TEST, ODI & T20 STATISTICS

Bowling Records

Leading wicket takers across recorded matches. Choose a format to compare bowling totals.

T20 figures reflect the available historical deliveries. Mixed men’s and women’s competitions are included. A player with missing earlier matches can appear below a player with more complete coverage. Super overs are excluded.

#	Player	Matches	Runs	Wickets	100s	50s	Ducks	High
1951	Jesse Ryder	105	2,270	19	1	15	12	107
1952	Kamindu Mendis	108	2,055	19	0	11	4	88
1953	Josh Clarkson	93	1,725	19	0	6	4	78
1954	Collins Obuya	56	1,439	19	0	8	4	96
1955	Wesley Madhevere	79	1,253	19	0	7	9	73
1956	Luqman Butt	38	1,048	19	0	6	0	80
1957	Prerak Mankad	39	778	19	0	6	2	71
1958	Reginald Nehonde	47	726	19	0	3	2	63
1959	Waji Ul Hassan	39	681	19	1	3	4	115
1960	L Piety	24	480	19	0	3	3	92
1961	Ateeq Javid	46	459	19	0	1	0	51
1962	Ryan Pringle	58	441	19	0	0	6	35
1963	S Mosweu	30	439	19	0	2	4	86
1964	Henry Tyler	37	408	19	0	0	3	46
1965	Fabian Cowdrey	29	404	19	0	2	4	71
1966	Brian Masaba	52	366	19	0	0	2	37
1967	KK Lin Thu	36	335	19	0	1	6	71
1968	Richmond Baaleri	23	304	19	0	1	0	51
1969	Thuya Aung	30	291	19	0	0	3	37
1970	P Cuinica	26	274	19	0	1	9	80
1971	AS Browning	31	258	19	0	0	2	42
1972	MPP San	36	237	19	0	0	6	47
1973	JL Savage	30	225	19	0	0	4	42
1974	Akhil Anil	23	222	19	0	1	2	52
1975	E Mathew	27	219	19	0	0	1	46
1976	Joel Davies	26	209	19	0	0	1	35
1977	PE Kulume	47	203	19	0	0	5	20
1978	Nondumiso Shangase	23	153	19	0	0	3	38
1979	Viktoria Frey	16	141	19	0	0	4	39
1980	Muditha Lakshan	18	134	19	0	1	2	56
1981	F Stoman	24	128	19	0	0	2	28
1982	Praveen Dubey	22	123	19	0	0	2	33
1983	H Celik	12	120	19	0	1	0	54
1984	Sonia Odedra	24	119	19	0	0	2	22
1985	Divyang Himganekar	21	119	19	0	0	1	35
1986	Kofi Bagabena	37	117	19	0	0	2	23
1987	Sean Davey	22	114	19	0	0	1	38
1988	Tom Scriven	23	110	19	0	0	1	23
1989	Joshua Bishop	24	99	19	0	0	2	18
1990	Clint Hinchliffe	27	98	19	0	0	2	25
1991	DPS Tyagi	16	98	19	0	0	2	26
1992	Alina Aslam	22	87	19	0	0	3	23
1993	Alex Price	50	86	19	0	0	1	19
1994	Prosper Utseya	30	77	19	0	0	3	13
1995	Imran Manack	29	71	19	0	0	2	30
1996	NR Johns-Wickberg	17	66	19	0	0	0	24
1997	S Sola	20	62	19	0	0	1	15
1998	Ben Cotton	17	45	19	0	0	0	30
1999	Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan	14	44	19	0	0	1	21
2000	M Jele	26	43	19	0	0	4	14

Available historical scorebook coverage through 25 Oct 2026. Our Sources & methodology →