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 276 sixes in 254 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) 255 276
V Kohli (RCB) 248 258
AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) 184 251
MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS) 261 248
DA Warner (DC/SRH) 183 236
KA Pollard (MI) 189 223
AD Russell (DC/KKR) 123 207
SK Raina (CSK/GL) 205 203
SV Samson (DC/RR) 162 199
SR Watson (CSK/RCB/RR) 145 190
KL Rahul (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RCB/SRH) 129 183
RV Uthappa (CSK/KKR/MI/PWI/RCB/RR) 205 182
AT Rayudu (CSK/MI) 204 173
F du Plessis (CSK/RCB/RPS) 141 162
JC Buttler (MI/RR) 105 160
GJ Maxwell (DC/KXIP/MI/RCB) 132 159
YK Pathan (KKR/RR/SRH) 174 158
KD Karthik (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/RCB) 253 158
RR Pant (DC) 109 153
S Dhawan (DC/DCH/MI/PBKS/SRH) 222 152
Yuvraj Singh (DC/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) 132 149
HH Pandya (GT/MI) 135 135
DA Miller (GT/KXIP/RR) 129 134
N Rana (KKR/MI) 106 131
BB McCullum (CSK/GL/KKR/Kochi/RCB) 109 130
SA Yadav (KKR/MI) 148 130
Q de Kock (DC/LSG/MI/RCB/SRH) 105 123
DR Smith (CSK/DCH/GL/MI) 91 117
Ishan Kishan (GL/MI) 103 117
N Pooran (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/SRH) 73 114
MK Pandey (DC/KKR/LSG/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) 171 110
SS Iyer (DC/KKR) 112 109
V Sehwag (DC/KXIP) 104 106
RA Jadeja (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR) 237 103
AM Rahane (CSK/DC/KKR/MI/RPS/RR) 183 102
S Dube (CSK/RCB/RR) 62 99
MA Agarwal (DC/KXIP/PBKS/RCB/RPS/SRH) 127 98
SP Narine (KKR) 173 96
AC Gilchrist (DCH/KXIP) 80 92
MP Stoinis (DC/KXIP/LSG/RCB) 93 91
M Vijay (CSK/DC/KXIP) 106 91
RD Gaikwad (CSK) 63 89
Shubman Gill (GT/KKR) 102 89
WP Saha (CSK/GT/KKR/KXIP/SRH) 170 87
SO Hetmyer (DC/RCB/RR) 70 81
JP Duminy (DC/DCH/MI) 83 79
RA Tripathi (KKR/RPS/RR/SRH) 91 79
NV Ojha (DC/RR/SRH) 113 79
SE Marsh (KXIP) 71 78
AJ Finch (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/RR/SRH) 92 78
AR Patel (DC/KXIP) 147 75
JM Bairstow (PBKS/SRH) 48 68
LS Livingstone (PBKS/RR) 38 66
CA Lynn (DCH/KKR/MI) 42 66
DJ Bravo (CSK/GL/MI) 161 66
EJG Morgan (KKR/KXIP/RCB/SRH) 83 64
KS Williamson (GT/SRH) 79 64
MM Ali (CSK/RCB) 65 63
PP Shaw (DC) 79 61
DJ Hooda (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RR/SRH) 115 61
YBK Jaiswal (RR) 47 60
Abhishek Sharma (DC/SRH) 58 60
DJ Hussey (CSK/KKR/KXIP) 64 60
SPD Smith (DC/PWI/RPS/RR) 103 60
G Gambhir (DC/KKR) 154 59
KH Pandya (LSG/MI) 124 58
H Klaasen (RCB/RR/SRH) 30 57
NT Tilak Varma (MI) 37 57
JA Morkel (CSK/DC/RCB/RPS) 91 55
VR Iyer (KKR) 47 52
R Parag (RR) 64 52
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) 92 47
TH David (MI/RCB) 37 46
LRPL Taylor (DC/PWI/RCB/RR) 55 46
V Shankar (CSK/DC/GT/SRH) 72 45
LMP Simmons (MI) 29 44
ML Hayden (CSK) 32 44
RK Singh (KKR) 42 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) 63 42
Harbhajan Singh (CSK/KKR/MI) 163 42
JM Sharma (PBKS) 37 41
A Symonds (DCH/MI) 39 41
KP Pietersen (DC/RCB/RPS) 36 40
KM Jadhav (CSK/DC/Kochi/RCB/SRH) 95 40
MK Tiwary (DC/KKR/KXIP/RPS) 98 40
RM Patidar (RCB) 23 39
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
Rashid Khan (GT/SRH) 120 38
Mandeep Singh (DC/KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) 111 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.