Who has taken the most wickets in T20I cricket?

Rashid Khan has taken 198 T20I wickets, the most of any bowler, in 120 matches.

Who are the leading T20I wicket-takers?

The top four are Rashid Khan (198), Adil Rashid (167), Ish Sodhi (165) and Tim Southee (164).

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	120	120	449.5	2840	198	14.34	6.31	13.63	9	2
2	Adil Rashid	149	142	518.4	3912	167	23.42	7.54	18.60	4	0
3	Ish Sodhi	142	135	465.2	3798	165	23.01	8.16	16.90	4	0
4	Tim Southee	126	123	458.5	3671	164	22.38	8.00	16.70	2	2
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	Arshdeep Singh	101	98	345.1	3041	151	20.14	8.81	13.72	2	1
9	Shakib Al Hasan	129	126	457.3	3117	149	20.91	6.81	18.40	6	2
10	Mitchell Santner	140	135	480.0	3447	148	23.29	7.18	19.46	4	0
11	Sandeep Lamichhane	78	78	294.4	1812	142	12.76	6.14	12.40	3	2
12	Mark Adair	100	100	359.3	2812	142	19.80	7.82	15.10	4	0
13	Shaheen Afridi	103	103	370.3	2904	136	21.35	7.83	16.30	3	0
14	Ehsan Khan	102	100	364.5	2271	134	16.94	6.22	16.30	5	0
15	Haris Rauf	94	92	334.5	2807	133	21.10	8.38	15.10	5	0
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	Jasprit Bumrah	99	96	343.4	2258	124	18.21	6.57	16.63	1	0
21	Henry Ssenyondo	95	91	320.1	1681	124	13.55	5.25	15.40	7	1
22	Shadab Khan	124	115	404.1	2991	123	24.31	7.40	19.70	3	0
23	Ellyse Perry	142	132	397.5	2329	123	18.93	5.85	19.40	4	0
24	Shabnim Ismail	113	112	396.5	2291	123	18.62	5.77	19.30	0	2
25	Blessing Muzarabani	102	99	359.3	2650	121	21.90	7.37	17.83	2	0
26	Ali Dawood	77	77	274.4	1696	118	14.37	6.17	13.90	6	1
27	Axar Patel	114	108	340.2	2685	117	22.95	7.89	17.45	0	0
28	Hardik Pandya	138	125	370.5	3093	114	27.13	8.34	19.50	3	0
29	Sikandar Raza	146	132	411.0	2936	114	25.75	7.14	21.63	2	1
30	Richard Ngarava	93	91	328.2	2436	114	21.36	7.41	17.20	2	0
31	Katherine Brunt	112	111	392.1	2188	114	19.19	5.57	20.60	1	0
32	Mohammad Nabi	157	143	420.4	3186	113	28.19	7.57	22.34	4	0
33	Virandeep Singh	114	92	286.3	1575	113	13.93	5.49	15.20	4	0
34	Jason Holder	98	94	343.3	2970	112	26.51	8.64	18.40	5	1
35	KC Karan	91	91	295.1	2291	112	20.45	7.76	15.80	3	1
36	Bilal Khan	79	78	283.0	1919	110	17.44	6.78	15.40	3	0
37	Sophie Devine	122	106	306.3	1942	110	17.65	6.33	16.70	1	0
38	Chris Jordan	95	94	325.3	2847	108	26.36	8.74	18.00	4	0
39	Shem Ngoche	93	90	312.4	1864	108	17.25	5.96	17.30	3	0
40	Lasith Malinga	84	83	299.5	2225	107	20.79	7.42	16.80	1	2
41	Taskin Ahmed	87	85	305.2	2380	106	22.45	7.79	17.20	3	0
42	Deepti Sharma	95	93	333.0	2026	105	19.29	6.08	19.00	1	0
43	Anya Shrubsole	79	79	266.2	1587	102	15.55	5.95	15.60	2	1
44	Sophie Ecclestone	73	72	268.1	1568	102	15.37	5.84	15.70	1	0
45	Alpesh Ramjani	65	63	223.1	1070	102	10.49	4.79	13.10	4	1
46	Mohammad Nawaz	98	92	293.2	2109	101	20.88	7.18	17.40	0	2
47	Aizaz Khan	99	89	274.5	2168	101	21.46	7.88	16.30	2	0
48	Pavandeep Singh	83	83	308.5	1840	100	18.40	5.95	18.50	1	0
49	Shahid Afridi	99	97	361.2	2396	98	24.44	6.63	22.10	3	0
50	Kuldeep Yadav	56	54	195.5	1392	98	14.20	7.11	11.99	3	2
51	Stafanie Taylor	114	87	289.3	1639	98	16.72	5.66	17.70	2	0
52	Poonam Yadav	72	72	260.0	1495	98	15.25	5.75	15.90	3	0
53	Yuzvendra Chahal	80	79	294.0	2409	96	25.09	8.19	18.30	2	1
54	Dushmantha Chameera	79	79	287.1	2291	96	23.86	7.97	17.90	2	1
55	Dinesh Nakrani	82	76	258.0	1468	96	15.29	5.68	16.10	2	2
56	Zappy Bimenyimana	100	98	297.3	2146	96	22.35	7.21	18.50	0	0
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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	90	88	306.3	2178	91	23.93	7.11	20.21	3	2
62	George Dockrell	159	100	288.2	2012	91	22.10	6.97	19.00	1	0
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	85	83	285.4	1823	85	21.45	6.38	20.16	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	Rishad Hossain	62	60	200.0	1700	80	21.25	8.18	15.50	1	0
92	Mitchell Starc	65	65	243.0	1881	79	23.81	7.74	18.40	1	0
93	Josh Hazlewood	60	59	224.4	1680	79	21.26	7.47	17.00	4	0
94	Dwayne Bravo	91	77	250.5	2036	78	26.10	8.11	19.20	3	0
95	Jonathan Smit	78	58	197.3	1395	78	17.88	7.06	15.19	2	1
96	Lockie Ferguson	56	55	190.5	1426	77	18.52	7.47	14.87	2	1
97	Yasim Murtaza	71	68	240.0	1543	77	20.03	6.42	18.70	1	0
98	Leigh Kasperek	48	48	175.2	1109	77	14.40	6.32	13.60	1	0
99	Marizanne Kapp	96	84	279.0	1553	77	20.16	5.56	21.70	1	0
100	Shashikala Siriwardene	81	78	275.3	1598	77	20.75	5.80	21.40	3	0

Most Wickets in T20I Cricket

Rashid Khan has taken the most wickets in T20I cricket, 198 wickets in 120 matches at an economy rate of 6.31. He is followed by Adil Rashid (167), Ish Sodhi (165) and Tim Southee (164).

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 26 October, 2026.

Most Wickets in T20I Cricket

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