Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	63	117	13342	2223.4	451	7083	247	8/15	28.67	3.18	54.01	10	12
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	51	94	11763	-	417	5593	212	6/34	26.38	2.85	55.48	10	15
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2023	59	110	12839	2139.5	538	6398	201	7/43	31.83	2.98	63.87	13	8
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	49	96	10312	-	329	4478	188	8/43	23.81	2.60	54.85	9	10
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	31	59	9520	1586.4	348	4253	180	7/59	23.62	2.68	52.88	6	13
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	48	88	10812	1802.0	369	4815	178	7/37	27.05	2.67	60.74	9	7
A Kumble (IND)	1994-2008	31	56	10126	1687.4	376	4659	161	8/141	28.93	2.76	62.89	10	13
DL Underwood (ENG)	1968-1980	37	68	10118	-	530	3356	153	7/32	21.93	1.99	66.13	6	10
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1999	31	59	7495	1249.1	326	2995	141	7/25	21.24	2.39	53.15	4	9
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	1992-2009	27	46	8633	1438.5	303	3894	141	6/59	27.61	2.70	61.22	7	10
DW Steyn (SA)	2006-2016	27	51	5486	914.2	183	3014	138	6/49	21.84	3.29	39.75	9	8
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	31	58	9267	1544.3	286	4270	138	8/84	30.94	2.76	67.15	5	8
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	23	41	6099	-	213	2674	130	9/52	20.56	2.63	46.91	2	14
J Garner (WI)	1978-1987	27	51	6203	1033.5	263	2602	125	6/56	20.81	2.51	49.62	6	6
MD Marshall (WI)	1984-1991	26	48	6070	1011.4	187	2734	123	7/80	22.22	2.70	49.34	7	8
FS Trueman (ENG)	1953-1965	30	57	6528	-	196	2761	119	7/75	23.20	2.53	54.85	7	7
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	26	45	8313	-	259	3307	117	7/44	28.26	2.38	71.05	7	7
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2023	25	48	6357	1059.3	263	2499	114	7/42	21.92	2.35	55.76	4	6
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	29	54	11198	-	426	3851	114	6/29	33.78	2.06	98.22	5	6
BS Bedi (IND)	1968-1978	24	45	7916	-	427	2486	113	7/98	22.00	1.88	70.05	5	9
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1967-1978	23	42	7277	-	318	2744	112	8/76	24.50	2.26	64.97	8	9
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2003	27	47	6408	1068.0	232	3523	111	7/94	31.73	3.29	57.72	3	7
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1999	22	38	5516	919.2	208	2309	110	7/119	20.99	2.51	50.14	4	10
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1926	41	65	5790	-	234	2616	109	8/68	24.00	2.71	53.11	6	6
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2014	32	58	6637	1106.1	211	3649	108	5/29	33.78	3.29	61.45	5	7
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1912	20	36	5749	958.1	262	2288	106	7/60	21.58	2.38	54.23	1	12
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	30	55	6683	1113.5	269	2867	104	8/106	27.56	2.57	64.25	4	7
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2009	26	50	5768	961.2	210	3175	104	6/66	30.52	3.30	55.46	4	6
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	20	39	5770	961.4	252	2511	103	6/31	24.37	2.61	56.01	10	3
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1975	26	50	6460	-	215	2680	103	7/40	26.01	2.48	62.71	5	4
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2016	18	33	5312	885.2	162	2493	102	7/64	24.44	2.81	52.07	5	10
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	35	5216	-	444	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	20	38	4988	-	277	1706	100	10/53	17.06	2.05	49.88	7	6
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-2002	25	45	4892	815.2	194	2386	100	7/76	23.86	2.92	48.92	6	5
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2001	21	38	4961	826.5	162	2793	99	6/49	28.21	3.37	50.11	5	5
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	31	45	4941	-	335	1994	97	6/45	20.55	2.42	50.93	3	7
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2021	34	63	6537	1089.3	203	3459	97	6/51	35.65	3.17	67.39	4	3
Imran Khan (PAK)	1976-1990	25	42	6185	-	208	2472	95	6/63	26.02	2.39	65.10	6	4
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	22	37	8282	-	305	2747	95	7/23	28.91	1.99	87.17	2	7
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	24	45	5052	-	169	2324	92	6/21	25.26	2.76	54.91	6	5
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1963	27	50	6303	-	181	2406	89	7/57	27.03	2.29	70.82	3	3
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1933	22	37	8160	-	362	2624	89	6/99	29.48	1.92	91.68	4	6
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1898	14	24	4498	-	191	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2018	23	42	4282	713.4	175	2008	87	6/21	23.08	2.81	49.21	3	7
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1993	31	59	9107	-	439	3115	87	7/78	35.80	2.05	104.67	5	3
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2018	24	45	4726	787.4	166	2603	86	6/23	30.26	3.30	54.95	2	3
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	20	39	4521	-	164	1995	84	6/38	23.75	2.64	53.82	1	5
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-2006	24	44	5674	945.4	253	2417	83	7/87	29.12	2.55	68.36	5	2
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2007	22	38	4776	796.0	179	2220	80	6/87	27.75	2.78	59.70	2	5
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	17	31	5300	-	265	2011	79	7/49	25.45	2.27	67.08	9	3
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2014-2020	17	30	4844	807.2	105	2829	79	8/41	35.81	3.50	61.31	5	4
GAR Lock (ENG)	1953-1961	20	37	4947	-	327	1495	78	7/35	19.16	1.81	63.42	4	6
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1984	24	43	6469	-	198	2683	78	9/86	34.39	2.48	82.93	4	1
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1997-2013	47	75	5505	917.3	206	2843	78	3/22	36.44	3.09	70.57	0	0
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	15	30	3310	-	326	1002	77	8/35	13.01	1.81	42.98	2	5
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	23	43	5704	950.4	209	2700	76	5/53	35.52	2.84	75.05	3	2
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	25	43	7577	-	366	2255	75	7/79	30.06	1.78	101.02	6	3
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1978	17	31	4895	-	167	2044	74	6/52	27.62	2.50	66.14	4	4
AA Donald (SA)	1993-2002	19	33	4328	721.2	171	2090	74	6/59	28.24	2.89	58.48	3	2
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1959	35	54	5176	-	175	2239	74	6/84	30.25	2.59	69.94	4	2
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-2001	22	38	5933	988.5	278	2299	73	7/47	31.49	2.32	81.27	3	3
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2023	17	27	3144	524.0	107	1777	72	6/54	24.68	3.39	43.66	5	4
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	20	37	4977	829.3	148	2630	72	6/90	36.52	3.17	69.12	5	4
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	20	38	3935	655.5	114	2296	71	6/56	32.33	3.50	55.42	5	2
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1982-1990	20	33	5458	909.4	208	2554	71	7/142	35.97	2.80	76.87	1	5
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-2001	15	26	4284	714.0	122	2183	70	7/56	31.18	3.05	61.20	4	5
KAJ Roach (WI)	2009-2024	21	37	3866	644.2	117	2220	70	5/41	31.71	3.44	55.22	4	3
GS Sobers (WI)	1955-1972	31	50	7102	-	259	2706	70	6/73	38.65	2.28	101.45	2	2
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	21	38	4150	691.4	117	2264	69	5/78	32.81	3.27	60.14	4	2
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	24	42	6109	-	300	2117	67	5/28	31.59	2.07	91.17	5	1
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	21	38	4402	733.4	141	2471	67	5/43	36.88	3.36	65.70	4	1
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1938	22	39	5528	-	297	1886	66	8/43	28.57	2.04	83.75	2	3
AL Valentine (WI)	1951-1961	19	32	5833	-	280	2009	66	6/102	30.43	2.06	88.37	3	4
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2011	19	32	4990	831.4	175	2421	66	7/87	36.68	2.91	75.60	2	6
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1989	18	34	3862	643.4	139	1790	65	6/38	27.53	2.78	59.41	4	3
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1979	19	36	5609	-	330	1773	64	8/72	27.70	1.89	87.64	2	2
H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1933	16	28	4053	675.3	120	1912	64	6/32	29.87	2.83	63.32	3	3
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	26	41	4321	-	137	2024	64	5/51	31.62	2.81	67.51	5	2
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	24	46	4117	686.1	96	2587	64	5/93	40.42	3.77	64.32	2	1
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	12	24	2344	390.4	69	1189	63	6/65	18.87	3.04	37.20	5	3
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1976	21	37	4424	-	163	1869	63	7/52	29.66	2.53	70.22	4	4
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2001	20	36	4527	754.3	170	2184	63	6/45	34.66	2.89	71.85	2	2
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2002-2008	19	35	3798	633.0	124	2272	62	7/63	36.64	3.58	61.25	4	2
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1981	18	32	3930	-	135	1680	61	6/54	27.54	2.56	64.42	2	2
TL Goddard (SA)	1957-1970	21	40	5929	-	340	1604	60	6/53	26.73	1.62	98.81	1	2
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	19	35	4406	734.2	149	2249	59	5/46	38.11	3.06	74.67	2	2
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2023	16	30	3020	503.2	96	1745	58	6/37	30.08	3.46	52.06	0	2
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2005	14	27	3427	571.1	172	1444	57	6/115	25.33	2.52	60.12	4	2
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	31	49	5438	-	308	1691	56	6/87	30.19	1.86	97.10	3	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1986	14	26	4259	709.5	193	1694	56	5/99	30.25	2.38	76.05	6	1
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	37	48	4199	-	156	1816	56	7/76	32.42	2.59	74.98	1	3
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2002-2010	14	26	3510	585.0	83	2044	56	7/168	36.50	3.49	62.67	0	5
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1951	18	29	4303	-	70	2393	56	7/105	42.73	3.33	76.83	2	3
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1982	14	27	3080	-	87	1461	54	7/54	27.05	2.84	57.03	3	2
S Ramadhin (WI)	1951-1961	17	28	4697	-	210	1695	54	6/23	31.38	2.16	86.98	1	4
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	15	29	3948	658.0	140	1679	53	6/82	31.67	2.55	74.49	1	3
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1937	18	32	3372	-	88	1798	53	5/14	33.92	3.19	63.62	3	2
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	28	2289	-	271	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3
W Voce (ENG)	1931-1947	15	28	3156	-	84	1405	51	6/41	27.54	2.67	61.88	3	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2023	35	47	3577	596.1	97	2337	51	6/36	45.82	3.92	70.13	0	2

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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