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Most Wickets

Pos Player Team Wickets Innings I Wickets W Runs R
1 Glenn McGrath AUS 1 Glenn McGrath AUS
Wickets
71
- 71 1,292
2 Muttiah Muralitharan SL 2 Muttiah Muralitharan SL
Wickets
68
- 68 1,335
3 Mitchell Starc AUS 3 Mitchell Starc AUS
Wickets
65
- 65 1,254
4 Lasith Malinga SL 4 Lasith Malinga SL
Wickets
56
- 56 1,280
5 Wasim Akram PAK 5 Wasim Akram PAK
Wickets
55
- 55 1,311
6 Mohammad Shami IND 6 Mohammad Shami IND
Wickets
55
- 55 744
7 Trent Boult NZ 7 Trent Boult NZ
Wickets
53
- 53 1,354
8 Chaminda Vaas SL 8 Chaminda Vaas SL
Wickets
49
- 49 1,040
9 Zaheer Khan IND 9 Zaheer Khan IND
Wickets
44
- 44 890
10 Javagal Srinath IND 10 Javagal Srinath IND
Wickets
44
- 44 1,224
11 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 11 Shakib Al Hasan BAN
Wickets
43
- 43 1,551
12 Tim Southee NZ 12 Tim Southee NZ
Wickets
41
- 41 1,110
13 Imran Tahir SA 13 Imran Tahir SA
Wickets
40
- 40 847
14 Allan Donald SA 14 Allan Donald SA
Wickets
38
- 38 913
15 Jasprit Bumrah IND 15 Jasprit Bumrah IND
Wickets
38
- 38 744
16 Daniel Vettori NZ 16 Daniel Vettori NZ
Wickets
36
- 36 1,168
17 Jacob Oram NZ 17 Jacob Oram NZ
Wickets
36
- 36 768
18 Wahab Riaz PAK 18 Wahab Riaz PAK
Wickets
35
- 35 925
19 Brett Lee AUS 19 Brett Lee AUS
Wickets
35
- 35 629
20 Pat Cummins AUS 20 Pat Cummins AUS
Wickets
34
- 34 1,022
21 Imran Khan PAK 21 Imran Khan PAK
Wickets
34
- 34 655
22 Shaun Tait AUS 22 Shaun Tait AUS
Wickets
34
- 34 729
23 Brad Hogg AUS 23 Brad Hogg AUS
Wickets
34
- 34 654
24 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 24 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK
Wickets
34
- 34 715
25 Chris Harris NZ 25 Chris Harris NZ
Wickets
32
- 32 861
26 Shane Warne AUS 26 Shane Warne AUS
Wickets
32
- 32 624
27 Chris Woakes ENG 27 Chris Woakes ENG
Wickets
31
- 31 982
28 Lockie Ferguson NZ 28 Lockie Ferguson NZ
Wickets
31
- 31 710
29 Anil Kumble IND 29 Anil Kumble IND
Wickets
31
- 31 708
30 Shaun Pollock SA 30 Shaun Pollock SA
Wickets
31
- 31 970
31 Shane Bond NZ 31 Shane Bond NZ
Wickets
30
- 30 518
32 Ian Botham ENG 32 Ian Botham ENG
Wickets
30
- 30 762
33 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 33 Shoaib Akhtar PAK
Wickets
30
- 30 765
34 Shahid Afridi PAK 34 Shahid Afridi PAK
Wickets
30
- 30 831
35 Phillip DeFreitas ENG 35 Phillip DeFreitas ENG
Wickets
29
- 29 742
36 Adam Zampa AUS 36 Adam Zampa AUS
Wickets
28
- 28 751
37 Kapil Dev IND 37 Kapil Dev IND
Wickets
28
- 28 892
38 Courtney Walsh WI 38 Courtney Walsh WI
Wickets
27
- 27 547
39 Craig McDermott AUS 39 Craig McDermott AUS
Wickets
27
- 27 599
40 Steve Waugh AUS 40 Steve Waugh AUS
Wickets
27
- 27 814
41 James Anderson ENG 41 James Anderson ENG
Wickets
27
- 27 1,077
42 Ravindra Jadeja IND 42 Ravindra Jadeja IND
Wickets
27
- 27 829
43 Sanath Jayasuriya SL 43 Sanath Jayasuriya SL
Wickets
27
- 27 1,060
44 Adil Rashid ENG 44 Adil Rashid ENG
Wickets
26
- 26 939
45 Andy Roberts WI 45 Andy Roberts WI
Wickets
26
- 26 552
46 Morne Morkel SA 46 Morne Morkel SA
Wickets
26
- 26 506
47 Damien Fleming AUS 47 Damien Fleming AUS
Wickets
26
- 26 583
48 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 48 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK
Wickets
26
- 26 549
49 Mitchell Johnson AUS 49 Mitchell Johnson AUS
Wickets
25
- 25 557
50 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 50 Mustafizur Rahman BAN
Wickets
25
- 25 882