Mohammad Nabi is the Most Wicket Takers of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2016. He took 12 wickets from 7 matches for Afghanistan.
| Player | M | Ins | Overs | Mdn | Run | Wkt | Best | Avg | Eco | SR | 4 | 5 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 7 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 164 | 12 | 4/20 | 13.66 | 6.07 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 7 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 183 | 11 | 3/11 | 16.63 | 6.53 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Santner | 5 | 5 | 18.1 | 0 | 114 | 10 | 4/11 | 11.4 | 6.27 | 10.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Ish Sodhi | 5 | 5 | 19.4 | 0 | 120 | 10 | 3/18 | 12 | 6.1 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 |
| David Willey | 6 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 159 | 10 | 3/20 | 15.9 | 7.57 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 7 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 166 | 10 | 4/15 | 16.6 | 7.21 | 13.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 86 | 9 | 5/22 | 9.55 | 7.16 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Samuel Badree | 6 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 124 | 9 | 3/12 | 13.77 | 5.39 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Russell | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 189 | 9 | 2/23 | 21 | 7.87 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 190 | 9 | 3/37 | 21.11 | 7.91 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 4 | 13.1 | 0 | 106 | 8 | 5/27 | 13.25 | 8.05 | 9.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | 7 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 155 | 8 | 2/24 | 19.37 | 8.61 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Abbott | 3 | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 91 | 7 | 3/41 | 13 | 8.14 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul van Meekeren | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4/11 | 4.66 | 4.66 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 83 | 6 | 2/13 | 13.83 | 5.18 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 6 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 188 | 6 | 4/28 | 31.33 | 8.17 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 3/23 | 13.8 | 6.27 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Tiripano | 3 | 3 | 10.4 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 2/20 | 17.6 | 8.25 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington Masakadza | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 89 | 5 | 4/28 | 17.8 | 7.41 | 14.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Morris | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 98 | 5 | 4/27 | 19.6 | 8.9 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 5 | 2/23 | 20.6 | 7.35 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 5 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 113 | 5 | 1/20 | 22.6 | 5.94 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 3 | 3 | 11.4 | 0 | 125 | 5 | 2/37 | 25 | 10.71 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 131 | 5 | 2/34 | 26.2 | 9.35 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 143 | 5 | 2/29 | 28.6 | 10.21 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 6 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 160 | 5 | 2/18 | 32 | 8.42 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 |
| George Dockrell | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3/7 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Timm van der Gugten | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 3/21 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Watt | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 2/21 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Tinashe Panyangara | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 79 | 4 | 3/32 | 19.75 | 6.58 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Tendai Chatara | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 2/24 | 21.5 | 8.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell McClenaghan | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 87 | 4 | 3/17 | 21.75 | 7.9 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Sami | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 2/17 | 23.25 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwi | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 115 | 4 | 2/20 | 28.75 | 7.66 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 119 | 4 | 2/27 | 29.75 | 7.43 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 136 | 4 | 2/22 | 34 | 7.15 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Brathwaite | 6 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 145 | 4 | 3/23 | 36.25 | 8.05 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 153 | 4 | 1/15 | 38.25 | 7.65 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 6 | 6 | 18.4 | 0 | 179 | 4 | 3/26 | 44.75 | 9.58 | 28 | 0 | 0 |