IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Most sixes in the powerplay

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

Most sixes hit in powerplay overs (1–6) across IPL career. Minimum 30 balls faced in powerplay.

#	Player	PP sixes	Sample
1	CH GayleKKR PBKS RCB	145	2405 runs · 1766 balls · 267×4 · 145×6
2	RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS MI	109	2386 runs · 1905 balls · 265×4 · 109×6
3	DA WarnerDC SRH	105	3318 runs · 2389 balls · 432×4 · 105×6
4	KL RahulDC LSG PBKS RCB SRH	82	2196 runs · 1729 balls · 242×4 · 82×6
5	Q de KockDC KKR LSG MI RCB SRH	82	1931 runs · 1476 balls · 211×4 · 82×6
6	F du PlessisCSK DC RCB RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	81	2281 runs · 1670 balls · 282×4 · 81×6
7	S DhawanDC DECCAN-CHARGERS MI PBKS SRH	76	3415 runs · 2771 balls · 455×4 · 76×6
8	V KohliRCB	76	3127 runs · 2476 balls · 391×4 · 76×6
9	BB McCullumCSK GUJARAT-LIONS KKR KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RCB	70	1557 runs · 1217 balls · 184×4 · 70×6
10	JC ButtlerGT MI RR	70	1688 runs · 1201 balls · 212×4 · 70×6
11	SP NarineKKR	70	1150 runs · 671 balls · 141×4 · 70×6
12	AM RahaneCSK DC KKR MI RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT RR	64	2557 runs · 2083 balls · 330×4 · 64×6
13	YBK JaiswalRR	58	1378 runs · 864 balls · 194×4 · 58×6
14	SK RainaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS	55	1560 runs · 1165 balls · 198×4 · 55×6
15	SR WatsonCSK RCB RR	54	1421 runs · 1257 balls · 172×4 · 54×6
16	Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS MI SRH	51	1337 runs · 997 balls · 169×4 · 51×6
17	RV UthappaCSK KKR MI PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RCB RR	50	2037 runs · 1632 balls · 261×4 · 50×6
18	AC GilchristDECCAN-CHARGERS PBKS	49	1385 runs · 1026 balls · 191×4 · 49×6
19	Abhishek SharmaDC SRH	47	1018 runs · 629 balls · 124×4 · 47×6
20	DR SmithCSK DECCAN-CHARGERS GUJARAT-LIONS MI	47	1213 runs · 970 balls · 155×4 · 47×6
21	M VijayCSK DC PBKS	46	1574 runs · 1374 balls · 176×4 · 46×6
22	V SehwagDC PBKS	46	1593 runs · 1096 balls · 230×4 · 46×6
23	SV SamsonDC RR	44	1380 runs · 1112 balls · 173×4 · 44×6
24	MA AgarwalDC PBKS RCB RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT SRH	42	1418 runs · 1150 balls · 170×4 · 42×6
25	WP SahaCSK GT KKR PBKS SRH	41	1389 runs · 1045 balls · 191×4 · 41×6

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 30 balls faced in powerplay. 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: CH Gayle leads IPL all-time pp sixes with 145. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/most-sixes-pp”