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
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2007	56	111	16527	2754.3	740	7046	298	8/71	23.64	2.55	55.45	25	14
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	44	87	10707	1784.3	503	4730	214	8/38	22.10	2.65	50.03	11	12
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1982	37	71	10286	-	424	4247	205	7/89	20.71	2.47	50.17	11	15
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2009	30	55	11133	1855.3	551	4013	194	9/65	20.68	2.16	57.38	13	13
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-2000	46	87	11070	1845.0	442	4626	188	7/37	24.60	2.50	58.88	11	8
R Ashwin (IND)	2012-2024	33	62	8740	1456.4	263	4180	180	7/59	23.22	2.86	48.55	6	14
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	38	71	9083	1513.5	430	3359	177	8/45	18.97	2.21	51.31	13	9
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	42	78	9325	1554.1	322	4425	173	6/49	25.57	2.84	53.90	12	5
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	33	62	7525	1254.1	283	3211	163	7/22	19.69	2.56	46.16	10	7
BS Bedi (IND)	1967-1979	34	58	11056	-	624	3630	142	6/42	25.56	1.96	77.85	7	8
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2007	30	54	10044	1674.0	453	4108	142	7/115	28.92	2.45	70.73	8	7
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	31	55	7895	-	448	2945	141	8/65	20.88	2.23	55.99	8	9
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2006	34	63	8161	1360.1	456	3103	134	6/39	23.15	2.28	60.90	9	4
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2024	32	61	6185	1030.5	188	3641	134	6/111	27.17	3.53	46.15	7	5
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1995	30	51	7262	1210.2	242	3670	132	8/97	27.80	3.03	55.01	6	9
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	31	52	8581	-	349	3568	131	8/79	27.23	2.49	65.50	4	9
J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	28	54	6441	1073.3	298	2392	128	6/56	18.68	2.22	50.32	10	3
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	48	80	10978	-	516	4005	121	5/41	33.09	2.18	90.72	3	3
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-2002	24	43	5434	905.4	199	2724	120	7/76	22.70	3.00	45.28	8	8
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2015	25	46	5066	844.2	171	3017	120	7/40	25.14	3.57	42.21	5	7
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2016	24	45	5010	835.0	179	2672	118	6/49	22.64	3.20	42.45	6	8
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2001	27	47	6508	1084.4	256	2769	117	7/119	23.66	2.55	55.62	5	8
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	30	53	6830	-	220	2588	116	7/63	22.31	2.27	58.87	3	6
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	22	41	6028	1004.4	263	2633	116	6/47	22.69	2.62	51.96	3	11
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	29	55	6583	1097.1	250	3565	116	6/66	30.73	3.24	56.75	5	7
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	39	66	6895	-	353	2860	115	7/17	24.86	2.48	59.95	1	9
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1987	28	54	5764	960.4	242	2584	112	8/92	23.07	2.68	51.46	3	6
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	24	43	8862	1477.0	584	2683	112	7/49	23.95	1.81	79.12	5	8
LR Gibbs (WI)	1963-1974	31	57	10681	-	561	3518	111	6/39	31.69	1.97	96.22	2	7
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1946	20	35	7978	-	445	2620	110	7/54	23.81	1.97	72.52	5	9
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	37	65	8280	1380.0	298	4038	110	6/91	36.70	2.92	75.27	3	4
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2024	24	46	5113	852.1	180	2589	109	6/91	23.75	3.03	46.90	8	3
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2024	26	48	5272	878.4	183	2868	109	6/70	26.31	3.26	48.36	3	5
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	25	43	7649	-	318	2989	108	9/56	27.67	2.34	70.82	4	10
AA Donald (SA)	1994-2000	22	39	4974	829.0	226	2425	107	6/53	22.66	2.92	46.48	3	9
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	27	50	5772	962.0	202	2887	107	6/23	26.98	3.00	53.94	10	2
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	25	44	6569	1094.5	242	3180	107	7/81	29.71	2.90	61.39	4	7
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1953-1960	22	36	7541	-	423	2197	106	9/113	20.72	1.74	71.14	3	10
JR Thomson (AUS)	1974-1985	24	43	5485	-	197	2610	106	6/46	24.62	2.85	51.74	9	5
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1934	22	39	9164	-	427	3439	106	6/37	32.44	2.25	86.45	2	11
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	26	51	5583	930.3	164	3446	106	5/67	32.50	3.70	52.66	6	3
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2021	32	54	6110	1018.2	211	3140	105	7/74	29.90	3.08	58.19	4	5
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	43	6391	-	434	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.04	7	7
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1961-1976	35	59	8368	-	326	3462	103	7/52	33.61	2.48	81.24	8	5
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	30	5179	-	457	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	3	11
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1993	25	48	5926	987.4	248	2858	100	5/92	28.58	2.89	59.26	7	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	21	35	5853	-	232	2399	97	6/26	24.73	2.45	60.34	6	8
KAJ Roach (WI)	2012-2022	24	45	5038	839.4	195	2550	97	5/17	26.28	3.03	51.93	10	3
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	23	40	6421	-	287	2434	96	8/76	25.35	2.27	66.88	9	4
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	25	46	7486	-	233	3009	96	7/153	31.34	2.41	77.97	2	6
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	28	53	7246	1207.4	264	3062	95	7/48	32.23	2.53	76.27	4	3
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	30	4185	1046.1	416	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.52	6	7
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	23	43	5012	835.2	173	2652	94	7/44	28.21	3.17	53.31	4	4
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2019	28	52	5514	919.0	231	2750	94	6/54	29.25	2.99	58.65	4	4
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2014-2020	17	31	5091	848.3	123	2715	92	8/41	29.51	3.19	55.33	8	6
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2007	25	46	5569	928.1	204	2528	91	6/73	27.78	2.72	61.19	4	5
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2005	26	50	4977	829.3	196	2704	91	7/37	29.71	3.25	54.69	2	3
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	21	38	5343	-	203	1785	90	6/65	19.83	2.00	59.36	5	4
Z Khan (IND)	2002-2014	26	46	5524	920.4	220	2726	90	5/29	30.28	2.96	61.37	4	5
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	30	49	5753	-	227	1955	89	7/60	21.96	2.03	64.64	6	3
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	19	31	3738	623.0	111	2315	89	7/112	26.01	3.71	42.00	4	5
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2012	27	50	7141	1190.1	217	3188	88	6/63	36.22	2.67	81.14	3	4
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1926	18	28	5201	-	90	2935	86	9/121	34.12	3.38	60.47	4	6
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	25	45	5993	-	221	1996	84	6/64	23.76	1.99	71.34	2	5
JM Anderson (ENG)	2008-2023	20	38	4240	706.4	180	2189	84	7/43	26.05	3.09	50.47	5	3
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1977	22	40	6766	-	261	2457	84	8/143	29.25	2.17	80.54	6	2
R Benaud (AUS)	1953-1963	27	48	7284	-	289	2641	83	6/70	31.81	2.17	87.75	5	4
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2005-2018	18	33	5158	859.4	137	2430	79	6/43	30.75	2.82	65.29	2	7
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	30	4517	1129.1	452	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	5	6
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1989	19	32	5110	-	184	2032	78	7/40	26.05	2.38	65.51	1	5
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	49	76	5968	994.4	270	2702	77	6/54	35.09	2.71	77.50	1	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	17	34	5263	-	224	1818	75	5/35	24.24	2.07	70.17	5	3
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	20	33	4789	798.1	165	2089	74	6/51	28.22	2.61	64.71	4	3
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	42	67	6782	1130.2	364	2288	74	6/35	30.91	2.02	91.64	1	3
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2023	19	35	4806	801.0	160	2507	72	6/43	34.81	3.12	66.75	5	4
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2022	23	42	4599	766.3	131	2569	71	4/57	36.18	3.35	64.77	5	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	23	41	6647	-	447	1764	70	5/31	25.20	1.59	94.95	2	3
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	14	27	3648	608.0	147	1767	70	6/32	25.24	2.90	52.11	4	5
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	21	36	4888	-	109	2364	70	7/69	33.77	2.90	69.82	2	3
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	22	41	5457	-	215	2106	69	5/114	30.52	2.31	79.08	5	1
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	30	3086	514.2	104	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.38	4	4
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1992-2001	15	25	4099	683.1	155	1788	68	7/56	26.29	2.61	60.27	1	5
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	16	28	3464	577.2	63	1916	67	7/148	28.59	3.31	51.70	3	6
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1979	23	40	5811	-	294	2077	67	8/72	31.00	2.14	86.73	2	2
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1983	13	25	2991	-	111	1080	66	6/74	16.36	2.16	45.31	4	5
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2014	14	26	2896	482.4	119	1383	66	7/117	20.95	2.86	43.87	1	4
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1956	15	27	5105	850.5	325	1578	66	8/55	23.90	1.85	77.34	6	3
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	17	32	3423	570.3	128	1612	66	6/45	24.42	2.82	51.86	2	3
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1969	20	37	4401	-	144	2163	66	7/69	32.77	2.94	66.68	5	2
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1965	14	25	3554	592.2	185	1368	64	6/38	21.37	2.30	55.53	0	6
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2020	19	34	3337	556.1	150	1431	64	6/44	22.35	2.57	52.14	3	4
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1992	15	28	3284	-	120	1500	64	6/34	23.43	2.74	51.31	2	6
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	12	23	3268	544.4	108	1620	64	5/28	25.31	2.97	51.06	5	5
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1991	14	23	3222	537.0	127	1367	63	7/51	21.69	2.54	51.14	7	2
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1957	15	26	5728	954.4	437	1576	63	8/104	25.01	1.65	90.92	2	3
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	23	38	5165	-	178	1988	63	5/39	31.55	2.30	81.98	6	1
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1969	17	30	3389	-	124	1482	62	6/36	23.90	2.62	54.66	1	4
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	14	27	3018	-	129	1132	60	5/32	18.86	2.25	50.30	5	3
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	25	2536	422.4	91	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	18	29	3586	-	153	1757	60	7/88	29.28	2.93	59.76	2	3

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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]