International Edit
Most ICC TOURNAMENT Runs:- 2897 ODI WC:1186 CT:791 T20 WC:920
Highest run scorer for the West Indies in ODIs.[138]
Second most ODI sixes in a calendar year (56 in 2019).
Second West Indies player (after Brian Lara), and 14th overall, to pass 10,000 runs in ODIs.[139]
First batsman to score a century in each of international cricket's three formats of the game.
First (and so far only) batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket, double century in ODI cricket and a century in T20 internationals.[140]
Highest six hitter for the West Indies (in all formats).
Most centuries by a West Indian. 25 in ODIs
He holds the record of most sixes against a single team - 130 Sixes Against England.
As per ICC Reports, he has hit a six on every 10th ball he played in T20Is.[141]
First batsman to score a T20I century, in the 2007 World T20. He's also the only batsman to score two World T20 tons.
First batsman (now equalled) to score a T20 century in both a winning and losing cause and when batting first as well as when batting second.[142]
Gayle is the only player to score centuries in ICC U19 World Cup, ICC World Twenty20, ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy as well as in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
In World Cup 2015, he hit the fastest ever ODI double century, against Zimbabwe, off 138 balls.[143]
Third batsman to score a century against eleven different countries in ODIs.[144]
Only International player to carry his bat through a completed innings (one where his side lost all ten wickets) in both Twenty20 International and in Test match.[145] He is also the only player to carry his bat in both Tests and T20Is.
Fastest ODI fifty by West Indies batsmen. (50 runs in 19 balls).[146]
Leading run scorer in ICC Champions Trophy history (791 runs).[147]
Most runs in a single ICC Champions Trophy series (474 runs).[148]
Most sixes in International cricket (548).[149]
Third most sixes in T20I (119).[150]
Most sixes (39) in a bilateral ODI series (4 Innings vs England in 2019).[151]
First player to hit all 6 balls in an over for four in Test cricket.
Only player to hit the first ball of a Test match for six.[152]
Along with Marlon Samuels, he holds the record for the highest ever ODI stand for any wicket (372 runs for 2nd wicket).[153][154]
Along with Devon Smith, he set the record for the highest opening stand in ICC World T20 history (145).[155]
Most number of sixes hit by an individual at Cricket World Cup history (49).[156]
Most number of sixes hit by an individual at T20WC History (60).[157]
Domestic T20 Edit
Leading run scorer in all forms of T20s (14,060 runs - as of 16 July 2021).[158]
Fastest T20 Century Ever (in 30 Balls).
First batsman to score 10,000 T20 runs.[159][160]
Only batsman to reach 11000, 12000, 13000 and 14000 runs in T20 cricket as of 13 July 2021.[161][162][163][164]
He is the only Batter in T20 History to Score 1000+ Runs in every calendar year from 2011-2019. His least Runs in these years are 1027.
Most T20 centuries.(22) [165]
Most T20 Fifties.(87)
Most IPL centuries (6) and Most IPL 99s (2).
Most T20 Fifty+ Scores.(109)[166]
Along with AB De Villiers, they both are only batsman of IPL who scored 4,500+ runs with 40+ Average and 150+ Strike Rate.
He is the only player to hit 1000+ Fours in T20 Format (Total - 1085).[167]
Fastest Batsman to score 4000 runs in IPL.[168]
First and only batsman to hit 300 sixes in IPL (Total-357 Sixes).[169]
Highest individual score in T20 with 175* (off 66 balls) against Pune Warriors India, which he made as opener.[170][171]
Highest score by a player in T20 in a losing cause (151*).[172]
Highest individual score by a cricketer in a T20 league final (146*).[173]
Joint record, along with Yuvraj Singh and Hazratullah Zazai, for fastest T20 half-century, in 12 balls.[174]
Most number of sixes in a T20 innings (18) during the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League.[175]
Only Player to hit 1000 T20 sixes (Total - 1030).[176]
Only player to score 2 Centuries in a T20 League Playoffs (121 & 146).
Only player to score 12 Ball Fifty for 2 times in a career (In BBL-16 & T10L-21).
T10 Edit
Joint Record, with Mohammad Shahzad and Waseem Muhammad for Fastest T10 Fifty in 12 Balls in the Abu Dhabi T10 in 2021.[177]
Honours Edit
West Indies
ICC Champions Trophy - 2004
ICC World Twenty20 - 2012, 2016
Jamaica Tallawahs
Caribbean Premier League - 2013, 2016
Rangpur Rangers
Bangladesh Premier League - 2017
Vancouver Knights
Global T20 Canada - 2018
Balkh Legends
Afghanistan Premier League - 2018
Individual
Indian Premier League Most Valuable Player - 2011
Indian Premier League Orange Cap Winner - 2011, 2012
Indian Premier League Maximum Sixes Award - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Stanbic Bank 20 Series Top Runscorer - 2011
Caribbean Premier League Top Runscorer - 2015
Bangladesh Premier League Player of the Tournament - 2017
Bangladesh Premier League Top Runscorer - 2017