUS3149
225Shreyas IyerIND3147
226Robin SinghIND3144
227Morris OumaKEN3115
228Sanjay ManjrekarIND3101
229Mark GreatbatchNZ3099
230Manoj PrabhakarIND3083
231Litton DasBAN3080
232Greg ChappellAUS3079
233Travis HeadAUS3072
233Stuart MatsikenyeriZIM3072
234Kariyawasam AsalankaSL3061
235Mike AthertonENG3054
236Zaheer AbbasPAK3033
237Yasir HameedPAK3029
238Samiullah ShenwariAFG3023
239Merwe ErasmusNAM3017
240Rassie van der DussenSA3015
241Daryl MitchellNZ2975
242Shaiman AnwarUAE2970
243Mike GattingENG2968
244Vriitya AravindUAE2957
245Henry NichollsNZ2926
246Kim HughesAUS2919
247Neil FairbrotherENG2903
248Michael VaughanENG2898
249Jeremy ConeyNZ2885
250Jeff DujonWI2881
251Kieron PollardWI2866
252Keith ArthurtonWI2822
253Jacob OramNZ2810
254Chaminda VaasSL2796
255Aiden MarkramSA2749
256Denesh RamdinWI2738
257Evin LewisWI2737
258Bryan YoungNZ2733
259Daniel VettoriNZ2715
260Wesley BarresiNED2706
261Alex CareyAUS2698
262Lendl SimmonsWI2680
263Sir Ian BothamENG2671
264Ridley JacobsWI2662
265Murray GoodwinZIM2654
266Sarfraz AhmedPAK2634
267Cameron WhiteAUS2586
268Soumya SarkarBAN2585
269Larry GomesWI2578
270Harry TectorIRE2560
271Dion EbrahimZIM2540
272Rohit PaudelNEP2538
273Javed OmarBAN2528
274Alex HalesENG2526
275Max O'DowdNED2523
276Gyanendra MallaNEP2522
277Ibrahim ZadranAFG2520
278Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN2515
279Shoaib MohammadPAK2492
280Imran FarhatPAK2489
280Jason HolderWI2489
281Temba BavumaSA2484
282Azhar AliPAK2478
283Dhananjaya de SilvaSL2469
284Jeff CroweNZ2456
285Chris BroadENG2447
286George MunseySCO2437
287Craig WishartZIM2436
288Clive LloydWI2434
289Neil McKenzieSA2432
290Grant ElliottNZ2416
291Prosper UtseyaZIM2410
292Aaron JonesUSA2406
293Keacy CartyWI2405
294Mehidy HasanBAN2403
295Stuart WilliamsZIM2402
296Moeen AliENG2399
297Dinesh KarthikIND2392
298Avishka GunawardeneSL2389
298Neil JohnsonZIM2389
299Sese BauPNG2370
300Noor Ali ZadranAFG2363
301Ryan ten DoeschateNED2356
302Aftab AhmedBAN2353
303William YoungNZ2350
304Glenn TurnerNZ2348
305Alex ObandaKEN2345
306Imran NazirPAK2339
307Owais ShahENG2331
308Gavin HamiltonENG2330
309Sir Richard HadleeNZ2319
309Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN2319
310Roy DiasSL2315
311Peter KirstenSA2308
312Najibullah ZadranAFG2306
313Geoff HowarthNZ2301
314Ravi ShahKEN2298
315Rahmanullah GurbazAFG2296
316Runako MortonWI2289
317Matthew WadeAUS2288
318Bas ZuiderentNED2269
319Jatinder SinghOMN2256
320Chamara KapugederaSL2254
320Chamara SilvaSL2254
321Marnus LabuschagneAUS2239
322Rashid LatifPAK2237
323Upul ChandanaSL2229
324Monank PatelUSA2223
325Saleem ElahiPAK2214
326Babar HayatHK2196
327Anshuman RathHK2167
328Ricardo PowellWI2157
329Dave HoughtonZIM2155
330Eric SzwarczynskiNED2153
331Nawroz MangalAFG2143
331Ambati RayuduIND2143
332David ObuyaKEN2135
333Preston MommsenSCO2134
333Craig WilliamsNAM2134
334Raqibul HasanBAN2133
335Ian HealyAUS2104
336Tony UraPNG2102
337Mathew SinclairNZ2086
337Thisara PereraSL2086
338Peter BorrenNED2081
339Mashrafe MortazaBAN2041
340Duleep MendisSL2034
341Aarif SheikhNEP2028
342Charles AminiPNG2021
342Khurram KhanUAE2021
343Geoff BoycottENG2020
344Maurice OdumbeKEN2014
345Scott EdwardsNED2008
346Aasif SheikhNEP2005
347Nicholas PooranWI2000
348Hamish MarshallNZ1990
349Azhar MahmoodPAK1988
350Tom CooperNED1985
351David HusseyAUS1980
352Asad ShafiqPAK1979
353Brendon KuruppuSL1978
354Chirag SuriUAE1973
355Haris SohailPAK1972
356Irfan PathanIND1941
357Fraser WattsSCO1931
358Simon KatichAUS1926
358Devon ConwayNZ1926
359Hitesh ModiKEN1906
360Nasir JamshedPAK1881
360Md HridoyBAN1881
361Kumar DharmasenaSL1879
362Darren SammyWI1870
363George DockrellIRE1863
364Alexei KervezeeNED1862
365Neil McCallumSCO1859
366Usman KhawajaAUS1848
366Steven TaylorUSA1848
367Nayan MongiaIND1845
368Gulbadin NaibAFG1843
368Brandon KingWI1843
370Aqib SulehriOMN1838
371Peter FultonNZ1833
371Rajin SalehBAN1833
372Heinrich KlaasenSA1829
373Dipendra AireeNEP1820
374Justin KempSA1819
375Alok KapaliBAN1817
375Jimmy KamandeKEN1817
376Rakep PatelKEN1810
377Anamul HaqueBAN1808
378Johnson CharlesWI1803
379Avishka FernandoSL1796
380Mitchell SantnerNZ1789
381Lega SiakaPNG1775
382Junaid SiddiqueBAN1753
383Regis ChakabvaZIM1751
384Tanmay MishraKEN1748
385Tom MoodyAUS1747
386Sarel BurgerNAM1731
387Jacques RudolphSA1725
388Akram KhanBAN1721
388Dinesh MongiaIND1721
389Niroshan DickwellaSL1717
389Hardik PandyaIND1717
390Chris WoakesENG1710
391Stephan BaardNAM1704
392Derek RandallENG1702
393Salman AghaPAK1689
394Dwayne SmithWI1683
395Asif MujtabaPAK1671
396Matt PriorENG1670
397Basit AliPAK1669
398Mohammad RafiqueBAN1663
399Bas LeedeNED1660
400Dimuth KarunaratneSL1654
401James FranklinNZ1651
401Paul StrangZIM1651
402Stuart LawAUS1643
403Malcolm WallerZIM1641
404Chundangapoyil RizwanUAE1638
405Sidath WettimunySL1636
406Michael SlaterAUS1634
407Ben DuckettENG1633
408Nuwan KulasekaraSL1629
409Sadeera SamarawickramaSL1607
410Nasir HossainBAN1605
411Paras KhadkaNEP1603
412Mohammad NadeemOMN1599
413Muhammad WaseemUAE1594
413Nicky BojeSA1594
414Marcus StoinisAUS1591
415Ranjan MadugalleSL1574
415Ajit AgarkarIND1574
416Shimron HetmyerWI1573
417Jamie HowNZ1572
418Ravi RatnayekeSL1571
419Curtis CampherIRE1568
421John DysonAUS1553
422Johannes SmitNAM1551
423Chad SoperPNG1550
424Nizakat KhanHK1549
425Kushal BhurtelNEP1542
426Roston ChaseWI1537
427Anil KumbleIND1536
428Simon O'DonnellAUS1534
429Harbhajan SinghIND1526
430Andrew WhiteIRE1516
431Matt HorneNZ1515
432Devon SmithWI1506
433Vikram SolankiENG1504
434Ryan WatsonSCO1503
435Ashwell PrinceSA1502
436James NeeshamNZ1496
436Khawar AliOMN1496
437Bill AtheyENG1495
438Rod MarshAUS1489
439Dawid MalanENG1488
440Greg RitchieAUS1479
441Naeem IslamBAN1473
442Chris TavaréENG1471
443Vikramjit SinghNED1466
444Khaled MahmudBAN1461
444Sabbir RahmanBAN1461
445Harry BrookENG1458
446Daan van BungeNED1447
447Waqar YounisPAK1445
448Saqlain MushtaqPAK1434
450Jesse RyderNZ1429
451Kiplin DorigaPNG1428
452Shane ThomsonNZ1427
453Ayaan KhanOMN1423
454Amjad AliUAE1417
455James HopesAUS1415
455Kashyap PrajapatiOMN1415
456Daren GangaWI1414
457Shane WarneAUS1413
458Rameez ShahzadUAE1412
459Zane GreenNAM1407
459Brett LeeAUS1407
460Aminul IslamBAN1403
461Yashpal SharmaIND1401
462Sharad VesawkarNEP1396
463Rashid KhanAFG1386
464David HempBER1385
465John MooneyIRE1380
466Kedar JadhavIND1367
467Irfan KarimKEN1358
468Sunil DhaniramCAN1357
469Javed AhmadiAFG1347
470Mark ChapmanHK1343
471Irving RomaineBER1339
472Alvin KallicharranWI1329
473Sushant ModaniUSA1328
474Rachin RavindraNZ1324
475Graeme FowlerENG1321
476Ruwan KalpageSL1320
477Steve SmithAUS1319
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