Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
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 S C J Broad* England 8 242.5 77 561 38 14.76 6/31 1 2.31 38.23
2 D M Bess England 8 249.1 65 650 16 40.63 5/51 1 2.61 93.41
3 J M Anderson* England 6 198.0 57 471 23 20.48 5/40 2 2.38 51.65
4 K A Jamieson* New Zealand 5 159.2 56 361 25 14.44 5/34 2 2.27 38.21
5 T G Southee* New Zealand 5 187.5 52 511 30 17.03 5/32 2 2.72 37.50
6 T A Boult* New Zealand 5 189.0 43 579 20 28.95 4/28 0 3.06 56.70
7 C R Woakes* England 6 164.0 39 433 20 21.65 5/50 1 2.64 49.20
8 N Wagner* New Zealand 5 167.1 39 436 18 24.22 4/66 0 2.61 55.57
9 J J Bumrah* India 4 132.4 30 379 14 27.07 4/56 0 2.86 56.74
10 B A Stokes* England 7 125.4 30 356 19 18.74 4/49 0 2.83 39.47
11 P J Cummins* Australia 3 96.3 29 244 14 17.43 4/21 0 2.53 41.27
12 Shaheen Shah Afridi* Pakistan 5 161.4 29 506 14 36.14 4/53 0 3.13 69.00
13 L Embuldeniya* Sri Lanka 2 130.3 28 451 13 34.69 5/114 1 3.46 60.14
14 S T Gabriel* West Indies 5 149.1 27 537 17 31.59 5/75 1 3.60 52.48
15 Naseem Shah* Pakistan 5 122.5 20 446 12 37.17 4/26 0 3.63 61.25
16 N M Lyon* Australia 3 98.3 20 263 14 18.79 5/50 2 2.67 41.79
17 Sikandar Raza* Zimbabwe 3 121.0 20 349 12 29.08 7/113 1 2.88 60.50
18 Yasir Shah* Pakistan 5 180.2 18 643 18 35.72 4/58 0 3.57 60.07
19 R Ashwin* India 3 114.1 18 276 13 21.23 4/55 0 2.42 52.66
20 M A Starc* Australia 3 87.0 17 240 12 20.00 4/53 0 2.76 43.50
21 M A Wood* England 3 92.3 17 273 14 19.50 5/46 1 2.95 39.39
22 R L Chase* West Indies 5 132.0 15 503 12 41.92 5/172 1 3.81 66.00
23 A Nortje* South Africa 4 128.1 14 520 16 32.50 5/110 1 4.06 48.04

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