Most Balls Faced in 1959: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1959, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	867	Colin McDonald	Australia
2	854	Tom Graveney	England
3	743	Colin Cowdrey	England
4	719	Peter May	England
5	454	Peter Richardson	England
6	440	Jim Burke	Australia
7	366	Ted Dexter	England
8	336	Norm O'Neill	Australia
9	312	Alan Davidson	Australia
10	297	Ken Mackay	Australia
11	296	Roy Swetman	England
12	273	Neil Harvey	Australia
13	240	Richie Benaud	Australia
14	239	Bruce Bolton	New Zealand
15	238	Willie Watson	England
16	222	Fred Trueman	England
17	218	Wally Grout	Australia
18	209	Les Favell	Australia
19	208	Tony Lock	England
20	186	John Mortimore	England
21	171	John Guy	New Zealand
22	165	Trevor Bailey	England
23	160	Eric Petrie	New Zealand
24	159	Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand
25	142	Roger Harris	New Zealand
26	138	John Sparling	New Zealand
27	128	John Reid	New Zealand
28	115	Frank Tyson	England
29	79	Arthur Milton	England
30	78	Godfrey Evans	England
31	76	Brian Statham	England
32	74	Noel McGregor	New Zealand
33	56	Ken Hough	New Zealand
34	52	Ray Lindwall	Australia
35	42	Bob Blair	New Zealand
36	41	Alex Moir	New Zealand
37	35	Jim Laker	England
38	8	Gordon Rorke	Australia
39	4	Keith Slater	Australia
39	4	Ian Meckiff	Australia
39	4	Sir Conrad Hunte	West Indies
40	3	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
40	3	Pankaj Roy	India
41	1	Polly Umrigar	India
41	1	Surendranath	India
41	1	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
41	1	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pakistan
42	0	Saeed Ahmed	Pakistan
42	0	Antao D'Souza	Pakistan
42	0	Ijaz Butt	Pakistan
42	0	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan
42	0	Duncan Sharpe	Pakistan
42	0	Mohammad Munaf	Pakistan
42	0	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
42	0	Munir Malik	Pakistan
42	0	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies
42	0	John Holt	West Indies
42	0	Collie Smith	West Indies
42	0	Roy Gilchrist	West Indies
42	0	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies
42	0	Gerry Alexander	West Indies
42	0	Eric Atkinson	West Indies
42	0	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
42	0	Jaswick Taylor	West Indies
42	0	Basil Butcher	West Indies
42	0	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
42	0	Joe Solomon	West Indies
42	0	Robin Bynoe	West Indies
42	0	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan
42	0	Imtiaz Ahmed	Pakistan
42	0	Israr Ali	Pakistan
42	0	Waqar Hasan	Pakistan
42	0	Mahmood Hussain	Pakistan
42	0	Wazir Mohammad	Pakistan
42	0	Alimuddin	Pakistan
42	0	Shujauddin	Pakistan
42	0	Wallis Mathias	Pakistan
42	0	Haseeb Ahsan	Pakistan
42	0	Tommy Greenhough	England
42	0	Martin Horton	England
42	0	Ken Taylor	England
42	0	Geoff Pullar	England
42	0	Harold Rhodes	England
42	0	Brian Close	England
42	0	Gilbert Parkhouse	England
42	0	Alan Moss	England
42	0	Ken Barrington	England
42	0	Ray Illingworth	England
42	0	Raman Subba Row	England
42	0	Mike Smith	England
42	0	AK Sengupta	India
42	0	Ramakant Desai	India
42	0	Motganhalli Jaisimha	India
42	0	Arvind Apte	India
42	0	Abbas Ali Baig	India
42	0	Venatappa Muddiah	India
42	0	Nana Joshi	India
42	0	Vinoo Mankad	India
42	0	Hemu Adhikari	India
42	0	Subhash Gupte	India
42	0	Vijay Manjrekar	India
42	0	Datta Gaekwad	India
42	0	Gulabrai Ramchand	India
42	0	Jayasinghrao Ghorpade	India
42	0	Naren Tamhane	India
42	0	Jasubhai Patel	India
42	0	AG Kripal Singh	India
42	0	Nari Contractor	India
42	0	Bapu Nadkarni	India
42	0	Chandu Borde	India
42	0	Ramnath Kenny	India
42	0	Lindsay Kline	Australia
42	0	Gavin Stevens	Australia
42	0	Barry Jarman	Australia
42	0	Peter Burge	Australia