Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal has three 4 wicket hauls in T20 World Cup, which is the highest in all of the T20 World Cups.
| Pos | Player | Team | Matches | Overs | 4w's | 5w's | Wickets | Eco. |
| 1 | Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 23 | 89.2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 6.79 |
| 2 | Morne Morkel | South Africa | 17 | 62.4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7.21 |
| 3 | Ajanta Mendis | Sri Lanka | 21 | 78.3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Umar Gul | Pakistan | 24 | 82.4 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7.3 |
| 5 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 25 | 88.1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6.64 |
| 6 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 34 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6.71 |
| 7 | Lendl Simmons | West Indies | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9.16 |
| 8 | P. van Meekeren | Netherlands | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.66 |
| 9 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 8 | 30.2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.32 |
| 10 | Adil Rashid | England | 11 | 34.2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7.48 |
