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.
TEST197983 entries
174Kapil DevIND32 clear of Sir Ian Botham
242Sir Ian BothamENG32 off the lead
341Geoff DymockAUS33 off the lead
● LEADS
Kapil DevIND
74 · 32 ahead of Botham
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Dev is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
30
The mark at number ten — 73 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

83 entries, ranked
1Kapil DevIND74
2Sir Ian BothamENG42
3Geoff DymockAUS41
4Dilip DoshiIND40
5Karsan GhavriIND39
6Rodney HoggAUS37
7Sikander BakhtPAK36
8Jim HiggsAUS33
9Shivlal YadavIND32
10Alan HurstAUS30
11Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND23
11Mike HendrickENG23
12Imran NiaziBHR22
13Sarfraz NawazPAK21
14Bob WillisENG18
14Sir Richard HadleeNZ18
15Geoff MillerENG14
16John EmbureyENG13
16Dennis LilleeAUS13
16Bruce YardleyAUS13
17Mushtaq MohammadPAK11
17Iqbal QasimPAK11
17Joel GarnerWI11
17Norbert PhillipWI11
18Colin CroftWI10
19Sylvester ClarkeWI9
19Wasim RajaPAK9
19Lance CairnsNZ9
19Roger BinnyIND9
20EhteshamuddinPAK8
20Michael HoldingWI8
21Jeff ThomsonAUS7
21Bishan BediIND7
22Allan BorderAUS6
22Sir Andy RobertsNZ6
22Phil EdmondsENG6
23Mudassar NazarPAK5
23Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5
24Derek UnderwoodENG4
24Stephen BoockNZ4
25Jeremy ConeyNZ3
25Graham DilleyENG3
25Asif IqbalPAK3
25Majid KhanPAK3
25Gary TroupNZ3
25Raphick JumadeenWI3
25Vanburn HolderWI3
25Mohinder AmarnathIND3
25Derick ParryWI3
26Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND2
26Greg ChappellAUS2
26Phil CarlsonAUS2
26Peter SleepAUS2
26Ray BrightAUS2
26Abdul QadirPAK2
26Peter WilleyENG2
26John LeverENG2
27Graham GoochENG1
27Brendon BracewellNZ1
27Javed MiandadPAK1
27Larry GomesWI1
27Collis KingWI1
27Wayne ClarkAUS1
27Graham YallopAUS1
27Dhiraj ParsanaIND1
27Chetan ChauhanIND1
27Gundappa ViswanathIND1
27Malcolm MarshallWI1
28Sew ShivnarineWI0
28Sunil GavaskarIND0
28Anshuman GaekwadIND0
28Dilip VengsarkarIND0
28Yajurvindra SinghIND0
28David HookesAUS0
28Peter TooheyAUS0
28Kim HughesAUS0
28Dav WhatmoreAUS0
28Julien WienerAUS0
28Geoff BoycottENG0
28Alvin KallicharranWI0
28Anwar KhanPAK0
28Geoff HowarthNZ0
28Alan ButcherENG0
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