Overview
- Starc finished the year with 55 wickets in 11 Tests, the highest tally in 2025.
- His 2025 strike rate of 28.3 is the best ever for a calendar year with at least 50 Test wickets, surpassing Waqar Younis’ 29.5 from 1993.
- He leads the WTC 2025–27 wicket chart with 41, two ahead of India’s Mohammed Siraj on 39.
- A late-year Ashes burst delivered 26 wickets across four Tests, powering his season totals.
- Based on current totals, he could overtake Nathan Lyon as the WTC’s all-time leading wicket-taker with roughly eight more dismissals.