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Faf du Plessis stats

Data through 17 September 2026Last updated 17 September 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 18 January 2011 to 17 September 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2011 and 2026, Faf du Plessis appears in 69 Tests, 141 ODIs, 49 T20Is for South Africa in the Cricsheet data. The most runs came in T20 leagues: 10,358 at an average of 34.30 and a strike rate of 140.4, with a highest score of 120*. Against New Zealand in Tests, Faf du Plessis averaged 70.14 over 10 innings.

International matches

259

Tests 69 · ODIs 141 · T20Is 49

International runs

11,095

23 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

347

10,358 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

46.94

135 innings

Highest score

199

Test

Teams played for

South Africa 2011–2021 · 256Chennai Super Kings 2012–2021 · 91Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2022–2024 · 45Joburg Super Kings 2023–2026 · 39St Lucia Kings 2021–2024 · 34Texas Super Kings 2023–2026 · 34Paarl Rocks 2018–2019 · 18Comilla Victorians 2022 · 11Titans 2012–2014 · 11Rotterdam Dockers 2026 · 10Delhi Capitals 2025 · 10St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 2016 · 8

BattingBowling

Faf du Plessis batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	69	118	14	4,163	199	40.03	8,986	46.3	10	21	9	516	21
ODI	141	135	19	5,445	185	46.94	6,175	88.2	12	34	3	493	61
T20I	49	49	7	1,487	119	35.40	1,110	134.0	1	10	0	133	49
T20 (leagues & domestic)	347	333	31	10,358	120*	34.30	7,378	140.4	8	75	19	931	417
First-class	1	2	0	36	36	18.00	60	60.0	0	0	1	5	0

Runs per year

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Faf du Plessis: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2011	288
2012	1,274
2013	1,200
2014	1,843
2015	1,737
2016	1,748
2017	1,717
2018	1,450
2019	2,153
2020	946
2021	1,049
2022	1,352
2023	1,297
2024	1,502
2025	1,062
2026	871

Year-by-year batting (43 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2011	ODI	12	288	28.80	83.5	60	0	2
2012	ODI	12	275	27.50	94.2	72	0	2
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	514	34.27	126.0	73	0	3
2012	T20I	7	192	32.00	135.2	65	0	2
2012	Test	4	293	146.50	41.0	110	1	2
2013	ODI	20	477	23.85	74.3	57	0	2
2013	T20I	8	234	39.00	108.8	85	0	2
2013	Test	12	489	44.45	43.3	137	2	0
2014	ODI	15	790	52.67	88.6	126	3	4
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	343	21.44	119.1	54	0	2
2014	T20I	5	127	31.75	154.9	58	0	1
2014	Test	14	583	44.85	41.7	103	1	4
2015	ODI	19	884	58.93	82.9	133	2	8
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	380	29.23	125.0	55	0	1
2015	T20I	6	272	54.40	157.2	119	1	1
2015	Test	12	201	16.75	29.5	68	0	1
2016	ODI	14	578	48.17	98.0	111	1	4
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	376	26.86	115.7	69	0	2
2016	T20I	8	227	32.43	122.7	79	0	1
2016	Test	13	567	56.70	48.4	118	2	2
2017	ODI	18	905	60.33	92.3	185	2	6
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	8	8.00	114.3	8	0	0
2017	T20I	4	98	24.50	140.0	36	0	0
2017	Test	17	706	54.31	55.8	135	1	6
2018	ODI	8	434	62.00	96.2	125	2	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	480	43.64	144.6	76	0	5
2018	T20I	3	73	24.33	165.9	34	0	0
2018	Test	20	463	24.37	52.9	120	1	2
2019	First-class	2	36	18.00	60.0	36	0	0
2019	ODI	17	814	67.83	88.8	112	2	6
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	707	33.67	127.6	96	0	5
2019	T20I	2	99	49.50	145.6	78	0	1
2019	Test	14	497	41.42	48.5	103	1	4
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	480	40.00	139.5	87	0	4
2020	T20I	6	165	33.00	126.0	58	0	2
2020	Test	7	301	43.00	50.4	199	1	0
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	29	986	37.92	138.3	120	1	7
2021	Test	5	63	12.60	49.2	23	0	0
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	49	1352	30.73	141.9	103	2	7
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	36	1297	38.15	145.6	113	1	11
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	46	1502	35.76	155.8	100	1	14
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	35	1062	31.24	147.3	103	2	8
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	22	871	45.84	151.7	113	1	6

Faf du Plessis bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Test	5	78	69	0	–	–	–	5.31	–	0	0
ODI	11	192	189	2	1/8	–	94.50	5.91	96.0	0	0
T20I	2	8	3	0	–	–	–	2.25	–	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	110	136	9	5/28	–	15.11	7.42	12.2	2	1

Wickets per year

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Faf du Plessis: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2011	1
2012	10
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0
2024	0
2025	0
2026	0

Year-by-year bowling (9 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2011	ODI	5	1	64.00	5.82	1/22
2012	ODI	3	1	59.00	5.36	1/8
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	9	12.67	7.52	5/28
2012	T20I	2	0	–	2.25	0/0
2012	Test	3	0	–	6.00	0/8
2013	ODI	1	0	–	6.33	0/19
2013	Test	2	0	–	3.00	0/1
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	6.95	0/3
2015	ODI	2	0	–	6.71	0/17

Faf du Plessis against each team

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

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	23	888	46.74	48.8	120	3	4
Sri Lanka	Test	19	874	51.41	55.6	199	1	4
India	Test	22	582	26.45	39.4	134	1	4
New Zealand	Test	10	491	70.14	44.7	137	2	3
England	Test	19	449	23.63	40.1	86	0	3
Pakistan	Test	15	301	23.15	40.3	103	1	0
Bangladesh	Test	4	290	145.00	64.0	135	1	1
West Indies	Test	4	185	46.25	43.1	103	1	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	26	1166	53.00	92.8	185	3	5
Australia	ODI	21	1080	54.00	93.5	126	5	3
India	ODI	14	696	58.00	90.9	133	2	5
New Zealand	ODI	16	592	42.29	79.0	82	0	6
Pakistan	ODI	16	522	37.29	75.8	63	0	4
Zimbabwe	ODI	7	340	48.57	84.2	121	1	2
England	ODI	15	331	25.46	89.9	67	0	2
Bangladesh	ODI	7	315	63.00	95.2	91	0	4
West Indies	ODI	9	244	40.67	86.2	73	0	3
Ireland	ODI	3	141	47.00	88.7	109	1	0
Pakistan	T20I	9	269	38.43	125.7	78	0	2
Australia	T20I	9	226	28.25	149.7	79	0	1
England	T20I	8	197	32.83	119.4	58	0	2
Sri Lanka	T20I	6	170	28.33	105.6	85	0	1
West Indies	T20I	3	166	55.33	200.0	119	1	0
New Zealand	T20I	5	151	37.75	129.1	63	0	1
India	T20I	4	143	35.75	145.9	65	0	2
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	831	51.94	145.0	96	0	9
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	624	34.67	144.4	73	0	6
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	568	28.40	128.5	73	0	5
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	550	32.35	131.6	73	0	4
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	549	34.31	135.6	95	0	3
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	423	24.88	118.5	58	0	2
Guyana Amazon Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	361	45.12	145.0	103	1	2
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	348	31.64	120.0	71	0	3
MI New York	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	340	48.57	153.2	103	1	3
Washington Freedom	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	307	51.17	160.7	100	1	3
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	307	61.40	184.9	120	1	2
Durban's Super Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	284	35.50	147.9	113	1	1
Seattle Orcas	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	282	47.00	177.4	113	1	1
Lucknow Super Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	267	53.40	146.7	96	0	2
Barbados Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	256	42.67	145.5	84	0	1
Paarl Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	228	38.00	135.7	87	0	2
San Francisco Unicorns	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	226	32.29	178.0	100	1	0
MI Cape Town	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	199	33.17	156.7	61	0	2
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	197	39.40	156.3	62	0	2
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	190	27.14	125.8	92	0	1
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	178	22.25	112.7	59	0	2
Cape Town Blitz	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	174	43.50	150.0	61	0	2
Gujarat Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	165	27.50	155.7	64	0	1
Durban Heat	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	157	–	174.4	76	0	2
Pretoria Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	128	25.60	166.2	51	0	1
Chattogram Challengers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	113	–	144.9	83	0	1
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	95	13.57	114.5	41	0	0
Melbourne Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	85	28.33	154.5	68	0	1
Jozi Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	84	28.00	142.4	61	0	1
Los Angeles Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	71	11.83	136.5	23	0	0
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	62	15.50	106.9	27	0	0
Tshwane Spartans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	60	20.00	127.7	38	0	0
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	52	26.00	102.0	38	0	0
Fortune Barishal	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	31	10.33	93.9	21	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	3	0	–	6.00	0/8
India	ODI	4	1	48.00	8.00	1/22

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
The Wanderers Stadium	46	1822	43.38	134
Newlands	41	1532	41.41	185
SuperSport Park	37	1033	33.32	199
St George's Park	25	897	42.71	137
Grand Prairie Stadium	20	865	48.06	113
Wankhede Stadium	22	857	50.41	133
Kingsmead	23	714	35.70	120
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	19	653	40.81	79
MA Chidambaram Stadium	20	622	34.56	73
Warner Park	17	585	41.79	120

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
The Wanderers Stadium	2	9	5.78	6.50
Trent Bridge	1	1	8.00	4.00
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	1	1	22.00	7.33

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	5709	4083	139.8	150	–	–	–
T20	Middle	4903	3713	132.0	134	82	6	5.56
T20	Death	1233	692	178.2	60	36	3	10.50
ODI	Powerplay	808	1184	68.2	11	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	4027	4564	88.2	84	186	2	5.77
ODI	Death	610	427	142.9	21	6	0	10.00

How Faf du Plessis was dismissed

Caught383 (68%)
Bowled87 (15%)
Lbw40 (7%)
Run out25 (4%)
Stumped15 (3%)
Caught and bowled14 (2%)
Hit wicket1 (0%)
Retired out1 (0%)

How Faf du Plessis took wickets

Bowled7
Caught2
Caught and bowled2

Last 20 innings

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Faf du Plessis: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
8 Jan 2026	39
18 Jun 2026	113
20 Jun 2026	6
24 Jun 2026	40
26 Jun 2026	13
27 Jun 2026	8
3 Jul 2026	14
5 Jul 2026	14
11 Jul 2026	61
12 Jul 2026	23
26 Aug 2026	83
29 Aug 2026	4
1 Sep 2026	4
2 Sep 2026	79
5 Sep 2026	21
6 Sep 2026	60
10 Sep 2026	71
12 Sep 2026	31
15 Sep 2026	54
17 Sep 2026	42

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
17 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dublin Guardians	42	37	caught	The Village
15 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	54	35	caught	The Village
12 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Belfast Wolves	31	26	caught	The Village
10 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Glasgow Cosmic	71	42	caught	The Village
6 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Amsterdam Flames	60	47	caught	Sportpark Westvliet
5 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	21	19	caught	Sportpark Westvliet
2 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dublin Guardians	79	51	lbw	Sportpark Westvliet
1 Sep 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Glasgow Cosmic	4	7	caught	Sportpark Westvliet
29 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Belfast Wolves	4*	3	not out	Sportpark Westvliet
26 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Amsterdam Flames	83*	55	not out	Sportpark Westvliet
12 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Los Angeles Knight Riders	23	14	caught	Grand Prairie Stadium
11 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Washington Freedom	61	41	bowled	Grand Prairie Stadium
5 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Seattle Orcas	14	8	lbw	Knight Riders Cricket Ground
3 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Los Angeles Knight Riders	14	8	caught	Knight Riders Cricket Ground
27 Jun 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Washington Freedom	8	14	caught	Oakland Coliseum
26 Jun 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI New York	13	9	caught	Oakland Coliseum
24 Jun 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	San Francisco Unicorns	40	24	caught	Oakland Coliseum
20 Jun 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	San Francisco Unicorns	6	7	caught	Grand Prairie Stadium
18 Jun 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Seattle Orcas	113*	52	not out	Grand Prairie Stadium
8 Jan 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Paarl Royals	39	24	bowled	The Wanderers Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Faf du Plessis faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Faf du Plessis scored in Tests?

4,163 runs in 118 innings (69 matches) at an average of 40.03 and a strike rate of 46.3, in the data from 2012 to 2021.

How many runs has Faf du Plessis scored in ODIs?

5,445 runs in 135 innings (141 matches) at an average of 46.94 and a strike rate of 88.2, in the data from 2011 to 2019.

How many runs has Faf du Plessis scored in T20Is?

1,487 runs in 49 innings (49 matches) at an average of 35.40 and a strike rate of 134.0, in the data from 2012 to 2020.

What is Faf du Plessis's highest score?

199 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Faf du Plessis scored?

31 hundreds in the data: 10 in Tests, 12 in ODIs, 1 in T20Is, 8 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.