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 264 sixes in 247 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) 249 272
AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) 184 251
V Kohli (RCB) 244 248
MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS) 256 245
DA Warner (DC/SRH) 182 236
KA Pollard (MI) 189 223
AD Russell (DC/KKR) 118 203
SK Raina (CSK/GL) 205 203
SV Samson (DC/RR) 159 193
SR Watson (CSK/RCB/RR) 145 190
RV Uthappa (CSK/KKR/MI/PWI/RCB/RR) 205 182
KL Rahul (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RCB/SRH) 124 176
AT Rayudu (CSK/MI) 204 173
JC Buttler (MI/RR) 102 159
GJ Maxwell (DC/KXIP/MI/RCB) 130 159
YK Pathan (KKR/RR/SRH) 174 158
KD Karthik (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/RCB) 249 157
F du Plessis (CSK/RCB/RPS) 137 155
S Dhawan (DC/DCH/MI/PBKS/SRH) 222 152
Yuvraj Singh (DC/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) 132 149
RR Pant (DC) 105 141
N Rana (KKR/MI) 106 131
HH Pandya (GT/MI) 129 131
BB McCullum (CSK/GL/KKR/Kochi/RCB) 109 130
DA Miller (GT/KXIP/RR) 125 128
Q de Kock (DC/LSG/MI/RCB/SRH) 102 122
DR Smith (CSK/DCH/GL/MI) 91 117
Ishan Kishan (GL/MI) 97 116
SA Yadav (KKR/MI) 142 116
N Pooran (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/SRH) 68 110
MK Pandey (DC/KKR/LSG/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) 170 108
V Sehwag (DC/KXIP) 104 106
SS Iyer (DC/KKR) 107 104
AM Rahane (CSK/DC/KKR/MI/RPS/RR) 178 101
RA Jadeja (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR) 232 100
MA Agarwal (DC/KXIP/PBKS/RCB/RPS/SRH) 126 98
AC Gilchrist (DCH/KXIP) 80 92
M Vijay (CSK/DC/KXIP) 106 91
Shubman Gill (GT/KKR) 98 89
S Dube (CSK/RCB/RR) 57 88
WP Saha (CSK/GT/KKR/KXIP/SRH) 166 86
SP Narine (KKR) 168 84
MP Stoinis (DC/KXIP/LSG/RCB) 88 81
RD Gaikwad (CSK) 58 80
SO Hetmyer (DC/RCB/RR) 67 80
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) 143 70
LS Livingstone (PBKS/RR) 36 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
PP Shaw (DC) 76 61
DJ Hussey (CSK/KKR/KXIP) 64 60
DJ Hooda (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RR/SRH) 110 60
SPD Smith (DC/PWI/RPS/RR) 103 60
MM Ali (CSK/RCB) 60 59
G Gambhir (DC/KKR) 154 59
JM Bairstow (PBKS/SRH) 45 58
KH Pandya (LSG/MI) 119 58
JA Morkel (CSK/DC/RCB/RPS) 91 55
MEK Hussey (CSK/MI) 59 52
H Klaasen (RCB/RR/SRH) 25 50
YBK Jaiswal (RR) 44 50
SS Tiwary (DC/MI/RCB/RPS) 93 50
Abhishek Sharma (DC/SRH) 53 49
PA Patel (CSK/DCH/Kochi/MI/RCB/SRH) 139 49
NT Tilak Varma (MI) 31 48
R Parag (RR) 61 47
VR Iyer (KKR) 42 46
LRPL Taylor (DC/PWI/RCB/RR) 55 46
R Tewatia (DC/GT/KXIP/RR) 88 46
V Shankar (CSK/DC/GT/SRH) 71 45
LMP Simmons (MI) 29 44
ML Hayden (CSK) 32 44
JH Kallis (KKR/RCB) 98 44
RK Singh (KKR) 37 43
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) 62 42
Harbhajan Singh (CSK/KKR/MI) 163 42
A Symonds (DCH/MI) 39 41
TH David (MI/RCB) 31 40
JM Sharma (PBKS) 32 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
Mandeep Singh (DC/KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) 111 38
Y Venugopal Rao (DC/DCH/SRH) 65 37
IK Pathan (DC/GL/KXIP/RPS/SRH) 103 37

 

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 IPL so far.