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Most Wickets in 1973: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1973, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1973
78 entries
1
47
Geoff Arnold
ENG
10 clear of Lance Gibbs
2
37
Lance Gibbs
WI
10 off the lead
3
35
Intikhab Alam
PAK
12 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff Arnold
ENG
47 · 10 ahead of Gibbs
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Arnold is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21
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
Geoff Arnold
ENG
47
2
Lance Gibbs
WI
37
3
Intikhab Alam
PAK
35
4
Max Walker
AUS
33
5
Keith Boyce
WI
30
6
Chris Old
ENG
27
7
Bruce Taylor
NZ
26
8
Tony Greig
ENG
25
9
Derek Underwood
ENG
23
10
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
21
10
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
21
11
Hedley Howarth
NZ
20
11
John Snow
ENG
20
11
Richard Collinge
NZ
20
11
Saleem Altaf
PAK
20
12
Pat Pocock
ENG
19
13
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
18
14
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
17
15
Bev Congdon
NZ
15
15
Jeff Hammond
AUS
15
16
Vanburn Holder
WI
14
17
Norman Gifford
ENG
13
17
Terry Jenner
AUS
13
17
Bishan Bedi
IND
13
18
Jack Birkenshaw
ENG
11
18
Inshan Ali
WI
11
19
Bernard Julien
WI
10
19
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
10
19
Doug Walters
AUS
10
20
Greg Chappell
AUS
9
21
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
7
21
Ray Illingworth
ENG
7
21
Elquemedo Willett
WI
7
21
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
7
22
Bob Willis
ENG
6
22
Pervez Sajjad
PAK
6
22
Ashley Mallett
AUS
6
23
Wasim Raja
PAK
5
23
Majid Khan
PAK
5
23
Maurice Foster
WI
5
23
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5
24
Clive Lloyd
WI
4
24
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4
24
Gary Gilmour
AUS
4
24
Vic Pollard
NZ
4
24
Bob Massie
AUS
4
25
Asif Iqbal
PAK
3
26
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
2
26
John Benaud
AUS
2
26
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
2
26
Asif Masood
PAK
2
26
Syed Abid Ali
IND
2
27
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
1
27
Salim Durani
IND
1
27
Tony Dell
AUS
1
27
Ian Chappell
AUS
1
27
Keith Stackpole
AUS
1
27
Uton Dowe
WI
1
27
Mike Hendrick
ENG
1
28
Graham Roope
ENG
0
28
Keith Fletcher
ENG
0
28
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
0
28
Geoff Greenidge
WI
0
28
Charlie Davis
WI
0
28
Roy Fredericks
WI
0
28
Rohan Kanhai
WI
0
28
John Watkins
AUS
0
28
Nawab of Pataudi
IND
0
28
Mohammad Nazir
PAK
0
28
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
28
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
0
28
Talat Ali
PAK
0
28
Eknath Solkar
IND
0
28
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
0
28
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
28
David O'Sullivan
NZ
0
28
Bryan Andrews
NZ
0
28
Brian Hastings
NZ
0
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