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)	1992-2007	49	96	13924	2320.4	620	6042	254	8/71	23.78	2.60	54.81	18	16
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2007	38	75	9108	1518.0	415	4109	194	8/38	21.18	2.70	46.94	9	12
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	37	69	8671	1445.1	395	3272	178	8/45	18.38	2.26	48.71	13	9
R Ashwin (IND)	2012-2024	35	66	9105	1517.3	258	4521	176	6/46	25.68	2.97	51.73	10	11
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1983	30	59	8696	-	367	3614	170	7/89	21.25	2.49	51.15	11	11
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	37	64	11607	1934.3	451	5124	166	7/59	30.86	2.64	69.92	7	8
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2023	43	79	10037	1672.5	333	4840	156	6/49	31.02	2.89	64.33	9	4
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-2000	39	74	9401	1566.5	374	3961	153	6/74	25.88	2.52	61.44	11	5
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2023	31	59	6164	1027.2	176	3646	148	6/50	24.63	3.54	41.64	6	10
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	36	66	8200	1366.4	445	3232	139	6/30	23.25	2.36	58.99	7	4
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2023	31	58	7706	1284.2	300	3659	136	6/43	26.90	2.84	56.66	9	7
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	27	46	7258	-	317	2872	134	6/26	21.43	2.37	54.16	11	10
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	41	74	9058	1509.4	355	4369	130	6/91	33.60	2.89	69.67	4	5
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	26	50	5790	965.0	232	2436	127	7/22	19.18	2.52	45.59	5	6
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2001	37	62	7256	1209.2	302	3088	120	6/67	25.73	2.55	60.46	5	5
AA Donald (SA)	1993-2001	23	41	5148	858.0	228	2538	115	6/53	22.06	2.95	44.76	1	11
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	24	47	5924	987.2	241	2772	115	6/30	24.10	2.80	51.51	6	6
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	39	66	6895	-	353	2860	115	7/17	24.86	2.48	59.95	1	9
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	29	51	6728	-	216	2559	114	7/63	22.44	2.28	59.01	3	6
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2007	16	30	6613	1102.1	348	2247	112	9/65	20.06	2.03	59.04	8	8
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1996	24	40	5582	930.2	172	2945	111	8/97	26.53	3.16	50.28	5	8
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	26	47	5167	861.1	155	2971	110	7/40	27.00	3.44	46.97	4	5
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2023	23	42	4723	787.1	168	2423	107	6/23	22.64	3.07	44.14	8	3
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1991-2002	24	40	4588	764.4	123	2625	106	6/34	24.76	3.43	43.28	7	7
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1934	22	39	9164	-	427	3439	106	6/37	32.44	2.25	86.45	2	11
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	19	35	5275	879.1	219	2317	105	6/47	22.06	2.63	50.23	2	11
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	30	56	6252	1042.0	219	3448	105	5/75	32.83	3.30	59.54	8	3
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	43	6391	-	434	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.04	7	7
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	27	51	6946	1157.4	248	3063	103	7/48	29.73	2.64	67.43	4	4
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2021	35	58	6474	1079.0	213	3463	103	7/74	33.62	3.20	62.85	2	3
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1938	19	33	7864	-	439	2587	102	7/54	25.36	1.97	77.09	5	8
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2014	20	39	6701	1116.5	219	2876	102	7/55	28.19	2.57	65.69	5	5
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
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	19	36	3774	629.0	102	2422	101	7/112	23.98	3.85	37.36	6	5
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
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2019	28	51	5531	921.5	228	2730	99	6/54	27.57	2.96	55.86	6	5
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	24	46	5314	885.4	174	2762	99	5/75	27.89	3.11	53.67	11	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	22	38	5658	943.0	206	2814	98	7/81	28.71	2.98	57.73	3	7
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1999-2015	30	53	7666	1277.4	199	3872	98	7/62	39.51	3.03	78.22	3	5
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	42	4486	747.4	189	2031	96	8/92	21.15	2.71	46.72	2	6
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1987	21	36	6600	-	273	2502	96	9/56	26.06	2.27	68.75	4	9
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2015-2022	17	32	5486	914.2	135	2809	96	7/76	29.26	3.07	57.14	6	7
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2009	28	45	6755	1125.5	275	2853	96	7/130	29.71	2.53	70.36	5	5
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	25	46	7486	-	233	3009	96	7/153	31.34	2.41	77.97	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
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	22	33	4707	784.3	192	1831	93	8/58	19.68	2.33	50.61	2	7
KAJ Roach (WI)	2010-2022	27	50	5028	838.0	186	2577	93	5/17	27.70	3.07	54.06	7	3
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	23	43	4859	809.5	151	2777	93	5/51	29.86	3.42	52.24	7	5
J Garner (WI)	1980-1986	19	38	4428	738.0	211	1650	92	5/55	17.93	2.23	48.13	8	1
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1993	23	43	5374	895.4	214	2676	91	5/67	29.40	2.98	59.05	5	3
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	29	48	5717	-	225	1949	87	7/60	22.40	2.04	65.71	6	3
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1926	18	28	5201	-	90	2935	86	9/121	34.12	3.38	60.47	4	6
BS Bedi (IND)	1967-1979	22	36	7173	1195.3	373	2539	85	6/71	29.87	2.12	84.38	5	4
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	25	45	5993	-	221	1996	84	6/64	23.76	1.99	71.34	2	5
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2023	21	39	4121	686.5	144	2203	83	5/30	26.54	3.20	49.65	2	3
R Benaud (AUS)	1953-1963	27	48	7284	-	289	2641	83	6/70	31.81	2.17	87.75	5	4
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2005	24	46	4443	740.3	168	2456	82	7/37	29.95	3.31	54.18	3	3
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	18	32	7154	1192.2	464	2201	80	7/49	27.51	1.84	89.42	4	5
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	30	4517	1129.1	452	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	5	6
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2007	20	40	4489	748.1	124	2799	78	4/26	35.88	3.74	57.55	7	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2012	46	75	5770	961.4	262	2631	76	6/54	34.61	2.73	75.92	2	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	15	24	5286	-	297	1658	75	9/113	22.10	1.88	70.48	3	7
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	17	34	5263	-	224	1818	75	5/35	24.24	2.07	70.17	5	3
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2023	20	37	4305	717.3	138	2468	75	5/44	32.90	3.43	57.40	4	2
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	42	67	6782	1130.2	364	2288	74	6/35	30.91	2.02	91.64	1	3
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	18	30	4531	755.1	154	1967	72	6/51	27.31	2.60	62.93	4	3
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2012	22	37	4513	752.1	166	2332	71	5/72	32.84	3.10	63.56	3	2
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2024	16	29	4793	798.5	145	2413	71	5/70	33.98	3.02	67.50	5	5
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	16	30	3055	509.1	117	1420	70	6/45	20.28	2.78	43.64	2	4
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	21	36	4888	-	109	2364	70	7/69	33.77	2.90	69.82	2	3
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	19	37	3273	545.3	149	1416	69	5/30	20.52	2.59	47.43	2	4
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2014	14	26	2869	478.1	131	1336	68	7/117	19.64	2.79	42.19	-	5
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	30	3086	514.2	104	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.38	4	4
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2022	22	41	4052	675.2	128	2250	68	4/57	33.08	3.33	59.58	3	-
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	16	28	3464	577.2	63	1916	67	7/148	28.59	3.31	51.70	3	6
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-2004	20	31	3343	557.1	103	1915	66	6/52	29.01	3.43	50.65	2	6
Umar Gul (PAK)	2006-2012	21	39	3894	649.0	95	2331	66	6/135	35.31	3.59	59.00	5	2
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1968	19	35	4271	711.5	139	2121	65	7/69	32.63	2.97	65.70	5	2
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	12	23	3268	544.4	108	1620	64	5/28	25.31	2.97	51.06	5	5
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	17	31	5133	855.3	139	2594	64	7/118	40.53	3.03	80.20	4	2
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	20	35	5807	-	366	1622	63	5/31	25.74	1.67	92.17	1	3
ST Gabriel (WI)	2012-2021	18	35	3089	514.5	85	1747	61	8/62	28.63	3.39	50.63	2	3
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	25	2536	422.4	91	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2022	23	44	4030	671.4	186	1706	60	6/42	28.43	2.53	67.16	3	3
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	18	29	3586	-	153	1757	60	7/88	29.28	2.93	59.76	2	3
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2021	14	26	2881	480.1	130	1287	58	6/40	22.18	2.68	49.67	1	5
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2001	11	22	4481	746.5	198	1771	58	8/164	30.53	2.37	77.25	4	2
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2022	18	29	3526	587.4	110	1929	58	9/129	33.25	3.28	60.79	2	2
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1983	12	23	2719	-	100	990	57	6/74	17.36	2.18	47.70	3	5
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
HH Streak (ZIM)	1994-2003	15	23	3509	584.5	159	1458	57	6/87	25.57	2.49	61.56	5	1
IR Bishop (WI)	1990-1998	15	28	2986	497.4	97	1416	56	5/32	25.28	2.84	53.32	2	2
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1975-1988	17	28	4011	-	191	1558	56	5/63	27.82	2.33	71.62	5	2
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1977	16	30	4912	-	200	1858	56	8/143	33.17	2.26	87.71	3	2
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1952	11	19	4102	683.4	259	1249	54	8/55	23.12	1.82	75.96	5	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]