Most sixes in career
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1989-2009 432 420 18 13151 189 32.71 14430 91.13 28 67 33 1459 270
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) 1996-2009 276 258 16 5642 109 23.31 5087 110.91 4 29 23 521 249
SC Ganguly (Asia/India) 1992-2007 311 300 23 11363 183 41.02 15416 73.70 22 72 16 1122 190
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2009 425 415 39 16684 186* 44.37 19477 85.66 43 91 20 1818 176
CL Cairns (ICC/NZ) 1991-2006 215 193 25 4950 115 29.46 5874 84.26 4 26 9 345 153
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 1999-2009 205 200 14 7429 153* 39.94 8942 83.07 19 39 19 871 151
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 1996-2008 287 279 11 9619 172 35.89 9922 96.94 16 55 19 1162 149
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) 1991-2007 378 350 53 11739 137* 39.52 15812 74.24 10 83 20 969+ 144+
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) 1995-2009 315 306 35 11523 164 42.52 14323 80.45 26 67 17 1014 138
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2007 299 289 32 10405 169 40.48 13086 79.51 19 63 16 1035 133
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) 2000-2009 236 216 30 7018 139 37.73 7858 89.31 12 40 12 716 129
IVA Richards (WI) 1975-1991 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 7451 90.20 11 45 7 600+ 126+
HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2009 244 237 16 8038 175 36.37 9647 83.32 21 37 22 923 126
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1984-2003 356 280 55 3717 86 16.52 4208 88.33 0 6 28 247+ 121+
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) 1996-2009 291 277 51 10239 139 45.30 14245 71.87 16 73 15 807 120
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 1999-2009 205 200 8 6592 130 34.33 6472 101.85 11 35 11 902 107
A Symonds (Aus) 1998-2009 198 161 33 5088 156 39.75 5504 92.44 6 30 15 449 103
Abdul Razzaq (Asia/Pak) 1996-2007 231 198 49 4465 112 29.96 5584 79.96 2 22 13 333 103
MS Dhoni (Asia/India) 2004-2009 139 124 33 4567 183* 50.18 5025 90.88 4 31 5 346 102
PA de Silva (SL) 1984-2003 308 296 30 9284 145 34.90 11443 81.13 11 64 17 712+ 102+
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1989-2003 247 244 19 8824 194 39.21 10938 80.67 20 43 15 938 97
WJ Cronje (SA) 1992-2000 188 175 31 5565 112 38.64 7277 76.47 2 39 8 366 94
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC) 1999-2009 141 122 16 3394 123 32.01 3821 88.82 3 18 9 308 93
ML Hayden (Aus/ICC) 1993-2008 161 155 15 6133 181* 43.80 7767 78.96 10 36 9 636 87
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 1986-2000 250 232 29 6564 139* 32.33 8174 80.30 10 37 14 531+ 87+
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak) 1998-2008 269 254 40 9242 141* 43.18 12266 75.34 15 62 15 746 87
NJ Astle (NZ) 1995-2007 223 217 14 7090 145* 34.92 9760 72.64 16 41 19 720 86
BB McCullum (NZ) 2002-2009 153 127 22 2987 166 28.44 3353 89.08 1 15 10 257 85
A Jadeja (India) 1992-2000 196 179 36 5359 119 37.47 7677 69.80 6 30 10 366 85
CD McMillan (NZ) 1997-2007 197 183 16 4707 117 28.18 6198 75.94 3 28 9 373 84
CG Greenidge (WI) 1975-1991 128 127 13 5134 133* 45.03 7908 64.92 11 31 3 470+ 81+
MV Boucher (Afr/SA) 1998-2009 280 207 54 4463 147* 29.16 5256 84.91 1 26 16 337 80
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2009 252 236 38 8250 150 41.66 11592 71.16 10 55 5 699 80
M Azharuddin (India) 1985-2000 334 308 54 9378 153* 36.92 12669 74.02 7 58 9 622+ 77+
L Klusener (SA) 1996-2004 171 137 50 3576 103* 41.10 3977 89.91 2 19 13 293 76
RL Powell (WI) 1999-2005 109 100 16 2085 124 24.82 2157 96.66 1 8 8 185 75
SR Waugh (Aus) 1986-2002 325 288 58 7569 120* 32.90 9971 75.91 3 45 15 530 68
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 3979 95.07 1 14 13 291+ 67+
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2003 227 206 43 5761 113* 35.34 7517 76.63 7 29 7 409 65
JDP Oram (NZ) 2001-2009 130 94 12 2022 101* 24.65 2424 83.41 1 11 8 148 64
DM Jones (Aus) 1984-1994 164 161 25 6068 145 44.61 8362 72.56 7 46 6 380+ 64+
A Ranatunga (SL) 1982-1999 269 255 47 7456 131* 35.84 9570 77.91 4 49 18 523+ 64+
SP Fleming (ICC/NZ) 1994-2007 280 269 21 8037 134* 32.40 11242 71.49 8 49 17 823 63
Moin Khan (Pak) 1990-2004 219 183 41 3266 72* 23.00 4017 81.30 0 12 17 218 61
JM Kemp (Afr/SA) 2001-2007 85 66 18 1512 100* 31.50 1819 83.12 1 10 6 98 60

+ indicates that complete career figures are not known

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Ireland v Kenya at Dublin, 1st ODI, Jul 9, 2009 [ODI # 2858]
Scotland v Canada at Aberdeen, 2nd ODI, Jul 8, 2009 [ODI # 2857]
Scotland v Canada at Aberdeen, 1st ODI, Jul 7, 2009 [ODI # 2856]

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Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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