Most wickets taken in a Twenty20 International career (male)

As of 6 March 2020, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) had taken 107 Twenty20 International (T20I) wickets in 83 innings since 15 June 2006.

Malinga was the first – and to date only – player to reach 100 T20I wickets, doing so with a career-best 5 for 6 (4-1-6-5) against New Zealand at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka on 6 September 2019.

As of 11 March 2020, the leading wicket-takers in T20Is were: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) – 107; Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 98; Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) – 92; Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) – 89; Umar Gul (Pakistan) – 85; Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) – 85.