Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets Held in India for Tests

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	65	127	17628	2938.0	614	8263	383	7/59	21.57	2.81	46.02	17	29	6
A Kumble (IND)	1993-2008	63	115	20792	3465.2	895	8710	350	10/74	24.88	2.51	59.40	20	25	7
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	55	103	16989	2831.3	565	7624	265	8/84	28.76	2.69	64.10	10	18	4
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	49	97	12191	2031.5	520	4929	238	7/42	20.71	2.42	51.22	11	13	3
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	65	119	12211	2035.1	467	5803	219	9/83	26.49	2.85	55.75	11	11	2
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	32	55	9185	1530.5	408	3933	142	8/79	27.69	2.56	64.68	9	8	1
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	30	54	10391	1731.5	649	3287	137	7/98	23.99	1.89	75.84	9	8	-
J Srinath (IND)	1994-2002	32	57	6030	1005.0	248	2874	108	8/86	26.61	2.85	55.83	4	5	1
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	42	77	6826	1137.4	256	3291	104	5/22	31.64	2.89	65.63	3	2	-
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2012	38	70	7309	1218.1	258	3731	104	5/72	35.87	3.06	70.27	5	3	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1948-1959	23	38	7767	1294.3	416	2733	103	8/52	26.53	2.11	75.40	9	4	2
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	32	64	4853	808.5	139	2614	101	6/88	25.88	3.23	48.04	3	2	1
PP Ojha (IND)	2009-2013	20	40	6421	1070.1	262	2779	101	6/47	27.51	2.59	63.57	4	7	1
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	22	41	6693	1115.3	345	2560	95	6/74	26.94	2.29	70.45	10	5	1
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	32	55	8275	1379.1	463	2881	94	8/72	30.64	2.08	88.03	5	2	1
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	21	36	6448	1074.4	352	2549	84	9/102	30.34	2.37	76.76	4	6	1
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	21	37	5650	941.4	292	1955	77	6/103	25.38	2.07	73.37	3	4	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1980	27	50	4700	783.2	165	2432	77	5/33	31.58	3.10	61.03	4	3	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	28	49	5877	979.3	216	2626	77	5/76	34.10	2.68	76.32	7	2	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	21	42	3239	539.5	114	1680	76	5/35	22.10	3.11	42.61	4	2	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1990	38	61	7469	1244.5	325	2842	73	5/75	38.93	2.28	102.31	5	1	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	16	30	4440	740.0	211	1704	71	6/12	24.00	2.30	62.53	1	5	1
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1993	18	32	4869	811.3	229	1898	62	7/27	30.61	2.33	78.53	3	3	2
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1965	18	31	3877	646.1	118	1860	57	6/56	32.63	2.87	68.01	8	1	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2013-2023	11	19	2900	483.2	61	1532	56	8/50	27.35	3.16	51.78	1	5	1
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	21	35	4704	784.0	242	1896	55	6/73	34.47	2.41	85.52	1	3	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1972-1982	16	29	4215	702.3	277	1432	54	5/84	26.51	2.03	78.05	5	1	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1966	25	40	5573	928.5	437	1477	53	6/91	27.86	1.59	105.15	2	3	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1960	8	16	2953	492.1	198	956	52	7/72	18.38	1.94	56.78	2	5	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2021-2024	12	23	1673	278.5	68	808	47	6/45	17.19	2.89	35.59	2	2	-
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	12	23	2105	350.5	78	877	47	6/38	18.65	2.49	44.78	1	5	1
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1996	8	13	1757	292.5	78	748	45	8/61	16.62	2.55	39.04	1	4	1
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2024	17	29	2914	485.4	122	1332	44	4/40	30.27	2.74	66.22	2	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	14	24	3538	589.4	156	1346	44	7/49	30.59	2.28	80.40	3	2	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1987-1994	7	13	1668	278.0	55	798	43	6/79	18.55	2.87	38.79	3	3	-
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	35	43	4480	746.4	203	1799	42	5/88	42.83	2.40	106.66	2	1	-
M Muralidaran (SL)	1994-2009	11	14	3449	574.5	102	1818	40	7/100	45.45	3.16	86.22	2	2	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1975	9	18	2964	494.0	174	912	39	7/98	23.38	1.84	76.00	2	3	-
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1967	8	16	1768	294.4	75	796	38	6/50	20.94	2.70	46.52	1	2	1
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2024	9	18	1452	242.0	24	889	38	5/57	23.39	3.67	38.21	2	2	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1981	8	14	1595	265.5	50	731	37	7/46	19.75	2.74	43.10	-	3	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	7	13	1585	264.1	65	733	37	7/64	19.81	2.77	42.83	-	3	1
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	16	27	3423	570.3	188	1246	37	4/48	33.67	2.18	92.51	1	-	-
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2016	12	22	2975	495.5	80	1480	37	5/71	40.00	2.98	80.40	-	1	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1983	9	15	1794	299.0	70	886	36	6/37	24.61	2.96	49.83	2	2	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1964-1969	8	15	1983	330.3	99	655	34	6/58	19.26	1.98	58.32	1	3	1
DG Phadkar (IND)	1948-1959	16	26	3353	558.5	155	1347	34	7/159	39.61	2.41	98.61	1	2	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1998-2004	9	16	2755	459.1	95	1466	34	6/125	43.11	3.19	81.02	2	1	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1996-2004	8	16	1880	313.2	123	703	33	4/18	21.30	2.24	56.96	2	-	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2001-2004	7	14	1556	259.2	64	717	33	5/56	21.72	2.76	47.15	2	1	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1976-1982	10	18	1585	264.1	54	716	32	6/53	22.37	2.71	49.53	-	2	-
AY Patel (NZ)	2021-2024	5	9	1183	197.1	33	732	32	10/119	22.87	3.71	36.96	1	3	2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1976-1988	6	10	1367	227.5	46	689	31	6/49	22.22	3.02	44.09	2	2	1
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2010	11	21	2075	345.5	60	1226	31	5/75	39.54	3.54	66.93	2	1	-
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2005-2007	6	12	2206	367.4	62	1227	31	6/150	39.58	3.33	71.16	1	2	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2010	8	13	3186	531.0	117	1388	31	6/127	44.77	2.61	102.77	2	2	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1960	6	12	1607	267.5	95	473	30	7/93	15.76	1.76	53.56	1	2	1
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1983	6	11	1342	223.4	43	663	30	5/102	22.10	2.96	44.73	2	1	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1982	7	11	1736	289.2	66	766	30	7/48	25.53	2.64	57.86	1	3	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1961	10	13	2337	389.3	134	751	29	7/42	25.89	1.92	80.58	1	3	1
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1979-1987	10	17	2525	420.5	135	982	29	6/40	33.86	2.33	87.06	2	2	1
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1987	18	25	1770	295.0	48	984	29	6/56	33.93	3.33	61.03	-	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1969-1969	5	10	1792	298.4	129	535	28	6/64	19.10	1.79	64.00	-	3	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2012	6	11	1718	286.2	60	811	28	5/144	28.96	2.83	61.35	2	1	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1983	18	31	2305	384.1	80	1069	28	5/23	38.17	2.78	82.32	1	2	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2012	8	15	2280	380.0	86	1071	28	6/81	38.25	2.81	81.42	1	2	1
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1988	7	13	2116	352.4	109	687	27	5/50	25.44	1.94	78.37	4	1	-
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2017	11	21	1407	234.3	52	708	27	5/48	26.22	3.01	52.11	2	1	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1964-1964	5	10	2393	398.5	156	747	27	6/73	27.66	1.87	88.62	1	2	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1999	8	14	1700	283.2	54	748	27	5/96	27.70	2.64	62.96	1	1	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1987	10	15	1653	275.3	59	757	27	5/63	28.03	2.74	61.22	2	2	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-2001	11	22	1997	332.5	88	844	27	6/33	31.25	2.53	73.96	-	2	-
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	10	18	1744	290.4	29	952	27	4/76	35.25	3.27	64.59	1	-	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1972-1985	9	17	2489	414.5	102	1065	27	4/28	39.44	2.56	92.18	3	-	-
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2008	14	26	2642	440.2	101	1359	27	3/34	50.33	3.08	97.85	-	-	-
R Gilchrist (WI)	1958-1959	4	8	1189	198.1	73	419	26	6/55	16.11	2.11	45.73	1	1	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2008-2015	6	9	965	160.5	22	556	26	7/51	21.38	3.45	37.11	1	2	1
JM Patel (IND)	1956-1960	6	9	1485	247.3	81	565	26	9/69	21.73	2.28	57.11	-	2	1
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1977	8	16	1345	224.1	51	572	25	4/43	22.88	2.55	53.80	2	-	-
VA Holder (WI)	1974-1979	10	17	2120	353.2	75	863	25	6/39	34.52	2.44	84.80	1	1	-
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1961	9	13	2187	364.3	93	921	25	5/129	36.84	2.52	87.48	-	1	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1999-1999	3	6	1127	187.5	47	503	24	5/93	20.95	2.67	46.95	-	4	2
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1979	5	7	1276	212.4	46	580	24	7/67	24.16	2.72	53.16	2	2	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1980	5	10	1269	211.3	47	641	24	8/69	26.70	3.03	52.87	-	3	1
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1967	8	15	1646	274.2	84	642	24	4/26	26.75	2.34	68.58	2	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	2001-2008	8	14	1686	281.0	68	731	24	4/50	30.45	2.60	70.25	2	-	-
H Verity (ENG)	1933-1934	3	6	947	157.5	61	387	23	7/49	16.82	2.45	41.17	3	1	1
AN Connolly (AUS)	1964-1969	7	13	1582	263.4	84	515	23	4/31	22.39	1.95	68.78	2	-	-
TG Southee (NZ)	2010-2024	7	13	1330	221.4	43	668	23	7/64	29.04	3.01	57.82	-	2	-
MJ Santner (NZ)	2016-2024	4	8	1223	203.5	28	681	23	7/53	29.60	3.34	53.17	-	2	1
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1995	16	27	1450	241.4	58	723	23	4/82	31.43	2.99	63.04	1	-	-
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1984-1985	5	9	1647	274.3	63	723	23	6/64	31.43	2.63	71.60	-	3	1
AU Rashid (ENG)	2016-2016	5	8	1394	232.2	19	861	23	4/82	37.43	3.70	60.60	4	-	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2001-2006	6	11	1252	208.4	69	513	22	6/57	23.31	2.45	56.90	1	1	-
M Kartik (IND)	2000-2004	6	11	1509	251.3	59	567	22	4/44	25.77	2.25	68.59	1	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1961-1962	5	8	1839	306.3	124	628	22	6/65	28.54	2.04	83.59	2	1	-
TW Hartley (ENG)	2024-2024	5	9	1504	250.4	30	795	22	7/62	36.13	3.17	68.36	1	1	-
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-2000	9	18	2349	391.3	105	970	22	4/43	44.09	2.47	106.77	1	-	-
BR Taylor (NZ)	1965-1969	5	9	784	130.4	27	381	21	5/26	18.14	2.91	37.33	-	2	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1962	5	8	1811	301.5	121	583	21	5/67	27.76	1.93	86.23	2	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Birmingham Phoenix (Men) vs Trent Rockets (Men) at Birmingham, The Hundred Men's Competition 4th Match, Aug 8, 2025 [Twenty20]

SLC Greys vs SLC Blues at Colombo (SSC), SLC T20 League 2nd Match, Aug 8, 2025 [Twenty20]

Norway vs France at Stockholm, Viking Cup 3rd Match, Aug 8, 2025 [T20I # 3397]