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
1	54	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand
2	46	Sanju Samson	India
3	28	James Neesham	New Zealand
3	335	Jacob Bethell	England
4	232	Steven Smith	Australia
4	26	Tim Seifert	New Zealand
4	232	Harry Brook	England
5	25	Ishan Kishan	India
5	228	Virat Kohli	India
6	207	Ben Duckett	England
6	21	Abhishek Sharma	India
7	14	Jason Smith	South Africa
7	201	Travis Head	Australia
8	13	Hardik Pandya	India
8	193	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka
9	11	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand
9	11	Cole McConchie	New Zealand
10	8	Tony Zorzi	South Africa
10	8	Shivam Dube	India
10	155	William Young	New Zealand
10	8	Mark Chapman	Hong Kong
11	7	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand
11	142	Shubman Gill	India
11	7	Finnley Allen	New Zealand
11	7	Bevon-John Jacobs	New Zealand
12	6	Rubin Hermann	South Africa
12	6	Tilak Varma	India
12	6	Tom Latham	New Zealand
12	119	Kannaur Rahul	India
13	5	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
13	5	Devon Conway	New Zealand
13	5	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand
13	117	Jamie Smith	England
13	5	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand
13	5	Nicholas Kelly	New Zealand
13	5	Timothy Robinson	New Zealand
14	3	Zakary Foulkes	New Zealand
14	108	Kariyawasam Asalanka	Sri Lanka
14	108	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia
15	105	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka
15	2	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand
16	103	Kongala Vimukthi	Sri Lanka
16	1	Matt Henry	New Zealand
16	1	Suryakumar Yadav	India
17	94	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand
17	0	Benjamin Sears	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	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	Alex Carey	Australia
35	39	Rehan Ahmed	England
37	36	Michael Bracewell	New Zealand
38	31	Dunith Wellalage	Sri Lanka
39	26	Brydon Carse	England
40	23	Salman Agha	Pakistan
41	22	Saim Ayub	Pakistan
42	20	Rinku Singh	India
43	19	Mitchell Hay	New Zealand
45	17	Jamie Overton	England
46	16	Joshua Tongue	England
46	16	Ben Stokes	England
48	14	Mitchell Starc	Australia
48	14	Usman Khan	Pakistan
49	13	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
50	12	Shadab Khan	Pakistan
51	11	Pramod Liyanagamage	Sri Lanka
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	Mohammed Siraj	India
58	4	Jeffrey Vandersay	Sri Lanka
59	3	Kuldeep Yadav	India
59	3	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka
59	3	Morawakage Theekshana	Sri Lanka
59	3	Ilandari Thushara	Sri Lanka
60	2	Liam Dawson	England
61	1	Scott Boland	Australia
61	1	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka