Most Balls Faced in 2021: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

This page shows players with the most balls faced during the 2021 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST2021217 entries
13004Joe RootENG950 clear of Cheteshwar Pujara
22054Cheteshwar PujaraIND950 off the lead
31880Rohit SharmaIND1,124 off the lead
● LEADS
Joe RootENG
3004 · 950 ahead of Pujara
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Root is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1238
The mark at number ten — 207 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

217 entries, ranked
1Joe RootENG3004
2Cheteshwar PujaraIND2054
3Rohit SharmaIND1880
4Kraigg BrathwaiteWI1786
5Nkrumah BonnerWI1623
6Dimuth KarunaratneSL1618
7Lahiru ThirimanneSL1518
8Abid AliPAK1422
9Rory BurnsENG1282
10Azhar AliPAK1238
11Virat KohliIND1216
12Dominic SibleyENG1175
13Fawad AlamPAK1149
14Joshua SilvaWI1131
15Ajinkya RahaneIND1113
16Rishabh PantIND1109
17Marnus LabuschagneAUS1072
18KL RahulIND1069
19Jermaine BlackwoodWI1061
20Mominul HaqueBAN1051
21Litton DasBAN1033
22Kyle MayersWI1026
23Pathum SilvaSL986
24Mushfiqur RahimBAN965
25Dhananjaya de SilvaSL963
26Mohammad RizwanPAK907
27Shubman GillIND882
28Tom LathamNZ877
29Kane WilliamsonNZ858
29Babar AzamPAK858
30Steven SmithAUS826
31Jos ButtlerENG825
32Dean ElgarSA807
32Jonny BairstowENG807
33Rassie van der DussenSA804
34Aiden MarkramSA774
35Faheem AshrafPAK771
36Oshada FernandoSL769
37Ollie PopeENG766
38Angelo MathewsSL763
39Devon ConwayNZ758
40Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN753
41Henry NichollsNZ736
42Mayank AgarwalIND727
43Niroshan DickwellaSL725
44Ben StokesENG724
45Daniel LawrenceENG722
46Dawid MalanENG708
47Mehidy HasanBAN700
48Ravichandran AshwinIND698
49Jason HolderWI655
50Haseeb HameedENG647
51Temba BavumaSA636
52Ravindra JadejaIND611
53Donald TiripanoZIM559
54David WarnerAUS539
54Shadman IslamBAN539
55Dinesh ChandimalSL538
56Quinton de KockSA506
57William YoungNZ505
58Washington SundarIND502
59Sean WilliamsZIM500
60Regis ChakabvaZIM493
61Tamim IqbalBAN492
62Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG467
63Cameron GreenAUS462
64Imran ButtPAK453
65Ross TaylorNZ444
66Roston ChaseWI431
67Marcus HarrisAUS415
68Takudzwanashe KaitanoZIM413
69Zak CrawleyENG403
70John CampbellWI393
71Ibrahim ZadranAFG381
72Kevin KasuzaZIM373
73Axar PatelIND361
74Shreyas IyerIND345
74Abdullah ShafiquePAK345
75Shakib Al HasanBAN339
76Shai HopeWI332
77Rahkeem CornwallWI324
78Tarisai MusakandaZIM323
79Oliver RobinsonENG320
80Chris WoakesENG315
81Asghar StanikzaiAFG308
82Prince MasvaureZIM304
83Taijul IslamBAN299
84Kemar RoachWI298
85Tom BlundellNZ293
86Travis HeadAUS286
87Noman AliPAK283
87Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL283
88Dominic BessENG281
89Wiaan MulderSA279
90MahmudullahBAN278
91Brendan TaylorZIM274
92Mohammad HassanBAN268
93Shardul ThakurIND266
94Jack LeachENG260
94Ben FoakesENG260
95Moeen AliENG255
96Kusal PereraSL250
97Milton ShumbaZIM240
98Daryl MitchellNZ237
99Sikandar RazaZIM230
100Mitchell StarcAUS229
101Dilruwan PereraSL223
101Wanigamuni MendisSL223
102Kieran PowellWI222
102Alzarri JosephWI222
103Wriddhiman SahaIND212
104Alex CareyAUS211
105Mark WoodENG206
106Kyle JamiesonNZ204
107Tim PaineAUS203
108Hasan AliPAK202
109Hanuma VihariIND199
109Jasprit BumrahIND199
110Kagiso RabadaSA196
111William SomervilleNZ195
112Blessing MuzarabaniZIM194
113Suranga LakmalSL192
114Taskin AhmedBAN187
115Rachin RavindraNZ179
116Ishant SharmaIND168
117Roy KaiaZIM161
118James AndersonENG160
119Keshav MaharajSA158
119Sam CurranENG158
120Wanindu HasarangaSL154
121Dion MyersZIM153
122Keegan PetersenSA147
123Stuart BroadENG144
124Yasir ShahPAK143
125Shaheen AfridiPAK138
126Rahmat ShahAFG135
127Mohammed ShamiIND133
128Pat CumminsAUS131
129Faf du PlessisSA128
130Zafar GoharPAK126
130William PucovskiAUS126
131George LindeSA119
132Matthew WadeAUS117
133Kyle VerreynneSA116
134Olly StoneENG115
135Shayne MoseleyWI105
136Mohammad MithunBAN98
137Nasir JamalAFG97
138Luke JongweZIM94
139Dushmantha ChameeraSL93
139Mohammed SirajIND93
140Jomel WarricanWI91
140Yasir ChowdhuryBAN91
141Tim SoutheeNZ90
142Anrich NortjeSA86
143Craig OvertonENG83
144Amir HamzaAFG82
145Nathan LyonAUS81
146Umesh YadavIND79
147Sajid KhanPAK78
148Lungi NgidiSA75
149Afsar ZazaiAFG74
150Kusal MendisSL72
151Kariyawasam AsalankaSL70
151Abdul NooriAFG70
151Nayeem HasanBAN70
152Ajaz PatelNZ68
153Victor NyauchiZIM67
154Richard NgaravaZIM61
154Neil WagnerNZ61
155BJ WatlingNZ58
156Marco JansenSA56
156Jayden SealesWI56
157Abu JayedBAN53
158Josh HazlewoodAUS50
159Shannon GabrielWI49
159Haris SohailPAK49
160Mohammad AbbasPAK48
161Tendai ChisoroZIM47
162Colin de GrandhommeNZ45
163Veerasammy PermaulWI43
164Jayant YadavIND42
165Vishwa FernandoSL38
165Soumya SarkarBAN38
166Michael NeserAUS37
167Munir AhmadAFG33
167Shan MasoodPAK33
167Nurul HasanBAN33
168Asitha FernandoSL32
169Ryan BurlZIM31
169Jofra ArcherENG31
170Ebadot HossainBAN29
171James BraceyENG27
171Navdeep SainiIND27
172Shahbaz NadeemIND25
173Perumapperuma JayawickramaSL24
173Kuldeep YadavIND24
174Timycen MarumaZIM20
175Lutho SipamlaSA19
176Ranasinghe RanasingheSL17
176Trent BoultNZ17
177Matt HenryNZ14
177Zahir KhanAFG14
178Mahmudul JoyBAN13
179Mustafizur RahmanBAN11
179Scott BolandAUS11
180Mohammad IslamBAN10
180Naseem ShahPAK10
181Thangarasu NatarajanIND9
181Javed AhmadiAFG9
181Khaled AhmedBAN9
182Yamin AhmadzaiAFG8
183Jhye RichardsonAUS7
184Mitchell SantnerNZ6
185Wessly MadhevereZIM5
186Abdul MalikAFG4
187Shahidullah KamalAFG3
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