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Most Wickets in 1976: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1976, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1976
87 entries
1
55
Michael Holding
WI
level with Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
1
55
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2
49
Bishan Bedi
IND
6 off the lead
● LEADS
Michael Holding
WI
55 · level with Chandrasekhar
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
17
The mark at number ten — 77 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
87 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Michael Holding
WI
55
1
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
55
2
Bishan Bedi
IND
49
3
Sir Andy Roberts
WI
46
4
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
36
5
Vanburn Holder
WI
34
6
Derek Underwood
ENG
27
7
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
22
7
Richard Collinge
NZ
22
8
Jeff Thomson
AUS
21
9
Dennis Lillee
AUS
18
10
Intikhab Alam
PAK
17
11
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
16
11
Imran Niazi
PAK
16
11
Lance Cairns
NZ
16
11
Peter Petherick
NZ
16
12
John Snow
ENG
15
12
Wayne Daniel
WI
15
13
Javed Miandad
PAK
14
13
Gary Gilmour
AUS
14
13
David O'Sullivan
NZ
14
14
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
13
15
John Lever
ENG
12
16
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
11
17
Madan Lal
IND
10
17
Bob Willis
ENG
10
17
Tony Greig
ENG
10
17
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
10
17
Bernard Julien
WI
10
18
Mike Hendrick
ENG
9
18
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
9
19
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
8
19
Chris Old
ENG
8
19
Keith Boyce
WI
8
20
Lance Gibbs
WI
7
20
Ashley Mallett
AUS
7
21
Bev Congdon
NZ
6
21
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
6
21
Max Walker
AUS
6
21
David Holford
WI
6
21
Mike Selvey
ENG
6
22
Hedley Howarth
NZ
5
22
Andy Roberts
NZ
5
23
Pat Pocock
ENG
4
23
Alan Ward
ENG
4
23
Roy Fredericks
WI
4
23
Greg Chappell
AUS
4
23
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4
23
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
4
24
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3
24
Bob Woolmer
ENG
3
25
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2
25
Barry Wood
ENG
2
25
Collis King
WI
2
25
Imtiaz Ali
WI
2
25
Clive Lloyd
WI
2
25
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2
25
Eknath Solkar
IND
2
25
Mark Burgess
NZ
2
25
Gary Troup
NZ
2
25
John Parker
NZ
2
26
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1
26
Jock Edwards
NZ
1
26
Brian McKechnie
NZ
1
26
Ian Chappell
AUS
1
26
Asif Masood
PAK
1
26
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
1
26
Albert Padmore
WI
1
26
Chris Balderstone
ENG
1
26
Geoff Miller
ENG
1
27
Robin Jackman
ENG
0
27
Asif Iqbal
PAK
0
27
Majid Khan
PAK
0
27
Saleem Altaf
PAK
0
27
Peter Willey
ENG
0
27
David Steele
ENG
0
27
Larry Gomes
WI
0
27
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
27
Farrukh Zaman
PAK
0
27
Wasim Raja
PAK
0
27
Doug Walters
AUS
0
27
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0
27
Parthasarthi Sharma
IND
0
27
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0
27
Gary Cosier
AUS
0
27
Warren Lees
NZ
0
27
John Morrison
NZ
0
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