Jos Buttler Creates History, Becomes 1st Non-West Indies Batter To Hit 600 Sixes In T20s

Jos Buttler is on fire for Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals, which is taking place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, April 8. The right-handed wicketkeeper-batter from England walked out to bat at No. 3 for the Shubman Gill-led side and, at the end of six overs, was batting on 47 runs from just 22 balls. He has hammered three fours and five sixes so far.

The five maximums by Buttler, who has previously played in the IPL for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, have helped him enter his name in the history books by becoming the first non-West Indies batter to hit 600 sixes in T20s. Before Buttler, four cricketers had managed to slam 600 or more sixes in the 20-over format of the game, but all four of them

were from the West Indies.

The world record of hitting the most sixes in T20s is in the name of former West Indies captain and opener Chris Gayle. Gayle played 463 T20 matches for more than two dozen teams from 2005 to 2022 and slammed 1056 maximums. He is the only cricketer in the world to hit more than 1000 sixes in the 20-over format of the game.

Most sixes in T20s

PLAYER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	SIXES
Chris Gayle	West Indies	463	1056
Kieron Pollard	West Indies	735	982
Andre Russell	West Indies	590	784
Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	445	712
Jos Buttler	England	496*	600*
Alex Hales	England	528	595
Colin Munro	New Zealand	463	582
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	503	571
Rohit Sharma	India	466	554
David Miller	South Africa	560*	541*

Kieron Pollard, who is associated with the Mumbai Indians as bowling coach for IPL 2026, is in second place with 982 sixes in 735 matches. Andre Russell, who is KKR’s power coach for IPL 2026 is in third position with 784 sixes in 590 matches and Nicholas Pooran has smashed 712 sixes in 445 T20 matches.

In the list of non-West Indies batters with the most sixes in T20s, Buttler is followed by Alex Hales of England, New Zealand’s Colin Munro, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, India’s Rohit Sharma and David Miller of South Africa. Hales has hammered 595 sixes so far, whereas Munro, Maxwell, Rohit and Miller have 582, 571, 554 and 541 maximums to their name.

Buttler, who led England to the T20 World Cup title in 2022, has 175 sixes to his name in 155 T20I matches for the English team, and in the IPL, he has 192 maximums to his name in 124 matches for three teams.