Most Balls Faced in 2016: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 2016, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS2016535 entries
13492Joe RootENG220 clear of Steven Smith
23272Steven SmithAUS220 off the lead
33207Virat KohliIND285 off the lead
● LEADS
Joe RootENG
3492 · 220 ahead of Smith
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2190
The mark at number ten — 525 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

535 entries, ranked
1Joe RootENG3492
2Steven SmithAUS3272
3Virat KohliIND3207
4Azhar AliPAK3026
5Jonny BairstowENG2779
6Kane WilliamsonNZ2587
7Alastair CookENG2447
8David WarnerAUS2339
9Moeen AliENG2248
10Dinesh ChandimalSL2190
11Hashim AmlaSA2180
12Alex HalesENG2055
13Usman KhawajaAUS2009
14Faf du PlessisSA1974
15Tom LathamNZ1956
16Ben StokesENG1868
17Kraigg BrathwaiteWI1833
18Ajinkya RahaneIND1805
19Quinton de KockSA1795
20Cheteshwar PujaraIND1726
21Martin GuptillNZ1653
22Sami AslamPAK1647
23Dhananjaya de SilvaSL1514
24Sarfraz AhmedPAK1512
25Kusal MendisSL1496
26Darren BravoWI1482
27Rohit SharmaIND1419
28Angelo MathewsSL1393
29Asad ShafiqPAK1360
30Babar AzamPAK1356
31Younis KhanPAK1333
32Ravichandran AshwinIND1319
33Chris WoakesENG1311
33Marlon SamuelsWI1311
34Jean-Paul DuminySA1309
35Ross TaylorNZ1301
36Murali VijayIND1292
37Kaushal SilvaSL1272
38Stephen CookSA1242
39Tamim IqbalBAN1229
40KL RahulIND1216
41BJ WatlingNZ1192
42Temba BavumaSA1177
43Mitchell MarshAUS1166
44Misbah-ul-HaqPAK1132
45George BaileyAUS1020
46Dimuth KarunaratneSL1014
47Jos ButtlerENG1002
48Kusal PereraSL989
49Henry NichollsNZ948
50Craig ErvineZIM934
51Adam VogesAUS925
52Dean ElgarSA919
53Hamilton MasakadzaZIM873
54Aaron FinchAUS849
55Shikhar DhawanIND835
56Mohammad ShahzadAFG825
57Graeme CremerZIM794
58Mitchell SantnerNZ786
59Roston ChaseWI781
60Sabbir RahmanBAN772
61Wriddhiman SahaIND767
62Jason RoyENG763
63Shaun MarshAUS762
64Jason HolderWI743
65Shakib Al HasanBAN717
66Imrul KayesBAN695
66AB de VilliersSA695
67Peter MoorZIM676
68MahmudullahBAN658
69Corey AndersonNZ657
70Matthew WadeAUS647
71Chamu ChibhabhaZIM645
72Haseeb HameedENG640
73Upul TharangaSL634
74Sean WilliamsZIM626
75Joe BurnsAUS618
76Ravindra JadejaIND613
77Peter NevillAUS608
78Adil RashidENG604
79Donald TiripanoZIM599
80Shoaib MalikPAK595
81Mushfiqur RahimBAN593
82Denesh RamdinWI570
83Babar HayatHK568
84James VinceENG561
85Mohammad HafeezPAK553
86Luke RonchiNZ551
87Asghar StanikzaiAFG547
88Sikandar RazaZIM546
89Jermaine BlackwoodWI544
89Rangana HerathSL544
90Shane DowrichWI541
91Travis HeadAUS535
92Mohammad AmirPAK534
93Eoin MorganENG526
94Anshuman RathHK510
95Shaiman AnwarUAE508
96Gary BallanceENG507
97MS DhoniIND506
98Mohammad NabiAFG491
98Karun NairIND491
99Jayant YadavIND489
101Johnson CharlesWI467
102Vani MoreaPNG450
102Ed JoyceENG450
103Sharjeel KhanPAK447
104Peter HandscombAUS438
105Glenn MaxwellAUS437
106Tino MawoyoZIM436
107Shai HopeWI425
108Najibullah ZadranAFG423
109Devendra BishooWI419
110Nick ComptonENG417
111Rilee RossouwSA414
112William PorterfieldIRE404
113Mitchell StarcAUS400
114James NeeshamNZ399
115Sese BauPNG395
116Nizakat KhanHK394
117Yasir ShahPAK388
118Carlos BrathwaiteWI386
119Calum MacLeodSCO385
120Kevin O'BrienIRE381
121Rahmat ShahAFG379
122Stuart BroadENG369
123Preston MommsenSCO365
124Matt RenshawAUS363
125Tillakaratne DilshanSL360
126Vernon PhilanderSA358
126Keaton JenningsENG358
127Vusi SibandaZIM357
128Rohan MustafaUAE352
129Colin MunroNZ350
130Assad ValaPNG346
131Jeet RavalNZ345
131Brian ChariZIM345
132Ben DuckettENG342
133Malcolm WallerZIM337
134Kyle CoetzerSCO330
135Leon JohnsonWI320
136Mohammad ShahzadUAE317
137Paul StirlingIRE316
138Dilruwan PereraSL314
139Wahab RiazPAK313
140Gary WilsonIRE309
142Matt HenryNZ301
143Evin LewisWI299
144Sohail KhanPAK298
145Farhaan BehardienSA295
146Sharad VesawkarNEP292
146Soumya SarkarBAN292
147Lahiru ThirimanneSL291
148Nathan LyonAUS290
149Chris MorrisSA287
149Kieron PollardWI287
150Kagiso RabadaSA285
151Parthiv PatelIND282
152Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG278
153Noor Ali ZadranAFG274
154Andre FletcherWI271
155Irfan KarimKEN260
156Josh HazlewoodAUS258
157Rashid KhanAFG255
158David MillerSA253
159Steven FinnENG252
160Richmond MutumbamiZIM245
160Milinda SiriwardanaSL245
161Elton ChigumburaZIM239
162Neil BroomNZ236
163Richie BerringtonSCO234
164Samiullah ShenwariAFG228
165Mosaddek HossainBAN222
166Manish PandeyIND221
166Paras KhadkaNEP221
167Chamara KapugederaSL219
168Grant ElliottNZ217
168Umar AkmalPAK217
168Stiaan van ZylSA217
169Tim SoutheeNZ213
169Brendon McCullumNZ213
170Mahuru DaiPNG211
171Imad WasimPAK210
171Niroshan DickwellaSL210
172Ambati RayuduIND206
173Sarel BurgerNAM205
174Stuart PoynterIRE203
175Shane WatsonAUS198
175Lega SiakaPNG198
176James TaylorENG197
176Wesley BarresiNED197
177Thisara PereraSL195
178Trent BoultNZ193
179John HastingsAUS188
180Gautam GambhirIND187
180Aizaz KhanHK187
181Prince MasvaureZIM185
182Neil WagnerNZ180
183Doug BracewellNZ179
184Steve O'KeefeAUS178
184Gulbadin NaibAFG178
184Khalid LatifPAK178
185Umesh YadavIND177
185Shan MasoodPAK177
186John AndersonIRE176
187Suresh RainaIND174
188Amjad JavedUAE173
189Rajendra ChandrikaWI172
189Ahmed ShehzadPAK172
190James FaulknerAUS170
191Liam DawsonENG168
192Dogodo BauPNG163
192Mominul HaqueBAN163
193Stephan MyburghNED161
194Tanwir AfzalHK159
194Yuvraj SinghIND159
194Muhammad KaleemUAE159
195Jamie AtkinsonHK158
196Not on recordNAM157
197Suranga LakmalSL156
198Shahid WasifHK154
199Mashrafe MortazaBAN153
200Dwayne BravoWI152
201Gyanendra MallaNEP150
202Stephan BaardNAM149
203Dane PiedtSA147
204Seekkuge PrasannaSL146
205Colin de GrandhommeNZ145
206Christopher CarterHK144
207Kedar JadhavIND142
209Matthew CrossSCO139
210Peter SiddleAUS138
210Andy McBrineIRE138
211Kinchit ShahHK137
212Zafar AnsariENG136
213Saqlain HaiderUAE133
214Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN132
214Amit MishraIND132
215Mark CraigNZ131
215Rushabhvardhan PatelKEN131
215Jake BallENG131
215Swapnil PatilUAE131
216Rameez ShahzadUAE130
217David WilleyENG128
217Kyle AbbottSA128
218Shannon GabrielWI127
220Jonathan CarterWI124
221Mohammad RizwanPAK123
222Rakep PatelKEN119
223Roelof van der MerweNED117
224Max O'DowdNED116
225Sagar PunNEP115
225Niall O'BrienIRE115
226Jatinder SinghOMN114
227Nurul HasanBAN113
227Rahat AliPAK113
228Ehsan KhanHK112
229Michael SwartNED111
230David WieseSA110
230Tony UraPNG110
231Matt MachanSCO109
232Zane GreenNAM108
233Dawlat ZadranAFG106
234Mirwais AshrafAFG104
235Karim SadiqAFG101
235Mark ChapmanHK101
235Hardik PandyaIND101
236Taijul IslamBAN100
236Axar PatelIND100
237James AndersonENG99
237Sunil NarineWI99
238Javed AhmadiAFG98
238Usman GhaniAFG98
238Not on recordNAM98
239Craig WilliamsNAM96
240Binod BhandariNEP95
241Miguel CumminsWI94
241Collins ObuyaKEN94
241Bhuvneshwar KumarIND94
242Dhiren GondariaKEN93
242Carl MumbaZIM93
243Mohammad MithunBAN92
244Andre RussellWI91
245Ben CooperNED90
245Craig WallaceSCO90
245Adam ZampaAUS90
246Dushmantha ChameeraSL89
247Jean-Pierre KotzeNAM86
247Morne MorkelSA86
248Peter BorrenNED85
249Chris JordanENG84
250Ish SodhiNZ83
250Pieter SeelaarNED83
251Jeetan PatelNZ82
251Wayne ParnellSA82
251Jackson BirdAUS82
252Shuvagata HomBAN81
252Michael RipponNED81
252Chad SoperPNG81
253Nic MaddinsonAUS78
253Tim MurtaghIRE78
254Sam BillingsENG75
255Nuwan PradeepSL74
256Mandeep SinghIND73
256Sean TerryIRE73
257Anil MandalNEP72
257Lendl SimmonsWI72
257Shahid AfridiPAK72
258Jerome TaylorWI71
258Ahmed RazaUAE71
258Hiri HiriPNG71
259Alex ObandaKEN70
260George DockrellIRE69
260Barry McCarthyIRE69
260Rovman PowellWI69
261Gerrie SnymanNAM68
262Adnan IlyasOMN66
262Mohammad NaveedUAE66
263Farveez MaharoofSL65
263Mohammed ShamiIND65
264Tendai ChisoroZIM64
264Con de LangeSCO64
265Nuwan KulasekaraSL62
266Nawroz MangalAFG61
266Gurdeep SinghKEN61
266Faiz FazalIND61
266Keshav MaharajSA61
267Tim GruijtersNED60
268George MunseySCO59
269Chris GayleWI58
270ShafiqullahAFG57
271Sulieman BennWI56
271Andile PhehlukwayoSA56
271Aaron PhangisoSA56
272Michael LeaskSCO54
272Helao FranceNAM54
272Merwe ErasmusNAM54
272Moises HenriquesAUS54
273Taskin AhmedBAN53
273Charles AminiPNG53
273Neville MadzivaZIM53
274Kemar RoachWI52
275Dane VilasSA51
276Naresh BudayairNEP49
276Laxman SreekumarUAE49
277Gareth BattyENG47
277Ryan CampbellAUS47
278Syed KaleemOMN46
278John RevaPNG46
278Adam MilneNZ46
279Mehran KhanOMN45
280Bernard ScholtzNAM44
280Norman VanuaPNG44
280Nasir HossainBAN44
280Regis ChakabvaZIM44
281Shaminda ErangaSL43
282Timycen MarumaZIM42
282Najeeb TarakaiAFG42
283Sohaib MaqsoodPAK41
283Syed AliOMN41
284Khawar AliOMN40
284Hasan AliPAK40
285Josh DaveySCO39
285Shafiul IslamBAN39
286Anwar AliPAK38
287Tarisai MusakandaZIM37
287Lakshan SandakanSL37
287Chris TremainAUS37
287Johannes SmitNAM37
287Chris MpofuZIM37
288Nadeem AhmedHK36
288Sompal KamiNEP36
289Max SorensenIRE35
289Imran TahirSA35
289Dale SteynSA35
290Michael ChinouyaZIM34
291Timm van der GugtenNED33
292Greg ThompsonIRE32
292Amir HamzaAFG32
292Mosharraf HossainBAN32
292Sachithra SenanayakeSL32
292Boyd RankinENG32
292Sufyan MehmoodOMN32
293Rob TaylorSCO31
293Hardus ViljoenSA31
293John NyumbuZIM31
293Nelson OdhiamboKEN31
294Waqas KhanHK30
295Chris LynnAUS29
295Rajesh PulamiNEP29
295Jomel WarricanWI29
295Alasdair EvansSCO29
295Luke JongweZIM29
295Nathan Coulter-NileAUS29
296Basant RegmiNEP28
296Joe MennieAUS28
297Mehidy HasanBAN27
297Lo-handre LouwrensNAM27
297Not on recordKEN27
297Krishna ChandranUAE27
297Dhawal KulkarniIND27
297Khurram ManzoorPAK27
297Suraj RandivSL27
298Safyaan SharifSCO26
298Wellington MasakadzaZIM26
299Kamrul IslamBAN25
299Lockie FergusonNZ25
300Alzarri JosephWI24
300Karim JanatAFG24
300Hazratullah ZazaiAFG24
300Tabraiz ShamsiSA24
300Usman MushtaqUAE24
300Fahad TariqUAE24
300Shabir NooriAFG24
301Tendai ChataraZIM23
301Andrew PoynterIRE23
301Ashish NehraIND23
301Callum FergusonAUS23
302Nicholas PooranWI22
302Scott BolandAUS22
303Mitchell McClenaghanNZ21
303Morris OumaKEN21
304Tom CooperNED20
304Kane RichardsonAUS20
304Lahiru KumaraSL20
304Dwaine PretoriusSA20
305Jon HollandAUS19
305Liam PlunkettENG19
305Mudassar BukhariNED19
306Mohammad SamiPAK18
306Brad WhealSCO18
307David RankinIRE17
307Nosaina PokanaPNG17
307Anton DevcichNZ17
307Jeffrey VandersaySL17
307Rubel HossainBAN17
307Nehemiah OdhiamboKEN17
307Shem NgocheKEN17
307Tinashe PanyangaraZIM17
308Andy BalbirnieIRE16
308Haseeb AmjadHK16
308Zulfiqar BabarPAK16
308Ramith RambukwellaSL16
308Angelo PereraSL16
308Farhan AhmedUAE16
308Mark WattSCO16
308Tanbir HayderBAN16
309Fayyaz AhmedUAE15
309Rishi DhawanIND15
309Muktar AliBAN15
309Stuart ThompsonIRE15
310Vaibhav WategaonkarOMN14
310Not on recordNEP14
311Mohammed QasimUAE13
311Gurkeerat Singh MannIND13
311Taurai MuzarabaniZIM13
311Peter ChaseIRE13
311Darren SammyWI13
312Sikander ZulfiqarNED12
312Jack VarePNG12
312Amila AponsoSL12
312Qadeer AhmedUAE12
313Reece TopleyENG11
313Craig YoungIRE11
313Lucas OluochKEN11
313Imran KhanBHR11
314Todd AstleNZ10
314Waqas BarkatHK10
314Abu HiderBAN10
315Ashley NurseWI9
315Manjula GurugeUAE9
315Tinotenda MutombodziZIM9
315Subashis RoyBAN9
315Lorcan TuckerIRE9
315Not on recordENG9
315Munis AnsariOMN9
315Not on recordNAM9
315Arafat SunnyBAN9
315Tawanda MupariwaZIM9
315Shapoor ZadranAFG9
316James PattinsonAUS8
316Ashton AgarAUS8
316Ajay LalchetaOMN8
317Jan FrylinckNAM7
317Chaminda BandaraSL7
317Yamin AhmadzaiAFG7
317Samuel BadreeWI7
317Mohammad IrfanPAK7
317Hamid HassanAFG7
317Ahsan MalikNED7
318Dilhara FernandoSL6
318Ishant SharmaIND6
318Cameron BoyceAUS6
318Willie GaveraPNG6
318Pipi RahoPNG6
318Ruaidhri SmithSCO6
318Zhivago GroenewaldNAM6
318Sultan AhmedOMN6
319Sandeep LamichhaneNEP5
319Zaheer MaqsoodUAE5
319Jacob MulderIRE5
319Vishwa FernandoSL5
319Mark WoodENG5
319Paul van MeekerenNED5
319Elijah OtienoKEN5
320Vivian KingmaNED4
320James ShannonIRE4
320Kithuruwan VithanageSL4
320Umar GulPAK4
320Mustafizur RahmanBAN4
320Iftikhar AhmedPAK4
320Andrew TyeAUS4
320Daniel WorrallAUS4
321Muhammed ShanilUAE3
321Josh LittleIRE3
321Ghulam ShabberUAE3
321Kyle ChristieHK3
321Aqib SulehriOMN3
321Jasprit BumrahIND3
321Shakti GauchanNEP3
321Logan van BeekNED3
321Shaun TaitAUS3
322Al-Amin HossainBAN2
322Brian VitoriZIM2
322Karan KCNEP2
322Isuru UdanaSL2
322Avishka FernandoSL2
323Naveen-ul-HaqAFG1
323Bilal KhanOMN1
323Chadwick WaltonWI1
323Nathan McCullumNZ1
323Emmanuel BundiKEN1
323Pat CumminsAUS1
324Cameron BancroftAUS0
324Ishtiaq MuhammadHK0
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