IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Most sixes in death overs

Name: CricketStudio canonical ball-by-ball aggregate · IPL 2026
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Most sixes hit in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs.

#	Player	Death sixes	Sample
1	MS DhoniCSK RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	186	2936 runs · 1548 balls · 220×4 · 186×6
2	KA PollardMI	127	1708 runs · 928 balls · 110×4 · 127×6
3	AB de VilliersDC RCB	112	1421 runs · 604 balls · 106×4 · 112×6
4	AD RussellDC KKR	100	1134 runs · 545 balls · 83×4 · 100×6
5	KD KarthikDC GUJARAT-LIONS KKR MI PBKS RCB	91	1565 runs · 830 balls · 142×4 · 91×6
6	HH PandyaGT MI	89	1241 runs · 661 balls · 85×4 · 89×6
7	RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS MI	79	1176 runs · 595 balls · 94×4 · 79×6
8	RA JadejaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RR	75	1532 runs · 949 balls · 111×4 · 75×6
9	V KohliRCB	72	1121 runs · 557 balls · 79×4 · 72×6
10	DA MillerGT LSG PBKS RR	63	1061 runs · 605 balls · 75×4 · 63×6
11	SO HetmyerDC RCB RR	60	794 runs · 413 balls · 49×4 · 60×6
12	RR PantDC LSG	51	696 runs · 336 balls · 59×4 · 51×6
13	TH DavidMI RCB	50	578 runs · 279 balls · 34×4 · 50×6
14	AR PatelDC PBKS	46	788 runs · 503 balls · 43×4 · 46×6
15	AT RayuduCSK MI	46	877 runs · 508 balls · 69×4 · 46×6
16	DJ BravoCSK GUJARAT-LIONS MI	46	800 runs · 421 balls · 56×4 · 46×6
17	R TewatiaDC GT PBKS RR	45	705 runs · 395 balls · 59×4 · 45×6
18	Yuvraj SinghDC MI PBKS PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RCB SRH	45	601 runs · 332 balls · 44×4 · 45×6
19	JP DuminyDC DECCAN-CHARGERS MI	41	712 runs · 391 balls · 47×4 · 41×6
20	MP StoinisDC LSG PBKS RCB	41	720 runs · 383 balls · 63×4 · 41×6
21	N PooranLSG PBKS SRH	39	634 runs · 359 balls · 52×4 · 39×6
22	SV SamsonDC RR	39	547 runs · 280 balls · 38×4 · 39×6
23	YK PathanKKR RR SRH	38	858 runs · 511 balls · 76×4 · 38×6
24	S DubeCSK RCB RR	37	458 runs · 267 balls · 24×4 · 37×6
25	SS IyerDC KKR PBKS	37	513 runs · 256 balls · 38×4 · 37×6

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot at data/_season-stats-ipl-historical.json, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,169 matches across 18 seasons (2007/08 → 2025).
Sample-size floor (doctrine §3.1): Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs. Claims below this floor are excluded.
Excludes IPL 2026: the current season runs on Sportmonks live data and is surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026.

Provenance. Projected from the hash-stable SETU snapshot of 1,169 IPL matches. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: MS Dhoni leads IPL all-time death sixes with 186. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/most-sixes-death”