Twenty20 - Bowling Records - Most Wickets
| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | Team |
| Saeed Ajmal | 64 | 1430 | 1516 | 85 | 4/19 | 17.83
| 6.36
| 16.82
| 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Umar Gul | 58 | 1167 | 1387 | 83 | 5/6 | 16.71
| 7.13
| 14.06
| 4 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Shahid Afridi | 80 | 1742 | 1907 | 82 | 4/11 | 23.25
| 6.56
| 21.24
| 3 | 0 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Lasith Malinga | 57 | 1187 | 1435 | 68 | 5/31 | 21.10
| 7.25
| 17.45
| 0 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| Ajantha Mendis | 39 | 885 | 952 | 66 | 6/8 | 14.42
| 6.45
| 13.40
| 3 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
| Stuart Broad | 56 | 1173 | 1491 | 65 | 4/24 | 22.93
| 7.62
| 18.04
| 1 | 0 | England |
| Dale Steyn | 38 | 817 | 879 | 55 | 4/9 | 15.98
| 6.45
| 14.85
| 2 | 0 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| Nathan McCullum | 57 | 997 | 1121 | 52 | 4/16 | 21.55
| 6.74
| 19.17
| 2 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Graeme Swann | 39 | 810 | 859 | 51 | 3/13 | 16.84
| 6.36
| 15.88
| 0 | 0 | England |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 41 | 859 | 1040 | 46 | 4/32 | 22.60
| 7.26
| 18.67
| 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
