ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 / Records / Most wickets
Most wickets | Player | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 7* | 60.4 | 4 | 210 | 19 | 5/16 | 11.05 | 3.46 | 19.1 | 1 | 2 |
| Z Khan (India) | 6 | 51.4 | 1 | 223 | 15 | 3/20 | 14.86 | 4.31 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Peterson (SA) | 6 | 47.0 | 5 | 189 | 14 | 4/12 | 13.50 | 4.02 | 20.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Umar Gul (Pak) | 7* | 50.3 | 5 | 201 | 14 | 3/30 | 14.35 | 3.98 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 |
| TG Southee (NZ) | 6 | 53.2 | 7 | 211 | 14 | 3/13 | 15.07 | 3.95 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 |
| KAJ Roach (WI) | 6* | 40.1 | 2 | 156 | 13 | 6/27 | 12.00 | 3.88 | 18.5 | 0 | 1 |
| HS Baidwan (Can) | 6 | 55.0 | 3 | 307 | 13 | 3/35 | 23.61 | 5.58 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir (SA) | 4 | 30.3 | 2 | 118 | 12 | 4/38 | 9.83 | 3.86 | 15.2 | 2 | 0 |
| B Lee (Aus) | 6 | 45.4 | 5 | 190 | 12 | 4/28 | 15.83 | 4.16 | 22.8 | 2 | 0 |
| SJ Benn (WI) | 6 | 47.5 | 3 | 238 | 12 | 4/18 | 19.83 | 4.97 | 23.9 | 2 | 0 |
| GP Swann (Eng) | 6 | 59.0 | 5 | 248 | 12 | 3/36 | 20.66 | 4.20 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 6 | 44.0 | 0 | 156 | 11 | 4/25 | 14.18 | 3.54 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 5 | 36.1 | 3 | 150 | 10 | 5/50 | 15.00 | 4.14 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 |
| MG Johnson (Aus) | 6 | 49.3 | 7 | 190 | 10 | 4/19 | 19.00 | 3.83 | 29.7 | 2 | 0 |
| SW Tait (Aus) | 6 | 45.0 | 3 | 212 | 10 | 3/35 | 21.20 | 4.71 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 |
| JF Mooney (Ire) | 6 | 45.0 | 0 | 259 | 10 | 4/63 | 25.90 | 5.75 | 27.0 | 1 | 0 |
| RW Price (Zim) | 6 | 49.0 | 7 | 169 | 9 | 3/16 | 18.77 | 3.44 | 32.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh (India) | 6 | 45.0 | 1 | 227 | 9 | 5/31 | 25.22 | 5.04 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| MM Patel (India) | 5 | 39.5 | 0 | 228 | 9 | 4/48 | 25.33 | 5.72 | 26.5 | 1 | 0 |
| TT Bresnan (Eng) | 6 | 55.0 | 4 | 269 | 9 | 5/48 | 29.88 | 4.89 | 36.6 | 0 | 1 |
| WD Balaji Rao (Can) | 6 | 54.0 | 0 | 299 | 9 | 4/57 | 33.22 | 5.53 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 |
| JDP Oram (NZ) | 4 | 32.5 | 4 | 153 | 8 | 3/2 | 19.12 | 4.65 | 24.6 | 0 | 0 |
| DJG Sammy (WI) | 7* | 41.0 | 3 | 188 | 8 | 3/21 | 23.50 | 4.58 | 30.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) | 6 | 46.2 | 0 | 223 | 8 | 2/28 | 27.87 | 4.81 | 34.7 | 0 | 0 |
| DT Johnston (Ire) | 5 | 43.2 | 2 | 240 | 8 | 2/16 | 30.00 | 5.53 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PM Seelaar (Neth) | 6 | 59.4 | 4 | 306 | 8 | 3/45 | 38.25 | 5.12 | 44.7 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Malinga (SL) | 4 | 20.4 | 0 | 127 | 7 | 6/38 | 18.14 | 6.14 | 17.7 | 0 | 1 |
| AD Russell (WI) | 3 | 27.1 | 3 | 132 | 7 | 4/49 | 18.85 | 4.85 | 23.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) | 7* | 43.0 | 4 | 155 | 7 | 2/12 | 22.14 | 3.60 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 |
| CB Mpofu (Zim) | 4 | 27.0 | 1 | 159 | 7 | 4/62 | 22.71 | 5.88 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 |
| GH Dockrell (Ire) | 6 | 46.4 | 2 | 207 | 7 | 2/23 | 29.57 | 4.43 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzak (Ban) | 6 | 48.0 | 5 | 220 | 7 | 3/29 | 31.42 | 4.58 | 41.1 | 0 | 0 |
| RN ten Doeschate (Neth) | 6 | 52.0 | 2 | 322 | 7 | 3/72 | 46.00 | 6.19 | 44.5 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Mills (NZ) | 3 | 20.4 | 2 | 74 | 6 | 2/2 | 12.33 | 3.58 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 |
| NLTC Perera (SL) | 3 | 22.0 | 0 | 119 | 6 | 3/24 | 19.83 | 5.40 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| HK Bennett (NZ) | 4 | 24.1 | 0 | 132 | 6 | 4/16 | 22.00 | 5.46 | 24.1 | 1 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad (Eng) | 3 | 25.4 | 2 | 153 | 6 | 4/15 | 25.50 | 5.96 | 25.6 | 1 | 0 |
| M Morkel (SA) | 5 | 32.2 | 0 | 161 | 6 | 3/33 | 26.83 | 4.97 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 |
| H Osinde (Can) | 5 | 36.0 | 3 | 166 | 6 | 4/26 | 27.66 | 4.61 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shafiul Islam (Ban) | 6 | 39.2 | 4 | 203 | 6 | 4/21 | 33.83 | 5.16 | 39.3 | 1 | 0 |
| AG Cremer (Zim) | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 211 | 6 | 3/31 | 35.16 | 4.55 | 46.3 | 0 | 0 |
| P Utseya (Zim) | 6 | 49.0 | 3 | 211 | 6 | 2/24 | 35.16 | 4.30 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 6 | 57.0 | 2 | 247 | 6 | 3/53 | 41.16 | 4.33 | 57.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rizwan Cheema (Can) | 6 | 40.5 | 1 | 248 | 6 | 2/30 | 41.33 | 6.07 | 40.8 | 0 | 0 |
| NN Odhiambo (Kenya) | 6 | 43.0 | 2 | 256 | 6 | 3/57 | 42.66 | 5.95 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 |
