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.
TEST2016192 entries
12569Azhar AliPAK44 clear of Jonny Bairstow
22525Jonny BairstowENG44 off the lead
32447Alastair CookENG122 off the lead
● LEADS
Azhar AliPAK
2569 · 44 ahead of Bairstow
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1458
The mark at number ten — 182 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

192 entries, ranked
1Azhar AliPAK2569
2Jonny BairstowENG2525
3Alastair CookENG2447
4Joe RootENG2433
5Virat KohliIND2011
6Moeen AliENG2004
7Steven SmithAUS1837
8Cheteshwar PujaraIND1726
9Sami AslamPAK1580
10Kraigg BrathwaiteWI1458
11Tom LathamNZ1440
12Hashim AmlaSA1421
13Kane WilliamsonNZ1410
14Usman KhawajaAUS1387
15Ajinkya RahaneIND1369
16Asad ShafiqPAK1360
17Ben StokesENG1354
18Younis KhanPAK1333
19Murali VijayIND1292
20Kaushal SilvaSL1272
21Ravichandran AshwinIND1271
22Stephen CookSA1242
23Alex HalesENG1201
24Faf du PlessisSA1172
25Misbah-ul-HaqPAK1132
26Dhananjaya de SilvaSL1127
27BJ WatlingNZ1121
28Chris WoakesENG1108
29Darren BravoWI1084
30Dinesh ChandimalSL1074
31Temba BavumaSA1054
32Dimuth KarunaratneSL1014
33Ross TaylorNZ937
34Adam VogesAUS925
35Dean ElgarSA919
36Kusal MendisSL904
37Quinton de KockSA884
38KL RahulIND869
39David WarnerAUS861
40Sarfraz AhmedPAK799
41Roston ChaseWI781
42Wriddhiman SahaIND767
43Jean-Paul DuminySA754
44Craig ErvineZIM732
45Martin GuptillNZ697
46Henry NichollsNZ687
47Marlon SamuelsWI672
48Haseeb HameedENG640
49Angelo MathewsSL627
50Joe BurnsAUS618
51Peter NevillAUS597
52Babar AzamPAK577
53Graeme CremerZIM555
54Ravindra JadejaIND550
55Jermaine BlackwoodWI544
56Shane DowrichWI541
57Shaun MarshAUS540
58Rangana HerathSL534
59Kusal PereraSL526
60Gary BallanceENG507
61Adil RashidENG502
62Jason HolderWI489
63Jayant YadavIND488
64Mitchell SantnerNZ483
65Mohammad AmirPAK474
66Donald TiripanoZIM462
67Sean WilliamsZIM450
68Rohit SharmaIND449
69Mitchell MarshAUS442
70Peter HandscombAUS438
71Tino MawoyoZIM436
72Devendra BishooWI419
73Nick ComptonENG417
75Tamim IqbalBAN406
75James VinceENG406
76Karun NairIND403
77Upul TharangaSL386
78Matt RenshawAUS363
79Keaton JenningsENG358
79Vernon PhilanderSA358
80Yasir ShahPAK355
81Mitchell StarcAUS354
82Jeet RavalNZ345
83Stuart BroadENG341
84Luke RonchiNZ339
85Peter MoorZIM324
86Corey AndersonNZ323
87Leon JohnsonWI320
88Jos ButtlerENG319
89Sohail KhanPAK298
90Shikhar DhawanIND293
91Parthiv PatelIND282
92Chamu ChibhabhaZIM268
93Lahiru ThirimanneSL262
94AB de VilliersSA260
95Dilruwan PereraSL255
96Nathan LyonAUS253
97Steven FinnENG252
98Brian ChariZIM248
99Mushfiqur RahimBAN242
99Josh HazlewoodAUS242
100Wahab RiazPAK241
101Imrul KayesBAN234
102Kagiso RabadaSA220
103Stiaan van ZylSA217
104Shakib Al HasanBAN214
105Mohammad HafeezPAK204
106James TaylorENG197
107Ben DuckettENG190
108Gautam GambhirIND187
109MahmudullahBAN185
109Prince MasvaureZIM185
110Hamilton MasakadzaZIM181
111Neil WagnerNZ180
112Steve O'KeefeAUS178
113Shan MasoodPAK177
113Chris MorrisSA177
113Matt HenryNZ177
114Rajendra ChandrikaWI172
115Shai HopeWI170
116Mominul HaqueBAN163
117Sabbir RahmanBAN157
118Liam DawsonENG155
119Carlos BrathwaiteWI154
120Denesh RamdinWI151
121Trent BoultNZ149
122Dane PiedtSA147
123Brendon McCullumNZ144
124Peter SiddleAUS138
125Zafar AnsariENG136
126Umesh YadavIND131
126Mark CraigNZ131
127Doug BracewellNZ128
128James NeeshamNZ119
128Suranga LakmalSL119
129Sikandar RazaZIM118
130Tim SoutheeNZ115
131Colin de GrandhommeNZ113
132Amit MishraIND112
133Rahat AliPAK111
134Jake BallENG109
135Shannon GabrielWI107
136Kyle AbbottSA100
137James AndersonENG99
138Miguel CumminsWI94
139Carl MumbaZIM88
139Bhuvneshwar KumarIND88
140Jackson BirdAUS82
140Jeetan PatelNZ82
141Nic MaddinsonAUS78
142Milinda SiriwardanaSL77
143Dushmantha ChameeraSL72
144Ish SodhiNZ67
145Mohammed ShamiIND65
146Keshav MaharajSA61
147Taijul IslamBAN60
147Nuwan PradeepSL60
148Malcolm WallerZIM58
148Matthew WadeAUS58
149Kemar RoachWI52
150Dane VilasSA51
151Gareth BattyENG47
152Shuvagata HomBAN46
153Regis ChakabvaZIM44
154Shaminda ErangaSL42
155Morne MorkelSA39
156Lakshan SandakanSL37
157Mohammad RizwanPAK34
157Michael ChinouyaZIM34
157Chris MpofuZIM34
158John NyumbuZIM31
158Shafiul IslamBAN31
158Hardus ViljoenSA31
159Dale SteynSA30
160Jomel WarricanWI29
161Moises HenriquesAUS28
162Jerome TaylorWI27
162Mehidy HasanBAN27
163Kamrul IslamBAN25
164Joe MennieAUS24
164Tabraiz ShamsiSA24
165Callum FergusonAUS23
166Lahiru KumaraSL20
167Jon HollandAUS19
168Alzarri JosephWI18
170Zulfiqar BabarPAK16
171Imran KhanBHR11
172James PattinsonAUS8
173Todd AstleNZ5
173Vishwa FernandoSL5
174Iftikhar AhmedPAK4
175Ishant SharmaIND3
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