Batting Records

Top 10: Batters with Most Sixes in ICC Tournaments (All Formats)

Six-hitting has become quite prominent in cricket these days. Batters aren’t thinking twice before sending down the ball into the stands.

It’s all thanks to the fearless and aggressive approach batters have adopted in recent years. And the same has been on display in the premier ICC tournaments.

These batters have lit up the ICC events with their six-hitting abilities, increasing the run-scoring within a matter of a few balls.

So here are the top 10 batters with the most sixes in all ICC tournaments.

Most Sixes in ICC Tournaments

PlayerInnsTotal 6sODI WCT20 WCCTWTC Final
Chris Gayle (WI)82127496315
Rohit Sharma (IND)911195450141
David Warner (AUS)748241401
Glenn Maxwell (AUS)577943306
AB de Villiers (SA)646937302
David Miller (SA)5367351814
Jos Buttler (ENG)676415436
Eoin Morgan (ENG/IRE)6760262014
Shane Watson (AUS)5660173112
Virat Kohli (IND)915714358

(Note – ODI WC: ODI World Cup, T20 WC: T20 World Cup, CT: Champions Trophy, WTC: World Test Championship. For WTC, we have considered only the final match.)

Key Insights

100: Only two batters have slammed more than 100 sixes in all ICC tournaments combined. Chris Gayle was the first batter to do so, while Rohit Sharma joined him in 2024.

50: In all, 13 batters have smashed 50 or more maximums in ICC events. Brendon McCullum (55), Martin Guptill (51), and Quinton de Kock (50) are the three batters apart from the 10 on the above list.

3: Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, both from India, and Travis Head are the only three batters with at least one six in all four ICC tournaments.

1: India’s opener Rohit Sharma is the only batter with 50 or more sixes in two different ICC tourneys. He is the leading six-hitter in the ODI World Cup, with 54 maximums, while he finished with 50 biggies in the T20 World Cup.

20: Sharma and Gayle are the only two batters with more than 20 maximums in the knockout matches of ICC tournaments.

17: Eoin Morgan’s 17 sixes against Afghanistan are the most in an innings of any ICC tournament. He nailed those many maximums during his 148-run knock in the 2019 ODI World Cup.

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