Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq is one of the greatest bowlers of all time in ODI cricket as he ruled all over the world in this format during his playing days. In the year 1997 he took 69 wickets at an average of 18.73 in 36 ODIs which is still a record of most ODI wickets in a calendar year. And here is a list of most ODI wickets in a calendar year.
Most ODI Wickets in a calendar year -
| Player | Team | Mat | Wickets | Avg | Sr | BBI | 4w | 5w | Year |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 36 | 69 | 18.73 | 27.3 | 5/38 | 3 | 2 | 1997 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 33 | 65 | 19.52 | 26.6 | 5/29 | 2 | 2 | 1996 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 33 | 62 | 20.45 | 29.6 | 5/24 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 37 | 62 | 23.27 | 31.8 | 4/29 | 2 | 0 | 1999 |
| Anil Kumble | India | 32 | 61 | 20.24 | 29.9 | 4/12 | 3 | 0 | 1996 |
| Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 38 | 61 | 21.62 | 32.6 | 5/20 | 2 | 1 | 2000 |
| Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan | 38 | 61 | 22.45 | 30.9 | 5/48 | 3 | 1 | 2000 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 35 | 60 | 22.46 | 28.6 | 6/44 | 2 | 2 | 1996 |
| Ajit Agarkar | India | 30 | 58 | 23.75 | 27.8 | 4/35 | 3 | 0 | 1998 |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 33 | 56 | 18.19 | 33.0 | 5/30 | 2 | 1 | 2001 |
| Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 38 | 54 | 23.59 | 36.9 | 4/18 | 3 | 0 | 2002 |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | 27 | 52 | 18.90 | 27.8 | 5/14 | 2 | 2 | 1999 |
| Junaid Khan | Pakistan | 28 | 52 | 21.46 | 26.3 | 4/15 | 1 | 0 | 2013 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 34 | 52 | 25.40 | 35.0 | 5/36 | 1 | 1 | 2013 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 36 | 52 | 27.38 | 32.6 | 5/38 | 1 | 1 | 2002 |
| Allan Donald | South Africa | 20 | 51 | 15.43 | 21.6 | 6/23 | 2 | 1 | 1996 |
| Brett Lee | Australia | 26 | 51 | 19.94 | 26.5 | 5/41 | 2 | 1 | 2005 |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 29 | 50 | 20.90 | 32.8 | 4/34 | 3 | 0 | 1994 |
| Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 31 | 50 | 23.92 | 33.5 | 5/31 | 1 | 1 | 2002 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh | 27 | 49 | 20.46 | 29.1 | 6/26 | 1 | 1 | 2006 |
