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ICC Men's T20 World Cup — All-time Most Wickets

A Zampa leads T20 World Cup all-time most wickets with 40. Most wickets taken across all 9 editions of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup (2007–2024). Bowler-credited dismissals only.

All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)

#PlayerWicketsSample
1A Zampaaustralia40
2AU Rashidengland39
3PWH de Silvasri-lanka37
4A Nortjesouth-africa36
5JJ Bumrahindia36
6Shakib Al Hasanbangladesh35
7Arshdeep Singhindia33
8HH Pandyaindia33
9CJ Jordanengland30
10Shaheen Shah Afridipakistan30
11M Theekshanasri-lanka29
12TA Boultnew-zealand29
13K Rabadasouth-africa28
14MJ Santnernew-zealand27
15Mustafizur Rahmanbangladesh27

2025/26 edition · top 10

#PlayerWicketsSample
1CV Varunindia14
2JJ Bumrahindia14
3AU Rashidengland13
4B Muzarabanizimbabwe13
5SC van Schalkwykunited-states-of-america13
6AR Patelindia11
7C Boschsouth-africa11
8JC Archerengland11
9M Theekshanasri-lanka11
10R Ravindranew-zealand11

Frequently asked questions

Who leads T20 World Cup all-time most wickets?
A Zampa leads T20 World Cup all-time most wickets with 40. The top three are: A Zampa, AU Rashid, PWH de Silva.
How is T20 World Cup most wickets calculated?
Most wickets taken across all 9 editions of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup (2007–2024). Bowler-credited dismissals only. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline. Career totals span 6 editions (2013/14–2025/26).
Which T20 World Cup editions are included?
6 editions from Cricsheet's public corpus: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024, and 2025/26 (230 matches, 687 players). The 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012 editions are not available in Cricsheet. The all-time table aggregates career totals across all 6 editions. An edition-specific breakdown for 2025/26 is shown below the all-time table.
What data source powers this leaderboard?
Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical T20 WC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: A Zampa leads T20 WC all-time most wickets with 40. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/most-wickets