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Top Wicket Takers in PSL History: All-Time Leaders, Season-wise Stats & Records

— figures below reflect the latest bowling stats in our database.

Looking for the top wicket takers in PSL, the psl top wicket taker, or the most wickets in PSL history? This hub is powered by live Pakistan Super League bowling data from our database — not a static article — with psl all-time wicket leaders, season-by-season psl leaders, and best bowling figures by match (best innings). Updated automatically as new matches sync into the site (refreshed about every hour).

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Why this wicket-takers page is different

Many pages discussing the top wicket takers in PSL history become outdated quickly. This page is connected to our stats tables so numbers stay current with each synced match. That makes it useful for fans searching psl all time top wicket takers, journalists verifying records, and fantasy users checking consistent run-makers before game day.

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PSL all-time top wicket takers (top 5)

These are the bowlers with the most wickets in PSL history — the definitive psl top wicket taker all time list from aggregated PSL player season records.

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ Balls/Wkt
1 Shadab Khan 114 93 93 – 0
2 Wahab Riaz 111 87 87 – 0
3 Hasan Ali 92 69 69 – 0
4 Mohammad Amir 88 82 82 – 0
5 Imad Wasim 82 97 97 – 0

Showing the top 5 above; extended leaderboard uses the same live wicket aggregates.

Top 5 wicket takers by every PSL season

Season-wise top wicket taker in PSL tables — ideal for comparing bowling dominance each year. Click a season to open its hub, or jump to Pakistan Super League 2026, PSL fixtures, and PSL results.

PSL 2026 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Shadab Khan 17 10 10 7.16 0
2 Mohammad Amir 12 10 10 8.75 0
3 Iftikhar Ahmed 12 10 10 7.84 0
4 Imad Wasim 12 11 11 7.76 0
5 Moeen Ali 8 10 10 9.7 0

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PSL 2025 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Shaheen Afridi 19 12 12 7.53 0
2 Faheem Ashraf 17 12 12 11.33 0
3 Hasan Ali 17 10 10 9.17 0
4 Abrar Ahmed 17 12 12 7.42 0
5 Haris Rauf 17 12 12 10.51 0

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PSL 2024 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Usama Mir 24 12 12 8.21 0
2 Abrar Ahmed 16 10 10 7.83 0
3 David Willey 15 11 11 7.5 0
4 Naseem Shah 15 11 11 7.57 0
5 Akeal Hosein 15 10 10 7.7 0

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PSL 2023 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Rashid Khan 20 11 11 6.45 0
2 Shaheen Afridi 19 12 12 9.21 0
3 Usama Mir 17 12 12 8.08 0
4 Haris Rauf 17 13 13 9.23 0
5 Hasan Ali 13 8 8 9.28 0

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PSL 2022 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Shadab Khan 19 8 8 6.47 0
2 Khushdil Shah 16 12 12 6.84 0
3 Imran Tahir 16 12 12 6.52 0
4 Rashid Khan 13 9 9 6.25 0
5 David Willey 13 8 8 8.09 0

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PSL 2021 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Wahab Riaz 18 12 12 9.02 0
2 Shaheen Afridi 16 10 10 7.3 0
3 James Faulkner 13 6 6 6.5 0
4 Hasan Ali 13 10 10 6.77 0
5 Imran Tahir 13 7 7 6.54 0

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PSL 2020 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 David Wiese 12 10 10 8.43 0
2 Wahab Riaz 11 10 10 8.41 0
3 Imran Tahir 11 9 9 7.51 0
4 Chris Jordan 9 9 9 8.33 0
5 Rahat Ali 9 10 10 8.55 0

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PSL 2018 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Wahab Riaz 17 13 13 6.77 0
2 Sohail Tanvir 15 12 12 6.9 0
3 Mohammad Nawaz 13 12 12 7.56 0
4 Mohammad Amir 13 9 9 7.6 0
5 Sandeep Lamichhane 11 7 7 8.01 0

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PSL 2017 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Wahab Riaz 16 10 10 6.47 0
2 Faheem Ashraf 15 11 11 8.04 0
3 Rahat Ali 15 11 11 7.65 0
4 Samit Patel 13 8 8 7.25 0
5 Imran Tahir 13 9 9 7.3 0

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PSL 2017 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Wahab Riaz 17 12 12 6.64 0
2 Sohail Khan 16 9 9 7.67 0
3 Mohammad Amir 14 14 14 7.02 0
4 Hasan Ali 14 12 12 7.29 0
5 Mohammad Sami 13 10 10 8.08 0

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PSL 2016 — top 5 wickets

# Player Wkts Mat Inns Econ BBI
1 Andre Russell 16 10 10 8.45 0
2 Mohammad Nawaz 13 10 10 6.54 0
3 Wahab Riaz 13 9 9 7.08 0
4 Mohammad Sami 12 7 7 5.57 0
5 Ravi Bopara 11 9 9 8.22 0

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Top 5 by PSL matches played (with career wickets)

Who are the psl top wicket takers by volume? These players have played the most league games, with career wickets alongside for context.

# Player Matches Career wickets
1 Imad Wasim 97 82
2 Shadab Khan 93 114
3 Wahab Riaz 87 111
4 Mohammad Nawaz 87 74
5 Mohammad Amir 82 88

Top 5 best bowling innings (by match / innings)

The biggest single-innings bowling spells — perfect for fans searching top wicket taker in psl in a single game. Click through to the match page for full psl live score style scorecards.

# Player Wkts Runs Con Overs Match
1 Ravi Bopara 6 16 4 Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars
PSL 2016
2 Faheem Ashraf 6 19 4 Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United
PSL 2018
3 Umar Gul 6 24 4 Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators
PSL 2017
4 Usama Mir 6 40 4 Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans
PSL 2024
5 Shaheen Afridi 5 4 3.4 Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars
PSL 2017

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