Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle — career overview
Chris Gayle is a cricketer who represents West Indies in international cricket as a batsman (Left Handed Bat, Right-arm offbreak bowler). In international cricket Chris Gayle has appeared in 103 Tests (7,215 runs at 42.19, with 15 hundreds and 37 fiftys); 301 ODIs (10,480 runs at 37.70, with 25 hundreds and 54 fiftys); 79 T20Is (1,899 runs at 27.93, with 2 hundreds and 14 fiftys). With the ball, Chris Gayle has taken 278 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Chris Gayle with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where West Indies rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 103 | 182 | 11 | 7215 | 333 | 42.19 | 11970 | 60.28 | 15 | 37 | 1046 | 98 |
| ODI | 301 | 294 | 16 | 10480 | 215 | 37.70 | 12019 | 87.20 | 25 | 54 | 1128 | 331 |
| T20I | 79 | 75 | 7 | 1899 | 117 | 27.93 | 1381 | 137.51 | 2 | 14 | 158 | 124 |
| IPL | 142 | 141 | 16 | 4965 | 175 | 39.72 | 3333 | 148.97 | 6 | 31 | 405 | 357 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 103 | 104 | 7109 | 3120 | 73 | 5/34 | 6/81 | 42.74 | 2.63 | 97.4 | 2 | - |
| ODI | 301 | 199 | 7424 | 5926 | 167 | 5/46 | 5/46 | 35.49 | 4.79 | 44.5 | 1 | - |
| T20I | 79 | 30 | 381 | 440 | 20 | 2/15 | 2/15 | 22.00 | 6.93 | 19.1 | - | - |
| IPL | 142 | 38 | 554 | 729 | 18 | 3/21 | 3/21 | 40.50 | 7.90 | 30.8 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Chris Gayle — Career Overview
Chris Gayle is a batsman from West Indies. Chris bats left handed bat and bowls right-arm offbreak. Specialist batters anchor an innings and shape its tempo. The best combine a tight defensive technique with the range of strokes needed to score off any ball, and the temperament to bat long across all conditions and formats. West Indies is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 103 Tests: 7,215 runs at an average of 42.19, strike rate 60.28 (15 hundreds, 37 fiftys); 301 ODIs: 10,480 runs at an average of 37.70, strike rate 87.20 (25 hundreds, 54 fiftys); 79 T20Is: 1,899 runs at an average of 27.93, strike rate 137.51 (2 hundreds, 14 fiftys). International bowling — 73 wickets in Test at 42.74, economy 2.63 and 2 5-fer; 167 wickets in ODI at 35.49, economy 4.79 and 1 5-fer; 20 wickets in T20I at 22.00, economy 6.93. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 4,965 runs in 142 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Chris Gayle's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Chris Gayle's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.