Top 10: Cricketers with the Highest Fours

Fours always bring exictement to the game, and these 10 Cricketers with highest fours are one of the most respected players of all time. We thank ESPNCrincinfo for their brilliant statistics.Here is the list ofCricketers with highest fours:

#10 Chris Gayle

Number of 4s: 2114.

Chris Gayle is well known for his powerful shots and aggresive batting, and he sits on the 10th position in this list.

#9 Virender Sehwag

Number of 4s: 2408.

Just like Gayle, Indian opener Virender Sehwag is one of the most aggresive batsmen in the world and takes up the ninth spot with almost 2500 4s to his name.

#8 Jacques Kallis

Number of 4s: 2455.

All-rounder Jacques Kallis is well known for his classic shots, and has almost 2500 fours to his name.

#7 Mahela Jayawardene

Number of 4s: 2484.

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene takes up the 7th position in this list.

#6 Sanath Jayasuriya

Number of 4s: 2486.

Former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya is 6th in the list.

#5 Brian Lara

Number of 4s: 2594.

West Indies' Brian Lara is fifth in the list.

#4 Rahul Dravid

Number of 4s: 2604.

Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid who is well known for his classic shots stands on the fourth position with 2604 fours from 509 matches.

#3 Kumar Sangakkara

Number of 4s: 2695.

Kumar Sangakkara comes third on the list, and could move to the second position as he has the highest number of 4s if we only include current players.

#2 Ricky Ponting

Number of 4s: 2781.

Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is second in the list with 2781 fours from 560 matches.

#1 Sachin Tendulkar

Number of 4s: 4076.

Retired Sachin Tendulkar leads the charts with around 4076 fours to his name, and even though this number doesn't cover his 4s throughout his whole career, he leads quite comfortablly and it is quite possible that this record stays untouched for decades to come.