Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets Held in England for Tests

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	106	202	22926	3821.0	1018	10692	438	7/42	24.41	2.79	52.34	17	24	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	98	188	19979	3329.5	740	10320	398	8/15	25.92	3.09	50.19	17	14	3
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	47	90	10295	1715.5	367	4590	229	8/31	20.04	2.67	44.95	13	14	3
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	59	96	12243	2040.3	475	6226	226	8/34	27.54	3.05	54.17	9	17	2
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	41	73	8121	1353.3	295	4137	176	8/43	23.50	3.05	46.14	8	10	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	32	60	9700	1616.4	430	3600	167	7/44	21.55	2.22	58.08	5	13	4
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	37	70	8760	1460.0	399	3370	148	7/39	22.77	2.30	59.18	4	7	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	42	73	9973	1662.1	631	3515	145	8/51	24.24	2.11	68.77	6	10	4
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	37	71	9004	1500.4	327	4090	140	5/57	29.21	2.72	64.31	9	3	-
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2024	34	66	5880	980.0	222	2959	137	6/17	21.59	3.01	42.91	4	5	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1958	29	55	7397	1232.5	472	2442	135	10/53	18.08	1.98	54.79	10	7	3
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	32	61	6845	1140.5	219	3787	133	6/19	28.47	3.31	51.46	9	5	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	22	44	6751	1125.1	325	2831	129	7/165	21.94	2.51	52.33	11	8	3
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2002	33	56	7313	1218.5	263	3850	128	5/14	30.07	3.15	57.13	6	6	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	32	51	6319	1053.1	177	3678	124	6/42	29.66	3.49	50.95	7	5	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	33	60	6693	1115.3	230	3750	122	5/73	30.73	3.36	54.86	7	2	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	32	57	6836	1139.2	231	3473	120	6/65	28.94	3.04	56.96	8	7	1
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	39	69	6274	1045.4	134	3945	113	6/53	34.91	3.77	55.52	5	4	1
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	40	72	7661	1276.5	257	3936	109	5/78	36.11	3.08	70.28	3	2	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	49	74	5682	947.0	166	3235	106	6/22	30.51	3.41	53.60	3	2	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1963	28	50	6450	1075.0	449	2030	104	7/35	19.51	1.88	62.01	6	6	2
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	43	71	8778	1463.0	568	2769	102	6/29	27.14	1.89	86.05	4	3	-
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	27	46	5607	934.3	184	2956	101	7/43	29.26	3.16	55.51	7	4	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1981	16	32	4815	802.3	245	1974	96	7/89	20.56	2.45	50.15	7	6	2
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	18	35	4293	715.3	177	1758	94	7/22	18.70	2.45	45.67	2	6	1
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	23	40	5865	977.3	246	2624	90	5/42	29.15	2.68	65.16	3	7	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	20	37	4911	818.3	230	1828	88	6/52	20.77	2.23	55.80	7	3	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1997-2005	14	28	3469	578.1	145	1683	87	8/38	19.34	2.91	39.87	3	8	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1988-2000	21	40	5128	854.4	231	2127	87	6/74	24.44	2.48	58.94	8	3	1
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1981	24	44	5046	841.0	196	2303	85	7/50	27.09	2.73	59.36	4	3	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	23	37	6393	1065.3	322	2089	84	6/42	24.86	1.96	76.10	4	2	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1995	23	40	5106	851.0	185	2481	84	7/70	29.53	2.91	60.78	6	3	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	12	23	3566	594.2	144	1605	83	6/128	19.33	2.70	42.96	2	10	1
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2009	22	38	5119	853.1	179	2330	81	6/37	28.76	2.73	63.19	3	6	1
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	22	40	5427	-	335	1781	80	8/43	22.26	1.96	67.83	5	2	1
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	22	40	3740	623.2	118	2233	79	6/79	28.26	3.58	47.34	5	3	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	21	32	4239	706.3	148	2097	78	6/154	26.88	2.96	54.34	8	3	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	18	33	4361	726.5	181	1792	75	5/27	23.89	2.46	58.14	3	4	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	32	51	6654	1109.0	367	2427	74	5/28	32.79	2.18	89.91	7	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	14	25	4115	685.5	170	1746	70	6/53	24.94	2.54	58.78	4	6	1
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	21	36	4060	676.4	122	2350	68	9/57	34.55	3.47	59.70	1	4	1
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1902	16	28	3487	-	229	1364	67	8/65	20.35	2.34	52.04	3	5	3
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1926	24	33	3214	-	139	1419	67	7/17	21.17	2.64	47.97	4	3	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1926-1934	13	23	5641	940.1	285	2007	67	6/167	29.95	2.13	84.19	2	7	1
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2025	15*	28	2869	478.1	68	1897	64	6/111	29.64	3.96	44.82	2	3	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1902-1912	10	17	2265	377.3	129	843	63	8/29	13.38	2.23	35.95	1	9	3
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1984	13	26	3076	512.4	134	1331	63	8/92	21.12	2.59	48.82	2	5	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	15	25	3776	629.2	136	1906	63	7/81	30.25	3.02	59.93	1	3	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	33	54	6857	1142.5	334	2549	63	5/82	40.46	2.23	108.84	3	1	-
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2005	25	38	5404	900.4	147	2716	63	5/57	43.11	3.01	85.77	4	2	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1963-1973	16	30	4962	827.0	280	1618	62	6/39	26.09	1.95	80.03	2	5	2
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	21	38	4394	732.2	207	1679	62	4/28	27.08	2.29	70.87	5	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1957-1973	21	36	5171	861.5	224	1958	62	5/41	31.58	2.27	83.40	1	3	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1958	33	53	5160	860.0	228	2228	62	7/44	35.93	2.59	83.22	2	3	1
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	13	25	3391	-	124	1411	61	6/33	23.13	2.49	55.59	2	5	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1992	25	42	4496	749.2	164	2142	61	5/95	35.11	2.85	73.70	2	3	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1948-1956	14	23	3382	563.4	148	1258	60	6/20	20.96	2.23	56.36	2	5	-
RWV Robins (ENG)	1929-1937	15	27	2870	478.2	74	1538	60	6/32	25.63	3.21	47.83	2	1	-
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	19	37	3451	575.1	106	1955	60	5/34	32.58	3.39	57.51	-	2	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2013-2025	17*	32	3656	609.2	111	1810	59	6/49	30.67	2.97	61.96	6	1	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	31	50	4587	764.3	173	2237	59	4/33	37.91	2.92	77.74	2	-	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	15	28	3935	655.5	285	1180	57	7/56	20.70	1.79	69.03	7	1	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2019-2025	12*	23	2585	430.5	78	1450	57	6/28	25.43	3.36	45.35	3	2	-
J Garner (WI)	1980-1984	10	20	2583	430.3	133	911	55	5/55	16.56	2.11	46.96	5	1	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1967	24	38	5123	853.5	321	1605	54	5/19	29.72	1.87	94.87	3	2	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2025	13*	24	2474	412.2	71	1426	53	5/30	26.90	3.45	46.67	2	2	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2001	14	23	3387	564.3	123	1523	53	6/67	28.73	2.69	63.90	2	2	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1968	13	23	3894	649.0	174	1572	53	7/153	29.66	2.42	73.47	1	3	-
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	11	20	3104	517.2	138	1214	52	6/91	23.34	2.34	59.69	5	2	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1886-1899	10	17	1915	-	194	695	51	6/45	13.62	2.17	37.54	1	5	2
I Sharma (IND)	2011-2021	15	24	3161	526.5	109	1701	51	7/74	33.35	3.22	61.98	2	2	-
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2023	10	19	2215	369.1	97	1013	50	5/49	20.26	2.74	44.30	2	3	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1934-1938	9	15	3580	596.4	206	1308	50	7/54	26.16	2.19	71.60	2	4	2
MG Hughes (AUS)	1989-1993	12	23	2914	485.4	119	1460	50	5/92	29.20	3.00	58.28	4	1	-
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2019	14	27	2917	486.1	114	1515	50	5/21	30.30	3.11	58.34	3	2	-
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2010-2018	12	22	2559	426.3	89	1252	49	6/84	25.55	2.93	52.22	3	2	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1950	15	28	3203	-	110	1652	49	5/80	33.71	3.09	65.36	1	3	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1905-1909	6	12	1344	224.0	56	589	48	8/59	12.27	2.62	28.00	-	6	2
M Muralidaran (SL)	1998-2006	6	10	2317	386.1	108	922	48	9/65	19.20	2.38	48.27	1	5	3
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	9	18	2272	378.4	79	1154	48	5/57	24.04	3.04	47.33	3	3	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1991-2001	12	20	3084	514.0	127	1394	48	7/66	29.04	2.71	64.25	1	3	1
NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1993	17	27	3730	621.4	142	1703	48	8/107	35.47	2.73	77.70	1	2	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1987	12	19	2919	486.3	116	1158	47	7/40	24.63	2.38	62.10	-	4	1
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2001-2008	12	23	2766	461.0	121	1224	47	6/67	26.04	2.65	58.85	4	2	-
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2009-2013	14	25	2825	470.5	105	1497	47	5/48	31.85	3.17	60.10	3	1	-
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1996	18	31	3970	661.4	145	2071	47	6/111	44.06	3.12	84.46	-	2	-
CC Griffith (WI)	1963-1966	10	19	2210	368.2	81	957	46	6/36	20.80	2.59	48.04	1	3	-
AA Donald (SA)	1994-1998	8	15	1997	332.5	84	1063	45	6/88	23.62	3.19	44.37	1	5	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-2001	10	16	2173	362.1	65	1237	45	5/52	27.48	3.41	48.28	3	3	-
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	11	21	2566	427.4	77	1383	45	4/41	30.73	3.23	57.02	7	-	-
AP Freeman (ENG)	1928-1929	6	11	1969	328.1	97	849	44	7/71	19.29	2.58	44.75	2	5	3
KR Miller (AUS)	1948-1956	15	21	3176	529.2	159	1071	44	5/72	24.34	2.02	72.18	4	2	1
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2008	11	21	2504	417.2	86	1545	43	5/75	35.93	3.70	58.23	2	3	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1990	13	22	3379	563.1	129	1685	43	5/125	39.18	2.99	78.58	1	2	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1960	10	18	3106	517.4	227	942	42	5/31	22.42	1.81	73.95	1	3	-
GH Hirst (ENG)	1899-1909	15	28	2381	-	99	1015	42	5/58	24.16	2.55	56.69	1	2	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1985	11	20	2592	432.0	104	1315	42	5/38	31.30	3.04	61.71	5	1	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	14	25	2909	484.5	86	1701	42	4/57	40.50	3.50	69.26	3	-	-
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2022	10	19	2498	416.2	76	1409	41	6/43	34.36	3.38	60.92	4	2	1
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	13	25	2553	425.3	110	1085	40	5/42	27.12	2.54	63.82	1	1	-

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