Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
Players Taking Most Wickets in Year 
(calculated for matches beginning in named year)

  Player Country Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5w E/R S/R
1 J O Holder* West Indies 6 150.1 38 409 33 12.39 6/59 4 2.72 27.22
2 Mohammad Abbas* Pakistan 7 230.1 82 523 38 13.76 5/33 3 2.27 36.27
3 V D Philander South Africa 8 236.2 82 545 32 17.03 6/21 2 2.31 44.21
4 S T Gabriel* West Indies 8 189.2 28 723 37 19.54 8/62 3 3.82 30.62
5 T A Boult* New Zealand 7 281.1 75 789 33 23.91 6/30 2 2.81 50.96
6 P J Cummins* Australia 8 314.1 65 879 44 19.98 6/27 2 2.80 42.72
7 Yasir Shah* Pakistan 6 315.0 61 894 38 23.53 8/41 3 2.84 49.48
8 I Sharma* India 11 335.0 71 894 41 21.80 5/51 1 2.67 48.97
9 Mehidy Hasan Miraz* Bangladesh 8 299.1 53 907 41 22.12 7/58 4 3.03 43.77
10 M M Ali* England 7 265.0 34 922 32 28.81 5/63 1 3.48 49.69
11 R Ashwin* India 10 386.0 88 964 38 25.37 4/27 0 2.50 60.63
12 J M Anderson* England 12 391.4 113 968 43 22.51 5/20 1 2.47 54.56
13 Taijul Islam* Bangladesh 7 333.1 57 988 43 22.98 6/33 4 2.97 46.26
14 S C J Broad* England 11 331.2 79 990 35 28.29 6/54 1 2.99 56.71
15 J J Bumrah* India 9 379.4 89 1009 48 21.02 6/33 3 2.66 47.33
16 K Rabada* South Africa 10 331.1 73 1044 52 20.08 6/54 2 3.15 38.11
17 K A Maharaj* South Africa 9 329.3 50 1131 34 33.26 9/129 2 3.43 58.04
18 Mohammed Shami* India 12 383.5 68 1268 47 26.98 6/56 2 3.30 48.91
19 M D K Perera Sri Lanka 11 470.0 64 1466 50 29.32 6/32 3 3.12 56.16
20 N M Lyon* Australia 10 615.3 114 1667 49 34.02 6/122 2 2.71 75.24

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