CALENDAR YEAR RECORD

Men ODI: Most wickets in a calendar year

Calendar year record from available scorecards, 600 qualifying entries.

Men ODI: Most wickets in a calendar year
Rank	Wkts	Player	Team	Year	Mat	Inns	BBI	5w
1	69	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	1997	34	34	5/38	2
2	62	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	1996	31	31	5/29	2
3	61	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2000	37	37	5/20	1
4	61	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	2000	38	38	5/48	1
5	59	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	2013	32	32	5/24	1
6	59	Shane Warne	Australia	1999	35	35	4/29	0
7	58	Anil Kumble	India	1996	31	31	4/12	0
8	56	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	2001	33	33	5/30	1
9	53	Ajit Agarkar	India	1998	28	28	4/35	0
10	53	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1996	31	31	6/44	2
11	53	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2002	37	37	4/18	0
12	52	Ravindra Jadeja	India	2013	34	34	5/36	1
13	51	Glenn McGrath	Australia	1999	26	26	5/14	2
14	50	Shane Warne	Australia	1994	29	29	4/34	0
15	49	Junaid Khan	Pakistan	2013	27	27	4/15	0
16	48	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2002	30	30	5/31	1
17	47	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1990	19	19	6/26	5
18	47	Kuldeep Yadav	India	2023	27	27	5/25	1
19	47	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2012	31	31	5/54	1
20	47	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	2002	33	33	5/38	1
21	46	Nathan Bracken	Australia	2006	23	23	5/67	1
22	46	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan	1999	26	26	6/18	3
22	46	Chris Pringle	New Zealand	1994	26	26	5/45	1
24	46	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2000	37	37	3/40	0
25	45	Hasan Ali	Pakistan	2017	18	18	5/34	3
26	45	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan	2005	22	22	6/27	1
27	45	Ryan McLaren	South Africa	2013	25	25	4/19	0
27	45	Allan Donald	South Africa	2002	25	25	4/43	0
29	45	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1993	26	26	5/15	2
30	45	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2009	28	28	4/34	0
31	44	Brett Lee	Australia	2005	23	23	5/41	1
32	44	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2010	26	26	4/33	0
32	44	Brett Lee	Australia	2006	26	26	5/22	2
34	44	Venkatesh Prasad	India	1996	29	29	4/27	0
35	43	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2017	15	15	7/18	2
36	43	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008	16	16	6/13	2
37	43	Kuldeep Yadav	India	2018	18	18	6/25	1
38	43	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1992	27	27	5/19	1
39	43	John Emburey	England	1987	31	31	4/37	0
40	43	Venkatesh Prasad	India	1999	33	33	5/27	1
41	42	Mohammed Shami	India	2023	17	17	7/57	4
41	42	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2018	17	17	5/24	1
43	42	Mohammed Shami	India	2019	21	21	5/69	1
43	42	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2003	21	21	4/24	0
45	42	Brett Lee	Australia	2003	22	22	5/30	2
46	42	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1994	24	24	6/30	1
47	42	Irfan Pathan	India	2004	26	26	4/24	0
48	42	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2001	29	29	8/19	1
49	42	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	2001	30	30	4/8	0
50	42	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2002	31	31	5/41	1
51	41	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	2001	21	21	7/36	2
52	41	Damien Fleming	Australia	1999	25	25	3/14	0
53	40	Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	2013	15	15	5/58	1
53	40	RJ Harris	Australia	2010	15	15	5/19	3
55	40	Allan Donald	South Africa	1996	17	17	4/31	0
56	40	Adil Rashid	England	2018	22	22	4/36	0
57	40	Glenn McGrath	Australia	2002	25	25	5/37	1
58	40	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	2013	29	29	3/39	0
59	39	Brett Lee	Australia	2002	18	18	4/32	0
60	39	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Pakistan	2023	19	19	5/54	1
61	39	Mohammed Siraj	India	2023	22	22	6/21	1
62	39	Jasprit Bumrah	India	2017	23	23	5/27	1
63	39	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	2006	24	24	4/24	0
64	39	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	2002	25	25	4/22	0
65	39	Harbhajan Singh	India	2002	27	27	5/43	1
66	39	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2013	28	28	4/34	0
67	39	Phil DeFreitas	England	1987	30	30	4/35	0
68	39	Lance Klusener	South Africa	2000	36	36	5/47	1
69	38	Mohammed Shami	India	2014	16	16	4/36	0
70	38	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2014	17	17	4/60	0
71	38	Trent Boult	New Zealand	2019	20	20	5/21	1
71	38	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2011	20	20	6/31	1
73	38	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	2003	21	21	5/23	1
74	38	Zaheer Khan	India	2002	22	22	4/45	0
75	38	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies	1999	24	24	5/51	1
76	38	Ajit Agarkar	India	2002	26	26	4/32	0
76	38	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	1999	26	26	4/16	0
78	38	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2007	27	27	5/7	1
79	37	Mitchell Starc	Australia	2015	17	17	6/28	2
80	37	Javagal Srinath	India	1998	19	19	5/23	1
81	37	Imran Khan	Pakistan	1987	20	20	4/27	0
82	37	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2011	21	21	5/28	1
82	37	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2004	21	21	4/11	0
84	37	Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	2013	23	23	4/33	0
85	36	Liam Plunkett	England	2017	17	17	5/52	1
86	36	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	2003	20	20	5/10	1
86	36	Glenn McGrath	Australia	2000	20	20	5/49	1
88	36	Imran Tahir	South Africa	2015	21	21	5/45	1
88	36	James Anderson	England	2003	21	21	4/27	0
88	36	Jason Gillespie	Australia	2002	21	21	5/22	2
91	36	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	2002	23	23	6/16	2
91	36	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1993	23	23	5/25	1
93	36	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	1997	25	25	3/38	0
93	36	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	1983	25	25	4/20	0
95	36	James Anderson	England	2007	26	26	4/23	0
95	36	Ian Bradshaw	West Indies	2006	26	26	3/30	0
97	36	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2006	27	27	5/39	1
97	36	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	2006	27	27	4/23	0
99	36	Zaheer Khan	India	2007	30	30	5/42	1
99	36	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	2000	30	30	3/10	0

Available scorecards only; the twelve-team archive is complete from 2001 and partial before. Tied figures share a rank.