Most Wickets in 2006: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 2006, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Most Wickets	Player Name	Team Name
1	128	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
2	86	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
3	81	Brett Lee	Australia
4	69	Jerome Taylor	West Indies
5	61	Sreesanth	India
6	60	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
7	59	Anil Kumble	India
8	58	Stuart Clark	Australia
9	53	Irfan Pathan	India
9	53	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh
10	52	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
11	51	Matthew Hoggard	England
12	49	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
12	49	Nathan Bracken	Australia
12	49	Shane Warne	Australia
12	49	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
12	49	Mohammad Asif	Pakistan
13	48	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh
14	47	Umar Gul	Pakistan
14	47	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka
14	47	Steve Harmison	England
15	46	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
16	45	Harbhajan Singh	India
16	45	Ian Bradshaw	West Indies
17	43	Chris Gayle	West Indies
17	43	Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka
18	42	James Franklin	New Zealand
18	42	Shane Bond	New Zealand
19	40	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
19	40	Andrew Hall	South Africa
19	40	Monty Panesar	England
20	39	Andrew Flintoff	England
20	39	Munaf Patel	India
21	38	Andre Nel	South Africa
21	38	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies
22	36	Sajid Mahmood	England
23	35	Ajit Agarkar	India
24	33	Glenn McGrath	Australia
24	33	Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh
24	33	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
25	32	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
25	32	Dwayne Smith	West Indies
26	31	Corey Collymore	West Indies
26	31	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan
27	30	Malinga Bandara	Sri Lanka
27	30	Kyle Mills	New Zealand
28	29	Zaheer Khan	India
29	27	Chris Martin	New Zealand
29	27	Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe
30	26	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
30	26	Brad Hogg	Australia
30	26	Andrew Symonds	Australia
30	26	Syed Rasel	Bangladesh
31	25	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
31	25	Dale Steyn	South Africa
31	25	Peter Ongondo	Kenya
32	24	Fidel Edwards	West Indies
32	24	Liam Plunkett	England
33	23	Tawanda Mupariwa	Zimbabwe
34	22	RP Singh	India
34	22	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
35	21	Anthony Ireland	Zimbabwe
36	20	Shane Watson	Australia
36	20	Stuart MacGill	Australia
36	20	James Anderson	England
37	19	Ramesh Powar	India
37	19	Jeetan Patel	New Zealand
38	18	Saleem Mukuddem	Bermuda
38	18	Dave Mohammed	West Indies
39	17	Blessing Mahwire	Zimbabwe
39	17	Ed Rainsford	Zimbabwe
39	17	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
40	16	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh
40	16	Dwayne Leverock	Bermuda
40	16	Marlon Samuels	West Indies
41	15	Dave Langford-Smith	Ireland
41	15	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa
41	15	Virender Sehwag	India
42	14	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
42	14	Ruchira Perera	Sri Lanka
42	14	Kaushal Lokuarachchi	Sri Lanka
42	14	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan
42	14	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
42	14	Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands
43	13	Tim de Leede	Netherlands
43	13	Ryan Higgins	Zimbabwe
43	13	Jamie Dalrymple	England
43	13	Kevin Hurdle	Bermuda
43	13	John Davison	Canada
43	13	Hasan Durham	Bermuda
43	13	Jacob Oram	New Zealand
43	13	Paul Collingwood	England
44	12	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan
44	12	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka
44	12	Nicky Boje	South Africa
44	12	Henry Osinde	Canada
44	12	Kevin Sandher	Canada
44	12	Hiren Varaiya	Kenya
45	11	Billy Stelling	Netherlands
45	11	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
45	11	Johan van der Wath	South Africa
45	11	Sunil Dhaniram	Canada
45	11	Daren Powell	West Indies
45	11	Iftikhar Anjum	Pakistan
45	11	Jon Lewis	England
46	10	Pedro Collins	West Indies
46	10	Gary Brent	Zimbabwe
46	10	Ronald Ebanks
46	10	Craig Wright	Scotland
47	9	Troy Taylor
47	9	Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe
47	9	Janeiro Tucker	Bermuda
47	9	Scott Styris	New Zealand
47	9	Michael Mason	New Zealand
47	9	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
47	9	Robin Peterson	South Africa
47	9	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka
48	8	Johan Botha	South Africa
48	8	Graeme Smith	South Africa
48	8	Enamul Haque jnr	Bangladesh
48	8	Jason Gillespie	Australia
48	8	Michael Clarke	Australia
48	8	George Codrington	Canada
48	8	John Mooney	Ireland
48	8	Piet Rinke	Zimbabwe
48	8	Roger Telemachus	South Africa
48	8	John Blain	Scotland
48	8	Jimmy Kamande	Kenya
48	8	Peter Borren	Netherlands
49	7	Nehemiah Odhiambo	Kenya
49	7	Darron Reekers	Netherlands
49	7	Sanjayan Thuraisingam	Canada
49	7	Austin Codrington	Canada
49	7	Irving Romaine	Bermuda
49	7	Keith Dabengwa	Zimbabwe
49	7	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
49	7	Yuvraj Singh	India
49	7	Stuart Broad	England
49	7	Mick Lewis	Australia
50	6	Justin Kemp	South Africa
50	6	Rajin Saleh	Bangladesh
50	6	Abdur Rehman	Pakistan
50	6	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies
50	6	Daan van Bunge	Netherlands
51	5	Mark Jonkman	Netherlands
51	5	Ross Lyons	Scotland
51	5	Ryan Watson	Scotland
51	5	Chamu Chibhabha	Zimbabwe
51	5	Tafadzwa Kamungozi	Zimbabwe
51	5	Umar Bhatti	Canada
51	5	Michael Yardy	England
51	5	Steven Welsh	Canada
51	5	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan
51	5	Kabir Ali	England
51	5	Ian Blackwell	England
51	5	Shaun Udal	England
51	5	Vikram Singh	India
51	5	James Hopes	Australia
52	4	Sachin Tendulkar	India
52	4	Alok Kapali	Bangladesh
52	4	Dougie Brown	England
52	4	Stefan Kelly	Bermuda
52	4	Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe
52	4	Chris Mpofu	Zimbabwe
52	4	Dewald Nel	Scotland
52	4	Paul Hoffmann	Scotland
52	4	Mohammad Kashif	Netherlands
52	4	Tony Suji	Kenya
53	3	Luuk van Troost	Netherlands
53	3	Zishan Shah
53	3	Sean Williams	Zimbabwe
53	3	Wavell Hinds	West Indies
53	3	Abdool Samad	Canada
53	3	Andre Botha	Ireland
53	3	Paul Mooney	Ireland
53	3	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh
53	3	Ian Bell	England
53	3	Ashley Giles	England
53	3	Dan Cullen	Australia
53	3	Dinesh Mongia	India
53	3	Mehrab Hossain jnr	Bangladesh
53	3	Mark Gillespie	New Zealand
53	3	Morne Morkel	South Africa
53	3	Monde Zondeki	South Africa
53	3	Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka
54	2	Andre Adams	New Zealand
54	2	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
54	2	Kevin Pietersen	England
54	2	Brett Dorey	Australia
54	2	Tim Bresnan	England
54	2	Boyd Rankin	England
54	2	Aftab Ahmed	Bangladesh
54	2	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland
54	2	Andrew White	Ireland
54	2	Trent Johnston	Ireland
54	2	Kyle McCallan	Ireland
54	2	Malachi Jones	Bermuda
54	2	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
54	2	Farhad Reza	Bangladesh
54	2	Stuart Matsikenyeri	Zimbabwe
54	2	Brijal Patel	Kenya
54	2	Alfred Luseno	Kenya
54	2	Josephat Ababu	Kenya
54	2	Pieter Seelaar	Netherlands
54	2	Garnett Kruger	South Africa
54	2	Glenn Rogers	Scotland
54	2	Majid Haq	Scotland
55	1	Gordon Goudie	Scotland
55	1	Esteban Nino
55	1	Gregory Strydom	Zimbabwe
55	1	Keegan Meth	Zimbabwe
55	1	Daren Ganga	West Indies
55	1	Tino Best	West Indies
55	1	David Hemp	Bermuda
55	1	Ryan Steede	Bermuda
55	1	Delyone Borden	Bermuda
55	1	Don Maxwell	Canada
55	1	Vikram Solanki	England
55	1	Durand Soraine	Canada
55	1	Nazmul Hossain	Bangladesh
55	1	Tushar Imran	Bangladesh
55	1	Mark Cosgrove	Australia
55	1	Rikki Clarke	England
55	1	Michael Hussey	Australia
55	1	Piyush Chawla	India
55	1	Murali Kartik	India
55	1	Sourav Ganguly	India
55	1	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
55	1	Yasir Arafat	Pakistan
55	1	Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka
55	1	Jehan Mubarak	Sri Lanka
55	1	Hasantha Fernando	Sri Lanka
55	1	Ashwell Prince	South Africa
56	0	Jacques Rudolph	South Africa
56	0	Hashim Amla	South Africa
56	0	AB de Villiers	South Africa
56	0	Jean-Paul Duminy	South Africa
56	0	Albie Morkel	South Africa
56	0	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
56	0	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
56	0	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
56	0	Salman Butt	Pakistan
56	0	Younis Khan	Pakistan
56	0	Taufeeq Umar	Pakistan
56	0	Imran Farhat	Pakistan
56	0	Gautam Gambhir	India
56	0	MS Dhoni	India
56	0	Suresh Raina	India
56	0	Brad Hodge	Australia
56	0	Ricky Ponting	Australia
56	0	Darren Gough	England
56	0	Gareth Batty	England
56	0	Manzarul Islam	Bangladesh
56	0	Khaled Mahmud	Bangladesh
56	0	Tapash Baisya	Bangladesh
56	0	Alex Loudon	England
56	0	Glen Chapple	England
56	0	Qaiser Ali	Canada
56	0	Sandeep Jyoti	Canada
56	0	Steven Outerbridge	Bermuda
56	0	Runako Morton	West Indies
56	0	Sewnarine Chattergoon	West Indies
56	0	Lendl Simmons	West Indies
56	0	Mluleki Nkala	Zimbabwe
56	0	Tyron Henderson	South Africa
56	0	Akalanka Ganegama	Sri Lanka
56	0	Jignesh Desai	U.S.A.
56	0	Steve Massiah	U.S.A.
56	0	Deighton Butler	West Indies
56	0	Collins Obuya	Kenya
56	0	Martin Suji	Kenya
56	0	Tanmay Mishra	Kenya
56	0	Kalpesh Patel	Kenya