Most Wickets in 1988: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1988, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1988119 entries
177Sir Curtly AmbroseWI7 clear of Malcolm Marshall
270Malcolm MarshallWI7 off the lead
351Courtney WalshWI26 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly AmbroseWI
77 · 7 ahead of Marshall
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
36
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

119 entries, ranked
1Sir Curtly AmbroseWI77
2Malcolm MarshallWI70
3Courtney WalshWI51
3Narendra HirwaniIND51
4Ewen ChatfieldNZ45
4Patrick PattersonWI45
5Winston BenjaminWI43
6Steve WaughAUS42
7Tony DodemaideAUS41
8Arshad AyubIND39
9Abdul QadirPAK38
10Martin SneddenNZ36
10Graham DilleyENG36
11Imran NiaziBHR35
12Craig McDermottAUS34
13Sir Richard HadleeNZ33
14Kapil DevIND32
15Ravi RatnayekeSL28
16Wasim AkramPAK27
16Peter TaylorAUS27
17Merv HughesAUS24
18John EmbureyENG23
19Tim MayAUS21
20Derek PringleENG20
20Danny MorrisonNZ20
20Graeme LabrooySL20
21Carl HooperWI19
21Willie WatsonENG19
21Kris SrikkanthIND19
21Sanjeev SharmaIND19
22Paul JarvisENG18
22Sir Viv RichardsWI18
23John BracewellNZ17
24Neil FosterENG16
24Champaka RamanayakeSL16
25Phil DeFreitasENG15
25Iqbal QasimPAK15
26Tauseef AhmedPAK14
26Maninder SinghIND14
26Bruce ReidAUS14
27Ravi ShastriIND13
27Mudassar NazarPAK13
27Gladstone SmallENG13
27David CapelENG13
28Chris KuggeleijnNZ12
28Aravinda de SilvaSL12
29Arjuna RanatungaSL11
29Saleem JaffarPAK11
30Mike WhitneyAUS10
31Terry AldermanAUS8
31Simon DavisAUS8
31Kapila WijegunawardeneSL8
31Winston DavisWI8
32Roger HarperWI7
32Mohinder AmarnathIND7
32Stu GillespieNZ7
32Ken RutherfordNZ7
32Phil NewportENG7
33Evan GrayNZ6
33Dipak PatelNZ6
33Ian BishopWI6
34Tony GrayWI5
34Eldine BaptisteWI5
34Shoaib MohammadPAK5
35Asoka de SilvaSL4
35Kaushik AmaleanSL4
35Chetan SharmaIND4
35Peter SleepAUS4
35Woorkeri RamanIND4
36Geoff LawsonAUS3
36Allan BorderAUS3
36Eddie HemmingsENG3
36Graham GoochENG3
36John ChildsENG3
36David LawrenceENG3
36Neal RadfordENG3
36Athula SamarasekeraSL3
36Saleem MalikPAK3
36Azhar HossainBAN3
36Haafiz ShahidPAK3
37Phil SimmonsWI2
37Naved AnjumPAK2
37Ranjith MadurasingheSL2
37Ijaz FaqihPAK2
37Mike GattingENG2
37Margashayam VenkataramanaIND2
38Ajay SharmaIND1
38Mohammad AzharuddinIND1
38Vaughan BrownNZ1
38Stephen BoockNZ1
38Gholam NousherBAN1
38Sridharan JeganathanSL1
38Don AnurasiriSL1
38Manzoor ElahiPAK1
38Aamer MalikPAK1
38Aaqib JavedPAK1
38Athar Ali KhanBAN1
39Wahidul GaniBAN0
39Zakir KhanPAK0
39Ramiz RajaPAK0
39Mohsin KamalPAK0
39Roshan MahanamaSL0
39Asanka GurusinhaSL0
39Sanath KaluperumaSL0
39Golam FaruqBAN0
39Jahangir ShahBAN0
39Minhajul AbedinBAN0
39Clyde ButtsWI0
39Akram KhanBAN0
39Aminul IslamBAN0
39Martyn MoxonENG0
39Chris CowdreyENG0
39Neil FairbrotherENG0
39Andrew JonesNZ0
39Javed MiandadPAK0
39Rashid PatelIND0
39Vic MarksENG0
39Dean JonesAUS0
39Chris MatthewsAUS0
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