Most Wickets in 1981 for all time

Position	Most Wickets	Player Name	Team Name
1	105	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	71	Sir Ian Botham	England
3	62	Terry Alderman	Australia
4	44	Kapil Dev	India
5	39	Bob Willis	England
6	36	Michael Holding	West Indies
6	36	Colin Croft	West Indies
7	31	Dilip Doshi	India
8	30	Bruce Yardley	Australia
8	30	Graham Dilley	England
9	28	Greg Chappell	Australia
10	26	Imran Khan
11	24	John Emburey	England
12	23	Len Pascoe	Australia
12	23	Geoff Lawson	Australia
13	22	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
14	21	Martin Snedden	New Zealand
14	21	Ravi Shastri	India
14	21	Joel Garner	West Indies
15	20	Karsan Ghavri	India
15	20	Lance Cairns	New Zealand
16	19	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan
17	18	Rodney Hogg	Australia
18	17	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
19	16	Sandeep Patil	India
20	15	Madan Lal	India
21	13	Trevor Chappell	Australia
22	12	Ray Bright	Australia
22	12	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
23	11	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
23	11	Jeff Thomson	Australia
23	11	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan
24	10	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
25	9	Wasim Raja	Pakistan
25	9	Gary Troup	New Zealand
25	9	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand
25	9	John Bracewell	New Zealand
25	9	Robin Jackman	England
25	9	Derek Underwood	England
25	9	Shivlal Yadav	India
26	8	Roger Binny	India
26	8	Mike Hendrick	England
26	8	Jeremy Coney	New Zealand
27	7	Graham Gooch	England
27	7	John Lever	England
27	7	Chris Old	England
28	6	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
29	5	Graham Stevenson	England
29	5	Mike Whitney	Australia
29	5	Brian McKechnie	New Zealand
30	4	Graeme Beard	Australia
30	4	Jim Higgs	Australia
30	4	Paul Allott	England
30	4	Larry Gomes	West Indies
31	3	Ijaz Faqih	Pakistan
31	3	Paul McEwan	New Zealand
31	3	Peter Willey	England
31	3	Shaun Graf	Australia
32	2	Max Walker	Australia
32	2	Kirti Azad	India
32	2	Yograj Singh	India
32	2	Gary Robertson	New Zealand
33	1	Geoff Howarth	New Zealand
33	1	Tahir Naqqash	Pakistan
33	1	Alvin Kallicharran	West Indies
33	1	Geoff Miller	England
33	1	Chetan Chauhan	India
33	1	Allan Border	Australia
34	0	Bruce Laird	Australia
34	0	Geoff Boycott	England
34	0	Graham Yallop	Australia
34	0	Kim Hughes	Australia
34	0	Sunil Gavaskar	India
34	0	Dilip Vengsarkar	India
34	0	Yashpal Sharma	India
34	0	Kris Srikkanth	India
34	0	Suru Nayak	India
34	0	Randhir Singh	India
34	0	Doug Walters	Australia
34	0	Mark Burgess	New Zealand
34	0	Mike Gatting	England
34	0	David Gower	England
34	0	Javed Miandad	Pakistan
34	0	Majid Khan	Pakistan
34	0	Everton Mattis	West Indies
34	0	Desmond Haynes	West Indies