{{Short description|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== [[File:Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien SAAM-1985.66.430 1.jpg|thumb|''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 (which is played with a shuttlecock instead of a ball). **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== 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 * 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 * Camogie * Cestoball * Chinese handball * Codeball * Cricket ''(see cricket ball)'' ** Backyard cricket ** Twenty20 ** Kwik cricket ** Vigoro * Crossnet * Cue sports (also knowns as ''billiards'') ** Carom billiards ** English billiards ** Pool (or pocket billiards) ** Russian pyramid ** Snooker * Cycle ball * Dodgeball * Downball * Dunk tank
===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 * 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 (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 * 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 (spikeball) * 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 * Wallball_(children%27s_game) * Water basketball * Water polo * Welsh handball * Wiffleball * Wireball
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ball games}} * Category:Sport-related lists by sport