| Highest Wicket Takers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Country | Wkts | Matches | Balls | Best | Eco |
| Umar Gul | Pakistan | 74 | 52 | 1050 | 5-6 | 7.03 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 71 | 51 | 1128 | 4-19 | 6.31 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 63 | 59 | 1301 | 4-11 | 6.34 |
| BAW Mendis | Sri Lanka | 56 | 29 | 660 | 6-8 | 5.85 |
| SCJ Broad | England | 55 | 46 | 981 | 4-24 | 7.4 |
| GP Swann | England | 51 | 39 | 810 | 3-13 | 6.36 |
| SL Malinga | Sri Lanka | 49 | 43 | 888 | 5-31 | 7.49 |
| NL McCullum | New Zealand | 41 | 45 | 770 | 4-16 | 6.75 |
| M Morkel | South Africa | 39 | 31 | 669 | 4-17 | 6.87 |
| DW Steyn | South Africa | 39 | 29 | 618 | 4-9 | 6.3 |
| Abdur Razzak | Bangladesh | 38 | 27 | 624 | 4-14 | 6.92 |
| J Botha | South Africa | 37 | 40 | 774 | 3-16 | 6.4 |
| DL Vettori | New Zealand | 37 | 33 | 769 | 4-20 | 5.62 |
| MG Johnson | Australia | 36 | 28 | 608 | 3-15 | 7.18 |
| TG Southee | New Zealand | 36 | 31 | 654 | 5-18 | 8.41 |
| DJG Sammy | West Indies | 36 | 40 | 670 | 5-26 | 7.03 |
| KD Mills | New Zealand | 35 | 35 | 742 | 3-33 | 8.37 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 35 | 43 | 686 | 4-10 | 6.79 |
| SR Watson | Australia | 35 | 36 | 596 | 4-15 | 7.24 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 33 | 26 | 582 | 4-16 | 6.74 |