Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in World Cup

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
GD McGrath (AUS)	1996-2007	39	39	1955	325.5	42	1292	71	7/15	18.19	3.96	27.53	0	2
M Muralidaran (SL)	1996-2011	40	39	2061	343.3	15	1335	68	4/19	19.63	3.88	30.30	4	0
MA Starc (AUS)	2015-2023	28	28	1459	243.1	10	1254	65	6/28	19.29	5.15	22.44	3	3
SL Malinga (SL)	2007-2019	29	28	1394	232.2	11	1281	56	6/38	22.87	5.51	24.89	2	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2015-2023	18	18	870	145.0	13	744	55	7/57	13.52	5.13	15.81	4	4
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2003	38	36	1947	324.3	16	1311	55	5/28	23.83	4.04	35.40	2	1
TA Boult (NZ)	2015-2023	29	29	1650	275.0	24	1354	53	5/27	25.54	4.92	31.13	3	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1996-2007	31	31	1570	261.4	39	1040	49	6/25	21.22	3.97	32.04	1	1
Z Khan (IND)	2003-2011	23	23	1193	198.5	12	890	44	4/42	20.22	4.47	27.11	1	0
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2003	34	33	1700	283.2	21	1224	44	4/30	27.81	4.32	38.63	2	0
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2023	36	36	1808	301.2	3	1551	43	5/29	36.06	5.14	42.04	1	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2011-2023	22	22	1172	195.2	16	1110	41	7/33	27.07	5.68	28.58	0	1
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2019	22	21	1151	191.5	7	847	40	5/45	21.17	4.41	28.77	4	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2019-2023	20	20	1055	175.5	18	744	38	4/39	19.57	4.23	27.76	2	0
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	25	25	1313	218.5	14	913	38	4/17	24.02	4.17	34.55	2	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	23	1094	182.2	21	768	36	4/39	21.33	4.21	30.38	2	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2003-2015	32	31	1689	281.3	12	1168	36	4/18	32.44	4.14	46.91	2	0
B Lee (AUS)	2003-2011	17	17	825	137.3	15	629	35	5/42	17.97	4.57	23.57	2	1
Wahab Riaz (PAK)	2011-2019	20	20	1000	166.4	5	926	35	5/46	26.45	5.55	28.57	1	1
GB Hogg (AUS)	2003-2007	21	20	951	158.3	10	654	34	4/27	19.23	4.12	27.97	2	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1975-1992	28	19	1017	169.3	18	655	34	4/37	19.26	3.86	29.91	2	0
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2019-2023	14	14	769	128.1	6	715	34	6/35	21.02	5.57	22.61	1	2
SW Tait (AUS)	2007-2011	18	18	819	136.3	4	731	34	4/39	21.50	5.35	24.08	1	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2015-2023	23	23	1133	188.5	8	1022	34	3/33	30.05	5.41	33.32	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1996-1999	17	17	977	162.5	16	624	32	4/29	19.50	3.83	30.53	4	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1992-2003	28	27	1166	194.2	10	861	32	4/7	26.90	4.43	36.43	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	1996-2007	18	18	1039	173.1	5	708	31	4/32	22.83	4.08	33.51	1	0
LH Ferguson (NZ)	2019-2023	16	16	826	137.4	6	710	31	4/37	22.90	5.15	26.64	1	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-2007	31	31	1614	269.0	37	970	31	5/36	31.29	3.60	52.06	0	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2015-2023	24	24	1066	177.4	8	978	31	4/54	31.54	5.50	34.38	1	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2003-2007	16	16	886	147.4	21	518	30	6/23	17.26	3.50	29.53	0	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1992	22	22	1332	222.0	33	762	30	4/31	25.40	3.43	44.40	1	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1999-2011	19	18	893	148.5	9	765	30	4/46	25.50	5.13	29.76	1	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1999-2015	27	24	1104	184.0	7	831	30	5/16	27.70	4.51	36.80	2	2
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1996	22	22	1127	187.5	30	742	29	3/28	25.58	3.95	38.86	0	0
A Zampa (AUS)	2019-2023	15	15	774	129.0	1	751	28	4/8	26.82	5.82	27.64	3	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1992	26	25	1422	237.0	27	892	28	5/43	31.85	3.76	50.78	0	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1987-1999	17	17	948	158.0	23	547	27	4/25	20.25	3.46	35.11	2	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1987-1996	17	17	894	149.0	8	599	27	5/44	22.18	4.02	33.11	1	1
MJ Henry (NZ)	2015-2023	18	18	911	151.5	10	793	27	4/47	29.37	5.22	33.74	1	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1987-1999	33	26	1039	173.1	7	814	27	3/36	30.14	4.70	38.48	0	0
RA Jadeja (IND)	2015-2023	21	21	1081	180.1	4	829	27	5/33	30.70	4.60	40.03	0	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2007	38	31	1315	219.1	4	1060	27	3/12	39.25	4.83	48.70	0	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2015	25	25	1254	209.0	9	1081	27	4/25	40.03	5.17	46.44	2	0
M Morkel (SA)	2011-2015	14	14	651	108.3	4	506	26	3/33	19.46	4.66	25.03	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1992-1996	15	14	810	135.0	5	549	26	3/16	21.11	4.06	31.15	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1983	16	16	1021	170.1	29	552	26	3/32	21.23	3.24	39.26	0	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	1996-1999	16	16	800	133.2	12	583	26	5/36	22.42	4.37	30.76	0	1
AU Rashid (ENG)	2019-2023	20	20	1030	171.4	1	939	26	3/42	36.11	5.46	39.61	0	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2011-2015	15	15	726	121.0	9	557	25	4/19	22.28	4.60	29.04	3	0
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	2019-2023	16	16	827	137.5	5	882	25	5/59	35.28	6.39	33.08	0	2
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1992-1999	17	17	987	164.3	20	499	24	3/28	20.79	3.03	41.12	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1987	13	13	814	135.4	8	506	24	5/44	21.08	3.72	33.91	2	1
M Prabhakar (IND)	1987-1996	19	18	871	145.1	10	640	24	4/19	26.66	4.40	36.29	1	0
K Rabada (SA)	2019-2023	18	17	905	150.5	11	761	24	3/33	31.70	5.04	37.70	0	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2019-2023	17	17	862	143.4	3	812	24	3/18	33.83	5.65	35.91	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-2003	14	14	674	112.2	7	494	23	5/35	21.47	4.39	29.30	0	1
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2007	18	17	814	135.4	12	534	23	4/43	23.21	3.93	35.39	1	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2011-2015	14	14	690	115.0	10	538	23	5/50	23.39	4.67	30.00	0	1
AD Russell (WI)	2011-2019	14	14	601	100.1	9	576	23	4/49	25.04	5.75	26.13	1	0
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2023	16	16	816	136.0	13	625	23	4/35	27.17	4.59	35.47	1	0
JE Taylor (WI)	2007-2015	14	14	729	121.3	5	634	23	3/15	27.56	5.21	31.69	0	0
TM Odoyo (KENYA)	1996-2011	25	24	1014	169.0	12	817	23	4/28	35.52	4.83	44.08	1	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1975-1983	13	13	877	146.1	38	421	22	5/25	19.13	2.88	39.86	0	1
S Madan Lal (IND)	1975-1983	11	11	698	116.2	12	426	22	4/20	19.36	3.66	31.72	1	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1996-2003	13	11	559	93.1	8	466	22	4/26	21.18	5.00	25.40	1	0
L Klusener (SA)	1999-2003	14	13	605	100.5	7	487	22	5/21	22.13	4.82	27.50	1	1
MJ Santner (NZ)	2019-2023	20	19	958	159.4	8	772	22	5/59	35.09	4.83	43.54	0	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-2003	22	21	1050	175.0	13	804	22	3/35	36.54	4.59	47.72	0	0
D Madushanka (SL)	2023-2023	9	9	470	78.2	4	525	21	5/80	25.00	6.70	22.38	1	1
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2019-2023	18	18	973	162.1	4	761	21	2/7	36.23	4.69	46.33	0	0
Mohammad Nabi (AFG)	2015-2023	24	24	1079	179.5	4	850	21	4/30	40.47	4.72	51.38	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2011	36	32	1266	211.0	13	904	21	3/26	43.04	4.28	60.28	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	1999-1999	9	9	526	87.4	7	325	20	4/37	16.25	3.70	26.30	2	0
MA Holding (WI)	1979-1983	11	11	695	115.5	16	341	20	4/33	17.05	2.94	34.75	1	0
G Coetzee (SA)	2023-2023	8	8	381	63.3	1	396	20	4/44	19.80	6.23	19.05	1	0
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2019	11	11	605	100.5	8	461	20	3/27	23.05	4.57	30.25	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2011	23	14	555	92.3	4	462	20	5/31	23.10	4.99	27.75	1	1
KAJ Roach (WI)	2011-2019	13	13	606	101.0	7	466	20	6/27	23.30	4.61	30.30	0	1
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	2007-2011	15	15	730	121.4	9	564	20	3/20	28.20	4.63	36.50	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2003-2011	21	20	1154	192.2	8	808	20	3/53	40.40	4.20	57.70	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1983-1987	9	9	570	95.0	9	382	19	4/29	20.10	4.02	30.00	1	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2007	12	12	594	99.0	8	438	19	5/18	23.05	4.42	31.26	0	1
AD Mathews (SL)	2011-2023	27	17	575	95.5	3	491	19	3/41	25.84	5.12	30.26	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1987-1992	14	14	792	132.0	14	571	19	3/37	30.05	4.32	41.68	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1999-2011	22	21	840	140.0	11	592	19	3/25	31.15	4.22	44.21	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2003-2019	24	24	1124	187.2	11	1010	19	4/38	53.15	5.39	59.15	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1983	11	11	709	118.1	27	315	18	4/11	17.50	2.66	39.38	2	0
UT Yadav (IND)	2015-2015	8	8	386	64.2	5	321	18	4/31	17.83	4.98	21.44	2	0
Umar Gul (PAK)	2007-2011	11	11	501	83.3	7	344	18	3/30	19.11	4.11	27.83	0	0
A Nehra (IND)	2003-2011	12	12	557	92.5	10	409	18	6/23	22.72	4.40	30.94	1	1
TM Dilshan (SL)	2007-2015	27	22	607	101.1	5	447	18	4/4	24.83	4.41	33.72	1	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1983-1987	9	9	542	90.2	13	449	18	5/32	24.94	4.97	30.11	0	2
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	11	11	642	107.0	7	457	18	4/25	25.38	4.27	35.66	1	0
RA Harper (WI)	1987-1996	14	14	792	132.0	10	488	18	4/47	27.11	3.69	44.00	1	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1992-1996	15	15	746	124.2	13	517	18	3/21	28.72	4.15	41.44	0	0
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	1996-2003	19	16	701	116.5	9	567	18	4/38	31.50	4.85	38.94	1	0
GR Larsen (NZ)	1992-1999	19	19	1020	170.0	12	599	18	3/16	33.27	3.52	56.66	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	20	17	924	154.0	3	659	18	3/42	36.61	4.27	51.33	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2003	28	23	880	146.4	9	755	18	3/19	41.94	5.14	48.88	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Ahmedabad, ICC Cricket World Cup final, Nov 19, 2023 [ODI # 4705]

Australia v South Africa at Eden Gardens, ICC Cricket World Cup 2nd semi final, Nov 16, 2023 [ODI # 4704]

India v New Zealand at Wankhede, ICC Cricket World Cup 1st semi final, Nov 15, 2023 [ODI # 4703]