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

A–E

 * 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
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 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * Quidditch
 * Racquetball
 * Ringball
 * Rock-It-Ball
 * Rounders
 * Sepak takraw
 * Shinty
 * 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