Most Sixes in International Cricket (ODI, T20I, Test): Sixer Kings

Cricket, often referred to as a gentleman’s game, is known for its strategic gameplay, elegant strokes, and nail-biting finishes. However, amidst the traditional beauty lies the electrifying power of clearing the boundaries with colossal sixes. The ability to send the cricket ball soaring into the stands not only brings excitement to the spectators but also demonstrates the sheer strength and skill possessed by certain cricketers. In this blog post, we explore the players with the Most Sixes in International Cricket.

Most Sixes in International Cricket

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	1999-2021	483	551	19593	333	37.97	25370	77.22	42	105	44	2332	553
RG Sharma (IND)	2007-2023	440	459	17057	264	42.74	19721	86.49	43	91	28	1609	526
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/PAK)	1996-2018	524	508	11196	156	23.92	9809	114.14	11	51	44	1053	476
BB McCullum (NZ)	2002-2016	432	474	14676	302	34.37	17872	82.11	19	76	37	1552	398
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2009-2022	367	402	13463	237*	35.9	16565	81.27	23	76	29	1385	383
MS Dhoni (Asia/IND)	2004-2019	538	526	17266	224	44.96	21834	79.07	16	108	21	1486	359
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2011	586	651	21032	340	34.14	25910	81.17	42	103	53	2486	352
EJG Morgan (ENG/IRE)	2006-2022	379	361	10859	148	35.6	11530	94.18	16	64	25	917	346
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2004-2018	420	484	20014	278*	48.11	26787	74.71	47	109	20	2004	328
JC Buttler (ENG)	2011-2023	328	336	10267	162*	36.53	11187	91.77	14	62	28	955	304
V Kohli (IND)	2008-2023	497	555	25322	254*	53.53	31892	79.39	75	130	33	2508	279
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2022	450	510	18199	290	42.72	24847	73.24	40	93	29	1766	273
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	664	782	34357	248*	48.52	50817+	67.58*	100	164	34	4076+	264
AC Gilchrist (AUS/ICC)	1996-2008	396	429	15461	204*	38.94	16910	91.43	33	81	33	1866	262
DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2023	344	426	17082	335*	42.59	19869	85.97	45	85	21	1896	261
AJ Finch (AUS)	2011-2022	254	255	8804	172	36.68	8969	98.16	19	51	25	871	255
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1995-2014	519	617	25534	224	49.1	45346	56.3	62	149	33	2455	254
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/IND)	2000-2017	402	391	11778	169	35.05	14064	83.74	17	71	26	1245	251
PR Stirling (IRE)	2008-2023	277	276	8862	177	33.56	8996	98.51	15	49	25	977	250
SC Ganguly (Asia/IND)	1992-2008	424	488	18575	239	41.46	29486	62.99	38	107	29	2022	247
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	1995-2012	560	668	27483	257	45.95	40130	68.48	71	146	39	2781	246
SR Watson (AUS)	2002-2016	307	334	10950	185*	36.74	14465	75.69	14	67	21	1168	245
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/IND)	1999-2013	374	443	17253	319	40.31	18641	92.55	38	72	31	2408	243
GJ Maxwell (AUS)	2012-2023	233	221	5988	145*	31.18	4796	124.85	6	33	12	542	241
CL Cairns (ICC/NZ)	1989-2006	279	299	8273	158	30.75	11702	70.69	9	48	16	710	240
KA Pollard (WI)	2007-2022	224	196	4275	119	25.75	4027	106.15	3	19	18	265	234
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	430	521	22358	400*	46.28	32839	68.08	53	111	33	2601	221
BA Stokes (ENG)	2011-2023	240	292	9221	258	35.32	13241	69.63	15	50	21	965	219
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2018	345	388	11134	260	32.27	17068	65.23	17	64	25	1207	219
DA Miller (SA/World)	2010-2023	269	231	6104	139	38.87	5309	114.97	7	27	9	436	216
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2021	392	429	12780	224	32.51	17213	74.24	21	64	34	1370	214
Q de Kock (SA)	2012-2023	274	310	11543	178	40.07	12519	92.2	24	65	17	1333	212
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	308	349	15261	291	48.75	17064+	78.69*	35	90	17	1552+	210+
AD Mathews (SL)	2008-2023	403	438	14231	200*	41.01	22953	62	18	83	22	1276	207
Shoaib Malik (ICC/PAK)	1999-2021	446	429	11867	245	33.9	15292	77.6	12	61	23	1038	199
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/ICC/PAK)	1991-2007	499	551	20580	329	43.32	32172	63.96	35	129	35	2076	193
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2011-2023	251	305	10453	167*	38.14	13990	74.71	23	46	28	1176	192
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2017	276	315	11132	161*	44.35	19386	57.42	10	84	17	898	190
KP Pietersen (ENG/ICC)	2004-2014	277	342	13797	227	44.07	19214	71.8	32	67	18	1531	190
Tamim Iqbal (BAN/ICC/World)	2007-2023	388	450	15192	206	35.24	20918	72.62	25	94	36	1759	189
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2010	361	417	14661	228	37.3	22309	65.71	35	66	37	1862	187
Mohammad Nabi (AFG)	2009-2023	249	229	4808	116	24.4	4863	98.86	1	19	15	317	185
SK Raina (IND)	2005-2018	322	291	7988	120	32.87	8640	92.45	7	48	25	721	182
ML Hayden (AUS/ICC)	1993-2009	273	348	15066	380	47.67	22330	67.46	40	69	23	1722	182
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1984-2003	460	427	6615	257*	18.73	9597+	68.39*	3	13	45	571+	178+
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	1998-2009	227	259	7315	167	31.39	10078	72.58	8	44	27	828	177
H Masakadza (ZIM)	2001-2019	313	350	9543	178*	27.9	14155	67.41	10	53	26	1000	174
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	1997-2015	652	725	25957	374	39.15	40100	64.73	54	136	47	2679	170
Abdul Razzaq (Asia/PAK)	1996-2013	343	334	7419	134	28.75	11330	65.48	6	30	20	633	168
KJ O’Brien (IRE)	2006-2021	266	250	5850	142	26.47	6050	96.69	4	24	18	526	166
E Chigumbura (Afr/ZIM)	2004-2020	284	281	5802	117	23.58	7191	80.68	2	26	29	471	165
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2007-2023	389	397	9986	150*	31.5	13763	72.55	8	49	24	867	165
E Lewis (WI)	2016-2022	110	106	3312	176*	33.45	3190	103.82	6	20	7	293	163
KL Rahul (IND)	2014-2023	173	201	6893	199	37.66	9038	76.26	14	48	14	661	163
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	267	278	6202	155*	25.94	8671	71.52	8	27	30	628	163
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2005-2023	435	482	14185	219*	34.34	21816	65.02	19	76	31	1354	161
JP Duminy (SA)	2004-2019	326	328	9154	166	36.18	12128	75.47	10	46	22	735	159
KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)	2000-2015	594	666	28016	319	46.77	42086	66.56	63	153	28	3015	159
Najibullah Zadran (AFG)	2012-2023	177	160	3677	104*	31.42	3413	107.73	1	23	8	284	157
NLTC Perera (ICC/SL/World)	2009-2021	256	217	3745	140	20.92	3158	118.58	1	14	19	285	152
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2013-2023	212	219	6210	141	31.52	7577	81.95	7	34	12	527	152
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-2007	260	281	8010	142	31.53	11985	66.83	9	48	16	748	152
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2004-2021	284	316	9938	171	34.15	13649	72.81	17	57	23	946	152
N Pooran (WI)	2016-2023	129	118	3119	118	29.99	2835	110.01	1	20	5	234	151
JJ Roy (ENG)	2014-2023	185	184	5980	180	33.22	5471	109.3	12	30	19	690	151
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2003	401	455	15645	267	37.78	22692+	66.21*	31	86	24	1449+	150+
DJG Sammy (WI/World)	2004-2017	232	220	3781	106	22.24	4217	89.66	1	14	15	347	149
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	236	312	12692	226	44.84	19840+	55.64*	30	65	14	1342+	148+
Asghar Afghan (AFG)	2009-2021	195	186	4246	164	24.83	5648	75.17	2	19	13	287	145
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2004-2013	302	324	12398	195	49	19208	64.54	22	72	16	1126	144
C Munro (NZ)	2012-2020	123	117	3010	109*	27.87	2342	128.52	3	19	13	273	143
BKG Mendis (SL)	2015-2023	211	260	7962	245	32.23	11111	71.65	11	50	30	849	142
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK)	1998-2010	381	432	17300	223	45.52	27357	63.23	39	97	26	1747	142
A Symonds (AUS)	1998-2009	238	213	6887	162*	40.27	7959	86.53	8	42	21	636	141
S Dhawan (IND)	2010-2022	269	288	10867	190	39.66	12286	88.45	24	55	11	1349	141
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2001-2015	226	256	6790	169	30.72	9644	70.4	6	34	12	689	138
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2017	408	491	17790	313	39.88	29367	60.57	41	83	43	1691	138
HH Pandya (IND)	2016-2023	172	140	3387	108	29.45	3028	111.85	1	16	9	281	137
F du Plessis (SA/World)	2011-2021	262	304	11198	199	42.57	16338	68.53	23	66	12	1151	137
JO Holder (WI)	2013-2023	246	254	5235	202*	25.53	7543	69.4	3	23	24	501	135
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2021	295	286	6423	113	26.32	9224	69.63	5	27	22	582	134
Mohammad Shahzad (AFG)	2009-2021	156	158	4811	131*	31.65	4723	101.86	7	26	8	560	131
DM Bravo (WI)	2009-2022	204	241	7052	218	32.2	12699	55.53	12	35	17	688	130
KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2023	342	402	17142	251	47.74	25882	66.23	41	92	19	1721	129
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	329	379	11523	233	35.89	18979	60.71	20	56	20	1042	128
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	356	382	9031	175*	27.53	9171+	86.16*	9	41	29	848+	128+
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	256	286	9279	135	37.71	15597	59.49	8	62	19	775	127
NJ Astle (NZ)	1995-2007	308	358	11866	222	35.63	19306	61.46	27	65	30	1339	127
Babar Azam (PAK)	2015-2023	251	281	12270	196	49.87	15133	81.08	30	82	15	1258	126
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	454	553	20988	203*	45.72	40150	52.27	41	125	21	2041	126
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2019	221	219	5887	129	31.65	6609	89.07	3	34	19	507	125
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2023	355	269	2957	77*	14.42	3310	89.33	0	7	35	271	125
JDP Oram (NZ)	2001-2012	229	205	4688	133	27.09	6682	70.15	6	21	15	429	124
AD Hales (ENG)	2011-2022	156	163	5066	171	33.32	5333	94.99	7	31	10	578	123
LMP Simmons (WI)	2006-2021	144	148	3763	122	27.87	4537	82.94	2	25	16	330	122
PD Collingwood (ENG/World)	2001-2017	301	329	9934	206	35.47	16243	61.15	15	49	16	872	122
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2006-2023	413	454	13931	217	34.65	17735	78.55	14	96	25	1429	122
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2023	301	346	14739	239	49.45	22760	64.75	42	70	16	1481	121
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2022	113	116	3082	139	28.27	3171	97.19	5	13	5	249	120
MR Marsh (AUS)	2011-2023	150	167	4354	181	30.02	5514	78.96	3	24	12	419	120
Muhammad Waseem (UAE)	2021-2023	64	64	2011	119	31.92	1786	112.59	3	13	7	159	119
AD Russell (WI)	2010-2021	124	105	1777	92*	23.07	1278	139.04	0	5	15	136	119
RR Pant (IND)	2017-2022	129	138	4123	159*	34.07	4676	88.17	6	19	8	422	118
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2023	302	246	5641	175*	33.18	7964	70.83	3	31	13	488	118
RD Berrington (SCOT)	2008-2023	184	171	4421	114*	30.28	4971	88.93	4	23	14	329	117
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2013-2023	192	205	5908	153*	30.29	6227	94.87	8	35	16	636	117
MD Shanaka (SL)	2015-2023	147	143	2629	108*	22.09	2578	101.97	2	9	16	198	114
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2016	497	527	17671	193	38.16	21879	80.76	39	83	35	2011	112
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1992	218	267	7313	208	29.72	11236	65.08	14	31	20	818	111
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1989-2003	302	335	12876	194	41	18203	70.73	31	68	23	1473	111
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1986-2001	310	324	9879	211	33.94	15497+	63.72*	22	49	21	948+	110+
Mashrafe Mortaza (Asia/BAN)	2001-2020	310	264	2961	79	13.45	3504	84.5	0	4	33	273	107
SB Styris (NZ)	1999-2011	248	238	6647	170	31.8	9217	72.11	9	35	14	598	106
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	2017-2023	149	145	4773	210*	34.83	4852	98.37	10	25	12	522	105
MV Boucher (Afr/ICC/SA)	1997-2012	467	448	10469	147*	29	16808	62.28	6	61	33	1034	105
SA Yadav (IND)	2021-2023	72	68	2116	117	38.47	1397	151.46	3	15	6	196	104
R Powell (WI)	2016-2023	105	93	1917	107	23.66	1834	104.52	2	6	4	115	104
LD Chandimal (SL)	2010-2023	299	336	10147	206*	34.63	16745	60.59	18	55	16	894	104
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	362	410	12561	135*	35.78	18243+	64.62*	8	87	30	1057+	104+
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2003-2015	394	449	17112	329*	45.26	26033	65.73	36	86	21	1672	102
DR Smith (WI)	2004-2015	148	135	2462	105*	19.08	2614	94.18	1	11	19	251	101
TP Ura (PNG)	2014-2023	100	99	2565	151	28.18	2519	101.82	2	16	6	225	100
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2012-2022	115	118	2679	120*	27.61	2844	94.19	2	15	14	226	100
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	197	244	9492	242*	44.98	9376+	63.05*	20	50	5	872+	100+
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	263	277	7516	136	35.45	11693+	58.49*	7	37	14	538+	100+

Most Sixes in International Cricket: The Ultimate Destroyers

Chris Gayle – The Universe Boss

Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle, also known as the “Universe Boss,” is a true powerhouse in international cricket. He holds the record of hitting Most Sixes in International Cricket. With his towering height and exceptional timing, Gayle has dispatched the ball into the stands on 553 occasions in 483 matches.

His colossal sixes, combined with his intimidating presence at the crease, strike fear into the hearts of bowlers worldwide. Gayle’s extraordinary power hitting has registered his name in cricket history.

Also Read: Most Sixes in Test Cricket

Rohit Sharma – The Hitman

Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricket sensation, has established himself as a master of limited-overs cricket. Known for his elegant stroke play and impeccable timing, Sharma has accumulated 526 sixes in 440 international cricket matches. With this, he is second on the list of players with most sixes in International Cricket.

His ability to effortlessly launch the ball into the stands with a combination of brute force and elegance has earned him the nickname “Hitman.” Sharma’s towering sixes and big-match temperament have played a pivotal role in India’s success in recent years.

Shahid Afridi – The Unstoppable Boom Boom

When it comes to explosive batting and clearing the ropes, the name Shahid Afridi immediately comes to mind. Hailing from Pakistan, Afridi is third on the list of players with the most sixes in international cricket. Fondly known as “Boom Boom,” Afridi has launched a staggering 476 sixes across all formats of the game.

He holds the record of most sixes in ODI Cricket. His aggressive approach to batting, coupled with his ability to hit the ball out of the park at will, has made him a legend in the cricketing world.