Most Balls Faced in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1986180 entries
13823Geoff MarshAUS695 clear of Allan Border
23128Allan BorderAUS695 off the lead
33057David BoonAUS766 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff MarshAUS
3823 · 695 ahead of Border
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Marsh is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1937
The mark at number ten — 170 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

180 entries, ranked
1Geoff MarshAUS3823
2Allan BorderAUS3128
3David BoonAUS3057
4Sunil GavaskarIND2938
5Desmond HaynesWI2227
6Greg RitchieAUS2102
7Graham GoochENG2042
8David GowerENG1989
9Mohinder AmarnathIND1965
10Dilip VengsarkarIND1937
11Sir Richie RichardsonWI1859
12Dean JonesAUS1827
13Mike GattingENG1782
14Mohammad AzharuddinIND1665
15Martin CroweNZ1600
16John WrightNZ1578
17Kris SrikkanthIND1577
18Steve WaughAUS1564
19Greg MatthewsAUS1545
20Bruce EdgarNZ1500
21Ramiz RajaPAK1414
22Javed MiandadPAK1337
23Bill AtheyENG1313
24Jeremy ConeyNZ1307
25Ravi ShastriIND1259
26Allan LambENG1164
27Gordon GreenidgeWI1136
28Mudassar NazarPAK1108
29Chris BroadENG1066
30Ken RutherfordNZ1054
31Larry GomesWI988
32Arjuna RanatungaSL917
33Kapil DevIND912
34Sir Viv RichardsWI877
35John EmbureyENG789
36Asanka GurusinhaSL783
37Wayne PhillipsAUS776
38Jeff CroweNZ770
39Derek PringleENG760
40Mohsin KhanHK711
41Sir Richard HadleeNZ702
42Peter WilleyENG678
43Sir Ian BothamENG637
44Imran KhanBHR570
45Roger HarperWI560
46Tim ZoehrerAUS555
47Raman LambaIND535
48Paul DowntonENG525
49Kiran MoreIND510
49Evan GrayNZ510
50Jeff DujonWI493
51Phil EdmondsENG483
52Richard EllisonENG480
53Tim RobinsonNZ448
54John BracewellNZ446
55John ReidNZ413
56Malcolm MarshallWI399
57Chandrakant PanditIND383
58Saleem YousufPAK381
59Roshan MahanamaSL376
60Qasim UmarPAK373
61Jack RichardsENG358
62Shoaib MohammadPAK349
63Wilf SlackENG322
64Ray BrightAUS294
65Gus LogieWI293
66Martyn MoxonENG281
67Chetan SharmaIND279
68Roger BinnyIND276
69Abdul QadirPAK260
70Carlisle BestWI249
71Duleep MendisSL239
72Graham DilleyENG237
73Tony BlainNZ236
74Ashok MalhotraIND233
75Aravinda de SilvaSL231
76Greg ThomasENG230
77Manzoor ElahiPAK226
78Mark BensonENG220
78Madan LalIND220
79Brendon KuruppuSL211
80Saleem MalikPAK198
80Dave GilbertAUS198
81Craig McDermottAUS191
82Wasim AkramPAK183
82Bruce BlairNZ183
83Asif MujtabaPAK180
84Bruce FrenchENG171
85Neil FosterENG168
86Tauseef AhmedPAK163
87Stu GillespieNZ161
88Bruce ReidAUS155
89David SmithENG149
89Roy DiasSL149
90Phil DeFreitasENG146
91Michael HoldingWI140
92Ian SmithNZ137
93Derek StirlingNZ133
94Maninder SinghIND121
95Joel GarnerWI120
96Dirk WellhamAUS111
97Graeme FowlerENG110
97Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK110
98Ijaz AhmedPAK108
98Hashan TillakaratneSL108
98Shaheedur RahmanBAN108
99Ravi RatnayekeSL105
100Martin SneddenNZ89
101Chris SmithENG87
102Ewen ChatfieldNZ86
102Clyde ButtsWI86
102Minhajul AbedinBAN86
103Ashantha de MelSL85
104Keerthi RanasingheSL81
105Courtney WalshWI80
106Tony GrayWI79
107Ervin McSweeneyNZ78
108Shivlal YadavIND77
109Chris MatthewsAUS76
109Gladstone SmallENG76
110Kirti AzadIND66
111Raqibul HasanBAN65
112Rafiqul AlamBAN63
113Neal RadfordENG60
114Sandeep PatilIND59
115Guy de AlwisSL57
116Sajid AliPAK55
117Greg DyerAUS50
118Willie WatsonNZ43
118Golam FaruqBAN43
119Gary RobertsonNZ42
120Patrick PattersonWI35
121James WhitakerENG34
122Syed KirmaniIND33
122Peter SleepAUS33
123Merv HughesAUS32
123Nurul AbedinBAN32
124Saleem JaffarPAK29
125Don AnurasiriSL28
126Geoff LawsonAUS27
126Gazi AshrafBAN27
127Rumesh RatnayakeSL25
128Mohsin KhanPAK24
128Hafizur RahmanBAN24
129Simon DavisAUS22
130Gopal SharmaIND20
131Kaushik AmaleanSL19
132Ashley de SilvaSL18
133Imran NiaziPAK16
133David HookesAUS16
134Raju KulkarniIND15
134Zakir KhanPAK15
134Winston BenjaminWI15
135Gary TroupNZ14
136John ReidNZ13
136ZulqarnainPAK13
136Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND13
136John LeverENG13
136Jahangir ShahBAN13
136Athula SamarasekeraSL13
137Bharat ArunIND12
137Graeme LabrooySL12
138Gholam NousherBAN8
139Samiur RahmanBAN7
140Thelston PayneWI6
140Les TaylorENG6
141Glenn TrimbleAUS5
141Trevor FranklinNZ5
142Anil DalpatPAK4
143Rajinder Singh GhaiIND3
144Bob HollandAUS2
144Champaka RamanayakeSL2
145Stephen BoockNZ1
146Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL0
146Jayananda WarnaweeraSL0
146Amal SilvaSL0
146Asoka de SilvaSL0
146Roshan JurangpathySL0
146Sidath WettimunySL0
146Mohsin KamalPAK0
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