Batting Most Sixes Career

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Most sixes

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JH Kallis	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.25	28724	45.97	45	58	16	1477	96
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	8	1024	64
HH Gibbs	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
DW Steyn	2004-2019	93	119	27	1251	76	13.59	2825	44.28	0	2	14	124	36
SM Pollock	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	7198	52.52	2	16	9	412	35
Q de Kock	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.93	6	22	7	411	33
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.63	6	23	11	409	33
D Elgar	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	70	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.96	14	20	10	548	25
GC Smith	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.71	27	38	10	1164	24
KA Maharaj	2016-2024	50	80	6	1135	84	15.33	1890	60.05	0	5	12	135	22
JN Rhodes	1992-2000	52	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	4	256	22
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42.00	5	16	9	409	22
F du Plessis	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.02	8986	46.32	10	21	9	516	21
KC Bland	1961-1966	21	39	5	1669	144*	49.08	885+	37.74	3	9	2	123+	20
L Klusener	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.80	4	8	4	236	20
MV Boucher	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	16	655	20
VD Philander	2011-2020	64	94	20	1779	74	24.04	3995	44.53	0	8	8	204	17
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	25	47	1	1069	106	23.23	225+	66.22	3	3	7	33+	16
K Rabada	2015-2024	62	96	17	905	47	11.45	1861	48.62	0	0	19	115	16
HM Amla	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	13	1170	14
DT Lindsay	1963-1970	19	31	1	1130	182	37.66	661+	64.29	3	5	2	113+	13
JP Duminy	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.85	4544	46.28	6	8	9	250	13
AG Prince	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.64	8385	43.70	11	11	7	397	13
PL Symcox	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
AN Petersen	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	3	256	12
AK Markram	2017-2024	37	67	1	2398	152	36.33	4032	59.47	7	10	6	353	12
RA McLean	1951-1964	40	73	3	2120	142	30.28	157+	69.42	5	10	11	170+	12
G Kirsten	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
RG Pollock	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1707+	54.48	7	11	1	246+	11
HB Cameron	1927-1935	26	45	4	1239	90	30.21	-	0.00	0	10	3	43+	11
BM McMillan	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	38	12	526	60	20.23	2+	0.00	0	2	4	20+	8
RH Catterall	1922-1931	24	43	2	1555	120	37.92	6+	0.00	3	11	3	20+	8
M Ntini	1998-2009	101	116	45	699	32*	9.84	1439	48.57	0	0	21	104	8
DG Bedingham	2023-2024	4	7	0	347	110	49.57	513	67.64	1	2	0	48	7
HW Taylor	1912-1932	42	76	4	2936	176	40.77	-	0.00	7	17	2	61+	7
JA Rudolph	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.81	6	11	8	362	7
T Bavuma	2014-2023	57	97	12	2997	172	35.25	6206	48.29	2	20	9	362	7
BL Irvine	1970-1970	4	7	0	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	0	33	6
HR Lance	1962-1970	13	22	1	591	70	28.14	365+	38.08	0	5	1	42+	6
AEE Vogler	1906-1911	15	26	6	340	65	17.00	8+	25.00	0	2	4	15+	6
N Boje	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	0	4	5	184	6
AD Nourse	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	108+	63.88	9	14	3	115+	6
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	78	5	2516	112	34.46	1063+	36.12	1	18	4	132+	6
BA Richards	1970-1970	4	7	0	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	0	70	5
PL Winslow	1950-1955	5	9	0	186	108	20.66	-	0.00	1	0	1	14+	5
PS de Villiers	1993-1998	18	26	7	359	67*	18.89	991	36.22	0	2	3	36	5
A Nel	2001-2008	36	42	8	337	34	9.91	731	46.10	0	0	11	40	5
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.74	1684+	43.88	6	15	3	251+	5
HJ Tayfield	1949-1960	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	0.00	0	2	5	26+	5
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	38	62	5	1718	177*	30.14	4128	41.61	3	7	8	237	5
AC Hudson	1992-1998	35	63	3	2007	163	33.45	5129	39.13	4	13	7	254	5
M Morkel	2006-2018	86	104	23	944	40	11.65	1858	50.80	0	0	22	143	5
PAM Hands	1913-1924	7	12	0	300	83	25.00	0+	0.00	0	2	2	2+	4
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	23	4	298	73*	15.68	-	0.00	0	2	5	0+	4
PS Heine	1955-1962	14	24	3	209	31	9.95	3+	0.00	0	0	3	12+	4
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	30	7	455	59	19.78	0+	0.00	0	2	2	17+	4
GC White	1906-1912	17	31	2	872	147	30.06	-	0.00	2	4	3	55+	4
HE van der Dussen	2019-2022	18	32	2	905	98	30.16	2221	40.74	0	6	3	101	4
AJ Hall	2002-2007	21	33	4	760	163	26.20	1650	46.06	1	3	7	96	4
PR Adams	1995-2004	45	55	15	360	35	9.00	1012	35.57	0	0	8	32	4
Z de Bruyn	2004-2004	3	5	1	155	83	38.75	409	37.89	0	1	0	12	3
K Zondo	2022-2023	5	7	1	120	39	20.00	316	37.97	0	0	1	12	3
PGV van der Bijl	1938-1939	5	9	0	460	125	51.11	-	0.00	1	2	0	30+	3
MJ Procter	1967-1970	7	10	1	226	48	25.11	382+	54.71	0	0	1	21+	3
JAJ Christy	1929-1932	10	18	0	618	103	34.33	-	0.00	1	5	1	24+	3
Q McMillan	1929-1932	13	21	4	306	50*	18.00	-	0.00	0	1	4	15+	3
PWA Mulder	2019-2023	12	21	0	326	42	15.52	793	41.10	0	0	2	42	3
K Verreynne	2021-2024	16	26	3	600	136*	26.08	1128	53.19	1	2	3	65	3
DPB Morkel	1927-1932	16	28	1	663	88	24.55	-	0.00	0	4	3	8+	3
NBF Mann	1947-1951	19	31	1	400	52	13.33	29+	48.27	0	1	4	1+	3
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	31	7	348	69	14.50	-	0.00	0	2	5	5+	3
AM Bacher	1996-1999	19	33	1	833	96	26.03	2058	40.47	0	5	3	108	3
KJ Funston	1952-1958	18	33	1	824	92	25.75	-	0.00	0	5	2	32+	3
JE Cheetham	1949-1955	24	43	6	883	89	23.86	-	0.00	0	5	1	36+	3
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256+	58.28	4	8	2	122+	3
PL Harris	2007-2011	37	48	5	460	46	10.69	1357	33.89	0	0	9	47	3
G Coetzee	2023-2023	3	5	1	66	20	16.50	68	97.05	0	0	0	7	2
RK Kleinveldt	2012-2013	4	5	2	27	17*	9.00	61	44.26	0	0	2	1	2
GF Linde	2019-2021	3	6	0	135	37	22.50	255	52.94	0	0	0	19	2
MW Pringle	1992-1995	4	6	2	67	33	16.75	101	66.33	0	0	0	5	2
HGO Owen-Smith	1929-1929	5	8	2	252	129	42.00	-	0.00	1	1	0	-	2
DL Piedt	2014-2024	10	14	1	137	56	10.53	451	30.37	0	1	2	14	2
Zubayr Hamza	2019-2024	8	16	0	307	62	19.18	738	41.59	0	1	2	42	2
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	15	20	3	464	84	27.29	649	71.49	0	3	2	61	2
M Jansen	2021-2024	13	21	4	401	84*	23.58	878	45.67	0	2	2	55	2
EL Dalton	1929-1939	15	24	2	698	117	31.72	-	0.00	2	3	1	16+	2
TB de Bruyn	2017-2022	13	25	1	468	101	19.50	1012	46.24	1	0	2	69	2
CR Matthews	1992-1995	18	25	6	348	62*	18.31	776	44.84	0	1	4	47	2
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	17	27	1	819	154	31.50	942+	24.52	1	4	2	67+	2
DJ McGlew	1951-1962	34	64	6	2440	255*	42.06	3+	0.00	7	10	4	92+	2
DJ Richardson	1992-1998	42	64	8	1359	109	24.26	3241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2
JA Morkel	2009-2009	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	0	1	0	10	1
JH Anderson	1902-1902	1	2	0	43	32	21.50	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	1
O Henry	1992-1993	3	3	0	53	34	17.66	173	30.63	0	0	0	5	1
LE Tapscott	1923-1923	2	3	1	58	50*	29.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	-	1
CGD Burger	1958-1958	2	4	1	62	37*	20.66	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	1
SF Burke	1962-1965	2	4	1	42	20	14.00	-	0.00	0	0	1	1+	1
GM Griffin	1960-1960	2	4	0	25	14	6.25	-	0.00	0	0	1	-	1

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+ indicates that complete career figures are not known

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]

New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]