Who has taken the most wickets in T20I cricket?

Rashid Khan has taken 193 T20I wickets, the most of any bowler, in 115 matches.

Who are the leading T20I wicket-takers?

The top four are Rashid Khan (193), Ish Sodhi (165), Tim Southee (164) and Adil Rashid (163).

Why does economy rate matter in T20Is?

With only 20 overs a side, keeping the runs down is as valuable as taking wickets, so the best bowlers do both.

Most Wickets in T20I Cricket

#	Player	M	Inns	O	Runs	W	Avg	E/R	SR	4W	5W
1	Rashid Khan	115	115	438.2	2650	193	13.73	6.04	13.60	9	2
2	Ish Sodhi	142	135	465.2	3798	165	23.01	8.16	16.90	4	0
3	Tim Southee	126	123	458.5	3671	164	22.38	8.00	16.70	2	2
4	Adil Rashid	145	138	506.0	3789	163	23.24	7.48	18.60	4	0
5	Mustafizur Rahman	128	127	462.0	3363	160	21.01	7.27	17.30	3	2
6	Wanindu Hasaranga	97	95	360.0	2543	159	15.99	7.06	13.50	5	0
7	Adam Zampa	118	115	423.1	3113	153	20.34	7.35	16.50	5	1
8	Shakib Al Hasan	129	126	457.3	3117	149	20.91	6.81	18.40	6	2
9	Mitchell Santner	138	133	472.0	3387	142	23.85	7.17	19.90	3	0
10	Sandeep Lamichhane	78	78	294.4	1812	142	12.76	6.14	12.40	3	2
11	Mark Adair	100	100	359.3	2812	142	19.80	7.82	15.10	4	0
12	Shaheen Afridi	103	103	370.3	2904	136	21.35	7.83	16.30	3	0
13	Ehsan Khan	102	100	364.5	2271	134	16.94	6.22	16.30	5	0
14	Haris Rauf	94	92	334.5	2807	133	21.10	8.38	15.10	5	0
15	Arshdeep Singh	86	85	301.2	2565	131	19.58	8.51	13.80	2	1
16	Megan Schutt	99	98	331.3	2107	128	16.46	6.35	15.50	4	1
17	Junaid Siddique	91	91	335.3	2562	126	20.33	7.63	15.90	5	1
18	Nida Dar	131	124	422.2	2330	126	18.49	5.51	20.10	1	1
19	Anisa Mohammed	117	113	395.3	2206	125	17.64	5.57	18.90	4	3
20	Henry Ssenyondo	95	91	320.1	1681	124	13.55	5.25	15.40	7	1
21	Shadab Khan	124	115	404.1	2991	123	24.31	7.40	19.70	3	0
22	Ellyse Perry	142	132	397.5	2329	123	18.93	5.85	19.40	4	0
23	Shabnim Ismail	113	112	396.5	2291	123	18.62	5.77	19.30	0	2
24	Jasprit Bumrah	95	92	335.4	2188	121	18.08	6.51	16.60	1	0
25	Ali Dawood	77	77	274.4	1696	118	14.37	6.17	13.90	6	1
26	Hardik Pandya	138	125	370.5	3093	114	27.13	8.34	19.50	3	0
27	Richard Ngarava	93	91	328.2	2436	114	21.36	7.41	17.20	2	0
28	Katherine Brunt	112	111	392.1	2188	114	19.19	5.57	20.60	1	0
29	Virandeep Singh	114	92	286.3	1575	113	13.93	5.49	15.20	4	0
30	Jason Holder	98	94	343.3	2970	112	26.51	8.64	18.40	5	1
31	Sikandar Raza	140	126	393.0	2742	112	24.48	6.98	21.05	2	1
32	KC Karan	91	91	295.1	2291	112	20.45	7.76	15.80	3	1
33	Bilal Khan	79	78	283.0	1919	110	17.44	6.78	15.40	3	0
34	Sophie Devine	122	106	306.3	1942	110	17.65	6.33	16.70	1	0
35	Mohammad Nabi	152	138	413.4	3028	109	27.77	7.31	22.70	4	0
36	Chris Jordan	95	94	325.3	2847	108	26.36	8.74	18.00	4	0
37	Shem Ngoche	93	90	312.4	1864	108	17.25	5.96	17.30	3	0
38	Lasith Malinga	84	83	299.5	2225	107	20.79	7.42	16.80	1	2
39	Taskin Ahmed	87	85	305.2	2380	106	22.45	7.79	17.20	3	0
40	Blessing Muzarabani	89	86	312.3	2263	106	21.34	7.24	17.60	1	0
41	Deepti Sharma	95	93	333.0	2026	105	19.29	6.08	19.00	1	0
42	Anya Shrubsole	79	79	266.2	1587	102	15.55	5.95	15.60	2	1
43	Sophie Ecclestone	73	72	268.1	1568	102	15.37	5.84	15.70	1	0
44	Alpesh Ramjani	65	63	223.1	1070	102	10.49	4.79	13.10	4	1
45	Mohammad Nawaz	98	92	293.2	2109	101	20.88	7.18	17.40	0	2
46	Aizaz Khan	99	89	274.5	2168	101	21.46	7.88	16.30	2	0
47	Pavandeep Singh	83	83	308.5	1840	100	18.40	5.95	18.50	1	0
48	Axar Patel	96	90	288.4	2139	99	21.60	7.40	17.40	0	0
49	Shahid Afridi	99	97	361.2	2396	98	24.44	6.63	22.10	3	0
50	Stafanie Taylor	114	87	289.3	1639	98	16.72	5.66	17.70	2	0
51	Poonam Yadav	72	72	260.0	1495	98	15.25	5.75	15.90	3	0
52	Yuzvendra Chahal	80	79	294.0	2409	96	25.09	8.19	18.30	2	1
53	Dushmantha Chameera	79	79	287.1	2291	96	23.86	7.97	17.90	2	1
54	Dinesh Nakrani	82	76	258.0	1468	96	15.29	5.68	16.10	2	2
55	Zappy Bimenyimana	100	98	297.3	2146	96	22.35	7.21	18.50	0	0
56	Kuldeep Yadav	54	52	187.5	1306	95	13.74	6.95	11.80	3	2
57	Jess Jonassen	103	99	323.0	1830	95	19.26	5.66	20.40	3	1
58	Imran Anwar	104	100	298.5	2192	95	23.07	7.33	18.80	1	0
59	Akeal Hosein	99	95	336.2	2500	94	26.59	7.43	21.40	2	1
60	Mark Watt	83	80	291.1	2067	94	21.98	7.09	18.50	2	1
61	George Dockrell	159	100	288.2	2012	91	22.10	6.97	19.00	1	0
62	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	87	86	298.3	2079	90	23.10	6.96	19.90	3	2
63	Lungisani Ngidi	64	64	216.3	1866	90	20.73	8.61	14.40	3	1
64	Aqib Iqbal	81	79	278.1	1863	90	20.70	6.69	18.50	0	1
65	Tabraiz Shamsi	70	70	251.3	1860	89	20.89	7.39	16.90	3	1
66	Sompal Kami	92	92	290.0	2076	89	23.32	7.15	19.50	0	0
67	Nattaya Boochatham	67	66	225.1	946	89	10.62	4.20	15.10	4	0
68	Sana Mir	106	105	378.2	2085	89	23.42	5.51	25.50	4	0
69	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	65	65	241.4	1575	87	18.10	6.51	16.60	3	1
70	Craig Young	73	71	238.1	1935	87	22.24	8.12	16.40	3	0
71	Safyaan Sharif	78	77	261.4	2124	87	24.41	8.11	18.00	2	0
72	Paul van Meekeren	78	76	259.0	1831	86	21.29	7.06	18.00	2	0
73	Vraj Patel	64	63	230.0	1217	86	14.15	5.29	16.00	1	1
74	Concylate Aweko	63	63	238.5	842	86	9.79	3.52	16.60	2	0
75	Umar Gul	60	60	200.3	1443	85	16.97	7.19	14.10	4	2
76	Josh Little	77	76	282.0	2138	85	25.15	7.58	19.90	2	0
77	Bernard Scholtz	84	82	283.4	1798	85	21.15	6.34	20.02	2	0
78	Saeed Ajmal	64	63	238.2	1516	85	17.83	6.36	16.80	4	0
79	Danielle Hazell	85	85	317.3	1764	85	20.75	5.55	22.40	1	0
80	Inoka Ranaweera	75	75	256.4	1500	85	17.64	5.84	18.10	1	0
81	Mohammed Aslam Nawfer	78	77	268.4	1664	85	19.57	6.19	18.90	3	0
82	Salma Khatun	95	93	311.0	1560	84	18.57	5.01	22.20	1	0
83	Isaac Okpe	84	80	233.4	1564	84	18.61	6.69	16.60	0	1
84	Trent Boult	61	61	231.3	1779	83	21.43	7.68	16.70	2	0
85	Kagiso Rabada	79	79	282.5	2378	83	28.65	8.40	20.40	0	0
86	Maheesh Theekshana	85	85	320.0	2266	83	27.30	7.08	23.10	0	0
87	Charles Perchard	53	51	183.0	1136	83	13.68	6.20	13.20	3	1
88	Dhruv Maisuria	45	43	151.3	830	82	10.12	5.47	11.00	4	2
89	Romario Shepherd	81	74	227.0	2281	81	28.16	10.04	16.80	1	1
90	Natalie Sciver	111	101	269.0	1751	81	21.61	6.50	19.90	2	0
91	Mitchell Starc	65	65	243.0	1881	79	23.81	7.74	18.40	1	0
92	Josh Hazlewood	60	59	224.4	1680	79	21.26	7.47	17.00	4	0
93	Dwayne Bravo	91	77	250.5	2036	78	26.10	8.11	19.20	3	0
94	Yasim Murtaza	71	68	240.0	1543	77	20.03	6.42	18.70	1	0
95	Leigh Kasperek	48	48	175.2	1109	77	14.40	6.32	13.60	1	0
96	Marizanne Kapp	96	84	279.0	1553	77	20.16	5.56	21.70	1	0
97	Shashikala Siriwardene	81	78	275.3	1598	77	20.75	5.80	21.40	3	0
98	Vijay Unni	73	73	232.5	1473	77	19.12	6.32	18.10	2	0
99	Lockie Ferguson	54	53	184.5	1355	76	17.82	7.33	14.50	2	1
100	Frank Nsubuga	72	71	245.5	1158	76	15.23	4.71	19.40	0	0

Most Wickets in T20I Cricket

Rashid Khan has taken the most wickets in T20I cricket, 193 wickets in 115 matches at an economy rate of 6.04. He is followed by Ish Sodhi (165), Tim Southee (164) and Adil Rashid (163).

In the shortest format, taking wickets while keeping the economy rate down is what separates the best T20I bowlers. The table lists every leading bowler with matches and economy. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

Most Wickets in T20I Cricket

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