# 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
* 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

* 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
* 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