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Most Wickets in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ODI
1981
68 entries
1
25
Greg Chappell
AUS
5 clear of Dennis Lillee
2
20
Dennis Lillee
AUS
5 off the lead
3
14
Martin Snedden
NZ
11 off the lead
● LEADS
Greg Chappell
AUS
25 · 5 ahead of Lillee
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chappell is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
7
The mark at number ten — 58 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
68 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Greg Chappell
AUS
25
2
Dennis Lillee
AUS
20
3
Martin Snedden
NZ
14
4
Trevor Chappell
AUS
13
5
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
12
6
Kapil Dev
IND
11
7
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
10
7
Imran Niazi
BHR
10
7
Geoff Lawson
AUS
10
7
Rodney Hogg
AUS
10
8
Karsan Ghavri
IND
9
8
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
9
8
Colin Croft
WI
9
8
Malcolm Marshall
WI
9
8
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
9
9
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
8
9
Michael Holding
WI
8
9
Terry Alderman
AUS
8
9
Sandeep Patil
IND
8
10
Len Pascoe
AUS
7
10
Lance Cairns
NZ
7
11
Jeremy Coney
NZ
6
11
Jeff Thomson
AUS
6
11
Sir Viv Richards
WI
6
11
Joel Garner
WI
6
11
Bob Willis
ENG
6
11
Sikander Bakht
PAK
6
11
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
6
12
Wasim Raja
PAK
5
12
Graham Gooch
ENG
5
12
Dilip Doshi
IND
5
12
Roger Binny
IND
5
12
Brian McKechnie
NZ
5
13
Gary Troup
NZ
4
13
Graeme Beard
AUS
4
14
Paul McEwan
NZ
3
14
Shaun Graf
AUS
3
14
Derek Underwood
ENG
3
14
Larry Gomes
WI
3
14
John Emburey
ENG
3
14
Robin Jackman
ENG
3
14
Madan Lal
IND
3
15
Graham Stevenson
ENG
2
15
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
2
15
Mike Hendrick
ENG
2
15
Gary Robertson
NZ
2
15
Max Walker
AUS
2
16
Kirti Azad
IND
1
16
Yograj Singh
IND
1
16
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1
16
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
1
16
Chris Old
ENG
1
16
Peter Willey
ENG
1
16
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
1
16
Graham Dilley
ENG
1
17
Majid Khan
PAK
0
17
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
17
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
0
17
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0
17
John Lever
ENG
0
17
David Gower
ENG
0
17
Mark Burgess
NZ
0
17
Suru Nayak
IND
0
17
Randhir Singh
IND
0
17
Ray Bright
AUS
0
17
Bruce Yardley
AUS
0
17
Allan Border
AUS
0
17
Ravi Shastri
IND
0
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