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Most Wickets in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most wickets in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ODI
1985
95 entries
1
35
Michael Holding
WI
level with Joel Garner
1
35
Joel Garner
WI
2
28
Craig McDermott
AUS
7 off the lead
● LEADS
Michael Holding
WI
35 · level with Garner
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
15
The mark at number ten — 85 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
95 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Michael Holding
WI
35
1
Joel Garner
WI
35
2
Craig McDermott
AUS
28
3
Winston Davis
WI
24
4
Geoff Lawson
AUS
23
5
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
22
5
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
22
5
Imran Niazi
BHR
22
5
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
22
6
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
21
6
Kapil Dev
IND
21
7
Ravi Shastri
IND
20
8
Malcolm Marshall
WI
18
8
Sir Viv Richards
WI
18
9
Roger Harper
WI
17
9
Wasim Akram
PAK
17
10
Rodney Hogg
AUS
15
10
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
15
11
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
14
12
Vinothen John
SL
13
12
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
13
13
Roger Binny
IND
12
13
Rod McCurdy
AUS
12
13
Ashantha de Mel
SL
12
13
Norman Cowans
ENG
12
14
Abdul Qadir
PAK
11
15
Madan Lal
IND
10
15
Lance Cairns
NZ
10
16
Jeremy Coney
NZ
9
16
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
9
17
Phil Edmonds
ENG
8
17
Shaul Karnain
SL
8
18
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
7
18
Courtney Walsh
WI
7
18
Richard Ellison
ENG
7
18
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
7
19
Chetan Sharma
IND
6
19
Somachandra De Silva
SL
6
19
Kepler Wessels
AUS
6
19
Neil Foster
ENG
6
19
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
6
20
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
5
20
Gary Troup
NZ
5
20
Vic Marks
ENG
5
20
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
5
20
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
5
21
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
4
21
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4
21
Greg Matthews
AUS
4
21
Murray Bennett
AUS
4
21
Terry Alderman
AUS
4
21
Derek Pringle
ENG
4
21
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
4
21
Tony Gray
WI
4
21
Norman Gifford
ENG
4
21
Eldine Baptiste
WI
4
21
John Bracewell
NZ
4
22
Peter Willey
ENG
3
22
Larry Gomes
WI
3
22
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
3
22
Wasim Raja
PAK
3
22
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
3
22
Allan Border
AUS
3
22
Roy Dias
SL
3
22
Zakir Khan
PAK
3
23
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2
23
Bob Holland
AUS
2
23
Gopal Sharma
IND
2
23
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
2
23
Graham Gooch
ENG
2
23
Paul Allott
ENG
2
23
Martin Snedden
NZ
2
24
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1
24
Paul McEwan
NZ
1
24
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1
24
Clive Lloyd
WI
1
24
Ashok Patel
IND
1
24
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
1
24
Jeff Thomson
AUS
1
24
Carl Rackemann
AUS
1
24
Saleem Malik
PAK
1
25
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
0
25
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0
25
David Boon
AUS
0
25
Gus Logie
WI
0
25
Desmond Haynes
WI
0
25
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
25
Pat Pocock
ENG
0
25
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
25
Rob Bailey
ENG
0
25
Rashid Khan
AFG
0
25
John Wright
NZ
0
25
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0
25
Saliya Ahangama
SL
0
25
Granville De Silva
SL
0
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