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T20 Cricket 2026 most balls faced

Updated 1 Nov 2026, after Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe

Ishan Kishan leads T20 Cricket 2026 with 1,041 balls faced (India) · Quinton de Kock (878) and Steven Smith (851) next

Balls faced Runs Average Sixes Strike rate Fifties Hundreds Wickets Economy Bowling avg Catches Stumpings

Batting Bowling Fielding Balls faced Runs Sixes Fours Fifties Hundreds Average Strike rate Ducks Boundary % Not outs Innings Dismissals

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#	Player · last 3 inningsPlayer	Team	Last 3 innings · newest first	Balls Faced	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	4s	6s	100s
1	Ishan Kishan IND 6101	IND	6101	1,041	52	52	52	52	1,822	37.18	175.02	187	92	1
2	Quinton de Kock BR 71314	BR	71314	878	42	42	42	42	1,312	34.53	149.43	104	78	3
3	Steven Smith AF 45520	AF	45520	851	39	39	39	39	1,244	34.56	146.18	113	54	3
4	Abhishek Sharma IND 127113	IND	127113	837	54	54	54	54	1,717	33.02	205.14	159	129	3
5	Shai Hope WI 1025102	WI	1025102	837	36	36	36	36	1,126	43.31	134.53	74	62	3
6	Tim Seifert NZ 9332	NZ	9332	824	42	42	42	42	1,257	31.43	152.55	117	65	2
7	George Munsey GC 511050*	GC	511050*	788	31	31	31	31	1,050	38.89	133.25	98	45	1
8	Finn Allen GC 23140	GC	23140	773	48	48	48	48	1,413	31.40	182.79	113	102	3
9	Jos Buttler GT 62*3080	GT	62*3080	765	42	41	42	41	1,189	33.03	155.42	123	53	1
10	Shreyas Iyer IND 50225	IND	50225	765	39	39	39	39	1,214	39.16	158.69	98	55	2
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11	Tilak Varma	IND		756	49	48	49	48	1,116	33.82	147.62	86	53	1
12	James Vince	DG		756	31	31	31	31	1,170	40.34	154.76	130	43	2
13	Sanju Samson	IND		755	44	44	44	44	1,287	32.18	170.46	133	74	2
14	Rovman Powell	WI		751	54	49	54	49	1,065	26.63	141.81	70	70	0
15	Sikandar Raza	ZIM		742	49	47	49	47	1,024	26.95	138.01	80	53	1
16	Shimron Hetmyer	WI		729	50	49	50	49	1,257	31.43	172.43	83	90	2
17	Nicholas Pooran	TKR		723	41	41	41	41	1,053	28.46	145.64	68	84	1
18	Mitchell Marsh	AUS		723	28	28	28	28	1,128	41.78	156.02	109	66	2
19	Kusal Mendis	SL		705	28	28	28	28	1,055	42.20	149.65	102	38	1
20	Sherfane Rutherford	WI		699	41	39	41	39	1,131	43.50	161.80	81	78	0
21	Andries Gous	ECR		686	31	31	31	31	993	35.46	144.75	83	56	1
22	Babar Azam	PZ		677	25	25	25	25	886	46.63	130.87	84	19	2
23	Sahibzada Farhan	PAK		675	26	25	26	25	1,077	46.83	159.56	99	55	3
24	Tristan Stubbs	DC		658	41	37	41	37	872	45.89	132.52	47	33	0
25	Heinrich Klaasen	RD		646	30	29	30	29	1,021	44.39	158.05	71	53	0
26	Colin Munro	RD		632	24	24	24	24	807	36.68	127.69	70	44	0
27	Dewald Brevis	SA		624	35	30	35	30	921	32.89	147.60	52	67	1
28	Glenn Phillips	NZ		619	31	29	31	29	928	37.12	149.92	81	44	1
29	Ryan Rickelton	MI		618	34	33	34	33	1,045	37.32	169.09	82	73	2
30	Jason Roy	GC		603	29	29	29	29	893	33.07	148.09	94	34	1
31	Lhuan-dre Pretorius	SA		593	29	28	29	28	953	38.12	160.71	84	49	2
32	Mark Chapman	BW		574	34	33	34	33	896	30.90	156.10	74	47	0
33	Faf du Plessis	RD		574	22	22	22	22	871	45.84	151.74	81	35	1
34	Aiden Markram	LSG		561	28	27	28	27	872	39.64	155.44	86	36	1
35	Daryl Mitchell	DG		541	34	32	34	32	750	28.85	138.63	53	32	0
36	Liam Livingstone	GC		525	28	27	28	27	759	30.36	144.57	38	54	0
37	Matthew Short	CSK		525	24	24	24	24	734	36.70	139.81	63	29	1
38	Dasun Shanaka	SL		521	44	40	44	40	895	27.12	171.79	45	75	1
39	Saim Ayub	PAK		519	34	32	34	32	717	24.72	138.15	67	31	1
40	Shivam Dube	IND		499	42	37	42	37	809	32.36	162.12	57	52	0
41	Hasan Nawaz	PAK		491	24	22	24	22	670	37.22	136.46	54	33	0
42	Devon Conway	BW		487	25	24	25	24	616	28.00	126.49	64	22	0
43	Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	IND		486	26	26	26	26	1,071	41.19	220.37	89	94	1
44	Pathum Nissanka	SL		483	28	28	28	28	717	26.56	148.45	76	31	1
45	Suryakumar Yadav	MI		483	27	27	27	27	754	31.42	156.11	74	34	0
46	Beau Webster	WAR		483	16	15	16	15	700	46.67	144.93	64	29	1
47	Sam Billings	RW		478	27	27	27	27	714	32.45	149.37	58	29	0
48	Maaz Sadaqat	PAK		462	24	24	24	24	807	35.09	174.68	71	50	2
49	Sam Curran	ENG		461	27	24	27	24	616	38.50	133.62	52	22	0
50	Sai Sudharsan	GT		457	17	17	17	17	722	45.13	157.99	75	30	1
51	Marcus Stoinis	PBKS		452	32	28	32	28	640	27.83	141.59	55	29	0
52	Shubman Gill	GT		449	16	16	16	16	732	45.75	163.03	74	33	1
53	David Miller	BW		447	31	30	31	30	676	35.58	151.23	50	37	0
54	Tom Banton	SOM		447	30	28	30	28	655	28.48	146.53	61	28	0
55	Josh Philippe	SUR		443	28	28	28	28	637	25.48	143.79	69	16	0
56	Andre Fletcher	SNP		438	23	23	23	23	581	27.67	132.65	52	27	0
57	Brian Bennett	ZIM		433	20	20	20	20	570	35.63	131.64	66	16	0
58	Usman Khan	PAK		432	31	29	31	29	624	24.96	144.44	57	31	1
59	Brandon King	BR		432	23	23	23	23	538	24.45	124.54	52	25	0
60	Reeza Hendricks	JK		424	16	16	16	16	555	46.25	130.90	43	20	0
61	Philip Salt	RCB		421	23	23	23	23	623	28.32	147.98	60	25	0
62	Cooper Connolly	AUS		413	29	29	29	29	608	24.32	147.22	51	38	1
63	Harry Tector	DG		411	20	20	20	20	517	28.72	125.79	54	7	0
64	David Warner	KRK		410	11	11	11	11	645	107.50	157.32	69	24	2
65	Fakhar Zaman	PAK		407	17	17	17	17	610	38.13	149.88	73	20	1
66	Virat Kohli	RCB		407	16	16	16	16	675	56.25	165.85	73	25	1
67	Lorcan Tucker	BW		406	20	20	20	20	507	28.17	124.88	46	16	0
68	Moeen Ali	YOR		397	30	29	30	29	550	23.91	138.54	28	41	0
69	Matthew Breetzke	TKR		395	21	20	21	20	501	29.47	126.84	35	20	0
70	Joe Weatherley	HAM		394	15	15	15	15	591	49.25	150.00	56	22	0
71	Kieron Pollard	TKR		393	23	22	23	22	565	31.39	143.77	45	32	1
72	Jonny Bairstow	YOR		392	21	21	21	21	578	30.42	147.45	70	22	0
73	Shadab Khan	PAK		389	38	32	38	32	650	29.55	167.10	48	37	0
74	Hassan Khan	JK		384	43	34	43	34	576	24.00	150.00	28	42	0
75	Ashton Turner	MS		383	31	31	31	31	654	29.73	170.76	51	30	0
76	Jason Holder	SNP		381	46	36	46	36	527	18.17	138.32	27	40	0
77	Tim David	AF		372	30	30	30	30	643	35.72	172.85	39	50	0
78	Nathan McSweeney	NOR		370	19	19	19	19	495	30.94	133.78	52	9	0
79	Connor Esterhuizen	SA		367	20	19	20	19	508	28.22	138.42	47	28	0
80	Harry Brook	ENG		365	19	18	19	18	690	49.29	189.04	56	38	2
81	Brandon McMullen	ECR		363	19	19	19	19	531	35.40	146.28	41	26	0
82	Rilee Rossouw	TSK		361	20	20	20	20	497	26.16	137.67	50	20	0
83	Chris Lynn	NOR		361	19	19	19	19	586	36.63	162.33	65	29	2
84	Will Jacks	MI		357	30	26	30	26	601	35.35	168.35	46	38	0
85	Ben McDermott	RD		356	26	26	26	26	502	22.82	141.01	40	24	0
86	Bas de Leede	AF		356	14	14	14	14	478	47.80	134.27	46	14	0
87	Donovan Ferreira	RR		354	29	28	29	28	581	27.67	164.12	38	43	0
88	Shubham Ranjane	RD		351	18	18	18	18	468	39.00	133.33	32	16	0
89	Jan Frylinck	NAM		348	14	14	14	14	477	34.07	137.07	37	23	1
90	Rubin Hermann	SA		347	22	20	22	20	398	23.41	114.70	39	12	0
91	Aaron Hardie	AUS		346	25	22	25	22	492	35.14	142.20	48	16	0
92	Jacob Bethell	RCB		346	22	21	22	21	489	24.45	141.33	48	22	1
93	Daniel Hughes	SUS		343	16	16	16	16	503	35.93	146.65	64	13	1
94	David Willey	DG		342	24	24	24	24	508	24.19	148.54	33	32	0
95	Sanjay Krishnamurthi	DG		341	23	23	23	23	445	23.42	130.50	32	22	0
96	Lokesh Rahul	DC		340	14	14	14	14	593	45.62	174.41	56	31	1
97	Glenn Maxwell	BW		337	38	35	38	35	480	17.78	142.43	31	27	0
98	Dian Forrester	TSK		336	25	24	25	24	491	37.77	146.13	35	29	0
99	Dhruv Jurel	RR		333	16	16	16	16	515	36.79	154.65	47	24	0
100	Travis Head	SRH		329	21	21	21	21	548	26.10	166.57	66	28	0

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T20 Cricket 2026 Most Balls Faced

Ishan Kishan leads T20 Cricket 2026 with 1,041 balls faced for India, ahead of Quinton de Kock (878) and Steven Smith (851). The T20 Cricket 2026 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 1433 players who have contributed balls faced this season. The leading batter can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse balls faced depth across squads.

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Who has the most balls faced in T20 Cricket 2026?

Ishan Kishan leads T20 Cricket 2026 with 1041 balls faced from 52 matches, averaging 37.18 at a strike rate of 175.02. Quinton de Kock is second on 878 and Steven Smith third on 851. The table ranks every player in T20 Cricket 2026 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who are the top batters in T20 Cricket 2026?

The top three batters in T20 Cricket 2026 are Ishan Kishan (1041 in 52 matches), Quinton de Kock (878 in 42 matches) and Steven Smith (851 in 39 matches). Ishan Kishan is 163 balls faced clear of Quinton de Kock. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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