Fastest to 300 wickets

Fastest to 300 wickets in ODIs

Fastest to 300 wickets

Player	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Debut	Time	Mat	Scorecard
B Lee (AUS)	v West Indies	St George's	29 Jun 2008	9 Jan 2000	8y 172d	171	ODI # 2724
Waqar Younis (PAK)	v South Africa	Sharjah	28 Mar 2000	14 Oct 1989	10y 166d	186	ODI # 1582
GD McGrath (AUS/ICC)	v Pakistan	Melbourne	4 Feb 2005	9 Dec 1993	11y 57d	200	ODI # 2220
M Muralidaran (SL)	v England	Sydney	13 Jan 2003	12 Aug 1993	9y 154d	202	ODI # 1934
SL Malinga (SL)	v India	Colombo (RPS)	31 Aug 2017	17 Jul 2004	13y 45d	203	ODI # 3908
Wasim Akram (PAK)	v Zimbabwe	Quetta	30 Oct 1996	23 Nov 1984	11y 342d	208	ODI # 1133
SM Pollock (SA)	v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	25 Aug 2004	9 Jan 1996	8y 229d	217	ODI # 2160
J Srinath (IND)	v Netherlands	Paarl	12 Feb 2003	18 Oct 1991	11y 117d	219	ODI # 1948
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	v England	Chattogram	6 Mar 2023	6 Aug 2006	16y 212d	227	ODI # 4531
A Kumble (IND)	v West Indies	Jamshedpur	6 Nov 2002	25 Apr 1990	12y 195d	234	ODI # 1893
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	v Zimbabwe	Harare	25 Apr 2004	15 Feb 1994	10y 70d	235	ODI # 2122
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	v Afghanistan	Napier	8 Mar 2015	25 Mar 1997	17y 348d	291	ODI # 3628

Time is based on the start of the debut match and the start of the match in which the milestone was achieved
Bowlers within a maximum of 300 matches shown

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]

India v New Zealand at Indore, 3rd ODI, Jan 18, 2026 [ODI # 4939]

India v New Zealand at Rajkot, 2nd ODI, Jan 14, 2026 [ODI # 4938]