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Most wickets — T20 Internationals (Men)
Adil Rashid leads the most wickets in men's T20I history with 158 wickets in 136 innings at an economy of 7.51; Ish Sodhi is next with 152 wickets in 127 innings at an economy of 8.19. The all-time top 50 below is computed from ball-by-ball data of every T20 Internationals (Men) match in our dataset and refreshed daily.
| # | Player | Inns | Overs | Wkts | Econ | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adil Rashid | 136 | 495.4 | 158 | 7.51 | 23.54 |
| 2 | Ish Sodhi | 127 | 438.4 | 152 | 8.19 | 23.63 |
| 3 | Tim Southee | 115 | 427.1 | 148 | 8.22 | 23.73 |
| 4 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 85 | 319.0 | 140 | 7.37 | 16.8 |
| 5 | Adam Zampa | 105 | 383.5 | 134 | 7.46 | 21.37 |
| 6 | Mitchell Santner | 118 | 416.2 | 129 | 7.34 | 23.69 |
| 7 | Mustafizur Rahman | 103 | 369.0 | 124 | 7.63 | 22.71 |
| 8 | Shaheen Afridi | 89 | 318.3 | 123 | 8.05 | 20.85 |
| 9 | Haris Rauf | 81 | 297.2 | 118 | 8.49 | 21.4 |
| 10 | Arshdeep Singh | 79 | 282.1 | 118 | 8.76 | 20.95 |
| 11 | Jasprit Bumrah | 85 | 308.0 | 111 | 6.7 | 18.59 |
| 12 | Hardik Pandya | 115 | 342.5 | 107 | 8.44 | 27.03 |
| 13 | Shakib Al Hasan | 94 | 337.2 | 103 | 7.11 | 23.3 |
| 14 | Chris Jordan | 89 | 311.4 | 101 | 8.84 | 27.27 |
| 15 | Shadab Khan | 99 | 342.3 | 100 | 7.66 | 26.22 |
| 16 | Lasith Malinga | 80 | 291.0 | 99 | 7.49 | 22.03 |
| 17 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 78 | 290.0 | 96 | 8.24 | 24.91 |
| 18 | Jason Holder | 84 | 306.4 | 95 | 8.88 | 28.67 |
| 19 | Axar Patel | 89 | 286.2 | 95 | 7.93 | 23.91 |
| 20 | Kuldeep Yadav | 50 | 183.4 | 90 | 7.07 | 14.43 |
| 21 | Dushmantha Chameera | 74 | 270.0 | 89 | 8.34 | 25.3 |
| 22 | Shahid Afridi | 89 | 333.5 | 85 | 6.68 | 26.22 |
| 23 | Lungi Ngidi | 61 | 205.3 | 83 | 8.63 | 21.37 |
| 24 | Saeed Ajmal | 62 | 234.2 | 82 | 6.38 | 18.24 |
| 25 | Akeal Hosein | 86 | 304.2 | 81 | 7.73 | 29.04 |
| 26 | Tabraiz Shamsi | 67 | 241.4 | 81 | 7.39 | 22.04 |
| 27 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 82 | 284.3 | 80 | 7.18 | 25.54 |
| 28 | Mohammad Nawaz | 72 | 232.2 | 79 | 7.27 | 21.39 |
| 29 | Umar Gul | 55 | 183.0 | 78 | 7.49 | 17.58 |
| 30 | Dwayne Bravo | 76 | 246.5 | 78 | 8.14 | 25.74 |
| 31 | Taskin Ahmed | 69 | 246.5 | 77 | 8.01 | 25.66 |
| 32 | Mitchell Starc | 63 | 236.0 | 77 | 7.75 | 23.77 |
| 33 | Josh Hazlewood | 55 | 208.4 | 75 | 7.52 | 20.92 |
| 34 | Kagiso Rabada | 70 | 251.1 | 74 | 8.44 | 28.65 |
| 35 | Romario Shepherd | 73 | 224.4 | 74 | 10.24 | 31.08 |
| 36 | Mahesh Theekshana | 76 | 286.5 | 71 | 7.31 | 29.52 |
| 37 | Blessing Muzarabani | 58 | 216.5 | 71 | 7.3 | 22.3 |
| 38 | Trent Boult | 54 | 203.3 | 69 | 8.08 | 23.84 |
| 39 | Mahedi Hasan | 64 | 226.2 | 69 | 6.81 | 22.35 |
| 40 | Lockie Ferguson | 46 | 156.5 | 67 | 7.56 | 17.69 |
| 41 | Varun Chakravarthy | 40 | 153.3 | 66 | 7.95 | 18.5 |
| 42 | Imad Wasim | 64 | 221.0 | 66 | 6.29 | 21.06 |
| 43 | Mohammad Amir | 56 | 202.2 | 64 | 7.18 | 22.7 |
| 44 | Adam Milne | 51 | 180.5 | 64 | 8.43 | 23.83 |
| 45 | Mark Adair | 47 | 166.3 | 64 | 8.83 | 22.98 |
| 46 | Hasan Ali | 48 | 162.3 | 62 | 8.71 | 22.82 |
| 47 | Pat Cummins | 54 | 198.0 | 62 | 7.53 | 24.03 |
| 48 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 59 | 218.0 | 61 | 7.07 | 25.26 |
| 49 | Sam Curran | 69 | 208.1 | 61 | 8.82 | 30.11 |
| 50 | Ravi Bishnoi | 45 | 169.4 | 61 | 7.53 | 20.93 |
Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · T20 Internationals (Men) (full-member fixtures only) · data through 13 October 2026Show ▾
Source. Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet. New matches are loaded from Cricsheet twice a day (10:00 and 22:00 UTC), typically a day or two after a match is published there.
Internationals. T20 internationals are included only when both teams are ICC full members. Fixtures against Associate nations (e.g. Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA) are not in the dataset, so international totals for players who faced them are lower than their full career figures.
Leagues. Leagues: IPL, BBL, PSL, CPL, SA20, MLC, ILT20, BPL, LPL, WBBL, WPL — full history of each. Domestic T20 competitions outside this list (e.g. the Blast, SMAT, Super Smash) are not included.
Exclusions. Super overs are excluded from every total. The dataset has no playing-XI record, so match appearances can't be counted. A match where a player neither batted nor bowled is not reflected anywhere in their figures.
Inns counts innings in which the player bowled. Matches where they did not bowl are not included.
- Inns (bowling) — innings in which the player bowled at least one delivery. Matches where they did not bowl are not counted.
- Economy — runs conceded per six legal balls bowled.
- Batting average — runs divided by dismissals. Bowling average — runs conceded divided by wickets. Not-out innings add runs but no dismissal.