In this quiz, you have to name the bowler with the most Test wickets in each calendar year since 1980.

The list features plenty of modern greats of the game, but also a few more obscure names. Only twice in this period has a bowler breached the 90-wicket mark in a year, with none having taken 100 wickets in a year yet.

For instances where two or more bowlers finished as the joint-highest wicket-takers in a year, we've selected the ones who finished with the lower bowling average.

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We’ve given you the team and number of wickets taken by each bowler in the year in question. You have 10 minutes. Good luck!

Stats are accurate till May 13, 2025.

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Leading Test wicket-taker in each year since 1980