Most Balls Faced – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the most balls faced in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ALL FORMATSAll-time500 entries
150817Sachin TendulkarIND19,559 clear of Rahul Dravid
231258Rahul DravidIND19,559 off the lead
518048Kumar SangakkaraSL32,769 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
50817 · 19,559 ahead of Dravid
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Rahul DravidIND
13 separate entries on this list · 221 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3993
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
14 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND50817
2Rahul DravidIND31258
3Sachin TendulkarIND29437
4Sachin TendulkarIND21368
5Kumar SangakkaraSL18048
6Rahul DravidIND4428
7Rahul DravidIND4381
8Rahul DravidIND4157
9Kumar SangakkaraSL4155
10Ricky PontingAUS3993
11Mohammad YousufPAK3989
12Sourav GangulyIND3964
13Gary KirstenSA3928
14Kumar SangakkaraSL3918
15Ricky PontingAUS3907
16Mohammad YousufPAK3862
17Rahul DravidIND3846
18Geoff MarshAUS3823
19Alastair CookENG3810
20Angelo MathewsSL3799
21Virat KohliIND3778
22David BoonAUS3758
23Jacques KallisSA3751
24Sourav GangulyIND3730
25Mike AthertonENG3633
26Jacques KallisSA3602
27David BoonAUS3597
28Rahul DravidIND3593
29Kane WilliamsonNZ3573
30Mark TaylorAUS3563
31Misbah-ul-HaqPAK3550
32Jacques KallisSA3526
33Mike AthertonENG3524
34Babar AzamPAK3499
35Shiv ChanderpaulWI3498
36Joe RootENG3492
37Gautam GambhirIND3476
38Sourav GangulyIND3465
39Babar AzamPAK3448
40Kumar SangakkaraSL3444
41David BoonAUS3420
42Marvan AtapattuSL3394
43Hashim AmlaSA3369
44Allan BorderAUS3365
45Steven SmithAUS3362
46Mahela JayawardeneSL3281
47Kumar SangakkaraSL3280
48Steven SmithAUS3272
49Desmond HaynesWI3264
50Misbah-ul-HaqPAK3259
51Jacques KallisSA3240
52Rahul DravidIND3237
53Sachin TendulkarIND3232
54Ian BellENG3197
55Allan BorderAUS3196
55Mark WaughAUS3196
57Brian LaraWI3185
58Joe RootENG3178
59Jonathan TrottENG3173
60Dennis AmissENG3161
61Chris BroadENG3149
62Allan BorderAUS3128
63Dennis AmissENG3126
63Paul StirlingIRE3126
65Alastair CookENG3123
66Steven SmithAUS3119
67Mike AthertonENG3098
67Graeme SmithSA3098
69Alec StewartENG3084
70Virat KohliIND3058
71Mark TaylorAUS3041
72David BoonAUS3025
73Allan BorderAUS3016
74Kim HughesAUS3009
75Joe RootENG3004
76Graham GoochENG2995
77Dean JonesAUS2993
78Alastair CookENG2981
79Sir Richie RichardsonWI2959
79Geoff BoycottENG2959
81Joe RootENG2916
82Joe RootENG2912
83Babar AzamPAK2903
84Chris TavaréENG2888
85Marnus LabuschagneAUS2861
86Mohammad YousufPAK2854
87Allan BorderAUS2850
88Mike AthertonENG2829
89Mark RamprakashENG2821
90Saeed AnwarPAK2811
91Sir Richie RichardsonWI2805
92Sachin TendulkarIND2794
93Usman KhawajaAUS2792
93Usman KhawajaAUS2792
95Allan BorderAUS2778
96Mark TaylorAUS2766
97Nasser HussainENG2737
98Mike AthertonENG2714
99Geoff BoycottENG2713
100Virat KohliIND2711
101Justin LangerAUS2697
102Jonathan TrottENG2680
103Shiv ChanderpaulWI2668
104Rahul DravidIND2664
105Geoff BoycottENG2655
106Kim HughesAUS2641
107David GowerENG2638
108Geoff BoycottENG2626
109Kumar SangakkaraSL2608
110Damien MartynAUS2603
111Jacques KallisSA2596
112Rahul DravidIND2591
113Chris TavaréENG2575
114Steven SmithAUS2573
115Gordon GreenidgeWI2570
116Azhar AliPAK2569
117Javed MiandadPAK2563
118Rahul DravidIND2559
119Matthew HaydenAUS2550
120Geoff MarshAUS2548
121Steven SmithAUS2531
122Jonny BairstowENG2525
123John WrightNZ2520
124Ricky PontingAUS2518
125Graeme SmithSA2516
126David BoonAUS2510
127Mark TaylorAUS2509
128Desmond HaynesWI2495
129Ricky PontingAUS2494
130Geoff BoycottENG2485
131Cheteshwar PujaraIND2484
132Joe RootENG2455
132Joe RootENG2455
134Robin SmithENG2443
135Virat KohliIND2433
136Bruce EdgarNZ2419
137Michael ClarkeAUS2418
138Ian ChappellAUS2417
139Neil McKenzieSA2391
140Herschelle GibbsSA2379
141David GowerENG2375
142Steven SmithAUS2374
143Desmond HaynesWI2373
144Ian BellENG2358
145Jimmy AdamsWI2354
146Javed MiandadPAK2349
147Rahul DravidIND2343
148Jacques KallisSA2328
149Sourav GangulyIND2325
150Allan BorderAUS2320
151Jacques KallisSA2319
152Andrew JonesNZ2316
153Angelo MathewsSL2311
154Allan BorderAUS2310
155Shubman GillIND2307
156Imam-ul-HaqPAK2303
157Yashasvi JaiswalIND2301
158Allan BorderAUS2296
159Kumar SangakkaraSL2295
160Mahela JayawardeneSL2288
161Graham GoochENG2267
162Rohit SharmaIND2265
163Greg BlewettAUS2262
164Joe RootENG2241
165David BoonAUS2217
166Keith FletcherENG2189
167Simon KatichAUS2182
168David BoonAUS2178
169Cheteshwar PujaraIND2176
170Desmond HaynesWI2157
171Alastair CookENG2153
172Allan BorderAUS2144
173Yashasvi JaiswalIND2131
174Brian LaraWI2129
175Mark TaylorAUS2119
176Steve WaughAUS2115
177Tony GreigENG2099
178John EdrichENG2088
179Jimmy AdamsWI2085
180Cheteshwar PujaraIND2054
181Ian ChappellAUS2051
182Keith FletcherENG2047
183Tony GreigENG2032
184Gordon GreenidgeWI2031
185Sir Viv RichardsWI2018
186Brian LuckhurstENG2012
186Brian LuckhurstENG2012
188Gary KirstenSA2004
189Marnus LabuschagneAUS1991
190Steven SmithAUS1981
191John EdrichENG1969
192Mike BrearleyENG1967
193Graham GoochENG1963
194Sachin TendulkarIND1955
195Jacques KallisSA1952
196Javed MiandadPAK1926
197Sourav GangulyIND1919
198Sir Richie RichardsonWI1918
199Geoff BoycottENG1915
200John EdrichENG1911
201Alastair CookENG1907
202Chris BroadENG1903
202Sourav GangulyIND1903
204John EdrichENG1896
205Martin CroweNZ1895
206Shoaib MohammadPAK1891
207Rory BurnsENG1882
208Misbah-ul-HaqPAK1867
209Brian LaraWI1865
210Sachin TendulkarIND1854
211Greg ChappellAUS1842
212Matthew HaydenAUS1795
213Sir Viv RichardsWI1787
214Geoff HowarthNZ1759
215David BoonAUS1742
215Saeed AnwarPAK1742
217Ken BarringtonENG1740
217Ken BarringtonENG1740
219Shai HopeWI1726
220Sourav GangulyIND1698
221Mike BrearleyENG1690
222Alec StewartENG1689
223Desmond HaynesWI1688
224Kumar SangakkaraSL1682
225Kannaur RahulIND1676
226Marvan AtapattuSL1675
227Stuart CarlisleZIM1673
228Mudassar NazarPAK1662
229Rohit SharmaIND1657
230Allan BorderAUS1653
231Bill LawryAUS1649
231Bill LawryAUS1649
233Marvan AtapattuSL1646
234Jonathan TrottENG1643
235Geoff HowarthNZ1642
236Hansie CronjeSA1640
237Bill LawryAUS1636
237Bill LawryAUS1636
239Dominic SibleyENG1623
239Dominic SibleyENG1623
241Greg ChappellAUS1621
242Virat KohliIND1614
243Mohammad YousufPAK1604
244Herbert SutcliffeENG1597
245Bob SimpsonAUS1572
246Ian RedpathAUS1562
246Ian RedpathAUS1562
248Mohammad AzharuddinIND1550
249Javed MiandadPAK1549
250Martin CroweNZ1547
251Vriitya AravindUAE1544
252Shubman GillIND1543
252John EdrichENG1543
254Martin GuptillNZ1542
254Mohammad HafeezPAK1542
254Javed MiandadPAK1542
257Kane WilliamsonNZ1531
258Geoff MarshAUS1514
259Shubman GillIND1502
260Dilip VengsarkarIND1498
261Kumar SangakkaraSL1496
262Javed MiandadPAK1493
263Dean JonesAUS1489
264Mohammad YousufPAK1477
264Ricky PontingAUS1477
266Gordon GreenidgeWI1474
267Virat KohliIND1473
268Shahriar NafeesBAN1468
269Rahul DravidIND1463
270Ian ChappellAUS1462
271Ramiz RajaPAK1434
272Kumar SangakkaraSL1432
273Ricky PontingAUS1417
274Ricky PontingAUS1413
275Grant FlowerZIM1410
276MS DhoniIND1400
277Angelo MathewsSL1391
278Desmond HaynesWI1386
279Desmond HaynesWI1376
280Rahul DravidIND1367
280Dennis AmissENG1367
282Sourav GangulyIND1355
283John EdrichENG1347
283John EdrichENG1347
285Andrew JonesNZ1341
286MS DhoniIND1333
287Sir Viv RichardsWI1329
288Ian ChappellAUS1322
288Tillakaratne DilshanSL1322
290David WarnerAUS1316
291Sunil GavaskarIND1309
292Colin CowdreyENG1300
292Colin CowdreyENG1300
292Rohit SharmaIND1300
295Steven SmithAUS1294
295Tony GreigENG1294
297Imrul KayesBAN1291
298Geoff MarshAUS1275
299Marnus LabuschagneAUS1266
300David GowerENG1256
301Kumar SangakkaraSL1251
302Kepler WesselsAUS1240
303Bruce EdgarNZ1231
304Merwe ErasmusNAM1222
305Sir Garry SobersWI1205
306Arthur MorrisAUS1195
307Martin CroweNZ1192
308Shai HopeWI1188
308Geoff BoycottENG1188
310Desmond HaynesWI1178
311Virat KohliIND1172
312Virat KohliIND1169
312Roy FredericksWI1169
314John WrightNZ1159
315Roy FredericksWI1119
316Geoff BoycottENG1117
317Joe RootENG1116
318Daryl MitchellNZ1097
319Geoff BoycottENG1090
319Geoff BoycottENG1090
319Sir Leonard HuttonENG1090
322Nawab of PataudiIND1084
323Geoff MarshAUS1081
324Graeme WoodAUS1075
325Vriitya AravindUAE1074
326Ben StokesENG1031
327Mohammad RizwanPAK983
328Graeme PollockSA960
329Fiaz AhmedBHR940
330Sir Jack HobbsENG936
331Mark TaylorAUS922
332Prashant KurupBHR906
333John EdrichENG905
334Sanjay ManjrekarIND903
335Paul StirlingIRE885
336Daryl MitchellNZ883
337Geoff BoycottENG875
338Colin McDonaldAUS867
338Colin McDonaldAUS867
340Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK866
341Tom GraveneyENG854
342Joe RootENG846
343Aaron FinchAUS824
344Kusal MendisSL819
345Mohammad RizwanPAK810
346Gordon GreenidgeWI767
347Bill EdrichENG749
348Babar AzamPAK736
349Oscar ManishimweRWA729
350Allan BorderAUS720
351Sid BarnesAUS719
352Trevor BaileyENG691
352Trevor BaileyENG691
354Zaheer AbbasPAK673
355Gordon GreenidgeWI672
356Pathum SilvaSL652
357Bruce LairdAUS642
358Pathum SilvaSL631
359Didier NdikubwimanaRWA617
359Didier NdikubwimanaRWA617
361Ted DexterENG601
361Ted DexterENG601
363Harry TectorIRE600
364Justin GreavesWI593
365Gamage DinushaSL592
366Simon SsesaziUGA588
367Max O'DowdNED581
368Brian CloseENG574
369Geoff BoycottENG570
370Joe RootENG545
371Glenn TurnerNZ534
372Steven SmithAUS533
373Paul StirlingIRE532
374Norm O'NeillAUS522
374Norm O'NeillAUS522
376Bob SimpsonAUS512
377Herbie CollinsAUS503
378Daryl MitchellNZ484
379Peter MayENG475
380Shikhar DhawanIND468
381Virat KohliIND457
382Babar AzamPAK445
383Ishan KishanIND441
384Herbert SutcliffeENG425
385Keith FletcherENG388
386Collins ObuyaKEN387
387Gary WilsonIRE381
388Rohit SharmaIND378
389Ed JoyceENG369
390Clive RadleyENG367
391Calum MacLeodSCO365
392Ted DexterENG362
392Ted DexterENG362
394Umar AkmalPAK358
395Colin CowdreyENG354
396Brendon McCullumNZ341
397Tillakaratne DilshanSL333
398Prashant KurupBHR328
399David LloydENG319
400Jatinder SinghOMN304
401Peter MayENG298
401Peter MayENG298
403Babar AzamPAK294
404Aaron FinchAUS291
405Noor Ali ZadranAFG290
406Glenn TurnerNZ288
406Virat KohliIND288
408Kannaur RahulIND287
409Dawid MalanENG279
410Mike BrearleyENG277
411Seymour NurseWI276
411Seymour NurseWI276
411Keith StackpoleAUS276
414Mudassar NazarPAK261
414Colin CowdreyENG261
416Marlon SamuelsWI259
417Dennis AmissENG258
418Sir Conrad HunteWI254
419Ben CooperNED245
420Sir Viv RichardsWI231
421Gautam GambhirIND227
422Dennis AmissENG221
423Colin McDonaldAUS218
423Colin McDonaldAUS218
425Shoaib MalikPAK210
426Denis ComptonENG200
427John EdrichENG191
428Dennis AmissENG185
429Alvin KallicharranWI162
430Salman ButtPAK156
431Mohammad HafeezPAK135
432Mahela JayawardeneSL131
433John EdrichENG119
434Hamilton MasakadzaZIM115
435Graeme SmithSA105
436Ian ChappellAUS103
437Marcus TrescothickENG94
438Reg SimpsonENG91
438Reg SimpsonENG91
440Harry MosesAUS78
441Scott StyrisNZ67
442Ricky PontingAUS58
443Reginald AllenAUS38
444Gilbert ParkhouseENG30
445Bill HowellAUS17
446Sir Leonard HuttonENG14
446Sir Leonard HuttonENG14
448Neil HarveyAUS12
448Neil HarveyAUS12
450Roy McLeanSA10
450Gilbert JessopENG10
450Roy McLeanSA10
453Jack IkinENG9
454Peter MayENG8
454Keith MillerAUS8
456Polly UmrigarIND5
456Ted ArnoldENG5
456Polly UmrigarIND5
456Gilbert JessopENG5
460Harry JuppENG4
460Sir Everton WeekesWI4
460Walter BrearleyENG4
463Johnny WardleENG3
463Jack HearneENG3
463Bob WyattENG3
463Johnny WardleENG3
467Ernie HayesENG2
467Patsy HendrenENG2
467Sandy BellSA2
467Collie SmithWI2
467Johannes KotzeSA2
472George BonnorAUS1
472Sammy WoodsAUS1
472Frank IredaleAUS1
472Sir Jack HobbsENG1
472Rolph GrantWI1
472Maurice TateENG1
472Warren BardsleyAUS1
472Archie JacksonAUS1
472Sir Pelham WarnerENG1
472Tom RichardsonENG1
482George GiffenAUS0
482George McShaneAUS0
482William BruceAUS0
482Harry TrottAUS0
482Bob McLeodAUS0
482Arthur HillENG0
482Bill HowellAUS0
482Frank LaverAUS0
482Bert HopkinsAUS0
482Tiger SmithENG0
482Phil MeadENG0
482Alex KennedyENG0
482Ian PeeblesENG0
482Tyrell JohnsonWI0
482Frank LaverAUS0
482Tom RichardsonENG0
482George LohmannENG0
482Alec BannermanAUS0
482Dave GregoryAUS0
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