Bowling Most Wickets Career

Australia vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Most Wickets in Career

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2023	40	74	8330	1388.2	278	4431	153	8/15	28.96	3.19	54.44	6	8	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1989	36	66	8479	-	297	4093	148	6/78	27.65	2.89	57.29	8	9	2
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	38	69	8560	1426.4	286	3872	135	6/54	28.68	2.71	63.40	8	4	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	23	41	6099	-	213	2674	130	9/52	20.56	2.63	46.91	2	14	3
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1999	27	51	6696	1116.0	279	2718	128	7/25	21.23	2.43	52.31	4	8	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1983	35	69	7294	-	200	3346	128	8/43	26.14	2.75	56.98	4	7	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2023	39	72	8599	1433.1	358	4209	117	6/47	35.97	2.93	73.49	8	5	1
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	23	43	7271	1211.5	260	3287	115	7/103	28.58	2.71	63.22	3	7	1
A Kumble (IND)	1996-2008	20	38	6516	1086.0	181	3366	111	8/141	30.32	3.09	58.70	6	10	2
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1926	41	65	5790	-	234	2616	109	8/68	24.00	2.71	53.11	6	6	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1912	20	36	5749	958.1	262	2288	106	7/60	21.58	2.38	54.23	1	12	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1968-1980	29	53	8000	-	408	2770	105	7/50	26.38	2.07	76.19	5	4	2
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	21	37	7065	-	209	2859	104	7/44	27.49	2.42	67.93	5	7	2
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	24	44	9358	-	361	3222	103	6/29	31.28	2.06	90.85	5	6	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	35	5216	-	444	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	31	45	4941	-	335	1994	97	6/45	20.55	2.42	50.93	3	7	3
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	18	35	5806	967.4	172	2846	95	8/84	29.95	2.94	61.11	3	7	3
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2025	20	36	4789	798.1	190	1935	93	7/42	20.80	2.42	51.49	3	5	1
J Garner (WI)	1978-1985	18	35	4190	698.2	176	1860	89	6/60	20.89	2.66	47.07	4	4	-
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1898	14	24	4498	-	191	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11	4
MD Marshall (WI)	1984-1991	19	36	4335	722.3	136	1959	87	5/29	22.51	2.71	49.82	2	7	1
JA Snow (ENG)	1968-1975	20	39	5073	-	168	2126	83	7/40	25.61	2.51	61.12	5	4	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1930	20	33	7686	-	330	2540	83	6/99	30.60	1.98	92.60	4	6	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	15	28	4010	-	204	1444	79	10/53	18.27	2.16	50.75	5	5	2
FS Trueman (ENG)	1953-1964	19	36	4361	-	83	1999	79	6/30	25.30	2.75	55.20	6	5	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1992	20	38	4746	791.0	198	2003	79	8/106	25.35	2.53	60.07	3	7	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1993	25	49	7650	-	344	2698	78	7/78	34.58	2.11	98.07	5	3	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	15	30	3310	-	326	1002	77	8/35	13.01	1.81	42.98	2	5	3
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1985	17	33	3774	-	116	1771	76	6/21	23.30	2.81	49.65	5	5	1
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2001	17	30	3909	651.3	124	2280	74	6/49	30.81	3.49	52.82	2	4	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2008-2016	15	28	3240	540.0	96	1923	70	5/67	27.47	3.56	46.28	7	2	1
JB Statham (ENG)	1953-1963	22	41	5405	-	131	2138	69	7/57	30.98	2.37	78.33	-	3	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2016	11	19	3135	522.3	101	1494	66	7/64	22.63	2.85	47.50	5	6	1
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2011	19	32	4990	831.4	175	2421	66	7/87	36.68	2.91	75.60	2	6	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	12	23	2557	426.1	116	1098	64	6/33	17.15	2.57	39.95	3	4	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1976-1990	18	29	3994	-	140	1598	64	6/63	24.96	2.40	62.40	5	3	1
H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1933	15	28	4053	675.3	120	1912	64	6/32	29.87	2.83	63.32	3	3	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	15	25	6027	753.3	179	2208	64	7/23	34.50	2.19	94.17	2	4	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2003	18	30	4089	681.3	107	2560	64	7/94	40.00	3.75	63.89	1	4	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	18	34	4683	780.3	135	2479	62	5/44	39.98	3.17	75.53	4	3	-
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2012	19	34	3857	642.5	113	2171	61	5/91	35.59	3.37	63.22	3	3	-
H Verity (ENG)	1932-1938	18	33	4930	-	257	1656	59	8/43	28.06	2.01	83.55	2	3	1
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	1992-2007	13	21	4113	685.3	100	2128	59	6/59	36.06	3.10	69.71	2	5	1
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2018	25	46	4729	788.1	139	2490	59	4/41	42.20	3.15	80.15	2	-	-
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2025	11*	20	2161	360.1	72	1241	58	6/54	21.39	3.44	37.25	5	4	1
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2018	16	31	3313	552.1	103	1953	58	5/23	33.67	3.53	57.12	1	2	-
M Ntini (SA)	2001-2009	15	29	3438	573.0	110	2015	58	6/100	34.74	3.51	59.27	3	2	1
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	13	24	3957	-	206	1490	57	7/49	26.14	2.25	69.42	6	2	1
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1967-1978	13	24	4331	-	173	1637	57	6/74	28.71	2.26	75.98	4	5	1
BS Bedi (IND)	1968-1978	12	23	4033	-	176	1395	56	7/98	24.91	2.07	72.01	3	5	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1986	13	24	3995	665.5	181	1583	55	5/99	28.78	2.37	72.63	6	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2018	14	27	2761	460.1	111	1308	53	6/21	24.67	2.84	52.09	1	4	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1957-1970	18	34	5089	-	259	1462	53	6/53	27.58	1.72	96.01	-	2	-
AA Donald (SA)	1993-2002	14	24	3266	544.2	115	1647	53	6/59	31.07	3.02	61.62	1	2	-
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	17	32	3115	519.1	70	2048	53	5/93	38.64	3.94	58.77	2	1	-
PM Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	14	27	2968	-	85	1438	52	6/95	27.65	2.90	57.07	1	3	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1984	15	27	4520	-	151	1828	52	9/86	35.15	2.42	86.92	2	1	1
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	28	2289	-	271	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1982	12	24	2648	-	73	1265	51	7/54	24.80	2.86	51.92	3	2	-
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	29	46	3497	582.5	115	1916	51	3/22	37.56	3.28	68.56	-	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1955-1969	19	32	4895	-	154	2024	51	6/73	39.68	2.48	95.98	1	2	-
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	23	2364	591.0	282	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1990-1999	13	21	2990	498.2	102	1288	50	6/62	25.76	2.58	59.80	1	4	1
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2009	15	26	2963	493.5	73	1660	50	5/78	33.20	3.36	59.26	4	2	-
GH Hirst (ENG)	1897-1909	21	38	3488	-	118	1585	49	5/48	32.34	2.72	71.18	1	3	-
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1890	23	32	2527	-	286	992	48	7/36	20.66	2.35	52.64	2	1	-
JT Hearne (ENG)	1896-1899	11	19	2936	-	209	1070	48	6/41	22.29	2.18	61.16	4	4	1
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1951	14	23	3709	-	61	2039	48	7/105	42.47	3.29	77.27	2	2	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	19	31	5765	-	228	1794	47	7/79	38.17	1.86	122.65	3	2	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	12	23	3192	532.0	103	1383	46	6/82	30.06	2.59	69.39	1	3	-
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2023	15	28	2928	488.0	100	1599	46	5/62	34.76	3.27	63.65	2	1	-
LC Braund (ENG)	1901-1908	20	35	3733	622.1	140	1769	46	8/81	38.45	2.84	81.15	1	3	-
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1969	12	23	2641	-	38	1395	45	5/60	31.00	3.16	58.68	3	2	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1982-1988	11	18	3402	567.0	125	1614	45	7/142	35.86	2.84	75.60	1	3	1
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	17	30	3224	537.2	94	1886	45	5/43	41.91	3.50	71.64	1	1	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	12	23	2369	394.5	70	1412	44	6/56	32.09	3.57	53.84	2	2	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	21	34	3472	-	114	1663	44	4/53	37.79	2.87	78.90	4	-	-
WH Lockwood (ENG)	1893-1902	12	18	1973	-	100	883	43	7/71	20.53	2.68	45.88	2	5	1
IR Bishop (WI)	1992-1997	10	19	2235	372.3	69	990	43	6/40	23.02	2.65	51.97	-	1	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	32	44	3590	-	130	1555	43	5/20	36.16	2.59	83.48	1	2	1
AL Valentine (WI)	1951-1961	13	21	3941	-	126	1573	43	6/102	36.58	2.39	91.65	3	3	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1937	13	24	2783	-	58	1603	43	5/36	37.27	3.45	64.72	3	1	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	13	24	3082	-	107	1049	42	4/41	24.97	2.04	73.38	3	-	-
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1902-1912	10	16	1828	304.4	34	1138	42	6/92	27.09	3.73	43.52	2	4	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	23	34	3300	-	105	1373	42	4/22	32.69	2.49	78.57	4	-	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	15	28	3528	588.0	104	1896	42	4/39	45.14	3.22	84.00	2	-	-
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1909	9	18	2085	347.3	99	877	41	6/44	21.39	2.52	50.85	2	3	1
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2023	11	20	1965	327.3	61	1127	41	6/37	27.48	3.44	47.92	-	2	-
W Voce (ENG)	1932-1947	11	20	2450	-	56	1128	41	6/41	27.51	2.76	59.75	3	1	1
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1989	12	24	2666	444.2	84	1349	41	5/68	32.90	3.03	65.02	2	1	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2023	24	31	2457	409.3	65	1597	41	6/36	38.95	3.89	59.92	-	2	-
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	15	26	3159	526.3	92	1785	41	5/69	43.53	3.39	77.04	4	1	-
CM Old (ENG)	1974-1981	12	22	2789	-	90	1232	40	4/104	30.80	2.65	69.72	1	-	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-2006	13	23	3232	538.4	122	1474	40	7/87	36.85	2.73	80.80	-	1	-
G Miller (ENG)	1977-1983	14	24	2713	-	113	856	39	5/44	21.94	1.89	69.56	1	1	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2020-2025	12	22	2184	364.0	74	1268	39	5/73	32.51	3.48	56.00	2	1	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2001	14	21	2623	437.1	88	1636	39	5/146	41.94	3.74	67.25	3	1	-
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1990	11	21	2697	449.3	125	1004	38	6/32	26.42	2.23	70.97	2	2	1
K Farnes (ENG)	1934-1938	8	15	2153	-	58	1065	38	6/96	28.02	2.96	56.65	3	3	1

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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:

Sri Lanka vs India at Colombo (RPS), Asia Cup Final, Sep 17, 2023 [ODI # 4649]

Bangladesh vs India at Colombo (RPS), Asia Cup 12th Match, Super Four, Sep 15, 2023 [ODI # 4645]

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), Asia Cup 11th Match, Super Four, Sep 14, 2023 [ODI # 4644]