Most Balls Faced in 2026: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The most balls faced in 2026 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	459	Joe Root	England
2	348	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand
3	335	Jacob Bethell	England
4	232	Harry Brook	England
4	232	Steven Smith	Australia
5	228	Virat Kohli	India
6	207	Ben Duckett	England
7	201	Travis Head	Australia
8	193	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka
9	185	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand
10	155	William Young	New Zealand
11	142	Shubman Gill	India
12	119	Kannaur Rahul	India
13	117	Jamie Smith	England
14	108	Kariyawasam Asalanka	Sri Lanka
14	108	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia
15	105	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka
16	103	Kongala Vimukthi	Sri Lanka
16	103	Devon Conway	New Zealand
17	94	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand
18	91	Cameron Green	Australia
19	90	Michael Neser	Australia
20	87	Beau Webster	Australia
21	81	Pathum Silva	Sri Lanka
22	80	Rohit Sharma	India
23	78	Kaki Reddy	India
24	74	Shreyas Iyer	India
25	72	William Jacks	England
26	70	Harshit Rana	India
27	65	Ravindra Jadeja	India
28	60	Rajapaksha Mishara	Sri Lanka
29	59	Suryakumar Yadav	India
29	59	Matthew Potts	England
30	56	Usman Khawaja	Australia
31	43	Sahibzada Farhan	Pakistan
32	42	Zak Crawley	England
33	41	Jos Buttler	England
34	40	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand
34	40	Alex Carey	Australia
35	39	Rehan Ahmed	England
36	37	Ishan Kishan	India
36	37	Mark Chapman	Hong Kong
37	36	Abhishek Sharma	India
37	36	Michael Bracewell	New Zealand
38	31	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand
38	31	Dunith Wellalage	Sri Lanka
39	26	Brydon Carse	England
40	23	Salman Agha	Pakistan
41	22	Saim Ayub	Pakistan
41	22	Shivam Dube	India
42	20	Rinku Singh	India
43	19	Mitchell Hay	New Zealand
44	18	Zakary Foulkes	New Zealand
45	17	Jamie Overton	England
46	16	Joshua Tongue	England
46	16	Ben Stokes	England
46	16	Hardik Pandya	India
47	15	Timothy Robinson	New Zealand
48	14	Mitchell Starc	Australia
48	14	Usman Khan	Pakistan
49	13	Tim Seifert	New Zealand
49	13	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
50	12	Sanju Samson	India
50	12	Shadab Khan	Pakistan
51	11	Pramod Liyanagamage	Sri Lanka
52	10	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
52	10	Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan
53	9	Sam Curran	England
54	8	Arshdeep Singh	India
55	7	Washington Sundar	India
56	6	Adil Rashid	England
57	5	Axar Patel	India
58	4	Jeffrey Vandersay	Sri Lanka
58	4	Mohammed Siraj	India
59	3	Kuldeep Yadav	India
59	3	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka
59	3	Ilandari Thushara	Sri Lanka
59	3	Morawakage Theekshana	Sri Lanka
60	2	Liam Dawson	England
61	1	Scott Boland	Australia
61	1	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka