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AB de Villiers stats

Data through 11 October 2021Last updated 11 October 2021

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 2 January 2005 to 11 October 2021. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2005 and 2021, AB de Villiers appears in 106 Tests, 222 ODIs, 75 T20Is for South Africa in the Cricsheet data. The most runs came in ODIs: 9,435 at an average of 53.91 and a strike rate of 101.2, with a highest score of 176. Against West Indies in Tests, AB de Villiers averaged 99.25 over 17 innings.

International matches

403

Tests 106 · ODIs 222 · T20Is 75

International runs

19,208

46 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

241

7,143 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

53.91

213 innings

Highest score

278*

Test

Teams played for

South Africa 2005–2018 · 399Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2011–2021 · 155Delhi Capitals 2008–2010 · 28Tshwane Spartans 2018–2019 · 19Middlesex 2019 · 8Titans 2013–2017 · 7Lahore Qalandars 2019 · 7Rangpur Riders 2019 · 6Brisbane Heat 2020 · 6Barbados Royals 2016 · 5Africa XI 2005–2007 · 4

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AB de Villiers batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	106	175	17	8,182	278*	51.78	14,930	54.8	21	42	8	943	63
ODI	222	213	38	9,435	176	53.91	9,323	101.2	25	52	7	825	200
T20I	75	73	11	1,591	79*	25.66	1,187	134.0	0	9	5	135	54
T20 (leagues & domestic)	241	227	52	7,143	133*	40.82	4,673	152.9	4	54	11	564	343

Runs per year

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AB de Villiers: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2005	710
2006	1,042
2007	1,682
2008	1,569
2009	2,026
2010	2,248
2011	1,170
2012	1,957
2013	2,576
2014	2,045
2015	2,358
2016	1,458
2017	1,555
2018	1,462
2019	1,580
2020	600
2021	313

Year-by-year batting (54 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2005	ODI	11	161	14.64	70.0	30	0	0
2005	Test	9	549	61.00	57.7	178	2	2
2006	ODI	12	466	42.36	84.9	92	0	3
2006	T20I	2	6	6.00	150.0	6	0	0
2006	Test	21	570	27.14	51.6	97	0	4
2007	ODI	32	1209	44.78	92.3	146	3	8
2007	T20I	7	102	20.40	106.2	52	0	1
2007	Test	14	371	30.92	51.0	77	0	3
2008	ODI	12	352	32.00	69.7	77	0	2
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	95	19.00	96.9	26	0	0
2008	T20I	2	61	30.50	127.1	36	0	0
2008	Test	22	1061	58.94	53.4	217	4	2
2009	ODI	17	762	54.43	92.8	121	1	6
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	465	51.67	131.0	105	1	3
2009	T20I	11	227	25.22	142.8	79	0	2
2009	Test	11	572	57.20	53.4	163	2	4
2010	ODI	16	964	80.33	102.1	114	5	4
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	111	15.86	93.3	45	0	0
2010	T20I	8	177	25.29	115.7	53	0	1
2010	Test	18	996	76.62	58.5	278	3	4
2011	ODI	10	467	51.89	104.9	134	2	2
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	312	34.67	128.4	65	0	2
2011	T20I	1	14	14.00	140.0	14	0	0
2011	Test	8	377	47.12	51.9	99	0	4
2012	ODI	12	645	107.50	108.6	125	2	3
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	319	39.88	161.1	64	0	3
2012	T20I	10	178	19.78	113.4	39	0	0
2012	Test	16	815	58.21	56.6	169	2	2
2013	ODI	26	1163	50.57	97.1	128	3	7
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	395	32.92	152.5	64	0	2
2013	T20I	6	85	17.00	126.9	36	0	0
2013	Test	13	933	77.75	58.4	164	4	5
2014	ODI	16	879	73.25	114.5	136	2	6
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	395	35.91	158.6	89	0	3
2014	T20I	6	140	28.00	157.3	69	0	1
2014	Test	13	631	48.54	47.1	152	2	2
2015	ODI	18	1193	79.53	137.9	162	5	5
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	513	46.64	175.1	133	1	2
2015	T20I	6	160	26.67	130.1	51	0	1
2015	Test	10	492	49.20	50.9	148	1	2
2016	ODI	10	339	42.38	90.6	101	1	1
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	858	50.47	162.2	129	1	7
2016	T20I	7	137	22.83	169.1	71	0	1
2016	Test	5	124	24.80	47.7	88	0	1
2017	ODI	18	773	59.46	116.9	176	1	5
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	425	35.42	155.7	89	0	2
2017	T20I	7	304	50.67	152.0	65	0	2
2017	Test	1	53	53.00	81.5	53	0	1
2018	ODI	3	62	20.67	105.1	30	0	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	762	42.33	169.7	93	0	8
2018	Test	14	638	53.17	64.4	126	1	6
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	43	1580	52.67	156.9	100	1	14
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	600	37.50	153.8	73	0	6
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	313	31.30	148.3	76	0	2

AB de Villiers bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	5	204	104	2	2/49	2/49	52.00	3.06	102.0	0	0	5
ODI	9	192	202	7	2/15	–	28.86	6.31	27.4	0	0	0

Wickets per year

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AB de Villiers: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2005	2
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	3
2015	4
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	0

Year-by-year bowling (6 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2005	Test	2	2	32.50	2.32	2/49
2006	Test	2	0	–	6.80	0/12
2007	ODI	1	0	–	11.00	0/22
2013	Test	1	0	–	5.00	0/5
2014	ODI	3	3	27.67	5.93	2/28
2015	ODI	5	4	24.25	6.06	2/15

AB de Villiers against each team

vs Australia vs India vs England vs Pakistan vs New Zealand vs West Indies vs Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	43	1988	52.32	49.9	169	6	12
India	Test	35	1334	39.24	54.4	217	3	6
West Indies	Test	17	1191	99.25	57.6	178	6	4
Pakistan	Test	19	1096	73.07	59.6	278	4	3
England	Test	26	1062	40.85	51.2	174	1	5
Sri Lanka	Test	12	691	62.82	60.3	160	1	5
New Zealand	Test	14	546	39.00	60.3	97	0	5
Zimbabwe	Test	4	205	51.25	70.7	98	0	2
Bangladesh	Test	5	69	17.25	39.7	46	0	0
Pakistan	ODI	31	1423	59.29	91.3	128	3	10
India	ODI	31	1353	50.11	111.3	119	6	5
West Indies	ODI	21	1262	70.11	112.2	162	5	4
Australia	ODI	25	1250	59.52	99.0	136	1	10
New Zealand	ODI	25	991	61.94	97.8	106	1	7
Sri Lanka	ODI	22	931	51.72	102.1	125	2	7
England	ODI	27	862	37.48	86.8	121	2	3
Zimbabwe	ODI	13	527	47.91	104.4	109	3	2
Bangladesh	ODI	6	355	71.00	101.4	176	1	1
Asia XI	ODI	4	111	27.75	113.3	70	0	1
Ireland	ODI	3	64	21.33	136.2	40	0	0
England	T20I	15	390	32.50	160.5	71	0	3
New Zealand	T20I	11	270	33.75	119.5	52	0	1
India	T20I	9	208	23.11	131.6	63	0	2
Sri Lanka	T20I	7	168	33.60	144.8	63	0	1
Bangladesh	T20I	6	161	32.20	130.9	49	0	0
Pakistan	T20I	8	144	18.00	122.0	53	0	1
West Indies	T20I	7	98	14.00	111.4	25	0	0
Australia	T20I	8	52	7.43	86.7	21	0	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	785	43.61	148.1	133	1	4
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	23	736	43.29	155.6	89	0	7
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	652	46.57	147.2	79	0	8
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	575	57.50	161.1	90	0	5
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	540	36.00	155.2	89	0	5
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	25	532	23.13	150.3	105	1	3
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	522	34.80	154.9	76	0	4
Gujarat Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	233	116.50	184.9	129	1	1
Paarl Rocks	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	179	44.75	165.7	69	0	2
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	153	25.50	120.5	47	0	0
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	149	74.50	215.9	50	0	1
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	134	33.50	145.7	63	0	1
Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	133	66.50	146.2	54	0	1
Rising Pune Supergiant	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	116	29.00	133.3	83	0	1
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	115	28.75	102.7	45	0	0
Durban Heat	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	105	52.50	161.5	93	0	1
Cape Town Blitz	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	97	32.33	147.0	59	0	1
Jozi Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	92	30.67	164.3	53	0	1

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
New Zealand	ODI	3	2	30.00	5.45	2/28

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
SuperSport Park	57	2197	45.77	152
Newlands	49	2094	47.59	163
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	60	2049	43.60	129
The Wanderers Stadium	49	1846	46.15	149
Kingsmead	38	1542	44.06	105
St George's Park	31	1163	40.10	126
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	24	774	40.74	164
Zayed Cricket Stadium	17	704	50.29	278
MA Chidambaram Stadium	17	628	44.86	112
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	7	530	88.33	169

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Wellington Regional Stadium	1	2	7.50	5.00
Bay Oval	1	2	14.00	4.67
Manuka Oval	2	2	24.50	6.12
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	1	2	24.50	2.33
Eden Park	2	1	64.00	7.11

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	1432	1140	125.6	44	–	–	–
T20	Middle	4648	3455	134.5	120	–	–	–
T20	Death	2654	1265	209.8	73	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	846	1147	73.8	22	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	7102	7311	97.1	109	150	6	6.12
ODI	Death	1487	865	171.9	44	42	1	7.00

How AB de Villiers was dismissed

Caught354 (62%)
Bowled100 (18%)
Lbw47 (8%)
Run out42 (7%)
Stumped14 (2%)
Caught and bowled12 (2%)
Hit wicket1 (0%)

How AB de Villiers took wickets

Caught5
Bowled4

Last 20 innings

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AB de Villiers: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
17 Oct 2020	55
25 Oct 2020	39
28 Oct 2020	15
31 Oct 2020	24
2 Nov 2020	35
6 Nov 2020	56
9 Apr 2021	48
14 Apr 2021	1
18 Apr 2021	76
25 Apr 2021	4
27 Apr 2021	75
30 Apr 2021	3
20 Sep 2021	0
24 Sep 2021	12
26 Sep 2021	11
29 Sep 2021	4
3 Oct 2021	23
6 Oct 2021	19
8 Oct 2021	26
11 Oct 2021	11

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
11 Oct 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	11	9	bowled	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
8 Oct 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	26	26	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
6 Oct 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	19*	13	not out	Zayed Cricket Stadium
3 Oct 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	23	18	run out	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
29 Sep 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	4*	1	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
26 Sep 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	11	6	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
24 Sep 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	12	11	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
20 Sep 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0	1	bowled	Zayed Cricket Stadium
30 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	3	9	caught	Narendra Modi Stadium
27 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	75*	42	not out	Narendra Modi Stadium
25 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	4	9	bowled	Wankhede Stadium
18 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	76*	34	not out	MA Chidambaram Stadium
14 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	1	5	caught	MA Chidambaram Stadium
9 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	48	27	run out	MA Chidambaram Stadium
6 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	56	43	bowled	Zayed Cricket Stadium
2 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	35	21	run out	Zayed Cricket Stadium
31 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	24	24	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
28 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	15	12	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium
25 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	39	36	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
17 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	55*	22	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers AB de Villiers faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has AB de Villiers scored in Tests?

8,182 runs in 175 innings (106 matches) at an average of 51.78 and a strike rate of 54.8, in the data from 2005 to 2018.

How many runs has AB de Villiers scored in ODIs?

9,435 runs in 213 innings (222 matches) at an average of 53.91 and a strike rate of 101.2, in the data from 2005 to 2018.

How many runs has AB de Villiers scored in T20Is?

1,591 runs in 73 innings (75 matches) at an average of 25.66 and a strike rate of 134.0, in the data from 2006 to 2017.

What is AB de Villiers's highest score?

278* in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has AB de Villiers scored?

50 hundreds in the data: 21 in Tests, 25 in ODIs, 4 in T20 leagues.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.