BAW Mendis took the most wickets in ODIs 2008 — 49 wickets. Computed from every ball bowled in ODIs 2008 — the top ten below match the official record.
| Player | Wickets | Balls |
|---|---|---|
| 1. BAW Mendis | 49 | 1051 |
| 2. Muttiah Muralitharan | 37 | 1101 |
| 3. Mitchell Johnson | 36 | 1025 |
| 4. Nuwan Kulasekara | 35 | 1112 |
| 5. Stuart Broad | 30 | 924 |
| 6. Nathan Bracken | 26 | 1052 |
| 7. Ishant Sharma | 26 | 872 |
| 8. Dale Steyn | 25 | 729 |
| 9. Umar Gul | 25 | 481 |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | 24 | 884 |
BAW Mendis took the most wickets in ODIs 2008 — 49 wickets. Second is Muttiah Muralitharan (37), third Mitchell Johnson (36).
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