Most Wickets in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979112 entries
176Kapil DevIND18 clear of Sir Ian Botham
258Sir Ian BothamENG18 off the lead
350Geoff DymockAUS26 off the lead
● LEADS
Kapil DevIND
76 · 18 ahead of Botham
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Dev is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
33
The mark at number ten — 102 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

112 entries, ranked
1Kapil DevIND76
2Sir Ian BothamENG58
3Geoff DymockAUS50
4Rodney HoggAUS46
5Sikander BakhtPAK43
6Alan HurstAUS40
6Dilip DoshiIND40
7Karsan GhavriIND39
8Mike HendrickENG38
9Bob WillisENG34
10Jim HiggsAUS33
11Shivlal YadavIND32
12Imran NiaziBHR27
13Dennis LilleeAUS26
14Sarfraz NawazPAK25
14Joel GarnerWI25
15Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND23
15Sir Richard HadleeNZ23
16Michael HoldingWI22
17Colin CroftWI21
18Sir Andy RobertsNZ20
19Lance CairnsNZ16
20Geoff MillerENG15
21John EmbureyENG13
21Bruce YardleyAUS13
22Asif IqbalPAK12
23Iqbal QasimPAK11
23Mushtaq MohammadPAK11
23Chris OldENG11
23Norbert PhillipWI11
24Phil EdmondsENG10
24Majid KhanPAK10
24Allan BorderAUS10
25Jeff ThomsonAUS9
25Roger BinnyIND9
25Wasim RajaPAK9
25Derek UnderwoodENG9
25Sylvester ClarkeWI9
25Brian McKechnieNZ9
26EhteshamuddinPAK8
26Graham DilleyENG8
26Len PascoeAUS8
26Gary CosierAUS8
27Bishan BediIND7
27Mohinder AmarnathIND7
27Peter WilleyENG7
27Gary TroupNZ7
28Jeremy ConeyNZ6
28Mudassar NazarPAK6
28John LeverENG6
28Sir Viv RichardsWI6
28Collis KingWI6
28Derick ParryWI6
29Geoff BoycottENG5
29Graham GoochENG5
29Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5
29Greg ChappellAUS5
29Trevor LaughlinAUS5
30Phil CarlsonAUS4
30Stephen BoockNZ4
31Graeme PorterAUS3
31Ray BrightAUS3
31Somachandra De SilvaSL3
31Raphick JumadeenWI3
31Vanburn HolderWI3
31Warren StottNZ3
31Tony OpathaSL3
31John ValentineCAN3
32Stanley De SilvaSL2
32Cornelius HenryCAN2
32Peter SleepAUS2
32Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND2
32Abdul QadirPAK2
33Javed MiandadPAK1
33Brendon BracewellNZ1
33Ewen ChatfieldNZ1
33Derek RandallENG1
33Dhiraj ParsanaIND1
33Chetan ChauhanIND1
33Gundappa ViswanathIND1
33Wayne ClarkAUS1
33Graham YallopAUS1
33Malcolm MarshallWI1
33Robert CallenderCAN1
33Ajit de SilvaSL1
33Bandula WarnapuraSL1
33Larry GomesWI1
34Clive LloydWI0
34Alvin KallicharranWI0
34John VaughanCAN0
34Sudath PasqualSL0
34Ranjan GunatillekeSL0
34Sew ShivnarineWI0
34Jitendra PatelCAN0
34Glenroy SealyCAN0
34Martin SteadCAN0
34David HookesAUS0
34Kim HughesAUS0
34Max WalkerAUS0
34Peter TooheyAUS0
34Dav WhatmoreAUS0
34Julien WienerAUS0
34Sunil GavaskarIND0
34Anshuman GaekwadIND0
34Dilip VengsarkarIND0
34Yajurvindra SinghIND0
34Doug WaltersAUS0
34Wayne LarkinsENG0
34Alan ButcherENG0
34Geoff HowarthNZ0
34John MorrisonNZ0
34Anwar KhanPAK0
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