Most Wickets in 2023: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 2023, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Most Wickets	Player Name	Team Name
1	47	Nathan Lyon	Australia
2	42	Pat Cummins	Australia
3	41	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
4	38	Mitchell Starc	Australia
4	38	Stuart Broad	England
5	34	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh
6	33	Ravindra Jadeja	India
7	30	Tim Southee	New Zealand
7	30	Prabath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
8	27	Josh Hazlewood	Australia
9	22	Chris Woakes	England
9	22	Matt Henry	New Zealand
9	22	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
9	22	Gudakesh Motie	West Indies
10	21	Naseem Shah	Pakistan
10	21	Mohammed Siraj	India
10	21	Todd Murphy	Australia
11	19	Michael Bracewell	New Zealand
11	19	Mehidy Hasan	Bangladesh
12	18	Alzarri Joseph	West Indies
12	18	Waqas Ahmad	Malta
13	17	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand
13	17	Wanigamuni Mendis	Sri Lanka
14	16	Anrich Nortje	South Africa
14	16	Oliver Robinson	England
14	16	Mark Wood	England
15	15	James Anderson	England
15	15	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka
15	15	Mohammad Islam	Bangladesh
15	15	Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan
16	14	Blair Tickner	New Zealand
16	14	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan
16	14	Ebadot Hossain	Bangladesh
16	14	Jack Leach	England
16	14	Jason Holder	West Indies
16	14	Adil Rashid	England
17	13	Andy McBrine	Ireland
17	13	Moeen Ali	England
17	13	Mohammed Shami	India
17	13	Usman Khan	France
18	12	Aamer Jamal	Pakistan
18	12	Marco Jansen	South Africa
18	12	Kemar Roach	West Indies
18	12	Jofra Archer	England
18	12	Sisanda Magala	South Africa
19	11	Mark Adair	Ireland
19	11	Neil Wagner	New Zealand
19	11	Ish Sodhi	New Zealand
19	11	Dawood Ahmadzai	France
19	11	Waseem Abbas	Malta
20	10	Rahmatullah Mangal	France
20	10	E Mathew	Malta
20	10	SM Warnakulasuriya	France
20	10	Gerald Coetzee	South Africa
20	10	Salman Agha	Pakistan
20	10	Noman Ali	Pakistan
20	10	Joshua Tongue	England
20	10	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand
20	10	Sam Curran	England
21	9	Shariz Ahmad	Netherlands
21	9	Matthew Kuhnemann	Australia
21	9	R Mangal	France
22	8	Henry Shipley	New Zealand
22	8	J Shaju	Malta
22	8	Abdullah Rana	Switzerland
22	8	Brandon Mavuta	Zimbabwe
22	8	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh
22	8	Joe Root	England
22	8	Taskin Ahmed	Bangladesh
22	8	Wellington Masakadza	Zimbabwe
22	8	Lahiru Kumara	Sri Lanka
23	7	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand
23	7	Scott Boland	Australia
23	7	Cameron Green	Australia
23	7	Kyle Mayers	West Indies
23	7	Vishwa Fernando	Sri Lanka
23	7	Mir Hamza	Pakistan
23	7	K Fletcher	Switzerland
23	7	M Koli	Romania
23	7	Fanyan Mughal	Malta
23	7	M Dixit	Luxembourg
23	7	A Nanda	Luxembourg
23	7	Nandre Burger	South Africa
23	7	Frederick Klaassen	Netherlands
24	6	Noman Amjad	France
24	6	E Jabarkhel	Luxembourg
24	6	S Vashisht	Romania
24	6	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand
24	6	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa
24	6	Curtis Campher	Ireland
24	6	George Dockrell	Ireland
24	6	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands
25	5	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
25	5	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe
25	5	Jasprit Bumrah	India
25	5	Jomel Warrican	West Indies
25	5	Tabraiz Shamsi	South Africa
25	5	Umesh Yadav	India
25	5	Simon Harmer	South Africa
25	5	Shannon Gabriel	West Indies
25	5	Hasan Mahmud	Bangladesh
25	5	Victor Nyauchi	Zimbabwe
25	5	Khurram Shahzad	Pakistan
25	5	Nayeem Hasan	Bangladesh
25	5	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
25	5	Faheem Nazir	Switzerland
25	5	V Vijh	Luxembourg
25	5	Graham Hume	Ireland
25	5	Zain Ahmad	France
25	5	Nijat Masood	Afghanistan
26	4	P Pirabakaran	France
26	4	Benjamin White	Ireland
26	4	Usama Mir	Pakistan
26	4	P Malav	Luxembourg
26	4	Scott Kuggeleijn	New Zealand
26	4	Chamika Karunaratne	Sri Lanka
26	4	Josh Little	Ireland
26	4	Shardul Thakur	India
26	4	Wessly Madhevere	Zimbabwe
26	4	Aiden Markram	South Africa
26	4	Ben Stokes	England
26	4	Travis Head	Australia
26	4	Mitchell Marsh	Australia
27	3	Sean Williams	Zimbabwe
27	3	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand
27	3	Hardik Pandya	India
27	3	Mominul Haque	Bangladesh
27	3	Axar Patel	India
27	3	Zahir Khan	Afghanistan
27	3	Richard Ngarava	Zimbabwe
27	3	Matthew Potts	England
27	3	Olly Stone	England
27	3	Roston Chase	West Indies
27	3	Hasan Ali	Pakistan
27	3	Gaurav Mishra	Romania
27	3	Taranjeet Singh	Romania
27	3	V Saini	Romania
27	3	Imran Ameer	Malta
27	3	Brad Evans	Zimbabwe
27	3	A Dhingra	Luxembourg
27	3	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
27	3	Ali Nayyer	Switzerland
28	2	Ashwin Vinod	Switzerland
28	2	Colin Ackermann	Netherlands
28	2	Aryan Dutt	Netherlands
28	2	S Thakur	Romania
28	2	A Bishnoi	Malta
28	2	NK Aneesh Kumar	Switzerland
28	2	Mukesh Kumar	India
28	2	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe
28	2	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
28	2	Doug Bracewell	New Zealand
28	2	Yamin Ahmadzai	Afghanistan
28	2	Amir Hamza	Afghanistan
28	2	Vivian Kingma	Netherlands
29	1	Craig Young	Ireland
29	1	Rahmat Shah	Afghanistan
29	1	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka
29	1	Wayne Parnell	South Africa
29	1	Tendai Chatara	Zimbabwe
29	1	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies
29	1	Haris Rauf	Pakistan
29	1	Muralikrishna Krishna	India
29	1	Wiaan Mulder	South Africa
29	1	Alick Athanaze	West Indies
29	1	Rehan Ahmed	England
29	1	William Jacks	England
29	1	Harry Brook	England
29	1	Raymon Reifer	West Indies
29	1	Rahkeem Cornwall	West Indies
29	1	Najmul Hossain Shanto	Bangladesh
29	1	Faheem Ashraf	Pakistan
29	1	Arjun Vinod	Switzerland
29	1	Afif Khattak	Switzerland
29	1	VP Thamotharam	Malta
29	1	C Zavoiu	Romania
29	1	SKS Gill	Luxembourg
29	1	Anoop Orsu	Luxembourg
29	1	Yash Singh	Malta
29	1	Brandon Glover	Netherlands
29	1	Vikramjit Singh	Netherlands
29	1	Ryan Klein	Netherlands
29	1	Lokumarakkalage Madushanka	Sri Lanka
29	1	Fionn Hand	Ireland
29	1	G Mckeon	France
29	1	Ibrahim Jabarkhel	France
30	0	Tanaka Chivanga	Zimbabwe
30	0	Matthew Humphreys	Ireland
30	0	Dunith Wellalage	Sri Lanka
30	0	Kariyawasam Asalanka	Sri Lanka
30	0	Matheesha Pathirana	Sri Lanka
30	0	Pramod Liyanagamage	Sri Lanka
30	0	Jaison Jerome	Malta
30	0	G Venkateswaran	Luxembourg
30	0	Jaswinder Singh	Malta
30	0	P Hingorani	Romania
30	0	R Kumar	Romania
30	0	Khaled Ahmed	Bangladesh
30	0	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
30	0	Mohammad Hasnain	Pakistan
30	0	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia
30	0	Shreyas Iyer	India
30	0	Shubman Gill	India
30	0	Karim Janat	Afghanistan
30	0	Matt Renshaw	Australia
30	0	Kuldeep Yadav	India
30	0	Mohammad Nipun	Bangladesh
30	0	Milton Shumba	Zimbabwe
30	0	Senuran Muthusamy	South Africa
30	0	Harry Tector	Ireland
30	0	Saqib Mahmood	England
30	0	Ryan Burl	Zimbabwe
30	0	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka
30	0	Jermaine Blackwood	West Indies
30	0	Steven Smith	Australia
30	0	Cheteshwar Pujara	India
30	0	Jaydev Unadkat	India
30	0	Ashton Agar	Australia
30	0	David Willey	England
30	0	Reece Topley	England
30	0	Hashmatullah Shaidi	Afghanistan
30	0	Nasir Jamal	Afghanistan
30	0	Donald Tiripano	Zimbabwe
30	0	Tom Cooper	Netherlands