Most Wickets in World Test Championship (WTC) History

Nathan Lyon is the leading wicket-taker in the World Test Championship (WTC) history. The Australian off-spinner is nearing 200 wickets in the tournament.

Pat Cummins, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Mitchell Starc have picked up over 140 wickets in WTC history so far.

Lyon and Ashwin are the only 2 bowlers who have grabbed 10 or more five-wicket hauls in WTC history.

Over 11 bowlers have picked up 100 or more wickets in WTC history. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jack Leach, Kemar Roach, and Chris Woakes are on their way to 100 scalps.

You can check out the top 20 bowlers who have taken the most wickets in WTC history.

Most Wickets in WTC History

Player	Matches	Innings	Wickets	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5W/10W
Ravichandran Ashwin (IND)	40	77	194	7/71	21.32	2.83	45.1	11/1
Nathan Lyon (AUS)	43	78	187	8/64	26.70	2.75	58.0	10/3
Pat Cummins (AUS)	42	78	175	6/91	22.81	2.91	46.9	8/1
Mitchell Starc (AUS)	38	73	147	6/66	27.08	3.46	46.8	3/0
Kagiso Rabada (SA)	29	51	137	6/46	21.13	3.32	38.1	6/0
Stuart Broad (ENG)	33	63	134	6/31	24.09	3.04	47.5	3/1
Ravindra Jadeja (IND)	36	68	127	7/42	23.87	2.75	52.0	6/2
Jasprit Bumrah (IND)	30	57	124	6/27	20.04	2.81	42.7	7/0
Tim Southee (NZ)	34	67	121	5/32	29.35	2.89	60.7	6/0
James Anderson (ENG)	36	65	116	6/40	23.81	2.41	59.0	5/0
Josh Hazlewood (AUS)	26	50	109	5/8	21.33	2.79	45.8	6/0
Jack Leach (ENG)	30	51	106	5/66	34.81	3.12	66.8	3/1
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	26	44	94	6/51	28.65	3.11	55.1	3/1
Chris Woakes (ENG)	27	53	93	5/50	26.01	3.00	51.9	2/0
Keshav Maharaj (SA)	29	44	90	7/32	31.61	3.06	61.8	4/0
Kemar Roach (WI)	27	51	88	5/47	28.34	2.99	56.8	2/0
Taijul Islam (BAN)	21	36	87	7/116	35.18	2.98	70.6	6/1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	24	45	85	5/35	24.61	3.17	46.5	2/0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)	26	43	82	5/61	37.57	3.16	71.1	2/0
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	31	57	80	6/15	30.63	3.37	54.5	3/0