ICC Cricket World Cup Leading Wicket Takers
ICC Cricket World Cup is the most awaited and anticipated event in the history of cricket. ICC cricket world cup is played after every four years in which world’s top ranked teams and the associates compete against each other for the most prestigious cricket title. To win a world cup, a team should have an established batting order along with a lethal bowling attack. Bowling has always been the most important and crucial department in the game of cricket. People say that if you have good bowling attack, you have the ability to beat any team in the world. There have been some legends in the history of world cups who lead their teams to the title with their remarkable performance with the ball. The list “ICC Cricket World Cup Leading Wicket Takers” is also a tribute to those greats. Each and every name on the list of ICC Cricket World Cup Leading Wicket Takers is a different story of hard work, proficiency and great dedication towards the game of cricket. Here is the complete list of ICC Cricket World Cup Leading Wicket Takers;
List of ICC Cricket World Cup Leading Wicket Takers
| Player | Country | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Best Bowling |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | 39 | 325.5 | 71 | 18.19 | 7/15 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 40 | 343.3 | 68 | 19.63 | 4/19 |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 38 | 324.3 | 55 | 23.83 | 5/28 |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | 31 | 261.4 | 49 | 21.22 | 6/25 |
| Zaheer Khan | India | 23 | 198.5 | 44 | 20.22 | 4/42 |
| Javagal Srinath | India | 34 | 283.2 | 44 | 27.81 | 4/30 |
| Allan Donald | South Africa | 25 | 218.5 | 38 | 24.02 | 4/17 |
| Jacob Oram | New Zealand | 23 | 182.2 | 36 | 21.33 | 4/39 |
| Brett Lee | Australia | 17 | 137.3 | 35 | 17.97 | 5/42 |
| Brad Hogg | Australia | 21 | 158.3 | 34 | 19.23 | 4/27 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 28 | 169.3 | 34 | 19.26 | 4/37 |
| Shaun Tait | Australia | 18 | 136.3 | 34 | 21.50 | 4/39 |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 17 | 162.5 | 32 | 19.50 | 4/29 |
| Chris Harris | New Zealand | 28 | 194.2 | 32 | 26.90 | 4/7 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 15 | 107.0 | 31 | 17.87 | 6/38 |
| Anil Kumble | India | 18 | 173.1 | 31 | 22.83 | 4/32 |
| Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 31 | 269.0 | 31 | 31.29 | 5/36 |
| Shane Bond | New Zealand | 16 | 147.4 | 30 | 17.26 | 6/23 |
| Ian Botham | England | 22 | 222.0 | 30 | 25.40 | 4/31 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 19 | 148.5 | 30 | 25.50 | 4/46 |
