Most Wickets in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1986116 entries
163Malcolm MarshallWI2 clear of Sir Richard Hadlee
261Sir Richard HadleeNZ2 off the lead
359Bruce ReidAUS4 off the lead
● LEADS
Malcolm MarshallWI
63 · 2 ahead of Hadlee
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
37
The mark at number ten — 106 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

116 entries, ranked
1Malcolm MarshallWI63
2Sir Richard HadleeNZ61
3Bruce ReidAUS59
4Chetan SharmaIND52
5Imran KhanBHR49
6Kapil DevIND47
6Abdul QadirPAK47
7Ravi ShastriIND45
7Maninder SinghIND45
8Greg MatthewsAUS42
9John EmbureyENG39
10Graham DilleyENG37
10Wasim AkramPAK37
11John BracewellNZ36
11Joel GarnerWI36
11Courtney WalshWI36
12Ewen ChatfieldNZ35
13Steve WaughAUS34
13Roger BinnyIND34
14Phil EdmondsENG30
14Tony GrayWI30
15Ravi RatnayekeSL29
15Simon DavisAUS29
16Patrick PattersonWI28
17Shivlal YadavIND26
17Sir Ian BothamENG26
18Dave GilbertAUS23
19Craig McDermottAUS21
19Tauseef AhmedPAK21
20Neil FosterENG20
20Ashantha de MelSL20
21Michael HoldingWI18
22Stu GillespieNZ17
23Saleem JaffarPAK15
24Derek PringleENG14
25Arjuna RanatungaSL13
25Roger HarperWI13
26Kaushik AmaleanSL12
26Richard EllisonENG12
26Madan LalIND12
27Ray BrightAUS11
27Greg ThomasENG11
27Gladstone SmallENG11
27Martin SneddenNZ11
27Manzoor ElahiPAK11
27Winston BenjaminWI11
28Rumesh RatnayakeSL10
28Zakir KhanPAK10
28Martin CroweNZ10
28Evan GrayNZ10
29Phil DeFreitasENG9
30Mudassar NazarPAK8
30Merv HughesAUS8
31Willie WatsonENG7
31Mohsin KamalPAK7
31Jeremy ConeyNZ7
31Don AnurasiriSL7
31Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL7
32Clyde ButtsWI6
32John LeverENG6
32Chris MatthewsAUS6
32Raju KulkarniIND6
33Mohammad AzharuddinIND5
33Peter SleepAUS5
33Shoaib MohammadPAK5
34Graham GoochENG4
34Bharat ArunIND4
34Mohinder AmarnathIND4
34Graeme LabrooySL4
34Asanka GurusinhaSL4
35Champaka RamanayakeSL3
35Keerthi RanasingheSL3
35Allan BorderAUS3
35Derek StirlingNZ3
35Gary TroupNZ3
35Neal RadfordENG3
36Peter WilleyENG2
36Kirti AzadIND2
36Gopal SharmaIND2
36Sir Viv RichardsWI2
36Asoka de SilvaSL2
36Gazi AshrafBAN2
36Jahangir ShahBAN2
37Bruce BlairNZ1
37Gholam NousherBAN1
37Golam FaruqBAN1
37Larry GomesWI1
37Sir Richie RichardsonWI1
37Roshan JurangpathySL1
37Jayananda WarnaweeraSL1
37Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND1
37Rajinder Singh GhaiIND1
37R.P.SinghIND1
37Bob HollandAUS1
37Stephen BoockNZ1
37Gary RobertsonNZ1
38Ken RutherfordNZ0
38Saleem MalikPAK0
38Asif MujtabaPAK0
38Mike GattingENG0
38David GowerENG0
38Allan LambENG0
38Les TaylorENG0
38John ReidNZ0
38Dean JonesAUS0
38David BoonAUS0
38Geoff LawsonAUS0
38Geoff MarshAUS0
38Glenn TrimbleAUS0
38Kris SrikkanthIND0
38Aravinda de SilvaSL0
38Sidath WettimunySL0
38Athula SamarasekeraSL0
38Gamini PereraSL0
38Raqibul HasanBAN0
38Samiur RahmanBAN0
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