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Babar Azam stats

Data through 9 September 2026Last updated 9 September 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 31 May 2015 to 9 September 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Babar Azam played 66 Tests, 137 ODIs, 142 T20Is for Pakistan in the data, between 2015 and 2026. In ODIs Babar Azam scored 6,328 runs in 134 innings (average 53.63, strike rate 87.2), including 20 hundreds and 34 fifties. Against Zimbabwe in ODIs, Babar Azam averaged 114.75 over 8 innings.

International matches

345

Tests 66 · ODIs 137 · T20Is 142

International runs

15,644

32 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

164

6,030 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

53.63

134 innings

Highest score

196

Test

Teams played for

Pakistan 2015–2026 · 345Karachi Kings 2017–2022 · 65Peshawar Zalmi 2023–2026 · 43Somerset 2019–2020 · 21Sydney Sixers 2025–2026 · 11Colombo Strikers 2023 · 8Rangpur Riders 2024 · 5Sylhet Sixers 2017 · 5Guyana Amazon Warriors 2017 · 5Islamabad United 2016 · 2

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Babar Azam batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	66	122	11	4,771	196	42.98	8,614	55.4	9	34	8	566	28
ODI	137	134	16	6,328	158	53.63	7,260	87.2	20	34	4	587	66
T20I	142	134	18	4,545	122	39.18	3,542	128.3	3	38	9	473	80
T20 (leagues & domestic)	164	162	21	6,030	115	42.77	4,673	129.0	7	48	13	631	117
First-class	1	2	0	40	40	20.00	104	38.5	0	0	1	8	0

Runs per year

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Babar Azam: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2015	230
2016	1,078
2017	1,895
2018	2,024
2019	2,990
2020	1,526
2021	2,263
2022	2,941
2023	1,995
2024	1,932
2025	1,424
2026	1,416

Year-by-year batting (46 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2015	ODI	7	230	38.33	89.1	62	0	3
2016	ODI	11	656	59.64	95.2	123	3	2
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	15	7.50	57.7	15	0	0
2016	T20I	4	116	116.00	128.9	55	0	1
2016	Test	10	291	32.33	50.4	90	0	2
2017	ODI	17	872	67.08	79.3	125	4	2
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	487	27.06	108.9	54	0	2
2017	T20I	10	352	39.11	119.7	86	0	1
2017	Test	12	184	16.73	36.9	72	0	2
2018	ODI	16	443	34.08	83.1	106	1	1
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	402	40.20	122.2	66	0	5
2018	T20I	12	563	62.56	126.5	97	0	6
2018	Test	14	616	56.00	54.5	127	1	6
2019	First-class	2	40	20.00	38.5	40	0	0
2019	ODI	19	1047	61.59	92.5	115	3	6
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	913	41.50	134.9	102	1	7
2019	T20I	10	374	41.56	137.0	90	0	4
2019	Test	11	616	68.44	72.3	104	3	3
2020	ODI	3	221	110.50	101.8	125	1	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	691	49.36	128.2	114	1	5
2020	T20I	6	276	55.20	144.5	82	0	4
2020	Test	6	338	67.60	59.9	143	1	2
2021	ODI	6	405	67.50	108.0	158	2	1
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	554	69.25	132.5	90	0	7
2021	T20I	25	888	37.00	128.9	122	1	8
2021	Test	13	416	34.67	48.5	77	0	4
2022	ODI	9	679	84.88	90.8	114	3	5
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	343	38.11	118.7	90	0	2
2022	T20I	25	735	33.41	123.5	110	1	5
2022	Test	17	1184	69.65	54.9	196	4	7
2023	ODI	20	878	46.21	86.8	151	2	7
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	783	43.50	140.8	115	2	6
2023	T20I	4	130	43.33	146.1	101	1	0
2023	Test	9	204	22.67	54.0	41	0	0
2024	ODI	6	228	57.00	76.5	73	0	2
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	764	50.93	134.3	111	1	6
2024	T20I	23	738	33.55	133.2	75	0	6
2024	Test	10	202	20.20	48.0	50	0	1
2025	ODI	17	544	34.00	77.2	102	1	3
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	359	29.92	124.7	94	0	4
2025	T20I	8	206	34.33	114.4	74	0	2
2025	Test	10	315	31.50	54.0	81	0	3
2026	ODI	3	125	41.67	64.4	69	0	1
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	719	55.31	134.4	103	2	4
2026	T20I	7	167	27.83	117.6	50	0	1
2026	Test	10	405	50.62	67.8	88	0	4

Babar Azam bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	8	90	42	2	1/1	1/2	21.00	2.80	45.0	0	0	2

Wickets per year

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Babar Azam: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	1
2022	1
2023	0
2024	0
2025	0
2026	0

Year-by-year bowling (2 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2021	Test	2	1	2.00	0.67	1/1
2022	Test	6	1	40.00	3.33	1/7

Babar Azam against each team

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

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	25	925	38.54	51.7	196	2	4
England	Test	18	743	46.44	60.9	136	1	7
South Africa	Test	18	667	37.06	62.5	81	0	7
West Indies	Test	20	657	38.65	48.0	88	0	7
Sri Lanka	Test	14	648	54.00	57.7	119	3	3
New Zealand	Test	13	635	57.73	51.9	161	2	3
Bangladesh	Test	10	421	46.78	62.6	143	1	2
New Zealand	ODI	26	1138	47.42	83.3	107	2	11
England	ODI	20	854	47.44	96.7	158	2	5
Australia	ODI	16	811	62.38	86.0	114	3	3
South Africa	ODI	18	789	49.31	84.9	103	1	6
West Indies	ODI	13	773	64.42	89.5	125	5	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	14	700	58.33	80.1	115	4	1
Zimbabwe	ODI	8	459	114.75	100.4	125	2	2
India	ODI	8	241	30.12	76.3	50	0	1
Netherlands	ODI	4	227	56.75	77.5	91	0	3
Bangladesh	ODI	4	123	30.75	88.5	96	0	1
New Zealand	T20I	24	880	41.90	131.9	101	1	8
England	T20I	18	685	45.67	139.2	110	1	4
West Indies	T20I	14	540	49.09	127.4	97	0	5
South Africa	T20I	16	526	35.07	137.3	122	1	3
Australia	T20I	14	506	46.00	127.8	68	0	6
Zimbabwe	T20I	8	306	38.25	126.4	82	0	4
Bangladesh	T20I	8	195	27.86	106.0	66	0	2
ICC World XI	T20I	3	179	59.67	147.9	86	0	1
Sri Lanka	T20I	11	167	18.56	89.8	37	0	0
Ireland	T20I	4	164	54.67	133.3	75	0	2
India	T20I	6	110	22.00	123.6	68	0	1
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	23	935	51.94	133.0	111	2	7
Quetta Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	810	42.63	130.6	115	2	5
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	788	43.78	121.4	69	0	7
Multan Sultans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	676	45.07	127.5	90	0	7
Peshawar Zalmi	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	646	49.69	128.4	90	0	8
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	443	63.29	144.8	94	0	5
Glamorgan	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	212	106.00	166.9	114	1	1
Gloucestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	96	32.00	118.5	44	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	3	1	14.00	2.33	1/7

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
National Stadium, Karachi	67	3506	63.75	196
Gaddafi Stadium	59	2383	48.63	114
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	47	2073	49.36	143
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	45	1621	39.54	127
Zayed Cricket Stadium	29	1113	44.52	117
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	17	723	51.64	123
SuperSport Park	11	597	54.27	122
Multan Cricket Stadium	16	549	34.31	151
Edgbaston	10	495	61.88	158
Newlands	7	348	49.71	81

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Shere Bangla National Stadium	2	1	2.00	0.67
National Stadium, Karachi	2	1	18.00	2.25

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	4202	3500	120.1	99	–	–	–
T20	Middle	5057	3958	127.8	99	–	–	–
T20	Death	1316	757	173.8	59	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	1168	1619	72.1	23	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	4506	5167	87.2	75	–	–	–
ODI	Death	654	474	138.0	20	–	–	–

How Babar Azam was dismissed

Caught284 (58%)
Bowled79 (16%)
Lbw73 (15%)
Run out29 (6%)
Stumped12 (2%)
Caught and bowled11 (2%)

How Babar Azam took wickets

Bowled1
Lbw1

Last 20 innings

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Babar Azam: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
13 Apr 2026	18
15 Apr 2026	71
19 Apr 2026	100
22 Apr 2026	25
25 Apr 2026	59
28 Apr 2026	103
3 May 2026	0
16 May 2026	68
16 May 2026	47
30 May 2026	69
2 Jun 2026	16
4 Jun 2026	40
25 Jul 2026	23
25 Jul 2026	58
2 Aug 2026	88
2 Aug 2026	24
27 Aug 2026	8
27 Aug 2026	6
9 Sep 2026	7
9 Sep 2026	76

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
9 Sep 2026	Test	England	76	103	caught	Edgbaston
9 Sep 2026	Test	England	7	18	bowled	Edgbaston
27 Aug 2026	Test	England	6	8	caught	Lord's
27 Aug 2026	Test	England	8	10	caught	Lord's
2 Aug 2026	Test	West Indies	24*	30	not out	Queen's Park Oval
2 Aug 2026	Test	West Indies	88	147	run out	Queen's Park Oval
25 Jul 2026	Test	West Indies	58*	107	not out	Brian Lara Stadium
25 Jul 2026	Test	West Indies	23	38	caught	Brian Lara Stadium
4 Jun 2026	ODI	Australia	40	84	bowled	Gaddafi Stadium
2 Jun 2026	ODI	Australia	16	16	lbw	Gaddafi Stadium
30 May 2026	ODI	Australia	69	94	bowled	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
16 May 2026	Test	Bangladesh	47	52	caught	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
16 May 2026	Test	Bangladesh	68	84	caught	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
3 May 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hyderabad Kingsmen	0	1	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
28 Apr 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	103	59	caught	National Stadium, Karachi
25 Apr 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	59	45	bowled	Gaddafi Stadium
22 Apr 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	25	19	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
19 Apr 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	100*	52	not out	National Stadium, Karachi
15 Apr 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	71*	51	not out	National Stadium, Karachi
13 Apr 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Multan Sultans	18	20	caught	National Stadium, Karachi

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Babar Azam faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Babar Azam scored in Tests?

4,771 runs in 122 innings (66 matches) at an average of 42.98 and a strike rate of 55.4, in the data from 2016 to 2026.

How many runs has Babar Azam scored in ODIs?

6,328 runs in 134 innings (137 matches) at an average of 53.63 and a strike rate of 87.2, in the data from 2015 to 2026.

How many runs has Babar Azam scored in T20Is?

4,545 runs in 134 innings (142 matches) at an average of 39.18 and a strike rate of 128.3, in the data from 2016 to 2026.

What is Babar Azam's highest score?

196 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Babar Azam scored?

39 hundreds in the data: 9 in Tests, 20 in ODIs, 3 in T20Is, 7 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.