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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.
ODI
1986
95 entries
1
32
Kapil Dev
IND
1 clear of Chetan Sharma
2
31
Chetan Sharma
IND
1 off the lead
2
31
Bruce Reid
AUS
1 off the lead
● LEADS
Kapil Dev
IND
32 · 1 ahead of Sharma
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
16
The mark at number ten — 85 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
95 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Kapil Dev
IND
32
2
Chetan Sharma
IND
31
2
Bruce Reid
AUS
31
3
Simon Davis
AUS
29
4
Ravi Shastri
IND
26
4
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
26
5
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
24
5
Abdul Qadir
PAK
24
6
Wasim Akram
PAK
23
7
Roger Binny
IND
22
8
Malcolm Marshall
WI
20
8
Courtney Walsh
WI
20
9
Steve Waugh
AUS
18
9
Greg Matthews
AUS
18
9
Dave Gilbert
AUS
18
10
Maninder Singh
IND
16
10
Tony Gray
WI
16
10
Imran Niazi
BHR
16
10
Stu Gillespie
NZ
16
11
John Bracewell
NZ
15
12
Craig McDermott
AUS
14
12
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
14
13
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
13
14
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
11
14
Winston Benjamin
WI
11
14
Martin Snedden
NZ
11
14
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
11
15
Martin Crowe
NZ
10
16
Ashantha de Mel
SL
9
16
Kaushik Amalean
SL
9
16
Joel Garner
WI
9
16
Madan Lal
IND
9
17
Neil Foster
ENG
8
18
Roger Harper
WI
7
18
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
7
18
Zakir Khan
PAK
7
18
Don Anurasiri
SL
7
19
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
6
19
Patrick Patterson
WI
6
19
John Emburey
ENG
6
20
Graham Dilley
ENG
5
20
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
5
20
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
5
20
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
5
20
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
5
20
Evan Gray
NZ
5
21
Jeremy Coney
NZ
4
21
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4
21
Richard Ellison
ENG
4
22
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3
22
Shivlal Yadav
IND
3
22
Raju Kulkarni
IND
3
22
Allan Border
AUS
3
22
Graeme Labrooy
SL
3
22
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
3
22
Willie Watson
ENG
3
22
Keerthi Ranasinghe
SL
3
23
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
2
23
Gopal Sharma
IND
2
23
Kirti Azad
IND
2
23
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2
23
Michael Holding
WI
2
23
Gazi Ashraf
BAN
2
23
Jahangir Shah
BAN
2
24
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1
24
Golam Faruq
BAN
1
24
Greg Thomas
ENG
1
24
Larry Gomes
WI
1
24
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1
24
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
1
24
Peter Willey
ENG
1
24
Graham Gooch
ENG
1
24
Derek Pringle
ENG
1
24
Bharat Arun
IND
1
24
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
1
24
R.P.Singh
IND
1
24
Ray Bright
AUS
1
24
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1
24
Stephen Boock
NZ
1
24
Bruce Blair
NZ
1
25
Gary Robertson
NZ
0
25
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0
25
Gamini Perera
SL
0
25
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
25
David Boon
AUS
0
25
Geoff Marsh
AUS
0
25
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0
25
Asoka de Silva
SL
0
25
Glenn Trimble
AUS
0
25
David Gower
ENG
0
25
Les Taylor
ENG
0
25
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
0
25
Samiur Rahman
BAN
0
25
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0
25
Saleem Malik
PAK
0
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