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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
131258Rahul DravidIND1,821 clear of Sachin Tendulkar
229437Sachin TendulkarIND1,821 off the lead
328903Jacques KallisSA2,355 off the lead
● LEADS
Rahul DravidIND
31258 · 1,821 ahead of Tendulkar
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22782
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Rahul DravidIND31258
2Sachin TendulkarIND29437
3Jacques KallisSA28903
4Shiv ChanderpaulWI27395
5Allan BorderAUS27002
6Alastair CookENG26562
7Joe RootENG24783
8Mahela JayawardeneSL22959
9Kumar SangakkaraSL22882
10Ricky PontingAUS22782
11Steve WaughAUS22461
12Geoff BoycottENG21192
13Mike AthertonENG20609
14Steven SmithAUS20302
15Brian LaraWI19753
16Younis KhanPAK19375
17Hashim AmlaSA18573
18Kane WilliamsonNZ18236
19Mark TaylorAUS18140
20David BoonAUS18116
21Graham GoochENG18075
22VVS LaxmanIND17785
23Alec StewartENG17389
24Azhar AliPAK17033
25Angelo MathewsSL16970
26Gary KirstenSA16783
27Virat KohliIND16608
28Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK16345
29David GowerENG16268
30Cheteshwar PujaraIND16217
31AB de VilliersSA16077
32Stephen FlemingNZ15652
33Ian BellENG15622
34Graeme SmithSA15525
35Desmond HaynesWI15488
36Michael ClarkeAUS15456
37Mark WaughAUS15360
38Sunil GavaskarIND15327
39Javed MiandadPAK15164
40Graham ThorpeENG14693
41John WrightNZ14619
42Kraigg BrathwaiteWI14571
43Andrew StraussENG14385
44Mohammad YousufPAK14372
45Matthew HaydenAUS14349
46Nasser HussainENG14272
47Justin LangerAUS14192
48Sourav GangulyIND14070
49Dimuth KarunaratneSL14024
50Mushfiqur RahimBAN13947
51Tom LathamNZ13388
52Kevin PietersenENG13255
53Greg ChappellAUS13079
54Dinesh ChandimalSL12968
55Ross TaylorNZ12957
56Usman KhawajaAUS12714
57Gordon GreenidgeWI12538
58David WarnerAUS12517
59Ramnaresh SarwanWI12484
60Michael HusseyAUS12436
61Ben StokesENG12427
62Sir Richie RichardsonWI12400
63Marvan AtapattuSL12384
64Herschelle GibbsSA12270
65Martin CroweNZ12190
66John EdrichENG12103
67Chris GayleWI11970
68Misbah-ul-HaqPAK11726
69Thilan SamaraweeraSL11641
70Carl HooperWI11462
71Dilip VengsarkarIND11450
72Aravinda de SilvaSL11249
73Dean ElgarSA11190
74Michael VaughanENG11184
75Hashan TillakaratneSL11152
76Mark BoucherSA11005
77Saleem MalikPAK10906
78Sanath JayasuriyaSL10698
79Marcus TrescothickENG10685
80Andy FlowerZIM10636
81Virender SehwagIND10441
82Ajinkya RahaneIND10256
83Jonny BairstowENG10228
84Kim HughesAUS10081
85Grant FlowerZIM10013
86Mark ButcherENG10005
87Brendon McCullumNZ9989
88Michael SlaterAUS9967
89Sir Viv RichardsWI9922
90Mohammad AzharuddinIND9895
91Donald BradmanAUS9800
92Mike GattingENG9764
93Asad ShafiqPAK9588
94Nathan AstleNZ9479
95Daryll CullinanSA9300
96Robin SmithENG9279
97Mominul HaqueBAN9208
98Marnus LabuschagneAUS9202
99Paul CollingwoodENG9170
100Allan LambENG9058
101Ian RedpathAUS9020
102Faf du PlessisSA8986
103Arjuna RanatungaSL8957
104Mudassar NazarPAK8916
105BJ WatlingNZ8894
106Alan KnottENG8870
107Tamim IqbalBAN8852
108Ian ChappellAUS8774
109Ian HealyAUS8760
110Doug WaltersAUS8662
111Murali VijayIND8601
112Damien MartynAUS8569
113Sir Ian BothamENG8565
114Babar AzamPAK8536
115Simon KatichAUS8483
116Ashwell PrinceSA8385
117Tillakaratne DilshanSL8379
118Hansie CronjeSA8320
119Kusal MendisSL8258
120MS DhoniIND8249
121Marlon SamuelsWI8219
122Jonathan TrottENG8128
123Geoff MarshAUS8124
124Temba BavumaSA8073
125Gautam GambhirIND8067
126KL RahulIND8065
127Jimmy AdamsWI8017
128Gundappa ViswanathIND8011
129Ravi ShastriIND7942
130Darren BravoWI7886
131Daniel VettoriNZ7787
132Dennis AmissENG7780
133Neil McKenzieSA7744
134Dhananjaya de SilvaSL7638
135Rohit SharmaIND7538
136Ravindra JadejaIND7516
137Keith FletcherENG7504
138Wally HammondENG7491
139Clive LloydWI7489
140Shakib Al HasanBAN7473
141Bill LawryAUS7451
142Andrew JonesNZ7443
143Dean JonesAUS7427
144Adam ParoreNZ7399
145Mark RichardsonNZ7370
146Ijaz AhmedPAK7323
147Saeed AnwarPAK7265
148Rod MarshAUS7254
149Tony GreigENG7251
150Shaun PollockSA7198
151Sherwin CampbellWI7159
152Navjot SidhuIND7135
153Shane WatsonAUS7094
154Graeme WoodAUS7066
155Chaminda VaasSL7033
156Travis HeadAUS6972
157Zaheer AbbasPAK6935
158Graeme HickENG6920
159Alistair CampbellZIM6843
160Adam GilchristAUS6796
161Matt PriorENG6647
162Taufeeq UmarPAK6626
163Imran NiaziBHR6588
164Herbert SutcliffeENG6558
165Henry NichollsNZ6542
166Mohammad HafeezPAK6520
167Mark RamprakashENG6495
168Anil KumbleIND6455
169Ravichandran AshwinIND6423
170Jeff DujonWI6356
171Colin CowdreyENG6324
172Shoaib MohammadPAK6310
173Andrew FlintoffENG6197
174Greg BlewettAUS6184
175Roshan MahanamaSL6130
176Asanka GurusinhaSL6109
177Roston ChaseWI6046
178Kepler WesselsAUS5998
179Jacques RudolphSA5984
180Moeen AliENG5973
181Denesh RamdinWI5945
182Mohammad AshrafulBAN5940
183Chris CairnsNZ5815
184Ollie PopeENG5793
185Jeremy ConeyNZ5783
186Geoff HowarthNZ5753
187Shai HopeWI5743
188Chris TavaréENG5735
189Ramiz RajaPAK5691
190Aiden MarkramSA5673
191Craig McMillanNZ5670
192Bruce EdgarNZ5641
193Derek RandallENG5625
194Stuart BroadENG5607
195Jason HolderWI5595
196Litton DasBAN5592
197Brad HaddinAUS5587
198Jonty RhodesSA5567
199Daren GangaWI5556
200Martin GuptillNZ5548
201Larry GomesWI5538
201Kapil DevIND5538
202Zak CrawleyENG5475
203Shane WarneAUS5470
204Wavell HindsWI5459
205MahmudullahBAN5456
206Sir Jack HobbsENG5449
207Graham YallopAUS5402
208Shan MasoodPAK5397
209Ridley JacobsWI5391
210Wasim AkramPAK5389
211Jermaine BlackwoodWI5373
211Guy WhittallZIM5373
212Heath StreakZIM5369
213Jos ButtlerENG5365
214Moin KhanPAK5362
215Ken RutherfordNZ5354
216Lahiru ThirimanneSL5294
217Jack RussellENG5290
218Sanjay ManjrekarIND5282
219Bryan YoungNZ5222
220Kaushal SilvaSL5212
221Shaun MarshAUS5165
222Andrew HudsonSA5129
223Mohinder AmarnathIND5119
224Aamer SohailPAK5103
225Devon ConwayNZ5078
226Basil D'OliveiraENG5039
227Habibul BasharBAN5020
228Hamilton MasakadzaZIM5009
229Ken BarringtonENG4992
230Imran FarhatPAK4970
231Mark GreatbatchNZ4946
232Rishabh PantIND4902
233Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN4865
234Mohsin KhanHK4862
235Mike BrearleyENG4839
236Tom GraveneyENG4817
237John EmbureyENG4811
238Mehidy HasanBAN4783
239Shubman GillIND4779
240Bob SimpsonAUS4762
241Abdul RazzaqPAK4741
242Jeff CroweNZ4659
243Quinton de KockSA4652
244Mohammad RizwanPAK4615
245Sir Richard HadleeNZ4611
246Brian McMillanSA4592
247John CrawleyENG4589
248Brendan TaylorZIM4556
249Jean-Paul DuminySA4544
250Daryl MitchellNZ4540
251Dwayne BravoWI4527
252Javed OmarBAN4509
253Syed KirmaniIND4422
254Bill WoodfullAUS4399
255Chris BroadENG4387
256Matt HorneNZ4384
257Bev CongdonNZ4375
258Alvin KallicharranWI4372
259Greg RitchieAUS4363
260Prasanna JayawardeneSL4361
261Roy FredericksWI4344
262Stuart CarlisleZIM4332
263Tom BlundellNZ4320
263Sarfraz AhmedPAK4320
264Niroshan DickwellaSL4295
265Tharanga ParanavitanaSL4274
266Maurice LeylandENG4266
267Bob TaylorENG4260
268Craig ErvineZIM4225
269Abdullah ShafiquePAK4207
270Kamran AkmalPAK4196
271Mitchell StarcAUS4191
272Harry BrookENG4182
273Greg MatthewsAUS4178
274Manoj PrabhakarIND4156
275Shoaib MalikPAK4155
276Kieran PowellWI4152
277Khaled MashudBAN4136
278Boeta DippenaarSA4128
279John DysonAUS4097
280Russel ArnoldSL4084
280Rory BurnsENG4084
281Sir Garry SobersWI4071
282Glenn TurnerNZ4061
283Ray IllingworthENG4052
284Cameron GreenAUS4046
285Wasim JafferIND4045
286Alviro PetersenSA4044
287Salman ButtPAK4002
288Vernon PhilanderSA3995
289Saud ShakeelPAK3994
290Chris RogersAUS3982
290Gus LogieWI3982
291Alex CareyAUS3954
292Kemar RoachWI3905
293Ben DuckettENG3902
294Yashasvi JaiswalIND3896
295Chetan ChauhanIND3859
296Tim RobinsonNZ3846
297Chris WoakesENG3843
298Devon SmithWI3834
299Rick McCoskerAUS3833
300Imam-ul-HaqPAK3827
301Jason GillespieAUS3810
302Mathew SinclairNZ3795
303Mike DennessENG3786
304Majid KhanPAK3742
304Imrul KayesBAN3742
304Nayan MongiaIND3742
305Tatenda TaibuZIM3732
306Bruce LairdAUS3713
307Mitchell MarshAUS3700
308Wasim RajaPAK3646
309Brian LuckhurstENG3633
310Yashpal SharmaIND3618
311John ReidNZ3616
312Saqlain MushtaqPAK3603
313Pat CumminsAUS3584
314Chandika HathurusinghaSL3573
315Nathan LyonAUS3537
316Mitchell JohnsonAUS3536
317Jacob OramNZ3533
318Gary BallanceENG3470
318Patsy HendrenENG3470
319Shikhar DhawanIND3458
320Keith StackpoleAUS3449
321Harbhajan SinghIND3432
321James AndersonENG3432
322Geoff MillerENG3416
323Shiv Sunder DasIND3407
324Rangana HerathSL3405
325Keith ArthurtonWI3396
326Wayne PhillipsAUS3388
327Graeme FowlerENG3362
328Tim PaineAUS3355
329Shane DowrichWI3341
330Shadman IslamBAN3300
331Yuvraj SinghIND3277
332Asif MujtabaPAK3248
333David RichardsonSA3241
334Dave HoughtonZIM3221
335Stan McCabeAUS3217
336Upul TharangaSL3212
337Romesh KaluwitharanaSL3203
337Matthew WadeAUS3203
338Lance KlusenerSA3187
339Rajin SalehBAN3182
340Kiran MoreIND3181
341Malcolm MarshallWI3163
342Joshua Da SilvaWI3160
343Trevor FranklinNZ3131
344Bill PonsfordAUS3118
345Dion EbrahimZIM3116
346Sir Leonard HuttonENG3107
347Scott StyrisNZ3089
348Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3080
349Ashley GilesENG3064
350Murray GoodwinZIM3053
351Dominic SibleyENG3045
352John ParkerNZ3031
353Sean WilliamsZIM3020
354Wriddhiman SahaIND2973
355John CampbellWI2940
356Sadagoppan RameshIND2938
357Rohan KanhaiWI2914
358Rashid LatifPAK2912
359Darren LehmannAUS2909
360Gavin RennieZIM2906
361Asif IqbalPAK2903
362Ian SmithNZ2873
363Lawrence RoweWI2866
363Phillip HughesAUS2866
364Dipak PatelNZ2828
365Lou VincentNZ2827
366Dale SteynSA2825
367Mushtaq MohammadPAK2802
368Peter WilleyENG2794
369Mayank AgarwalIND2782
370Dilruwan PereraSL2779
371Denis ComptonENG2745
372Brett LeeAUS2739
373Kris SrikkanthIND2737
374Bob WoolmerENG2734
375Bill BrownAUS2717
376Nicky BojeSA2715
376Tim SoutheeNZ2715
377Qasim UmarPAK2712
378Rachin RavindraNZ2707
379Paul DowntonENG2676
380Jeet RavalNZ2670
381Charles KellewayAUS2669
382Adam VogesAUS2667
383Kumar DharmasenaSL2665
384Matthew ElliottAUS2637
385Ted DexterENG2623
386Dawid MalanENG2622
387Regis ChakabvaZIM2615
388Will YoungNZ2594
389Graham RoopeENG2591
390Yasir HameedPAK2588
391Daniel FlynnNZ2580
392Bob WillisENG2574
393Ishant SharmaIND2568
394Sadiq MohammadPAK2567
395Joe BurnsAUS2557
396Sikandar RazaZIM2555
397Brendan NashWI2548
398Faisal IqbalPAK2545
399Paul SheahanAUS2534
400Salman AghaPAK2516
401Rahmat ShahAFG2507
402Andy CaddickENG2506
403John BracewellNZ2503
404Wiaan MulderSA2494
405Bert OldfieldAUS2492
406Trevor GripperZIM2473
407Peter SiddleAUS2468
408Kamindu MendisSL2463
409Peter FultonNZ2462
410Derek UnderwoodENG2456
411Abid AliPAK2445
412Derek PringleENG2439
413Craig WhiteENG2437
414Marcus NorthAUS2432
415Ed CowanAUS2425
416Ajit WadekarIND2423
417Michael VandortSL2421
417Chris LewisENG2421
418Craig WishartZIM2419
419Taijul IslamBAN2417
420Ben FoakesENG2411
421Mark BurgessNZ2384
422Zaheer KhanIND2381
423Bill AtheyENG2373
424Fred TitmusENG2370
425Stuart WilliamsWI2367
426Andrew HilditchAUS2359
426Tim McIntoshNZ2359
427Mahmudul Hasan JoyBAN2348
428Nkrumah BonnerWI2342
429Junaid SiddiqueBAN2341
430Dennis LilleeAUS2331
431Mitchell SantnerNZ2315
432Pathum NissankaSL2311
433Peter BurgeAUS2308
434Chris HarrisNZ2305
435Deryck MurrayWI2300
436Jesse RyderNZ2299
437Lindsay HassettAUS2298
438Bob CowperAUS2284
439Phil EdmondsENG2283
440Shahriar NafeesBAN2268
441Warwick ArmstrongAUS2257
442Andrew SymondsAUS2256
443Abdul QadirPAK2247
444Kyle VerreynneSA2242
445Matt RenshawAUS2241
446Basil ButcherWI2240
447Peter HandscombAUS2234
448Merv HughesAUS2233
449Blair PocockNZ2231
450Keshav MaharajSA2229
451Oshada FernandoSL2224
452Rassie van der DussenSA2221
453Craig SpearmanNZ2212
453Kavem HodgeWI2212
453Tagenarine ChanderpaulWI2212
454David HookesAUS2202
455Justin GreavesWI2196
456Jack FingletonAUS2177
457Fawad AlamPAK2170
458Geraint JonesENG2165
458Chris OldENG2165
459James FranklinNZ2163
460Nick ComptonENG2150
461Kagiso RabadaSA2141
462Les AmesENG2139
463Shane ThomsonNZ2113
464Douglas JardineENG2110
464Jamie SmithENG2110
465Waqar YounisPAK2106
466Sandeep PatilIND2103
467Dion NashNZ2102
468Dominic CorkENG2092
469Matthew HoggardENG2090
470Courtney WalshWI2088
471Joe DenlyENG2086
472Peter KirstenSA2084
473Dinesh KarthikIND2080
474Irfan PathanIND2076
475Roger TwoseNZ2073
476Adrian GriffithWI2060
477Adam BacherSA2058
478Brian BoothAUS2056
479Kirk EdwardsWI2052
480Paul ReiffelAUS2042
481Jack RyderAUS2037
481Javagal SrinathIND2037
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