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Most Wickets in 1971: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1971 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1971
78 entries
1
35
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2 clear of Derek Underwood
2
33
Derek Underwood
ENG
2 off the lead
3
26
Bishan Bedi
IND
9 off the lead
● LEADS
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
35 · 2 ahead of Underwood
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
12
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
35
2
Derek Underwood
ENG
33
3
Bishan Bedi
IND
26
4
Peter Lever
ENG
24
4
Ray Illingworth
ENG
24
5
John Snow
ENG
23
6
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
17
6
Jack Noreiga
WI
17
7
Syed Abid Ali
IND
16
8
Bob Willis
ENG
14
8
Norman Gifford
ENG
14
9
Asif Masood
PAK
13
9
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
13
10
Eknath Solkar
IND
12
10
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
12
11
John Price
ENG
11
11
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
11
12
Bob Cunis
NZ
10
12
Richard Collinge
NZ
10
13
Alan Thomson
AUS
9
13
Ashley Mallett
AUS
9
13
Richard Hutton
ENG
9
14
Intikhab Alam
PAK
8
14
John Gleeson
AUS
8
14
Dennis Lillee
AUS
8
15
Uton Dowe
WI
7
15
John Shepherd
WI
7
16
Vanburn Holder
WI
6
16
Ken Shuttleworth
ENG
6
16
Saleem Altaf
PAK
6
16
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
6
17
Hedley Howarth
NZ
5
17
Pervez Sajjad
PAK
5
17
Tony Dell
AUS
5
18
Greg Chappell
AUS
4
18
Keith Stackpole
AUS
4
18
Terry Jenner
AUS
4
18
Grayson Shillingford
WI
4
18
Arthur Barrett
WI
4
18
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4
19
David Holford
WI
3
19
Graham McKenzie
AUS
3
19
Salim Durani
IND
3
19
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
3
20
Murray Webb
NZ
2
20
Doug Walters
AUS
2
20
Keith Boyce
WI
2
20
Don Wilson
ENG
2
21
Inshan Ali
WI
1
21
Maurice Foster
WI
1
21
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
1
21
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
1
21
Alan Connolly
AUS
1
21
Ian Chappell
AUS
1
21
Ken Eastwood
AUS
1
21
Bev Congdon
NZ
1
21
Ross Morgan
NZ
1
22
Vic Pollard
NZ
0
22
Ross Duncan
AUS
0
22
Ajit Wadekar
IND
0
22
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
22
Ashok Mankad
IND
0
22
Aftab Gul
PAK
0
22
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
22
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
0
22
Imran Niazi
PAK
0
22
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
0
22
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
22
Majid Khan
PAK
0
22
Robin Hobbs
ENG
0
22
Keith Fletcher
ENG
0
22
Alan Ward
ENG
0
22
Clive Lloyd
WI
0
22
Charlie Davis
WI
0
22
Roy Fredericks
WI
0
22
Rohan Kanhai
WI
0
22
Lance Gibbs
WI
0
22
Joey Carew
WI
0
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