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	60	117	18685	3114.1	855	7677	325	8/71	23.62	2.46	57.49	22	18
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2007	31	57	12521	2086.5	569	4558	216	9/65	21.10	2.18	57.96	13	19
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2007	47	92	11362	1893.4	554	4844	214	8/38	22.63	2.55	53.09	8	12
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-2001	46	88	11647	1941.1	499	4693	196	6/61	23.94	2.41	59.42	14	7
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	39	72	9397	1566.1	435	3472	185	8/45	18.76	2.21	50.79	13	10
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	32	57	13077	-	675	4638	183	7/40	25.34	2.12	71.45	4	19
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	40	76	13264	2210.4	519	5486	176	7/115	31.17	2.48	75.36	7	7
R Ashwin (IND)	2012-2024	38	71	9409	1568.1	301	4431	171	7/66	25.91	2.82	55.02	6	13
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1982	29	57	8516	-	361	3507	167	7/89	21.00	2.47	50.99	11	11
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2023	48	88	11450	1908.2	415	5443	166	6/49	32.78	2.85	68.97	7	3
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2015	31	57	6939	1156.3	213	3887	151	8/61	25.74	3.36	45.95	8	8
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	37	65	8563	-	247	3190	145	7/63	22.00	2.23	59.05	5	8
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	32	57	8099	-	452	3072	141	8/65	21.78	2.27	57.43	8	9
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2023	31	59	6440	1073.2	183	3867	139	6/111	27.82	3.60	46.33	7	6
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	38	70	11231	-	338	4655	137	7/153	33.97	2.48	81.97	3	9
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1938	26	46	9910	-	579	3221	136	7/54	23.68	1.95	72.86	8	10
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	40	72	11420	-	405	4054	135	6/70	30.02	2.12	84.59	9	9
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2023	27	52	5875	979.1	209	2986	132	6/79	22.62	3.04	44.50	9	5
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	26	50	5790	965.0	232	2436	127	7/22	19.18	2.52	45.59	5	6
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2019	37	69	8120	1353.2	352	3929	126	6/54	31.18	2.90	64.44	6	5
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	71	7159	-	361	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.16	1	9
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	27	53	8683	-	314	2947	119	6/44	24.76	2.03	72.96	7	6
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	38	63	7518	-	259	2580	117	7/60	22.05	2.05	64.25	8	4
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	29	52	7415	1235.5	292	3082	112	7/48	27.51	2.49	66.20	6	5
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2008	32	64	7043	1173.5	205	4250	112	5/69	37.94	3.62	62.88	4	2
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2023	26	48	5502	917.0	200	2877	110	6/89	26.15	3.13	50.01	4	4
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	30	54	7606	-	268	2421	109	6/34	22.21	1.90	69.77	3	7
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1995	23	37	5509	918.1	171	2826	105	8/97	26.91	3.07	52.46	5	8
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2012	25	46	7249	1208.1	199	3468	105	7/87	33.02	2.87	69.03	4	7
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	43	6391	-	434	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.04	7	7
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	29	52	6388	1064.4	231	3098	103	5/40	30.07	2.90	62.01	2	4
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	36	62	8771	1461.5	411	3323	102	5/41	32.57	2.27	85.99	2	3
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	30	5179	-	457	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	3	11
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	17	32	4717	786.1	192	2117	100	6/47	21.17	2.69	47.17	2	11
JR Thomson (AUS)	1974-1985	21	39	4951	-	166	2418	100	6/46	24.18	2.93	49.51	8	5
LR Gibbs (WI)	1963-1974	26	47	8841	1473.3	496	2889	100	6/39	28.89	1.96	88.41	2	7
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1926	21	34	6119	-	115	3358	99	9/121	33.91	3.29	61.80	5	6
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	22	41	4426	737.4	153	2119	98	6/45	21.62	2.87	45.16	3	6
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2021	38	64	6973	1162.1	236	3520	98	7/74	35.91	3.02	71.15	3	2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	21	35	5853	-	232	2399	97	6/26	24.73	2.45	60.34	6	8
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	21	37	5460	910.0	196	2763	97	7/81	28.48	3.03	56.28	3	7
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	42	4486	747.4	189	2031	96	8/92	21.15	2.71	46.72	2	6
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	23	38	6199	1033.1	249	2591	95	8/79	27.27	2.50	65.25	3	8
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	30	4185	1046.1	416	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.52	6	7
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1993	31	56	7333	1222.1	273	3473	93	6/91	37.34	2.84	78.84	2	4
J Garner (WI)	1980-1986	19	38	4428	738.0	211	1650	92	5/55	17.93	2.23	48.13	8	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	26	49	5045	840.5	158	2690	92	5/28	29.23	3.19	54.83	3	3
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2005	23	42	5719	953.1	325	2160	91	6/39	23.73	2.26	62.84	4	3
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	27	50	6532	1088.4	228	3418	91	6/43	37.56	3.13	71.78	5	5
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	23	41	5017	836.1	163	2746	90	5/44	30.51	3.28	55.74	4	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2022	25	46	5052	842.0	196	2477	89	6/17	27.83	2.94	56.76	4	2
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2005	25	49	4599	766.3	199	2541	89	7/37	28.55	3.31	51.67	2	4
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	21	38	4633	772.1	86	2549	89	7/148	28.64	3.30	52.05	4	7
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	50	80	8022	1337.0	407	2923	87	6/35	33.59	2.18	92.20	3	3
AA Donald (SA)	1994-2000	17	30	3912	652.0	170	1982	86	6/53	23.04	3.03	45.48	1	9
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	20	36	4884	814.0	189	2405	86	6/32	27.96	2.95	56.79	5	5
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2018	22	38	5882	980.2	194	2619	86	6/74	30.45	2.67	68.39	4	6
KAJ Roach (WI)	2010-2023	23	43	4505	750.5	165	2324	85	5/17	27.34	3.09	53.00	7	3
BS Bedi (IND)	1967-1979	22	36	7173	1195.3	373	2539	85	6/71	29.87	2.12	84.38	5	4
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	24	42	5582	-	138	2648	85	7/69	31.15	2.84	65.67	3	4
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2013	25	44	5395	899.1	206	2705	83	5/75	32.59	3.00	65.00	5	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1987	16	28	5593	-	235	2049	82	9/56	24.98	2.19	68.20	4	8
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2001	18	34	4654	775.4	186	2221	81	6/21	27.41	2.86	57.45	3	4
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	18	32	7154	1192.2	464	2201	80	7/49	27.51	1.84	89.42	4	5
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	14	27	3565	594.1	116	1796	79	7/34	22.73	3.02	45.12	6	6
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	19	36	4359	726.3	139	2237	79	5/75	28.31	3.07	55.17	9	1
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1994	22	42	5006	834.2	196	2506	79	5/92	31.72	3.00	63.36	5	1
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	30	4517	1129.1	452	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	5	6
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	24	41	4623	770.3	170	2501	78	6/76	32.06	3.24	59.26	2	4
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1998-2007	26	48	5465	910.5	204	2461	76	6/29	32.38	2.70	71.90	4	2
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	15	24	5286	-	297	1658	75	9/113	22.10	1.88	70.48	3	7
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-2003	18	29	3640	606.4	107	2042	74	6/78	27.59	3.36	49.18	5	4
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	18	30	4531	755.1	154	1967	72	6/51	27.31	2.60	62.93	4	3
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2014	16	30	3317	552.5	150	1594	71	7/117	22.45	2.88	46.71	2	4
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2001	22	37	4828	804.4	185	2135	70	6/67	30.50	2.65	68.97	3	2
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	18	34	4253	708.5	150	2405	70	5/75	34.35	3.39	60.75	4	3
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	-	4
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	30	3086	514.2	104	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.38	4	4
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	12	22	2553	425.3	70	1669	66	7/112	25.28	3.92	38.68	3	4
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2012	31	50	7352	1225.2	258	3187	66	5/66	48.28	2.60	111.39	4	2
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1909-1912	14	25	3357	559.3	163	1373	65	6/17	21.12	2.45	51.64	7	3
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1968	19	35	4271	711.5	139	2121	65	7/69	32.63	2.97	65.70	5	2
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	17	33	5584	930.4	171	2531	65	5/46	38.93	2.71	85.90	4	1
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	19	31	3754	-	161	1857	64	7/88	29.01	2.96	58.65	2	3
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	28	46	6026	-	222	2109	64	6/42	32.95	2.09	94.15	1	2
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	20	35	5807	-	366	1622	63	5/31	25.74	1.67	92.17	1	3
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2010-2013	12	21	3492	582.0	109	1552	62	7/55	25.03	2.66	56.32	5	4
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1992-2003	17	27	4377	729.3	167	1951	62	6/78	31.46	2.67	70.59	2	3
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1887-1892	9	16	2302	-	251	775	61	7/37	12.70	2.01	37.73	4	6
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	25	2536	422.4	91	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	-	6
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2021	9	18	3003	500.3	90	1373	59	6/32	23.27	2.74	50.89	6	4
NAT Adcock (SA)	1955-1960	14	25	3488	-	138	1152	57	6/65	20.21	1.98	61.19	4	2
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1968	15	26	2913	485.3	113	1291	57	6/36	22.64	2.65	51.10	1	4
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2006	10	20	3130	521.4	111	1476	57	7/50	25.89	2.82	54.91	3	3
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	17	30	3557	592.5	105	2107	57	5/40	36.96	3.55	62.40	4	2
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1983	11	21	2629	-	94	952	56	6/74	17.00	2.17	46.94	3	5
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2004	17	30	3113	518.5	101	1720	56	6/52	30.71	3.31	55.58	2	4
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	17	32	4518	-	200	1786	56	5/114	31.89	2.37	80.67	3	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]