Most Sixes in T20

Most Sixes in T20 is the ultimate metric of raw power, hitting range, and the psychological dominance a batter exerts over opposition bowlers. As the most valuable scoring shot in the format, the tally of sixes defines the true "game-changers" of the sport.
In all T20 cricket, the legendary Chris Gayle reigns supreme as the only player in history to surpass the 1,000-sixes milestone, finishing his career with a staggering 1,056 maximums. In the T20 International (T20I) arena, as of 2026, the record is spearheaded by Rohit Sharma, whose effortless pull shots have yielded over 200 international sixes. In the modern era, the frequency of six-hitting has become a strategic necessity rather than a luxury. This statistic represents more than just individual strength; it signifies the tactical evolution of cricket into a high-stakes power game where aerial dominance is the primary path to victory.

RANK 1

Chris Gayle

1056

Runs

14562

RANK 2

Kieron Pollard

982

Runs

14482

RANK 3

Andre Russell

784

Runs

9636

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Chris Gayle WI	463	455	14562	10060	175	36.22	144.75	53	1132	1056	88	22
2	Kieron Pollard	735	652	14482	9593	104	31.62	150.96	194	898	982	67	1
3	Andre Russell	590	508	9636	5749	121	26.18	167.61	140	635	784	34	2
4	Nicholas Pooran	451	424	10453	7111	108	29.52	146.99	70	696	716	63	4
5	Jos Buttler ENG	499	470	14051	9604	124	34.95	146.3	68	1287	602	100	8
6	Alex Hales	528	523	14449	9998	119	29.91	144.51	40	1560	595	92	7
7	Colin Munro	463	444	11822	8355	120	30	141.49	50	1018	582	72	6
8	Glenn Maxwell AUS	507	471	11011	7146	154	27.39	154.08	69	917	573	58	8
9	Rohit Sharma IND	467	454	12385	9141	121	30.96	135.48	54	1123	555	83	8
10	David Miller SA	563	511	11986	8642	120	35.35	138.69	172	855	547	52	4
11	Quinton De Kock SA	442	428	12454	8937	140	31.44	139.35	32	1240	529	82	9
12	David Warner AUS	438	437	14195	10099	135	37.06	140.55	54	1454	501	117	10
13	Brendon McCullum	370	364	9922	7269	158	29.97	136.49	33	924	485	55	7
14	Liam Livingstone ENG	342	316	7687	5327	103	27.85	144.3	40	490	479	40	2
15	Shane Watson	343	335	8821	6378	124	29.3	138.3	34	785	467	53	6
16	Evin Lewis WI	260	253	6782	4735	125	28.85	143.23	18	553	467	43	6
17	Chris Lynn	306	298	8704	6052	113	32.59	143.82	31	772	459	57	6
18	Faf du Plessis SA	431	407	12041	8775	120	32.8	137.21	40	1090	457	83	8
19	Martin Guptill NZ	359	347	9997	7658	120	31.53	130.54	30	866	453	59	6
20	Aaron Finch	387	380	11458	8293	172	33.6	138.16	39	1095	452	77	8
21	Virat Kohli IND	420	403	13790	10213	122	42.04	135.02	75	1238	443	107	9
22	AB de Villiers	340	320	9424	6277	133	37.24	150.13	67	753	436	69	4
23	Rilee Rossouw	398	382	9870	6808	121	29.63	144.97	49	952	424	57	9
24	Surya Kumar Yadav IND	367	341	9615	6303	117	34.83	152.54	65	952	423	64	6
25	Shoaib Malik	557	515	13571	10665	95	35.99	127.24	138	1059	422	83	0
26	Johnson Charles WI	333	325	8402	6300	119	26.84	133.36	12	804	421	48	4
27	Moeen Ali	429	384	7990	5834	121	23.7	136.95	47	651	416	37	3
28	Sanju Samson IND	337	320	8693	6228	119	30.93	139.57	39	736	411	54	8
29	Rovman Powell WI	333	299	6064	4305	107	25.69	140.85	63	374	401	24	1
30	Colin Ingram	377	364	9010	6504	127	28.33	138.53	46	818	398	53	4
31	Jason Roy	421	413	10733	7676	145	27.1	139.82	17	1176	394	70	6
32	Andre Fletcher	342	334	8553	6958	118	28.6	122.92	35	728	393	46	5
33	Glenn Phillips NZ	292	269	7348	5206	116	32.08	141.14	40	549	388	47	5
34	Shimron Hetmyer WI	328	303	6595	4578	100	26.8	144.05	57	447	381	34	1
35	Paul Stirling IRE	390	385	9073	6438	119	24.72	140.92	18	1044	375	56	3
36	Dwayne Smith	337	327	7870	6176	110	26.23	127.42	27	759	375	47	5
37	Eoin Morgan	374	350	7780	5912	91	26.02	131.59	51	584	367	38	0
38	Phil Salt ENG	338	328	8514	5487	141	28	155.16	24	883	358	55	4
39	Heinrich Klaasen	284	261	6535	4361	105	31.87	149.85	56	426	355	40	3
40	Dawid Malan	393	386	10801	8316	117	32.92	129.88	58	1060	351	75	5
41	MS Dhoni	405	355	7628	5624	84	37.57	135.63	152	529	350	28	0
42	Fakhar Zaman PAK	340	327	8978	6610	115	28.68	135.82	14	893	347	61	4
43	Finn Allen NZ	187	184	5340	3022	151	30.34	176.7	8	480	346	33	6
44	Lendl Simmons	292	288	7756	6507	116	29.83	119.19	28	713	345	59	2
45	Mohammad Nabi AFG	484	405	6859	5108	89	21.3	134.27	83	464	343	18	0
46	KL Rahul IND	245	232	8330	6067	132	42.28	137.3	35	715	342	70	7
47	Dwayne Bravo	582	442	6970	5556	70	22.41	125.44	131	447	335	20	0
48	Hardik Pandya IND	334	290	6235	4319	91	29.69	144.36	80	466	335	26	0
49	Will Jacks ENG	252	235	6395	4084	108	29.47	156.58	18	608	334	42	5
50	James Vince	471	459	13118	9664	129	31.83	135.74	47	1478	328	84	7
51	Sikandar Raza ZIM	358	333	7230	5329	133	25.63	135.67	51	567	328	38	1
52	Rassie van der Dussen SA	254	242	7295	5554	112	36.84	131.34	44	508	326	45	5
53	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	270	264	6709	4840	127	27.95	138.61	24	570	326	46	1
54	Suresh Raina	336	319	8654	6296	126	32.17	137.45	50	779	325	53	4
55	Tim Seifert NZ	319	294	7431	5444	125	28.8	136.49	36	696	324	38	5
56	Marcus Stoinis AUS	370	328	7335	5317	147	29.69	137.95	81	603	324	38	2
57	Asif Ali	321	289	4974	3388	100	21.72	146.81	60	329	321	15	1
58	Ishan Kishan IND	236	227	6557	4570	113	30.92	143.47	15	649	319	37	7
59	Ross Taylor NZ	302	284	6604	5062	111	30.57	130.46	68	445	317	33	1
60	Ryan ten Doeschate	382	339	7597	5688	121	29.33	133.56	80	463	310	34	2
61	Mitchell Marsh AUS	240	227	6213	4505	117	33.22	137.91	40	494	310	38	4
62	Ravi Bopara	494	453	9948	8063	108	28.1	123.37	99	777	307	50	3
63	Sunil Narine WI	589	379	4779	3210	109	15.26	148.87	66	446	306	17	1
64	Luke Wright	344	320	8526	5970	153	29.19	142.81	28	904	301	46	7
65	Shreyas Iyer IND	246	239	6786	4929	147	34.44	137.67	42	562	300	46	3
66	Dasun Shanaka SL	283	257	5064	3538	131	25.83	143.13	61	362	297	19	3
67	Daniel Christian	412	352	5848	4244	129	22.66	137.79	94	385	289	17	2
68	Jonny Bairstow	265	247	6401	4573	116	30.48	139.97	37	578	288	34	5
69	Laurie Evans	351	318	7400	5322	118	29.36	139.04	66	648	287	44	3
70	Sherfane Rutherford WI	257	229	4479	3182	86	25.16	140.76	51	311	286	19	0
71	Cameron Delport	278	268	6290	4509	129	25.05	139.49	17	628	282	32	5
72	Iftikhar Ahmed PAK	325	291	6151	4766	100	29.43	129.06	82	446	281	35	1
73	Thisara Perera SL	385	318	4873	3226	103	21.09	151.05	87	357	274	12	1
74	Kyle Mayers	224	214	4436	3335	92	22.98	133.01	21	370	272	22	0
75	Nitish Rana	216	205	5290	3851	107	28.75	137.36	21	474	270	36	1
76	Robin Uthappa	291	282	7272	5464	92	28.18	133.08	24	720	267	42	0
77	Sam Curran ENG	330	273	5596	4089	102	25.9	136.85	57	399	267	33	1
78	Richard Levi	226	217	5606	3892	117	27.48	144.03	13	585	265	35	3
79	Dinesh Karthik	415	367	7557	5538	97	26.79	136.45	85	729	261	35	0
80	Yuvraj Singh	231	216	4857	3772	83	25.69	128.76	27	386	261	27	0
81	Shai Hope WI	215	210	5689	4384	118	30.58	129.76	24	429	260	29	4
82	Tamim Iqbal BAN	281	280	8283	6836	141	32.86	121.16	28	868	256	55	4
83	Reeza Hendricks SA	302	283	8584	6708	117	34.61	127.96	35	805	254	66	5
84	Shivam Dube IND	210	185	4098	2813	95	31.28	145.68	54	258	253	18	0
85	Mohammad Hafeez	374	348	7946	6426	102	25.79	123.65	40	804	252	43	2
86	Shahid Afridi GER	329	279	4399	2858	101	18.25	153.91	38	326	252	10	1
87	Ben McDermott AUS	215	204	5291	3884	127	29.89	136.22	27	411	251	33	3
88	Sam Billings	405	380	7712	5778	106	24.1	133.47	60	662	249	38	1
89	Rishabh Pant IND	223	211	5438	3775	128	31.07	144.05	36	497	249	27	3
90	David Wiese	419	309	4552	3161	79	22.42	144	106	301	249	12	0