Most Wickets in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The most wickets in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS1987125 entries
177Abdul QadirPAK11 clear of Imran Niazi
266Imran NiaziBHR11 off the lead
362Wasim AkramPAK15 off the lead
● LEADS
Abdul QadirPAK
77 · 11 ahead of Niazi
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Qadir is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
41
The mark at number ten — 115 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

125 entries, ranked
1Abdul QadirPAK77
2Imran NiaziBHR66
3Wasim AkramPAK62
3Courtney WalshWI62
4Maninder SinghIND58
5John EmbureyENG57
6Neil FosterENG52
7Ravi ShastriIND49
8Phil DeFreitasENG46
9Kapil DevIND45
10Sir Richard HadleeNZ41
11Graham DilleyENG40
12Patrick PattersonWI39
12Tauseef AhmedPAK39
13Steve WaughAUS37
14Craig McDermottAUS36
15Simon O'DonnellAUS30
16Joel GarnerWI29
17Bruce ReidAUS27
18Malcolm MarshallWI24
19Gladstone SmallENG23
20Peter TaylorAUS22
20Iqbal QasimPAK22
21Ravi RatnayekeSL20
21Sir Ian BothamENG20
22Ewen ChatfieldNZ19
22Saleem JaffarPAK19
22Sir Viv RichardsWI19
22Tony GrayWI19
23Mudassar NazarPAK18
23Chetan SharmaIND18
24Shivlal YadavIND17
24Roger HarperWI17
25Eddie HemmingsENG16
26Greg MatthewsAUS15
27Mohsin KamalPAK14
28Carl HooperWI13
28Phil EdmondsENG13
28John BracewellNZ13
28Martin SneddenNZ13
29Stephen BoockNZ12
29Peter SleepAUS12
29Gopal SharmaIND12
30Don AnurasiriSL11
31Manoj PrabhakarIND10
32Raju KulkarniIND9
32Roger BinnyIND9
32Nick CookENG9
32Winston BenjaminWI9
33Winston DavisWI8
33Rumesh RatnayakeSL8
33Danny MorrisonNZ8
33David CapelENG8
33Tim MayAUS8
34Tony DodemaideAUS7
34Simon DavisAUS7
34Mike WhitneyAUS7
34Allan BorderAUS7
34Merv HughesAUS7
34Willie WatsonENG7
34Michael HoldingWI7
34Graeme LabrooySL7
35Manzoor ElahiPAK6
35John TraicosSA6
35Mohammad AzharuddinIND6
36Arshad AyubIND5
36Dipak PatelNZ5
36Ali ShahZIM5
37Kevin CurranZIM4
37Peter RawsonZIM4
37Clyde ButtsWI4
37Arjuna RanatungaSL4
37Sridharan JeganathanSL4
37Mike GattingENG4
37Ken MacLeayAUS4
37Mohinder AmarnathIND4
38Aravinda de SilvaSL3
38Iain ButchartZIM3
38Zahid AhmedPAK3
39Eddo BrandesZIM2
39Malcolm JarvisZIM2
39Larry GomesWI2
39Ijaz FaqihPAK2
39Saleem MalikPAK2
39Shoaib MohammadPAK2
39Madan LalIND2
39Kris SrikkanthIND2
39Dean JonesAUS2
39Greg ThomasENG2
39Jeremy ConeyNZ2
39Martin CroweNZ2
40Evan GrayNZ1
40Javed MiandadPAK1
40Derek PringleENG1
40Andrew ZesersAUS1
40Graham GoochENG1
40Anshuman GaekwadIND1
40Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND1
40Bharat ArunIND1
40Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK1
40Mansoor AkhtarPAK1
40Ashantha de MelSL1
40Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL1
40Asanka GurusinhaSL1
40Vinothen JohnSL1
40Shakeel KhanPAK1
41Babu MemanZIM0
41Aamer MalikPAK0
41Asoka de SilvaSL0
41Eldine BaptisteWI0
41Sir Richie RichardsonWI0
41Roy DiasSL0
41Ranjan MadugalleSL0
41Asif MujtabaPAK0
41Lalchand RajputIND0
41Sunil GavaskarIND0
41Arun LalIND0
41Tom MoodyAUS0
41David BoonAUS0
41Martyn MoxonENG0
41Chris BroadENG0
41Bill AtheyENG0
41Allan LambENG0
41Younis AhmedPAK0
41Ken RutherfordNZ0
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