# List of ball games

This is a list of **ball games** and **ball sports** that include a ball as a main part of the activity, usually for scoring points inside of the game.

## Ball games

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 starting letter 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Push ball

### Q - Z

* Quidditch
* Racquetball
* Relayball
* 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