Most Balls Faced in 1998: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1998, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1998287 entries
13196Mark WaughAUS112 clear of Alec Stewart
23084Alec StewartENG112 off the lead
33070Jacques KallisSA126 off the lead
● LEADS
Mark WaughAUS
3196 · 112 ahead of Stewart
↑ IN THE CHASE
6
players sit within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2628
The mark at number ten — 277 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

287 entries, ranked
1Mark WaughAUS3196
2Alec StewartENG3084
3Jacques KallisSA3070
4Gary KirstenSA3057
5Hansie CronjeSA3024
6Mark RamprakashENG2946
7Nasser HussainENG2897
8Sachin TendulkarIND2712
9Steve WaughAUS2648
10Andy FlowerZIM2628
11Grant FlowerZIM2599
12Murray GoodwinZIM2524
13Mohammad AzharuddinIND2504
14Sourav GangulyIND2477
15Mark TaylorAUS2475
15Saeed AnwarPAK2475
16Mike AthertonENG2427
17Ricky PontingAUS2422
18Marvan AtapattuSL2342
19Nathan AstleNZ2240
20Stephen FlemingNZ2237
21Aravinda de SilvaSL2197
22Arjuna RanatungaSL2169
23Alistair CampbellZIM2078
24Daryll CullinanSA1971
25Ijaz AhmedPAK1834
26Mark ButcherENG1789
27Mohammad YousufPAK1683
28Jonty RhodesSA1649
29Rahul DravidIND1607
30Brian LaraWI1541
31Aamer SohailPAK1537
32Sanath JayasuriyaSL1532
33Shaun PollockSA1474
34Justin LangerAUS1453
35Ajay JadejaIND1449
36Shiv ChanderpaulWI1438
37Craig McMillanNZ1425
38Moin KhanPAK1419
39Michael SlaterAUS1388
40Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1353
41Graham ThorpeENG1303
42Romesh KaluwitharanaSL1272
43Adam ParoreNZ1267
44Carl HooperWI1248
45Heath StreakZIM1239
46Ian HealyAUS1233
47Navjot SidhuIND1215
48Michael BevanAUS1213
49Darren LehmannAUS1210
50Azhar MahmoodPAK1132
51Gavin RennieZIM1124
52Matt HorneNZ1038
53Craig WishartZIM975
54Adam GilchristAUS943
55Mark BoucherSA940
56Nick KnightENG927
57Graeme HickENG886
57Nayan MongiaIND886
58Clayton LambertWI881
59Mahela JayawardeneSL878
60Chris CairnsNZ834
61Hashan TillakaratneSL794
62Roshan MahanamaSL788
63Paul StrangZIM782
64Guy WhittallZIM781
65Pat SymcoxSA722
66Mohammad WasimPAK714
67Philo WallaceWI703
68Bryan YoungNZ689
69Adam BacherSA687
70Stuart WilliamsZIM668
71John CrawleyENG664
72Chris HarrisNZ660
73Neil JohnsonZIM637
74Wasim AkramPAK614
75Lance KlusenerSA612
76Dion NashNZ611
77Kumar DharmasenaSL599
78Saleem MalikPAK580
79Herschelle GibbsSA575
80Robin SinghIND550
81Robert CroftENG548
82Allan DonaldSA490
83Mushtaq AhmedPAK478
84Dominic CorkENG475
84HD AckermanSA475
85Shahid AfridiGER466
86Gavin RobertsonAUS455
87Anil KumbleIND453
88Mike RindelSA450
89Andy WhittallZIM442
90Ridley JacobsWI438
91Gerhardus LiebenbergSA415
92Greg BlewettAUS405
92Daniel VettoriNZ405
93Darren GoughENG399
94Dean HeadleyENG392
95Llorne HowellNZ388
96Angus FraserENG379
96Hrishikesh KanitkarIND379
97Jimmy AdamsWI378
98VVS LaxmanIND369
99Adam HollioakeENG364
100Brian McMillanSA362
101Jack RussellENG360
102Pramodya WickramasingheSL350
103Tom MoodyAUS336
104Aminul IslamBAN324
105Stuart MacGillAUS304
106Mark EalhamENG303
107David WilliamsWI300
108Shane WarneAUS299
109Muttiah MuralitharanSL295
110Saqlain MushtaqPAK287
111Steve JamesENG283
112Sherwin CampbellWI277
112Craig EvansZIM277
113Maurice OdumbeKEN276
114Ali NaqviPAK275
115Andrew HudsonSA255
116Steve TikoloKEN248
117Javagal SrinathIND247
118Waqar YounisPAK245
118Ravi ShahKEN245
119Rashid LatifPAK234
120Sir Curtly AmbroseWI226
121Ajit AgarkarIND224
121Michael KasprowiczAUS224
122Hitesh ModiKEN219
123Upul ChandanaSL211
124Nixon McLeanWI205
125Damien FlemingAUS202
126Khaled MahmudBAN201
127Chaminda VaasSL199
128Adam HuckleZIM198
129Ian BishopWI196
130Gagan KhodaIND185
131Mohammad RafiqueBAN184
132Keith ArthurtonWI183
133Shoaib AkhtarPAK180
133Bryan StrangZIM180
134Niroshan BandaratillekeSL174
134Paul ReiffelAUS174
135Craig SpearmanNZ160
136Paul WisemanNZ159
137Kennedy OtienoKEN155
138Akram KhanBAN154
139Roland HolderWI151
139Abdul RazzaqPAK151
140Minhajul AbedinBAN150
141Mark PriestNZ146
142Rawl LewisWI145
143Athar Ali KhanBAN143
144Naimur RahmanBAN139
145Damien MartynAUS136
146Venkatesh PrasadIND133
147Pommie MbangwaZIM126
148Glenn McGrathAUS123
149Junior MurrayWI122
150Ian HarveyAUS121
150Ben HollioakeENG121
151Mohammad HussainPAK119
152Dirk ViljoenZIM116
152Andy BichelAUS116
153Daren GangaWI115
154Dipak ChudasamaKEN114
155Ian SalisburyENG113
156Vinod KambliIND107
156Phil SimmonsWI107
157Nikhil ChopraIND106
158Matthew ElliottAUS104
158Suresh PereraSL104
158Trevor MadondoZIM104
159Stuart LawAUS103
160Henry OlongaZIM97
160Ali BrownENG97
161Hasan RazaPAK96
162Matthew FlemingENG94
163Fanie de VilliersSA92
163Paul AdamsSA92
164Jatin ParanjpeIND91
165Naved AshrafPAK90
166Thilan SamaraweeraSL89
167David RichardsonSA88
167Andy CaddickENG88
168Ruwan KalpageSL86
168Steve ElworthySA86
169Eddo BrandesZIM84
170Dougie BrownENG83
171Dinanath RamnarineWI82
171Courtney WalshWI82
171Harbhajan SinghIND82
172Shayne O'ConnorNZ81
172Saleem ElahiPAK81
173Sanwar HossainBAN80
174Matthew BellNZ79
175Khaled MashudBAN78
175Neil FairbrotherENG78
175Franklyn RoseWI78
176Thomas OdoyoKEN77
176Avishka GunawardeneSL77
177Sunil JoshiIND76
177Simon DoullNZ76
178Jason GillespieAUS71
179Phil TufnellENG70
180Dale BenkensteinSA68
181Manzoor AkhtarPAK67
182Ashley GilesENG62
183Chris AdamsENG61
184Ravindra PushpakumaraSL60
185Nuwan ZoysaSL57
186Derek CrookesSA56
187Jimmy MaherAUS52
188Alan MullallyENG51
188Kenny BenjaminWI51
189John RennieZIM50
189Arshad KhanPAK50
190Javed OmarBAN48
191Chris LewisENG47
191Brad YoungAUS47
191Matthew NicholsonAUS47
192Andrew FlintoffENG45
193David TerbruggeSA43
194Aasif KarimKEN41
195Ian AustinENG39
195Gary BrentZIM39
196Chandika HathurusinghaSL37
196Hasibul HossainBAN37
197Habibul BasharBAN36
197Shakil AhmedPAK36
198Asif MahmoodPAK34
199Makhaya NtiniSA33
199Harvinder SinghIND33
200Alex TudorENG32
201Venkatapathy RajuIND31
202Colin MillerAUS30
203Alpesh VadherKEN29
204Floyd ReiferWI28
205Akhtar SarfrazPAK26
205Mohammad ZahidPAK26
205Warren HeggENG26
206Don AnurasiriSL25
206Tony SujiKEN25
206Martin SujiKEN25
207Nicky BojeSA23
207Naveed NawazSL23
208Brendon JulianAUS22
209Russel ArnoldSL21
209Fazl-e-AkbarPAK21
210Aaqib JavedPAK20
211Shahriar HossainBAN19
211Mervyn DillonWI19
212Alex TaitNZ18
213Paul WilsonAUS17
213Adam DaleAUS17
214Rajesh ChauhanIND16
215Debasis MohantyIND15
215Saba KarimIND15
215Reon KingWI15
216Sanjay RaulIND14
216Sairaj BahutuleIND14
216Enamul HaqueBAN14
216Mohammad SheikhBAN14
217Mehrab HossainBAN13
217Mannava PrasadIND13
218Rahul SanghviIND11
218Joseph AngaraKEN11
219Kabir KhanPAK9
220Shafiuddin AhmedBAN8
220Malinga BandaraSL8
221Geoff AllottNZ7
222Peter MartinENG6
222Shariful HaqueBAN6
222Lameck OnyangoKEN6
223Peter SuchENG5
223Nilesh KulkarniIND5
224Morshed Ali KhanBAN4
224Sajeewa de SilvaSL4
224Azam KhanPAK4
225Darren MaddyENG3
226Graham LloydENG2
226Laurie WilliamsWI2
227Roger TelemachusSA1
227Zakir HossainBAN1
227Anisur RahmanBAN1
228Mohammad AkramPAK0
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