Leading Wicket Taker in T20 World Cup: Bowlers play an important role in obstructing the opponent’s team scores either by taking wickets or conceding fewer runs in their quota to maintain their economy Rate.
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan leads the list of players with the Most Wickets in T20 World Cup history with 47 wickets under his belt. Shakib is the only active cricketer in the top 5 of the list. Despite having the highest wicket-taker as their core player, Bangladesh has never won the title so far.
Leading Wicket Taker in T20 World Cup
Leading wicket-taker in T20 World Cup: England and West Indies are the most successful teams of the tournament. Both teams have bagged the title a couple of times while India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Australia have won the trophy each once.
| Player | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 43 | 50 | 4/9 | 20.12 | 6.86 | 17.58 | 3 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi (PAK) | 34 | 39 | 4/11 | 23.25 | 6.71 | 20.76 | 2 | 0 |
| SL Malinga (SL) | 31 | 38 | 5/31 | 20.07 | 7.43 | 16.21 | 0 | 1 |
| PW Hasaranga (SL) | 19 | 37 | 3/8 | 11.72 | 6 | 11.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan (AFG) | 23 | 37 | 4/9 | 14.89 | 6.3 | 14.16 | 3 | 0 |
| A Zampa (AUS) | 21 | 36 | 5/19 | 13.69 | 6.32 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Saeed Ajmal (PAK) | 23 | 36 | 4/19 | 16.86 | 6.79 | 14.88 | 3 | 0 |
| TG Southee (NZ) | 25 | 36 | 3/4 | 17.91 | 6.99 | 15.36 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nortje (SA) | 19 | 35 | 4/7 | 11.4 | 5.55 | 12.31 | 3 | 0 |
| BAW Mendis (SL) | 21 | 35 | 6/8 | 15.02 | 6.7 | 13.45 | 1 | 1 |
| Umar Gul (PAK) | 24 | 35 | 5/6 | 17.25 | 7.3 | 14.17 | 1 | 1 |
| TA Boult (NZ) | 18 | 34 | 4/13 | 12.5 | 5.93 | 12.64 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ashwin (IND) | 24 | 32 | 4/11 | 17.25 | 6.49 | 15.93 | 1 | 0 |
| MA Starc (AUS) | 25 | 32 | 3/20 | 25.43 | 8.39 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Jordan (ENG) | 23 | 31 | 4/10 | 19.29 | 8.06 | 14.35 | 2 | 0 |
| AU Rashid (ENG) | 30 | 31 | 4/2 | 23.67 | 6.9 | 20.58 | 2 | 0 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 23 | 30 | 4/17 | 19.3 | 6.96 | 16.63 | 1 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad (ENG) | 26 | 30 | 3/17 | 22.36 | 7.72 | 17.36 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Russell (WI) | 29 | 29 | 3/31 | 20.58 | 8.21 | 15.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) | 22 | 28 | 5/22 | 20.07 | 6.85 | 17.57 | 1 | 1 |
| K Rabada (SA) | 22 | 28 | 3/18 | 22.35 | 8.06 | 16.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh (IND) | 14 | 27 | 4/9 | 13.74 | 7.42 | 11.11 | 1 | 0 |
| IS Sodhi (NZ) | 18 | 27 | 3/18 | 17.51 | 7.09 | 14.81 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo (WI) | 34 | 27 | 4/38 | 28.96 | 8.81 | 19.7 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Bumrah (IND) | 18 | 26 | 3/7 | 14.3 | 5.44 | 15.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Taskin Ahmed (BAN) | 22 | 26 | 4/25 | 19.03 | 6.58 | 17.34 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Santner (NZ) | 21 | 25 | 4/11 | 18.72 | 6.33 | 17.72 | 1 | 0 |
| S Badree (WI) | 15 | 24 | 4/15 | 13.58 | 5.52 | 14.75 | 1 | 0 |
| M Morkel (SA) | 17 | 24 | 4/17 | 18.83 | 7.21 | 15.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Amir (PAK) | 21 | 24 | 3/23 | 21.54 | 6.62 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| HH Pandya (IND) | 24 | 24 | 3/20 | 21.66 | 8.52 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 |
| T Shamsi (SA) | 12 | 23 | 4/19 | 13.26 | 6.95 | 11.43 | 1 | 0 |
| PA van Meekeren (NED) | 16 | 23 | 4/11 | 14.34 | 6.11 | 14.08 | 1 | 0 |
| NL McCullum (NZ) | 22 | 23 | 3/15 | 17.34 | 5.94 | 17.52 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) | 17 | 23 | 4/22 | 18.65 | 6.58 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf (PAK) | 17 | 23 | 4/22 | 19.43 | 6.98 | 16.69 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins (AUS) | 22 | 23 | 3/28 | 28.26 | 7.83 | 21.65 | 0 | 0 |
| GP Swann (ENG) | 16 | 22 | 3/24 | 16.27 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi (AFG) | 30 | 22 | 4/20 | 27.5 | 7.2 | 22.9 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Watson (AUS) | 24 | 22 | 3/26 | 27.63 | 8.07 | 20.54 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja (IND) | 30 | 22 | 3/15 | 28.86 | 7.21 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG) | 14 | 21 | 4/26 | 15.04 | 6.91 | 13.04 | 1 | 0 |
| JR Hazlewood (AUS) | 19 | 21 | 4/39 | 24.19 | 7.15 | 20.28 | 1 | 0 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG) | 11 | 20 | 5/9 | 11.75 | 6.38 | 11.05 | 1 | 1 |
| Shadab Khan (PAK) | 17 | 20 | 4/26 | 17.05 | 6.43 | 15.9 | 1 | 0 |
| MG Johnson (AUS) | 14 | 20 | 3/15 | 17.55 | 6.72 | 15.65 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Vettori (NZ) | 17 | 20 | 4/20 | 19.6 | 5.83 | 20.15 | 1 | 0 |
| AS Joseph (WI) | 10 | 19 | 4/16 | 13.68 | 7.12 | 11.52 | 2 | 0 |
| MRJ Watt (SCOT) | 18 | 19 | 3/12 | 22.31 | 6.42 | 20.84 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Mathews (SL) | 32 | 19 | 3/16 | 27.21 | 6.51 | 25.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir (SA) | 9 | 18 | 4/21 | 11.88 | 5.94 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| WD Parnell (SA) | 14 | 18 | 4/13 | 17.16 | 6.74 | 15.27 | 1 | 0 |
| Al-Amin Hossain (BAN) | 14 | 18 | 3/21 | 19 | 7.86 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| M Theekshana (SL) | 18 | 18 | 3/17 | 21.77 | 6.2 | 21.05 | 0 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj (SA) | 17 | 17 | 3/27 | 23 | 6.62 | 20.82 | 0 | 0 |
| BTJ Wheal (SCOT) | 15 | 17 | 3/24 | 23.52 | 7.89 | 17.88 | 0 | 0 |
| KMDN Kulasekara (SL) | 18 | 17 | 4/32 | 25.29 | 7.3 | 20.76 | 1 | 0 |
| R Rampaul (WI) | 15 | 17 | 3/16 | 26.05 | 8.71 | 17.94 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Curran (ENG) | 11 | 16 | 5/10 | 16.43 | 7.58 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| BFW de Leede (NED) | 15 | 16 | 3/19 | 18.93 | 8.22 | 13.81 | 0 | 0 |
| IK Pathan (IND) | 15 | 16 | 3/16 | 20.06 | 7.46 | 16.12 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Little (IRE) | 13 | 16 | 4/23 | 21.5 | 6.88 | 18.75 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Hosein (WI) | 15 | 16 | 5/11 | 22.56 | 6.56 | 20.62 | 0 | 1 |
| RE van der Merwe (NED/SA) | 21 | 16 | 2/3 | 22.81 | 7.01 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzak (BAN) | 15 | 16 | 2/16 | 22.87 | 6.81 | 20.12 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Sharif (SCOT) | 14 | 16 | 2/25 | 25.5 | 8.47 | 18.06 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Mills (NZ) | 15 | 16 | 3/33 | 26.62 | 8.06 | 19.81 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh (IND) | 19 | 16 | 4/12 | 29.25 | 6.78 | 25.87 | 1 | 0 |
| SP Narine (WI) | 12 | 15 | 3/9 | 15.4 | 5.17 | 17.86 | 0 | 0 |
| DP Nannes (AUS/NED) | 9 | 15 | 4/18 | 15.93 | 7.02 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 |
| A Nehra (IND) | 10 | 15 | 3/19 | 17.93 | 6.89 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| T van der Gugten (NED) | 13 | 15 | 3/21 | 19.93 | 7.66 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| MM Ali (ENG) | 30 | 15 | 2/15 | 22.06 | 7.52 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 |
| CBRLS Kumara (SL) | 13 | 15 | 3/7 | 23.13 | 7.62 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 |
| D Wiese (NAM/SA) | 18 | 15 | 3/28 | 28.4 | 7.38 | 23.06 | 0 | 0 |
| LV van Beek (NED) | 20 | 15 | 3/9 | 31 | 8.35 | 22.26 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Singh (IND) | 9 | 14 | 4/13 | 13.28 | 6.41 | 12.42 | 1 | 0 |
| Rishad Hossain (BAN) | 7 | 14 | 3/22 | 13.85 | 7.76 | 10.71 | 0 | 0 |
| LH Ferguson (NZ) | 9 | 14 | 3/0 | 15.92 | 6.37 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Davey (SCOT) | 11 | 14 | 4/18 | 21.85 | 7.94 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami (IND) | 14 | 14 | 3/15 | 26.42 | 8.07 | 19.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) | 30 | 14 | 2/22 | 36.28 | 7.58 | 28.71 | 0 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 10 | 13 | 5/3 | 16.46 | 6.02 | 16.38 | 0 | 1 |
| Sikandar Raza (ZIM) | 14 | 13 | 3/19 | 16.53 | 6.51 | 15.23 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Sidebottom (ENG) | 10 | 13 | 3/23 | 17.61 | 7.42 | 14.23 | 0 | 0 |
| R Trumpelmann (NAM) | 13 | 13 | 4/21 | 26.46 | 7.81 | 20.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN) | 23 | 13 | 2/28 | 46.23 | 7.94 | 34.92 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Clark (AUS) | 6 | 12 | 4/20 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG) | 7 | 12 | 5/20 | 14.08 | 6.25 | 13.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ahsan Malik (NED) | 9 | 12 | 5/19 | 14.25 | 6.61 | 12.91 | 0 | 1 |
| B Muzarabani (ZIM) | 8 | 12 | 3/23 | 16.58 | 7.65 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| GH Dockrell (IRE) | 19 | 12 | 3/7 | 18.16 | 6.99 | 15.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh (IND) | 31 | 12 | 3/24 | 19.16 | 7.26 | 15.83 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Frylinck (NAM) | 14 | 12 | 3/21 | 20 | 7.16 | 16.75 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 15 | 12 | 4/15 | 20.58 | 6.67 | 18.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Gulbadin Naib (AFG) | 25 | 12 | 4/20 | 21.25 | 8.09 | 15.75 | 1 | 0 |
| LS Livingstone (ENG) | 20 | 12 | 3/17 | 22.08 | 6.97 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| AR Patel (IND) | 13 | 12 | 3/23 | 24 | 8.15 | 17.66 | 0 | 0 |
| MA Wood (ENG) | 11 | 12 | 3/12 | 25.16 | 8.62 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Z Khan (IND) | 12 | 12 | 4/19 | 26.83 | 8.32 | 19.33 | 1 | 0 |
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Most Wicket-taker in T20 World Cup Year Wise
Wanindu Hasaranga’s 16 wickets in 2021 remains the most wickets by a player in a single ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition.
| Year | Player | Wickets | Team |
| 2024 | Fazalhaq Farooqi, Arshdeep Singh | 17 | AFG, IND |
| 2022 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 15 | Sri Lanka |
| 2021 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 16 | Sri Lanka |
| 2016 | Mohammad Nabi | 13 | Afghanistan |
| 2014 | Imran Tahir | 12 | South Africa |
| 2012 | Ajantha Mendis | 15 | Sri Lanka |
| 2010 | Dirk Nannes | 14 | Australia |
| 2009 | Umar Gul | 13 | Pakistan |
| 2007 | Umar Gul | 13 | Pakistan |
