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.
TEST2021230 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 — 220 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

230 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
18Kannaur 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
44Jason HolderWI724
44Ben StokesENG724
45Daniel LawrenceENG722
46Dawid MalanENG708
47Mehidy HasanBAN700
48Ravichandran AshwinIND698
49Haseeb HameedENG647
50Temba BavumaSA636
51Ravindra JadejaIND611
52Donald TiripanoZIM559
53David WarnerAUS539
53Shadman IslamBAN539
54Dinesh ChandimalSL538
55Quinton de KockSA506
56William YoungNZ505
57Washington SundarIND502
58Sean WilliamsZIM500
59Regis ChakabvaZIM493
60Tamim IqbalBAN492
61Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG467
62Cameron GreenAUS462
63Imran ButtPAK453
64Ross TaylorNZ444
65Roston ChaseWI431
66Marcus HarrisAUS415
67Takudzwanashe KaitanoZIM413
68Zak CrawleyENG403
69John CampbellWI393
70Ibrahim ZadranAFG381
71Shai HopeWI375
72Kevin KasuzaZIM373
73Axar PatelIND361
74Shreyas IyerIND345
74Abdullah ShafiquePAK345
75Shakib Al HasanBAN339
76Rahkeem CornwallWI324
77Tarisai MusakandaZIM323
78Oliver RobinsonENG320
79Chris WoakesENG315
80Asghar StanikzaiAFG308
81Prince MasvaureZIM304
82Taijul IslamBAN299
83Kemar RoachWI298
84Tom BlundellNZ293
85Travis HeadAUS286
86Noman AliPAK283
86Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL283
87Dominic BessENG281
88Wiaan MulderSA279
89MahmudullahBAN278
90Brendan TaylorZIM274
91Mitchell StarcAUS272
92Mohammad HassanBAN268
93Shardul ThakurIND266
94Jack LeachENG260
94Ben FoakesENG260
95Moeen AliENG255
96Kusal PereraSL250
97Milton ShumbaZIM240
98Daryl MitchellNZ237
99Alzarri JosephWI232
100Sikandar RazaZIM230
101Alex CareyAUS226
102Wanigamuni MendisSL223
102Dilruwan PereraSL223
103Kieran PowellWI222
104Wriddhiman SahaIND212
105Mark WoodENG206
106Kyle JamiesonNZ204
107Tim PaineAUS203
108Hasan AliPAK202
109Hanuma VihariIND199
109Jasprit BumrahIND199
110Kagiso RabadaSA196
111William SomervilleNZ195
112Blessing MuzarabaniZIM194
113Suranga LakmalSL192
114Taskin AhmedBAN187
115Matthew WadeAUS185
116Rachin RavindraNZ179
117Ishant SharmaIND168
118Roy KaiaZIM161
119James AndersonENG160
120Sam CurranENG158
120Keshav MaharajSA158
121Wanindu HasarangaSL154
122Dion MyersZIM153
123Keegan PetersenSA147
124Stuart BroadENG144
125Yasir ShahPAK143
126Shaheen AfridiPAK138
127Rahmat ShahAFG135
128Mohammed ShamiIND133
129Pat CumminsAUS131
130Faf du PlessisSA128
131Zafar GoharPAK126
131William PucovskiAUS126
132George LindeSA119
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
148Nicholas PooranWI75
148Lungi NgidiSA75
149Afsar ZazaiAFG74
150Kusal MendisSL72
151Nayeem HasanBAN70
151Kariyawasam AsalankaSL70
151Abdul NooriAFG70
152Ajaz PatelNZ68
153Victor NyauchiZIM67
154Adam ZampaAUS62
155Neil WagnerNZ61
155Richard NgaravaZIM61
156BJ WatlingNZ58
157Marco JansenSA56
157Jayden SealesWI56
158Abu JayedBAN53
159Josh HazlewoodAUS50
160Shannon GabrielWI49
160Haris SohailPAK49
161Mohammad AbbasPAK48
162Tendai ChisoroZIM47
163Colin de GrandhommeNZ45
164Veerasammy PermaulWI43
165Jayant YadavIND42
166Vishwa FernandoSL38
166Soumya SarkarBAN38
167Michael NeserAUS37
168Wesley AgarAUS36
169Munir AhmadAFG33
169Shan MasoodPAK33
169Nurul HasanBAN33
170Asitha FernandoSL32
171Jofra ArcherENG31
171Ryan BurlZIM31
172Ebadot HossainBAN29
173James BraceyENG27
173Navdeep SainiIND27
174Shahbaz NadeemIND25
175Joshua PhilippeAUS24
175Perumapperuma JayawickramaSL24
175Kuldeep YadavIND24
176Timycen MarumaZIM20
177Lutho SipamlaSA19
178Ranasinghe RanasingheSL17
178Trent BoultNZ17
178Mitchell MarshAUS17
179Matt HenryNZ14
179Jason MohammedWI14
179Zahir KhanAFG14
180Mahmudul JoyBAN13
180Evin LewisWI13
180Moises HenriquesAUS13
181Mustafizur RahmanBAN11
181Scott BolandAUS11
182Mohammad IslamBAN10
182Naseem ShahPAK10
183Thangarasu NatarajanIND9
183Khaled AhmedBAN9
183Javed AhmadiAFG9
184Yamin AhmadzaiAFG8
185Jhye RichardsonAUS7
186Mitchell SantnerNZ6
187Kieron PollardWI5
187Wessly MadhevereZIM5
188Ashton TurnerAUS4
188Abdul MalikAFG4
189Shahidullah KamalAFG3
190Ben McDermottAUS2
191Darren BravoWI1
192Riley MeredithAUS0
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