Home
Fixtures
Results
News
Teams
Players
Grounds
Rankings
Stats
On This Day
AI Insight
▼ QUICK LINKS
On This Day
▼
Records of the Day
Innings & bowling
Milestones of the Day
Career landmarks
Cricket AI Insight
AI analysis
Recent Series
▼
ICC Cricket World Cup
New Zealand in England ODI Series
New Zealand in England T20I Series
The Ashes
Bangladesh in England Test Match
Pakistan in England ODI Series
Recent Teams
▼
TBA
India
Zimbabwe
England
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Recent Players
▼
Harry Brook
Brad Evans
Will Jacks
Joe Root
Sikandar Raza
Josh Tongue
Abhishek Sharma
Ishan Kishan
Rashid Khan
Azmatullah Omarzai
Axar Patel
Ben Duckett
ODI World Cup
▼
World Cup 2023
World Cup 2019
World Cup 2015
World Cup 2011
World Cup 2007
World Cup 2003
World Cup 1999
World Cup 1996
World Cup 1992
World Cup 1987
World Cup 1983
World Cup 1979
World Cup 1975
T20 World Cup
▼
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2024
World Cup 2022
World Cup 2021
World Cup 2016
World Cup 2014
World Cup 2012
World Cup 2010
World Cup 2009
World Cup 2007
Champions Trophy
▼
Champions Trophy 2025
Champions Trophy 2017
Champions Trophy 2013
Champions Trophy 2009
Champions Trophy 2006
Champions Trophy 2004
Champions Trophy 2002
Yearwise Records
▼
2026 Stats
2025 Stats
2024 Stats
2023 Stats
2022 Stats
2021 Stats
2020 Stats
2019 Stats
2018 Stats
All-Time Stats
All archives →
Most Wickets in 1959: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1959, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1959
73 entries
1
54
Richie Benaud
AUS
16 clear of Fred Trueman
2
38
Fred Trueman
ENG
16 off the lead
3
37
Alan Davidson
AUS
17 off the lead
● LEADS
Richie Benaud
AUS
54 · 16 ahead of Trueman
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Benaud is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
15
The mark at number ten — 63 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
73 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Richie Benaud
AUS
54
2
Fred Trueman
ENG
38
3
Alan Davidson
AUS
37
4
Fazal Mahmood
PAK
32
5
Sir Wes Hall
WI
25
6
Subhash Gupte
IND
22
7
Brian Statham
ENG
20
8
Surendranath
IND
18
9
Ramakant Desai
IND
17
9
Tony Lock
ENG
17
10
Nasim-ul-Ghani
PAK
15
11
Tommy Greenhough
ENG
14
11
Jasubhai Patel
IND
14
11
Lindsay Kline
AUS
14
12
Collie Smith
WI
12
13
Roy Gilchrist
WI
11
13
Jim Laker
ENG
11
13
Ken Mackay
AUS
11
14
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
10
14
Ray Lindwall
AUS
10
14
Gordon Rorke
AUS
10
14
Eric Atkinson
WI
10
15
Sonny Ramadhin
WI
9
15
Frank Tyson
ENG
9
15
Harold Rhodes
ENG
9
16
Mahmood Hussain
PAK
8
16
Lance Gibbs
WI
8
16
Ian Meckiff
AUS
8
16
Chandu Borde
IND
8
16
Polly Umrigar
IND
8
17
Alan Moss
ENG
7
17
John Mortimore
ENG
7
18
Israr Ali
PAK
6
18
Shujauddin
PAK
6
18
Ted Dexter
ENG
6
18
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
6
18
Ken Hough
NZ
6
19
Brian Close
ENG
5
19
Ken Barrington
ENG
5
19
Mohammad Munaf
PAK
5
19
Alex Moir
NZ
5
20
Vinoo Mankad
IND
4
20
Ray Illingworth
ENG
4
21
Haseeb Ahsan
PAK
3
21
Hemu Adhikari
IND
3
21
Intikhab Alam
PAK
3
21
Munir Malik
PAK
3
21
John Reid
NZ
3
22
Keith Slater
AUS
2
22
Bob Blair
NZ
2
22
Gulabrai Ramchand
IND
2
22
Jim Burke
AUS
2
22
Antao D'Souza
PAK
2
22
Martin Horton
ENG
2
23
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
1
23
Trevor Bailey
ENG
1
23
Neil Harvey
AUS
1
23
Norm O'Neill
AUS
1
24
Bert Sutcliffe
NZ
0
24
John Sparling
NZ
0
24
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
24
Pankaj Roy
IND
0
24
AG Kripal Singh
IND
0
24
Nari Contractor
IND
0
24
Datta Gaekwad
IND
0
24
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
0
24
Venatappa Muddiah
IND
0
24
Joe Solomon
WI
0
24
Jaswick Taylor
WI
0
24
Basil Butcher
WI
0
24
John Holt
WI
0
24
Sir Conrad Hunte
WI
0
24
Colin Cowdrey
ENG
0
Show all 73 ↓
Nothing matches that filter.