Who has Hit Most Sixes in IPL History: The IPL is now 17 seasons old, and it has seen the most destructive batters on the planet feature since 2008. The scoring rates and six-hitting prowess of the batters have only kept on rising with the modernisation of the game.
Flatter pitches, small boundaries, batsmen getting muscular, bats getting bigger and heavier, the white ball doing very little in terms of new ball swing or old ball reverse swing, plus the diminishing margin of error of a yorker. All of it has contributed to batsmen walloping more sixes than ever.
In this article about Who has Hit Most Sixes in IPL History?, we will reveal to you the batsman who has hit the most number of sixes in IPL history and the top five six-hitters in the league so far.
Who has Hit Most Sixes in IPL History?
With 357 sixes in 141 innings, it is none other than RCB legend Chris Gayle who has smashed the highest number of sixes in IPL history. Second on this list, and way behind Gayle, is former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, who has so far hit 275 sixes in 245 innings.
Gayle played in the IPL for three teams—KKR, RCB, and PBKS—from 2009 to 2021. He has six centuries and 31 fifties to his name. Gayle holds the record for hitting most sixes (357) in IPL history and also the record for the highest individual score (175* vs Pune Warriors India in 2013).
As Who has Hit Most Sixes in IPL History?, Rohit Sharma, who has played for the now-defunct Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians, has slammed 275 sixes.
Third and fourth on the list of most sixes in the IPL are the iconic RCB duo of AB de Villiers (251 sixes) and Virat Kohli (248 sixes). And just behind Kohli is CSK mega-star MS Dhoni, who has clobbered 247 sixes and continues to go strong in the IPL 2024.
Top 5 Six-Hitters in IPL History (Updates till April 19, 2024)
| Player | Mat | SR | 100 | 6s |
| Chris Gayle (KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) | 142 | 148 | 6 | 357 |
| Rohit Sharma (DC/MI) | 250 | 131 | 2 | 275 |
| AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) | 184 | 151 | 3 | 251 |
| Virat Kohli (RCB) | 244 | 130 | 8 | 248 |
| MS Dhoni (CSK/RPSG) | 257 | 136 | 0 | 247 |
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