Stats: Players who have made most Champions Trophy edition appearances

Shoaib Malik currently has appeared in 16* games in the Champions Trophy for Pakistan so far.

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Unlike how the appearances in most World Cup editions is valued, the appearances in most Champions Trophy editions hasn’t attained enough acknowledgement. Only 7 CTs have been played thus far. However, no player in the history has featured in all the 7 editions but 8 players have featured in 6 different editions.

During the ongoing 2017 edition, the Pakistan all-rounder, Shoaib Malik has achieved the rare feat of appearing in the 6 different Champions Trophies as he featured in the previous 5 editions of the tournament from 2002 to 2013. Among the 8 players who have featured in 6 CT editions are Mark Boucher, Rahul Dravid, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting featured in all the first 6 editions.

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara featured in 6 straight CT editions from 2000 after missing the inaugural tournament in 1998 while Daniel Vettori could have been the one to play in all the 7 previous editions had he not missed the one in 2000.

Players who featured in 6 different Champions Trophy editions:

PlayerTeamYearMatchesRunsWicketsCatchesStumpings
Mark BoucherSouth Africa19983421
200026030
200233321
20042720
2006412260
200936220
Rahul DravidIndia1998268020
2000415710
2002512050
200429730
2006310530
200938020
Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka1998222120
2000241200
20025254110
2004229100
20066156630
2009334300
Jacques KallisSouth Africa19983164810
2000293400
20023167320
2004256010
2006484400
2009389100
Ricky PontingAustralia199814100
200014600
200234900
200435100
2006511860
2009528820
Daniel VettoriNew Zealand199829010
2002222310
2004229300
20064134340
20094100720
201335210
Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka200028310
2002510510
2004235030
2006618850
2009316330
2013416820
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka200022100
2002516952
200424540
20066160132
200936620
2013422241
Shoaib MalikPakistan200221100
2004322420
2006398340
20094180110
2013325110
2017******

 

Shoaib Malik currently has appeared in 16* games in the Champions Trophy for Pakistan so far. If he features in all the group stage matches, he will stand among the list of players who played most matches in the CT. If Pakistan makes into finals and Malik plays in all the games, he will be only next Jayawardene and Sangakkara in the most number of games in the tournament.

Players who featured in the most number of games in the Champions Trophy:

PlayerTeamMatches playedRunsWicketsCatchesStumpings
DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka227420150
KC SangakkaraSri Lanka22683285
ST JayasuriyaSri Lanka205361460
R DravidIndia196270160
BC LaraWest Indies1846540
RT PontingAustralia1859380

(Stats updated up to 2017 Champions Trophy)

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