List of ball games

List

This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points.

## Games that include balls

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Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835-36

Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including:

* Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball.
* Invasion games, such as football and basketball.
* Net and wall games, such as volleyball.
* Racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton.
* Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce.
* Cue sports, such as pool and snooker.
* Target sports, such as golf and bowling.
* Hand and ball-striking games, such as various handball codes, rebound handball, and four square.

## Popular ball games

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Games that are similar and have a common reference are grouped under the primary name such as bowling, football and hockey.

### A–E

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* Angleball
* Apalachee ball game
* Crossminton
* Bandy
* Rink bandy
* Rinkball
* Baseball
* Baseball5
* Basketball
* 3x3 (basketball)
* Wheelchair basketball
* Basque pelota
* Frontenis
* Jai alai
* Xare
* Beach tennis
* Bossaball
* Boules
* Bocce
* Bocce volo
* Boccia
* Bolas criollas
* Bowls or "lawn bowls"
* Jeu provençal
* Pétanque
* Raffa (boules)
* Bowling
* Candlepin bowling
* Carpet bowls
* Duckpin bowling
* Five-pin bowling
* Nine-pin bowling
* Ten-pin bowling
* Irish road bowling
* Brännboll
* British baseball
* Broomball
* Canoe polo i
* Cestoball
* Codeball
* Cricket (see cricket ball)
* Backyard cricket
* Twenty20
* Kwik cricket
* Vigoro
* Croquet
* Roque
* Crossnet
* Cue sports (also knowns as billiards)
* Carom billiards
* English billiards
* Pool (or pocket billiards)
* Snooker
* Cycle ball
* Dodgeball
* Downball

### F–K

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* Fistball
* Fives
* Flag football
* Flickerball
* Football
* Association football (soccer)
* Futsal
* Indoor soccer
* Beach soccer
* Australian rules football
* Calcio fiorentino
* English public school football games
* Gaelic football
* Gridiron football
* American football
* Canadian football
* Indoor football
* Arena football
* Football tennis
* International rules football
* Medieval football games
* Rugby football
* Rugby league
* Rugby union
* Rugby sevens
* Beach rugby
* Underwater rugby
* Wheelchair rugby
* Underwater football
* Volata
* Footvolley
* Four square
* Goalball
* Golf
* Mini Golf
* Half-rubber
* Handball
* American handball
* Australian handball
* Beach handball
* Field handball
* Gaelic Handball
* Hooverball
* Hockey
* Bandy
* Rink bandy
* Rinkball
* Field hockey
* Indoor field hockey
* Floor hockey
* Floorball
* Roller hockey
* Roller hockey (quad)
* Street hockey
* Hocker (defunct)
* Hurling
* Jai alai
* Jokgu
* Jorkyball
* Juggling
* Kickball
* Kick-to-kick (includes end-to-end footy)
* Kin-Ball
* Klootschieten
* Knuckleball
* Korfball

### L–P

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* Lacrosse
* Box Lacrosse
* Field lacrosse
* Intercrosse
* Lawn bowls
* Loofball
* Mesoamerican ballgame
* Netball
* Fast5
* Newcomb ball
* Padbol
* Paddle ball
* Paddle-ball
* Paddle tennis
* Padel
* Paintball
* Palin
* Pelota mixteca
* Pesäpallo
* Picigin
* Pickleball
* Polo
* Bicycle polo
* Canoe polo
* Elephant polo
* Horseball
* Polocrosse
* Segway polo
* Yak polo
* Pushball

### Q–Z

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* Quidditch
* Racquetball
* Ringball
* Rock-It-Ball
* Rounders
* Sepak takraw
* Shinty
* Showdown
* Sipa
* Skee ball
* Slamball
* Softball
* Squash
* Stickball
* Stickball (Native American)
* Streetball
* Table football (foosball)
* Table tennis (ping pong)
* TagPro (esports)
* Tchoukball
* Team handball
* Tee ball
* Tennis
* Tetherball
* Teqball
* Ulama
* Valencian pilota
* Escala i corda
* Galotxa
* Galotxetes
* Llargues
* Raspall
* Valencian fronto
* Underwater sports
* Volleyball
* Beach volleyball
* Sitting volleyball
* Snow volleyball
* Waboba
* Water basketball
* Water polo
* Welsh handball
* Wiffleball
* Wireball

* v
* t
* e

Team sports

* Sport
* Governing bodies
* National sport
* Sportspeople

Invasion games|

| Basket sports|

* Basketball
* beach
* deaf
* 3x3
* water
* wheelchair
* Cestoball
* Dueball
* Korfball
* Netball
* Fast5
* indoor
* wheelchair
* Rezball
* Ringball
* Slamball

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Football
codes|

* Association football
* amputee
* beach soccer
* freestyle
* futsal
* Indoor soccer
* minifootball
* paralympic
* powerchair
* roller soccer
* socca
* street
* teqball‎
* Australian rules football
* AFLX
* Lightning football
* Metro footy
* Nine-a-side
* Rec footy
* Gaelic football
* Ladies'
* Circle rules football

Gridiron codes|

* American football
* eight-man
* flag
* nine-man
* six-man
* sprint
* touch
* wheelchair
* Arena football
* Canadian football

Hybrid codes|

* Austus
* Eton wall game
* International rules football
* Samoa rules
* Speedball
* Swedish football
* Universal football
* Volata

Medieval/historical
football codes|

* Ba game
* Caid
* Calcio fiorentino
* Camping
* Cnapan
* Cornish hurling
* Cuju
* Harpastum
* Kemari
* La soule
* Lelo burti
* Marn grook
* Pasuckuakohowog
* Royal Shrovetide
* Uppies and downies

Rugby codes|

* Rugby league
* masters
* mod
* nines
* sevens
* tag
* wheelchair
* Rugby union
* American flag
* beach
* mini
* sevens
* snow
* tag
* Tambo
* touch
* tens
* X
* Touch
* Wheelchair

Other related codes|

* Cuju
* Kī-o-rahi
* Jegichagi
* Yubi lakpi

Stick-and-ball
sports|

* Bando
* Cammag
* Gateball
* Hurling
* Camogie
* Super11s
* Shinty–Hurling
* Indigenous North American stickball
* Iomain
* Knattleikr
* Knotty
* Lacrosse
* box/indoor
* field
* intercrosse
* women's
* Ritinis
* Shinty
* Shinty–Hurling

Hockey sports|

* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* rink
* Broomball
* Field hockey
* indoor
* Floor hockey
* Floorball
* Ice hockey
* pond
* power
* ice sledge
* Ringette
* Rinkball
* Roller hockey
* in-line
* quad
* Rossall hockey
* Shinny
* Street hockey
* Underwater hockey
* Unicycle hockey

Polo sports|

* Auto polo
* Cowboy polo
* Cycle polo
* Elephant polo
* Hobby horse polo
* Horseball
* Motoball
* Pato
* Polo
* Arena polo
* Chovgan
* Snow polo
* Polocrosse
* Segway polo
* Yak polo

Other ball sports|

* Angleball
* Cycle ball
* Dodgeball
* Flickerball
* Gain-ground
* Balle à la main
* Ballon au poing
* Jeu de paume
* Longue paume
* Goalball
* Handball
* beach
* Czech
* field
* wheelchair
* Kaatsen
* Kin-Ball
* Lagori
* Mesoamerican ballgame
* Pelota mixteca
* Prisonball
* Pushball
* Quidditch
* Roll ball
* Tamburello
* Tchoukball
* Ulama
* Valencian pilota
* Llargues
* Whirlyball
* Yukigassen

Bat-and-ball
games|

| Baseball variants|

* Baseball
* Baseball5
* Brännboll
* Corkball
* Kickball
* Matball
* Over-the-line
* Pesäpallo
* Rounders
* Schlagball
* Softball
* Fastpitch
* 16-inch
* Stickball
* Vitilla
* British baseball
* English baseball
* Welsh baseball
* Wiffle ball
* Town ball
* Wireball

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Cricket variants|

* Cricket
* One Day
* Test
* Twenty20
* Indoor cricket
* Vigoro

Other games|

* Danish longball
* Lapta
* Oină
* Stoolball

Net and wall games|

* Ball badminton
* Biribol
* Bossaball
* Fistball
* Fives
* Eton
* Rugby
* Footbag net
* Football tennis
* Footvolley
* Jianzi
* Jokgu
* Newcomb ball
* Peteca
* Sepak takraw
* Throwball
* Volleyball
* beach
* indoor
* sitting
* standing
* pioneerball
* snow

Tag sports|

* Kabaddi
* Kho kho
* World Chase Tag

Water sports|

* Synchronized swimming
* Underwater football
* Underwater rugby
* Water polo
* canoe
* inner tube
* Yacht racing

Other non-ball sports|

* Airsoft
* Bo-taoshi
* Buzkashi
* Combat (juggling)
* Curling
* wheelchair
* Guts
* Hornussen
* Jereed
* Makura-Nage
* Paintball
* Roller derby
* Synchronized skating
* Tug of war
* Ultimate

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