Most Balls Faced in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

This page shows players with the most balls faced during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS1981127 entries
13016Allan BorderAUS57 clear of Geoff Boycott
22959Geoff BoycottENG57 off the lead
32791Graeme WoodAUS225 off the lead
● LEADS
Allan BorderAUS
3016 · 57 ahead of Boycott
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1407
The mark at number ten — 117 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
14 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

127 entries, ranked
1Allan BorderAUS3016
2Geoff BoycottENG2959
3Graeme WoodAUS2791
4Kim HughesAUS2471
5David GowerENG2197
6Graham GoochENG1845
7Greg ChappellAUS1758
8Sunil GavaskarIND1746
9Dilip VengsarkarIND1548
10John WrightNZ1407
11Chris TavaréENG1369
12Rod MarshAUS1236
13Mike GattingENG1199
14Chetan ChauhanIND1128
15Gundappa ViswanathIND1117
16Desmond HaynesWI1112
17Clive LloydWI1098
18Peter WilleyENG1092
19Sir Ian BothamENG1070
20Graham YallopAUS1058
21Bruce EdgarNZ1047
22Bruce LairdAUS1030
23Sandeep PatilIND994
24John DysonAUS945
25John ReidNZ891
26Syed KirmaniIND858
27Larry GomesWI851
28Mudassar NazarPAK759
29Sir Viv RichardsWI746
30Dennis LilleeAUS731
31Gordon GreenidgeWI720
32Geoff HowarthNZ716
33Dirk WellhamAUS713
34Doug WaltersAUS686
35John EmbureyENG664
36Ravi ShastriIND661
37Javed MiandadPAK637
38Zaheer AbbasPAK631
39Everton MattisWI591
40Yashpal SharmaIND583
41Trevor ChappellAUS533
42Kapil DevIND483
43Martin KentAUS467
44Jeremy ConeyNZ458
45Kirti AzadIND434
46Wasim RajaPAK433
47Graham DilleyENG431
48Mike BrearleyENG400
49Roger BinnyIND394
50Ray BrightAUS375
51Keith FletcherENG369
52Bruce YardleyAUS362
53Mohsin KhanHK358
54Majid KhanPAK357
55Shivlal YadavIND344
56Karsan GhavriIND333
57Alan KnottENG331
58Jock EdwardsNZ324
59Imran KhanBHR311
60David MurrayWI298
60Paul DowntonENG298
61Sir Richard HadleeNZ295
62Rick DarlingAUS265
63Andy RobertsNZ240
64Bob TaylorENG223
65Jeff DujonWI218
66Ian SmithNZ211
67Tirumalai SrinivasanIND209
68Joel GarnerWI203
69Ijaz FaqihPAK195
70Lance CairnsNZ192
71Roland ButcherENG190
72Terry AldermanAUS174
73Paul AllottENG173
73Kris SrikkanthIND173
73Mark BurgessNZ173
74Madan LalIND171
75Colin CroftWI162
76Michael HoldingWI161
77Geoff LawsonAUS157
78Wayne LarkinsENG153
79Sarfraz NawazPAK152
80Faoud BacchusWI147
81Mansoor AkhtarPAK137
82Bob WoolmerENG133
83Dilip DoshiIND129
84Rodney HoggAUS121
85Robin JackmanENG118
86Bob WillisENG112
87Jeff ThomsonAUS111
88Malcolm MarshallWI107
89Jim LoveENG100
90Chris OldENG92
91John ParkerNZ89
92Wasim BariPAK85
93Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK84
94Iqbal QasimPAK83
95Martin SneddenNZ70
96Derek UnderwoodENG69
97Mike WhitneyAUS65
98Yograj SinghIND61
99Len PascoeAUS59
99Bill AtheyENG59
100Paul McEwanNZ57
101David BairstowENG56
102Jim HiggsAUS54
103Paul ParkerENG49
104Ashraf AliPAK48
105Brian RoseENG46
106Geoff CookENG44
107Tahir NaqqashPAK43
108Geoff MillerENG40
109Graham StevensonENG39
110John BracewellNZ38
111Shaun GrafAUS36
112Sikander BakhtPAK27
113Geoff HumpageENG24
114Max WalkerAUS21
115Bharath ReddyIND20
115Mike HendrickENG20
116John LeverENG14
117Ewen ChatfieldNZ13
118Brian McKechnieNZ12
119Gary TroupNZ11
120Gary RobertsonNZ10
121Alvin KallicharranWI8
122Jack RichardsENG1
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