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.
ODIAll-time500 entries
121368Sachin TendulkarIND3,320 clear of Kumar Sangakkara
218048Kumar SangakkaraSL3,320 off the lead
317046Ricky PontingAUS4,322 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
21368 · 3,320 ahead of Sangakkara
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tendulkar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
14725
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND21368
2Kumar SangakkaraSL18048
3Ricky PontingAUS17046
4Mahela JayawardeneSL16020
5Virat KohliIND16011
6Jacques KallisSA15885
7Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK15812
8Sourav GangulyIND15416
9Rahul DravidIND15285
10Sanath JayasuriyaSL14725
11Desmond HaynesWI13707
12Brian LaraWI13086
13Mohammad YousufPAK12942
14Rohit SharmaIND12855
15Mohammad AzharuddinIND12669
16Marvan AtapattuSL12594
17Shiv ChanderpaulWI12408
18MS DhoniIND12303
19Chris GayleWI12050
20Tillakaratne DilshanSL11933
21Aravinda de SilvaSL11443
22Stephen FlemingNZ11242
23Mark WaughAUS11053
24Javed MiandadPAK11014
25Saeed AnwarPAK10938
26Tamim IqbalBAN10642
27Ross TaylorNZ10330
28Michael ClarkeAUS10104
29Steve WaughAUS9971
30Yuvraj SinghIND9924
31Adam GilchristAUS9922
32Sir Richie RichardsonWI9801
33Mushfiqur RahimBAN9780
34Nathan AstleNZ9760
35Grant FlowerZIM9723
36Herschelle GibbsSA9721
37Younis KhanPAK9628
38Arjuna RanatungaSL9571
39AB de VilliersSA9473
40Gary KirstenSA9436
41Saleem MalikPAK9383
42Michael BevanAUS9320
43Ramiz RajaPAK9226
44Shoaib MalikPAK9181
45Hashim AmlaSA9178
46David BoonAUS9157
47Shakib Al HasanBAN9138
48Allan BorderAUS9134
49Upul TharangaSL9122
50Andy FlowerZIM9097
51Brendan TaylorZIM9026
52Joe RootENG8969
53Kane WilliamsonNZ8893
54Graeme SmithSA8648
55Eoin MorganENG8640
56Mohammad HafeezPAK8599
57Roshan MahanamaSL8521
58Martin GuptillNZ8415
59Dean JonesAUS8362
60Ijaz AhmedPAK8174
61Shai HopeWI8105
62Virender SehwagIND7929
63Gordon GreenidgeWI7908
64Alistair CampbellZIM7834
65Geoff MarshAUS7790
66Matthew HaydenAUS7767
67Hamilton MasakadzaZIM7751
68Ajay JadejaIND7678
69Ramnaresh SarwanWI7663
70Marlon SamuelsWI7547
71Carl HooperWI7517
72Sir Viv RichardsWI7451
73Shikhar DhawanIND7436
74Babar AzamPAK7395
75Jonty RhodesSA7336
76Quinton de KockSA7327
76MahmudullahBAN7327
77Aamer SohailPAK7297
78Hansie CronjeSA7277
79William PorterfieldIRE7207
80Paul StirlingIRE7161
81David WarnerAUS7127
82Angelo MathewsSL7069
83Ian BellENG7019
84Misbah-ul-HaqPAK6945
85Graham GoochENG6932
86Shahid AfridiGER6892
87Damien MartynAUS6877
88Alec StewartENG6841
89John WrightNZ6804
90Steven SmithAUS6669
91Paul CollingwoodENG6629
92Hashan TillakaratneSL6588
93Chris HarrisNZ6583
94Martin CroweNZ6476
95Asanka GurusinhaSL6409
96Shane WatsonAUS6365
97Navjot SidhuIND6329
98Brendon McCullumNZ6312
99Abdul RazzaqPAK6252
100Michael HusseyAUS6243
101Faf du PlessisSA6215
102Craig McMillanNZ6198
103Aaron FinchAUS6162
104Gautam GambhirIND6144
105Kepler WesselsAUS6088
106Jean-Paul DuminySA6052
107Suresh RainaIND6005
108Sean WilliamsZIM6000
109Mark TaylorAUS5908
110Chris CairnsNZ5874
111Rahmat ShahAFG5745
111Kusal MendisSL5745
112Kris SrikkanthIND5702
113Scott StyrisNZ5645
114Sikandar RazaZIM5613
115Mark BoucherSA5528
116Andrew SymondsAUS5504
117Daryll CullinanSA5492
118Tom LathamNZ5456
119Russel ArnoldSL5443
120Elton ChigumburaZIM5423
121Phil SimmonsWI5407
122Allan LambENG5308
123Andrew StraussENG5281
124Graeme HickENG5191
125Dilip VengsarkarIND5179
126Kyle CoetzerSCO5155
127Mudassar NazarPAK5130
128Kevin PietersenENG5128
129Dinesh ChandimalSL5114
130Imran NiaziBHR5105
131Marcus TrescothickENG5095
132Ravi ShastriIND5089
133Nick KnightENG5085
134Boeta DippenaarSA5047
135Craig ErvineZIM5041
136Tatenda TaibuZIM5020
137Sunil GavaskarIND4966
138Mohammad AshrafulBAN4947
139Jos ButtlerENG4914
140Ken RutherfordNZ4888
141Adam ParoreNZ4867
142Andrew JonesNZ4811
143Romesh KaluwitharanaSL4776
144Steve TikoloKEN4770
145Vusi SibandaZIM4716
146Mohammad NabiAFG4705
147Andy BalbirnieIRE4668
148Richie BerringtonSCO4619
149David MillerSA4565
150Darren BravoWI4434
151Kevin O'BrienIRE4423
152Lahiru ThirimanneSL4419
153Wavell HindsWI4393
154Stuart CarlisleZIM4325
155Niall O'BrienIRE4225
156David GowerENG4218
157Wasim AkramPAK4208
158Calum MacLeodSCO4163
159Alastair CookENG4154
160Collins ObuyaKEN4134
161Fakhar ZamanPAK4076
162Asghar StanikzaiAFG4075
163Shaun PollockSA4059
164Moin KhanPAK4017
165Jason RoyENG4013
166Guy WhittallZIM4011
167Heath StreakZIM4008
168Kapil DevIND3979
169Lance KlusenerSA3977
170Andrew HudsonSA3960
171Kennedy OtienoKEN3934
172Chamu ChibhabhaZIM3898
173Kamran AkmalPAK3855
174Sherwin CampbellWI3853
175Assad ValaPNG3833
176Mohammad KaifIND3822
177Andrew FlintoffENG3821
178KL RahulIND3813
179Gus LogieWI3801
180Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG3784
180Darren LehmannAUS3784
181Imam-ul-HaqPAK3778
182Ajinkya RahaneIND3767
183Jonny BairstowENG3734
184Ed JoyceENG3729
185Graeme WoodAUS3725
186Umar AkmalPAK3712
187Brad HaddinAUS3706
188Thomas OdoyoKEN3705
189Mohammad ShahzadAFG3701
190Bruce EdgarNZ3685
191Jonathan TrottENG3658
192George BaileyAUS3645
193Ben StokesENG3619
194Ahmed ShehzadPAK3614
194Jimmy AdamsWI3614
195Dwayne BravoWI3606
196Roger TwoseNZ3603
197Habibul BasharBAN3586
198Rohan MustafaUAE3577
199Salman ButtPAK3572
200Mohammad RizwanPAK3519
201Mitchell MarshAUS3503
202Gary WilsonIRE3489
203Nasser HussainENG3481
204Robin SmithENG3473
205Ravi BoparaENG3462
206Kusal PereraSL3460
207Lou VincentNZ3453
208Vinod KambliIND3443
209Imrul KayesBAN3423
210Ashish BagaiCAN3422
211Shubman GillIND3418
212Shaun MarshAUS3406
213Ravindra JadejaIND3396
214Mohsin KhanHK3373
215Graham ThorpeENG3344
216Pathum SilvaSL3336
217Mohinder AmarnathIND3334
218Khaled MashudBAN3315
219VVS LaxmanIND3282
220Matthew CrossSCO3170
221Shahriar NafeesBAN3167
222Glenn MaxwellAUS3149
223Shreyas IyerIND3147
224Robin SinghIND3144
225Morris OumaKEN3115
226Sanjay ManjrekarIND3101
227Mark GreatbatchNZ3099
228Manoj PrabhakarIND3083
229Litton DasBAN3080
230Greg ChappellAUS3079
231Travis HeadAUS3072
231Stuart MatsikenyeriZIM3072
232Kariyawasam AsalankaSL3061
233Mike AthertonENG3054
234Zaheer AbbasPAK3033
235Yasir HameedPAK3029
236Samiullah ShenwariAFG3023
237Merwe ErasmusNAM3017
238Rassie van der DussenSA3015
239Daryl MitchellNZ2975
240Shaiman AnwarUAE2970
241Mike GattingENG2968
242Vriitya AravindUAE2957
243Henry NichollsNZ2926
244Kim HughesAUS2919
245Neil FairbrotherENG2903
246Michael VaughanENG2898
247Jeremy ConeyNZ2885
248Jeff DujonWI2881
249Kieron PollardWI2866
250Keith ArthurtonWI2822
251Jacob OramNZ2810
252Chaminda VaasSL2796
253Aiden MarkramSA2749
254Denesh RamdinWI2738
255Evin LewisWI2737
256Bryan YoungNZ2733
257Daniel VettoriNZ2715
258Wesley BarresiNED2706
259Alex CareyAUS2698
260Lendl SimmonsWI2680
261Sir Ian BothamENG2671
262Ridley JacobsWI2662
263Murray GoodwinZIM2654
264Sarfraz AhmedPAK2634
265Ibrahim ZadranAFG2616
266Cameron WhiteAUS2586
267Soumya SarkarBAN2585
268Larry GomesWI2578
269Harry TectorIRE2560
270Dion EbrahimZIM2540
271Rohit PaudelNEP2538
272Javed OmarBAN2528
273Alex HalesENG2526
274Max O'DowdNED2523
275Gyanendra MallaNEP2522
276Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN2515
277Shoaib MohammadPAK2492
278Imran FarhatPAK2489
278Jason HolderWI2489
279Temba BavumaSA2484
280Azhar AliPAK2478
281Dhananjaya de SilvaSL2469
282Jeff CroweNZ2456
283Chris BroadENG2447
284George MunseySCO2437
285Craig WishartZIM2436
286Clive LloydWI2434
287Neil McKenzieSA2432
288Grant ElliottNZ2416
289Prosper UtseyaZIM2410
290Aaron JonesUSA2406
291Keacy CartyWI2405
292Mehidy HasanBAN2403
293Stuart WilliamsZIM2402
294Moeen AliENG2399
295Dinesh KarthikIND2392
296Avishka GunawardeneSL2389
296Neil JohnsonZIM2389
297Sese BauPNG2370
298Noor Ali ZadranAFG2363
299Ryan ten DoeschateNED2356
300Aftab AhmedBAN2353
301William YoungNZ2350
302Glenn TurnerNZ2348
303Alex ObandaKEN2345
304Imran NazirPAK2339
305Owais ShahENG2331
306Gavin HamiltonENG2330
307Sir Richard HadleeNZ2319
307Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN2319
308Rahmanullah GurbazAFG2316
309Roy DiasSL2315
310Peter KirstenSA2308
311Najibullah ZadranAFG2306
312Geoff HowarthNZ2301
313Ravi ShahKEN2298
314Runako MortonWI2289
315Matthew WadeAUS2288
316Bas ZuiderentNED2269
317Jatinder SinghOMN2256
318Chamara KapugederaSL2254
318Chamara SilvaSL2254
319Marnus LabuschagneAUS2239
320Rashid LatifPAK2237
321Upul ChandanaSL2229
322Monank PatelUSA2223
323Saleem ElahiPAK2214
324Babar HayatHK2196
325Anshuman RathHK2167
326Ricardo PowellWI2157
327Dave HoughtonZIM2155
328Eric SzwarczynskiNED2153
329Nawroz MangalAFG2143
329Ambati RayuduIND2143
330David ObuyaKEN2135
331Preston MommsenSCO2134
331Craig WilliamsNAM2134
332Raqibul HasanBAN2133
333Ian HealyAUS2104
334Tony UraPNG2102
335Mathew SinclairNZ2086
335Thisara PereraSL2086
336Peter BorrenNED2081
337Mashrafe MortazaBAN2041
338Duleep MendisSL2034
339Aarif SheikhNEP2028
340Charles AminiPNG2021
340Khurram KhanUAE2021
341Geoff BoycottENG2020
342Maurice OdumbeKEN2014
343Scott EdwardsNED2008
344Aasif SheikhNEP2005
345Nicholas PooranWI2000
346Hamish MarshallNZ1990
347Azhar MahmoodPAK1988
348Tom CooperNED1985
349David HusseyAUS1980
350Asad ShafiqPAK1979
351Brendon KuruppuSL1978
352Chirag SuriUAE1973
353Haris SohailPAK1972
354Irfan PathanIND1941
355Fraser WattsSCO1931
356Simon KatichAUS1926
356Devon ConwayNZ1926
357Hitesh ModiKEN1906
358Nasir JamshedPAK1881
358Md HridoyBAN1881
359Kumar DharmasenaSL1879
360Darren SammyWI1870
361George DockrellIRE1863
362Alexei KervezeeNED1862
363Neil McCallumSCO1859
364Usman KhawajaAUS1848
364Steven TaylorUSA1848
365Nayan MongiaIND1845
366Gulbadin NaibAFG1843
366Brandon KingWI1843
368Aqib SulehriOMN1838
369Peter FultonNZ1833
369Rajin SalehBAN1833
370Heinrich KlaasenSA1829
371Dipendra AireeNEP1820
372Justin KempSA1819
373Alok KapaliBAN1817
373Jimmy KamandeKEN1817
374Rakep PatelKEN1810
375Anamul HaqueBAN1808
376Johnson CharlesWI1803
377Avishka FernandoSL1796
378Mitchell SantnerNZ1789
379Lega SiakaPNG1775
380Junaid SiddiqueBAN1753
381Regis ChakabvaZIM1751
382Tanmay MishraKEN1748
383Tom MoodyAUS1747
384Sarel BurgerNAM1731
385Jacques RudolphSA1725
386Akram KhanBAN1721
386Dinesh MongiaIND1721
387Niroshan DickwellaSL1717
387Hardik PandyaIND1717
388Chris WoakesENG1710
389Stephan BaardNAM1704
390Derek RandallENG1702
391Salman AghaPAK1689
392Dwayne SmithWI1683
393Asif MujtabaPAK1671
394Matt PriorENG1670
395Basit AliPAK1669
396Mohammad RafiqueBAN1663
397Bas LeedeNED1660
398Dimuth KarunaratneSL1654
399James FranklinNZ1651
399Paul StrangZIM1651
400Stuart LawAUS1643
401Malcolm WallerZIM1641
402Chundangapoyil RizwanUAE1638
403Sidath WettimunySL1636
404Michael SlaterAUS1634
405Ben DuckettENG1633
406Nuwan KulasekaraSL1629
407Sadeera SamarawickramaSL1607
408Nasir HossainBAN1605
409Paras KhadkaNEP1603
410Mohammad NadeemOMN1599
411Muhammad WaseemUAE1594
411Nicky BojeSA1594
412Marcus StoinisAUS1591
413Ranjan MadugalleSL1574
413Ajit AgarkarIND1574
414Shimron HetmyerWI1573
415Jamie HowNZ1572
416Ravi RatnayekeSL1571
417Curtis CampherIRE1568
419John DysonAUS1553
420Johannes SmitNAM1551
421Chad SoperPNG1550
422Nizakat KhanHK1549
423Kushal BhurtelNEP1542
424Roston ChaseWI1537
425Anil KumbleIND1536
426Simon O'DonnellAUS1534
427Harbhajan SinghIND1526
428Andrew WhiteIRE1516
429Matt HorneNZ1515
430Devon SmithWI1506
431Vikram SolankiENG1504
432Ryan WatsonSCO1503
433Ashwell PrinceSA1502
434James NeeshamNZ1496
434Khawar AliOMN1496
435Bill AtheyENG1495
436Rod MarshAUS1489
437Dawid MalanENG1488
438Greg RitchieAUS1479
439Naeem IslamBAN1473
440Chris TavaréENG1471
441Vikramjit SinghNED1466
442Khaled MahmudBAN1461
442Sabbir RahmanBAN1461
443Harry BrookENG1458
444Daan van BungeNED1447
445Waqar YounisPAK1445
446Saqlain MushtaqPAK1434
448Jesse RyderNZ1429
449Kiplin DorigaPNG1428
450Shane ThomsonNZ1427
451Ayaan KhanOMN1423
452Amjad AliUAE1417
453James HopesAUS1415
453Kashyap PrajapatiOMN1415
454Daren GangaWI1414
455Shane WarneAUS1413
456Rameez ShahzadUAE1412
457Zane GreenNAM1407
457Brett LeeAUS1407
458Aminul IslamBAN1403
459Yashpal SharmaIND1401
460Sharad VesawkarNEP1396
461Rashid KhanAFG1393
462David HempBER1385
463John MooneyIRE1380
464Kedar JadhavIND1367
465Irfan KarimKEN1358
466Sunil DhaniramCAN1357
467Javed AhmadiAFG1347
468Mark ChapmanHK1343
469Irving RomaineBER1339
470Alvin KallicharranWI1329
471Sushant ModaniUSA1328
472Rachin RavindraNZ1324
473Graeme FowlerENG1321
474Ruwan KalpageSL1320
475Steve SmithAUS1319
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