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.
T20IAll-time500 entries
13590Babar AzamPAK378 clear of Paul Stirling
23212Paul StirlingIRE378 off the lead
33056Virat KohliIND534 off the lead
● LEADS
Babar AzamPAK
3590 · 378 ahead of Stirling
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Azam is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2337
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
5 of the top 50 · 23 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Babar AzamPAK3590
2Paul StirlingIRE3212
3Virat KohliIND3056
4Rohit SharmaIND3041
5Jos ButtlerENG2920
6Virandeep Singh Jagjit SinghMAL2765
7Mohammad RizwanPAK2723
8Martin GuptillNZ2602
9Sikandar RazaZIM2391
10Nizakat KhanHK2337
11David WarnerAUS2300
12Didier NdikubwimanaRWA2237
13Syed Aziz Syed MubarakMAL2225
14Muhammad WaseemUAE2217
15Babar HayatHK2214
16Richie BerringtonSCO2210
17Aaron FinchAUS2189
18Quinton de KockSA2176
19Pathum SilvaSL2115
20Shakib Al HasanBAN2105
21Litton DasBAN2103
22Kane WilliamsonNZ2092
23Kusal MendisSL2089
24MahmudullahBAN2082
25Mohammad HafeezPAK2060
26Mohammad NabiAFG2029
27Andy BalbirnieIRE2022
28Suryakumar YadavIND2010
29David MillerSA1988
30Max O'DowdNED1976
31Reeza HendricksSA1938
31Shoaib MalikPAK1938
32Collins ObuyaKEN1933
33Fakhar ZamanPAK1919
34Glenn MaxwellAUS1876
35Rakep PatelKEN1873
36Sami Muhammad SohailMAW1858
37Mohammad ShahzadAFG1847
38Anshuman RathHK1843
39Kevin O'BrienIRE1813
40Eoin MorganENG1805
41Simon SsesaziUGA1789
42Ryan BurlZIM1768
43Kusal PereraSL1759
44George MunseySCO1739
45Merwe ErasmusNAM1715
46Rahmanullah GurbazAFG1703
47Jatinder SinghOMN1700
48Ibrahim ZadranAFG1683
49Sohail AhmedBHR1678
50Nicholas PooranWI1668
51Mark ChapmanHK1647
52Rovman PowellWI1634
53KL RahulIND1628
54Ross TaylorNZ1611
55Ahmed Faiz Mohammad NoorMAL1603
56Glenn PhillipsNZ1602
57Kyle CoetzerSCO1595
58Prashant KurupBHR1585
59Brendon McCullumNZ1571
60Hardik PandyaIND1568
61Mitchell MarshAUS1567
61Tillakaratne DilshanSL1567
63Fiaz AhmedBHR1545
63Dipendra AireeNEP1545
64Bodadura Ravija Sandaruwan de SilvaKUW1536
65Tim SeifertNZ1535
65Tony UraPNG1535
66Jean-Paul DuminySA1532
67Tamim IqbalBAN1524
68Oscar ManishimweRWA1521
69Gary WilsonIRE1516
70Harry TectorIRE1511
71Alex HalesENG1499
72Calum MacLeodSCO1498
73Brian BennettZIM1494
74Kushal BhurtelNEP1492
75Muhammad TanveerQTR1486
76Rohit PaudelNEP1480
76Brandon KingWI1480
77Assad ValaPNG1474
78Meet BhavsarKUW1462
79Alishan SharafuUAE1450
80Aasif SheikhNEP1430
80Devon ConwayNZ1430
81Dawid MalanENG1428
82Riazat Ali ShahUGA1425
83Najibullah ZadranAFG1424
84Hamilton MasakadzaZIM1418
85Sean WilliamsZIM1407
86Irfan KarimKEN1403
87Abdul WaheedSAR1397
88Lorcan TuckerIRE1396
89Shikhar DhawanIND1392
90Marlon SamuelsWI1386
91Chris GayleWI1381
92Umar AkmalPAK1377
93Asghar StanikzaiAFG1371
94Craig ErvineZIM1370
95William PorterfieldIRE1367
96Shai HopeWI1354
97Aiden MarkramSA1332
97Orchide TuyisengeRWA1332
98Daryl MitchellNZ1314
99Sulaimon Iyiola RunseweNIG1313
100Karabo MotlhankaBOT1309
101Mushfiqur RahimBAN1304
102Ishan KishanIND1295
103Matthew CrossSCO1290
104Kendel Kadowaki-FlemingITL1289
105MS DhoniIND1282
105Ahmed ShehzadPAK1282
106Lendl SimmonsWI1264
107Roger Galwanao MukasaUGA1263
108Ahmer NasirBHR1262
108Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN1262
109AB de VilliersSA1237
110Hamid Ali Mazhar ShahDEN1223
111Jonny BairstowENG1215
112Kariyawasam AsalankaSL1210
113Gede Agus PriandanaINS1202
114Craig WilliamsNAM1200
115Soumya SarkarBAN1197
115Imal Malindu Galle LiyanageQTR1197
116Stephan MyburghNED1193
117Hristo LakovBUL1192
118Suresh RainaIND1190
119Wessly MadhevereZIM1186
120Evin LewisWI1183
121Shimron HetmyerWI1182
121Johnson CharlesWI1182
122Angelo MathewsSL1175
123Jonty JennerJER1173
124Tilak VarmaIND1170
125Haider ButtBHR1161
125Kieron PollardWI1161
126Donnex KansonkhoMAW1160
127Kumar SangakkaraSL1156
128Vinoo BalakrishnanBOT1148
129Isaac DanladiNIG1138
130Faf du PlessisSA1137
130Ben CooperNED1137
130Shreyas IyerIND1137
131Navneet DhaliwalCAN1134
132Philip SaltENG1131
133Karanbir SinghAST1128
133Abhik Ramesh PatwaTNZ1128
134Gyanendra MallaNEP1125
135Akshaykumar Palakdhari YadavTHI1124
136Mahela JayawardeneSL1121
137Sahibzada FarhanPAK1114
138Asif AliBHR1113
139Jason RoyENG1106
140Colin MunroNZ1102
141Rassie van der DussenSA1092
141Aqib SulehriOMN1092
142Dwayne BravoWI1091
143Tadiwanashe MarumaniZIM1088
144Ivan Ismail SelemaniTNZ1081
145Sanju SamsonIND1077
146Dharma Kadek KesumaINS1070
147Surendran ChandramohanSIN1067
148Manpreet SinghSIN1062
148Zeeshan AliHK1062
149Louis BruceGIB1058
150Paras KhadkaNEP1056
151Jan FrylinckNAM1053
152Scott EdwardsNED1044
153George DockrellIRE1043
154Ahmad RamdoniINS1042
155Taranjeet SinghROM1041
156Not on recordSAR1037
157Harry BrookENG1032
158Dinesh ChandimalSL1030
159Alex ObandaKEN1029
160Aizaz KhanHK1024
161Abhishek SharmaIND1022
162Md HridoyBAN1021
163Rohan MustafaUAE1018
163Shaiman AnwarUAE1018
164Imran AnwarBHR1016
165Yoosuf Azyan FarhathMLD1012
166Clinton RubagumyaRWA1011
166Rushabhvardhan PatelKEN1011
167Sese BauPNG1008
168Shane WatsonAUS1006
169Sharvin MuniandyMAL998
170Charles AminiPNG997
171Vasu SainiROM996
172Varun Prasath ThamotharamMLT995
173Brendan TaylorZIM994
173Steven TaylorUSA994
173Saim AyubPAK994
174Tanzid TamimBAN992
175Hamza KhanRWA989
175Leslie Adrian DunbarSER989
176I Kadek GamantikaINS976
177Stephan BaardNAM971
177Samiullah ShenwariAFG971
178Mahammad ZalmaiAST969
179Marcus StoinisAUS968
180Hashim AmlaSA967
181Eric DusingizimanaRWA966
182Shahid AfridiGER959
183Finnley AllenNZ954
184Timothy DavidAUS952
185Reginald NehondeBOT951
185Gulbadin NaibAFG951
185Amal Puthenpulrayi RajeevanTNZ951
186Rishabh PantIND950
187Asif KhanUAE944
187Not on recordMLT944
187Ramesh SatheesanROM944
188Afif HossainBAN938
189Vriitya AravindUAE936
189Balaji Avinash PaiGIB936
190Sabawoon DaviziCZR935
191Aqib IqbalAST931
192Gareth DelanyIRE930
192Yasir AliSPN930
192Kassim Nassoro MussaTNZ930
193Razmal ShigiwalAST921
193Johannes SmitNAM921
194Pedro BaronARG918
195Wesley BarresiNED916
196Dinesh Maganiai NakraniUGA915
197Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN905
198Vikram VijhLUX903
199Shaheryar ButtBEL900
200Matthew WadeAUS896
201Usman PatelKUW895
202Andre FletcherWI892
203Joseph Oluwasesan AdedejiNIG890
204Delray RawlinsBER889
205Ahmad Zubaidi ZulkifleMAL884
205Jermaine BakerCIS884
206Gift KansonkhoMAW880
207Hazratullah ZazaiAFG874
208Jean-Pierre KotzeNAM873
209Steven SmithAUS872
209Jamie AtkinsonHK872
209Shiv Karan Singh GillLUX872
210Nalin NipikoVAN868
211Yuvraj SinghIND863
211Moeen AliENG863
212Wilson NiyitangaRWA858
213Curtis CampherIRE857
214Aaftab LimdawalaMAW854
214Mohammed Nawfer Mohammed AslamKUW854
215Travis HeadAUS852
216Matthew William Reeve StokesGUE850
217Mitchell SantnerNZ848
217Kamran AkmalPAK848
218Francisco Damiao CouanaMOZ847
219Mohammad SheikhBAN841
220Marc TaylorBAH838
220Robinson ObuyaUGA838
221Kevin PietersenENG831
222Bas LeedeNED826
223Timothy C BarkerLUX824
224Yasim MurtazaHK819
224Sabbir RahmanBAN819
225Luqman ButtCMB816
226Syed KaleemOMN812
226Padmakar Rajaram SurveINS812
227Josh ButlerGUE811
228Sukhdeep SinghKEN800
229Mohammad NadeemOMN798
229Chaloemwong ChatphaisanTHI798
230Muhammad MuneebBEL794
230Thisara PereraSL794
231Muhammad Anjar TadarusINS790
232John BanguraSIL789
233Gautam GambhirIND783
233Tre MandersBER783
234Tenjin RabgeyBHU781
235Kashyap PrajapatiOMN780
236Ronak Bharatibhai PatelUGA779
237Sabaorish RavichandranITL778
237Junaid MehrBHR778
238Zeeshan KhanMLT777
238Obed Harvey AgbomadzieGHA777
239Austin Vincent LazarusTHI775
240Iftikhar AhmedPAK773
241Graeme SmithSA770
242Michael SwartNED769
243Dhananjaya de SilvaSL768
244Harrison CarlyonJER763
245Not on recordRWA761
246Not on recordNIG760
247James NeeshamNZ756
248Kenneth WaiswaUGA748
249Isaac Ochgwu OkpeNIG745
250Cameron WhiteAUS740
251Salman AghaPAK739
252Kushal MallaNEP736
252Walid GhauriNOR736
253Shivam DubeIND735
253Michael LeaskSCO735
254Usman GhaniAFG733
254Monank PatelUSA733
255Tristan StubbsSA732
255Nitish KumarCAN732
256Kamau LeverockBER731
257Aravind Kumar MohanFIN727
258Lega SiakaPNG725
258Sylvester Ameh OkpeNIG725
258Lansana LaminSIL725
259Sarfaraz AliBHR722
260Alexander DizijaSER716
261Misbah-ul-HaqPAK715
262Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG713
263Saber ZakhilBEL711
263Kinchit ShahHK711
264Waqas BarkatHK710
265Chirag SuriUAE708
266Joe RootENG707
267Heinrich KlaasenSA705
268Karim SadiqAFG702
269Shadab KhanPAK698
270Nikolaas DavinNAM696
271Nicholas GreenwoodJER695
271Alejandro FergusonARG695
272Ishan SilvaBUL690
273Andre RussellWI685
274Lakshit GuptaCMB684
275Niall O'BrienIRE683
276Ranjung DorjiBHU682
277Mohamed RishwanMLD681
278Khawar AliOMN679
279Terryn FrayBER677
279Sherfane RutherfordWI677
279Roston ChaseWI677
279Karim JanatAFG677
280Wanindu HasarangaSL674
281Michael LevittNED673
281Aaron JonesUSA673
282Saqlain ArshadQTR669
283Harsh ThakerCAN668
284Noor Ali ZadranAFG665
285Dhiren GondariaKEN664
286Rahul ChopraUAE661
286Not on recordNAM661
287Peter BorrenNED660
288Zane GreenNAM658
289Faheem NazirSWI657
290Mark AdairIRE656
291Jose BuleleMOZ654
292Sarfraz AhmedPAK653
293Kuruge Darshana AbeyrathnaNOR652
294Nawroz MangalAFG651
295Yeron SeneveratneCIS648
296Alpesh Ravilal RamjaniUGA646
297Lachlan Yamamoto-LakeITL644
297Romario ShepherdWI644
298Clinto Velookkaran AntoKUW643
298Daniel Doyle-CalleSPN643
299Liam LivingstoneENG641
299Saif Ali AhmadDEN641
300Kamran KhanQTR639
301Taranjit Singh BharajDEN638
302Dion MyersZIM637
303Elton ChigumburaZIM635
303Abdul Manan AliSAR635
304Harmanjot SinghGER634
304Jason HolderWI634
304Sharad VesawkarNEP634
305Basil HameedUAE628
306Joshua InglisAUS627
306Shubman GillIND627
307Kamindu MendisSL624
307Nicholas KirtonCAN624
307Roman MazumderCYP624
308David HusseyAUS623
308Muhamad Syahadat RamliMAL623
309Aaron JohnsonCAN618
310Waji Ul HassanSAR616
312Martin AkayezuRWA614
313Nathan Grant CollinsFIN612
313Joshua RasuVAN612
314Jaker AnikBAN611
315Chamu ChibhabhaZIM609
315Rexford BakumGHA609
315Iain DM LatinGIB609
315Umar Adam NasifMLD609
316Muhammad Amir Azim Abdul ShukorMAL608
317Samuel Sanish Mangat StanislausMLT607
318Salman ButtPAK606
319Samson Kwesi Awe AwiahGHA601
320Joost MeesLUX600
320Shantanu KaveriMEX600
321Ravi BoparaENG599
322Valentine MbazoBOT598
323Arun AshokanCZR596
323Mohamed Omary KitundaTNZ596
324Vinoth RavindranHUN595
325Chamara KapugederaSL591
326Adil ButtESW590
326Sachin BhudiaKEN590
327Thinley JamtshoBHU586
327Andrew MansaleVAN586
328Basil GeorgeMLT583
328Sediqullah AtalAFG583
328Shem NgocheKEN583
329Irfan AhmedHK582
330Nelson OdhiamboKEN581
330Tom CooperNED581
331Raymond CokerSIL580
332Pyae Phyo WaiMYM579
332Khizer AhmedNOR579
333Mohammed Hisham ShaikhSAR576
333Gustav MckeonFRA576
334Thomas William NightingaleGUE575
334Kyle MayersWI575
335Axar PatelIND574
336Sam CurranENG573
336Habib KhanEST573
336Bilal Mohammad Tahir Ghulam HussainKUW573
337Imal ZuwakSWE572
338Vijayshankar Bangalore ChikkannaiahGER571
339Pramod RajapaksaSL570
340Pieter SeelaarNED569
341Jan Loftie-EatonNAM568
342Burhan NiazBEL567
342Temba BavumaSA567
343Mark Simpson-ParkerAST566
344Dewald BrevisSA565
345Not on recordRWA564
346Ayaan KhanOMN562
346Tharindu PereraBOT562
346Manish PandeyIND562
347Hiral PatelCAN561
347Rachin RavindraNZ561
348Jacques KallisSA558
349Regis ChakabvaZIM557
350Sudesh WickramasekaraCZR556
350Joao Jorge HouMOZ556
351Luke WrightENG554
352Corey AndersonNZ553
353Ruvindu GunasekeraCAN551
353Denesh RamdinWI551
353Aritra DuttaSIN551
354Venkatraman GanesanGER546
355Tom LathamNZ545
356Gede Darma ArtaINS543
357D'Arcy ShortAUS540
357Andries GousUSA540
358Imran ButtBHR534
359Rizwan CheemaCAN533
360Aarif SheikhNEP532
360Darwish RasooliAFG532
361Akshay Reddy NaidooCIS531
362Tom BantonENG530
362James BarkerLUX530
363Norman VanuaPNG529
363Michael HusseyAUS529
364Mohammed Rizlan IqbarQTR528
365Prakash MishraBUL527
366Ed JoyceENG526
367Mohammad EmonBAN525
367Jean-Miguel Catapang PodoskyPHL525
368Adam McAuleyIOM524
369Sivakumar PeriyalwarROM523
370Jacob BethellENG521
370Ramon SealyCIS521
371Thuya AungMYM520
372Jigme SingyeBHU519
373Mohammad IhsanSPN518
373Alusine TuraySIL518
374Moazzam Ali BaigMAW517
374Not on recordQTR517
375Talha Ahmed KhanGER514
376Christian RobertsFRA511
377Not on recordEST510
378Daniel AjekunNIG508
379Colin AckermannNED507
380Rashid KhanAFG504
380Sorawat DesungnoenTHI504
381Vusi SibandaZIM503
382Alan KirschbaumARG502
382Daniel Christopher SmithPHL502
383Uday HathinjarCMB500
384Isaac DA DamarellGUE499
384Ibrahim TakahashiITL499
384Not on recordGER499
385Neil MugabeKEN497
385Ravinderpal SinghCAN497
385Sarel BurgerNAM497
386Vanraaj Singh PadhaalFIN496
386Aman DesaiSIN496
387Saiteja MukkamallaUSA494
387Morris OumaKEN494
388Ryan RickeltonSA493
388Emmanuel SebaremeRWA493
389Michael John RichardsonGER492
389Steve TikoloKEN492
390Arjun VinodSWI490
391David WieseSA488
392Sanath JayasuriyaSL487
392Ahamed Aqeel WahidMAL487
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