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Most Sixes By a Batsman

All Seasons
#1 - Leader

Chris Gayle

Punjab Kings

357

Sixes

141Inn
148SR
6100s
3576s
#2 - Second

Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians

310

Sixes

270Inn
132SR
2100s
3106s
#3 - Third

Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

298

Sixes

263Inn
133SR
8100s
2986s

Batting Insights

IPL Most Sixes leaderboard

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The IPL most sixes list tracks power-hitting across all IPL seasons. It highlights the batters who clear the ropes most often and shift momentum quickly. Six-hitting is crucial in modern IPL strategy, especially in the middle and death overs.

Leaders such as Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli show how six-hitting influences match momentum. Compare their runs and strike rate to see power versus volume, and use innings to gauge how frequently those sixes come per match.

Key insights

  • Chris Gayle leads with 357 6s.
  • Gap to #2 (Rohit Sharma) is 47 6s.
  • Top three: Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
  • Chris Gayle scored at SR 148 across 141 innings.

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# Player Inn Sixes HS Balls SR 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 M S Dhoni 241 264 84 3957 137 375 264 24 0
5 AB de Villiers 170 251 133 3403 151 413 251 40 3
6 David Warner 184 236 126 4697 139 663 236 62 4
7 Sanju Samson 176 227 119 3490 140 400 227 26 4
8 Andre Russell 114 223 88 1522 174 186 223 12 0
9 KA Pollard 168 223 87 2316 147 218 223 16 0
10 K L Rahul 139 213 132 3905 136 465 213 41 5
11 Suresh Raina 200 203 100 4043 136 506 203 39 1
12 Jos Buttler 123 192 124 2869 149 429 192 26 7
13 Shane Watson 141 190 117 2809 137 376 190 21 4
14 RV Uthappa 197 182 88 3799 130 481 182 27 0
15 Faf du Plessis 147 174 96 3515 135 439 174 39 0
16 A T Rayudu 185 173 100 3409 127 359 173 22 1
17 Rishabh Pant 127 171 128 2486 147 332 171 20 2
18 SA Yadav 155 171 103 2969 148 465 171 30 2
19 Nicholas Pooran 90 170 87 1405 166 158 170 14 0
20 Shreyas Iyer 134 162 97 2871 134 323 162 29 0
21 Dinesh Karthik 233 161 97 3577 135 466 161 22 0
22 Glenn Maxwell 134 161 95 1817 155 237 161 18 0
23 Yusuf Pathan 153 158 100 2241 142 262 158 13 1
24 Shikhar Dhawan 221 152 106 5324 127 768 152 51 2
25 Hardik Pandya 143 149 91 1910 147 218 149 10 0
26 Yuvraj Singh 126 149 83 2120 129 217 149 13 0
27 Ishan Kishan 117 146 106 2290 140 310 146 19 1
28 Nitish Rana 115 142 87 2112 136 264 142 20 0
29 David Miller 136 142 101 2272 138 228 142 13 1
30 Quinton de Kock 115 134 140 2469 134 325 134 24 2
31 Ajinkya Rahane 188 132 105 4127 125 522 132 34 2
32 Brendon McCullum 109 130 158 2186 131 293 130 13 2
33 Shivam Dube 80 126 95 1360 144 118 126 10 0
34 Shubman Gill 117 125 129 2899 139 388 125 28 4
35 Sunil Narine 120 120 109 1090 166 191 120 7 1
36 Ravindra Jadeja 197 117 77 2566 130 247 117 5 0
37 Dwayne Smith 88 117 87 1764 135 245 117 17 0
38 Manish Pandey 160 115 114 3244 121 340 115 22 1
39 Abhishek Sharma 79 114 141 1174 165 183 114 10 1
40 Marcus Stoinis 101 106 124 1405 144 160 106 9 1
41 Virender Sehwag 104 106 122 1755 155 334 106 16 2
42 Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal 71 102 124 1534 153 277 102 17 2
43 Mayank Agarwal 125 100 106 2064 133 273 100 13 1
44 Heinrich Klaasen 50 97 105 1029 165 111 97 9 2
45 R D Gaikwad 75 96 108 1880 136 236 96 20 2
46 Shimron Hetmeyer 81 95 75 992 151 94 95 5 0
47 Axar Patel 126 94 66 1436 133 130 94 3 0
48 Adam Gilchrist 80 92 109 1495 138 239 92 11 2
49 Murali Vijay 105 91 127 2149 121 247 91 13 2
50 Riyan Parag 77 91 95 1140 141 114 91 7 0
51 Wriddhiman Saha 143 87 115 2300 127 296 87 13 1
52 Rajat Patidar 42 86 112 811 161 87 86 11 1
53 R A Tripathi 98 85 93 1662 137 229 85 12 0
54 Prabhsimran Singh 55 80 103 970 153 152 80 9 1
55 Mitchell Marsh 53 80 117 959 142 110 80 9 1
56 Naman Ojha 94 79 94 1313 118 121 79 6 0
57 Jean-Paul Duminy 75 79 78 1636 124 126 79 14 0
58 Aaron Finch 90 78 88 1631 128 214 78 15 0
59 Shaun Marsh 69 78 115 1866 132 266 78 20 1
60 Liam Livingstone 48 76 94 682 156 70 76 7 0
61 Tilak Varma 55 74 84 1067 143 119 74 8 0
62 Jonny Bairstow 52 74 114 1146 146 173 74 9 2
63 Tim David 48 72 70 548 178 62 72 2 0
64 Moeen Ali 59 67 93 835 139 95 67 6 0
65 Venkatesh Iyer 57 67 104 1084 138 137 67 12 1
66 Dwayne Bravo 110 66 70 1204 129 120 66 5 0
67 Chris Lynn 42 66 93 945 140 132 66 10 0
68 K H Pandya 115 65 86 1332 131 153 65 2 0
69 Eoin Morgan 74 64 68 1146 122 112 64 5 0
70 Kane Williamson 76 64 89 1694 125 185 64 18 0
71 Philip Salt 38 64 89 675 176 133 64 11 0
72 J M Sharma 50 62 85 649 155 78 62 1 0
73 Deepak Jagbir Hooda 101 62 64 1172 127 98 62 8 0
74 Aiden Markram 59 62 68 1137 136 125 62 10 0
75 Devdutt Padikkal 77 62 101 1492 129 205 62 13 1
76 Prithvi Shaw 79 61 99 1283 147 238 61 14 0
77 DJ Hussey 61 60 71 1075 122 90 60 5 0
78 Steven Smith 93 60 101 1940 128 225 60 11 1
79 Gautam Gambhir 151 59 93 3404 123 492 59 36 0
80 Travis Head 42 59 102 753 168 143 59 8 1
81 Rinku Singh 55 57 67 822 143 95 57 4 0
82 B Sai Sudharsan 44 55 108 1305 146 199 55 13 2
83 Albie Morkel 67 55 73 686 141 61 55 3 0
84 R K Tewatia 80 55 53 836 137 93 55 1 0
85 Michael Hussey 58 52 116 1612 122 198 52 15 1
86 Abdul Samad 55 51 45 551 147 52 51 0 0
87 M Shahrukh Khan 50 51 58 501 149 47 51 2 0
88 Saurabh Tiwary 73 50 61 1244 120 111 50 8 0
89 Parthiv Patel 136 49 81 2358 120 365 49 13 0
90 Karun Nair 76 49 89 1286 131 185 49 11 0
91 Vijay Shankar 63 48 69 950 129 88 48 7 0
92 Dhruv Chand Jurel 40 46 81 541 158 68 46 6 0
93 Ross Taylor 54 46 81 822 123 66 46 3 0
94 Matthew Hayden 32 44 93 805 137 121 44 8 0
95 Lendl Simmons 29 44 100 852 126 109 44 11 1
96 Jacques Kallis 95 44 89 2222 109 255 44 17 0
97 Shashank Singh 36 44 68 510 158 59 44 5 0
98 Manan Vohra 51 43 95 829 130 104 43 3 0
99 Bradley Hodge 63 43 73 1118 125 122 43 6 0
100 Harbhajan Singh 88 42 64 604 137 79 42 1 0

FAQs

Who leads most sixes in IPL history?

Chris Gayle leads the IPL most sixes list with 357 6s.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most sixes totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each IPL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.