Most Wickets — Test, 2021
Men's cricket. Career wicket aggregates, most first. Ranked from ball-by-ball data. See the women's list →
| 1 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 38 | 13 | 16.97 | 2.49 | 40.92 |
| 2 | Shaheen Shah Afridi | 32 | 10 | 16.53 | 2.72 | 36.41 |
| 3 | James Anderson | 32 | 18 | 23.09 | 2.16 | 64.28 |
| 4 | Ollie Robinson | 32 | 14 | 22.44 | 2.66 | 50.56 |
| 5 | Hasan Ali | 30 | 9 | 14.23 | 3.17 | 26.90 |
| 6 | Axar Patel | 27 | 6 | 10.59 | 2.24 | 28.37 |
| 7 | Jasprit Bumrah | 25 | 13 | 25.68 | 2.69 | 57.20 |
| 8 | Mohammed Siraj | 25 | 14 | 27.08 | 3.05 | 53.24 |
| 9 | Jack Leach | 20 | 9 | 33.25 | 3.52 | 56.70 |
| 10 | Anrich Nortje | 20 | 6 | 15.70 | 3.14 | 30.00 |
| 11 | Pat Cummins | 20 | 7 | 16.10 | 2.46 | 39.25 |
| 12 | Taijul Islam | 19 | 6 | 31.32 | 2.67 | 70.42 |
| 13 | Tim Southee | 19 | 7 | 19.21 | 2.34 | 49.21 |
| 14 | Mohammed Shami | 19 | 8 | 22.42 | 3.07 | 43.79 |
| 15 | Kyle Jamieson | 18 | 7 | 20.56 | 2.58 | 47.78 |
| 16 | Lungi Ngidi | 17 | 6 | 14.12 | 2.80 | 30.29 |
| 17 | Mitchell Starc | 17 | 9 | 29.35 | 3.15 | 55.82 |
| 18 | Kemar Roach | 16 | 7 | 21.38 | 2.61 | 49.13 |
| 19 | Ajaz Patel | 16 | 4 | 16.75 | 2.68 | 37.50 |
| 20 | Rahkeem Cornwall | 16 | 7 | 34.56 | 3.08 | 67.38 |
| 21 | Mark Wood | 16 | 9 | 31.69 | 3.44 | 55.31 |
| 22 | Jason Holder | 15 | 9 | 21.07 | 2.12 | 59.60 |
| 23 | Suranga Lakmal | 15 | 7 | 21.07 | 2.29 | 55.20 |
| 24 | Nathan Lyon | 15 | 8 | 33.20 | 2.33 | 85.67 |
| 25 | Kagiso Rabada | 15 | 6 | 18.87 | 2.62 | 43.20 |
| 26 | Jayden Seales | 14 | 4 | 16.50 | 3.41 | 29.00 |
| 27 | Shardul Thakur | 14 | 7 | 24.93 | 3.49 | 42.86 |
| 28 | Ishant Sharma | 14 | 10 | 22.29 | 2.51 | 53.29 |
| 29 | Vishwa Fernando | 14 | 8 | 32.36 | 3.29 | 59.00 |
| 30 | Moeen Ali | 13 | 6 | 37.31 | 3.65 | 61.38 |
| 31 | Trent Boult | 13 | 5 | 22.08 | 2.98 | 44.38 |
| 32 | Joe Root | 12 | 14 | 32.75 | 3.26 | 60.33 |
| 33 | Jomel Warrican | 12 | 7 | 25.50 | 3.15 | 48.50 |
| 34 | Josh Hazlewood | 11 | 5 | 22.55 | 2.62 | 51.64 |
| 35 | Praveen Jayawickrama | 11 | 3 | 14.55 | 2.43 | 35.91 |
| 36 | Blessing Muzarabani | 11 | 3 | 22.64 | 2.80 | 48.55 |
| 37 | Faheem Ashraf | 10 | 10 | 34.90 | 3.06 | 68.40 |
| 38 | Lasith Ambuldeniya | 10 | 5 | 32.70 | 2.30 | 85.20 |
| 39 | Chris Woakes | 10 | 6 | 36.60 | 3.34 | 65.80 |
| 40 | Neil Wagner | 10 | 6 | 28.00 | 2.77 | 60.60 |
| 41 | Ben Stokes | 9 | 9 | 44.67 | 4.35 | 61.56 |
| 42 | Ramesh Mendis | 9 | 3 | 25.00 | 2.85 | 52.67 |
| 43 | Stuart Broad | 9 | 11 | 48.89 | 2.87 | 102.11 |
| 44 | Keshav Maharaj | 8 | 5 | 36.88 | 2.54 | 87.00 |
| 45 | Mohammad Abbas | 8 | 4 | 26.50 | 2.47 | 64.50 |
| 46 | Matt Henry | 7 | 3 | 26.00 | 3.31 | 47.14 |
| 47 | Taskin Ahmed | 7 | 2 | 34.14 | 3.72 | 55.14 |
| 48 | Scott Boland | 7 | 2 | 7.86 | 3.24 | 14.57 |
| 49 | Ravindra Jadeja | 7 | 8 | 34.43 | 2.55 | 80.86 |
| 50 | Olly Stone | 7 | 4 | 23.57 | 3.46 | 40.86 |
| 51 | Cameron Green | 7 | 9 | 16.86 | 1.91 | 52.86 |
| 52 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | 6 | 6 | 82.67 | 2.73 | 181.50 |
| 53 | Dushmantha Chameera | 6 | 6 | 43.83 | 3.02 | 87.17 |
| 54 | Abu Jayed | 6 | 6 | 56.50 | 3.57 | 95.00 |
| 55 | Roston Chase | 6 | 7 | 44.33 | 3.33 | 79.83 |
| 56 | Washington Sundar | 6 | 7 | 49.83 | 3.41 | 87.67 |
| 57 | Donald Tiripano | 6 | 3 | 38.33 | 3.38 | 68.00 |
| 58 | Wiaan Mulder | 5 | 8 | 46.80 | 2.89 | 97.20 |
| 59 | Marco Jansen | 5 | 2 | 24.80 | 3.88 | 38.40 |
| 60 | George Linde | 5 | 2 | 13.60 | 2.14 | 38.20 |
| 61 | Jhye Richardson | 5 | 2 | 24.00 | 3.14 | 45.80 |
| 62 | Dominic Bess | 5 | 3 | 39.40 | 3.86 | 61.20 |
| 63 | Craig Overton | 5 | 3 | 24.20 | 2.75 | 52.80 |
| 64 | Shannon Gabriel | 5 | 6 | 51.80 | 3.55 | 87.60 |
| 65 | Veerasammy Permaul | 5 | 1 | 7.00 | 2.69 | 15.60 |
| 66 | Sajid Khan | 4 | 4 | 39.00 | 2.82 | 83.00 |
| 67 | Shahbaz Nadeem | 4 | 2 | 58.25 | 3.95 | 88.50 |
| 68 | Lutho Sipamla | 4 | 2 | 16.75 | 3.56 | 28.25 |
| 69 | Kyle Mayers | 4 | 9 | 47.50 | 2.44 | 117.00 |
| 70 | Jofra Archer | 4 | 3 | 30.50 | 3.47 | 52.75 |
| 71 | Nauman Ali | 4 | 7 | 60.25 | 2.59 | 139.50 |
| 72 | Richard Ngarava | 4 | 3 | 61.75 | 3.25 | 114.00 |
| 73 | Sam Curran | 3 | 4 | 66.00 | 3.05 | 130.00 |
| 74 | Alzarri Joseph | 3 | 5 | 88.67 | 3.81 | 139.67 |
| 75 | Umesh Yadav | 3 | 1 | 25.33 | 4.00 | 38.00 |
| 76 | Dhananjaya de Silva | 3 | 8 | 88.67 | 3.45 | 154.00 |
| 77 | Kraigg Brathwaite | 3 | 7 | 26.67 | 2.58 | 62.00 |
| 78 | Ebadot Hossain | 3 | 3 | 58.67 | 3.20 | 110.00 |
| 79 | Tendai Chisoro | 3 | 2 | 73.33 | 2.97 | 148.33 |
| 80 | Thangarasu Natarajan | 3 | 2 | 39.67 | 3.10 | 76.67 |
| 81 | Nayeem Hasan | 3 | 2 | 36.00 | 2.71 | 79.67 |
| 82 | Avishka Fernando | 2 | 2 | 40.50 | 3.52 | 69.00 |
| 83 | Dawid Malan | 2 | 1 | 16.50 | 5.50 | 18.00 |
| 84 | Navdeep Saini | 2 | 3 | 59.00 | 4.57 | 77.50 |
| 85 | Dasun Shanaka | 2 | 2 | 25.00 | 2.78 | 54.00 |
| 86 | Kuldeep Yadav | 2 | 2 | 20.50 | 3.32 | 37.00 |
| 87 | Michael Neser | 2 | 2 | 30.50 | 2.54 | 72.00 |
| 88 | Victor Nyauchi | 2 | 1 | 46.00 | 5.41 | 51.00 |
| 89 | CBRLS Kumara | 1 | 1 | 88.00 | 3.14 | 168.00 |
| 90 | Milton Shumba | 1 | 3 | 166.00 | 3.69 | 270.00 |
| 91 | Daniel Lawrence | 1 | 2 | 23.00 | 5.75 | 24.00 |
| 92 | Soumya Sarkar | 1 | 1 | 48.00 | 4.36 | 66.00 |
| 93 | Shoriful Islam | 1 | 1 | 91.00 | 3.14 | 174.00 |
| 94 | Luke Jongwe | 1 | 1 | 68.00 | 4.00 | 102.00 |
| 95 | Yasir Shah | 1 | 4 | 169.00 | 3.27 | 310.00 |
| 96 | Nkruma Bonner | 0 | 2 | — | 5.75 | — |
| 97 | Rohit Sharma | 0 | 2 | — | 3.69 | — |
| 98 | C de Grandhomme | 0 | 3 | — | 2.00 | — |
| 99 | Mominul Haque | 0 | 2 | — | 4.29 | — |
| 100 | Dimuth Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | — | 6.00 | — |