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Most Wickets in 1977: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most wickets in 1977 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1977
82 entries
1
55
Bob Willis
ENG
10 clear of Derek Underwood
2
45
Derek Underwood
ENG
10 off the lead
3
43
Imran Niazi
PAK
12 off the lead
● LEADS
Bob Willis
ENG
55 · 10 ahead of Underwood
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Willis is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
29
The mark at number ten — 72 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
15 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
82 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bob Willis
ENG
55
2
Derek Underwood
ENG
45
3
Imran Niazi
PAK
43
4
Bishan Bedi
IND
42
5
Dennis Lillee
AUS
41
5
Jeff Thomson
AUS
41
6
Max Walker
AUS
39
7
John Lever
ENG
38
8
Colin Croft
WI
36
9
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
33
10
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
29
11
Joel Garner
WI
28
12
Chris Old
ENG
25
13
Tony Greig
ENG
20
13
Wayne Clark
AUS
20
14
Sir Andy Roberts
WI
19
14
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
19
15
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
18
16
Len Pascoe
AUS
16
17
Mike Hendrick
ENG
15
18
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
14
18
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
14
19
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
13
20
Madan Lal
IND
12
21
Sam Gannon
AUS
11
22
Greg Chappell
AUS
9
22
Saleem Altaf
PAK
9
23
Wasim Raja
PAK
8
23
Geoff Miller
ENG
8
23
Karsan Ghavri
IND
8
23
Gary Gilmour
AUS
8
23
Mick Malone
AUS
8
24
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
7
24
Gary Cosier
AUS
7
25
Ray Bright
AUS
6
25
Sikander Bakht
PAK
6
25
Majid Khan
PAK
6
25
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6
26
Inshan Ali
WI
5
26
David Holford
WI
5
26
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
5
27
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4
27
Geoff Cope
ENG
4
27
Tony Mann
AUS
4
28
Lance Cairns
NZ
3
28
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
3
28
Maurice Foster
WI
3
28
Bob Simpson
AUS
3
29
Alan Hurst
AUS
2
29
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2
29
Roy Fredericks
WI
2
29
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
2
29
Bernard Julien
WI
2
29
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2
29
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2
29
Intikhab Alam
PAK
2
29
Liaqat Ali
PAK
2
29
Javed Miandad
PAK
2
29
Hedley Howarth
NZ
2
30
Bob Woolmer
ENG
1
30
Abdul Qadir
PAK
1
30
Pervez Mir
PAK
1
30
Aamer Hameed
PAK
1
30
Geoff Dymock
AUS
1
30
Doug Walters
AUS
1
31
Yajurvindra Singh
IND
0
31
Parthasarthi Sharma
IND
0
31
Hasan Jamil
PAK
0
31
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
31
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
31
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
31
Eknath Solkar
IND
0
31
Mike Selvey
ENG
0
31
Peter Willey
ENG
0
31
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
31
Collis King
WI
0
31
Vanburn Holder
WI
0
31
Asif Masood
PAK
0
31
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
31
Derek Randall
ENG
0
31
Bev Congdon
NZ
0
31
Peter Petherick
NZ
0
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