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Most Sixes in International Cricket:

In Cricket history, as an active cricketer, Rohit Sharam has hit the most sixes at the international level, but if you calculate cricket history, West Indies super hero Cris Gayle hit the most sixes in all types of international cricket. Indian star Rohit Sharma also in 4th place of Most Sixes In Asia Cup History.

Most Sixes in International Cricket

All cricket lovers love to see the six on the cricket ground or on TV screens. We all know that six is a game-changing subject in all types of Cricket.

In Test cricket, six does not play a big role some of the time because in a Test match, the number of overs or balls is not restricted; it’s a long five-day game.

But in a one-day or T20 cricket match, six always plays a game-changing role.

Most Sixes in International Cricket in all format : Top 24 Players

Cricket is played in three types of formats: test cricket, one-day Cricket (ODI), and T20 Cricket . In international cricket, power hitting has undergone a tremendous change. A shorter cricket format like Twenty20 (T20) and One Day Internationals (ODIs) has made space for a more aggressive and boundary-focused style of play.

Now we will see who  the top 25 batsmen are who have made the most sixes in all types of cricket formats.

Most Sixes in International Cricket in all format : Top 24 Players

Sl.	Name of the player and Country	Season	No of Six	No of Match	Total Run	Highest Score
1	CH Gayle (WI)	1999-2021	553	483	19593	333
2	Rohit Sharma (Ind)	2007-2023	526	440	17057	264
3	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	1996-2016	476	524	11185	156
4	BB McCullum (NZ)	2002-2016	398	432	14676	302
5	MJ Guptill (NZ)	2009-2023	383	367	13463	237*
6	MS Dhoni (Ind)	2004-2019	359	538	17266	224
7	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1989-2011	352	586	21032	340
8	EJG Morgan (Eng)	2006-2023	346	379	10859	148
9	AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2019	328	420	20014	278*
10	Jos Buttler (Eng)	2011-2023	297	322	10045	162*
11	Virat Kohli (Ind)	2008-2023	279	497	25322	254*
12	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2023	273	450	18199	290
13	SR Tendulkar (Ind)	1989-2013	264	664	34357	248*
14	AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1996-2008	262	396	15461	204*
15	DA Warner (Aus)	2009-2023	261	341	17033	335*
16	AJ Finch (Aus)	2011-2023	255	254	8804	172
17	JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2014	254	519	25534	224
18	Yuvraj Singh (Ind)	2000-2017	251	402	11778	169
19	SC Ganguly (Ind)	1992-2008	247	424	18575	239
20	RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2012	246	560	27283	257
21	SR Watson (Aus)	2002-2016	245	307	10950	185*
22	V Sehwag (Ind)	1999-2013	243	374	17253	319
23	GJ Maxwell (Aus)	2012-2023	241	232	5980	145*
24	CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2006	240	279	8273	158

Also read Most Sixes In Asia Cup History Top 10 batsman

CH Gayle (WI)

Chris Gayle is one of the most famous players of Cricket History. He was famous for his hard hitting batting. Former West Indies star batsman Chris Gayle played as a captain for the West Indies for a long time. He made so many records. He was not only a batsman; he was a good spin bowler as well.

Chris Gayle Batting & Fielding

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
Test	103	182	11	7214	333	42.18	60.26	15	37	1046	98
ODI	301	294	17	10480	215	37.83	87.19	25	54	1128	331
T20I	79	75	7	1899	117	27.92	137.50	2	14	158	124
FC	180	321	26	13226	333	44.83	–	32	64	–	–
List A	373	365	24	13189	215	38.67	–	29	70	–	–
T20	463	455	53	14562	175*	36.22	144.75	22	88	1132	1056

Chris Gayle Bowling

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	103	104	7109	3120	73	5/34	42.73	2.63	97.3	2	2	0
ODI	301	199	7424	5926	167	5/46	35.48	4.78	44.4	3	1	0
T20I	79	30	381	440	20	2/15	22.00	6.92	19.0	0	0	0
FC	180	–	12511	5194	132	5/34	39.34	2.49	94.7	–	2	0
List A	373	–	9700	7380	229	5/46	32.22	4.56	42.3	4	1	0
T20	463	145	2061	2618	83	4/22	31.54	7.62	24.8	2	0	0

Most Sixes in International Cricket in T20 Format : Top 10 Players

The T20 Intentional Cricket changed the total Cricket environment. One of the issues in cricket was the time factor. Before the T20 match, an ODI is an 8-hour match, and a Test match is 5 days. For cricket lovers, it was a very big issue in terms of duration. But T20 Cricket has removed this time duration issue. And with this type of short time restriction over match six, it is very important to win the match.

Now I will giving the top 10 batsman who make most sixes in T20 International Cricket.

Player	Matches	Innings	Sixes
R Sharma (IND)	148	140	182
M Guptill (NZ)	122	118	173
A Finch (AUS)	103	103	125
C Gayle (WI)	79	75	124
P Stirling (IRE)	124	123	121
E Morgan (ENG)	115	107	120
V Kohli (IND)	115	107	117
J Buttler (ENG)	106	98	113
E Lewis (WI)	53	52	111
C Munro (NZ)	65	62	107
G Maxwell (AUS)	98	90	106
D Miller (SA)	114	99	106
D Warner (AUS)	99	99	105

Most Sixes in International Cricket in ODI Format : Top 10 Players

Now I will give the list of top 10 players , who have make most sixes in ODI match.

Batsman	Matches	Innings	Runs	Sixes
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	389	369	8064	351
Chris Gayle (WI)	301	294	10480	331
Rohit Sharma (IND)	243	236	9825	275
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	445	433	13430	270
MS Dhoni (IND)	350	297	10773	229
Eion Morgan (ENG)	246	228	7701	220
AB DE Villiers (SA)	228	218	9577	204
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	260	228	6083	200
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	463	452	18426	195
Sourav Ganguly (IND)	311	300	11363	190
Martin Guptill (NZ)	198	195	7346	187
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	375	365	13704	162
Jos Buttler (ENG)	165	138	4647	158
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	304	278	8701	155

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Most Sixes in International Cricket in Test Format : Top 10 Players

Now I will giving the list of top 10 players , who have make most sixes in Test match.

Player	Matches	Innings	Sixes
Ben Stokes (ENG)	95	172	123
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	101	176	107
Adam Gilchrist (AUS)	96	137	100
Chris Gayle (WI)	103	182	98
Jacques Kallis (SA)	166	280	97
Virender Sehwag (IND)	104	180	91
Brain Lara (WI)	131	232	88
Chris Cairns (NZ)	62	104	87
Vivian Richards (WI)	121	182	84
Tim Southee (NZ)	94	134	83
Andrew Flintoff (ENG)	79	130	82
Matthew Hayden (AUS)	103	184	82