Who has hit the most sixes in Test cricket?

Ben Stokes has hit 136 sixes, the most of any batter in Tests.

Who are the top sixes-hitters?

The top four are Ben Stokes (136), Brendon McCullum (107), Adam Gilchrist (100) and Chris Gayle (98).

Is this a career total?

Yes. It counts every sixes the batter has hit across their Test career.

Most Sixes in Test Cricket

Rank	Player	M	Inns	Runs	NO	BF	S/R	AVG	100	50	4s	6s
1	Ben Stokes	121	218	7228	9	12374	58.41	34.58	14	37	830	136
2	Brendon McCullum	101	176	6453	9	9989	64.60	38.64	12	31	776	107
3	Adam Gilchrist	96	137	5570	20	6796	81.95	47.60	17	26	677	100
4	Chris Gayle	103	182	7214	11	11970	60.26	42.18	15	37	1046	98
5	Rishabh Pant	50	87	3557	5	4803	74.05	43.37	8	19	378	97
6	Jacques Kallis	166	280	13289	40	28903	45.97	55.37	45	58	1488	97
7	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	6	10441	82.23	49.34	23	32	1233	91
8	Angelo Mathews	119	212	8214	27	16970	48.40	44.40	16	45	835	90
9	Rohit Sharma	67	116	4301	10	7538	57.05	40.57	12	18	473	88
10	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	6	19753	60.51	52.88	34	48	1559	88
11	Chris Cairns	62	104	3320	5	5815	57.09	33.53	5	22	365	87
12	Sir Viv Richards	121	182	8540	12	0	-	50.23	24	45	0	84
13	Andrew Flintoff	79	130	3845	9	6197	62.04	31.77	5	26	513	82
14	Ravindra Jadeja	89	133	4095	26	7389	55.42	38.27	6	28	398	82
15	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	14	14349	60.10	50.73	30	29	1049	82
16	Misbah ul Haq	75	132	5222	20	11726	44.53	46.62	10	39	511	81
17	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	8	13255	61.72	47.28	23	35	985	81
18	MS Dhoni	90	144	4876	16	8249	59.11	38.09	6	33	544	78
19	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	29	22782	58.72	51.85	41	62	1509	73
20	Clive Lloyd	110	175	7515	14	0	-	46.67	19	39	0	70
21	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	19	19375	52.12	52.05	34	33	1082	70
22	David Warner	112	205	8786	8	12517	70.19	44.59	26	37	1036	69
23	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	15921	33	0	54.09	53.78	51	68	2058	69
24	Sir Ian Botham	102	161	5200	6	8565	60.71	33.54	14	22	621	67
25	Gordon Greenidge	108	185	7558	16	0	-	44.72	19	34	0	67
26	Steven Smith	125	223	10920	28	20237	53.96	56.00	37	45	1172	67
27	AB de Villiers	114	191	8765	18	16077	54.51	50.66	22	46	1024	64
28	Carl Hooper	102	173	5762	15	11462	50.27	36.46	13	27	633	63
29	Kapil Dev	131	184	5248	15	5538	94.76	31.05	8	27	587	61
30	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	15	22959	51.45	49.84	34	50	1387	61
31	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	188	6973	14	10698	65.18	40.07	14	31	910	59
32	Wasim Akram	104	147	2898	19	0	-	22.64	3	7	0	57
33	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	7212	17	14070	51.25	42.17	16	35	900	57
34	Jonny Bairstow	100	178	6042	12	10228	59.07	36.39	12	26	719	56
35	Harry Brook	38	66	3395	2	3910	86.82	53.04	10	18	369	55
36	Jason Holder	69	123	3073	20	5595	54.92	29.83	3	14	359	55
37	Imran Khan	88	126	3807	25	0	-	37.69	6	18	0	55
38	Ross Taylor	112	196	7683	24	12957	59.29	44.66	19	35	932	55
39	Stuart Broad	167	244	3662	41	5607	65.31	18.03	1	13	438	55
40	Craig McMillan	55	91	3116	10	5670	54.95	38.46	6	19	367	54
41	Brad Haddin	66	112	3266	13	5587	58.45	32.98	4	18	363	54
42	Shahid Afridi	27	48	1716	1	1973	86.97	36.51	5	8	220	52
43	Kusal Mendis	74	137	4765	6	8140	58.53	36.37	10	22	573	52
44	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	12	14372	52.39	52.29	24	33	957	51
45	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	17	22882	54.19	57.40	38	52	1491	51
46	Aravinda de Silva	93	159	6361	11	0	-	42.97	20	22	0	48
47	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	22	16345	54.02	49.60	25	46	1105	48
48	Javed Miandad	124	189	8832	21	0	-	52.57	23	43	0	48
49	Shubman Gill	41	74	2969	7	4800	61.85	44.31	11	8	333	47
50	Herschelle Gibbs	90	154	6167	7	12270	50.26	41.95	14	26	887	47
51	Joe Root	166	304	14114	25	24534	57.52	50.58	41	67	1509	46
52	Yashasvi Jaiswal	29	54	2535	2	3835	66.10	48.75	7	13	317	45
53	Dinesh Chandimal	91	163	6458	15	12830	50.33	43.63	16	35	681	44
54	Daryl Mitchell	38	60	2300	5	4268	53.88	41.81	5	16	224	42
55	Marcus Trescothick	76	143	5825	10	10685	54.51	43.79	14	29	831	42
56	Harbhajan Singh	103	145	2224	23	3432	64.80	18.22	2	9	277	42
57	Colin de Grandhomme	29	44	1432	7	1780	80.44	38.70	2	8	141	41
58	Darren Bravo	56	102	3538	5	7886	44.86	36.47	8	17	404	41
59	Travis Head	65	111	4592	6	6576	69.82	43.73	12	20	557	41
60	Tamim Iqbal	70	134	5134	2	8852	57.99	38.89	10	31	655	41
61	Mark Waugh	128	209	8029	17	15360	52.27	41.81	20	47	844	41
62	Arjuna Ranatunga	93	155	5105	12	0	-	35.69	4	38	0	40
63	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	12	14192	54.22	45.27	23	30	912	40
64	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	16	12436	50.13	51.52	19	29	685	39
65	Nathan Astle	81	137	4702	10	9479	49.60	37.02	11	24	612	39
66	Mushfiqur Rahim	103	190	6806	16	14012	48.57	39.11	14	29	779	39
67	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	22	15456	55.92	49.10	28	27	978	39
68	Ian Bell	118	205	7727	24	15622	49.46	42.69	22	46	919	39
69	Navjot Sidhu	51	78	3202	2	7135	44.88	42.13	9	15	358	38
70	Jermaine Blackwood	56	102	2898	6	5373	53.93	30.18	3	18	347	36
71	Dhananjaya de Silva	66	117	4253	9	7264	58.54	39.37	13	19	516	36
72	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	49	27395	43.31	51.37	30	66	1285	36
73	Ajinkya Rahane	85	144	5077	12	10256	49.50	38.46	12	26	578	35
74	Shaun Pollock	108	156	3781	39	7198	52.52	32.31	2	16	412	35
75	Mohammad Rafique	33	48	4076	6	1630	87.40	40.76	1	4	110	34
76	Daren Sammy	38	63	1323	2	1949	67.88	21.68	1	5	157	34
77	Moeen Ali	68	118	3094	8	5973	51.79	28.12	5	15	375	34
78	Quinton De Kock	54	91	3300	6	4652	70.93	38.82	6	22	411	33
79	Jos Buttler	57	100	2907	9	5365	54.18	31.94	2	18	340	33
80	Murali Vijay	61	105	3982	1	8601	46.29	38.28	12	15	467	33
81	Hansie Cronje	68	111	3714	9	8320	44.63	36.41	6	23	409	33
82	Sir Richard Hadlee	86	134	3124	19	0	-	27.16	2	15	0	33
83	Mitchell Santner	33	46	1089	2	2315	47.04	24.75	1	4	121	32
84	Najmul Hossain Shanto	42	79	2579	2	4802	53.70	33.49	9	6	289	32
85	Mitchell Marsh	46	80	2083	7	3700	56.29	28.53	3	9	270	32
86	Marlon Samuels	71	127	3917	7	8219	47.65	32.64	7	24	537	32
87	Shane Watson	59	109	3731	3	7094	52.59	35.19	4	24	483	31
88	Mitchell Johnson	73	109	2065	16	3536	58.39	22.20	1	11	247	31
89	Jamie Smith	21	37	1326	4	1778	74.57	40.18	2	7	144	30
90	KL Rahul	68	119	4153	5	7975	52.07	36.42	12	20	496	30
91	Michael Slater	74	131	5312	7	9967	53.29	42.83	14	21	598	30
92	Virat Kohli	123	210	9230	13	16608	55.57	46.85	30	31	1027	30
93	Asad Shafiq	77	128	4660	6	9588	48.60	38.19	12	27	512	29
94	Mayank Agarwal	21	36	1488	0	2782	53.48	41.33	4	6	189	28
95	Andrew Symonds	26	41	1462	5	2256	64.80	40.61	2	10	154	28
96	Mohammad Hafeez	55	105	3652	8	6520	56.01	37.64	10	12	455	28
97	Shakib Al Hasan	71	130	4609	8	7473	61.67	37.77	5	31	556	28
98	Usman Khawaja	88	159	6229	14	12757	48.82	42.95	16	28	664	28
99	Kane Williamson	110	195	9515	19	18306	51.97	54.06	33	38	1063	28
100	Allan Border	156	265	11174	44	0	-	50.56	27	63	1161	28

Most Sixes in Test Cricket

Ben Stokes has hit the most sixes in Test cricket, 136 in 218 innings while scoring 7228 runs. He is followed by Brendon McCullum (107), Adam Gilchrist (100) and Chris Gayle (98).

Sixes are rarer with the red ball, so a big career tally reflects an unusually aggressive Test batter. The table lists every leading hitter with innings and runs. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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