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In the high-octane theatre of T20 cricket, six-hitting is often considered the ultimate expression of dominance. With boundaries often dictating momentum, the ability of consistently clear the ropes tends to become synonymous with match-winning brilliance in the shortest format of the game.
While the world has witnessed a multitude of prolific six-hitters over the years, only a select few have managed to transcend eras and redefine the very limits of power-hitting with sustained excellence and staggering consistency. Here, we take a look at five such batters with the highest number of sixes to their names in T20 cricket.
5. Jos Buttler – 600 sixes
Jos Buttler became only the fifth cricketer in the world, and the first non-West Indies player to complete 600 sixes in T20 matches. The legendary England opener attained the landmark figure during Gujarat Titans’ away IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals in Delhi on Wednesday, April 8.
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Notably, Buttler has launched 175 of those sixes in T20I matches for England, and is ranked fourth in the world of T20 international matches in terms of hitting the highest number of maximums. The attacking opener has also launched over 100 sixes in The Hundred, and nearly 200 maximums in his IPL career.
4. Nicholas Pooran – 712 sixes
Former West Indies cricketer Nicholas Pooran has dispatched 712 sixes in his 445-match T20 career so far. The attacking wicketkeeper-batter is also one of the rare batters to have hit more sixes than boundaries in the format. He has struck 149 of them in T20I matches for the West Indies team, more than 200 in the CPL and 167 for three different franchises in the IPL.
The ILT20 and the MLC holds Nicholas Pooran’s next biggest share of sixes, with more than 50 maximums each in the two T20 leagues.
3. Andre Russell – 784 sixes
In 508 T20 innings since his format debut back in 2010, Andre Russell has muscled 784 sixes in the format. The two-time T20 World Cup-winning West Indies all-rounder has also struck 95 T20I maximums in just 75 innings.
The hard-hitting middle-order batter is also one of the leading six-hitters in the IPL with 223 maximums to his name, all for the KKR franchise. The cricketer has struck an additional 162 maximums in the CPL back home in the Caribbean. Russell’s boundary-count falls way below his six-hitting tally, having belted 635 fours in his career.
2. Kieron Pollard – 982 sixes
West Indies great Kieron Pollard has racked up 982 maximums, and another 898 boundaries in his 735-match T20 career spanning two decades. The legendary all-rounder continues to remain one of only two cricketers in the world to have belted over 900 sixes in the format.
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The Trinidad-born six-hitting machine struck more than 450 of those sixes in the IPL and the CPL combined in less than 300 T20 innings. The lanky middle-order batter launched 99 of his overall sixes for the West Indies team in T20Is, and over 50 each in the ILT20 and the PSL.
1. Chris Gayle – 1056 sixes
Former West Indies captain and multi-T20 World Cup winner Chris Gayle is certainly the biggest undisputed colossus of T20 batting, a trailblazer whose towering sixes redefined the art of power-hitting and set a benchmark that continues to dwarf generations of big-hitters across the globe.
With 1,056 sixes in just 455 innings, the T20 batting behemoth remains the leading six-hitter in the format by a landslide, leading even second-placed Kieron Pollard with over 70 maximums.
The legendary left-hander is also the leading six-hitter in IPL cricket with 357 sixes, and has aggregated 143 and 172 sixes in BPL and CPL respectively.
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