R Ashwin’s feat – Most wickets in a test season – goes past DA Steyn
R Aswhin’s lone wicket – that of SPD Smith’s for 111 – gave him yet another distinction. It was his 79th wicket of the season – the most by a bowler in a season. He went past DA Steyn of South Africa who had a tally of 78 wickets in 2007/08 season. The following table lists the ten occasion of a bowler capturing 60 plus wickets in a season.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | W | 5 | 10 | Season |
| 1 | R Ashwin | Ind | 13 | 25 | 4347 | 2044 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 2016/17 |
| 2 | DW Steyn | SAF | 12 | 23 | 2261 | 1267 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 2007/08 |
| 3 | RA Jadeja | Ind | 13 | 25 | 4196 | 1597 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 2016/17 |
| 4 | GD McGrath | Aus | 12 | 23 | 3103 | 1344 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 1998/99 |
| 5 | A Kumble | Ind | 11 | 22 | 3673 | 1814 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 2004/05 |
| 6 | N Kapil Dev | Ind | 13 | 25 | 2832 | 1276 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 1979/80 |
| 7 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 7 | 14 | 2879 | 957 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 2001/02 |
| 8 | SK Warne | Aus | 12 | 24 | 3302 | 1622 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 2005/06 |
| 9 | SK Warne | Aus | 12 | 24 | 3455 | 1459 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1994/95 |
| 10 | MG Johnson | Aus | 12 | 23 | 3182 | 1515 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 2008/09 |