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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
131258Rahul DravidIND1,821 clear of Sachin Tendulkar
229437Sachin TendulkarIND1,821 off the lead
328903Jacques KallisSA2,355 off the lead
● LEADS
Rahul DravidIND
31258 · 1,821 ahead of Tendulkar
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22782
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Rahul DravidIND31258
2Sachin TendulkarIND29437
3Jacques KallisSA28903
4Shiv ChanderpaulWI27395
5Allan BorderAUS27002
6Alastair CookENG26562
7Joe RootENG24783
8Mahela JayawardeneSL22959
9Kumar SangakkaraSL22882
10Ricky PontingAUS22782
11Steve WaughAUS22461
12Geoff BoycottENG21192
13Mike AthertonENG20609
14Steven SmithAUS20194
15Brian LaraWI19753
16Younis KhanPAK19375
17Hashim AmlaSA18573
18Kane WilliamsonNZ18236
19Mark TaylorAUS18140
20David BoonAUS18116
21Graham GoochENG18075
22VVS LaxmanIND17785
23Alec StewartENG17389
24Azhar AliPAK17033
25Angelo MathewsSL16970
26Gary KirstenSA16783
27Virat KohliIND16608
28Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK16345
29David GowerENG16268
30Cheteshwar PujaraIND16217
31AB de VilliersSA16077
32Stephen FlemingNZ15652
33Ian BellENG15622
34Graeme SmithSA15525
35Desmond HaynesWI15488
36Michael ClarkeAUS15456
37Mark WaughAUS15360
38Sunil GavaskarIND15327
39Javed MiandadPAK15164
40Graham ThorpeENG14693
41John WrightNZ14619
42Kraigg BrathwaiteWI14571
43Andrew StraussENG14385
44Mohammad YousufPAK14372
45Matthew HaydenAUS14349
46Nasser HussainENG14272
47Justin LangerAUS14192
48Sourav GangulyIND14070
49Dimuth KarunaratneSL14024
50Mushfiqur RahimBAN13748
51Tom LathamNZ13388
52Kevin PietersenENG13255
53Greg ChappellAUS13079
54Dinesh ChandimalSL12968
55Ross TaylorNZ12957
56Usman KhawajaAUS12714
57Gordon GreenidgeWI12538
58David WarnerAUS12517
59Ramnaresh SarwanWI12484
60Michael HusseyAUS12436
61Ben StokesENG12427
62Sir Richie RichardsonWI12400
63Marvan AtapattuSL12384
64Herschelle GibbsSA12270
65Martin CroweNZ12190
66John EdrichENG12103
67Chris GayleWI11970
68Misbah-ul-HaqPAK11726
69Thilan SamaraweeraSL11641
70Carl HooperWI11462
71Dilip VengsarkarIND11450
72Aravinda de SilvaSL11249
73Dean ElgarSA11190
74Michael VaughanENG11184
75Hashan TillakaratneSL11152
76Mark BoucherSA11005
77Saleem MalikPAK10906
78Sanath JayasuriyaSL10698
79Marcus TrescothickENG10685
80Andy FlowerZIM10636
81Virender SehwagIND10441
82Ajinkya RahaneIND10256
83Jonny BairstowENG10228
84Kim HughesAUS10081
85Grant FlowerZIM10013
86Mark ButcherENG10005
87Brendon McCullumNZ9989
88Michael SlaterAUS9967
89Sir Viv RichardsWI9922
90Mohammad AzharuddinIND9895
91Donald BradmanAUS9800
92Mike GattingENG9764
93Asad ShafiqPAK9588
94Nathan AstleNZ9479
95Daryll CullinanSA9300
96Robin SmithENG9279
97Paul CollingwoodENG9170
98Mominul HaqueBAN9157
99Marnus LabuschagneAUS9071
100Allan LambENG9058
101Ian RedpathAUS9020
102Faf du PlessisSA8986
103Arjuna RanatungaSL8957
104Mudassar NazarPAK8916
105BJ WatlingNZ8894
106Alan KnottENG8870
107Tamim IqbalBAN8852
108Ian ChappellAUS8774
109Ian HealyAUS8760
110Doug WaltersAUS8662
111Murali VijayIND8601
112Damien MartynAUS8569
113Sir Ian BothamENG8565
114Simon KatichAUS8483
115Babar AzamPAK8478
116Ashwell PrinceSA8385
117Tillakaratne DilshanSL8379
118Hansie CronjeSA8320
119Kusal MendisSL8258
120MS DhoniIND8249
121Marlon SamuelsWI8219
122Jonathan TrottENG8128
123Geoff MarshAUS8124
124Gautam GambhirIND8067
125KL RahulIND8065
126Jimmy AdamsWI8017
127Gundappa ViswanathIND8011
128Ravi ShastriIND7942
129Darren BravoWI7886
130Daniel VettoriNZ7787
131Dennis AmissENG7780
132Neil McKenzieSA7744
133Temba BavumaSA7729
134Dhananjaya de SilvaSL7638
135Rohit SharmaIND7538
136Ravindra JadejaIND7516
137Keith FletcherENG7504
138Wally HammondENG7491
139Clive LloydWI7489
140Shakib Al HasanBAN7473
141Bill LawryAUS7451
142Andrew JonesNZ7443
143Dean JonesAUS7427
144Adam ParoreNZ7399
145Mark RichardsonNZ7370
146Ijaz AhmedPAK7323
147Saeed AnwarPAK7265
148Rod MarshAUS7254
149Tony GreigENG7251
150Shaun PollockSA7198
151Sherwin CampbellWI7159
152Navjot SidhuIND7135
153Shane WatsonAUS7094
154Graeme WoodAUS7066
155Chaminda VaasSL7033
156Zaheer AbbasPAK6935
157Graeme HickENG6920
158Alistair CampbellZIM6843
159Adam GilchristAUS6796
160Travis HeadAUS6683
161Matt PriorENG6647
162Taufeeq UmarPAK6626
163Imran NiaziBHR6588
164Herbert SutcliffeENG6558
165Henry NichollsNZ6542
166Mohammad HafeezPAK6520
167Mark RamprakashENG6495
168Anil KumbleIND6455
169Ravichandran AshwinIND6423
170Jeff DujonWI6356
171Colin CowdreyENG6324
172Shoaib MohammadPAK6310
173Andrew FlintoffENG6197
174Greg BlewettAUS6184
175Roshan MahanamaSL6130
176Asanka GurusinhaSL6109
177Kepler WesselsAUS5998
178Roston ChaseWI5985
179Jacques RudolphSA5984
180Moeen AliENG5973
181Denesh RamdinWI5945
182Mohammad AshrafulBAN5940
183Chris CairnsNZ5815
184Ollie PopeENG5793
185Jeremy ConeyNZ5783
186Geoff HowarthNZ5753
187Shai HopeWI5743
188Chris TavaréENG5735
189Ramiz RajaPAK5691
190Craig McMillanNZ5670
191Bruce EdgarNZ5641
192Derek RandallENG5625
193Stuart BroadENG5607
194Jason HolderWI5595
195Brad HaddinAUS5587
196Jonty RhodesSA5567
197Daren GangaWI5556
198Martin GuptillNZ5548
199Kapil DevIND5538
199Larry GomesWI5538
200Aiden MarkramSA5526
201Zak CrawleyENG5475
202Shane WarneAUS5470
203Wavell HindsWI5459
204Litton DasBAN5458
205MahmudullahBAN5456
206Sir Jack HobbsENG5449
207Graham YallopAUS5402
208Shan MasoodPAK5397
209Ridley JacobsWI5391
210Wasim AkramPAK5389
211Jermaine BlackwoodWI5373
211Guy WhittallZIM5373
212Heath StreakZIM5369
213Jos ButtlerENG5365
214Moin KhanPAK5362
215Ken RutherfordNZ5354
216Lahiru ThirimanneSL5294
217Jack RussellENG5290
218Sanjay ManjrekarIND5282
219Bryan YoungNZ5222
220Kaushal SilvaSL5212
221Shaun MarshAUS5165
222Andrew HudsonSA5129
223Mohinder AmarnathIND5119
224Aamer SohailPAK5103
225Devon ConwayNZ5078
226Basil D'OliveiraENG5039
227Habibul BasharBAN5020
228Hamilton MasakadzaZIM5009
229Ken BarringtonENG4992
230Imran FarhatPAK4970
231Mark GreatbatchNZ4946
232Rishabh PantIND4902
233Mohsin KhanHK4862
234Mike BrearleyENG4839
235Tom GraveneyENG4817
236John EmbureyENG4811
237Shubman GillIND4779
238Bob SimpsonAUS4762
239Abdul RazzaqPAK4741
240Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN4694
241Mehidy HasanBAN4679
242Jeff CroweNZ4659
243Quinton de KockSA4652
244Mohammad RizwanPAK4615
245Sir Richard HadleeNZ4611
246Brian McMillanSA4592
247John CrawleyENG4589
248Jean-Paul DuminySA4544
249Daryl MitchellNZ4540
250Dwayne BravoWI4527
251Javed OmarBAN4509
252Syed KirmaniIND4422
253Bill WoodfullAUS4399
254Chris BroadENG4387
255Matt HorneNZ4384
256Bev CongdonNZ4375
257Alvin KallicharranWI4372
258Greg RitchieAUS4363
259Prasanna JayawardeneSL4361
260Roy FredericksWI4344
261Stuart CarlisleZIM4332
262Tom BlundellNZ4320
262Sarfraz AhmedPAK4320
263Brendan TaylorZIM4300
264Niroshan DickwellaSL4295
265Tharanga ParanavitanaSL4274
266Maurice LeylandENG4266
267Bob TaylorENG4260
268Abdullah ShafiquePAK4207
269Kamran AkmalPAK4196
270Harry BrookENG4182
271Greg MatthewsAUS4178
272Manoj PrabhakarIND4156
273Shoaib MalikPAK4155
274Kieran PowellWI4152
275Khaled MashudBAN4136
276Boeta DippenaarSA4128
277Mitchell StarcAUS4105
278John DysonAUS4097
279Russel ArnoldSL4084
279Rory BurnsENG4084
280Sir Garry SobersWI4071
281Glenn TurnerNZ4061
282Ray IllingworthENG4052
283Wasim JafferIND4045
284Alviro PetersenSA4044
285Salman ButtPAK4002
286Vernon PhilanderSA3995
287Chris RogersAUS3982
287Gus LogieWI3982
288Craig ErvineZIM3930
289Kemar RoachWI3905
290Ben DuckettENG3902
291Yashasvi JaiswalIND3896
292Saud ShakeelPAK3882
293Chetan ChauhanIND3859
294Tim RobinsonNZ3846
295Chris WoakesENG3843
296Devon SmithWI3834
297Rick McCoskerAUS3833
298Imam-ul-HaqPAK3827
299Cameron GreenAUS3826
300Jason GillespieAUS3810
301Mathew SinclairNZ3795
302Mike DennessENG3786
303Nayan MongiaIND3742
303Majid KhanPAK3742
303Imrul KayesBAN3742
304Tatenda TaibuZIM3732
305Bruce LairdAUS3713
306Alex CareyAUS3706
307Mitchell MarshAUS3700
308Wasim RajaPAK3646
309Brian LuckhurstENG3633
310Yashpal SharmaIND3618
311John ReidNZ3616
312Saqlain MushtaqPAK3603
313Chandika HathurusinghaSL3573
314Mitchell JohnsonAUS3536
315Jacob OramNZ3533
316Gary BallanceENG3470
316Patsy HendrenENG3470
317Pat CumminsAUS3464
318Shikhar DhawanIND3458
319Nathan LyonAUS3455
320Keith StackpoleAUS3449
321Harbhajan SinghIND3432
321James AndersonENG3432
322Geoff MillerENG3416
323Shiv Sunder DasIND3407
324Rangana HerathSL3405
325Keith ArthurtonWI3396
326Wayne PhillipsAUS3388
327Graeme FowlerENG3362
328Tim PaineAUS3355
329Shane DowrichWI3341
330Yuvraj SinghIND3277
331Asif MujtabaPAK3248
332David RichardsonSA3241
333Dave HoughtonZIM3221
334Stan McCabeAUS3217
335Upul TharangaSL3212
336Romesh KaluwitharanaSL3203
336Matthew WadeAUS3203
337Lance KlusenerSA3187
338Rajin SalehBAN3182
339Kiran MoreIND3181
340Malcolm MarshallWI3163
341Trevor FranklinNZ3131
342Bill PonsfordAUS3118
343Dion EbrahimZIM3116
344Sir Leonard HuttonENG3107
345Scott StyrisNZ3089
346Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3080
347Joshua SilvaWI3073
348Ashley GilesENG3064
349Murray GoodwinZIM3053
350Dominic SibleyENG3045
351Shadman IslamBAN3036
352John ParkerNZ3031
353Sean WilliamsZIM3020
354Wriddhiman SahaIND2973
355Sadagoppan RameshIND2938
356Rohan KanhaiWI2914
357Rashid LatifPAK2912
358Darren LehmannAUS2909
359Gavin RennieZIM2906
360Asif IqbalPAK2903
361Ian SmithNZ2873
362Phillip HughesAUS2866
362Lawrence RoweWI2866
363Dipak PatelNZ2828
364Lou VincentNZ2827
365Dale SteynSA2825
366John CampbellWI2807
367Mushtaq MohammadPAK2802
368Peter WilleyENG2794
369Mayank AgarwalIND2782
370Dilruwan PereraSL2779
371Denis ComptonENG2745
372Brett LeeAUS2739
373Kris SrikkanthIND2737
374Bob WoolmerENG2734
375Bill BrownAUS2717
376Nicky BojeSA2715
376Tim SoutheeNZ2715
377Qasim UmarPAK2712
378Rachin RavindraNZ2707
379Paul DowntonENG2676
380Jeet RavalNZ2670
381Charles KellewayAUS2669
382Adam VogesAUS2667
383Kumar DharmasenaSL2665
384Matthew ElliottAUS2637
385Ted DexterENG2623
386Dawid MalanENG2622
387Regis ChakabvaZIM2615
388William YoungNZ2594
389Graham RoopeENG2591
390Yasir HameedPAK2588
391Daniel FlynnNZ2580
392Bob WillisENG2574
393Ishant SharmaIND2568
394Sadiq MohammadPAK2567
395Joe BurnsAUS2557
396Sikandar RazaZIM2555
397Brendan NashWI2548
398Faisal IqbalPAK2545
399Paul SheahanAUS2534
400Andy CaddickENG2506
401John BracewellNZ2503
402Salman AghaPAK2494
403Bert OldfieldAUS2492
404Trevor GripperZIM2473
405Peter SiddleAUS2468
406Kamindu MendisSL2463
407Peter FultonNZ2462
408Derek UnderwoodENG2456
409Abid AliPAK2445
410Derek PringleENG2439
411Craig WhiteENG2437
412Marcus NorthAUS2432
413Ed CowanAUS2425
414Ajit WadekarIND2423
415Chris LewisENG2421
415Michael VandortSL2421
416Craig WishartZIM2419
417Ben FoakesENG2411
418Mark BurgessNZ2384
419Zaheer KhanIND2381
420Bill AtheyENG2373
421Fred TitmusENG2370
422Stuart WilliamsZIM2367
423Andrew HilditchAUS2359
423Tim McIntoshNZ2359
424Mahmudul JoyBAN2348
425Nkrumah BonnerWI2342
426Junaid SiddiqueBAN2341
426Taijul IslamBAN2341
427Dennis LilleeAUS2331
428Mitchell SantnerNZ2315
429Pathum SilvaSL2311
430Peter BurgeAUS2308
431Chris HarrisNZ2305
432Deryck MurrayWI2300
433Jesse RyderNZ2299
434Lindsay HassettAUS2298
435Bob CowperAUS2284
436Phil EdmondsENG2283
437Shahriar NafeesBAN2268
438Warwick ArmstrongAUS2257
439Andrew SymondsAUS2256
440Wiaan MulderSA2248
441Abdul QadirPAK2247
442Kyle VerreynneSA2242
443Basil ButcherWI2240
444Peter HandscombAUS2234
445Merv HughesAUS2233
446Blair PocockNZ2231
447Keshav MaharajSA2229
448Oshada FernandoSL2224
449Rassie van der DussenSA2221
450Craig SpearmanNZ2212
451David HookesAUS2202
452Jack FingletonAUS2177
453Fawad AlamPAK2170
454Geraint JonesENG2165
454Chris OldENG2165
455James FranklinNZ2163
456Rahmat ShahAFG2160
457Nick ComptonENG2150
458Les AmesENG2139
459Kagiso RabadaSA2125
460Shane ThomsonNZ2113
461Douglas JardineENG2110
461Jamie SmithENG2110
462Waqar YounisPAK2106
463Sandeep PatilIND2103
464Dion NashNZ2102
465Dominic CorkENG2092
466Matthew HoggardENG2090
467Courtney WalshWI2088
468Joe DenlyENG2086
469Peter KirstenSA2084
470Dinesh KarthikIND2080
471Irfan PathanIND2076
472Roger TwoseNZ2073
473Adrian GriffithWI2060
474Adam BacherSA2058
475Brian BoothAUS2056
476Kirk EdwardsWI2052
477Paul ReiffelAUS2042
478Jack RyderAUS2037
478Javagal SrinathIND2037
479Bob WyattENG2036
480Matt RenshawAUS2030
481Tagenarine ChanderpaulWI2013
482Sidath WettimunySL2010
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