List of ball games
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
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.
- *Hand and ball-striking games, such as various handball codes, rebound handball, and four square.
- Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce.
- Cue sports, such as pool and snooker.
- Target sports, such as golf and bowling.
Popular ball games
A–E
- Angleball
- Apalachee ball game
- * Crossminton
- Baseball
- *Baseball5
- Basketball
- * 3x3
- * 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
- 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
- Camogie
- Cestoball
- Chinese_handball
- Codeball
- Cricket
- * Backyard cricket
- * Twenty20
- * Kwik cricket
- * Vigoro
- Crossnet
- Cue sports
- * Carom billiards
- * English billiards
- * Pool
- * Russian pyramid
- * Snooker
- Cycle ball
- Dodgeball
- Downball
- Dunk tank
F–K
- Fistball
- Fives
- Flag football
- Flickerball
- Football
- *Association football
- ** 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
- Gaga
- Goalball
- Golf
- * GolfCross
- * Mini Golf
- Ground billiards
- * Croquet
- * Jeu de mail
- * Pall-mall
- * Roque
- * Trucco
- 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
- * Street hockey
- Hocker
- Hurling
- Jai alai
- Jokgu
- Jorkyball
- Juggling
- Kickball
- Kick-to-kick
- Kin-Ball
- Klootschieten
- Knuckleball
- Korfball
L–P
- Lacrosse
- * Box Lacrosse
- * Field lacrosse
- * Intercrosse
- Lawn bowls
- Loofball
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Netball
- * Fast5
- Newcomb ball
- Omegaball
- Padbol
- Paddle ball
- Paddle-ball
- Paddle tennis
- Padel
- Paintball
- Palin
- Patball
- Pelota mixteca
- Pesäpallo
- Picigin
- Pickleball
- Polo
- * Bicycle polo
- * Canoe polo
- * Elephant polo
- * Horseball
- * Polocrosse
- * Segway polo
- * Yak polo
- Pushball
Q–Z
- Racquetball
- Ringball
- Rock-It-Ball
- Roliball
- Rounders
- Roundnet
- Sepak takraw
- Shinty
- Showdown
- Sipa
- Skee ball
- Slamball
- Softball
- Squash
- Stickball
- Stickball
- Streetball
- Table football
- Table tennis
- TagPro
- 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
- Wallball_
- Water basketball
- Water polo
- Welsh handball
- Wiffleball
- Wireball
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