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Most Wickets in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most wickets in 2000 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2000
224 entries
1
109
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
6 clear of Shaun Pollock
2
103
Shaun Pollock
SA
6 off the lead
3
82
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
27 off the lead
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
109 · 6 ahead of Pollock
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
59
The mark at number ten — 214 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
224 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
109
2
Shaun Pollock
SA
103
3
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
82
4
Darren Gough
ENG
76
5
Glenn McGrath
AUS
75
6
Brett Lee
AUS
69
7
Courtney Walsh
WI
68
8
Waqar Younis
PAK
63
8
Jacques Kallis
SA
63
9
Heath Streak
ZIM
62
9
Wasim Akram
PAK
62
10
Andy Caddick
ENG
59
11
Reon King
WI
57
12
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
54
13
Craig White
ENG
53
14
Lance Klusener
SA
52
15
Nicky Boje
SA
46
16
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
45
17
Chris Cairns
NZ
44
17
Arshad Khan
PAK
44
18
Chaminda Vaas
SL
42
18
Anil Kumble
IND
42
18
Ajit Agarkar
IND
42
19
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
40
20
Javagal Srinath
IND
36
21
Franklyn Rose
WI
35
22
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
34
22
Makhaya Ntini
SA
34
22
Allan Donald
SA
34
23
Daniel Vettori
NZ
33
23
Sunil Joshi
IND
33
23
Shane Warne
AUS
33
24
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
32
25
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
31
25
Shahid Afridi
GER
31
26
Nixon McLean
WI
29
26
Nantie Hayward
SA
29
26
Henry Olonga
ZIM
29
27
Paul Wiseman
NZ
27
28
Mervyn Dillon
WI
26
28
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
26
28
Colin Miller
AUS
26
28
Shane Lee
AUS
26
29
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
25
29
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
25
30
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
24
31
Zaheer Khan
IND
23
31
Jason Gillespie
AUS
23
32
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
22
32
Paul Strang
ZIM
22
33
Chris Harris
NZ
21
33
Nathan Astle
NZ
21
34
Upul Chandana
SL
20
34
Brian Murphy
ZIM
20
34
Grant Flower
ZIM
20
34
Ashley Giles
ENG
20
34
Jimmy Adams
WI
20
34
Dominic Cork
ENG
20
34
Mark Ealham
ENG
20
35
Neil Johnson
ZIM
19
36
Roger Telemachus
SA
17
36
Scott Styris
NZ
17
36
Alan Mullally
ENG
17
37
Andrew Symonds
AUS
16
37
Chris Martin
NZ
16
38
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
15
38
Stuart MacGill
AUS
15
39
Damien Fleming
AUS
14
39
Sourav Ganguly
IND
14
39
Hansie Cronje
SA
14
39
Bryan Strang
ZIM
14
39
Gary Brent
ZIM
14
40
Chris Gayle
WI
13
41
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
12
42
Travis Friend
ZIM
11
42
Guy Whittall
ZIM
11
42
Paul Adams
SA
11
43
Craig McMillan
NZ
10
43
Graeme Hick
ENG
10
43
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
10
44
Murali Kartik
IND
9
44
Geoff Allott
NZ
9
44
Steve Elworthy
SA
9
44
Henry Williams
SA
9
45
Dilhara Fernando
SL
8
45
Ed Giddins
ENG
8
45
Mohammad Akram
PAK
8
46
Naimur Rahman
BAN
7
46
Mark Alleyne
ENG
7
46
Ian Harvey
AUS
7
46
Andy Bichel
AUS
7
47
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
6
47
Sarandeep Singh
IND
6
47
Robin Singh
IND
6
47
Chris Silverwood
ENG
6
47
Aamer Sohail
PAK
6
47
Marlon Black
WI
6
48
Kabir Khan
PAK
5
48
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
5
48
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
5
48
Sridharan Sriram
IND
5
48
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
5
48
Dion Nash
NZ
5
48
Brooke Walker
NZ
5
48
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
5
48
Andrew Hall
SA
5
48
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
5
49
Derek Crookes
SA
4
49
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4
49
David Terbrugge
SA
4
49
Debasis Mohanty
IND
4
49
Russel Arnold
SL
4
49
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
4
49
Danish Kaneria
PAK
4
49
Robert Croft
ENG
4
49
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
4
49
Nehemiah Perry
WI
4
50
Ricardo Powell
WI
3
50
Colin Stuart
WI
3
50
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
3
50
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3
50
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3
50
Rahul Dravid
IND
3
50
Nikhil Chopra
IND
3
50
Damien Martyn
AUS
3
50
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
3
50
Simon Doull
NZ
3
51
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2
51
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
2
51
Charl Willoughby
SA
2
51
Pieter Strydom
SA
2
51
John Rennie
ZIM
2
51
Mark Waugh
AUS
2
51
Amit Bhandari
IND
2
51
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
2
51
Greg Blewett
AUS
2
51
Ruchira Perera
SL
2
51
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
2
51
Virender Sehwag
IND
2
51
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
2
51
Irfan Fazil
PAK
2
51
Enamul Haque
BAN
2
51
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
2
51
Marlon Samuels
WI
2
51
Sherwin Campbell
WI
2
52
Wavell Hinds
WI
1
52
Corey Collymore
WI
1
52
Kerry Jeremy
WI
1
52
Phil Tufnell
ENG
1
52
Ian Salisbury
ENG
1
52
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
1
52
Ranjan Das
BAN
1
52
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
1
52
Yasir Arafat
PAK
1
52
Imran Nazir
PAK
1
52
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1
52
Eric Upashantha
SL
1
52
Michael Bevan
AUS
1
52
Adam Dale
AUS
1
52
Steve Waugh
AUS
1
52
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
1
52
Andy Whittall
ZIM
1
52
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1
52
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
1
52
Daryll Cullinan
SA
1
52
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
1
52
Tony Suji
KEN
1
53
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
0
53
Ravi Shah
KEN
0
53
Martin Suji
KEN
0
53
Steve Tikolo
KEN
0
53
Lameck Onyango
KEN
0
53
Clive Eksteen
SA
0
53
Andrew Penn
NZ
0
53
Warren Wisneski
NZ
0
53
Mark Richardson
NZ
0
53
Hamish Marshall
NZ
0
53
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
0
53
Rangana Herath
SL
0
53
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
0
53
David Mutendera
ZIM
0
53
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
0
53
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
0
53
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
0
53
Shafiek Abrahams
SA
0
53
Dale Benkenstein
SA
0
53
Neil McKenzie
SA
0
53
Michael Slater
AUS
0
53
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0
53
Matthew Hayden
AUS
0
53
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0
53
Hemang Badani
IND
0
53
Mohammad Kaif
IND
0
53
Shiv Sunder Das
IND
0
53
VVS Laxman
IND
0
53
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
0
53
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
0
53
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
0
53
Ajay Jadeja
IND
0
53
Aashish Kapoor
IND
0
53
Younis Khan
PAK
0
53
Qaiser Abbas
PAK
0
53
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
0
53
Manjurul Islam
BAN
0
53
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
0
53
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
0
53
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0
53
Wajahatullah Wasti
PAK
0
53
Mark Butcher
ENG
0
53
Chris Adams
ENG
0
53
Michael Vaughan
ENG
0
53
Chris Schofield
ENG
0
53
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
0
53
Graeme Swann
ENG
0
53
Paul Franks
ENG
0
53
Paul Grayson
ENG
0
53
Aminul Islam
BAN
0
53
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0
53
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
0
53
Laurie Williams
WI
0
53
Pedro Collins
WI
0
53
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
0
53
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0
53
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
0
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