Ajantha Mendis is the Highest Wicket Takers of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2012. He took 15 wickets from 6 matched for Sri Lanka.
| Player | M | Ins | Ovr | Mdn | Run | Wkt | Best | Avg | Eco | SR | 4 | 5 |
| Ajantha Mendis | 6 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 147 | 15 | 6/8 | 9.8 | 6.12 | 9.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Watson | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 176 | 11 | 3/26 | 16 | 7.33 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Starc | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 164 | 10 | 3/20 | 16.4 | 6.83 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 88 | 9 | 3/19 | 9.77 | 7.33 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 7 | 7 | 24.4 | 0 | 139 | 9 | 3/9 | 15.44 | 5.63 | 16.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saeed Ajmal | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 163 | 9 | 4/30 | 18.11 | 6.79 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Rampaul | 7 | 7 | 23.5 | 1 | 189 | 9 | 3/16 | 21 | 7.93 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 5 | 13.4 | 0 | 81 | 8 | 3/24 | 10.12 | 5.92 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 123 | 8 | 3/16 | 15.37 | 6.15 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Southee | 5 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 144 | 8 | 3/16 | 18 | 8 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga | 7 | 7 | 24.3 | 0 | 207 | 8 | 5/31 | 25.87 | 8.44 | 18.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Kallis | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 73 | 7 | 4/15 | 10.42 | 6.63 | 9.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 5 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 117 | 7 | 2/22 | 16.71 | 6.15 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 5 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 141 | 7 | 3/32 | 20.14 | 7.42 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Steyn | 5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 82 | 6 | 3/22 | 13.66 | 4.82 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 197 | 6 | 2/16 | 32.83 | 8.2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasir Arafat | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 3/25 | 14.6 | 9.12 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Akila Dananjaya | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 74 | 5 | 2/26 | 14.8 | 6.72 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeevan Mendis | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 74 | 5 | 3/24 | 14.8 | 6.72 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin Peterson | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 89 | 5 | 2/15 | 17.8 | 6.84 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwi | 4 | 4 | 15.5 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 2/16 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Doherty | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 3/20 | 19 | 8.63 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 6 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 107 | 5 | 2/22 | 21.4 | 5.94 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Morne Morkel | 5 | 5 | 16.4 | 0 | 109 | 5 | 2/16 | 21.8 | 6.54 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Oram | 4 | 4 | 12.3 | 0 | 121 | 5 | 2/44 | 24.2 | 9.68 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Irfan Pathan | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 121 | 5 | 2/17 | 24.2 | 8.64 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 7 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 145 | 5 | 2/33 | 29 | 6.59 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 4/12 | 8 | 5.33 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Bracewell | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 3/31 | 9.75 | 8.06 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rangana Herath | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 3/25 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Badree | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 89 | 4 | 2/27 | 22.25 | 5.56 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan McCullum | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 104 | 4 | 2/19 | 26 | 6.11 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews | 7 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 119 | 4 | 2/27 | 29.75 | 5.95 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Mills | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 131 | 4 | 3/33 | 32.75 | 8.18 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Daren Sammy | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 131 | 4 | 2/6 | 32.75 | 7.7 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jade Dernbach | 4 | 4 | 14.2 | 0 | 141 | 4 | 2/16 | 35.25 | 9.83 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 171 | 4 | 1/20 | 42.75 | 7.12 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| James Franklin | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 2/34 | 17.66 | 8.83 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Shapoor Zadran | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2/33 | 19 | 8.14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Raza Hasan | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 2/14 | 24.66 | 4.93 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Gayle | 7 | 5 | 10.2 | 0 | 79 | 3 | 2/21 | 26.33 | 7.64 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 94 | 3 | 3/22 | 31.33 | 7.23 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlon Samuels | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 1/15 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 6 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 168 | 3 | 1/19 | 56 | 9.88 | 34 | 0 | 0 |