Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan has 41 wickets to his name, which makes him the Highest Wicket-taker in all of the T20 World Cups.
| Pos | Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI |
| 1 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 36 | 129.1 | 876 | 47 | 18.63 | 6.78 | 44808 |
| 2 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 34 | 135 | 907 | 39 | 23.25 | 6.71 | 44869 |
| 3 | SL Malinga | Sri Lanka | 31 | 102.4 | 763 | 38 | 20.07 | 7.43 | 5/31 |
| 4 | Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 23 | 89.2 | 607 | 36 | 16.86 | 6.79 | 4/19 |
| 5 | BAW Mendis | Sri Lanka | 21 | 78.3 | 526 | 35 | 15.02 | 6.7 | 44779 |
| 6 | Umar Gul | Pakistan | 24 | 82.4 | 604 | 35 | 17.25 | 7.3 | 44717 |
| 7 | R Ashwin | India | 23 | 83 | 525 | 32 | 16.4 | 6.32 | 44869 |
| 8 | PWH de Silva | Sri Lanka | 16 | 61 | 355 | 31 | 11.45 | 5.81 | 44776 |
| 9 | DW Steyn | Soufh Africa | 23 | 83.1 | 579 | 30 | 19.3 | 6.96 | 4/17 |
| 10 | SCJ Broad | England | 26 | 86.5 | 671 | 30 | 22.36 | 7.72 | 3/17 |
