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
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Allan BorderAUS
11 separate entries on this list · 272 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3025
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
16 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Rahul DravidIND31258
2Sachin TendulkarIND29437
3Jacques KallisSA28903
4Shiv ChanderpaulWI27395
5Allan BorderAUS27002
6Rahul DravidIND3237
7Dennis AmissENG3126
8Alastair CookENG3123
9Mike AthertonENG3098
10David BoonAUS3025
11Joe RootENG3004
12Alastair CookENG2981
13Babar AzamPAK2903
14Mohammad YousufPAK2854
15Mike AthertonENG2829
16Mark RamprakashENG2821
17Sachin TendulkarIND2794
18Usman KhawajaAUS2792
19Allan BorderAUS2778
20Mark TaylorAUS2766
21Nasser HussainENG2737
22Mike AthertonENG2714
23Geoff BoycottENG2713
24Justin LangerAUS2697
25Jonathan TrottENG2680
26Shiv ChanderpaulWI2668
27Rahul DravidIND2664
28Kim HughesAUS2641
29Geoff BoycottENG2626
30Kumar SangakkaraSL2608
31Damien MartynAUS2603
32Alec StewartENG2599
33Jacques KallisSA2596
34Rahul DravidIND2591
35Chris TavaréENG2575
36Steven SmithAUS2573
37Azhar AliPAK2569
37Paul CollingwoodENG2569
39Sachin TendulkarIND2568
40Rahul DravidIND2559
41Matthew HaydenAUS2550
42Geoff MarshAUS2548
43Jacques KallisSA2540
44Jonny BairstowENG2525
45Ricky PontingAUS2518
46Graeme SmithSA2516
47Mark TaylorAUS2509
48Ricky PontingAUS2494
49Cheteshwar PujaraIND2484
50Mark TaylorAUS2475
51Joe RootENG2455
52Alastair CookENG2447
53Virat KohliIND2433
53Sunil GavaskarIND2433
53Joe RootENG2433
56Michael VaughanENG2422
57Michael ClarkeAUS2418
58Neil McKenzieSA2391
59Dilip VengsarkarIND2390
60Herschelle GibbsSA2379
61David GowerENG2375
62Steven SmithAUS2374
63Ian BellENG2358
64Jimmy AdamsWI2354
64Hashim AmlaSA2354
64Mike AthertonENG2354
67Alastair CookENG2350
68Jacques KallisSA2328
69Rahul DravidIND2321
70Allan BorderAUS2320
71Jacques KallisSA2319
72Gary KirstenSA2318
73Angelo MathewsSL2311
74Allan BorderAUS2310
75Dimuth KarunaratneSL2304
76Imam-ul-HaqPAK2303
77Jonathan TrottENG2301
78Allan BorderAUS2296
79Kumar SangakkaraSL2295
80Alastair CookENG2290
81Mahela JayawardeneSL2288
82Michael ClarkeAUS2279
83Graham GoochENG2267
84Greg BlewettAUS2262
85Dinesh ChandimalSL2235
86Gautam GambhirIND2234
87Andrew StraussENG2232
88Rahul DravidIND2226
89Jacques KallisSA2218
89Dean ElgarSA2218
91David BoonAUS2217
92Nasser HussainENG2197
93Ricky PontingAUS2193
94Shiv Sunder DasIND2188
95Simon KatichAUS2182
96David BoonAUS2178
97Cheteshwar PujaraIND2176
98Joe RootENG2174
99VVS LaxmanIND2170
100Brian LaraWI2166
101Andrew StraussENG2165
102Desmond HaynesWI2157
102Tom McKibbinAUS2157
104Alastair CookENG2153
105Mohammad YousufPAK2149
106Jacques KallisSA2146
107Allan BorderAUS2144
108Andy FlowerZIM2143
109VVS LaxmanIND2136
110Yashasvi JaiswalIND2131
111Brian LaraWI2129
112Joe RootENG2121
113Mark TaylorAUS2119
114Shiv ChanderpaulWI2117
115Steve WaughAUS2115
115Thilan SamaraweeraSL2115
117Steven SmithAUS2107
118Kumar SangakkaraSL2104
119Usman KhawajaAUS2101
120Jacques RudolphSA2100
121Marcus TrescothickENG2099
122Steve WaughAUS2098
122Shiv ChanderpaulWI2098
124Mark ButcherENG2095
125Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK2086
126Jimmy AdamsWI2085
127Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK2082
128Steve WaughAUS2077
129Aravinda de SilvaSL2075
129Neil McKenzieSA2075
131Cheteshwar PujaraIND2054
131Gundappa ViswanathIND2054
133Ian ChappellAUS2051
134Keith FletcherENG2047
135Michael SlaterAUS2040
136Allan BorderAUS2039
137Rahul DravidIND2038
138Tony GreigENG2032
139Gordon GreenidgeWI2031
140Abdullah ShafiquePAK2018
141Brian LuckhurstENG2012
142Virat KohliIND2011
143Kim HughesAUS2010
144Moeen AliENG2004
145Marnus LabuschagneAUS1991
146Alastair CookENG1984
147Steven SmithAUS1981
148Kumar SangakkaraSL1979
149Younis KhanPAK1977
150Mahela JayawardeneSL1973
151John EdrichENG1969
151Sachin TendulkarIND1969
153Steve WaughAUS1964
154Graham GoochENG1963
155Darren BravoWI1961
156Michael VaughanENG1960
157Kane WilliamsonNZ1955
158Sanath JayasuriyaSL1947
159Marvan AtapattuSL1946
160David GowerENG1943
160Graham ThorpeENG1943
162Michael ClarkeAUS1938
163Keith FletcherENG1930
164Sachin TendulkarIND1928
165Dean JonesAUS1927
166Javed MiandadPAK1926
167Sir Richie RichardsonWI1918
168Geoff BoycottENG1915
169Steven SmithAUS1913
170David BoonAUS1911
171Alastair CookENG1907
172David BoonAUS1906
172Michael HusseyAUS1906
174Allan BorderAUS1903
175Murali VijayIND1900
176John EdrichENG1896
177Martin CroweNZ1895
178Shoaib MohammadPAK1891
179Greg RitchieAUS1888
180AB de VilliersSA1884
181Rory BurnsENG1882
182Rohit SharmaIND1880
183Desmond HaynesWI1878
184Taufeeq UmarPAK1876
185Kusal MendisSL1872
186Kane WilliamsonNZ1861
187John DysonAUS1856
188Allan LambENG1852
189Marnus LabuschagneAUS1851
190Mike AthertonENG1846
191Joe RootENG1837
192Alastair CookENG1835
192Greg BlewettAUS1835
194Herschelle GibbsSA1834
195Alastair CookENG1831
196Greg ChappellAUS1830
197Azhar AliPAK1829
198Gary KirstenSA1825
199Larry GomesWI1823
200Geoff BoycottENG1820
201Mohsin KhanHK1807
202Hashim AmlaSA1806
203David BoonAUS1788
204Sir Viv RichardsWI1787
205Kraigg BrathwaiteWI1786
206David GowerENG1785
207Joe RootENG1782
208Litton DasBAN1779
209Mahela JayawardeneSL1777
210Sourav GangulyIND1767
211Mark TaylorAUS1765
212Alec StewartENG1756
213Graham ThorpeENG1754
214Sir Ian BothamENG1747
215Graeme HickENG1744
216Robin SmithENG1743
217Adam VogesAUS1742
218Ken BarringtonENG1740
219Kane WilliamsonNZ1731
220Michael SlaterAUS1722
221Graeme WoodAUS1716
222Steven SmithAUS1715
223Basil D'OliveiraENG1707
224Michael SlaterAUS1702
225Dean ElgarSA1697
226Ian BellENG1692
227Mike DennessENG1691
228Mike BrearleyENG1690
229Alec StewartENG1689
229Usman KhawajaAUS1689
231Sir Richie RichardsonWI1686
232Misbah-ul-HaqPAK1683
233Kannaur RahulIND1676
234Ray IllingworthENG1675
235Mudassar NazarPAK1662
236Alan KnottENG1656
237Allan BorderAUS1653
238Kevin PietersenENG1652
239Bill LawryAUS1649
240John WrightNZ1647
241Allan BorderAUS1643
242Geoff HowarthNZ1642
243Bill LawryAUS1636
243Rachin RavindraNZ1636
245Desmond HaynesWI1631
246Sunil GavaskarIND1629
247Dominic SibleyENG1623
247Nkrumah BonnerWI1623
249Greg ChappellAUS1621
250Dimuth KarunaratneSL1618
251Dinesh ChandimalSL1614
252Herbert SutcliffeENG1597
253Graham GoochENG1591
254Kamindu MendisSL1582
255Mike GattingENG1573
256Bob SimpsonAUS1572
257Mike AthertonENG1571
258Joe DenlyENG1567
259Ian RedpathAUS1562
259Wasim JafferIND1562
261Ben StokesENG1559
262Javed MiandadPAK1549
263Martin CroweNZ1547
264Shubman GillIND1543
264John EdrichENG1543
266Sunil GavaskarIND1541
267Greg ChappellAUS1519
267David GowerENG1519
269Sunil GavaskarIND1517
270David GowerENG1509
271Ian ChappellAUS1507
272Dilip VengsarkarIND1498
273Geoff BoycottENG1490
274Kane WilliamsonNZ1486
275Gordon GreenidgeWI1474
276Sir Richie RichardsonWI1473
277Desmond HaynesWI1469
278Tony GreigENG1460
279Rick McCoskerAUS1449
280Mark TaylorAUS1447
281Ollie PopeENG1443
282Ravindra JadejaIND1429
283Grant FlowerZIM1410
284Joe RootENG1395
285Alec StewartENG1390
286Brian BoothAUS1388
287Mike GattingENG1379
288Jeff DujonWI1373
289Clive RadleyENG1368
290John WrightNZ1352
291Javed MiandadPAK1351
292John EdrichENG1347
293Ian RedpathAUS1344
294John WrightNZ1339
295Andrew JonesNZ1325
296Ian ChappellAUS1322
297Colin CowdreyENG1300
298Tony GreigENG1294
299Graham RoopeENG1286
300Greg ChappellAUS1283
301Sachin TendulkarIND1277
302Saleem MalikPAK1250
303Sherwin CampbellWI1238
304Doug WaltersAUS1229
305Virat KohliIND1226
306Mike AthertonENG1224
307Travis HeadAUS1216
308Graham YallopAUS1211
309Sir Garry SobersWI1205
309Nasser HussainENG1205
311Ken BarringtonENG1204
312Allan BorderAUS1198
313Arthur MorrisAUS1195
314Geoff BoycottENG1188
315Dennis AmissENG1182
316Ian RedpathAUS1176
317Yashasvi JaiswalIND1126
318Roy FredericksWI1119
319Geoff BoycottENG1117
320Tom GraveneyENG1116
321Geoff BoycottENG1090
321Sir Leonard HuttonENG1090
323Nawab of PataudiIND1084
324Ben StokesENG1081
325Ben StokesENG1031
326Tony GreigENG1021
327Zak CrawleyENG1020
328Gamage DinushaSL1018
329Tom GraveneyENG1013
330Colin CowdreyENG1010
331Bev CongdonNZ990
332Denis ComptonENG972
333Graeme PollockSA960
334Keith StackpoleAUS949
335Gordon GreenidgeWI939
336Sir Jack HobbsENG936
337Doug WaltersAUS933
338Jos ButtlerENG930
338Eddie BarlowSA930
340Phil SharpeENG928
341Seymour NurseWI922
342Kane WilliamsonNZ911
343Roy FredericksWI906
343Jim ParksENG906
343Bill LawryAUS906
346John EdrichENG905
347Donald BradmanAUS882
348Colin McDonaldAUS867
349Tom GraveneyENG854
350Greg ChappellAUS852
351Ollie PopeENG843
352David SteeleENG840
353Basil ButcherWI837
354Bill LawryAUS827
355Cyril WashbrookENG823
356Hanif MohammadPAK781
357Ajit WadekarIND771
358Glenn TurnerNZ759
359Bill EdrichENG749
360Colin CowdreyENG743
361Joe RootENG733
362Sid BarnesAUS719
362Peter MayENG719
364Donald BradmanAUS709
365Doug WaltersAUS695
366Trevor BaileyENG691
367Ted DexterENG601
368Justin GreavesWI593
369Jack RyderAUS582
369Roston ChaseWI582
371Brian CloseENG574
372Sir Conrad HunteWI566
373Micky StewartENG526
374Norm O'NeillAUS522
375Bob SimpsonAUS512
376Herbie CollinsAUS503
377Patsy HendrenENG478
378Peter MayENG475
379Lindsay HassettAUS469
380Sir Garry SobersWI468
381Neil HarveyAUS466
382Graeme PollockSA458
383Peter RichardsonENG454
384Basil ButcherWI438
385Herbert SutcliffeENG425
386Bill PonsfordAUS412
387Colin CowdreyENG400
388Colin McDonaldAUS397
389Sir Jack HobbsENG394
390Peter BurgeAUS389
391Ted DexterENG362
392Colin CowdreyENG354
393Brian BoothAUS350
394Bill LawryAUS347
395Norm O'NeillAUS343
396Johnny TaylorAUS337
397Bill PonsfordAUS327
398Jack IkinENG316
399Peter MayENG298
400Seymour NurseWI276
401Tom GraveneyENG266
402Colin CowdreyENG261
403Sir Conrad HunteWI254
404Gerry AlexanderWI242
405Neil HarveyAUS233
406Rohan KanhaiWI230
407Colin McDonaldAUS218
408Raman Subba RowENG212
409Denis ComptonENG200
410Peter MayENG188
411Trevor BaileyENG182
412Jim BurkeAUS173
413Sir Leonard HuttonENG162
414Tom GraveneyENG157
415Reg SimpsonENG91
416Harry MosesAUS78
417Reginald AllenAUS38
418John LyonsAUS35
419Gilbert ParkhouseENG30
420Walter GiffenAUS19
421Bill HowellAUS17
421Charlie TurnerAUS17
423Sir Leonard HuttonENG14
424Neil HarveyAUS12
425Jack MoroneyAUS11
426Gilbert JessopENG10
426Roy McLeanSA10
426Arthur MorrisAUS10
429Jack IkinENG9
430Peter MayENG8
430Keith MillerAUS8
432Graeme HoleAUS7
433Ted ArnoldENG5
433Polly UmrigarIND5
433Gilbert JessopENG5
436Harry JuppENG4
436Sir Everton WeekesWI4
436Walter BrearleyENG4
436Fred TateENG4
436Eric RowanSA4
436Johnny WardleENG4
442Jack HearneENG3
442Bob WyattENG3
442Johnny WardleENG3
442Algy GehrsAUS3
442Peter HeineSA3
442Allan RaeWI3
442Eric HolliesENG3
442Reg SimpsonENG3
450Ernie HayesENG2
450Patsy HendrenENG2
450Sandy BellSA2
450Collie SmithWI2
450Johannes KotzeSA2
450Bill JohnstonAUS2
450Denis ComptonENG2
450Clem HillAUS2
450James KellyAUS2
450Denis ComptonENG2
460George BonnorAUS1
460Sammy WoodsAUS1
460Frank IredaleAUS1
460Sir Jack HobbsENG1
460Rolph GrantWI1
460Maurice TateENG1
460Archie JacksonAUS1
460Warren BardsleyAUS1
460Sir Pelham WarnerENG1
460Tom RichardsonENG1
460Jimmy SinclairSA1
460John WaiteSA1
460Tom HaywardENG1
460Gilbert JessopENG1
460Neil AdcockSA1
475George GiffenAUS0
475George McShaneAUS0
475William BruceAUS0
475Harry TrottAUS0
475Bob McLeodAUS0
475Arthur HillENG0
475Bill HowellAUS0
475Frank LaverAUS0
475Bert HopkinsAUS0
475Tiger SmithENG0
475Phil MeadENG0
475Alex KennedyENG0
475Ian PeeblesENG0
475Tyrell JohnsonWI0
475Frank LaverAUS0
475Tom RichardsonENG0
475George LohmannENG0
475Alec BannermanAUS0
475Dave GregoryAUS0
475Harry TrottAUS0
475Schofield HaighENG0
475Bill PonsfordAUS0
475Alan FairfaxAUS0
475Jack FingletonAUS0
475Neil AdcockSA0
475George HirstENG0
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