Most Wickets in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1989119 entries
176Terry AldermanAUS23 clear of Merv Hughes
253Merv HughesAUS23 off the lead
349Imran NiaziBHR27 off the lead
● LEADS
Terry AldermanAUS
76 · 23 ahead of Hughes
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Alderman is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
35
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

119 entries, ranked
1Terry AldermanAUS76
2Merv HughesAUS53
3Imran NiaziBHR49
4Wasim AkramPAK48
4Ian BishopWI48
5Courtney WalshWI47
6Kapil DevIND46
7Sir Curtly AmbroseWI44
8Geoff LawsonAUS41
9Malcolm MarshallWI40
10Abdul QadirPAK35
11Manoj PrabhakarIND33
12Sir Viv RichardsWI29
13Allan BorderAUS27
14Arshad AyubIND25
15Aaqib JavedPAK23
16Saleem JaffarPAK18
16Waqar YounisPAK18
16Neil FosterENG18
16Simon O'DonnellAUS18
17Trevor HohnsAUS17
17Ravi ShastriIND17
18Winston BenjaminWI16
18Peter TaylorAUS16
18Graeme LabrooySL16
19Danny MorrisonNZ15
19Chetan SharmaIND15
20John EmbureyENG14
21Angus FraserENG13
22Phil DeFreitasENG12
22Mushtaq AhmedPAK12
22Ajay SharmaIND12
22Ravi RatnayekeSL12
23Steve WaughAUS11
23Gladstone SmallENG11
24Sir Richard HadleeNZ10
25Rumesh RatnayakeSL9
25Mike WhitneyAUS9
25Carl RackemannAUS9
25Martin SneddenNZ9
26Aravinda de SilvaSL8
26Derek PringleENG8
27Nick CookENG7
27Narendra HirwaniIND7
27Tauseef AhmedPAK7
27Shoaib MohammadPAK7
27Asoka de SilvaSL7
27Greg CampbellAUS7
27Kapila WijegunawardeneSL7
27Arjuna RanatungaSL7
28Vivek RazdanIND6
28Graham GoochENG6
29Sir Ian BothamENG5
29Carl HooperWI5
29Graham DilleyENG5
29David CapelENG5
29Akram RazaPAK5
29Mudassar NazarPAK5
29Maninder SinghIND5
29Peter SleepAUS5
29Salil AnkolaIND5
29Craig McDermottAUS5
29Tim MayAUS5
29Asanka GurusinhaSL5
30Champaka RamanayakeSL4
30Gary RobertsonNZ4
30Kris SrikkanthIND4
30Naved AnjumPAK4
30Eldine BaptisteWI4
31Robert HaynesWI3
31Eddie HemmingsENG3
31Alan IgglesdenENG3
31Aamer MalikPAK3
31Mohinder AmarnathIND3
31Willie WatsonENG3
31Greg MatthewsAUS3
32Dean JonesAUS2
32Ewen ChatfieldNZ2
32Tom MoodyAUS2
32John BracewellNZ2
32Shahid MahboobPAK2
32Zakir KhanPAK2
32Saleem MalikPAK2
32Phil NewportENG2
32Paul JarvisENG2
32Phil SimmonsWI2
33Patrick PattersonWI1
33Devon MalcolmENG1
33Javed MiandadPAK1
33Sikander BakhtPAK1
33Shahid SaeedPAK1
33Chris KuggeleijnNZ1
33Dipak PatelNZ1
33Stephen BoockNZ1
33Nilantha RatnayakeSL1
33Lalithamana FernandoSL1
33Raman LambaIND1
33Margashayam VenkataramanaIND1
34Sachin TendulkarIND0
34Robin SinghIND0
34Athula SamarasekeraSL0
34Don AnurasiriSL0
34Roshan MahanamaSL0
34Andrew JonesNZ0
34Chris CairnsNZ0
34Mohsin KamalPAK0
34Sohail FazalPAK0
34Woorkeri RamanIND0
34Sanjeev SharmaIND0
34Sanjay ManjrekarIND0
34Mohammad AzharuddinIND0
34Kiran MoreIND0
34Mike AthertonENG0
34Tim CurtisENG0
34Kim BarnettENG0
34Carlisle BestWI0
34Sir Richie RichardsonWI0
34Roger HarperWI0
34Keith ArthurtonWI0
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