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.
ODI1986155 entries
11309Sunil GavaskarIND34 clear of Geoff Marsh
21275Geoff MarshAUS34 off the lead
31151David BoonAUS158 off the lead
● LEADS
Sunil GavaskarIND
1309 · 34 ahead of Marsh
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
791
The mark at number ten — 145 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

155 entries, ranked
1Sunil GavaskarIND1309
2Geoff MarshAUS1275
3David BoonAUS1151
4Kris SrikkanthIND1047
5Mohammad AzharuddinIND986
6Javed MiandadPAK909
7Martin CroweNZ824
8Allan BorderAUS808
9Bruce EdgarNZ803
10Sir Richie RichardsonWI791
11Ramiz RajaPAK787
12Dilip VengsarkarIND779
13Desmond HaynesWI763
14Steve WaughAUS717
15Mudassar NazarPAK692
16Greg RitchieAUS650
17John WrightNZ649
18Ravi ShastriIND635
19Jeff CroweNZ619
20Ken RutherfordNZ607
21Jeremy ConeyNZ589
22Mohinder AmarnathIND554
23Gordon GreenidgeWI518
24Kapil DevIND501
24Mohsin KhanHK501
25Asanka GurusinhaSL476
26Greg MatthewsAUS448
27Graham GoochENG431
28Arjuna RanatungaSL421
29Raman LambaIND397
30Dean JonesAUS376
30Roshan MahanamaSL376
31Shoaib MohammadPAK349
32Sir Viv RichardsWI339
33Allan LambENG333
34Sir Richard HadleeNZ319
35Imran KhanBHR295
36Gus LogieWI293
37John ReidNZ246
37John ReidNZ259
38Duleep MendisSL239
39Ashok MalhotraIND233
40Jeff DujonWI232
41Aravinda de SilvaSL231
42Wayne PhillipsAUS230
43Manzoor ElahiPAK226
44Brendon KuruppuSL211
45David GowerENG204
46Bruce BlairNZ183
47Mike GattingENG179
48Bill AtheyENG172
49Roger HarperWI168
50Chetan SharmaIND164
51Larry GomesWI162
52Abdul QadirPAK161
53John BracewellNZ160
53Derek PringleENG160
54Saleem MalikPAK156
55Tim RobinsonNZ153
55Tim RobinsonNZ153
56Chandrakant PanditIND146
57Evan GrayNZ144
58Saleem YousufPAK115
59Dirk WellhamAUS111
59Craig McDermottAUS111
60Madan LalIND110
60Graeme FowlerENG110
61Roger BinnyIND108
61Ijaz AhmedPAK108
61Hashan TillakaratneSL108
61Shaheedur RahmanBAN108
62Ravi RatnayekeSL105
63Dave GilbertAUS102
64Malcolm MarshallWI97
65Tony BlainNZ95
66Roy DiasSL90
67Martin SneddenNZ89
68Qasim UmarPAK87
69Minhajul AbedinBAN86
70Ashantha de MelSL85
70Wilf SlackENG85
71Peter WilleyENG82
72Keerthi RanasingheSL81
73Stu GillespieNZ80
74Sir Ian BothamENG78
74Ervin McSweeneyNZ78
75Wasim AkramPAK73
76John EmbureyENG72
77Kirti AzadIND66
78Raqibul HasanBAN65
79Rafiqul AlamBAN63
80Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK62
81Sandeep PatilIND59
81Paul DowntonENG59
82Mark BensonENG58
83Guy de AlwisSL57
84Ewen ChatfieldNZ55
84Sajid AliPAK55
85Greg DyerAUS50
86Carlisle BestWI44
87Golam FaruqBAN43
87Neil FosterENG43
88Kiran MoreIND35
89Richard EllisonENG33
89Syed KirmaniIND33
90Nurul AbedinBAN32
91Bruce ReidAUS31
92Don AnurasiriSL28
93Gazi AshrafBAN27
94Tim ZoehrerAUS26
95Rumesh RatnayakeSL25
95Asif MujtabaPAK25
96Mohsin KhanPAK24
96Hafizur RahmanBAN24
97Tauseef AhmedPAK21
98Simon DavisAUS20
98Graham DilleyENG20
98Gopal SharmaIND20
99Kaushik AmaleanSL19
100Ashley de SilvaSL18
101Imran NiaziPAK16
101Maninder SinghIND16
101Shivlal YadavIND16
101David HookesAUS16
102Raju KulkarniIND15
102Zakir KhanPAK15
102Winston BenjaminWI15
103Saleem JaffarPAK14
104ZulqarnainPAK13
104Jahangir ShahBAN13
104Tony GrayWI13
104Athula SamarasekeraSL13
104Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND13
105Bharat ArunIND12
105Graeme LabrooySL12
106Jack RichardsENG11
107Willie WatsonNZ10
108Michael HoldingWI9
108Ian SmithNZ9
108David SmithENG9
108David SmithENG9
108Ray BrightAUS9
109Gholam NousherBAN8
110Gary RobertsonNZ7
110Samiur RahmanBAN7
111Courtney WalshWI6
111Les TaylorENG6
112Glenn TrimbleAUS5
113Greg ThomasENG4
113Anil DalpatPAK4
114Joel GarnerWI3
114Rajinder Singh GhaiIND3
115Champaka RamanayakeSL2
116Stephen BoockNZ1
116Phil EdmondsENG1
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