Most Sixes in IPL History

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

Most Sixes in IPL 2023

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
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 

Most Sixes in IPL History

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.