Glenn McGrath Of Australia took the most number of wickets in the world cup cricket ever.He took 71 wickets in 39 world cup matches.
| Cricket Player |
Matches |
Wickets |
| Glenn McGrath(Aus) | 39 | 71 |
| Wasim Akram(Pak) | 38 | 55 |
| M Muralitharan(SL) | 31 | 53 |
| Chaminda Vaas(SL) | 31 | 49 |
| Javagal Srinath(Ind) | 34 | 44 |
| Allan Donald(SA) | 25 | 38 |
| Brad Hogg(Aus) | 21 | 34 |
| Imran Khan(Pak) | 28 | 34 |
| Shane Warne(Aus) | 17 | 32 |
| Chris Harris(NZ) | 28 | 32 |
