Most Test Wickets in a Calendar Year


Rank Name   Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 SK Warne (Aus) 2005 15 4336 96 22.02 45.2 6/2 6-46
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 2006 11 3532 90 16.90 39.2 9/5 8-70
3 DK Lillee (Aus) 1981 13 3710 85 20.95 43.6 5/2 7-83
4 M Muralitharan (SL) 2001 12 4688 80 21.23 58.6 7/4 8-87
= AA Donald (SAf) 1998 14 3232 80 19.63 40.4 7/0 6-88
6 J Garner (WI) 1984 15 3626 79 20.62 45.9 4/0 6-60
7 N Kapil Dev (Ind) 1983 18 3469 75 23.18 46.2 5/1 9-83
= M Muralitharan (SL) 2000 10 3740 75 19.50 49.9 7/3 7-84
9 N Kapil Dev (Ind) 1979 17 3553 74 22.95 48.0 5/0 6-63
= A Kumble (Ind) 2004 12 3680 74 24.83 49.7 6/2 8-141
= DW Steyn (SAf) 2008 13 2653 74 20.01 35.8 5/1 6-72
12 MD Marshall (WI) 1984 13 3251 73 20.15 44.5 9/1 7-53
13 SK Warne (Aus) 1993 16 5054 72 23.56 70.2 2/0 6-31
14 GD McKenzie (Aus) 1964 14 4106 71 24.46 57.8 4/1 7-153
15 SK Warne (Aus) 2004 12 3472 70 24.07 49.6 5/2 6-125
= SK Warne (Aus) 1994 10 3774 70 18.20 53.9 6/2 8-71
17 SM Pollock (SAf) 1998 14 3592 69 20.44 52.0 6/0 7-87
18 SK Warne (Aus) 1997 15 4091 68 24.42 60.2 2/0 6-48
= GD McGrath (Aus) 2001 14 3508 68 21.66 51.6 4/0 7-76
= A Flintoff (Eng) 2005 14 3194 68 24.41 47.0 1/0 5-78
= M Muralitharan (SL) 1998 8 3303 68 18.47 48.6 7/2 9-65
22 SK Warne (Aus) 2002 10 2874 67 19.55 42.9 3/1 7-94
= GD McGrath (Aus) 1999 14 3364 67 21.26 50.2 4/1 5-28
= SJ Harmison (Eng) 2004 13 3161 67 23.92 47.2 3/0 7-12
25 CA Walsh (WI) 2000 14 3501 66 18.69 53.0 4/1 6-74
= IT Botham (Eng) 1978 12 2877 66 18.19 43.6 6/1 8-34
27 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1985 10 2588 64 17.43 40.4 6/2 9-52
28 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 2002 13 3567 63 23.22 56.6 5/0 7-48
= Harbhajan Singh (Pak) 2008 13 4230 63 31.53 67.1 2/1 6-102
= GD McGrath (Aus) 1997 13 3113 63 21.38 49.4 4/0 8-38

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Bold signifies achievement less than 3 years old.
Matches straddling calendar years are counted in the previous year.