Top ODI Batsmen Six Hitting Ability

Top 25 Six Hitters In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 25 batsmen with best Six Hitting Potential in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. GOING BERSERK (NWT)
7. SIX HITTERS RATING
8. NON WEAK TEAMS
9. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The SH Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Sixes Hit 200.00
Consistent Sixes/Inn 300.00
Attacking Balls/Six 300.00
Going Berserk Inns With Most Sixes 200.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman’s performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Total Sixes

RANK BATSMAN NAT FP LP MP INNS SXS RAT
TS Shahid Afridi PAK 1996 2015 2005.5 369 351 200.00
1 Shahid Afridi PAK 1996 2015 2005.5 369 351 200.00
2 RG Sharma IND 2007 2025 2016 265 344 196.01
3 CH Gayle WI 1999 2019 2009 294 331 188.60
4 ST Jayasuriya SL 1989 2011 2000 433 270 153.85
5 MS Dhoni IND 2004 2019 2011.5 297 229 130.48
6 EJG Morgan ENG 2006 2022 2014 230 219 124.79
7 AB de Villiers SA 2005 2018 2011.5 218 204 116.24
8 BB McCullum NZ 2002 2016 2009 228 200 113.96
9 MJ Guptill NZ 2009 2022 2015.5 195 187 106.55
10 JC Buttler ENG 2012 2025 2018.5 160 173 98.58
11 GJ Maxwell AUS 2012 2025 2018.5 136 155 88.32
12 CL Cairns NZ 1991 2006 1998.5 193 152 86.61
13 DA Miller SA 2010 2025 2017.5 154 144 82.05
14 KA Pollard WI 2007 2022 2014.5 113 135 76.92
15 BA Stokes ENG 2011 2023 2017 99 110 62.68
16 MR Marsh AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 89 94 53.56
17 JM Bairstow ENG 2011 2023 2017 98 92 52.42
18 DJG Sammy WI 2007 2015 2011 105 84 47.86
18 NLTC Perera SL 2009 2021 2015 133 84 47.86
20 N Pooran WI 2019 2023 2021 58 80 45.58
21 Fakhar Zaman PAK 2017 2025 2021 85 79 45.01
22 HH Pandya IND 2016 2025 2020.5 68 76 43.30
23 H Klaasen SA 2018 2025 2021.5 56 72 41.03
24 E Lewis WI 2016 2024 2020 60 69 39.32
25 AD Russell WI 2011 2019 2015 47 57 32.48

CONSISTENT

CRITERIA: Points For Sixes Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Sixes 50
Min Sixes (TT) 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS SIXES SXS/INN RAT
TS N Pooran 58 80 1.38 150.00
1 N Pooran 58 80 1.38 150.00
2 RG Sharma 265 344 1.30 141.17
3 H Klaasen 56 72 1.29 139.82
4 AD Russell 47 57 1.21 131.89
5 KA Pollard 113 135 1.19 129.92
6 E Lewis 60 69 1.15 125.06
7 GJ Maxwell 136 155 1.14 123.94
8 CH Gayle 294 331 1.13 122.44
9 HH Pandya 68 76 1.12 121.54
10 BA Stokes 99 110 1.11 120.83
11 JC Buttler 160 173 1.08 117.59
12 MR Marsh 89 94 1.06 114.86
13 MJ Guptill 195 187 0.96 104.29
14 EJG Morgan 230 219 0.95 103.55
15 Shahid Afridi 369 351 0.95 103.45
16 JM Bairstow 98 92 0.94 102.09
17 AB de Villiers 218 204 0.94 101.77
18 DA Miller 154 144 0.94 101.69
19 Fakhar Zaman 85 79 0.93 101.07
20 BB McCullum 228 200 0.88 95.39
21 DJG Sammy 105 84 0.80 87.00
22 CL Cairns 193 152 0.79 85.65
23 MS Dhoni 297 229 0.77 83.85
24 NLTC Perera 133 84 0.63 68.68
25 ST Jayasuriya 433 270 0.62 67.81

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS SIXES SXS/INN RAT
TS AD Russell 35 51 1.46 150.00
1 AD Russell 35 51 1.46 150.00
2 N Pooran 34 49 1.44 148.36
3 RG Sharma 154 211 1.37 141.04
4 H Klaasen 38 48 1.26 130.03
5 HH Pandya 46 57 1.24 127.56
6 Fakhar Zaman 48 58 1.21 124.39
7 KA Pollard 77 86 1.12 114.97
8 BA Stokes 73 81 1.11 114.22
9 E Lewis 31 34 1.10 112.90
10 JM Bairstow 67 72 1.07 110.62
11 MR Marsh 64 67 1.05 107.77
12 CH Gayle 194 198 1.02 105.06
13 JC Buttler 109 108 0.99 102.00
14 DJG Sammy 78 74 0.95 97.66
15 Shahid Afridi 243 225 0.93 95.32
16 GJ Maxwell 104 94 0.90 93.04
17 EJG Morgan 147 130 0.88 91.04
18 MJ Guptill 123 106 0.86 88.71
19 MS Dhoni 195 153 0.78 80.77
20 CL Cairns 149 114 0.77 78.76
21 AB de Villiers 131 100 0.76 78.58
22 BB McCullum 146 109 0.75 76.85
23 DA Miller 97 71 0.73 75.35
24 NLTC Perera 104 65 0.63 64.34
25 ST Jayasuriya 305 172 0.56 58.05

ATTACKING

CRITERIA: Points For Balls Per Six

Min Qualification For TS
Min Sixes 50
Min Sixes (TT) 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN SIXES BF BLS/SX RAT
TS AD Russell 57 794 13.93 150.00
1 AD Russell 57 794 13.93 150.00
2 Shahid Afridi 351 6889 19.63 106.46
3 GJ Maxwell 155 3148 20.31 102.88
4 KA Pollard 135 2866 21.23 98.42
5 DJG Sammy 84 1870 22.26 93.86
6 HH Pandya 76 1717 22.59 92.49
7 NLTC Perera 84 2086 24.83 84.14
8 N Pooran 80 2000 25.00 83.58
9 H Klaasen 72 1829 25.40 82.25
10 JC Buttler 173 4506 26.05 80.22
11 DA Miller 144 4447 30.88 67.66
12 MR Marsh 94 2923 31.10 67.19
13 BB McCullum 200 6312 31.56 66.21
14 BA Stokes 110 3619 32.90 63.51
15 RG Sharma 344 12034 34.98 59.73
16 E Lewis 69 2472 35.83 58.32
17 CH Gayle 331 12019 36.31 57.54
18 EJG Morgan 219 8447 38.57 54.17
19 CL Cairns 152 5877 38.66 54.04
20 JM Bairstow 92 3758 40.85 51.15
21 MJ Guptill 187 8414 44.99 46.44
22 AB de Villiers 204 9473 46.44 45.00
23 Fakhar Zaman 79 3890 49.24 42.43
24 MS Dhoni 229 12303 53.72 38.89
25 ST Jayasuriya 270 14726 54.54 38.31

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN SIXES BF BLS/SX RAT
TS AD Russell 51 689 13.51 150.00
1 AD Russell 51 689 13.51 150.00
2 DJG Sammy 74 1471 19.88 101.94
3 Shahid Afridi 225 4669 20.75 97.66
4 N Pooran 49 1126 22.98 88.19
5 HH Pandya 57 1335 23.42 86.52
6 NLTC Perera 65 1550 23.85 84.98
7 KA Pollard 86 2113 24.57 82.48
8 H Klaasen 48 1222 25.46 79.60
9 GJ Maxwell 94 2409 25.63 79.07
10 JC Buttler 108 3100 28.70 70.60
11 MR Marsh 67 2045 30.52 66.39
12 RG Sharma 211 7062 33.47 60.55
13 BA Stokes 81 2802 34.59 58.58
14 E Lewis 34 1179 34.68 58.44
15 CH Gayle 198 7015 35.43 57.20
16 BB McCullum 109 3935 36.10 56.13
17 JM Bairstow 72 2734 37.97 53.37
18 DA Miller 71 2732 38.48 52.66
19 Fakhar Zaman 58 2369 40.84 49.61
20 EJG Morgan 130 5363 41.25 49.12
21 CL Cairns 114 4759 41.75 48.54
22 MJ Guptill 106 5128 48.38 41.89
23 MS Dhoni 153 8299 54.24 37.36
24 AB de Villiers 100 5824 58.24 34.80
25 ST Jayasuriya 172 10112 58.79 34.47

GOING BERSERK (NWT)

Ave SX

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 innings with most sixes of the batsman against Non Weak Teams. Average Sixes (Ave SX) is simply the total sixes in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Sixes Hit In The Top 7 Inns

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE SX RAT
TS CH Gayle 14 12 9 9 8 8 7 9.57 200.00
1 CH Gayle 14 12 9 9 8 8 7 9.57 200.00
2 RG Sharma 16 12 9 8 7 7 6 9.29 194.03
3 AB de Villiers 16 11 8 7 6 5 5 8.29 173.13
4 Shahid Afridi 11 9 8 7 7 7 7 8.00 167.16
5 JC Buttler 12 9 8 7 7 5 5 7.57 158.21
6 MJ Guptill 11 11 8 6 5 5 5 7.29 152.24
7 MR Marsh 9 9 7 7 6 6 5 7.00 146.27
7 KA Pollard 10 8 8 7 6 6 4 7.00 146.27
9 ST Jayasuriya 11 7 6 6 6 6 5 6.71 140.30
10 Fakhar Zaman 11 10 7 6 4 4 4 6.57 137.31
11 GJ Maxwell 10 7 7 6 5 4 4 6.14 128.36
11 JM Bairstow 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 6.14 128.36
13 H Klaasen 13 8 5 4 4 3 3 5.71 119.40
14 EJG Morgan 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5.57 116.42
14 NLTC Perera 13 6 5 5 4 3 3 5.57 116.42
16 BA Stokes 10 9 5 4 4 3 3 5.43 113.43
16 BB McCullum 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 5.43 113.43
18 MS Dhoni 10 6 5 4 4 4 4 5.29 110.45
19 CL Cairns 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 5.14 107.46
20 DA Miller 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 5.00 104.48
21 E Lewis 8 7 4 4 4 4 3 4.86 101.49
21 N Pooran 9 6 6 4 3 3 3 4.86 101.49
23 HH Pandya 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4.71 98.51
24 DJG Sammy 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 4.29 89.55
25 AD Russell 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3.86 80.60

SIX HITTERS RATING

The SIX HITTERS (SH) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP SH RAT
1 RG Sharma 196.01 282.21 120.28 194.03 792.53
2 Shahid Afridi 200.00 198.76 204.12 167.16 770.04
3 CH Gayle 188.60 227.50 114.74 200.00 730.85
4 AD Russell 32.48 281.89 300.00 80.60 694.96
5 KA Pollard 76.92 244.90 180.90 146.27 648.99
6 JC Buttler 98.58 219.58 150.82 158.21 627.19
7 N Pooran 45.58 298.36 171.76 101.49 617.20
8 GJ Maxwell 88.32 216.99 181.95 128.36 615.62
9 H Klaasen 41.03 269.85 161.85 119.40 592.13
10 HH Pandya 43.30 249.10 179.01 98.51 569.92
11 MR Marsh 53.56 222.63 133.59 146.27 556.04
12 AB de Villiers 116.24 180.35 79.79 173.13 549.51
13 MJ Guptill 106.55 193.00 88.33 152.24 540.12
14 EJG Morgan 124.79 194.59 103.29 116.42 539.08
15 BA Stokes 62.68 235.06 122.09 113.43 533.26
16 BB McCullum 113.96 172.25 122.34 113.43 521.98
17 DJG Sammy 47.86 184.66 195.80 89.55 517.88
18 Fakhar Zaman 45.01 225.46 92.05 137.31 499.84
19 JM Bairstow 52.42 212.72 104.52 128.36 498.01
20 E Lewis 39.32 237.97 116.76 101.49 495.54
21 ST Jayasuriya 153.85 125.86 72.78 140.30 492.79
22 DA Miller 82.05 177.04 120.32 104.48 483.89
23 MS Dhoni 130.48 164.62 76.25 110.45 481.80
24 NLTC Perera 47.86 133.02 169.12 116.42 466.42
25 CL Cairns 86.61 164.41 102.58 107.46 461.06

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA

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