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Faf du Plessis Career Stats, Records and Format Breakdown

18,998 runs across 306 matches — Faf du Plessis built one of the most complete batting careers in modern cricket across all three formats.

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Test career68 MATCHES

Runs
4,163
Bat avg
40.03
Strike rate
46.3
High score
199
100s / 50s
10 / 21
Last played 2021-02-04 · all Test cricket in the archive

ODI career135 MATCHES

Runs
5,445
Bat avg
46.14
Strike rate
88.2
High score
185
100s / 50s
12 / 34
Last played 2019-07-06 · all ODI cricket in the archive

T20 career306 MATCHES

Runs
9,390
Bat avg
33.66
Strike rate
137.2
High score
120
100s / 50s
5 / 67
Last played 2026-01-08 · all T20 cricket in the archive (internationals and leagues)

Statistically similar players

Closest career profiles in the archive, by format — batting and bowling numbers, weighted by role.

TESTSIMILARITY / 100

Ajinkya Rahane
avg 38.7 · 5,067 runs
Asad Shafiq
avg 38.2 · 4,660 runs
Andrew Strauss
avg 37.4 · 5,605 runs
Darren Bravo
avg 36.1 · 3,538 runs
Tom Latham
avg 39.1 · 6,450 runs
Mushfiqur Rahim
avg 39.2 · 6,592 runs

ODISIMILARITY / 100

Shikhar Dhawan
avg 44.0 · SR 91.5
Ross Taylor
avg 46.7 · SR 83.0
Gautam Gambhir
avg 40.5 · SR 85.8
Matthew Hayden
avg 45.3 · SR 81.8
Fakhar Zaman
avg 47.5 · SR 93.5
KL Rahul
avg 51.7 · SR 92.4

T20SIMILARITY / 100

James Vince
avg 33.2 · SR 139.1
Aaron Finch
avg 33.2 · SR 138.5
Dawid Malan
avg 33.7 · SR 133.4
Shreyas Iyer
avg 34.9 · SR 137.7
Quinton de Kock
avg 30.7 · SR 138.5
Shikhar Dhawan
avg 33.3 · SR 126.9

South Africa team-mates

AB de VilliersQuinton de KockHashim AmlaDavid MillerGraeme SmithJacques KallisRilee RossouwColin Ingram
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