T20I 2026 most wickets
Updated , after New Zealand vs IndiaArshdeep Singh leads T20I 2026 with 38 wickets (India) · Axar Patel (32) and Brad Evans (27) next
| # | Player · last 3 inningsPlayer | Team | Last 3 innings · newest first | Wickets | Mat | Inns | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Avg | Econ | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arshdeep Singh IND 2/331/451/52 | IND | 2/331/451/52 | 38 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 101.5 | 942 | 24.79 | 9.28 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Axar Patel IND 0/281/511/45 | IND | 0/281/511/45 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 95.7 | 852 | 26.63 | 8.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brad Evans ZIM 2/362/292/33 | ZIM | 2/362/292/33 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 59.6 | 578 | 21.41 | 9.70 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Adil Rashid ENG 0/211/181/31 | ENG | 0/211/181/31 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 65.8 | 536 | 20.62 | 8.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Shamar Joseph
WI 1/180/472/54 |
WI | 1/180/472/54 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 59.3 | 598 | 23.92 | 10.08 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Jofra Archer ENG 2/232/341/41 | ENG | 2/232/341/41 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 59.0 | 537 | 22.38 | 9.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Blessing Muzarabani ZIM 0/251/341/39 | ZIM | 0/251/341/39 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 62.5 | 480 | 20.00 | 7.68 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Jasprit Bumrah IND 0/332/71/16 | IND | 0/332/71/16 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 59.0 | 423 | 18.39 | 7.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Dushmantha Chameera SL 1/401/291/53 | SL | 1/401/291/53 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 50.1 | 485 | 21.09 | 9.68 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Liam Dawson ENG 1/173/322/23 | ENG | 1/173/322/23 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 56.0 | 436 | 19.82 | 7.79 | 0 | 0 |
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| 11 | Varun Chakaravarthy | IND | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 54.0 | 483 | 24.15 | 8.94 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Will Jacks | ENG | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 50.0 | 419 | 22.05 | 8.38 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Adam Zampa | AUS | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37.2 | 266 | 14.00 | 7.15 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | Mitchell Santner | NZ | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 61.0 | 471 | 26.17 | 7.72 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Maheesh Theekshana | SL | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 62.3 | 507 | 28.17 | 8.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Amjad Sher | FIN | 18 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39.0 | 224 | 12.44 | 5.74 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Shivam Dube | IND | 17 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 37.7 | 437 | 25.71 | 11.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Keshav Maharaj | SA | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 48.0 | 440 | 25.88 | 9.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Wanindu Hasaranga | SL | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40.0 | 331 | 19.47 | 8.28 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | Matthew Humphreys | IRE | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38.5 | 283 | 16.65 | 7.35 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Sam Curran | ENG | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 42.4 | 401 | 25.06 | 9.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Gudakesh Motie | WI | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 46.0 | 375 | 23.44 | 8.15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | Abrar Ahmed | PAK | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 44.0 | 323 | 20.19 | 7.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Jamie Overton | ENG | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36.2 | 268 | 16.75 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Richard Ngarava | ZIM | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29.2 | 268 | 16.75 | 9.18 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26 | Jason Holder | WI | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 39.1 | 363 | 24.20 | 9.28 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | Bilal Zalmai | AUT | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 43.0 | 323 | 21.53 | 7.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Mohammad Nawaz | PAK | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35.0 | 258 | 17.20 | 7.37 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Rashid Khan | AFG | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38.9 | 271 | 18.07 | 6.97 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Shahid Afridi | DEU | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 23.5 | 230 | 15.33 | 9.79 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31 | Matthew Forde | WI | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 47.7 | 422 | 30.14 | 8.85 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Dunith Wellalage | SL | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 46.0 | 381 | 27.21 | 8.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Jack Brassell | NAM | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 42.0 | 381 | 27.21 | 9.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Azmatullah Omarzai | AFG | 14 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25.5 | 212 | 15.14 | 8.31 | 1 | 0 | |
| 35 | Roston Chase | WI | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 47.4 | 417 | 32.08 | 8.80 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Hardik Pandya | IND | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 43.0 | 374 | 28.77 | 8.70 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Shadab Khan | PAK | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 40.0 | 313 | 24.08 | 7.83 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Matt Henry | NZ | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 41.7 | 396 | 30.46 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Lockie Ferguson | NZ | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 37.4 | 338 | 26.00 | 9.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Corbin Bosch | SA | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 31.0 | 242 | 18.62 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Hammadullah Shinwari | FIN | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29.3 | 161 | 12.38 | 5.49 | 1 | 1 | |
| 42 | Lungi Ngidi | SA | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 28.0 | 206 | 15.85 | 7.36 | 1 | 0 | |
| 43 | Junaid Siddique | UAE | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24.4 | 217 | 16.69 | 8.89 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | Shadley van Schalkwyk | USA | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14.5 | 101 | 7.77 | 6.97 | 2 | 0 | |
| 45 | Sikandar Raza | ZIM | 12 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 62.0 | 523 | 43.58 | 8.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Gerhard Erasmus | NAM | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 27.0 | 206 | 17.17 | 7.63 | 1 | 0 | |
| 47 | Saim Ayub | PAK | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 27.0 | 221 | 18.42 | 8.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Akeal Hosein | WI | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 44.0 | 413 | 34.42 | 9.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Rachin Ravindra | NZ | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 19.0 | 149 | 12.42 | 7.84 | 1 | 0 | |
| 50 | Mohammad Waqar Zalmai | AUT | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 34.0 | 286 | 23.83 | 8.41 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | JJ Smit | NAM | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 36.1 | 337 | 28.08 | 9.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | Ehsan Khan | HK | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32.4 | 180 | 15.00 | 5.56 | 1 | 0 | |
| 53 | Barry McCarthy | IRE | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26.8 | 265 | 22.08 | 9.89 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Shamar Springer | WI | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22.4 | 243 | 20.25 | 10.85 | 1 | 0 | |
| 55 | Marco Jansen | SA | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 276 | 23.00 | 10.62 | 2 | 0 | |
| 56 | Samiullah Rahmani | SWE | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 180 | 15.00 | 6.92 | 0 | 0 | |
| 57 | Usman Tariq | PAK | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21.7 | 157 | 13.08 | 7.24 | 1 | 0 | |
| 58 | Ruben Trumpelmann | NAM | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 54.5 | 530 | 48.18 | 9.72 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | Baseer Khan | AUT | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36.0 | 281 | 25.55 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Eshan Malinga | SL | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 35.2 | 368 | 33.45 | 10.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | AFG | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36.0 | 285 | 25.91 | 7.92 | 1 | 0 | |
| 62 | Rishad Hossain | BAN | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 30.1 | 269 | 24.45 | 8.94 | 1 | 0 | |
| 63 | Prince Yadav | IND | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 32.2 | 272 | 24.73 | 8.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| 64 | Jan Balt | NAM | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26.0 | 152 | 13.82 | 5.85 | 1 | 0 | |
| 65 | Pavandeep Singh | ML | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25.0 | 130 | 11.82 | 5.20 | 2 | 0 | |
| 66 | Nasrulla Rana | HK | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22.0 | 125 | 11.36 | 5.68 | 1 | 0 | |
| 67 | Crishan Kalugamage | ITA | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25.0 | 194 | 17.64 | 7.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | Duan Jansen | SA | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15.0 | 136 | 12.36 | 9.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | Ravi Bishnoi | IND | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 36.1 | 311 | 31.10 | 8.61 | 0 | 0 | |
| 70 | Max Heingo | NAM | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 35.1 | 319 | 31.90 | 9.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| 71 | Jacob Duffy | NZ | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35.9 | 393 | 39.30 | 10.95 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | Gareth Delany | IRE | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28.0 | 176 | 17.60 | 6.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| 73 | Mahedi Hasan | BAN | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30.0 | 212 | 21.20 | 7.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| 74 | Mark Adair | IRE | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30.1 | 256 | 25.60 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 75 | Mayank Yadav | IND | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30.0 | 274 | 27.40 | 9.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 76 | Shaheen Afridi | PAK | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23.0 | 224 | 22.40 | 9.74 | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 | Irfan Husain | ROU | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17.0 | 122 | 12.20 | 7.18 | 1 | 0 | |
| 78 | Ben Sears | NZ | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20.2 | 128 | 12.80 | 6.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | Muhammad Saqlain | HUN | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 191 | 19.10 | 8.68 | 0 | 0 | |
| 80 | Bjorn Fortuin | SA | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18.4 | 118 | 11.80 | 6.41 | 1 | 0 | |
| 81 | Sabawoon Davizi | CZE | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9.0 | 27 | 2.70 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | |
| 82 | Dasun Shanaka | SL | 9 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 32.6 | 282 | 31.33 | 8.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | Kyle Jamieson | NZ | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 31.4 | 335 | 37.22 | 10.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | Virandeep Singh | ML | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30.0 | 174 | 19.33 | 5.80 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | Harshit Rana | IND | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25.0 | 235 | 26.11 | 9.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | Grant Stewart | ITA | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25.4 | 245 | 27.22 | 9.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Matheesha Pathirana | SL | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20.9 | 166 | 18.44 | 7.94 | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | Salman Mirza | PAK | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21.6 | 174 | 19.33 | 8.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | Advait Dhabe | SWE | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27.0 | 183 | 20.33 | 6.78 | 1 | 0 | |
| 90 | Michael Leask | SCO | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24.0 | 177 | 19.67 | 7.38 | 1 | 0 | |
| 91 | Prenelan Subrayen | SA | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21.0 | 157 | 17.44 | 7.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| 92 | Danilson Hawoe | ISN | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14.0 | 108 | 12.00 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | |
| 93 | James Neesham | NZ | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 27.0 | 283 | 35.38 | 10.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | George Dockrell | IRE | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 22.0 | 107 | 13.38 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Nicholas Salonen | FIN | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 23.4 | 167 | 20.88 | 7.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | Ish Sodhi | NZ | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26.0 | 290 | 36.25 | 11.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Syed Aziz | ML | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 25.5 | 170 | 21.25 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Manmeet Koli | ROU | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 28.0 | 234 | 29.25 | 8.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | Muhammad Arfan | UAE | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 28.0 | 197 | 24.63 | 7.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | Nathan Ellis | AUS | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23.5 | 162 | 20.25 | 6.89 | 1 | 0 | |
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T20I 2026 Most Wickets
Arshdeep Singh leads T20I 2026 with 38 wickets for India, ahead of Axar Patel (32) and Brad Evans (27). The T20I 2026 wickets leaderboard ranks all 516 players who have contributed wickets this season. The leading wicket taker can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse wickets depth across squads.
Frequently asked questions
Who has the most wickets in T20I 2026?
Arshdeep Singh leads T20I 2026 with 38 wickets from 26 matches, at an economy of 9.28 and an average of 24.79. Axar Patel is second on 32 and Brad Evans third on 27. The table ranks every player in T20I 2026 by wickets, with their team and matches.
Who are the top wicket takers in T20I 2026?
The top three wicket takers in T20I 2026 are Arshdeep Singh (38 in 26 matches), Axar Patel (32 in 28 matches) and Brad Evans (27 in 17 matches). Arshdeep Singh is 6 wickets clear of Axar Patel. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.





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