Six hitting has become the biggest weapon in The Hundred Women’s Competition. With only 100 balls per innings, every boundary counts twice as much, and batters know that clearing the rope early can break a bowling side completely. 

This piece looks at the players who have hit the most sixes since the tournament began, along with their strike rates, balls per six numbers, and team contributions. We have used official tournament data to rank the top performers and explain what makes each of them dangerous.

In this article, we have covered the all time six hitting leaders, season wise trends, efficiency ratios, franchise breakdowns, and how these numbers compare with other major women’s T20 leagues.

Most Sixes for The Hundred Women’s Competition Overview

The Hundred was launched by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2021 to give fans a shorter and faster version of the game.

Because the format has only 100 legal deliveries per side, batters cannot afford long periods of quiet cricket. A six changes the mood of an innings instantly. It forces the bowling captain to rethink the field, and it often opens up gaps for the next few balls as well.

Over the last few seasons, teams have moved away from the old idea of building an innings slowly.

Coaches now want batters who can attack from the very first ball. This shift has pushed six hitting numbers higher every year, and the players below are the ones leading that change.

Quick Snapshot of Six Hitting Records

Before we go into the full list, here is a quick look at the biggest names and numbers from the competition so far. These figures give a fast overview before the detailed tables further down the page.

Record	Player	Number
Most sixes overall	Nat Sciver-Brunt / Deandra Dottin	20 sixes
Best sixes per innings	Grace Harris	0.87 per innings
Fastest balls per six	Sophie Ecclestone	16.15 balls
Most runs among top hitters	Nat Sciver-Brunt	1223 runs
Highest strike rate in top 10	Grace Harris	164.82

Top 20 Players With the Most Sixes

This table lists every major six hitter in the tournament’s history, ranked from the very top of the chart down to the twentieth spot. It includes matches, innings, runs, strike rate and boundary numbers so you can compare power hitters against more balanced batters at a glance.

Rank	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	SR	6s
1	Nat Sciver-Brunt	Trent Rockets	37	36	1223	139.77	20
2	Deandra Dottin	London Spirit / Manchester Originals	26	25	534	129.92	20
3	Bryony Smith	Trent Rockets / Welsh Fire	38	38	754	130.67	17
4	Danni Wyatt-Hodge	Southern Brave	43	43	1146	132.94	17
5	Sophie Devine	Birmingham Phoenix / Southern Brave	28	28	576	117.55	16
6	Sophia Dunkley	Southern Brave / Welsh Fire	40	39	1065	128.62	16
7	Lizelle Lee	Manchester Originals / Trent Rockets	20	20	549	130.71	14
8	Annabel Sutherland	Northern Superchargers / Welsh Fire	23	23	506	130.74	14
9	Smriti Mandhana	Southern Brave	29	29	676	139.09	14
10	Grace Harris	London Spirit	15	15	328	164.82	13
11	Ellyse Perry	Birmingham Phoenix	22	22	545	127.03	13
12	Sophie Ecclestone	Manchester Originals	33	27	285	135.71	13
13	Marizanne Kapp	Oval Invincibles	33	33	797	128.13	13
14	Meg Lanning	London Spirit / Oval Invincibles	18	18	457	132.08	12
15	Alice Capsey	Oval Invincibles	40	38	793	129.36	12
16	Maia Bouchier	Southern Brave	43	40	750	125.83	12
17	Phoebe Litchfield	Northern Superchargers	27	26	742	140.00	11
18	Cordelia Griffith	London Spirit / Manchester / Oval	36	31	354	133.58	11
19	Laura Wolvaardt	Manchester / Northern / Southern	36	35	1036	125.12	11
20	Tammy Beaumont	London Spirit / Welsh Fire	36	36	825	121.86	10

The Hundred Men vs Women: Six Hitting Trends

Comparing the two versions of the competition shows two different styles of power hitting. The men’s tournament tends to rely on raw bat speed and straight hitting, while the women’s competition leans more on precision timing and using the pace of the bowler against them.

Since the 2021 season, total sixes in the women’s tournament have gone up by around 65 percent, mainly because teams stopped playing safe through the middle overs and started backing batters to attack from both ends.

Nat Sciver-Brunt: Joint Leader for Most Sixes

Nat Sciver-Brunt shares the top spot with 20 sixes, and her game is built on patience followed by a burst of power.

She uses her footwork early in an innings to shut down spinners, then opens up once she has settled in. With 1223 runs from 36 innings at an average close to 45, she remains the most reliable batter for Trent Rockets, especially when the match moves into its closing stages.

Most of her sixes come in the back half of an innings, when her timing and bat speed let her clear the long boundaries with very little risk. This mix of control and power is why she is often picked as the safest big hitting option in the competition.

Deandra Dottin: The Most Explosive Hitter

Deandra Dottin also has 20 sixes, but her route to that number looks completely different. She reached the mark in just 411 balls compared to the 875 balls Sciver-Brunt needed, which works out to a six every 20.5 deliveries.

Her base is strong and her arm extension is clean, letting her smash back of length bowling over cow corner and deep midwicket without needing big footwork.

• Career pace: faced only 411 balls across 25 innings while striking at 129.92,
• Technique: relies on a strong base and minimal backlift to generate power quickly,
• Reputation: remains one of the most feared hitters in the shortest format worldwide.

Most Sixes by Season: A Quick Timeline

Six hitting numbers have climbed steadily since the tournament’s first year, and each season has brought a new name into the conversation. The list below tracks how the trend has developed from the early years to the current 2026 season.

• 2021: Dottin and Sciver-Brunt set the early benchmark for attacking cricket.
• 2022: Sophie Devine and Annabel Sutherland introduced sharper range hitting.
• 2023 to 2024: Bryony Smith and Danni Wyatt-Hodge brought power hitting to the top of the order.
• 2025 to 2026: Grace Harris and young talents like Davina Perrin pushed strike rates to new highs.

Efficiency Metrics: Balls Per Six Ratio

Raw six counts do not always tell the full story, so it helps to look at how many balls a player needs to hit each six.

A lower number means a batter is clearing the rope more often relative to the deliveries they face, which is a strong sign of consistent power hitting rather than one off big innings.

Player	Balls Faced	Sixes	Balls Per Six
Sophie Ecclestone	210	13	16.15
Grace Harris	199	13	15.30
Deandra Dottin	411	20	20.55
Annabel Sutherland	387	14	27.64
Lizelle Lee	420	14	30.00
Sophie Devine	490	16	30.62
Bryony Smith	577	17	33.94

Sophie Ecclestone bats lower in the order for Manchester Originals, so she faces fewer deliveries and can go straight into attack mode without needing to build an innings.

Her rate of one six every 16.15 balls shows that lower order cameos can be just as damaging as long top order partnerships.

Grace Harris: The Efficiency Benchmark

Grace Harris has hit 13 sixes from only 15 innings for London Spirit, giving her a six hitting rate that no other top ten batter can match.

Her career strike rate of 164.82 is the highest among the leading six hitters, and she averages close to one six every match she plays.

Good core stability and a full follow through let her clear even well pitched deliveries with ease, which is exactly why franchises value her so highly at the auction table.

Most Sixes by Franchise

Each franchise in the competition has built its batting line up around a different style of six hitting.

The short summary below shows how the top teams rely on their biggest hitters to set the tone of an innings.

• Southern Brave: built around Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Smriti Mandhana and the finishing power of Sophie Devine.
• Trent Rockets: depend on the straight hitting of Nat Sciver-Brunt and Bryony Smith.
• London Spirit: use the short boundaries at their home ground through Grace Harris and Deandra Dottin.
• Manchester Originals: mix Lizelle Lee’s early aggression with Sophie Ecclestone’s finishing ability.

Most Sixes by Indian Players

Indian batters have settled into the tournament well, mixing classic timing with modern power hitting techniques. Smriti Mandhana leads this group with 14 sixes from 29 innings for Southern Brave, and her move to the Manchester franchise ahead of the 2026 season has added even more value to her price tag.

• Jemimah Rodrigues: uses inside out drives over extra cover to keep the scoring rate high.
• Richa Ghosh: brings strong wrists to the crease and regularly clears the long on fence against pace.

Six Hitting Trends Across Women’s T20 Cricket

The power hitting boom seen in The Hundred is part of a wider shift happening across women’s franchise cricket.

Leagues such as the Women’s Premier League in India and the Women’s Big Bash League in Australia often have shorter boundaries and flatter pitches, which lets hitters like Richa Ghosh and Harmanpreet Kaur push their six hitting numbers even further.

Because players now move between several leagues in a year, techniques learned in one tournament quickly show up in another, including on the international stage where Deandra Dottin, Sophie Devine and Harmanpreet Kaur remain the benchmark for six hitting.

Conclusion

Nat Sciver-Brunt and Deandra Dottin currently sit at the top of the six hitting charts with 20 sixes each, and their contrasting styles show that there is more than one way to dominate this format.

Grace Harris continues to set the pace on efficiency, while Smriti Mandhana keeps flying the flag for Indian batters in the competition.

As more power hitters enter the tournament each season, these records are likely to keep climbing. If you want to catch every six live as the new season unfolds, you can stream all the action on FanCode and follow the numbers update in real time.

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