Bowling Most Wickets Career

Players

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2000	15	18	2578	429.4	84	1091	49	7/84	22.26	2.53	52.61	1	5	1
CA Walsh (WI)	2000-2000	8	14	2060	343.2	118	728	48	6/74	15.16	2.12	42.91	4	4	1
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2000	14	19	1676	279.2	44	917	43	5/109	21.32	3.28	38.97	3	1	0
RD King (WI)	2000-2000	18	23	1634	272.2	53	876	41	4/25	21.36	3.21	39.85	3	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2000	23	26	1668	278.0	43	935	41	4/29	22.80	3.36	40.68	1	0	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2000	13	18	1570	261.4	76	682	36	5/14	18.94	2.60	43.61	2	2	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	14	18	1661	276.5	66	736	33	6/61	22.30	2.65	50.33	0	3	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	2000-2000	14	20	2110	351.4	113	658	32	4/30	20.56	1.87	65.93	4	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	20	22	1716	286.0	44	913	29	4/62	31.48	3.19	59.17	1	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2000	14	16	1129	188.1	33	630	26	3/24	24.23	3.34	43.42	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2000-2000	17	21	1391	231.5	31	830	26	4/40	31.92	3.58	53.50	1	0	0
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	10	11	723	120.3	17	387	24	5/32	16.12	3.21	30.12	0	2	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2000	13	15	1114	185.4	23	607	23	5/62	26.39	3.26	48.43	1	1	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2000	11	12	983	163.5	30	534	22	6/87	24.27	3.25	44.68	0	1	0
FA Rose (WI)	2000-2000	16	19	1260	210.0	26	808	22	5/23	36.72	3.84	57.27	0	1	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	14	17	1464	244.0	28	797	21	4/22	37.95	3.26	69.71	1	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	2000-2000	4	8	659	109.5	31	245	20	4/23	12.25	2.23	32.95	2	0	0
NAM McLean (WI)	2000-2000	14	16	1320	220.0	35	883	20	3/60	44.15	4.01	66.00	0	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2000-2000	10	13	853	142.1	12	511	18	4/44	28.38	3.59	47.38	1	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	21	23	1002	167.0	24	527	17	3/19	31.00	3.15	58.94	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2000-2000	12	13	656	109.2	11	462	16	3/24	28.87	4.22	41.00	0	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2000	14	15	754	125.4	23	482	16	3/42	30.12	3.83	47.12	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2000	12	14	690	115.0	17	416	15	4/34	27.73	3.61	46.00	1	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2000	14	16	859	143.1	17	531	13	3/37	40.84	3.70	66.07	0	0	0
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2000-2000	10	10	492	82.0	4	349	11	3/75	31.72	4.25	44.72	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2000	15	16	670	111.4	11	437	11	2/33	39.72	3.91	60.90	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2000	14	17	1316	219.2	48	590	11	4/85	53.63	2.68	119.63	1	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2000	12	12	426	71.0	11	292	10	3/14	29.20	4.11	42.60	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2000-2000	8	9	672	112.0	12	379	10	3/58	37.90	3.38	67.20	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2000	15	14	530	88.2	7	321	9	2/21	35.66	3.63	58.88	0	0	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	2000-2000	12	12	582	97.0	15	349	9	2/16	38.77	3.59	64.66	0	0	0
ESH Giddins (ENG)	2000-2000	3	4	288	48.0	14	161	8	5/15	20.12	3.35	36.00	0	1	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	2000-2000	7	6	338	56.2	7	171	8	3/27	21.37	3.03	42.25	0	0	0
R Telemachus (SA)	2000-2000	6	6	330	55.0	6	236	8	2/20	29.50	4.29	41.25	0	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2000	4	6	794	132.2	34	279	8	5/121	34.87	2.10	99.25	0	1	0
M Hayward (SA)	2000-2000	6	8	456	76.0	10	334	8	2/15	41.75	4.39	57.00	0	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2000	13	11	237	39.3	2	216	7	3/16	30.85	5.46	33.85	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	13	10	296	49.2	0	232	7	3/9	33.14	4.70	42.28	0	0	0
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2000-2000	7	8	474	79.0	14	295	7	3/82	42.14	3.73	67.71	0	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	2000-2000	5	6	571	95.1	14	379	7	3/184	54.14	3.98	81.57	0	0	0
GB Brent (ZIM)	2000-2000	5	5	252	42.0	1	213	6	2/34	35.50	5.07	42.00	0	0	0
IJ Harvey (AUS)	2000-2000	2	2	120	20.0	1	84	5	3/41	16.80	4.20	24.00	0	0	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2000-2000	11	8	136	22.4	0	94	5	2/8	18.80	4.14	27.20	0	0	0
Kabir Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	3	132	22.0	0	106	5	2/27	21.20	4.81	26.40	0	0	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2000	3	3	180	30.0	4	139	5	2/47	27.80	4.63	36.00	0	0	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	2000-2000	7	6	360	60.0	7	203	5	2/37	40.60	3.38	72.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	6	6	290	48.2	2	226	5	2/31	45.20	4.67	58.00	0	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	2000-2000	8	8	425	70.5	6	312	5	2/34	62.40	4.40	85.00	0	0	0
DJ Terbrugge (SA)	2000-2000	3	3	90	15.0	1	82	4	4/20	20.50	5.46	22.50	1	0	0
K Weeraratne (SL)	2000-2000	4	4	156	26.0	5	98	4	3/46	24.50	3.76	39.00	0	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2000	3	3	180	30.0	6	101	4	3/26	25.25	3.36	45.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2000	3	3	144	24.0	0	109	4	2/24	27.25	4.54	36.00	0	0	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	4	4	159	26.3	0	142	4	3/36	35.50	5.35	39.75	0	0	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2000	3	4	372	62.0	15	182	4	2/63	45.50	2.93	93.00	0	0	0
T Kumaran (IND)	2000-2000	3	3	168	28.0	0	186	4	3/54	46.50	6.64	42.00	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2000-2000	4	3	486	81.0	17	207	4	2/53	51.75	2.55	121.50	0	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2000	6	6	300	50.0	1	226	4	1/19	56.50	4.52	75.00	0	0	0
RL Powell (WI)	2000-2000	12	3	54	9.0	0	53	3	2/5	17.66	5.88	18.00	0	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	2000-2000	2	2	54	9.0	0	57	3	3/33	19.00	6.33	18.00	0	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2000	2	2	120	20.0	1	79	3	3/40	26.33	3.95	40.00	0	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	2	2	120	20.0	1	107	3	3/56	35.66	5.35	40.00	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2000	3	3	162	27.0	1	122	3	3/43	40.66	4.51	54.00	0	0	0
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2000	3	4	356	59.2	13	142	3	1/19	47.33	2.39	118.66	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2000	10	3	28	4.4	0	22	2	2/7	11.00	4.71	14.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2000-2000	1	1	42	7.0	0	31	2	2/31	15.50	4.42	21.00	0	0	0
KSC de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	1	1	36	6.0	0	34	2	2/34	17.00	5.66	18.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2000	15	2	32	5.2	1	34	2	2/32	17.00	6.37	16.00	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	2000-2000	13	2	48	8.0	0	43	2	2/37	21.50	5.37	24.00	0	0	0
NO Perry (WI)	2000-2000	1	1	60	10.0	0	54	2	2/54	27.00	5.40	30.00	0	0	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2000-2000	1	1	60	10.0	0	56	2	2/56	28.00	5.60	30.00	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2000-2000	2	2	66	11.0	0	63	2	2/23	31.50	5.72	33.00	0	0	0
S Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	2	2	90	15.0	0	64	2	2/41	32.00	4.26	45.00	0	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2000	1	2	113	18.5	1	67	2	2/53	33.50	3.55	56.50	0	0	0
PDRL Perera (SL)	2000-2000	1	2	120	20.0	3	73	2	2/60	36.50	3.65	60.00	0	0	0
A Bhandari (IND)	2000-2000	1	1	60	10.0	0	75	2	2/75	37.50	7.50	30.00	0	0	0
Enamul Haque (BAN)	2000-2000	2	2	90	15.0	0	78	2	1/28	39.00	5.20	45.00	0	0	0
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	2	2	114	19.0	0	92	2	1/40	46.00	4.84	57.00	0	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2000-2000	3	3	180	30.0	2	101	2	2/38	50.50	3.36	90.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2000-2000	3	3	162	27.0	0	116	2	1/30	58.00	4.29	81.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	8	6	275	45.5	12	130	2	1/18	65.00	2.83	137.50	0	0	0
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	2000-2000	3	4	384	64.0	19	177	2	2/40	88.50	2.76	192.00	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	7	7	498	83.0	14	290	2	1/35	145.00	3.49	249.00	0	0	0
Imran Nazir (PAK)	2000-2000	21	2	19	3.1	0	17	1	1/3	17.00	5.36	19.00	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	2000-2000	13	3	30	5.0	0	21	1	1/10	21.00	4.20	30.00	0	0	0
KEA Upashantha (SL)	2000-2000	1	1	54	9.0	0	29	1	1/29	29.00	3.22	54.00	0	0	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	36	6.0	0	30	1	1/30	30.00	5.00	36.00	0	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2000	2	2	48	8.0	1	35	1	1/23	35.00	4.37	48.00	0	0	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	1	42	7.0	0	37	1	1/37	37.00	5.28	42.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2000-2000	1	1	36	6.0	0	41	1	1/41	41.00	6.83	36.00	0	0	0
N Chopra (IND)	2000-2000	1	1	60	10.0	0	49	1	1/49	49.00	4.90	60.00	0	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2000	2	2	54	9.0	0	66	1	1/48	66.00	7.33	54.00	0	0	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	2	90	15.0	0	76	1	1/36	76.00	5.06	90.00	0	0	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2000-2000	2	2	102	17.0	0	86	1	1/46	86.00	5.05	102.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2000-2000	2	2	102	17.0	0	90	1	1/42	90.00	5.29	102.00	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2000	9	4	240	40.0	13	103	1	1/48	103.00	2.57	240.00	0	0	0
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2000	3	3	144	24.0	0	109	1	1/41	109.00	4.54	144.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2000	15	7	193	32.1	5	111	1	1/71	111.00	3.45	193.00	0	0	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	2000-2000	1	1	174	29.0	6	116	1	1/116	116.00	4.00	174.00	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2000	2	2	103	17.1	0	120	1	1/59	120.00	6.99	103.00	0	0	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand vs South Africa at Ahmedabad, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 24th Match, Group D, Feb 14, 2026 [T20I # 3711 - Live]
>> 167/7 (19.4 ov, JDS Neesham 15*, MJ Henry 9*, C Bosch 1/26)

Scotland vs England at Eden Gardens, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 23rd Match, Group C, Feb 14, 2026 [T20I # 3709]

Ireland vs Oman at Colombo (SSC), ICC Men's T20 World Cup 22nd Match, Group B, Feb 14, 2026 [T20I # 3708]