T20 World Cup leaderboard

ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Most Death Overs Sixes (Overs 17–20)

HH Pandya leads T20 World Cup all-time death sixes with 20. Sixes hit in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions.

All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)

#PlayerDeath SixesSample
1HH Pandyaindia20
2DA Millersouth-africa17
3MD Shanakasri-lanka15
4JO Holderwest-indies13
5SE Rutherfordwest-indies12
6JC Buttlerengland11
7AD Russellwest-indies10
8MJ Santnernew-zealand10
9S Dubeindia10
10V Kohliindia10
11MA Leaskscotland9
12Mahmudullahbangladesh9
13SA Yadavindia9
14JDS Neeshamnew-zealand8
15Shoaib Malikpakistan8

2025/26 edition · top 10

#PlayerDeath SixesSample
1JO Holderwest-indies11
2MD Shanakasri-lanka10
3HH Pandyaindia9
4S Dubeindia8
5WG Jacksengland8
6Tilak Varmaindia7
7SE Rutherfordwest-indies6
8Shubham Ranjaneunited-states-of-america6
9GH Dockrellireland5
10MJ Santnernew-zealand5

Frequently asked questions

Who leads T20 World Cup all-time death sixes?
HH Pandya leads T20 World Cup all-time death sixes with 20. The top three are: HH Pandya, DA Miller, MD Shanaka.
How is T20 World Cup death sixes calculated?
Sixes hit in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline. Career totals span 6 editions (2013/14–2025/26).
Which T20 World Cup editions are included?
6 editions from Cricsheet's public corpus: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024, and 2025/26 (230 matches, 687 players). The 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012 editions are not available in Cricsheet. The all-time table aggregates career totals across all 6 editions. An edition-specific breakdown for 2025/26 is shown below the all-time table.
What data source powers this leaderboard?
Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical T20 WC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: HH Pandya leads T20 WC all-time death sixes with 20. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/death-sixes