Most Sixes in IPL Year-wise: Total Sixes & Most Maximums by Player in Every Season of Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen sixes being hit for fun since the tournament’s inception, and the amount of sixes hit has swelled each and every season with the likes of Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Andre Russell dominating the charts.

872 maximums struck in the 2018 season was once the highest in a season, but that record was surpassed in IPL 2022 and IPL 2023, which saw over 1000 sixes struck in a single IPL season. 2023 also saw the record for most sixes broken in match 70 with over 1100 sixes.

IPL Year-wise Sixes Record - Total Sixes and Most Maximums

With the number of matches also being increased, there is every chance of more sixes being struck in the next few years, thanks to the smaller grounds and the flat unforgiving wickets on which the bowlers have to bowl.

The first few matches of the IPL 2024 season had already seen over 50 maximums with usual suspects Liam Livingstone, Russell and Heinrich Klaasen all coming to the party.

With many more players like Marcus Stoinis, Rovman Powell, Rohit, Dhoni, Nicholas Pooran among others, all flexing their muscles, the record was broken in IPL 2024. Here is a look at the year-wise total sixes:

Total number of sixes in every IPL season

Season	Total Sixes	Matches
2008	622	59
2009	506	59
2010	585	60
2011	639	74
2012	731	76
2013	672	76
2014	714	60
2015	692	60
2016	638	60
2017	705	60
2018	872	60
2019	784	60
2020	734	60
2021	687	60
2022	1062	74
2023	1124	74
2024	1260	74

Gayle, who tops the list for most sixes in IPL, dominates the list for players with most sixes from every season in IPL. Gayle and his compatriot Russell are the only players to have breached the 50 sixes mark in a single season. Gayle has hit over 50 sixes in a season at least two times.

Recent years has seen the likes of Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Jos Buttler and Faf Du Plessis top the charts, but this year with several big hitters in top form, we could see the 50 sixes mark breached again in IPL 2024. Here is a look at the season-wise most sixes by a player list.

Season-wise most sixes in IPL by a player

Season	Player	Team	Sixes
2008	Sanath Jayasuriya	Mumbai Indians	31
2009	Adam Gilchrist	Deccan Chargers	29
2010	Robin Uthappa	Royal Challengers Bangalore	27
2011	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	44
2012	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	59
2013	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	51
2014	Glenn Maxwell	Punjab Kings	36
2015	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	38
2016	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	38
2017	Glenn Maxwell	Punjab Kings	26
2018	Rishabh Pant	Delhi Capitals	37
2019	Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	52
2020	Ishan Kishan	Mumbai Indians	30
2021	KL Rahul	Punjab Kings	30
2022	Jos Buttler	Rajasthan Royals	45
2023	Faf Du Plessis	Royal Challengers Bangalore	36
2024	Abhishek Sharma	Sunrisers Hyderabad	42

Every year we have seen different players top the charts for most sixes. Similarly, we have seen different teams also end up on top with players from the respective team smashing the most maximums. Here is a look at the team-wise most sixes in every edition: