Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for Pakistan (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	54	103	10829	1804.5	386	5865	270	6/8	21.72	3.24	40.10	19	17
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	57	111	12057	2009.3	470	6391	258	6/59	24.77	3.18	46.73	13	12
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	64	118	13333	2222.1	680	5361	253	6/30	21.18	2.41	52.69	15	11
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	35	67	6528	1088.0	219	3706	189	7/112	19.60	3.40	34.53	7	10
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	40	72	8374	1395.4	340	4057	184	7/84	22.04	2.90	45.51	4	12
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	38	68	7231	1205.1	227	3854	182	7/76	21.17	3.19	39.73	14	12
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	93	157	10981	1830.1	418	5342	172	5/21	31.05	2.91	63.84	5	2
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	40	68	10464	-	365	4506	168	9/56	26.82	2.58	62.28	9	12
Imran Khan (PAK)	1976-1992	38	59	7673	-	311	3131	163	8/58	19.20	2.44	47.07	8	10
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2001	43	74	8478	1413.0	326	3696	161	6/48	22.95	2.61	52.65	11	8
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	41	80	7829	1304.5	293	4060	155	5/20	26.19	3.11	50.50	6	4
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	36	69	6408	1068.0	299	2787	146	6/21	19.08	2.60	43.89	5	9
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2009	28	50	8461	1410.1	271	3965	124	7/118	31.97	2.81	68.23	5	6
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1988	29	50	8070	-	416	2792	111	7/49	25.15	2.07	72.70	8	6
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1997-2007	25	44	4419	736.3	124	2491	93	6/11	26.78	3.38	47.51	3	6
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	20	34	7621	952.5	306	2378	92	9/113	25.84	1.87	82.83	1	8
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2004	22	38	5795	965.5	219	2661	86	8/164	30.94	2.75	67.38	4	4
M Muralidaran (SL)	1995-2009	15	25	4996	832.4	184	2159	85	6/39	25.40	2.59	58.77	11	5
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	28	49	4835	805.5	153	2568	82	7/32	31.31	3.18	58.96	2	5
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	27	45	6494	-	227	2687	81	6/89	33.17	2.48	80.17	8	2
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-2003	24	41	5338	889.4	175	2607	80	6/78	32.58	2.93	66.72	4	5
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	15	28	4771	795.1	223	1987	79	6/86	25.15	2.49	60.39	5	4
A Nel (SA)	2002-2008	23	45	4821	803.3	183	2484	77	6/81	32.25	3.09	62.61	0	2
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1976	21	37	5497	-	208	2200	71	5/91	30.98	2.40	77.42	7	2
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	23	39	4570	761.4	167	2332	69	7/128	33.79	3.06	66.23	3	1
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2007	18	34	5456	909.2	203	2459	69	6/53	35.63	2.70	79.07	2	2
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1955-1962	13	23	3907	651.1	246	1179	65	7/80	18.13	1.81	60.10	2	7
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	23	41	6505	-	367	1722	63	6/53	27.33	1.58	103.25	0	1
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	20	35	4420	736.4	185	1883	60	6/127	31.38	2.55	73.66	3	3
Umar Gul (PAK)	2003-2013	13	24	2865	477.3	80	1647	57	6/135	28.89	3.44	50.26	4	3
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1993	22	38	4664	777.2	238	1682	57	5/54	29.50	2.16	81.82	2	1
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	31	3480	580.0	160	1472	56	6/38	26.28	2.53	62.14	1	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-1999	13	24	2589	431.3	87	1139	55	6/80	20.70	2.63	47.07	4	3
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1993	19	28	4145	690.5	133	2060	52	8/85	39.61	2.98	79.71	1	3
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1998	9	18	2501	416.5	112	1068	51	6/23	20.94	2.56	49.03	3	4
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	24	39	3898	649.4	176	1551	51	4/65	30.41	2.38	76.43	2	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2009	15	26	3416	569.2	100	1664	50	5/99	33.28	2.92	68.32	3	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1913-1914	4	8	1356	226.0	56	536	49	9/103	10.93	2.37	27.67	0	7
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	12	22	1702	283.4	52	1001	49	6/37	20.42	3.52	34.73	1	3
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1959	9	16	3383	-	155	1074	49	5/49	21.91	1.90	69.04	4	5
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	15	28	3865	644.1	123	1631	49	6/46	33.28	2.53	78.87	1	5
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2002	13	23	3038	506.2	144	1274	48	6/86	26.54	2.51	63.29	2	3
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	10	20	1907	317.5	67	984	45	7/94	21.86	3.09	42.37	2	4
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2020	12	22	2474	412.2	109	1078	45	6/17	23.95	2.61	54.97	3	1
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	2077	346.1	140	642	44	7/40	14.59	1.85	47.20	0	5
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	9	17	1771	295.1	48	1069	44	6/56	24.29	3.62	40.25	0	4
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1910	10	19	1973	328.5	79	907	43	6/87	21.09	2.75	45.88	3	2
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2001	8	16	2232	372.0	88	1087	43	6/76	25.27	2.92	51.90	1	3
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1956	8	16	2221	370.1	129	667	42	6/21	15.88	1.80	52.88	4	3
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2022	12	22	2713	452.1	92	1325	42	5/40	31.54	2.93	64.59	2	2
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2024	10	19	1461	243.3	62	749	41	6/39	18.26	3.07	35.63	1	2
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2022	8	16	1859	309.5	67	859	41	6/79	20.95	2.77	45.34	2	3
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1931	10	17	2350	391.4	90	891	41	6/51	21.73	2.27	57.31	1	2
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2014	8	15	1964	327.2	63	1037	41	7/68	25.29	3.16	47.90	4	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2005	12	21	2450	408.2	79	1173	41	4/44	28.60	2.87	59.75	4	0
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2013	11	20	2589	431.3	79	1518	41	4/61	37.02	3.51	63.14	3	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2006	18	30	3116	519.2	114	1597	41	5/35	38.95	3.07	76.00	2	1
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1973	10	19	2576	429.2	154	813	40	7/74	20.32	1.89	64.40	4	2
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2022	12	23	3515	585.5	127	1652	40	5/83	41.30	2.81	87.87	1	2
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1959	9	17	2596	-	90	738	39	6/34	18.92	1.70	66.56	3	2
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	8	15	1593	265.3	48	789	38	6/61	20.76	2.97	41.92	1	3
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2022	10	17	1963	327.1	56	1044	38	5/77	27.47	3.19	51.65	5	1
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	19	2691	-	60	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.72	1	2
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	8	15	1863	310.3	48	1070	37	7/61	28.91	3.44	50.35	0	2
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2003	9	16	1641	273.3	63	926	36	5/56	25.72	3.38	45.58	1	1
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1991-2001	13	22	2419	403.1	87	1160	36	6/103	32.22	2.87	67.19	2	2
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	0	4
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1990	10	19	1667	277.5	53	751	35	5/33	21.45	2.70	47.62	2	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	8	16	1563	260.3	50	813	35	5/28	23.22	3.12	44.65	1	2
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1965	16	22	2734	-	154	957	35	4/34	27.34	2.10	78.11	4	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	36	3559	593.1	126	1799	35	4/28	51.40	3.03	101.68	3	0
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	13	24	1470	245.0	57	618	34	8/70	18.17	2.52	43.23	1	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	11	20	2412	402.0	149	846	34	5/42	24.88	2.10	70.94	1	2
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1990-1998	12	21	2198	366.2	81	1045	34	5/84	30.73	2.85	64.64	0	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	7	13	1858	309.4	106	716	33	7/46	21.69	2.31	56.30	0	3
NBF Mann (SA)	1948-1950	10	17	2885	360.5	71	1053	33	6/59	31.90	2.18	87.42	2	1
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1964-1970	9	16	2647	441.1	105	1088	33	6/69	32.96	2.46	80.21	0	4
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	23	37	2713	452.1	120	1256	33	4/93	38.06	2.77	82.21	1	0
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2002-2007	14	24	2574	429.0	61	1578	32	4/71	49.31	3.67	80.43	2	0
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	19	28	2079	346.3	88	906	31	5/85	29.22	2.61	67.06	0	1
AF Giles (ENG)	2000-2005	10	18	2381	396.5	82	1106	31	5/75	35.67	2.78	76.80	2	1
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1902	5	9	1146	-	43	643	30	6/92	21.43	3.36	38.20	0	4
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1965	7	13	2619	436.3	173	793	30	5/30	26.43	1.81	87.30	1	2
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	10	15	1774	295.4	73	953	30	5/37	31.76	3.22	59.13	1	1
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1953-1955	8	13	1982	-	55	771	29	4/62	26.58	2.33	68.34	3	0
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2006-2007	7	13	1566	261.0	59	774	29	5/76	26.68	2.96	54.00	1	2
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	1996-2007	11	21	1640	273.2	51	921	29	5/53	31.75	3.36	56.55	0	1
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2011	11	16	1759	293.1	21	1172	29	5/98	40.41	3.99	60.65	2	1
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2003-2005	6	11	1459	243.1	54	686	28	5/48	24.50	2.82	52.10	3	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1990-1999	9	15	1653	275.3	56	687	28	6/51	24.53	2.49	59.03	1	2
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1965	7	13	1772	295.2	81	697	28	5/48	24.89	2.36	63.28	1	2
Abrar Ahmed (PAK)	2022-2023	4	8	1431	238.3	28	942	28	7/114	33.64	3.94	51.10	3	2
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1978	20	27	2195	-	80	971	28	4/55	34.67	2.65	78.39	2	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]