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Most Wickets in 1991: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1991 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ODI
1991
91 entries
1
30
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
7 clear of Kapil Dev
2
23
Kapil Dev
IND
7 off the lead
2
23
Craig McDermott
AUS
7 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
30 · 7 ahead of Dev
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ambrose is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
10
The mark at number ten — 81 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
91 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
30
2
Kapil Dev
IND
23
2
Craig McDermott
AUS
23
3
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
21
4
Carl Hooper
WI
19
5
Aaqib Javed
PAK
18
5
Peter Taylor
AUS
18
6
Chris Pringle
NZ
16
7
Steve Waugh
AUS
15
7
Mark Waugh
AUS
15
7
Malcolm Marshall
WI
15
8
Patrick Patterson
WI
14
8
Javagal Srinath
IND
14
9
Waqar Younis
PAK
11
10
Wasim Akram
PAK
10
10
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
10
11
Ravi Shastri
IND
9
11
Mike Whitney
AUS
9
11
Bruce Reid
AUS
9
11
Chris Harris
NZ
9
11
Allan Donald
SA
9
12
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
8
12
Angus Fraser
ENG
8
12
Tony Gray
WI
8
13
Ian Bishop
WI
7
13
Martin Bicknell
ENG
7
13
Willie Watson
ENG
7
14
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
6
14
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
6
14
Phil Tufnell
ENG
6
14
Anderson Cummins
WI
6
14
Chris Cairns
NZ
6
15
Gavin Larsen
NZ
5
15
Graham Gooch
ENG
5
16
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
4
16
Courtney Walsh
WI
4
16
Phil Simmons
WI
4
16
Chris Lewis
ENG
4
16
David Lawrence
ENG
4
16
Anil Kumble
IND
4
16
Subroto Banerjee
IND
4
16
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
4
16
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
4
17
Asoka de Silva
SL
3
17
Tom Moody
AUS
3
17
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3
17
Allan Border
AUS
3
17
Terry Alderman
AUS
3
17
Merv Hughes
AUS
3
17
Richard Illingworth
ENG
3
17
Imran Niazi
BHR
3
17
Keith Arthurton
WI
3
17
Richard Petrie
NZ
3
18
Clive Rice
SA
2
18
Graeme Labrooy
SL
2
18
Derek Pringle
ENG
2
18
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
2
18
Akram Raza
PAK
2
18
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2
18
Andrew Jones
NZ
2
18
Danny Morrison
NZ
2
19
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
1
19
Martin Crowe
NZ
1
19
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1
19
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1
19
Carl Rackemann
AUS
1
19
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
1
19
Atul Wassan
IND
1
19
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
1
19
Narendra Hirwani
IND
1
19
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1
19
Saleem Malik
PAK
1
19
Gladstone Small
ENG
1
19
Robert Haynes
WI
1
19
Ezra Moseley
WI
1
19
Winston Benjamin
WI
1
19
Craig Matthews
SA
1
19
Tim Shaw
SA
1
19
Richard Reid
NZ
1
19
Peter Kirsten
SA
1
19
Adrian Kuiper
SA
1
19
Richard Snell
SA
1
20
Brian McMillan
SA
0
20
Clive Eksteen
SA
0
20
Dermot Reeve
ENG
0
20
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0
20
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0
20
Aamer Sohail
PAK
0
20
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
20
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
0
20
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
0
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