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.
TEST1986135 entries
12548Geoff MarshAUS228 clear of Allan Border
22320Allan BorderAUS228 off the lead
31906David BoonAUS642 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff MarshAUS
2548 · 228 ahead of Border
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1451
The mark at number ten — 125 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

135 entries, ranked
1Geoff MarshAUS2548
2Allan BorderAUS2320
3David BoonAUS1906
4David GowerENG1785
5Sunil GavaskarIND1629
6Graham GoochENG1611
7Mike GattingENG1603
8Desmond HaynesWI1464
9Greg RitchieAUS1452
10Dean JonesAUS1451
11Mohinder AmarnathIND1411
12Dilip VengsarkarIND1158
13Bill AtheyENG1141
14Greg MatthewsAUS1097
15Sir Richie RichardsonWI1068
16Chris BroadENG1066
17John WrightNZ929
18Steve WaughAUS847
19Allan LambENG831
20Larry GomesWI826
21Martin CroweNZ776
22Jeremy ConeyNZ718
23John EmbureyENG717
24Bruce EdgarNZ697
25Mohammad AzharuddinIND679
26Ramiz RajaPAK627
27Ravi ShastriIND624
28Gordon GreenidgeWI618
29Derek PringleENG600
30Peter WilleyENG596
31Sir Ian BothamENG559
32Wayne PhillipsAUS546
33Sir Viv RichardsWI538
34Kris SrikkanthIND530
35Tim ZoehrerAUS529
36Arjuna RanatungaSL496
37Phil EdmondsENG482
38Kiran MoreIND475
39Paul DowntonENG466
40Richard EllisonENG447
40Ken RutherfordNZ447
41Javed MiandadPAK428
42Mudassar NazarPAK416
43Kapil DevIND411
44Roger HarperWI392
45Sir Richard HadleeNZ383
46Evan GrayNZ366
47Jack RichardsENG347
48Asanka GurusinhaSL307
49Malcolm MarshallWI302
50Tim RobinsonNZ295
51Qasim UmarPAK286
51John BracewellNZ286
52Ray BrightAUS285
53Martyn MoxonENG281
54Imran KhanBHR275
55Saleem YousufPAK266
56Jeff DujonWI261
57Wilf SlackENG237
57Chandrakant PanditIND237
58Greg ThomasENG226
59Graham DilleyENG217
60Mohsin KhanHK210
61Carlisle BestWI205
62Bruce FrenchENG171
63Roger BinnyIND168
64John ReidNZ167
65Mark BensonENG162
66Asif MujtabaPAK155
67Jeff CroweNZ151
68Phil DeFreitasENG146
69Tauseef AhmedPAK142
70Tony BlainNZ141
71David SmithENG140
72Raman LambaIND138
73Derek StirlingNZ133
74Michael HoldingWI131
75Ian SmithNZ128
76Neil FosterENG125
77Bruce ReidAUS124
78Joel GarnerWI117
79Chetan SharmaIND115
80Madan LalIND110
80Wasim AkramPAK110
81Maninder SinghIND105
82Abdul QadirPAK99
83Dave GilbertAUS96
84Chris SmithENG87
85Clyde ButtsWI86
86Stu GillespieNZ81
87Craig McDermottAUS80
88Chris MatthewsAUS76
88Gladstone SmallENG76
89Courtney WalshWI74
90Tony GrayWI66
91Shivlal YadavIND61
92Neal RadfordENG60
93Roy DiasSL59
94Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK48
95Saleem MalikPAK42
96Gary RobertsonNZ35
96Patrick PattersonWI35
97James WhitakerENG34
98Peter SleepAUS33
98Willie WatsonNZ33
99Merv HughesAUS32
100Ewen ChatfieldNZ31
101Geoff LawsonAUS27
102Saleem JaffarPAK15
103Gary TroupNZ14
104John LeverENG13
105Thelston PayneWI6
106Trevor FranklinNZ5
107Simon DavisAUS2
107Bob HollandAUS2
108Bharat ArunIND0
108Ashantha de MelSL0
108ZulqarnainPAK0
108Zakir KhanPAK0
108Mohsin KamalPAK0
108Sidath WettimunySL0
108Ravi RatnayekeSL0
108Guy de AlwisSL0
108Rumesh RatnayakeSL0
108Amal SilvaSL0
108Aravinda de SilvaSL0
108Asoka de SilvaSL0
108Roshan JurangpathySL0
108Duleep MendisSL0
108Jayananda WarnaweeraSL0
108Don AnurasiriSL0
108Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL0
108Roshan MahanamaSL0
108Kaushik AmaleanSL0
108Graeme LabrooySL0
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