most sixes in IPL

Most Sixes in IPL: Times of Sports(TOS) has listed the players who hit the most number of sixes in IPL since 2008. Chris Gayle holds the top position in the list of players to hit the most number of sixes in IPL since 2008.

Playing IPL gives many players a chance to get back into their International team squad as well as gives them an opportunity to make their international debuts. Many current superstars of the Indian cricket team including Virat Kohli had first made their debut in the IPL before going on to represent India in International cricket.

Most Sixes in IPL

Chris Gayle hits the top of the list with an unbelievable 357 sixes scored while playing just 142 matches. Next to him, Rohit Sharma holds the second position by hitting 280 sixes in 257 matches.  Following are the list of players to hit Most Sixes in IPL:

Player Mat 6s
CH Gayle (KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) 142 357
RG Sharma (DCH/MI) 257 280
V Kohli (RCB) 252 272
MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS) 264 252
AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) 184 251
DA Warner (DC/SRH) 184 236
KA Pollard (MI) 189 223
AD Russell (DC/KKR) 127 209
SV Samson (DC/RR) 168 206
SK Raina (CSK/GL) 205 203
SR Watson (CSK/RCB/RR) 145 190
KL Rahul (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RCB/SRH) 132 187
RV Uthappa (CSK/KKR/MI/PWI/RCB/RR) 205 182
AT Rayudu (CSK/MI) 204 173
F du Plessis (CSK/RCB/RPS) 145 166
JC Buttler (MI/RR) 107 161
KD Karthik (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/RCB) 257 161
GJ Maxwell (DC/KXIP/MI/RCB) 134 160
YK Pathan (KKR/RR/SRH) 174 158
RR Pant (DC) 111 154
S Dhawan (DC/DCH/MI/PBKS/SRH) 222 152
Yuvraj Singh (DC/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) 132 149
HH Pandya (GT/MI) 137 136
DA Miller (GT/KXIP/RR) 130 134
N Rana (KKR/MI) 107 132
BB McCullum (CSK/GL/KKR/Kochi/RCB) 109 130
SA Yadav (KKR/MI) 150 130
N Pooran (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/SRH) 76 127
Q de Kock (DC/LSG/MI/RCB/SRH) 107 123
Ishan Kishan (GL/MI) 105 119
DR Smith (CSK/DCH/GL/MI) 91 117
SS Iyer (DC/KKR) 116 113
MK Pandey (DC/KKR/LSG/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) 171 110
RA Jadeja (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR) 240 107
V Sehwag (DC/KXIP) 104 106
AM Rahane (CSK/DC/KKR/MI/RPS/RR) 185 103
S Dube (CSK/RCB/RR) 65 101
MA Agarwal (DC/KXIP/PBKS/RCB/RPS/SRH) 127 98
SP Narine (KKR) 177 97
Shubman Gill (GT/KKR) 103 95
AC Gilchrist (DCH/KXIP) 80 92
RD Gaikwad (CSK) 66 91
MP Stoinis (DC/KXIP/LSG/RCB) 96 91
M Vijay (CSK/DC/KXIP) 106 91
WP Saha (CSK/GT/KKR/KXIP/SRH) 170 87
RA Tripathi (KKR/RPS/RR/SRH) 95 84
SO Hetmyer (DC/RCB/RR) 72 82
JP Duminy (DC/DCH/MI) 83 79
NV Ojha (DC/RR/SRH) 113 79
AR Patel (DC/KXIP) 150 79
SE Marsh (KXIP) 71 78
AJ Finch (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/RR/SRH) 92 78
Abhishek Sharma (DC/SRH) 63 73
JM Bairstow (PBKS/SRH) 50 69
MM Ali (CSK/RCB) 67 67
LS Livingstone (PBKS/RR) 39 66
CA Lynn (DCH/KKR/MI) 42 66
DJ Bravo (CSK/GL/MI) 161 66
H Klaasen (RCB/RR/SRH) 35 64
YBK Jaiswal (RR) 53 64
EJG Morgan (KKR/KXIP/RCB/SRH) 83 64
KS Williamson (GT/SRH) 79 64
VR Iyer (KKR) 51 61
PP Shaw (DC) 79 61
DJ Hooda (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RR/SRH) 118 61
KH Pandya (LSG/MI) 127 61
R Parag (RR) 70 60
DJ Hussey (CSK/KKR/KXIP) 64 60
SPD Smith (DC/PWI/RPS/RR) 103 60
G Gambhir (DC/KKR) 154 59
NT Tilak Varma (MI) 38 58
JA Morkel (CSK/DC/RCB/RPS) 91 55
RM Patidar (RCB) 27 54
MEK Hussey (CSK/MI) 59 52
SS Tiwary (DC/MI/RCB/RPS) 93 50
PA Patel (CSK/DCH/Kochi/MI/RCB/SRH) 139 49
R Tewatia (DC/GT/KXIP/RR) 93 47
TH David (MI/RCB) 38 46
RK Singh (KKR) 46 46
LRPL Taylor (DC/PWI/RCB/RR) 55 46
JM Sharma (PBKS) 40 45
V Shankar (CSK/DC/GT/SRH) 72 45
LMP Simmons (MI) 29 44
ML Hayden (CSK) 32 44
JH Kallis (KKR/RCB) 98 44
M Vohra (KXIP/LSG/RCB/RR) 56 43
BJ Hodge (KKR/Kochi/RR) 66 43
SC Ganguly (KKR/PWI) 59 42
D Padikkal (LSG/RCB/RR) 64 42
Harbhajan Singh (CSK/KKR/MI) 163 42
Prabhsimran Singh (KXIP/PBKS) 34 41
A Symonds (DCH/MI) 39 41
TM Head (RCB/SRH) 25 40
KP Pietersen (DC/RCB/RPS) 36 40
KM Jadhav (CSK/DC/Kochi/RCB/SRH) 95 40
MK Tiwary (DC/KKR/KXIP/RPS) 98 40
ST Jayasuriya (MI) 30 39
KK Nair (DC/KXIP/RCB/RR) 76 39
DPMD Jayawardene (DC/Kochi/KXIP) 80 39
MR Marsh (DC/DCH/PWI/RPS/SRH) 42 38

Also read: Fastest Fifty in IPL History Since 2008: Full List

Who hits the most sixes in IPL so far?

West Indies batter Chris Gayle holds the record for hitting the most number of sixes in IPL. Gayle has hit a total of 357 sixes in IPL history so far. Chris Gayle has played for KKR, KXIP, PBKS, and RCB in the IPL so far.