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 TendulkarIND4,253 clear of Rahul Dravid
246564Rahul DravidIND4,253 off the lead
345346Jacques KallisSA5,471 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
50817 · 4,253 ahead of Dravid
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
34459
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND50817
2Rahul DravidIND46564
3Jacques KallisSA45346
4Kumar SangakkaraSL42086
5Shiv ChanderpaulWI40150
6Ricky PontingAUS40130
7Mahela JayawardeneSL40100
8Allan BorderAUS36136
9Virat KohliIND35675
10Joe RootENG34459
11Brian LaraWI32839
12Steve WaughAUS32432
13Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK32172
14Alastair CookENG30770
15Sourav GangulyIND29486
16Younis KhanPAK29393
17Kane WilliamsonNZ29221
18Desmond HaynesWI29195
19Hashim AmlaSA28718
20Steven SmithAUS27735
21Mohammad YousufPAK27357
22David BoonAUS27273
23Stephen FlemingNZ26979
24AB de VilliersSA26787
25Mark WaughAUS26413
26Gary KirstenSA26219
27Javed MiandadPAK26178
28Michael ClarkeAUS26033
29Sanath JayasuriyaSL25910
30Chris GayleWI25401
31Angelo MathewsSL25214
32Graham GoochENG25007
33Marvan AtapattuSL24986
34Graeme SmithSA24943
35Ross TaylorNZ24898
36Mushfiqur RahimBAN24832
37Alec StewartENG24230
38Mark TaylorAUS24048
39Mike AthertonENG23663
40Rohit SharmaIND23434
41Geoff BoycottENG23212
42Ian BellENG22804
43Aravinda de SilvaSL22692
44Mohammad AzharuddinIND22564
45Matthew HaydenAUS22330
46Herschelle GibbsSA22309
47Sir Richie RichardsonWI22201
48David WarnerAUS21944
49Tillakaratne DilshanSL21879
50MS DhoniIND21834
51John WrightNZ21423
52VVS LaxmanIND21067
53Tamim IqbalBAN21018
54David GowerENG20486
55Gordon GreenidgeWI20446
56Ramnaresh SarwanWI20433
57Sunil GavaskarIND20293
58Saleem MalikPAK20289
59Grant FlowerZIM19736
60Andy FlowerZIM19733
61Andrew StraussENG19730
62Azhar AliPAK19511
63Babar AzamPAK19463
64Tom LathamNZ19389
65Misbah-ul-HaqPAK19386
66Nathan AstleNZ19306
67Kevin PietersenENG19214
68Michael HusseyAUS19208
69Dinesh ChandimalSL19112
70Carl HooperWI18979
71Shakib Al HasanBAN18716
72Martin CroweNZ18666
73Virender SehwagIND18641
74Arjuna RanatungaSL18528
75Saeed AnwarPAK18203
76Graham ThorpeENG18037
77Brendon McCullumNZ17872
78Nasser HussainENG17753
79Hashan TillakaratneSL17740
80Sir Viv RichardsWI17373
81Mohammad HafeezPAK17179
82Marlon SamuelsWI17152
83Adam GilchristAUS16910
84Mark BoucherSA16808
85Dilip VengsarkarIND16629
86Martin GuptillNZ16565
87Ben StokesENG16503
88Cheteshwar PujaraIND16347
89Faf du PlessisSA16338
90Paul CollingwoodENG16258
91Greg ChappellAUS16158
92Kusal MendisSL16092
93Geoff MarshAUS15914
94Marcus TrescothickENG15911
95Dean JonesAUS15789
96Dimuth KarunaratneSL15678
97Hansie CronjeSA15597
98Damien MartynAUS15520
99Ijaz AhmedPAK15497
100Shoaib MalikPAK15274
101Shai HopeWI15202
102Jonny BairstowENG15177
103Kraigg BrathwaiteWI15054
104Gautam GambhirIND14994
105Ramiz RajaPAK14917
106MahmudullahBAN14865
107Daryll CullinanSA14792
108Usman KhawajaAUS14744
109Alistair CampbellZIM14677
110Roshan MahanamaSL14651
111Shane WatsonAUS14465
112Justin LangerAUS14372
113Allan LambENG14366
114Ajinkya RahaneIND14354
115Brendan TaylorZIM14320
116Hamilton MasakadzaZIM14178
117Quinton de KockSA14155
118Michael VaughanENG14104
119Yuvraj SinghIND14064
120Mudassar NazarPAK14046
121KL RahulIND13506
122Navjot SidhuIND13464
123Jos ButtlerENG13199
124Ravi ShastriIND13031
125Kim HughesAUS13000
126Jonty RhodesSA12903
127Thilan SamaraweeraSL12885
128Robin SmithENG12752
129Mike GattingENG12732
130Darren BravoWI12699
131Upul TharangaSL12664
132Asanka GurusinhaSL12518
133John EdrichENG12428
134Aamer SohailPAK12400
135Shikhar DhawanIND12286
136Adam ParoreNZ12266
137Andrew JonesNZ12254
138Jean-Paul DuminySA12128
139Graeme HickENG12111
140Kepler WesselsAUS12086
141Craig McMillanNZ11985
142Jonathan TrottENG11930
143Asad ShafiqPAK11752
144Eoin MorganENG11723
145Chris CairnsNZ11702
146Imran NiaziBHR11693
147Jimmy AdamsWI11631
148Michael SlaterAUS11601
149Dean ElgarSA11367
150Abdul RazzaqPAK11330
151Shaun PollockSA11327
152Ravindra JadejaIND11317
153Marnus LabuschagneAUS11314
154Michael BevanAUS11292
155Mohammad AshrafulBAN11266
156Sir Ian BothamENG11236
157Paul StirlingIRE11213
158Sherwin CampbellWI11012
159Dhananjaya de SilvaSL10875
160Ian HealyAUS10864
161Mohammad RizwanPAK10857
162Graeme WoodAUS10791
163Temba BavumaSA10780
164Daniel VettoriNZ10692
165Litton DasBAN10641
166Travis HeadAUS10607
167Sikandar RazaZIM10559
168Simon KatichAUS10456
169Sean WilliamsZIM10427
170Craig ErvineZIM10341
171Ken RutherfordNZ10242
172Neil McKenzieSA10184
173Andrew FlintoffENG10078
174Mark ButcherENG10005
175Lahiru ThirimanneSL9980
176Zaheer AbbasPAK9968
177Mominul HaqueBAN9956
178Clive LloydWI9923
179Wavell HindsWI9893
179Ashwell PrinceSA9893
180Chaminda VaasSL9870
181Shahid AfridiGER9824
182Donald BradmanAUS9800
183BJ WatlingNZ9790
184Ian ChappellAUS9648
185Brad HaddinAUS9644
186Aiden MarkramSA9607
187Wasim AkramPAK9597
188Henry NichollsNZ9580
189Russel ArnoldSL9534
190Kapil DevIND9517
191Doug WaltersAUS9394
192Guy WhittallZIM9384
193Moin KhanPAK9379
194Heath StreakZIM9377
195Bruce EdgarNZ9326
196Murali VijayIND9261
197Jeff DujonWI9237
198Moeen AliENG9235
199Denesh RamdinWI9234
200Dwayne BravoWI9224
201Scott StyrisNZ9217
202Boeta DippenaarSA9180
203Ajay JadejaIND9141
204Alan KnottENG9117
205Andrew HudsonSA9089
206Ian RedpathAUS9087
207Tatenda TaibuZIM9009
208Aaron FinchAUS8969
209Dennis AmissENG8965
210Kamran AkmalPAK8899
211Chris HarrisNZ8888
212Gundappa ViswanathIND8841
213Daryl MitchellNZ8829
214Shubman GillIND8824
215Shaun MarshAUS8819
216Shoaib MohammadPAK8802
217William PorterfieldIRE8801
218Mitchell MarshAUS8770
219Rod MarshAUS8743
220Jason HolderWI8718
221Jeremy ConeyNZ8668
222Stuart CarlisleZIM8657
223Suresh RainaIND8640
224Keith FletcherENG8638
225Habibul BasharBAN8606
226Mohinder AmarnathIND8453
227Kris SrikkanthIND8439
228Devon ConwayNZ8434
229Matt PriorENG8417
230Sanjay ManjrekarIND8383
231Mohsin KhanHK8235
232Roston ChaseWI8199
233Salman ButtPAK8180
234Larry GomesWI8116
235Geoff HowarthNZ8054
236Ridley JacobsWI8053
237Mark GreatbatchNZ8045
238Anil KumbleIND7991
239Romesh KaluwitharanaSL7979
240Andrew SymondsAUS7959
241Bryan YoungNZ7955
242Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN7918
243Rahmat ShahAFG7911
244Gus LogieWI7783
245Andy BalbirnieIRE7771
246Pathum SilvaSL7762
247Jacques RudolphSA7716
248Imam-ul-HaqPAK7630
249Tony GreigENG7629
250Sarfraz AhmedPAK7607
251Imran FarhatPAK7529
252Taufeeq UmarPAK7521
253Bill LawryAUS7500
254Wally HammondENG7491
255Mark RichardsonNZ7467
256Khaled MashudBAN7451
257Mehidy HasanBAN7440
258Ravichandran AshwinIND7396
259Phil SimmonsWI7340
260Derek RandallENG7327
261Imrul KayesBAN7299
262Manoj PrabhakarIND7239
263Chris TavaréENG7206
264Elton ChigumburaZIM7191
265Lance KlusenerSA7164
266Jeff CroweNZ7115
267Greg BlewettAUS7073
268Mark RamprakashENG7039
269Javed OmarBAN7037
270Daren GangaWI7001
271Sir Richard HadleeNZ6930
272Shane WarneAUS6883
273Kusal PereraSL6848
274Chris BroadENG6834
275Richie BerringtonSCO6829
276Ahmed ShehzadPAK6822
277Mohammad NabiAFG6802
278Kyle CoetzerSCO6750
279Nick KnightENG6746
280Kevin O'BrienIRE6703
281Darren LehmannAUS6693
282Graham YallopAUS6690
283Jacob OramNZ6682
284Rishabh PantIND6672
284Harry BrookENG6672
285Alex CareyAUS6647
286Umar AkmalPAK6609
287Herbert SutcliffeENG6558
288David MillerSA6553
289Lou VincentNZ6454
290Stuart BroadENG6434
291Glenn TurnerNZ6409
292Vusi SibandaZIM6396
293Matthew WadeAUS6387
294Niroshan DickwellaSL6378
295Fakhar ZamanPAK6354
296Colin CowdreyENG6329
297Rassie van der DussenSA6328
298Keith ArthurtonWI6218
299Asghar StanikzaiAFG6217
300Collins ObuyaKEN6067
301Mike BrearleyENG5959
302Shan MasoodPAK5955
303Jack RussellENG5928
304Matt HorneNZ5899
305Mathew SinclairNZ5886
306Ben DuckettENG5879
307Greg RitchieAUS5842
308Ollie PopeENG5793
309Brian McMillanSA5739
310Murray GoodwinZIM5707
311Alvin KallicharranWI5701
312Zak CrawleyENG5691
313Mohammad ShahzadAFG5681
314Roger TwoseNZ5676
315Chris WoakesENG5670
316Calum MacLeodSCO5661
317Dion EbrahimZIM5656
318John DysonAUS5650
319Yasir HameedPAK5617
320Glenn MaxwellAUS5595
321Nayan MongiaIND5587
322Shreyas IyerIND5571
323Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG5539
324Dawid MalanENG5538
325Ibrahim ZadranAFG5533
326Devon SmithWI5501
327John EmbureyENG5475
328Shahriar NafeesBAN5452
329Sir Jack HobbsENG5449
330Kieran PowellWI5444
331Jason RoyENG5437
332Jermaine BlackwoodWI5414
333Dave HoughtonZIM5376
334Mohammad KaifIND5370
335Alex HalesENG5332
336Assad ValaPNG5307
337William YoungNZ5282
338Vinod KambliIND5266
339Steve TikoloKEN5262
340Soumya SarkarBAN5224
341Kaushal SilvaSL5212
342Abdullah ShafiquePAK5204
343Cameron GreenAUS5181
344Rashid LatifPAK5149
345Ravi BoparaENG5148
346Harry TectorIRE5134
347Gary WilsonIRE5119
348Greg MatthewsAUS5089
349Basil D'OliveiraENG5082
350Harbhajan SinghIND5045
351Syed KirmaniIND5038
352Saqlain MushtaqPAK5037
353Yashpal SharmaIND5019
354Rajin SalehBAN5015
355John CrawleyENG4997
356Mitchell StarcAUS4995
357Ken BarringtonENG4992
358Niall O'BrienIRE4963
359Chamu ChibhabhaZIM4957
360Dinesh KarthikIND4953
361Mitchell SantnerNZ4952
362Regis ChakabvaZIM4923
363Salman AghaPAK4922
364Asif MujtabaPAK4919
365Chandika HathurusinghaSL4891
366Tim RobinsonNZ4872
367Craig WishartZIM4855
368Bev CongdonNZ4847
369Bruce LairdAUS4818
370Tom GraveneyENG4817
371Bob SimpsonAUS4815
372Wasim RajaPAK4814
373Majid KhanPAK4794
374Roy FredericksWI4784
375Stuart WilliamsZIM4769
376Merwe ErasmusNAM4732
377Tom BlundellNZ4721
378John ReidNZ4700
379Tim PaineAUS4689
380Graeme FowlerENG4683
381Alviro PetersenSA4673
382Mitchell JohnsonAUS4618
383Rohan MustafaUAE4595
384Rachin RavindraNZ4592
385Bob TaylorENG4572
386Kumar DharmasenaSL4544
387David RichardsonSA4539
388Lendl SimmonsWI4537
389Yashasvi JaiswalIND4533
390Kemar RoachWI4501
391Max O'DowdNED4499
392Matthew CrossSCO4460
393Rick McCoskerAUS4456
394Kariyawasam AsalankaSL4442
395Peter FultonNZ4435
396Babar HayatHK4410
397Malcolm MarshallWI4409
398Prasanna JayawardeneSL4405
399Bill WoodfullAUS4399
400Peter KirstenSA4392
401Wayne PhillipsAUS4382
402Saud ShakeelPAK4360
403Ed JoyceENG4357
404Nicky BojeSA4309
405Pat CumminsAUS4306
406George BaileyAUS4302
407Tharanga ParanavitanaSL4274
408Maurice LeylandENG4266
409Vernon PhilanderSA4236
410Brett LeeAUS4217
410Darren SammyWI4217
411James FranklinNZ4205
412Mike DennessENG4203
413Junaid SiddiqueBAN4202
414Jason GillespieAUS4195
415Rahmanullah GurbazAFG4190
416George MunseySCO4176
417Brandon KingWI4171
418Irfan PathanIND4161
419Chetan ChauhanIND4160
420Glenn PhillipsNZ4142
421Gary BallanceENG4138
422Haris SohailPAK4112
423Jesse RyderNZ4086
424Rory BurnsENG4084
425Sir Garry SobersWI4077
426Ray IllingworthENG4070
427Wasim JafferIND4068
428Sir Curtly AmbroseWI4065
429Sadagoppan RameshIND4030
430Kieron PollardWI4027
431Rohit PaudelNEP4018
432Kennedy OtienoKEN4013
433Anshuman RathHK4010
434Hardik PandyaIND4005
435James AndersonENG3995
436Samiullah ShenwariAFG3994
437Kiran MoreIND3989
438Shaiman AnwarUAE3988
439Chris RogersAUS3982
440Phillip HughesAUS3974
441Jatinder SinghOMN3956
442Ian SmithNZ3934
443Evin LewisWI3920
444Roy DiasSL3895
445Shimron HetmyerWI3893
445Kamindu MendisSL3893
445Vriitya AravindUAE3893
446Lorcan TuckerIRE3886
446Nizakat KhanHK3886
447Bill AtheyENG3868
448Geraint JonesENG3862
449Thomas OdoyoKEN3859
450Ashish BagaiCAN3857
451Stuart MatsikenyeriZIM3848
451Nasir HossainBAN3848
452Qasim UmarPAK3837
453Keith StackpoleAUS3836
454Gavin RennieZIM3834
455Muhammad WaseemUAE3811
456Adam VogesAUS3779
457Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN3777
458Azhar MahmoodPAK3760
459Najibullah ZadranAFG3730
460Aftab AhmedBAN3726
461Tim SoutheeNZ3704
462Brian LuckhurstENG3702
463Dipak PatelNZ3696
464Rakep PatelKEN3683
465Geoff MillerENG3681
466Nicholas PooranWI3668
467Cameron WhiteAUS3656
468Peter WilleyENG3649
469Gyanendra MallaNEP3647
470Sidath WettimunySL3646
471Tony UraPNG3637
472Fawad AlamPAK3636
473Rangana HerathSL3634
474Chamara KapugederaSL3631
475Wesley BarresiNED3622
476Ashley GilesENG3615
477Morris OumaKEN3609
478Runako MortonWI3584
479Paul StrangZIM3569
480Waqar YounisPAK3551
481Nathan LyonAUS3542
482Shane ThomsonNZ3540
483Mashrafe MortazaBAN3524
484Curtis CampherIRE3519
485Neil FairbrotherENG3502
486Neil JohnsonZIM3496
487Shiv Sunder DasIND3484
488Basit AliPAK3472
489Patsy HendrenENG3470
490Zaheer KhanIND3469
491Upul ChandanaSL3446
492Ranjan MadugalleSL3443
493Imran NazirPAK3440
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