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Joe Root stats

Data through 27 September 2026Last updated 27 September 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 13 December 2012 to 27 September 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Joe Root played 169 Tests, 189 ODIs, 31 T20Is for England in the data, between 2012 and 2026. In Tests Joe Root scored 14,278 runs in 309 innings (average 50.45, strike rate 57.6), including 41 hundreds and 69 fifties. With the ball, the best return was 74 wickets in Tests at an average of 48.09 and an economy rate of 3.37. Against West Indies in ODIs, Joe Root averaged 76.50 over 18 innings.

International matches

389

Tests 169 · ODIs 189 · T20Is 31

International runs

22,814

60 hundreds

International wickets

110

1 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

2,165 runs

Best batting average (Test)

50.45

309 innings

Highest score

262

Test

Teams played for

England 2012–2026 · 389Yorkshire 2014–2026 · 64Trent Rockets 2021–2025 · 26Welsh Fire 2026 · 8Paarl Royals 2025 · 8Sydney Thunder 2018–2019 · 7Dubai Capitals 2023 · 5Rajasthan Royals 2023 · 3

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Joe Root batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	169	309	26	14,278	262	50.45	24,783	57.6	41	69	15	1536	46
ODI	189	180	28	7,655	166*	50.36	8,778	87.2	19	47	9	624	52
T20I	31	29	5	881	90*	36.71	699	126.0	0	5	2	91	15
T20 (leagues & domestic)	85	80	17	2,165	92*	34.37	1,634	132.5	0	16	3	211	44
First-class	29	45	2	2,163	213	50.30	3,313	65.3	6	11	2	238	5
List A	7	7	1	304	83	50.67	380	80.0	0	3	0	23	1

Runs per year

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Joe Root: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2012	93
2013	1,579
2014	1,966
2015	2,283
2016	2,947
2017	2,355
2018	2,137
2019	2,107
2020	848
2021	2,243
2022	1,519
2023	1,457
2024	2,307
2025	2,102
2026	1,503

Year-by-year batting (60 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2012	Test	2	93	93.00	32.6	73	0	1
2013	ODI	19	626	39.12	82.2	79	0	4
2013	T20I	2	91	–	182.0	90	0	1
2013	Test	27	862	34.48	40.6	180	2	3
2014	First-class	4	212	53.00	76.0	97	0	2
2014	ODI	22	872	43.60	78.3	113	3	3
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	13	13.00	108.3	13	0	0
2014	T20I	5	92	18.40	96.8	32	0	0
2014	Test	11	777	97.12	58.0	200	3	3
2015	ODI	18	723	42.53	92.0	121	3	4
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	55	55.00	141.0	55	0	1
2015	T20I	3	120	40.00	142.9	68	0	1
2015	Test	26	1385	60.22	63.7	182	3	10
2016	First-class	3	240	80.00	87.9	213	1	0
2016	List A	1	45	45.00	81.8	45	0	0
2016	ODI	14	796	61.23	91.8	125	2	6
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	104	104.00	155.2	92	0	1
2016	T20I	8	285	40.71	142.5	83	0	2
2016	Test	32	1477	49.23	60.7	254	3	10
2017	First-class	3	22	11.00	37.9	12	0	0
2017	List A	5	241	60.25	84.6	83	0	3
2017	ODI	18	983	70.21	92.1	133	2	7
2017	T20I	4	143	47.67	102.1	46	0	0
2017	Test	19	966	50.84	61.8	190	2	8
2018	First-class	6	97	16.17	50.0	35	0	0
2018	List A	1	18	18.00	45.0	18	0	0
2018	ODI	23	917	61.13	83.2	113	3	5
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	113	28.25	159.2	51	0	1
2018	T20I	3	44	14.67	125.7	35	0	0
2018	Test	24	948	41.22	53.2	125	2	6
2019	First-class	3	297	148.50	57.6	130	1	2
2019	ODI	19	822	48.35	91.5	107	3	3
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	31	15.50	96.9	26	0	0
2019	T20I	4	106	35.33	111.6	55	0	1
2019	Test	23	851	37.00	46.3	226	2	4
2020	ODI	5	106	21.20	67.1	49	0	0
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	278	69.50	144.8	65	0	4
2020	Test	13	464	42.18	56.4	68	0	4
2021	First-class	8	291	36.38	54.6	101	1	1
2021	ODI	2	147	–	84.5	79	0	2
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	97	19.40	104.3	49	0	0
2021	Test	29	1708	61.00	56.9	228	6	4
2022	First-class	4	234	58.50	65.2	147	1	1
2022	ODI	5	98	19.60	92.5	86	0	1
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	89	44.50	125.4	35	0	0
2022	Test	27	1098	45.75	63.8	176	5	2
2023	ODI	12	304	25.33	84.7	82	0	3
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	366	36.60	137.6	82	0	3
2023	Test	14	787	65.58	76.3	153	2	5
2024	First-class	8	442	55.25	71.8	156	2	2
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	309	25.75	129.3	43	0	0
2024	Test	31	1556	55.57	63.4	262	6	5
2025	First-class	2	91	45.50	61.5	90	0	1
2025	ODI	14	688	52.92	93.6	166	2	4
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	518	39.85	136.0	92	0	5
2025	Test	18	805	50.31	57.7	150	4	1
2026	First-class	4	237	59.25	70.3	96	0	2
2026	ODI	9	573	114.60	88.0	111	1	5
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	192	24.00	112.3	58	0	1
2026	Test	13	501	41.75	61.1	160	1	3

Joe Root bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	170	6,332	3,559	74	5/8	5/33	48.09	3.37	85.6	3	1	165
ODI	77	1,722	1,693	30	3/52	–	56.43	5.90	57.4	0	0	2
T20I	9	84	139	6	2/9	–	23.17	9.93	14.0	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	36	537	688	27	2/7	–	25.48	7.69	19.9	0	0	0
First-class	35	1,686	846	23	4/5	4/5	36.78	3.01	73.3	2	0	46
List A	2	54	58	0	–	–	–	6.44	–	0	0	0

Wickets per year

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Joe Root: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2012	0
2013	8
2014	12
2015	9
2016	8
2017	8
2018	10
2019	6
2020	16
2021	19
2022	10
2023	10
2024	21
2025	9
2026	14

Year-by-year bowling (52 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2012	Test	1	0	–	5.00	0/5
2013	ODI	13	3	109.33	6.43	1/20
2013	T20I	3	2	33.50	11.17	1/15
2013	Test	14	3	54.67	2.69	2/9
2014	First-class	3	1	29.00	2.90	1/26
2014	ODI	17	8	45.75	5.23	2/15
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	6.00	0/6
2014	T20I	2	2	14.50	9.67	1/13
2014	Test	6	1	56.00	2.43	1/5
2015	ODI	8	1	119.00	5.95	1/27
2015	Test	15	8	40.25	3.30	2/22
2016	First-class	3	2	24.50	2.72	2/23
2016	ODI	2	1	41.00	5.86	1/26
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	0	–	11.25	0/20
2016	T20I	3	2	16.00	10.67	2/9
2016	Test	14	3	58.00	3.14	2/31
2017	First-class	2	1	53.00	3.88	1/22
2017	List A	1	0	–	6.33	0/19
2017	ODI	8	5	32.80	5.29	3/52
2017	T20I	1	0	–	5.50	0/11
2017	Test	8	2	37.50	2.94	1/1
2018	First-class	3	5	7.40	1.79	4/5
2018	List A	1	0	–	6.50	0/39
2018	ODI	12	2	140.00	6.27	2/31
2018	Test	10	3	47.67	2.88	1/13
2019	First-class	4	0	–	3.67	0/27
2019	ODI	4	2	32.50	5.42	2/27
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	7.00	0/7
2019	Test	10	4	74.75	4.15	2/26
2020	ODI	4	4	31.75	5.52	2/46
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	7	16.00	6.59	2/7
2020	Test	9	5	41.20	2.93	4/87
2021	First-class	6	1	74.00	2.74	1/26
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	4	32.00	7.60	1/17
2021	Test	17	14	30.50	3.06	5/8
2022	First-class	4	0	–	2.59	0/4
2022	ODI	1	0	–	24.00	0/4
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	1	20.00	20.00	1/20
2022	Test	21	9	56.00	3.59	2/23
2023	ODI	2	0	–	7.18	0/25
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	34.50	8.81	2/24
2023	Test	11	8	35.62	3.51	2/19
2024	First-class	7	5	48.60	2.98	3/78
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	5	19.40	7.01	2/20
2024	Test	20	11	51.00	3.54	4/79
2025	ODI	4	1	98.00	7.84	1/47
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	6	23.50	6.56	2/32
2025	Test	11	2	144.00	4.29	1/20
2026	First-class	3	8	18.25	3.24	4/49
2026	ODI	2	3	9.33	5.09	2/13
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	31.50	11.45	2/35
2026	Test	3	1	50.00	3.85	1/7

Joe Root against each team

vs Australia vs India vs New Zealand vs Sri Lanka vs Pakistan vs West Indies vs South Africa

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
India	Test	64	3383	59.35	55.3	218	13	12
Australia	Test	75	2828	40.99	51.3	180	6	18
New Zealand	Test	46	2096	49.90	57.9	226	6	10
Pakistan	Test	36	1651	51.59	62.1	262	2	9
West Indies	Test	29	1513	56.04	61.6	182	6	7
Sri Lanka	Test	24	1376	62.55	64.1	228	6	2
South Africa	Test	27	1210	46.54	62.9	190	2	9
Bangladesh	Test	4	98	24.50	55.4	56	0	1
Ireland	Test	3	89	29.67	68.5	56	0	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	32	1502	62.58	84.2	121	3	11
India	ODI	26	1100	55.00	86.3	113	3	7
New Zealand	ODI	29	1077	43.08	88.1	106	3	6
West Indies	ODI	18	1071	76.50	93.9	166	5	4
South Africa	ODI	19	895	47.11	89.6	125	3	4
Pakistan	ODI	16	835	52.19	92.2	107	1	7
Australia	ODI	30	735	28.27	73.1	91	0	6
Bangladesh	ODI	4	265	88.33	97.1	133	1	1
Ireland	ODI	3	129	64.50	98.5	73	0	1
Australia	T20I	6	187	46.75	140.6	90	0	1
West Indies	T20I	6	178	35.60	123.6	55	0	2
India	T20I	6	161	32.20	100.0	46	0	0
South Africa	T20I	3	125	41.67	171.2	83	0	1
Pakistan	T20I	4	105	26.25	118.0	47	0	0
Lancashire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	344	57.33	148.9	92	0	4
Derbyshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	192	96.00	135.2	64	0	2
Birmingham Phoenix	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	166	33.20	125.8	58	0	1
London Spirit	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	162	54.00	143.4	72	0	1
Oval Invincibles	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	107	26.75	146.6	76	0	1
Welsh Fire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	95	47.50	143.9	64	0	1
Leicestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	65	16.25	100.0	30	0	0
Southern Brave	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	54	13.50	105.9	17	0	0
Durham	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	52	17.33	120.9	25	0	0
Worcestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	49	49.00	119.5	35	0	0
Northern Superchargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	25	8.33	92.6	20	0	0
Surrey	First-class	5	306	76.50	77.5	213	1	0
Glamorgan	First-class	4	284	71.00	64.4	156	1	1
Nottinghamshire	First-class	5	241	60.25	64.4	130	1	1
Somerset	First-class	4	229	57.25	68.0	97	0	2
Sussex	First-class	5	183	36.60	67.5	96	0	2
Lancashire	First-class	4	176	44.00	69.8	147	1	0
Warwickshire	First-class	4	168	42.00	66.9	90	0	2
Kent	First-class	3	153	51.00	67.1	101	1	0
Essex	First-class	3	110	36.67	56.7	75	0	1
Hampshire	First-class	3	104	34.67	44.4	94	0	1

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	40	23	40.13	3.62	2/9
India	Test	38	21	47.33	3.45	5/8
New Zealand	Test	27	9	57.00	3.53	1/7
Pakistan	Test	19	8	46.75	3.28	2/23
South Africa	Test	12	4	74.00	3.08	4/87
West Indies	Test	15	4	60.25	2.78	2/22
Sri Lanka	Test	16	4	38.50	2.71	2/0
Australia	ODI	17	9	52.56	6.17	2/31
West Indies	ODI	6	6	25.67	5.50	2/15
Sri Lanka	ODI	16	4	69.25	5.49	2/13
South Africa	ODI	7	2	86.50	6.14	1/4
New Zealand	ODI	11	1	194.00	6.47	1/34
Pakistan	ODI	3	1	48.00	5.33	1/26
India	ODI	12	1	262.00	6.44	1/47
Australia	T20I	3	2	32.50	13.00	1/13
Derbyshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	6	12.33	6.73	2/7
Lancashire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	19.50	7.09	2/25
Sussex	First-class	5	5	27.00	2.56	3/67
Surrey	First-class	4	3	32.67	3.06	2/23
Glamorgan	First-class	4	2	44.50	2.87	2/52
Hampshire	First-class	3	1	96.00	3.47	1/22
Essex	First-class	3	0	–	2.42	0/4
Nottinghamshire	First-class	5	0	–	3.20	0/0

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Headingley	63	2966	54.93	213
Lord's	63	2889	50.68	200
Trent Bridge	46	1984	49.60	176
Kennington Oval	44	1792	44.80	149
Edgbaston	39	1704	53.25	142
Old Trafford	39	1572	47.64	254
Sophia Gardens	23	1077	53.85	166
The Rose Bowl	22	863	47.94	100
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	11	539	53.90	109
Seddon Park	6	464	77.33	226

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Headingley	34	23	32.52	4.23
Old Trafford	22	13	32.92	4.42
Lord's	25	12	39.67	3.94
Trent Bridge	26	9	45.89	4.46
Kennington Oval	23	8	51.62	4.12
The Rose Bowl	13	7	47.00	5.28
Narendra Modi Stadium	4	6	22.67	4.12
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	7	6	29.17	4.17
The Gabba	7	6	32.50	3.86
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	2	5	24.00	2.50

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	1039	793	131.0	22	136	7	7.81
T20	Middle	1596	1275	125.2	50	379	17	8.18
T20	Death	411	265	155.1	15	106	9	7.53
ODI	Powerplay	1147	1531	74.9	35	133	5	5.19
ODI	Middle	5714	6597	86.6	91	1438	22	5.74
ODI	Death	794	650	122.2	26	151	3	8.07

How Joe Root was dismissed

Caught327 (57%)
Lbw102 (18%)
Bowled100 (18%)
Run out22 (4%)
Caught and bowled12 (2%)
Stumped8 (1%)

How Joe Root took wickets

Caught103
Bowled20
Lbw19
Caught and bowled12
Stumped6

Last 20 innings

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Joe Root: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
10 Jul 2026	4
12 Jul 2026	2
14 Jul 2026	76
16 Jul 2026	99
19 Jul 2026	74
22 Jul 2026	15
25 Jul 2026	29
29 Jul 2026	5
1 Aug 2026	58
3 Aug 2026	17
9 Aug 2026	31
12 Aug 2026	31
19 Aug 2026	66
27 Aug 2026	4
27 Aug 2026	24
9 Sep 2026	8
9 Sep 2026	62
22 Sep 2026	44
24 Sep 2026	15
27 Sep 2026	18

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
27 Sep 2026	ODI	Sri Lanka	18	37	lbw	Kennington Oval
24 Sep 2026	ODI	Sri Lanka	15	17	caught	Headingley
22 Sep 2026	ODI	Sri Lanka	44	52	bowled	Riverside Ground
9 Sep 2026	Test	Pakistan	62*	69	not out	Edgbaston
9 Sep 2026	Test	Pakistan	8	18	lbw	Edgbaston
27 Aug 2026	Test	Pakistan	24	37	lbw	Lord's
27 Aug 2026	Test	Pakistan	4	13	lbw	Lord's
19 Aug 2026	Test	Pakistan	66	112	lbw	Headingley
12 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	London Spirit	31	31	caught	Sophia Gardens
9 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Leeds	31	22	caught	Headingley
3 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Southern Brave	17	20	caught	Sophia Gardens
1 Aug 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Birmingham Phoenix	58*	40	not out	Edgbaston
29 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Trent Rockets	5	8	bowled	Sophia Gardens
25 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI London	29	26	stumped	Sophia Gardens
22 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Southern Brave	15	15	run out	The Rose Bowl
19 Jul 2026	ODI	India	74*	48	not out	Lord's
16 Jul 2026	ODI	India	99*	133	not out	Sophia Gardens
14 Jul 2026	ODI	India	76*	76	not out	Edgbaston
12 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nottinghamshire	2	4	caught	Headingley
10 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lancashire	4	5	caught	Old Trafford

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
27 Sep 2026	ODI	Sri Lanka	1/15	3	0	Kennington Oval
25 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	MI London	0/10	1	0	Sophia Gardens
22 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Southern Brave	0/18	2	0	The Rose Bowl
12 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nottinghamshire	2/35	3	0	Headingley
25 Jun 2026	Test	New Zealand	1/7	3	0	Trent Bridge
17 Jun 2026	Test	New Zealand	0/37	7	0	Kennington Oval
1 May 2026	First-class	Somerset	4/49	16	2	County Ground, Taunton
24 Apr 2026	First-class	Sussex	3/67	21	3	Headingley
24 Apr 2026	First-class	Sussex	1/30	8	0	Headingley
24 Jan 2026	ODI	Sri Lanka	2/13	2.3	0	R Premadasa Stadium
4 Jan 2026	Test	Australia	0/6	3	1	Sydney Cricket Ground
17 Dec 2025	Test	Australia	0/32	8	0	Adelaide Oval
21 Nov 2025	Test	Australia	0/12	1	0	Perth Stadium
27 Aug 2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Birmingham Phoenix	1/8	3	0	Trent Bridge
31 Jul 2025	Test	India	0/15	5	1	Kennington Oval
23 Jul 2025	Test	India	0/68	19	2	Old Trafford
23 Jul 2025	Test	India	0/19	5	0	Old Trafford
10 Jul 2025	Test	India	0/1	1	0	Lord's
10 Jul 2025	Test	India	0/35	10.1	0	Lord's
2 Jul 2025	Test	India	1/65	9	1	Edgbaston

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Joe Root faced most

Batters Joe Root bowled to most

Ravindra Jadeja vs Joe Root322 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Joe Root scored in Tests?

14,278 runs in 309 innings (169 matches) at an average of 50.45 and a strike rate of 57.6, in the data from 2012 to 2026.

How many runs has Joe Root scored in ODIs?

7,655 runs in 180 innings (189 matches) at an average of 50.36 and a strike rate of 87.2, in the data from 2013 to 2026.

How many runs has Joe Root scored in T20Is?

881 runs in 29 innings (31 matches) at an average of 36.71 and a strike rate of 126.0, in the data from 2012 to 2019.

What is Joe Root's highest score?

262 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many wickets has Joe Root taken in Tests?

74 wickets in 170 innings at an average of 48.09, economy 3.37, best figures 5/8.

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