Most Wickets in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The most wickets in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Most Wickets	Player Name	Team Name
1	68	Shane Warne	Australia
2	63	Glenn McGrath	Australia
3	40	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
4	38	Allan Donald	South Africa
5	36	Anil Kumble	India
5	36	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
6	35	Darren Gough	England
7	32	Andy Caddick	England
7	32	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
7	32	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
8	30	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
8	30	Jason Gillespie	Australia
9	29	Simon Doull	New Zealand
9	29	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
10	28	Ian Bishop	West Indies
11	26	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
11	26	Paul Reiffel	Australia
12	25	Abey Kuruvilla	India
13	24	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
14	23	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
14	23	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
14	23	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
15	22	Javagal Srinath	India
16	21	Venkatesh Prasad	India
16	21	Michael Bevan	Australia
16	21	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
16	21	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
17	18	Phil Tufnell	England
17	18	Robert Croft	England
18	17	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
19	16	Pat Symcox	South Africa
19	16	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
19	16	Dean Headley	England
19	16	Heath Davis	New Zealand
20	15	Paul Adams	South Africa
21	14	Carl Hooper	West Indies
21	14	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
22	13	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
23	12	Lance Klusener	South Africa
23	12	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
24	11	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
24	11	Sunil Joshi	India
24	11	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
25	10	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
26	9	Rajesh Chauhan	India
26	9	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
26	9	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
27	8	Mark Ealham	England
28	7	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
28	7	Dominic Cork	England
28	7	Simon Cook	Australia
28	7	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
28	7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
28	7	Brett Schultz	South Africa
28	7	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
29	6	Brian McMillan	South Africa
29	6	Devon Malcolm	England
29	6	Sourav Ganguly	India
29	6	Steve Waugh	Australia
29	6	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
30	5	Dodda Ganesh	India
30	5	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
31	4	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
31	4	Mark Waugh	Australia
31	4	Debasis Mohanty	India
32	3	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
32	3	Alan Mullally	England
32	3	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
32	3	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
32	3	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
32	3	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
33	2	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
33	2	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
33	2	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
33	2	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
33	2	Ali Hussain Rizvi	Pakistan
33	2	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
33	2	Adam Hollioake	England
33	2	Ben Hollioake	England
33	2	Greg Blewett	Australia
33	2	Craig White	England
34	1	Andy Bichel	Australia
34	1	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
34	1	Chris Harris	New Zealand
34	1	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
34	1	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
34	1	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
34	1	Phil Simmons	West Indies
34	1	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
35	0	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
35	0	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
35	0	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
35	0	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
35	0	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
35	0	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
35	0	Mike Smith	Scotland
35	0	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
35	0	Brian Lara	West Indies
35	0	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
35	0	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
35	0	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
35	0	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
35	0	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
35	0	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
35	0	Adam Bacher	South Africa
35	0	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
35	0	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
35	0	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
35	0	David Sewell	New Zealand
35	0	Matt Horne	New Zealand
35	0	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
35	0	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
35	0	Mark Butcher	England
35	0	VVS Laxman	India
35	0	Rahul Dravid	India
35	0	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
35	0	Woorkeri Raman	India
35	0	Sachin Tendulkar	India
35	0	Shaun Young	Australia
35	0	Matthew Elliott	Australia
35	0	Peter Martin	England
35	0	Graham Thorpe	England