Most wickets in T20Is: Rashid Khan is the first bowler to 200
Rashid Khan became the first bowler to take 200 men’s T20I wickets on 29 October 2026. Here is the full all-time list, India’s leading wicket-takers and the best figures in the format.
Nov 9, 2022 · Updated Nov 6, 2026
Rashid Khan has taken more wickets in men’s T20 internationals than anyone else, and on 29 October 2026 he became the first bowler to reach 200. The 200th came in his 120th match, against Zimbabwe in Sharjah. England’s Adil Rashid is second on 171, so the Afghan leg-spinner is 29 clear of the next man and still playing.
Most wickets in T20Is: the all-time list
The table covers every men’s T20I and is current to 6 November 2026.
| Player | Team | Span | Mat | Wkts | Econ | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan/ICC | 2015-2026 | 121 | 200 | 6.13 | 9 | 2 |
| Adil Rashid | England | 2009-2026 | 153 | 171 | 7.56 | 4 | 0 |
| Ehsan Khan | Hong Kong | 2016-2026 | 119 | 165 | 6.11 | 8 | 1 |
| Ish Sodhi | New Zealand | 2014-2026 | 142 | 165 | 8.16 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 2008-2024 | 126 | 164 | 8.00 | 2 | 2 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 2019-2026 | 101 | 163 | 7.09 | 5 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 2015-2026 | 130 | 163 | 7.38 | 3 | 2 |
| Adam Zampa | Australia | 2016-2026 | 118 | 153 | 7.35 | 5 | 1 |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 2022-2026 | 104 | 151 | 8.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | 2015-2026 | 143 | 151 | 7.18 | 4 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 2006-2024 | 129 | 149 | 6.81 | 6 | 2 |
| Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | 2022-2026 | 97 | 148 | 6.75 | 4 | 4 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 2019-2026 | 100 | 142 | 7.82 | 4 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal/ICC | 2018-2026 | 80 | 142 | 6.12 | 3 | 2 |
| Virandeep Singh | Malaysia | 2019-2026 | 131 | 141 | 5.31 | 4 | 1 |
The 4w column counts four-wicket hauls only, so a five-for appears once, in the 5w column. Rashid’s ICC tag comes from one World XI match at Lord’s in May 2018, in which he took two wickets, so 198 of his 200 are for Afghanistan.
How Rashid Khan got to 200
| Wickets | Match no. | Opponent and ground | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 31 | Bangladesh, Dehradun | 3 Jun 2018 |
| 100 | 53 | Pakistan, Dubai | 29 Oct 2021 |
| 150 | 92 | Bangladesh, Kingstown | 24 Jun 2024 |
| 200 | 120 | Zimbabwe, Sharjah | 29 Oct 2026 |
Nobody has reached 150 in fewer matches than Rashid’s 92, and nobody else has reached 200 at all. The pace has not been even, though. His first 100 took 53 matches and his second took 67, and the slowest stretch was the 39 games between 100 and 150. The last 50 came in 28.
The 200th was not a big night by his standards: 4-0-29-1 as Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 19 runs. Our report from Sharjah has the match.
His best figures are still 5 for 3 against Ireland at Greater Noida on 10 March 2017, taken in two overs after a rain break when he was 18. Only three bowlers in the top 15 concede fewer than his 6.13 an over, and none of them has as many four-wicket hauls as his nine.
Who is closest to Rashid Khan?
Adil Rashid is second with 171, but he has needed 153 matches, 32 more than Rashid Khan. The gap is clearer when the match count is equal. Wanindu Hasaranga has 163 wickets from 101 T20Is, the fewest matches of anyone past 150. After his own 101st match, Rashid had 171.
Third place is shared. Hong Kong’s Ehsan Khan has drawn level with Ish Sodhi on 165, from 23 fewer matches. Sodhi passed Tim Southee, who stopped on 164 when he finished playing T20Is in 2024 and led this list for years.
Ten bowlers have now taken 150 T20I wickets. India’s Arshdeep Singh joined them in Auckland on 30 October, a day after Rashid reached 200, and two days later at Hamilton he drew level with Mitchell Santner on 151.
Why Hong Kong, Bahrain and Malaysia are on the list
The ICC gave T20I status to all of its members from 1 January 2019 for men’s matches. Before that only 18 sides had it: the 12 full members plus Scotland, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, the UAE, Oman and Nepal. Associate teams now play a full calendar of T20Is against each other, and their best bowlers have climbed past many from the Test nations.
The effect shows most clearly further down. 44 bowlers have taken 100 or more T20I wickets, and 17 of them play for Associate nations. Hong Kong, Bahrain, Malaysia, Nepal, Uganda and Rwanda have two each, and Kenya, the UAE, Oman, Austria and Kuwait one each. The other 27 come from the 12 full members.
Inside the top 15, Bahrain’s Rizwan Butt has four five-wicket hauls, twice as many as anyone else in the table. Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh concedes 5.31 an over, the lowest economy rate of the 15. Opposition quality varies, and the totals should be read with that in mind, but this is the record as the ICC counts it.
Most wickets in T20Is for India
| Player | Span | Mat | Wkts | Econ | Ave | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Singh | 2022-2026 | 104 | 151 | 8.67 | 20.74 | 5/51 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 2016-2026 | 100 | 126 | 6.52 | 18.21 | 4/15 |
| Axar Patel | 2015-2026 | 116 | 116 | 7.76 | 23.51 | 3/9 |
| Hardik Pandya | 2016-2026 | 138 | 114 | 8.34 | 27.13 | 4/16 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 2017-2026 | 56 | 98 | 7.10 | 14.20 | 5/17 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 2016-2023 | 80 | 96 | 8.19 | 25.09 | 6/25 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 2012-2026 | 92 | 91 | 7.18 | 24.82 | 5/4 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 2021-2026 | 50 | 76 | 7.66 | 17.71 | 5/17 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 2010-2022 | 65 | 72 | 6.90 | 23.22 | 4/8 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 2022-2026 | 54 | 71 | 7.58 | 21.02 | 4/13 |
Arshdeep Singh is the first India bowler to take 150 men’s T20I wickets. He got there in the fourth T20I at Eden Park on 30 October 2026, a game New Zealand won by 87 runs, and it was his 103rd match. He had become the first India bowler to 100 in September 2025, against Oman at the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi, so the second 50 took him 39 games.
Jasprit Bumrah is second on 126 from 100 matches, and his economy rate of 6.52 is the tightest in this table. Axar Patel has moved past Hardik Pandya into third. Kuldeep Yadav’s numbers are the most striking: 98 wickets in 56 matches, at an average of 14.20 and a strike rate of 11.9, the best of any India bowler here on both counts. Our page on the most T20I wickets for India goes further down the list.
Best bowling figures in a T20I innings
The best analysis in a men’s T20I is 8 for 7 by Sonam Yeshey of Bhutan against Myanmar at Gelephu on 26 December 2025, the first eight-wicket haul in the format. Three seven-wicket hauls sit behind it, all since 2023: Kenya’s S Gill took 7 for 7 against Cameroon in Gaborone in May 2026, Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus 7 for 8 against China in Kuala Lumpur in July 2023, and Bahrain’s Ali Dawood 7 for 19 against Bhutan in December 2025.
The best figures by a bowler from a full member belong to India. Deepak Chahar took 6 for 7 against Bangladesh at Nagpur on 10 November 2019, a spell that included a hat-trick. Chahal’s 6 for 25 against England in Bengaluru in 2017 is the next best by an India bowler.
For the wider record, including franchise cricket, see the most wickets in all T20 cricket, where Rashid also leads. The tournament record is on our list of the most wickets in the T20 World Cup, and the all-format picture is in the most wickets in international cricket.