Most Sixes in ODI Cricket: Full List, India and Women

357: that is the most sixes in ODI cricket by any batter in the record book, and they all belong to Rohit Sharma (India), hit across 273 matches. Chris Gayle (West Indies) is the only other player past 250, with 253.

The counts draw on 2,576 men’s and 611 women’s ODIs, every one between Jun 2002 and Sep 2026, read ball by ball. Anything hit before Jun 2002 is not counted. Afghanistan’s games are also absent from the open data, so no Afghan batter is listed.

Most Sixes in ODI History: Reading the Table

Each six is credited to the batter who hit it, and the tables add them up over a career. Alongside sixes, each row shows games, innings, career runs and best score. Tap a column heading to re-sort: sorting by runs shows who relies on the big hit and who piles up singles.

The page has two near-identical lists. The main one admits every team, Associate nations included. The second keeps only players from Test-playing nations. In ODIs no Associate batter reaches the main table, so Rohit leads both lists and the first 15 names match.

These are career totals, not single innings or single matches. For one-day scoring in general, see most ODI runs and the ODI records page.

Most Sixes in ODI Cricket (Men)

Batter	M	Inns	Sixes	Runs	HS
RG Sharma India	273	273	357	11,532	264
CH Gayle West Indies	196	196	253	6,379	215
MS Dhoni India	276	276	203	10,100	148
AB de Villiers South Africa	209	209	196	9,324	176
JC Buttler England	171	171	186	5,529	162*
MJ Guptill New Zealand	191	191	184	7,124	237*
EJG Morgan England	204	204	184	6,765	124*
Shahid Afridi Pakistan	183	183	176	3,884	124
V Kohli India	300	300	173	14,819	183
BB McCullum New Zealand	187	187	172	5,157	131
DA Miller South Africa	152	152	143	4,573	139
GJ Maxwell Australia	132	132	138	3,695	108
LRPL Taylor New Zealand	209	209	133	8,126	181*
Q de Kock South Africa	159	159	131	7,014	178
Yuvraj Singh India	207	207	131	6,840	150
KA Pollard West Indies	108	108	129	2,608	119
DA Warner Australia	154	154	125	6,623	179
SR Watson Australia	150	150	123	5,357	185*
SD Hope West Indies	141	141	120	5,857	170
SK Raina India	190	190	120	5,585	116*
AJ Finch Australia	139	139	118	5,188	153*
BA Stokes England	98	98	110	3,461	182
Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan	202	202	106	6,351	140*
V Sehwag India	158	158	104	5,574	219
MN Samuels West Indies	143	143	102	4,205	133*

Most ODI Sixes by Test-Playing Nation Players

The main list includes players from every team, including Associate nations. This list keeps only players from full ICC members.

Batter	M	Inns	Sixes	Runs	HS
RG Sharma India	273	273	357	11,532	264
CH Gayle West Indies	196	196	253	6,379	215
MS Dhoni India	276	276	203	10,100	148
AB de Villiers South Africa	209	209	196	9,324	176
JC Buttler England	171	171	186	5,529	162*
MJ Guptill New Zealand	191	191	184	7,124	237*
EJG Morgan England	204	204	184	6,765	124*
Shahid Afridi Pakistan	183	183	176	3,884	124
V Kohli India	300	300	173	14,819	183
BB McCullum New Zealand	187	187	172	5,157	131
DA Miller South Africa	152	152	143	4,573	139
GJ Maxwell Australia	132	132	138	3,695	108
LRPL Taylor New Zealand	209	209	133	8,126	181*
Q de Kock South Africa	159	159	131	7,014	178
Yuvraj Singh India	207	207	131	6,840	150

Most Sixes in ODI for India

Batter	M	Inns	Sixes	Runs	HS
RG Sharma India	273	273	357	11,532	264
MS Dhoni India	276	276	203	10,100	148
V Kohli India	300	300	173	14,819	183
Yuvraj Singh India	207	207	131	6,840	150
SK Raina India	190	190	120	5,585	116*
V Sehwag India	158	158	104	5,574	219
S Dhawan India	163	163	78	6,733	143
HH Pandya India	67	67	76	1,897	92*
KL Rahul India	86	86	75	3,283	112*
SS Iyer India	72	72	74	3,053	128*

Most ODI Sixes for Each Team

Team	Leader	Total	Matches
India	RG Sharma	357 sixes	273
Australia	GJ Maxwell	138 sixes	132
England	JC Buttler	186 sixes	171
South Africa	AB de Villiers	196 sixes	209
New Zealand	MJ Guptill	184 sixes	191
Pakistan	Shahid Afridi	176 sixes	183
Sri Lanka	ST Jayasuriya	87 sixes	130
West Indies	CH Gayle	253 sixes	196
Bangladesh	Mahmudullah	99 sixes	189
Zimbabwe	Sikandar Raza	86 sixes	121
Ireland	PR Stirling	86 sixes	110

Most Sixes in Women's ODIs

Batter	M	Inns	Sixes	Runs	HS
CL Tryon South Africa	80	80	71	1,993	88
S Mandhana India	99	99	67	4,728	136
AC Jayangani Sri Lanka	90	90	60	3,300	195*
SFM Devine New Zealand	86	86	52	3,078	137
EA Perry Australia	101	101	50	3,750	107*
L Lee South Africa	76	76	48	2,514	132*
H Kaur India	101	101	47	3,328	171*
DJS Dottin West Indies	64	64	40	1,768	150*
A Gardner Australia	64	64	40	1,604	115
RM Ghosh India	52	52	38	1,208	96

Who Clears the Rope Most Often

Rohit’s lead over Gayle is wider than the gap between Gayle and the player in tenth. MS Dhoni (India) is third with 203, AB de Villiers (South Africa) sits fourth with 196, one place above Jos Buttler (England), 186.

Some batters hit sixes far more often than their run totals suggest. Kieron Pollard (West Indies) has 129 from just 2,608 runs in 108 matches. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) has 176 with 3,884 runs, and Glenn Maxwell (Australia) has 138 with 3,695. Ben Stokes (England) has 110 in only 98 games.

At the other end, Virat Kohli (India) needed 14,819 runs for his 173, a sign of a batter who mostly scores on the ground. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) and Eoin Morgan (England) sit level on 184.

South Africa and New Zealand each have three names in the top 15, and India have four: Rohit, Dhoni, Kohli and Yuvraj Singh.

Most Sixes in ODI for India, by Team and in Women's Cricket

India’s list after the top four runs Suresh Raina (120), Virender Sehwag (104), Shikhar Dhawan (78) and Hardik Pandya (76). Pandya’s 76 came in only 67 matches, the fewest of anyone in that top 10.

The team table shows each side’s leader. Maxwell tops Australia, and Sanath Jayasuriya leads Sri Lanka with 87, a partial count because his career started well before Jun 2002. Mahmudullah leads Bangladesh with 99. Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) and Paul Stirling (Ireland) both have 86.

In women’s ODIs, CL Tryon (South Africa) leads with 71 from 80 matches and 1,993 runs. S Mandhana (India) is close behind on 67, and AC Jayangani (Sri Lanka) has 60 with a best score of 195*. RM Ghosh (India) has 38 from only 52 games. The T20I version is on most T20I sixes.

Questions about Most ODI sixes

Which batter has the most sixes in ODI history?

Rohit Sharma (India) with 357 in 273 ODIs, counted from Jun 2002. Next come Chris Gayle (West Indies), 253, and MS Dhoni (India), 203.

Who has the most ODI sixes for India?

Rohit Sharma again, with 357. Dhoni is second with 203, Virat Kohli third with 173 and Yuvraj Singh fourth with 131.

Which player has the most sixes in ODI history for each country?

Gayle leads West Indies with 253, AB de Villiers South Africa with 196 and Jos Buttler England with 186. Martin Guptill tops New Zealand with 184, Shahid Afridi Pakistan with 176 and Glenn Maxwell Australia with 138.

Do Associate players appear in the ODI sixes list?

Every country is eligible for the main table, yet no Associate batter gets into it. Rohit is the leader overall and among Test-playing nations, with 357.

Which woman has hit the most ODI sixes?

CL Tryon (South Africa) with 71 in 80 ODIs. S Mandhana (India) has 67 and AC Jayangani (Sri Lanka) 60, from 611 women’s ODIs in the data.

Source: ball-by-ball match data from Cricsheet.org (ODC-BY). See how we compile these records.