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 J M Anderson* England 12 399.5 141 848 39 21.74 6/40 2 2.12 61.40
2 O E Robinson* England 8 295.4 85 783 37 21.16 5/65 2 2.65 47.84
3 R Ashwin* India 9 387.1 82 899 54 16.65 6/61 3 2.32 42.83
4 L Embuldeniya* Sri Lanka 6 316.1 78 871 32 27.22 7/137 3 2.75 59.27
5 J J Bumrah* India 9 308.4 78 796 30 26.53 5/64 1 2.58 61.52
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi* Pakistan 9 292.5 78 802 47 17.06 6/51 3 2.74 37.24
7 Taijul Islam* Bangladesh 6 345.3 78 915 30 30.50 7/116 2 2.65 68.98
8 K A Jamieson* New Zealand 5 188.2 67 473 27 17.52 6/48 3 2.51 41.82
9 Mehidy Hasan Miraz* Bangladesh 7 332.1 66 918 25 36.72 5/82 1 2.76 79.61
10 Mohammed Siraj* India 10 292.5 63 929 31 29.97 5/73 1 3.17 56.54
11 J O Holder* West Indies 8 227.0 56 501 22 22.77 5/27 1 2.21 61.69
12 K A J Roach* West Indies 8 232.4 52 636 27 23.56 4/52 0 2.73 51.64
13 A R Patel* India 5 201.5 50 427 36 11.86 6/38 5 2.12 33.58
14 T G Southee* New Zealand 5 210.5 50 516 22 23.45 6/43 2 2.45 57.41
15 Hasan Ali* Pakistan 8 212.3 49 659 41 16.07 5/27 5 3.10 30.95
16 K Rabada* South Africa 5 172.0 43 437 23 19.00 5/34 1 2.54 44.87
17 M J Leach* England 8 299.5 40 1020 30 34.00 5/122 1 3.40 59.90
18 Mohammed Shami* India 5 166.4 38 517 23 22.48 5/44 1 3.10 43.30
19 A Nortje* South Africa 5 157.0 34 519 25 20.76 6/56 2 3.31 37.58
20 Ramesh Mendis* Sri Lanka 4 192.2 30 560 26 21.54 6/70 2 2.91 44.35
21 L Ngidi* South Africa 5 122.5 28 370 22 16.82 6/71 2 3.01 33.41

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