Who leads MLC all-time matches?

N Pooran leads MLC all-time matches with 28 (28 matches · 640 balls · 928 runs). The top three are: N Pooran, MD Patel, Q de Kock.

How is MLC matches calculated?

Most MLC matches played — the all-time appearance leaders across 2023–2025. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.

Does this MLC matches leaderboard include 2026?

Yes. The all-time table covers MLC 2023–2026. A separate 2026-only view is shown below the all-time table.

What data source powers this leaderboard?

Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure every leaderboard surface projects from the same canonical file.

MLC leaderboard

Most matches played

N Pooran leads MLC all-time matches with 28 (28 matches · 640 balls · 928 runs). Most MLC matches played — the all-time appearance leaders across 2023–2025. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.

All time (MLC 2023–2026)

#	Player	Matches	Sample
1	N Pooranmi-new-york	28	28 matches · 640 balls · 928 runs
2	MD Patelmi-new-york	26	26 matches · 523 balls · 674 runs
3	Q de Kockmi-new-york seattle-orcas	26	26 matches · 569 balls · 807 runs
4	F du Plessistexas-super-kings	25	25 matches · 571 balls · 934 runs
5	AGS Gouswashington-freedom	24	24 matches · 389 balls · 511 runs
6	KA Pollardmi-new-york	24	24 matches · 309 balls · 488 runs
7	FH Allensan-francisco-unicorns	23	23 matches · 354 balls · 714 runs
8	H Klaasenseattle-orcas	22	22 matches · 305 balls · 474 runs
9	MP Stoinissan-francisco-unicorns texas-super-kings	20	20 matches · 230 balls · 266 runs
10	AD Russelllos-angeles-knight-riders	19	19 matches · 297 balls · 461 runs
11	DP Conwaytexas-super-kings	19	19 matches · 485 balls · 649 runs
12	Hassan Khansan-francisco-unicorns	19	19 matches · 262 balls · 429 runs
13	MW Shortsan-francisco-unicorns washington-freedom	19	19 matches · 431 balls · 682 runs
14	Shayan Jahangirmi-new-york seattle-orcas	19	19 matches · 326 balls · 404 runs
15	SP Krishnamurthisan-francisco-unicorns	19	19 matches · 285 balls · 422 runs

Frequently asked questions

Who leads MLC all-time matches?: N Pooran leads MLC all-time matches with 28 (28 matches · 640 balls · 928 runs). The top three are: N Pooran, MD Patel, Q de Kock.
How is MLC matches calculated?: Most MLC matches played — the all-time appearance leaders across 2023–2025. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
Does this MLC matches leaderboard include 2026?: Yes. The all-time table covers MLC 2023–2026. A separate 2026-only view is shown below the all-time table.
What data source powers this leaderboard?: Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure every leaderboard surface projects from the same canonical file.

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.

Sample-size floor: Counting stat — no minimum sample floor. Per doctrine §3.1 — claims below the floor are excluded from this surface.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-mlc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: N Pooran leads MLC all-time matches with 28. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/most-appearances”