AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers — career overview
AB de Villiers is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a wk-batsman and wicketkeeper (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm medium bowler). In international cricket AB de Villiers has appeared in 114 Tests (8,765 runs at 50.66, with 22 hundreds and 46 fiftys); 228 ODIs (9,577 runs at 53.50, with 25 hundreds and 53 fiftys); 78 T20Is (1,672 runs at 26.12, with 10 fiftys). With the ball, AB de Villiers has taken 9 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare AB de Villiers with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where South Africa rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 114 | 191 | 18 | 8765 | 278 | 50.66 | 16076 | 54.53 | 22 | 46 | 1024 | 64 |
| ODI | 228 | 218 | 39 | 9577 | 176 | 53.50 | 9473 | 101.10 | 25 | 53 | 840 | 204 |
| T20I | 78 | 75 | 11 | 1672 | 79 | 26.12 | 1237 | 135.17 | - | 10 | 140 | 60 |
| IPL | 184 | 170 | 40 | 5162 | 133 | 39.71 | 3403 | 151.69 | 3 | 40 | 413 | 251 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 114 | 5 | 204 | 104 | 2 | 2/49 | 2/49 | 52.00 | 3.06 | 102.0 | - | - |
| ODI | 228 | 9 | 192 | 202 | 7 | 2/15 | 2/15 | 28.86 | 6.31 | 27.4 | - | - |
| T20I | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IPL | 184 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wicketkeeping
| Format | Mat | Ct | St | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 114 | - | - | - |
| ODI | 228 | - | - | - |
| T20I | 78 | - | - | - |
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Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
AB de Villiers — Career Overview
AB de Villiers is a wk-batsman from South Africa. AB bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm medium and keeps wicket. Wicketkeeper-batters carry one of the most demanding workloads in the modern game: hours of concentration behind the stumps and a finishing role with the bat, often through the middle and death overs. Reflexes, footwork to spin and a calm head under pressure separate the best in this category. South Africa is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 114 Tests: 8,765 runs at an average of 50.66, strike rate 54.53 (22 hundreds, 46 fiftys); 228 ODIs: 9,577 runs at an average of 53.50, strike rate 101.10 (25 hundreds, 53 fiftys); 78 T20Is: 1,672 runs at an average of 26.12, strike rate 135.17 (10 fiftys). International bowling — 2 wickets in Test at 52.00, economy 3.06; 7 wickets in ODI at 28.86, economy 6.31. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 5,162 runs in 184 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks AB de Villiers's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into AB de Villiers's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.