The T20 game has been the most sought after format in cricket ever since 2005 and Indian T20 League is one of the most famous and watched leagues among the franchise competitions played around the globe. While there are a lot of facets that contribute to the success of T20, six hitting is arguably the most crucial facet that contributes to the popularity of the format.
In this article, we will see the players who have smashed the most sixes in the Indian Premier League. Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and Rohit Sharma are among the players who have smashed the most number of sixes in the history of Indian T20 League
Faf du Plessis is in great form at the moment and has hit the most sixes, 36, so far in IPL 2023.
Sl No | Batter | Team | Matches | 6s | Runs | HS | Ave |
1 | Faf du Plessis | RCB | 14 | 36 | 730 | 84 | 56.15 |
2 | Shivam Dube | CSK | 16 | 35 | 418 | 52 | 38.00 |
3 | Shubman Gill | GT | 17 | 33 | 890 | 129 | 59.33 |
4 | Glenn Maxwell | RCB | 14 | 31 | 400 | 77 | 33.33 |
5 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 16 | 30 | 590 | 92 | 42.14 |
6 | Rinku Singh | KKR | 14 | 29 | 474 | 67* | 59.25 |
7 | Suryakumar Yadav | MI | 16 | 28 | 605 | 103* | 43.21 |
8 | Marcus Stoinis | LSG | 15 | 27 | 408 | 89* | 31.38 |
9 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | RR | 14 | 26 | 625 | 124 | 48.07 |
10 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 15 | 26 | 358 | 62 | 29.83 |
*Last Updated on 29th May 2023
Chris Gayle has hit a whopping 357 sixes which are the most among all the players to have played in IPL history.
SL no | Player | Mat | Runs | 6s | HS | Ave | SR |
1 | Chris Gayle | 142 | 4965 | 357 | 175 | 39.72 | 148.96 |
3 | Rohit Sharma | 243 | 6211 | 257 | 109* | 29.57 | 130.04 |
3 | AB de Villiers | 184 | 5162 | 251 | 133* | 39.7 | 151.68 |
4 | MS Dhoni | 250 | 5082 | 239 | 84 | 38.79 | 135.95 |
5 | Virat Kohli | 237 | 7263 | 212 | 113 | 37.24 | 130.02 |
6 | David Warner | 176 | 6397 | 226 | 126 | 41.53 | 139.91 |
7 | Kieron Pollard | 186 | 3383 | 222 | 87 | 29.16 | 148.89 |
8 | Suresh Raina | 205 | 5528 | 203 | 100 | 32.51 | 136.73 |
9 | Shane Watson | 145 | 3874 | 190 | 117 | 30.99 | 137.91 |
10 | Robin Uthappa | 201 | 4950 | 182 | 88 | 27.96 | 130.64 |
T20 format was introduced mostly for the entertainment of fans and given the short duration of the innings, the batters try and hit a lot of sixes. Among the players to hit most sixes in the history of IPL, iconic players Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are at the top among Indians with 234, 224 and 212 sixes respectively. Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers are at the top of the pile having smacked 357 and 251 sixes in IPL history respectively.