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 makes 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, it’s Mr.360 AB de Villiers holds the second position by hitting 251 sixes in 184 matches.

MI skipper Rohit Sharma follows the list with 240 sixes scored while featuring in 227 matches. Following are the list of players to hit Most Sixes in IPL:

POS Player Mat Runs HS 6s
1 Chris Gayle 142 4965 175* 357
2 AB de Villiers 184 5162 133* 251
3 Rohit Sharma 227 5879 109* 240
4 MS Dhoni 234 4978 84* 229
5 Kieron Pollard 189 3412 87* 223
6 Virat Kohli 223 6624 113 218
7 David Warner 162 5881 126 211
8 Suresh Raina 205 5528 100* 203
9 Shane Watson 145 3874 117* 190
10 Robin Uthappa 205 4952 88 182
11 Andre Russell 98 2035 88* 175
12 Ambati Rayudu 188 4190 100* 164
13 KL Rahul 109 3889 132* 164
14 Yusuf Pathan 174 3204 100 158
15 Sanju Samson 138 3526 119 158
16 Yuvraj Singh 132 2750 83 149
17 Shikhar Dhawan 206 6244 106* 136
18 Jos Buttler 82 2831 124 135
19 Dinesh Karthik 229 4376 97* 125
20 Brendon McCullum 109 2880 158* 130
21 Rishabh Pant 98 2838 128* 129
22 Glenn Maxwell 110 2319 95 127
23 Dwayne Smith 91 2385 87 117
24 David Miller 105 2455 101* 113
25 Nitish Rana 91 2181 87 111
26 Hardik Pandya 107 1963 91 110
27 Faf du Plessis 116 3403 96 109
28 Virender Sehwag 104 2728 122 106
29 Quinton de Kock 92 2764 140* 106
30 Manish Pandey 160 3648 114* 105
31 Shreyas Iyer 101 2776 96 99
32 Adam Gilchrist 80 2069 109 92
33 Murali Vijay 106 2619 127 91
34 Mayank Agarwal 113 2327 106 91
35 Ravindra Jadeja 210 2502 62* 90
36 Ishan Kishan 75 1870 99 85
37 Suryakumar Yadav 123 2644 82 84
38 Ajinkya Rahane 158 4074 105* 80
39 JP Duminy 83 2029 78 79
40 Naman Ojha 113 1554 94 79
41 Shaun Marsh 71 2477 115 78
42 Aaron Finch 92 2091 88* 78
43 Wriddhiman Saha 144 2427 115* 76
44 Rahul Tripathi 76 1798 93 68
45 Chris Lynn 42 1329 93* 66
46 Dwayne Bravo 161 1560 70* 66
47 Nicholas Pooran 47 912 77 65
48 Eoin Morgan 83 1405 68* 64
49 Kane Williamson 76 2101 89 64
50 Sunil Narine 148 1025 75 63
51 Steve Smith 103 2485 101 60
52 David Hussey 64 1322 71 60
53 Gautam Gambhir 154 4217 93 59
54 Deepak Hooda 95 1236 64 56
55 Albie Morkel 91 974 73* 55
56 Prithvi Shaw 63 1588 99 55
57 Jonny Bairstow 39 1291 114 55
58 Axar Patel 122 1135 44 54
59 Moeen Ali 44 910 93 53
60 Michael Hussey 59 1977 116 52
61 Shimron Hetmyer 46 831 75 52
62 Saurabh Tiwary 93 1494 61 50
63 Krunal Pandya 98 1326 86 50
64 Parthiv Patel 139 2848 81 49
65 Marcus Stoinis 67 1070 65 48
66 Shubman Gill 74 1900 96 47
67 Ross Taylor 55 1017 81* 46
68 Jacques Kallis 98 2427 89 44
69 Matthew Hayden 32 1107 93 44
70 Lendl Simmons 29 1079 100* 44
71 Brad Hodge 66 1400 73 43
72 Ruturaj Gaikwad 36 1207 101* 43
73 Manan Vohra 55 1073 95 43
74 Sourav Ganguly 59 1349 91 42
75 Harbhajan Singh 163 833 64 42
76 Andrew Symonds 39 974 117 41
77 Manoj Tiwary 96 1686 75 40
78 Kedar Jadhav 93 1196 69 40
79 Kevin Pietersen 36 1001 103 40
80 Liam Livingstone 23 549 70 40
81 Mahela Jayawardena 80 1802 110 39
82 Sanath Jayasuriya 30 772 114 39
83 Karun Nair 76 1496 83* 39
84 Shivam Dube 35 688 95* 38
85 Irfan Pathan 103 1139 60 37
86 Venugopal Rao 64 985 71 37
87 Mandeep Singh 108 1692 77* 37
88 Cameron White 47 954 78 36
89 Devdutt Padikkal 46 1260 101* 36
90 Evin Lewis 27 654 65 36
91 Stuart Binny 95 880 48* 35
92 Chris Morris 81 618 82* 35
93 Rahul Tewatia 64 738 53 35
94 Ben Stokes 43 920 107* 32
95 Herschelle Gibbs 36 886 69* 31
96 Corey Anderson 30 538 95 31
97 Sachin Tendulkar 78 2334 100* 29
98 Angelo Mathews 49 724 65* 29
99 Rahul Dravid 89 2174 75 28
100 Subramaniam Badrinath 95 1441 71 28
101 Moises Henriques 62 1000 74* 28
102 Vijay Shankar 51 731 63* 28
103 Mitchell Marsh 29 477 89 28
104 Kumar Sangakkara 71 1687 94 27
105 Tirumalasetti Suman 43 676 78 26
106 Thisara Perera 36 422 40 26
107 Pat Cummins 42 379 66* 26
108 Abhishek Sharma 36 667 75 25
109 Manvinder Bisla 39 798 92 23
110 James Faulkner 59 527 46 23
111 Owais Shah 23 506 76 23
112 Aiden Markram 20 527 68* 23
113 Yashasvi Jaiswal 23 547 68 22
114 Riyan Parag 47 522 56* 22
115 Rashid Khan 92 313 40 22
116 Rovman Powell 14 250 67* 22
117 Shakib Al Hasan 71 793 66* 21
118 Hashim Amla 16 577 104* 21
119 Ravichandran Ashwin 184 647 50 21
120 Venkatesh Iyer 22 552 67 21
121 Rajat Patidar 12 404 112* 21
122 Abhishek Nayar 60 672 45 20
123 Paul Valthaty 23 505 120 20
124 Sam Billings 30 503 56 20
125 George Bailey 40 663 61 19
126 Jesse Ryder 29 604 86 19
127 Dan Christian 49 460 39 19
128 Ben Cutting 21 238 39* 19
129 Shahrukh Khan 19 270 47 19
130 Piyush Chawla 158 584 24* 18
131 Ashok Menaria 28 400 40 18
132 Sunny Sohal 21 368 62 18
133 Sam Curran 32 337 55* 18
134 Colin de Grandhomme 25 303 40 18
135 Darren Sammy 22 295 60 18
136 Praveen Kumar 119 344 34 17
137 Jason Holder 38 247 47* 17
138 Ravi Bopara 24 531 84 16
139 Laxmi Ratan Shukla 47 405 48 16
140 Pawan Negi 47 365 36 16
141 Debabrata Das 31 304 35 16
142 Carlos Brathwaite 16 181 43* 16
143 Tilak Varma 14 397 61 16
144 Tim David 9 187 46 16
145 Ryan ten Doeschate 29 326 70* 15
146 Ashish Reddy 31 280 36 15
147 Martin Guptill 13 270 50* 15
148 Karn Sharma 55 316 39* 14
149 Jofra Archer 35 195 27* 14
150 Abdul Samad 25 226 33 14
151 Mark Boucher 31 394 50 13
152 Azhar Mahmood 23 388 80 13
153 Rajat Bhatia 87 334 26 13
154 Luke Pomersbach 17 302 79 13
155 Paul Collingwood 8 203 75 13
156 Sarfaraz Khan 46 532 67 13
157 Mahipal Lomror 18 267 47 13
158 Harshal Patel 78 230 36* 13
159 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 9 206 43 13
160 Devon Conway 7 252 87 12
161 Jitesh Sharma 12 234 44 12
162 Krishnappa Gowtham 28 186 33* 12
163 Tillakaratne Dilshan 38 735 76* 11
164 Gurkeerat Mann Singh 39 511 65 11
165 James Hopes 21 417 71 11
166 Aditya Tare 35 339 59 11
167 Shahbaz Ahmed 29 279 45 11
168 Dewald Brevis 7 161 49 11
169 Swapnil Asnodkar 20 423 60 10
170 Graeme Smith 29 739 91 9
171 Mithun Manhas 44 439 42 9
172 Dwaraka Ravi Teja 32 375 60 9
173 Jason Roy 13 329 91* 9
174 Vinay Kumar 104 310 26 9
175 Unmukt Chand 21 300 58 9
176 Yogesh Nagar 24 263 43 9
177 Karan Goel 22 218 38 9
178 Bipul Sharma 32 187 35 9
179 Mohammad Nabi 17 180 31 9
180 MF Maharoof 17 156 39 9
181 Washington Sundar 51 318 40 9
182 Rinku Singh 17 251 42* 9
183 Priyam Garg 21 251 51* 9
184 James Franklin 20 327 79 8
185 Simon Katich 11 241 75 8
186 Mohnish Mishra 18 237 41 8
187 Travis Head 10 205 75* 8
188 Colin Munro 13 177 40 8
189 Roelof van der Merwe 18 159 35 8
190 Shaun Pollock 13 147 33 8
191 Kamran Akmal 6 128 53 8
192 Brett Lee 38 124 25 8
193 Kevon Cooper 25 116 32 8
194 Manpreet Gony 40 99 42 8
195 K.S Bharat 10 199 78* 8
196 Umesh Yadav 133 177 24* 8
197 Shardul Thakur 75 173 29* 8
198 Sherfane Rutherford 10 106 28* 8
199 Bharat Chipli 23 280 61 7
200 Abhishek Raut 22 194 36 7
201 Mitchell Johnson 54 167 16 7
202 Marlon Samuels 15 161 46 7
203 Mitchell McClenaghan 56 85 20 7
204 Lalit Yadav 19 229 48* 7
205 Ayush Badoni 13 161 54 7
206 Anuj Rawat 10 129 66 7
207 Michael Lumb 11 278 83 6
208 Rajagopal Sathish 34 270 27 6
209 Mohammad Kaif 29 259 34* 6
210 Shane Warne 55 198 34 6
211 Chidhambaram Gautam 13 169 33 6
212 Alex Hales 6 148 45 6
213 Misbah-ul-Haq 8 117 47 6
214 Shahid Afridi 10 81 33 6
215 Deepak Chahar 61 79 39 6
216 Rishi Dhawan 32 190 25* 6
217 Kagiso Rabada 63 186 44 6
218 Jaydev Unadkat 91 164 26 6
219 Johan Botha 34 409 67 5
220 Amit Mishra 147 362 31 5
221 VVS Laxman 20 282 52 5
222 Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 21 217 53 5
223 Colin Ingram 15 205 47 5
224 Ben Rohrer 8 193 64 5
225 Ajit Agarkar 38 179 39 5
226 Sachin Baby 19 144 33 5
227 Paras Dogra 13 127 41 5
228 Morne Morkel 70 126 23 5
229 D’Arcy Short 7 115 44 5
230 Daniel Harris 4 111 47 5
231 Jacob Oram 15 106 41 5
232 Srikkanth Anirudha 15 106 64 5
233 Lasith Malinga 110 88 17 5
234 Balachandra Akhil 14 76 27 5
235 Umar Gul 6 39 24 5
236 Harpreet Brar 15 106 25* 5
237 Andrew Tye 30 91 25 5
238 Romario Shepherd 3 58 26* 5
239 Odean Smith 6 51 25* 5
240 Cheteshwar Pujara 30 390 51 4
241 David Wiese 15 127 47* 4
242 Mohit Sharma 70 122 21* 4
243 Andrew McDonald 9 120 33 4
244 Davy Jacobs 6 92 32 4
245 Ankit Sharma 20 87 30 4
246 Richard Levi 6 83 50 4
247 Tim Southee 48 120 36* 4
248 Rahul Chahar 55 108 25* 4
249 Nathan Coulter-Nile 39 82 24* 4
250 Shashank Singh 10 69 25* 4
251 Shreevats Goswami 31 293 52 3
252 Stephen Fleming 10 196 45 3
253 Adam Voges 9 181 45 3
254 Dale Steyn 93 167 19* 3
255 Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 9 145 54 3
256 Scott Styris 12 131 36 3
257 Wasim Jaffer 8 130 50 3
258 Usman Khawaja 6 127 30 3
259 Tom Curran 13 127 54* 3
260 Ryan Harris 37 117 17 3
261 Luke Wright 6 106 44 3
262 Rob Quiney 7 103 51 3
263 Chaminda Vaas 13 81 20 3
264 Ishant Sharma 73 71 10* 3
265 Rahul Sharma 42 66 14 3
266 Kyle Jamieson 9 65 16* 3
267 Rilee Rossouw 5 53 24 3
268 Sanjay Bangar 11 47 17* 3
269 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 146 241 24* 3
270 Sai Sudharsan 5 145 65* 3
271 Abhinav Manohar 8 108 43 3
272 Chris Jordan 28 75 30 3
273 Jagadeesha Suchith 22 70 34* 3
274 Mitchell Santner 12 54 22 3
275 Daniel Sams 16 44 15 3
276 Dwaine Pretorius 6 44 22 3
277 Dushmantha Chameera 12 43 17 3
278 Avesh Khan 38 31 12 3
279 Salman Butt 7 193 73 2
280 Dishant Yagnik 25 170 34 2
281 Akshath Reddy 12 164 42 2
282 Biplap Samantray 8 123 55 2
283 Aiden Blizzard 6 120 51 2
284 Zaheer Khan 91 117 23* 2
285 Dhawal Kulkarni 84 100 28* 2
286 Siddharth Chitnis 11 99 38 2
287 Pinal Shah 16 92 29 2
288 Ricky Ponting 10 91 28 2
289 Akshdeep Nath 14 90 24 2
290 Anustup Majumdar 4 87 31 2
291 Daniel Vettori 25 87 20 2
292 Chris Woakes 21 78 18 2
293 Travis Birt 5 75 27 2
294 Andrew Flintoff 3 62 24 2
295 Ravi Rampaul 12 51 23* 2
296 Arjun Yadav 8 49 16 2
297 Dominic Thornely 6 39 30 2
298 Asad Pathan 8 39 14 2
299 Joginder Sharma 12 36 16 2
300 Glenn Phillips 3 26 14* 2
301 KC Cariappa 10 24 12* 2
302 Eklavya Dwivedi 4 24 19 2
303 Rajesh Bishnoi 3 19 18 2
304 Shreyas Gopal 49 180 24 2
305 Matthew Wade 13 179 35 2
306 Kuldeep Yadav 59 105 16 2
307 Mohammed Siraj 65 96 14 2
308 Jimmy Neesham 14 92 22 2
309 Mohammad Shami 93 69 21 2
310 Suyash S Prabhudessai 5 67 34 2
311 Lockie Ferguson 35 67 24* 2
312 Prabhsimran Singh 6 64 16 2
313 Trent Boult 78 53 17* 2
314 Shivam Mavi 32 51 20 2
315 Varun Aaron 52 50 17* 2
316 Sean Abbott 3 22 14 2
317 Hanuma Vihari 24 284 46 1
318 Faiz Fazal 12 183 45 1
319 Ryan McLaren 18 159 51* 1
320 Manpreet Juneja 7 125 49 1
321 Niraj Patel 9 121 57 1
322 Murali Kartik 54 113 21 1
323 Yogesh Takawale 5 104 45 1
324 Sachin Rana 11 91 19 1
325 Iqbal Abdulla 36 86 33 1
326 Dimitri Mascarenhas 13 79 27 1
327 Josh Philippe 5 78 33 1
328 Ramnaresh Sarwan 4 73 31 1
329 Ramesh Powar 26 67 28 1
330 Heinrich Klaasen 7 66 32 1
331 Anirudh Singh 5 63 40 1
332 Wayne Parnell 26 63 16 1
333 Mahesh Rawat 18 55 23 1
334 RP Singh 67 52 10 1
335 Arun Karthik 16 51 19 1
336 Raiphi Gomez 13 50 26 1
337 Sunny Singh 6 43 20 1
338 Adrian Barath 3 42 33 1
339 Siddharth Trivedi 64 42 9 1
340 LPC Silva 3 40 23 1
341 Jayant Yadav 10 40 23 1
342 Ashish Nehra 55 39 22 1
343 Lakshmipathy Balaji 65 36 15 1
344 Sohail Tanvir 11 36 13 1
345 Anureet Singh 18 36 15 1
346 Kane Richardson 14 36 26 1
347 Aditya Dole 3 34 30 1
348 Abhimanyu Mithun 14 34 11 1
349 Luke Ronchi 5 34 13 1
350 Alex Carey 3 32 14* 1
351 Robin Peterson 5 32 16 1
352 Vijay Zol 3 29 16 1
353 Nathan McCullum 2 26 15 1
354 Dawid Malan 1 26 26 1
355 JM Kemp 5 26 22 1
356 Aniket Choudhary 5 25 15 1
357 Ankit Rajpoot 19 24 8 1
358 Musavir Khote 4 24 9 1
359 Shaun Tait 12 22 11 1
360 Doug Bollinger 14 21 16 1
361 Mohammad Hafeez 8 20 13 1
362 Rohan Raje 10 20 11 1
363 Pradeep Sahu 5 19 18 1
364 Alfonso Thomas 4 19 12 1
365 Vishnu Vinod 3 19 9 1
366 Keemo Paul 8 18 7 1
367 Johan van der Wath 3 18 14* 1
368 Brad Haddin 1 18 18 1
369 Tom Banton 2 18 10 1
370 Siddhesh Lad 1 15 15 1
371 Isuru Udana 10 15 10* 1
372 Dhruv Shorey 2 13 8 1
373 Kyle Abbott 5 13 12 1
374 Taruwar Kohli 4 11 7 1
375 Krishnakant Upadhyay 1 11 11 1
376 Tyron Henderson 2 11 11 1
377 Javon Searles 4 8 6 1
378 Charl Langeveldt 3 8 8 1
379 Ankit Soni 7 7 7 1
380 Bhargav Bhatt 5 6 6 1
381 Narayan Jagadeesan 7 73 39* 1
382 Sheldon Jackson 9 61 16 1
383 Jasprit Bumrah 120 57 16* 1
384 Ramandeep Singh 5 45 14* 1
385 Wanindu Hasaranga 18 39 18 1
386 Murugan Ashwin 42 35 9 1
387 Basil Thampi 25 32 13* 1
388 Ripal Patel 4 31 18 1
389 Anmolpreet Singh 3 29 16 1
390 Mohsin Khan 9 23 13* 1
391 Adam Milne 10 23 15 1
392 Tushar Deshpande 7 21 20* 1
393 Nathan Ellis 5 18 12 1
394 Mustafizur Rahman 46 12 8* 1
395 Marco Jansen 10 9 8* 1
396 Obed McCoy 7 8 8 1
397 Tymal Mills 10 8 6 1
398 Maheesh Theekshana 9 7 7* 1

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