Most Wickets in ODI World Cup 2023: Picking Wickets at any stage of the game will definitely change the game flow – even at the last over/ball.
Bowlers have a greater responsibility in maintaining an impressive economic rate which proportionally lowers the batting team’s run rate. Bowlers will look to bag wickets even from the very first delivery of the inning.
Most Wickets in ODI World Cup 2023
Most Wickets in ODI World Cup 2023: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be hosted by India between October 5 to November 19. A total of 48 matches will be played between 10 teams across 10 different venues in India.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023. But, in July 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be delayed to an October–November window, following the disruption of the qualification schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will be the first time the competition is held entirely in India; three previous editions were partially hosted there – 1987, 1996, and 2011.
** Following are the full list of the Most wickets in ODI World Cup 2023. The Most Wickets in ODI World Cup 2023 list will be updated here right after the game ends. Stay tuned for regular updates!!!
| Player | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
| Mohammed Shami (IND) | 7 | 24 | Jul-57 | 10.7 | 5.26 | 12.2 | 1 | 3 |
| A Zampa (AUS) | 11 | 23 | 04-Aug | 22.39 | 5.36 | 25.04 | 3 | – |
| D Madushanka (SL) | 9 | 21 | May-80 | 25 | 6.7 | 22.38 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Bumrah (IND) | 11 | 20 | Apr-39 | 18.65 | 4.06 | 27.55 | 1 | – |
| G Coetzee (SA) | 8 | 20 | Apr-44 | 19.8 | 6.23 | 19.05 | 1 | – |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) | 9 | 18 | May-54 | 26.72 | 5.93 | 27 | – | 1 |
| M Jansen (SA) | 9 | 17 | Mar-31 | 26.47 | 6.52 | 24.35 | – | – |
| RA Jadeja (IND) | 11 | 16 | May-33 | 24.87 | 4.25 | 35.06 | – | 1 |
| JR Hazlewood (AUS) | 11 | 16 | Mar-38 | 28.06 | 4.81 | 34.93 | – | – |
| MJ Santner (NZ) | 10 | 16 | May-59 | 28.06 | 4.84 | 34.75 | – | 1 |
| BFW de Leede (NED) | 9 | 16 | Apr-62 | 30.43 | 7.26 | 25.12 | 1 | – |
| MA Starc (AUS) | 10 | 16 | Mar-34 | 33 | 6.06 | 32.62 | – | – |
| Haris Rauf (PAK) | 9 | 16 | Mar-43 | 33.31 | 6.74 | 29.62 | – | – |
| KA Maharaj (SA) | 10 | 15 | Apr-46 | 24.66 | 4.15 | 35.6 | 1 | – |
| AU Rashid (ENG) | 9 | 15 | Mar-42 | 27.53 | 5.18 | 31.86 | – | – |
| Kuldeep Yadav (IND) | 11 | 15 | 02-Jul | 28.26 | 4.45 | 38.06 | – | – |
| PJ Cummins (AUS) | 11 | 15 | Mar-51 | 34.33 | 5.75 | 35.8 | – | – |
| Mohammed Siraj (IND) | 11 | 14 | Mar-16 | 33.5 | 5.68 | 35.35 | – | – |
| TA Boult (NZ) | 10 | 14 | Mar-37 | 36 | 5.53 | 39 | – | – |
| K Rabada (SA) | 9 | 13 | Mar-33 | 28 | 4.99 | 33.61 | – | – |
| PA van Meekeren (NED) | 9 | 12 | Apr-23 | 37.25 | 6.01 | 37.16 | 1 | – |
| LV van Beek (NED) | 8 | 12 | Apr-74 | 39.66 | 6.72 | 35.41 | 1 | – |
| DJ Willey (ENG) | 6 | 11 | Mar-45 | 23.54 | 5.07 | 27.81 | – | – |
| MJ Henry (NZ) | 7 | 11 | Mar-40 | 28.63 | 5.79 | 29.63 | – | – |
| Rashid Khan (AFG) | 9 | 11 | Mar-37 | 35.27 | 4.48 | 47.18 | – | – |
| Mohammad Wasim (PAK) | 4 | 10 | Mar-31 | 21.5 | 5.63 | 22.9 | – | – |
| CR Woakes (ENG) | 8 | 10 | Apr-54 | 29.8 | 5.41 | 33 | 1 | – |
| LH Ferguson (NZ) | 7 | 10 | Mar-19 | 30.1 | 5.57 | 32.4 | – | – |
| L Ngidi (SA) | 8 | 10 | Feb-26 | 35.5 | 5.86 | 36.3 | – | – |
| Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) | 9 | 10 | Mar-25 | 40.2 | 5.58 | 43.2 | – | – |
| Shoriful Islam (BAN) | 8 | 10 | Mar-75 | 40.9 | 6.32 | 38.8 | – | – |
| A Dutt (NED) | 9 | 10 | Mar-44 | 42.6 | 5.49 | 46.5 | – | – |
| T Shamsi (SA) | 4 | 9 | Apr-60 | 23.55 | 5.6 | 25.22 | 1 | – |
| Hasan Ali (PAK) | 6 | 9 | Apr-71 | 35.66 | 6.29 | 34 | 1 | – |
| Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 7 | 9 | Mar-30 | 36.55 | 5.26 | 41.66 | – | – |
| RJW Topley (ENG) | 3 | 8 | Apr-43 | 22.87 | 6.61 | 20.75 | 1 | – |
| Mohammad Nabi (AFG) | 9 | 8 | Mar-28 | 31.75 | 4.13 | 46.12 | – | – |
| CAK Rajitha (SL) | 6 | 8 | Apr-50 | 42 | 6.85 | 36.75 | 1 | – |
| Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG) | 8 | 8 | Feb-47 | 44 | 6.55 | 40.25 | – | – |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG) | 9 | 8 | Mar-51 | 57.25 | 5.59 | 61.37 | – | – |
| TG Southee (NZ) | 4 | 7 | 3/100 | 36.57 | 7.75 | 28.28 | – | – |
| Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG) | 9 | 7 | Feb-52 | 38.57 | 7.1 | 32.57 | – | – |
| AD Mathews (SL) | 5 | 6 | Feb-14 | 17.83 | 4.82 | 22.16 | – | – |
| Mahedi Hasan (BAN) | 3 | 6 | Apr-71 | 24.83 | 6.2 | 24 | 1 | – |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG) | 6 | 6 | Apr-34 | 38 | 5.7 | 40 | 1 | – |
| GD Phillips (NZ) | 10 | 6 | Mar-37 | 38.83 | 5.82 | 40 | – | – |
| RE van der Merwe (NED) | 8 | 6 | Feb-34 | 51.83 | 5.55 | 56 | – | – |
| GJ Maxwell (AUS) | 9 | 6 | Feb-34 | 55 | 4.81 | 68.5 | – | – |
| MA Wood (ENG) | 7 | 6 | Feb-50 | 58.16 | 6.46 | 54 | – | – |
| M Theekshana (SL) | 8 | 6 | Feb-44 | 63.66 | 5.35 | 71.33 | – | – |
| HH Pandya (IND) | 4 | 5 | Feb-34 | 22.6 | 6.84 | 19.8 | – | – |
| Noor Ahmad (AFG) | 4 | 5 | Mar-49 | 36.4 | 4.78 | 45.6 | – | – |
| CN Ackermann (NED) | 9 | 5 | Feb-39 | 46.8 | 4.94 | 56.8 | – | – |
| MM Ali (ENG) | 6 | 5 | Mar-42 | 49.6 | 5.81 | 51.2 | – | – |
| Taskin Ahmed (BAN) | 7 | 5 | Feb-43 | 61 | 5.54 | 66 | – | – |
| R Ravindra (NZ) | 10 | 5 | Feb-21 | 78.6 | 5.98 | 78.8 | – | – |
| Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) | 8 | 5 | Feb-36 | 79.6 | 6.06 | 78.8 | – | – |
| MP Stoinis (AUS) | 6 | 4 | Feb-40 | 35.75 | 7.52 | 28.5 | – | – |
| AAP Atkinson (ENG) | 3 | 4 | Feb-45 | 36.5 | 6.08 | 36 | – | – |
| Usama Mir (PAK) | 4 | 4 | Feb-45 | 62 | 7.08 | 52.5 | – | – |
| Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK) | 9 | 4 | Jan-16 | 65.5 | 5.45 | 72 | – | – |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib (BAN) | 1 | 3 | Mar-80 | 26.66 | 8 | 20 | – | – |
| CBRLS Kumara (SL) | 2 | 3 | Mar-35 | 27.33 | 7.45 | 22 | – | – |
| Hasan Mahmud (BAN) | 2 | 3 | Feb-67 | 44 | 9.42 | 28 | – | – |
| LS Livingstone (ENG) | 6 | 3 | Jan-13 | 52.66 | 5.44 | 58 | – | – |
| LB Williams (SA) | 1 | 2 | Feb-56 | 28 | 6.46 | 26 | – | – |
| SA Abbott (AUS) | 1 | 2 | Feb-61 | 30.5 | 6.1 | 30 | – | – |
| MR Marsh (AUS) | 10 | 2 | Feb-19 | 48 | 7.38 | 39 | – | – |
| TM Head (AUS) | 6 | 2 | Feb-21 | 50.5 | 4.8 | 63 | – | – |
| SN Thakur (IND) | 3 | 2 | Jan-31 | 51 | 6 | 51 | – | – |
| SM Curran (ENG) | 3 | 2 | Jan-47 | 70 | 8.07 | 52 | – | – |
| JDS Neesham (NZ) | 3 | 2 | Jan-32 | 78.5 | 10.82 | 43.5 | – | – |
| M Pathirana (SL) | 2 | 2 | Jan-90 | 92.5 | 9.73 | 57 | – | – |
| PVD Chameera (SL) | 4 | 2 | Jan-20 | 98 | 6.25 | 94 | – | – |
| DN Wellalage (SL) | 3 | 2 | Jan-53 | 98 | 6.68 | 88 | – | – |
| Mohammad Nawaz (PAK) | 5 | 2 | Jan-31 | 111.5 | 5.89 | 113.5 | – | – |
| Shadab Khan (PAK) | 6 | 2 | Jan-45 | 118.5 | 6.23 | 114 | – | – |
| RG Sharma (IND) | 11 | 1 | 01-Jul | 7 | 8.4 | 5 | – | – |
| V Kohli (IND) | 11 | 1 | Jan-13 | 15 | 4.28 | 21 | – | – |
| R Ashwin (IND) | 1 | 1 | Jan-34 | 34 | 3.4 | 60 | – | – |
| AL Phehlukwayo (SA) | 1 | 1 | Jan-36 | 36 | 5.14 | 42 | – | – |
| Saqib Zulfiqar (NED) | 2 | 1 | Jan-25 | 40 | 8 | 30 | – | – |
| JE Root (ENG) | 9 | 1 | Jan-19 | 67 | 6.59 | 61 | – | – |
| AK Markram (SA) | 10 | 1 | Jan-23 | 85 | 4.59 | 111 | – | – |
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Most Wickets in ODI World Cup Year Wise
Australia’s Glenn McGrath holds the record for most wickets in Cricket World Cup history. Following are the details of the players to bag the most wickets in the single edition of the World Cup since 1975. Check out the full list of the Most Wickets in ODI World Cup with wickets details.
| Year | Most wickets | Wickets | Team |
| 1975 | Gary Gilmour | 11 | Australia |
| 1979 | Mike Hendrick | 10 | England |
| 1983 | Roger Binny | 18 | India |
| 1987 | Craig McDermott | 18 | Australia |
| 1992 | Wasim Akram | 18 | Pakistan |
| 1996 | Anil Kumble | 15 | India |
| 1999 | Geoff Allott / Shane Warne | 20 | New Zealand /Australia |
| 2003 | Chaminda Vaas | 23 | Sri Lanka |
| 2007 | Glenn McGrath | 26 | Australia |
| 2011 | Shahid Afridi / Zaheer Khan | 21 | Pakistan/India |
| 2015 | Trent Boult / Mitchell Starc | 22 | New Zealand / Australia |
| 2019 | Mitchell Starc | 27 | Australia |
