Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for New Zealand (Host) in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	55	105	11098	1849.4	409	5882	270	6/8	21.78	3.18	41.10	19	16
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	65	121	13835	2305.5	701	5553	261	6/30	21.27	2.40	53.00	18	10
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	56	109	11956	1992.4	468	6329	256	6/59	24.72	3.17	46.70	13	12
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	58	111	13398	2233.0	528	6653	233	6/62	28.55	2.97	57.50	9	9
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	38	70	7116	1186.0	240	4039	202	7/112	19.99	3.40	35.22	8	11
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	43	75	10663	-	370	4615	201	7/23	22.96	2.59	53.04	12	15
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	44	83	9295	1549.1	301	5125	188	7/39	27.26	3.30	49.44	10	7
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	41	73	8535	1422.3	366	4077	187	7/84	21.80	2.86	45.64	5	12
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	41	77	9528	1588.0	369	4721	182	6/30	25.93	2.97	52.35	11	6
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	47	90	8908	1484.4	336	4584	176	6/23	26.04	3.08	50.61	7	5
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	47	87	9559	1593.1	333	5370	175	6/26	30.68	3.37	54.62	9	8
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	96	160	11287	1881.1	439	5514	175	5/21	31.50	2.93	64.49	5	2
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	42	79	7539	1256.3	346	3315	169	6/21	19.61	2.63	44.60	7	11
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2012	62	105	14534	2422.2	591	6348	166	7/87	38.24	2.62	87.55	10	6
DK Morrison (NZ)	1988-1997	29	46	6414	1069.0	215	3350	120	7/89	27.91	3.13	53.45	5	9
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	21	40	6200	1033.2	304	2527	110	6/86	22.97	2.44	56.36	9	3
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-2004	31	52	5758	959.4	195	3091	109	7/27	28.35	3.22	52.82	6	5
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	22	38	8334	-	352	2540	102	9/113	24.90	1.82	81.70	1	9
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	30	51	5108	851.2	171	2678	91	7/32	29.42	3.14	56.13	2	7
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	23	41	4941	823.3	202	2307	89	6/17	25.92	2.80	55.51	6	3
RO Collinge (NZ)	1965-1978	20	37	4574	-	121	1909	80	6/63	23.86	2.50	57.17	3	2
SB Doull (NZ)	1994-2000	22	35	4365	727.3	191	2030	75	7/65	27.06	2.79	58.20	3	5
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1985	24	39	5807	-	262	2168	75	7/143	28.90	2.24	77.42	3	3
A Nel (SA)	2002-2008	22	43	4653	775.3	186	2413	74	6/81	32.60	3.11	62.87	0	2
RC Motz (NZ)	1961-1969	22	39	4659	-	178	2103	73	6/63	28.80	2.70	63.82	3	4
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	20	37	4261	710.1	204	1730	71	6/38	24.36	2.43	60.01	1	4
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	26	47	7345	-	448	1864	70	6/53	26.62	1.52	104.92	1	1
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2023	19	34	4227	704.3	149	2198	70	5/40	31.40	3.11	60.38	4	3
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	23	40	4829	804.5	190	2366	69	4/31	34.28	2.93	69.98	4	0
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3
MJ Henry (NZ)	2016-2024	16	31	3644	607.2	143	1743	67	7/23	26.01	2.86	54.38	3	3
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1975-1989	24	39	5732	-	279	2029	66	4/30	30.74	2.12	86.84	7	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1995-2006	12	19	3687	614.3	153	1510	65	6/39	23.23	2.45	56.72	4	5
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2014	15	28	3544	590.4	112	2001	63	5/29	31.76	3.38	56.25	2	4
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2001-2013	22	38	3744	624.0	110	2243	62	6/119	36.17	3.59	60.38	5	2
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2000-2010	17	30	3334	555.4	148	1624	60	6/54	27.06	2.92	55.56	6	2
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2005	14	26	3282	547.0	182	1237	59	6/86	20.96	2.26	55.62	4	3
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2001	11	22	3305	550.5	123	1607	58	6/76	27.70	2.91	56.98	2	4
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1998	9	17	2659	443.1	108	1132	57	7/119	19.85	2.55	46.64	1	6
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1998	10	20	2825	470.5	131	1188	57	6/23	20.84	2.52	49.56	4	4
JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1965	33	43	5006	-	274	1778	57	6/60	31.19	2.13	87.82	4	1
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2024	11	22	2179	363.1	114	973	56	6/48	17.37	2.67	38.91	3	4
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2007	15	30	4964	827.2	215	1884	56	6/53	33.64	2.27	88.64	2	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1987-1999	11	21	2563	427.1	95	1080	54	7/37	20.00	2.52	47.46	2	4
SE Bond (NZ)	2001-2009	10	19	1955	325.5	66	1103	54	5/69	20.42	3.38	36.20	6	2
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	13	23	2798	466.2	89	1490	54	6/78	27.59	3.19	51.81	3	3
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2014	10	19	2427	404.3	83	1314	53	7/68	24.79	3.24	45.79	5	3
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2024	14	25	2032	338.4	56	1239	52	6/37	23.82	3.65	39.07	1	3
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	28	2506	-	87	1372	51	6/26	26.90	3.28	49.13	4	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	21	36	3706	617.4	169	1471	51	4/65	28.84	2.38	72.66	2	0
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	13	25	2906	484.2	97	1502	51	6/65	29.45	3.10	56.98	2	2
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1965	14	25	3358	559.4	172	1323	50	5/34	26.46	2.36	67.16	2	3
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	12	23	2457	409.3	73	1347	50	5/28	26.94	3.28	49.14	3	2
SF Barnes (ENG)	1913-1914	4	8	1356	226.0	56	536	49	9/103	10.93	2.37	27.67	0	7
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	15	28	3865	644.1	123	1631	49	6/46	33.28	2.53	78.87	1	5
DN Patel (NZ)	1987-1997	22	33	4215	702.3	168	1971	49	5/93	40.22	2.80	86.02	2	1
I Sharma (IND)	2009-2020	13	24	2852	475.2	81	1587	48	6/51	33.06	3.33	59.41	2	3
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	18	31	3664	610.4	145	1635	48	6/127	34.06	2.67	76.33	3	2
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2006	13	22	2717	452.5	86	1334	47	6/87	28.38	2.94	57.80	1	4
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2008	17	31	2640	440.0	135	972	45	4/41	21.60	2.20	58.66	1	0
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	10	20	1907	317.5	67	984	45	7/94	21.86	3.09	42.37	2	4
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2006	9	18	1872	312.0	65	1062	45	5/69	23.60	3.40	41.60	1	2
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	2077	346.1	140	642	44	7/40	14.59	1.85	47.20	0	5
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	10	19	1963	327.1	60	979	44	6/61	22.25	2.99	44.61	1	3
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2002-2008	9	18	2147	357.5	76	1216	44	7/61	27.63	3.39	48.79	1	3
IE O'Brien (NZ)	2005-2009	14	24	2879	479.5	102	1616	44	6/75	36.72	3.36	65.43	2	1
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	24	40	4013	668.5	137	2047	44	4/28	46.52	3.06	91.20	5	0
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1910	10	19	1973	328.5	79	907	43	6/87	21.09	2.75	45.88	3	2
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1932	12	20	2608	434.4	101	1013	43	6/51	23.55	2.33	60.65	1	2
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-2002	10	17	2384	397.2	114	1019	43	7/46	23.69	2.56	55.44	2	3
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1956-1968	12	21	2724	454.0	123	1243	41	4/59	30.31	2.73	66.43	3	0
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3
RW Blair (NZ)	1953-1964	16	25	3057	-	98	1305	40	4/85	32.62	2.56	76.42	3	0
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2024	9	17	1341	223.3	61	675	39	6/39	17.30	3.02	34.38	1	2
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	12	22	2681	446.5	163	959	39	5/42	24.58	2.14	68.74	1	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2011	10	18	2430	405.0	61	1120	39	7/120	28.71	2.76	62.30	2	2
DJ Nash (NZ)	1994-1999	15	25	2838	473.0	144	1198	39	4/38	30.71	2.53	72.76	2	0
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2009	6	12	1515	252.3	67	727	38	5/67	19.13	2.87	39.86	3	3
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1981-1990	14	20	2882	480.2	141	1117	38	6/32	29.39	2.32	75.84	3	3
MC Snedden (NZ)	1981-1990	16	28	3116	519.2	129	1395	38	5/68	36.71	2.68	82.00	1	1
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	19	2691	-	60	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.72	1	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2005	12	22	2167	361.1	78	1077	37	4/44	29.10	2.98	58.56	2	0
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2024	8	15	1419	236.3	50	799	36	4/31	22.19	3.37	39.41	4	0
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2003	9	16	1641	273.3	63	926	36	5/56	25.72	3.38	45.58	1	1
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1956	13	21	2672	-	94	959	36	4/44	26.63	2.15	74.22	3	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2005-2009	12	22	2023	337.1	83	1009	36	4/16	28.02	2.99	56.19	2	0
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	0	4
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1935-1946	6	12	1616	269.2	118	493	35	5/14	14.08	1.83	46.17	3	3
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1968-1976	7	12	1755	-	76	674	35	8/76	19.25	2.30	50.14	2	3
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2024	7	14	1540	256.4	50	759	35	6/79	21.68	2.95	44.00	3	2
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	7	13	1318	219.4	28	827	35	6/56	23.62	3.76	37.65	0	3
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1989	17	23	3184	-	146	1246	35	5/67	35.60	2.34	90.97	0	2
DAJ Bracewell (NZ)	2012-2023	13	22	2393	398.5	83	1256	35	3/26	35.88	3.14	68.37	0	0
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	13	24	1470	245.0	57	618	34	8/70	18.17	2.52	43.23	1	1
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2016-2022	19	35	2609	434.5	105	1062	34	6/41	31.23	2.44	76.73	1	1
GB Troup (NZ)	1979-1986	11	18	2523	-	90	1095	34	6/95	32.20	2.60	74.20	2	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	7	13	1858	309.4	106	716	33	7/46	21.69	2.31	56.30	0	3
D Gough (ENG)	1995-2000	10	15	1953	325.3	69	1000	33	5/40	30.30	3.07	59.18	2	2

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]