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
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2006	29	53	10629	1771.3	480	3778	191	9/51	19.78	2.13	55.64	11	17
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	25	47	8247	1374.3	380	3279	136	7/56	24.11	2.38	60.63	7	7
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	28	54	9051	1508.3	369	3530	122	6/53	28.93	2.34	74.18	6	5
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	31	56	6772	1128.4	249	3321	114	5/40	29.13	2.94	59.40	3	5
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2002	21	41	5299	883.1	218	2428	94	6/21	25.82	2.74	56.37	2	5
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2011	18	33	5447	907.5	164	2465	91	7/87	27.08	2.71	59.85	6	5
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2022	25	46	5052	842.0	196	2477	89	6/17	27.83	2.94	56.76	4	2
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	18	31	3596	599.2	123	1923	86	7/91	22.36	3.20	41.81	7	6
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1931-1936	10	18	3913	652.1	248	1199	77	7/40	15.57	1.83	50.81	2	8
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	19	34	3589	598.1	138	1863	77	6/26	24.19	3.11	46.61	2	6
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2006	26	46	5526	921.0	237	2256	75	6/29	30.08	2.44	73.68	5	1
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2018	14	25	4024	670.4	155	1724	73	8/63	23.61	2.57	55.12	2	7
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	0	4
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2014	12	23	3174	529.0	96	1641	64	8/61	25.64	3.10	49.59	5	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2006	18	34	4406	734.2	242	1648	63	6/86	26.15	2.24	69.93	1	2
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2013	18	34	3695	615.5	118	2031	61	4/58	33.29	3.29	60.57	4	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1992-2001	12	24	3312	552.0	169	1144	60	6/61	19.06	2.07	55.20	4	2
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-1998	14	25	3247	541.1	132	1384	60	6/48	23.06	2.55	54.11	3	4
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	0	6
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	20	29	3707	617.5	116	2001	59	6/42	33.91	3.23	62.83	5	2
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2023	14	26	3026	504.2	130	1270	57	7/66	22.28	2.51	53.08	3	5
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2008	16	31	3560	593.2	121	1954	56	5/69	34.89	3.29	63.57	1	2
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2023	18	34	4469	744.5	162	2207	56	5/130	39.41	2.96	79.80	0	1
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	26	4221	-	148	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.16	2	3
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	14	25	3601	600.1	176	1185	53	6/42	22.35	1.97	67.94	2	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2012	23	40	5690	948.2	229	2412	53	5/70	45.50	2.54	107.35	4	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	13	24	4136	517.0	116	1413	52	5/49	27.17	2.04	79.53	4	5
Taijul Islam (BAN)	2014-2022	9	17	2633	438.5	78	1315	51	8/39	25.78	2.99	51.62	1	5
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	8	15	2055	342.3	89	875	50	6/17	17.50	2.55	41.10	5	3
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	11	22	2012	335.2	71	1005	48	5/28	20.93	2.99	41.91	1	3
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-2004	11	22	2707	451.1	113	1240	48	5/31	25.83	2.74	56.39	3	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2008	21	36	3727	621.1	143	1831	48	4/44	38.14	2.94	77.64	3	0
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	18	2687	-	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2010-2013	9	16	2904	484.0	90	1308	46	7/95	28.43	2.70	63.13	4	3
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-2003	12	20	2907	484.3	87	1480	46	7/66	32.17	3.05	63.19	2	3
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2016	13	25	3380	563.2	162	1544	46	5/59	33.56	2.74	73.47	2	1
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2018	7	14	2111	351.5	71	952	44	6/32	21.63	2.70	47.97	4	2
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1953	10	19	3420	427.4	90	1129	44	6/44	25.65	1.98	77.72	2	3
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	11	20	2343	390.3	83	1145	44	6/41	26.02	2.93	53.25	1	2
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2021	13	21	2443	407.1	85	1146	44	6/59	26.04	2.81	55.52	1	5
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2024	9	15	2115	352.3	109	802	42	6/138	19.09	2.27	50.35	3	3
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2022	9	17	1981	330.1	55	1212	42	6/154	28.85	3.67	47.16	3	2
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2023	8	16	1714	285.4	66	792	41	6/79	19.31	2.77	41.80	2	3
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1993-2006	28	43	2597	432.5	106	1065	41	5/34	25.97	2.46	63.34	3	2
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2014-2020	14	25	2747	457.5	107	1204	41	5/63	29.36	2.62	67.00	3	1
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1963-1970	13	24	3745	-	105	1646	41	5/46	40.14	2.63	91.34	1	3
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	15	25	1961	326.5	52	1028	39	4/86	26.35	3.14	50.28	1	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	8	15	1593	265.3	48	789	38	6/61	20.76	2.97	41.92	1	3
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1964	15	22	2918	-	151	991	37	6/60	26.78	2.03	78.86	3	1
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-1998	10	15	2184	364.0	77	1058	37	6/119	28.59	2.90	59.02	3	3
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1993-2003	12	19	2585	430.5	101	1184	37	6/78	32.00	2.74	69.86	2	1
M Dillon (WI)	1998-2004	12	23	2597	432.5	76	1302	37	4/32	35.18	3.00	70.18	2	0
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	20	2860	-	80	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.29	1	2
KAJ Roach (WI)	2010-2023	12	22	1844	307.2	71	900	36	5/47	25.00	2.92	51.22	1	1
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	12	1924	320.4	76	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.44	1	3
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2003-2007	7	14	2703	450.3	93	1096	36	5/46	30.44	2.43	75.08	2	1
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	0	4
MM Ali (ENG)	2015-2017	8	14	1692	282.0	64	876	35	6/53	25.02	3.10	48.34	4	2
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1998	10	15	2132	355.2	95	924	35	5/42	26.40	2.60	60.91	1	3
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1936	7	13	2046	341.0	140	634	34	5/20	18.64	1.85	60.17	3	2
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2016-2023	8	15	1889	314.5	75	903	34	6/89	26.55	2.86	55.55	2	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	37	2811	-	122	1041	34	5/36	30.61	2.22	82.67	1	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	16	2191	-	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2018-2021	6	12	1062	177.0	39	628	32	5/27	19.62	3.54	33.18	1	4
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1931-1932	4	8	1331	221.5	112	296	31	6/18	9.54	1.33	42.93	2	3
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1949-1953	8	14	1835	229.3	31	631	31	5/32	20.35	2.06	59.19	2	2
H Verity (ENG)	1935-1939	9	16	3298	-	167	802	31	5/70	25.87	1.45	106.38	1	1
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-2007	9	17	1495	249.1	39	822	31	5/43	26.51	3.29	48.22	3	1
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	9	16	1770	295.0	48	1045	31	5/40	33.70	3.54	57.09	2	2
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2019	15	27	2671	445.1	89	1349	31	4/79	43.51	3.03	86.16	1	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2003-2008	12	23	2532	422.0	82	1353	31	4/33	43.64	3.20	81.67	2	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1949-1953	9	15	1801	225.1	34	631	30	5/40	21.03	2.10	60.03	2	1
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1997-2000	10	19	2204	367.2	97	948	30	4/52	31.60	2.58	73.46	2	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1992-2000	7	13	1575	262.3	88	490	29	6/34	16.89	1.86	54.31	1	2
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2003	8	16	1549	258.1	85	712	29	5/54	24.55	2.75	53.41	0	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2003-2005	6	12	1401	233.3	50	722	29	7/61	24.89	3.09	48.31	0	2
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1964	8	15	1942	323.4	85	819	29	5/48	28.24	2.53	66.96	0	2
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)	2017-2022	6	12	1944	324.0	64	885	29	5/38	30.51	2.73	67.03	1	2
Abdur Rehman (PAK)	2007-2013	6	12	2069	344.5	59	968	29	4/36	33.37	2.80	71.34	3	0
S Shillingford (WI)	2010-2013	5	9	1427	237.5	33	720	28	6/49	25.71	3.02	50.96	0	3
TE Bailey (ENG)	1951-1957	12	20	2386	-	100	728	28	5/20	26.00	1.83	85.21	0	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1955-1960	6	12	1293	215.3	35	620	27	5/27	22.96	2.87	47.88	2	1
SB Doull (NZ)	1992-1999	9	14	1720	286.4	84	659	27	5/73	24.40	2.29	63.70	3	1
RW Blair (NZ)	1953-1964	9	16	1924	-	50	785	27	4/85	29.07	2.44	71.25	2	0
DAJ Bracewell (NZ)	2011-2016	9	15	1658	276.2	62	870	27	5/85	32.22	3.14	61.40	0	1
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1929	26	39	2296	382.4	95	999	27	5/41	37.00	2.61	85.03	0	1
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1965	10	18	2951	491.5	148	1111	27	5/66	41.14	2.25	109.29	1	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2012-2024	11	21	2241	373.3	102	1143	27	5/35	42.33	3.06	83.00	0	1
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1924	6	11	1317	219.3	59	527	26	6/7	20.26	2.40	50.65	0	2
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2021	6	11	1096	182.4	29	602	26	5/52	23.15	3.29	42.15	4	1
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1998-2004	11	20	1433	238.5	55	663	26	5/20	25.50	2.77	55.11	1	1
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1970	7	13	1990	-	67	788	26	6/47	30.30	2.37	76.53	0	2
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2016-2020	8	14	1590	265.0	37	983	26	6/122	37.80	3.70	61.15	1	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2
MJ Henry (NZ)	2017-2024	5	10	1038	173.0	51	462	25	7/23	18.48	2.67	41.52	1	1
DN Patel (NZ)	1992-1996	5	10	1458	243.0	55	660	25	6/50	26.40	2.71	58.32	0	2
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1997	6	12	1278	213.0	33	684	25	6/104	27.36	3.21	51.12	0	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]