Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for Australia (Host) in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	81	151	23098	3849.4	988	9903	380	8/71	26.06	2.57	60.78	26	17
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	74	145	17661	2943.3	883	7168	318	8/24	22.54	2.43	55.53	17	13
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	59	111	12017	2002.5	423	6535	292	6/8	22.38	3.26	41.15	20	18
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	76	143	18792	3132.0	633	9111	287	7/152	31.74	2.90	65.47	9	10
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	68	126	14807	2467.5	725	6053	267	7/87	22.67	2.45	55.45	15	10
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	59	115	12666	2111.0	483	6777	267	6/59	25.38	3.21	47.43	14	13
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	44	84	11534	-	341	5482	231	7/83	23.73	2.85	49.93	16	15
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2024	53	103	10997	1832.5	355	6116	229	6/66	26.70	3.33	48.02	14	8
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	47	92	10821	1803.3	368	6091	213	5/30	28.59	3.37	50.80	13	8
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	42	81	9826	1637.4	322	5394	212	8/61	25.44	3.29	46.34	13	9
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	39	73	7222	1203.4	231	4197	210	7/112	19.98	3.48	34.39	10	11
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	45	80	9642	1607.0	387	4656	206	7/84	22.60	2.89	46.80	5	13
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1996	46	83	11164	1860.4	413	5479	200	8/97	27.39	2.94	55.82	10	11
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	103	169	11979	1996.3	452	5932	186	5/21	31.89	2.97	64.40	5	2
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2024	38	73	7902	1317.0	309	3582	181	6/23	19.79	2.71	43.65	11	10
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	47	91	9155	1525.5	331	4843	178	5/20	27.20	3.17	51.43	6	5
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2024	43	81	9471	1578.3	426	4206	174	6/70	24.17	2.66	54.43	7	7
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	41	78	7431	1238.3	337	3269	162	6/21	20.17	2.63	45.87	6	10
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	24	44	8872	-	451	3224	149	7/40	21.63	2.18	59.54	5	14
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2016	41	78	8568	1428.0	396	4123	143	6/54	28.83	2.88	59.91	4	5
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2007	27	54	7196	1199.2	238	3738	135	7/50	27.68	3.11	53.30	5	9
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	34	63	10981	1372.5	318	3855	134	6/115	28.76	2.10	81.94	11	9
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1962-1971	33	63	9938	-	204	4293	134	8/71	32.03	2.59	74.16	4	8
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2005	35	68	7175	1195.5	334	3289	132	6/40	24.91	2.75	54.35	4	4
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1994	33	59	7542	1257.0	309	3619	130	8/87	27.83	2.87	58.01	5	6
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1983	29	52	6027	-	129	3223	129	6/46	24.98	3.20	46.72	9	6
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	17	33	5608	934.4	227	2263	126	9/103	17.96	2.42	44.50	1	15
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	28	55	7830	978.6	205	2664	124	6/44	21.48	2.04	63.14	5	6
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	33	62	7321	915.1	141	2720	124	7/38	21.93	2.22	59.04	5	5
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	25	43	9849	1231.1	364	3221	122	9/113	26.40	1.96	80.72	3	10
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1963	22	41	6447	805.7	163	2193	109	6/34	20.11	2.04	59.14	2	10
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1955	33	61	5945	743.1	130	2130	102	7/60	20.88	2.14	58.28	4	4
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2022	31	57	7258	1209.4	292	3490	102	5/40	34.21	2.88	71.15	7	3
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	25	46	5473	-	169	2382	98	6/74	24.30	2.61	55.84	6	5
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	23	41	5638	939.4	207	2655	96	8/112	27.65	2.82	58.72	4	8
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	29	53	6296	1049.2	218	2888	94	6/80	30.72	2.75	66.97	5	3
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	22	42	7019	1169.5	224	3290	94	8/141	35.00	2.81	74.67	4	5
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2022	27	49	5746	957.4	228	2684	92	6/17	29.17	2.80	62.45	4	3
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1999	18	35	4504	750.4	172	1853	91	7/25	20.36	2.46	49.49	3	7
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1937	17	31	6330	-	373	1913	86	5/20	22.24	1.81	73.60	6	6
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	17	27	4089	681.3	176	1685	84	7/51	20.05	2.47	48.67	8	5
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1908	22	40	4248	708.0	192	1785	84	7/17	21.25	2.52	50.57	1	7
A Nel (SA)	2002-2008	23	45	4944	824.0	181	2587	84	6/81	30.79	3.13	58.85	2	2
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	22	40	4755	-	171	2182	81	6/38	26.93	2.75	58.70	1	5
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	19	36	5730	-	217	2542	79	7/98	32.17	2.66	72.53	5	5
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1987	12	21	3373	-	130	1373	77	9/52	17.83	2.44	43.80	1	10
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	31	52	4938	823.0	155	2680	77	7/32	34.80	3.25	64.12	2	5
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1887-1896	9	18	2303	-	191	681	76	9/28	8.96	1.77	30.30	1	7
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1955	27	45	5590	698.6	159	1902	75	6/42	25.36	2.04	74.53	3	2
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	27	4695	782.3	328	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.44	4	4
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2008	16	32	3592	598.4	158	1578	74	5/55	21.32	2.63	48.54	6	1
H Trumble (AUS)	1894-1904	16	29	4612	768.4	223	1708	74	7/28	23.08	2.22	62.32	5	4
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	28	51	7790	-	398	2142	74	6/53	28.94	1.64	105.27	-	2
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1925	13	22	4335	-	72	2368	73	9/121	32.43	3.27	59.38	4	5
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1983	24	48	4778	-	108	2146	72	5/44	29.80	2.69	66.36	2	3
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	15	29	3242	540.2	125	1469	70	6/33	20.98	2.71	46.31	2	4
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1895	18	24	4089	-	247	1783	70	7/117	25.47	2.61	58.41	6	5
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1931	15	29	5890	-	242	1919	69	6/99	27.81	1.95	85.36	3	5
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1987	18	34	4228	-	146	1963	69	6/78	28.44	2.78	61.27	5	3
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	98	90	4967	827.5	221	2113	69	5/28	30.62	2.55	71.98	3	3
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	22	41	5476	-	162	2272	69	8/59	32.92	2.48	79.36	4	2
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	20	34	4624	770.4	212	2000	68	6/47	29.41	2.59	68.00	2	4
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1971	18	34	6168	-	215	2446	68	5/61	35.97	2.37	90.70	3	3
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1898	23	32	3417	-	192	1400	67	8/11	20.89	2.45	51.00	3	4
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	16	31	3244	540.4	97	1810	66	6/56	27.42	3.34	49.15	2	4
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	16	29	3954	-	121	1689	64	6/41	26.39	2.56	61.78	6	2
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	9	17	3128	-	273	935	63	7/43	14.84	1.79	49.65	3	6
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1895	14	24	4169	-	336	1358	63	6/67	21.55	1.95	66.17	4	3
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1985	14	27	3163	-	96	1526	63	6/21	24.22	2.89	50.20	4	5
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2015	17	32	3568	594.4	171	1637	63	6/47	25.98	2.75	56.63	3	2
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	14	26	3858	-	83	1798	63	7/69	28.53	2.79	61.23	2	3
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	16	28	5480	685.0	113	2043	63	5/46	32.42	2.23	86.98	5	2
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2001	16	31	4195	699.1	147	2101	63	6/76	33.34	3.00	66.58	2	3
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	12	22	3296	549.2	149	1379	62	6/23	22.24	2.51	53.16	4	5
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	10	20	2778	463.0	93	1323	61	7/34	21.68	2.85	45.54	4	5
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1981-1993	15	29	4127	687.5	179	1553	59	8/106	26.32	2.25	69.94	1	5
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	13	25	3135	522.3	63	1757	59	6/40	29.77	3.36	53.13	3	4
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1911	22	37	3391	-	103	1911	59	6/26	32.38	3.38	57.47	4	1
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	14	25	5737	717.1	165	1970	59	5/66	33.38	2.06	97.23	3	4
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	15	27	3924	490.4	91	1688	58	8/143	29.10	2.58	67.65	4	2
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	20	33	4012	668.4	148	1977	58	4/31	34.08	2.95	69.17	3	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	21	37	4479	746.3	161	2022	58	6/127	34.86	2.70	77.22	3	2
JB Statham (ENG)	1954-1963	18	35	4342	542.6	64	1714	57	7/57	30.07	2.36	76.17	-	2
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	25	43	4348	724.4	187	1766	57	4/65	30.98	2.43	76.28	2	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	11	19	2482	620.2	231	1080	56	7/44	19.28	2.61	44.32	2	5
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-2000	13	26	2827	471.1	113	1346	56	5/30	24.03	2.85	50.48	2	3
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1996-2006	19	37	3395	565.5	114	1790	56	7/39	31.96	3.16	60.62	2	2
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1971	17	33	4633	-	130	1875	56	6/47	33.48	2.42	82.73	3	3
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1885	10	19	3040	760.0	312	1090	55	7/65	19.81	2.15	55.27	3	5
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2000	15	25	3314	552.2	111	1751	55	6/49	31.83	3.17	60.25	2	3
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2013	15	26	3333	555.3	87	1945	55	5/95	35.36	3.50	60.60	4	1
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	19	33	6408	-	223	2187	55	7/79	39.76	2.04	116.50	3	3
T Richardson (ENG)	1894-1898	10	16	3283	547.1	113	1625	54	8/94	30.09	2.96	60.79	1	5
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2011-2020	12	22	2240	373.2	75	1211	53	5/27	22.84	3.24	42.26	3	3
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1911	15	28	2717	452.5	92	1421	53	6/87	26.81	3.13	51.26	3	2
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2009-2012	15	26	3524	587.2	158	1559	53	5/75	29.41	2.65	66.49	2	2
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	34	53	4249	-	149	1679	53	5/36	31.67	2.37	80.16	1	2
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1910	13	25	3202	533.4	175	1274	52	7/46	24.50	2.38	61.57	2	3

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jan 17-19, 2024 [Test # 2523]

Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2024 [Test # 2521]