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Most Balls Faced By a Batsman

All Seasons
#1 - Leader

Chris Lynn

Adelaide Strikers

2735

Balls Faced

133Inn
149SR
1100s
2256s
#2 - Second

Moises Henriques

Sydney Sixers

2580

Balls Faced

143Inn
128SR
0100s
996s
#3 - Third

Aaron Finch

Melbourne Renegades

2522

Balls Faced

104Inn
131SR
2100s
1186s

Batting Insights

BBL Most Balls Faced leaderboard

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The BBL most balls faced list ranks batters by deliveries faced across all BBL seasons. It reflects time at the crease and anchor roles, showing who absorbs pressure and builds innings across phases. This metric is especially useful when analyzing stability in the top order.

Batters like Chris Lynn, Moises Henriques and Aaron Finch occupy the crease for long spells, balancing rotation with boundary scoring. Use strike rate and runs to judge tempo and to compare high-volume accumulators against faster scorers.

Key insights

  • Chris Lynn leads with 2735 Balls.
  • Gap to #2 (Moises Henriques) is 155 Balls.
  • Top three: Chris Lynn, Moises Henriques and Aaron Finch.
  • Chris Lynn scored at SR 149 across 133 innings.

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# Player Inn Balls Faced HS Balls SR 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 Jonathan Wells 123 2412 73 2412 121 237 51 14 0
5 Marcus Stoinis 114 2402 147 2402 133 286 117 21 1
6 D'Arcy Short 102 2387 122 2387 131 305 107 23 2
7 Ben McDermott 110 2248 127 2248 138 214 146 18 3
8 Shaun Marsh 77 2157 99 2157 129 255 89 27 0
9 Matthew Wade 111 2077 130 2077 141 249 103 19 1
10 Glenn Maxwell 116 2058 154 2058 155 263 149 20 2
11 Daniel Hughes 105 2038 96 2038 122 230 58 16 0
12 Josh Philippe 110 2002 99 2002 137 267 78 18 0
13 Jordan Silk 112 1949 78 1949 124 179 44 8 0
14 Matt Short 91 1738 109 1738 141 194 105 17 2
15 Nicolas Maddinson 109 1735 87 1735 124 188 94 10 0
16 Alex Ross 100 1713 77 1713 128 161 77 9 0
17 Ashton Turner 120 1681 99 1681 147 172 109 14 0
18 Cameron Bancroft 80 1666 95 1666 121 150 49 15 0
19 Jake Weatherald 92 1658 115 1658 131 216 85 15 1
20 James Vince 77 1640 101 1640 131 218 49 11 1
21 Hilton Cartwright 102 1631 79 1631 124 158 78 7 0
22 Mitchell Marsh 80 1614 102 1614 135 154 99 12 2
23 Usman Khawaja 71 1612 104 1612 131 254 35 13 1
24 Matthew Renshaw 89 1566 102 1566 135 164 72 8 1
25 Jimmy Peirson 111 1559 72 1559 122 162 48 7 0
26 Daniel Christian 121 1525 75 1525 135 138 100 9 0
27 Callum Ferguson 80 1516 113 1516 124 157 41 8 1
28 Alex Carey 62 1514 101 1514 131 199 52 12 2
29 Alex Hales 76 1511 110 1511 148 233 98 15 1
30 Sam Harper 97 1491 110 1491 134 178 69 12 1
31 M Klinger 67 1486 105 1486 116 167 33 9 1
32 Beau Webster 74 1426 78 1426 121 118 55 13 0
33 Cameron White 70 1357 88 1357 115 111 55 11 0
34 Josh Inglis 77 1356 79 1356 139 177 61 14 0
35 Ben Dunk 77 1328 96 1328 127 141 54 10 0
36 Max Bryant 81 1233 81 1233 141 174 71 7 0
37 Ben Cutting 97 1198 81 1198 142 126 94 2 0
38 Sam Billings 65 1179 83 1179 138 141 55 8 0
39 George Bailey 62 1161 74 1161 135 128 47 11 0
40 Colin Munro 58 1160 114 1160 129 105 68 10 1
41 Aaron Hardie 63 1123 94 1123 133 116 58 7 0
42 Tom Cooper 77 1109 65 1109 125 120 45 6 0
43 Joseph Burns 64 1076 69 1076 119 90 46 5 0
44 Travis Head 55 1069 101 1069 130 99 61 8 1
45 Peter Handscomb 71 1058 103 1058 118 100 29 4 1
46 LJ Wright 53 1058 117 1058 131 152 41 6 2
47 Kurtis Patterson 61 1050 78 1050 120 110 31 4 0
48 Bradley Hodge 42 989 88 989 134 109 52 10 0
49 Steven Smith 38 979 125 979 151 111 65 10 4
50 Caleb Jewell 59 934 76 934 126 127 27 6 0
51 Matthew Gilkes 59 915 93 915 123 111 33 6 0
52 Tim David 72 914 76 914 155 100 79 4 0
53 Nick Larkin 50 888 83 888 120 107 17 6 0
54 Marcus Harris 53 853 85 853 118 107 28 4 0
55 Joe Clarke 43 833 101 833 134 97 43 7 1
56 David Warner 31 791 130 791 143 106 38 6 3
57 Tim Paine 39 779 91 779 123 96 22 7 0
58 Adam Voges 47 763 58 763 125 76 13 4 0
59 Kevin Pietersen 31 759 74 759 135 92 32 9 0
60 Shane Watson 39 757 100 757 133 86 53 6 1
61 TP Ludeman 41 750 92 750 123 87 29 5 0
62 MJ Lumb 40 749 80 749 124 87 33 5 0
63 JJS Sangha 38 743 91 743 118 70 21 6 0
64 J Brown 42 742 140 742 150 101 75 5 1
65 Nathan McSweeney 32 694 84 694 119 77 15 4 0
66 Jake Fraser-McGurk 52 686 95 686 129 58 47 3 0
67 BJ Rohrer 51 685 52 685 133 68 28 1 0
68 Sam Heazlett 50 678 74 678 123 68 33 2 0
69 Daniel Sams 82 676 98 676 143 62 57 3 0
70 Ashton Agar 67 675 68 675 117 42 33 2 0
71 Brendon McCullum 34 674 72 674 136 87 38 9 0
72 MWG Harvey 47 659 71 659 116 70 18 2 0
73 Oliver Davies 44 645 65 645 129 53 38 3 0
74 Colin Ingram 35 642 75 642 135 67 40 6 0
75 TF Rogers 42 631 53 631 121 85 17 2 0
76 Chris Green 81 623 50 623 133 59 23 1 0
77 Liam Livingstone 28 616 79 616 138 52 55 7 0
78 Jack Edwards 49 579 47 579 120 72 13 0 0
79 NJ Reardon 35 576 52 576 124 45 32 1 0
80 C Connolly 34 572 77 572 137 50 42 4 0
81 Will Sutherland 61 569 70 569 131 41 35 2 0
82 DJ Hussey 36 566 52 566 131 60 19 2 0
83 Sam Whiteman 43 557 68 557 115 59 17 2 0
84 Rob Quiney 32 555 97 555 134 67 31 4 0
85 LJ Evans 33 542 85 542 156 65 42 5 0
86 Sean Abbott 72 534 41 534 114 36 23 0 0
87 Michael Neser 69 533 64 533 131 58 24 1 0
88 Marnus Labuschagne 29 531 77 531 121 56 9 2 0
89 Mohammad Nabi 36 529 71 529 124 45 25 3 0
90 Michael Hussey 23 511 96 511 131 52 20 6 0
91 Dwayne Bravo 37 504 59 504 134 36 36 2 0
92 James Faulkner 44 493 47 493 110 24 14 0 0
93 Nikhil Chaudhary 26 488 79 488 142 58 27 2 0
94 Philip Salt 30 458 67 458 146 74 21 6 0
95 PJ Forrest 24 458 62 458 104 36 10 3 0
96 Ben Dwarshuis 65 454 66 454 141 43 30 1 0
97 AC Blizzard 25 451 80 451 126 51 15 2 0
98 Joe Denly 23 451 76 451 112 44 14 3 0
99 Chris Gayle 20 447 100 447 137 34 49 4 1
100 Johan Botha 42 444 41 444 126 43 13 0 0

FAQs

Who leads most balls faced in BBL history?

Chris Lynn leads the BBL most balls faced list with 2735 Balls.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most balls faced totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each BBL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.