Players Taking Most Wickets in Year
(calculated for matches beginning in named year)
|
Player
|
Country
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
E/R
|
S/R
|
1 |
N M Lyon*
|
Australia
|
10
|
615.3
|
114
|
1667
|
49
|
34.02
|
6/122
|
2
|
2.71
|
75.24
|
2 |
J M Anderson*
|
England
|
12
|
391.4
|
113
|
968
|
43
|
22.51
|
5/20
|
1
|
2.47
|
54.56
|
3 |
J J Bumrah*
|
India
|
9
|
379.4
|
89
|
1009
|
48
|
21.02
|
6/33
|
3
|
2.66
|
47.33
|
4 |
R Ashwin*
|
India
|
10
|
386.0
|
88
|
964
|
38
|
25.37
|
4/27
|
0
|
2.50
|
60.63
|
5 |
Mohammad Abbas*
|
Pakistan
|
7
|
230.1
|
82
|
523
|
38
|
13.76
|
5/33
|
3
|
2.27
|
36.27
|
6 |
V D Philander
|
South Africa
|
8
|
236.2
|
82
|
545
|
32
|
17.03
|
6/21
|
2
|
2.31
|
44.21
|
7 |
S C J Broad*
|
England
|
11
|
331.2
|
79
|
990
|
35
|
28.29
|
6/54
|
1
|
2.99
|
56.71
|
8 |
T A Boult*
|
New Zealand
|
7
|
281.1
|
75
|
789
|
33
|
23.91
|
6/30
|
2
|
2.81
|
50.96
|
9 |
K Rabada*
|
South Africa
|
10
|
331.1
|
73
|
1044
|
52
|
20.08
|
6/54
|
2
|
3.15
|
38.11
|
10 |
I Sharma*
|
India
|
11
|
335.0
|
71
|
894
|
41
|
21.80
|
5/51
|
1
|
2.67
|
48.97
|
11 |
Mohammed Shami*
|
India
|
12
|
383.5
|
68
|
1268
|
47
|
26.98
|
6/56
|
2
|
3.30
|
48.91
|
12 |
P J Cummins*
|
Australia
|
8
|
314.1
|
65
|
879
|
44
|
19.98
|
6/27
|
2
|
2.80
|
42.72
|
13 |
M D K Perera
|
Sri Lanka
|
11
|
470.0
|
64
|
1466
|
50
|
29.32
|
6/32
|
3
|
3.12
|
56.16
|
14 |
Yasir Shah*
|
Pakistan
|
6
|
315.0
|
61
|
894
|
38
|
23.53
|
8/41
|
3
|
2.84
|
49.48
|
15 |
Taijul Islam*
|
Bangladesh
|
7
|
333.1
|
57
|
988
|
43
|
22.98
|
6/33
|
4
|
2.97
|
46.26
|
16 |
Mehidy Hasan Miraz*
|
Bangladesh
|
8
|
299.1
|
53
|
907
|
41
|
22.12
|
7/58
|
4
|
3.03
|
43.77
|
17 |
K A Maharaj*
|
South Africa
|
9
|
329.3
|
50
|
1131
|
34
|
33.26
|
9/129
|
2
|
3.43
|
58.04
|
18 |
J O Holder*
|
West Indies
|
6
|
150.1
|
38
|
409
|
33
|
12.39
|
6/59
|
4
|
2.72
|
27.22
|
19 |
M M Ali*
|
England
|
7
|
265.0
|
34
|
922
|
32
|
28.81
|
5/63
|
1
|
3.48
|
49.69
|
20 |
S T Gabriel*
|
West Indies
|
8
|
189.2
|
28
|
723
|
37
|
19.54
|
8/62
|
3
|
3.82
|
30.62
|
|