Bowling Most Wickets Career

England vs other countries FC Bowling Records - Most Wickets in Career

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
WR Hillyer (/KEN/MCC/SUR)	1835-1853	41	75	5089+	1272.1+	75	668	280	7/25	8.04*	2.00*	28.27	12	29	10
A Mynn (/KEN/SUS)	1834-1854	46	68	4793+	1198.1+	61	749	251	8/?	9.24*	2.06*	28.52	13	24	10
J Wells (/MCC/SurXI)	1788-1815	61	85	0+	0.0+	-	-	198	7/?	-	-	-	7	8	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2007	36	72	10757	1792.5	488	4535	195	8/71	23.25	2.52	55.16	15	11	4
FW Lillywhite (/MCC/SurXI/SUS)	1827-1853	28	50	602+	150.2+	2	84	178	8/?	4.66*	2.01*	22.29	10	14	5
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1982	29	57	8516	-	361	3507	167	7/89	21.00	2.47	50.99	11	11	4
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	34	63	8284	1380.4	383	3082	164	8/45	18.79	2.23	50.51	13	8	2
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2007	30	60	7280	1213.2	331	3286	157	8/38	20.92	2.70	46.36	7	10	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-2000	36	68	8818	1469.4	359	3683	145	6/74	25.40	2.50	60.81	10	5	1
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	31	55	7895	-	448	2945	141	8/65	20.88	2.23	55.99	8	9	3
MD Marshall (/BDOS/WI)	1980-1991	29	56	6396	1066.0	261	2678	138	7/22	19.40	2.51	46.34	5	6	1
GS Sobers (ROWXI/WI)	1954-1974	43	75	10659	1776.3	523	3902	125	6/21	31.21	2.19	85.27	3	4	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	39	66	6895	-	353	2860	115	7/17	24.86	2.48	59.95	1	9	2
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	29	51	6728	-	216	2559	114	7/63	22.44	2.28	59.01	3	6	-
R Ashwin (IND)	2012-2024	24	45	6383	1063.5	171	3161	114	6/55	27.72	2.97	55.99	3	8	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2007	16	30	6613	1102.1	348	2247	112	9/65	20.06	2.03	59.04	8	8	4
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1938	21	36	8200	-	460	2715	112	7/54	24.24	1.98	73.21	6	9	3
TM Alderman (AUS/WA)	1978-1991	19	36	5105	-	211	2270	111	6/47	20.45	2.66	45.99	2	11	1
NM Lyon (AUS)	2013-2023	30	54	6981	1163.3	253	3236	110	6/49	29.41	2.78	63.46	7	2	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	19	32	4283	1070.3	425	1768	108	7/3	16.37	2.47	39.65	6	9	5
GD McKenzie (AUS/ROWXI)	1961-1971	29	54	8424	-	271	3370	108	7/153	31.20	2.40	78.00	3	6	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1934	24	41	9314	-	432	3498	108	6/37	32.38	2.25	86.24	2	11	2
GF Lawson (AUS/NSW)	1978-1991	24	43	5835	-	211	2896	104	7/81	27.84	2.97	56.10	3	7	1
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	32	43	6391	-	434	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.04	7	7	1
LR Gibbs (ROWXI/WI)	1963-1974	31	55	9909	1651.3	552	3237	103	6/39	31.42	1.96	96.20	2	7	2
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	30	5179	-	457	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	3	11	2
JR Thomson (AUS/QLD)	1974-1985	22	41	5107	-	173	2490	101	6/46	24.65	2.92	50.56	8	5	-
CJ McDermott (AUS/AUSXI/QLD)	1985-1995	21	34	4835	805.5	139	2664	100	8/97	26.64	3.30	48.35	5	8	1
KR Miller (/AUS)	1945-1956	34	57	6443	-	244	2226	97	7/60	22.94	2.07	66.42	6	3	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	21	35	5853	-	232	2399	97	6/26	24.73	2.45	60.34	6	8	2
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2023	22	42	4459	743.1	128	2655	97	6/111	27.37	3.57	45.96	4	4	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	42	4486	747.4	189	2031	96	8/92	21.15	2.71	46.72	2	6	1
T Walker (/MCC/SurXI)	1787-1810	58	53	0+	0.0+	-	-	95	6/?	-	-	-	2	2	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	23	38	6199	1033.1	249	2591	95	8/79	27.27	2.50	65.25	3	8	-
AA Donald (SA)	1990-2000	18	32	4146	691.0	185	2041	94	6/53	21.71	2.95	44.10	3	9	1
S Ramadhin (/WI)	1950-1960	21	37	7778	1296.2	482	2535	94	7/49	26.96	1.95	82.74	4	6	1
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1926	21	31	5513	-	98	3098	93	9/121	33.31	3.37	59.27	4	7	2
J Garner (WI)	1980-1986	19	38	4428	738.0	211	1650	92	5/55	17.93	2.23	48.13	8	1	-
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2007	19	36	6434	1072.2	258	2815	92	7/115	30.59	2.62	69.93	4	4	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2005	23	42	5719	953.1	325	2160	91	6/39	23.73	2.26	62.84	4	3	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2023	19	36	4161	693.3	143	2194	91	6/91	24.10	3.16	45.72	7	2	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2015	19	34	3765	627.3	117	2246	87	7/40	25.81	3.57	43.27	3	5	-
MG Hughes (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1986-1994	23	44	5171	861.5	205	2567	86	5/92	29.84	2.97	60.12	6	1	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1967-1979	22	36	7173	1195.3	373	2539	85	6/71	29.87	2.12	84.38	5	4	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1993	27	48	6343	1057.1	227	3174	85	6/91	37.34	3.00	74.62	2	4	-
J Wisden (/KEN/SUS)	1846-1857	12	22	2181+	545.1+	241	675	84	8/41	9.37*	1.85*	30.29	4	8	3
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	25	45	5993	-	221	1996	84	6/64	23.76	1.99	71.34	2	5	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1951-1960	17	27	5691	-	320	1806	83	9/113	21.75	1.90	68.56	4	7	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1953-1963	27	48	7284	-	289	2641	83	6/70	31.81	2.17	87.75	5	4	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1987	16	28	5593	-	235	2049	82	9/56	24.98	2.19	68.20	4	8	4
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	43	69	6980	1163.2	374	2377	82	6/35	28.98	2.04	85.12	1	4	-
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2019	24	44	4740	790.0	190	2385	80	6/54	29.81	3.01	59.25	4	4	-
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	18	31	4545	1136.1	453	1708	79	7/65	21.62	2.25	57.53	5	6	2
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	19	36	4359	726.3	139	2237	79	5/75	28.31	3.07	55.17	9	1	-
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	22	41	5214	869.0	167	2833	78	6/43	36.32	3.26	66.84	5	4	1
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	25	46	6153	1025.3	196	2787	77	7/48	36.19	2.71	79.90	4	2	1
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2023	18	33	3613	602.1	125	1974	76	5/30	25.97	3.27	47.53	2	3	-
W Lambert (/MCC/SurXI)	1801-1817	31	41	0+	0.0+	-	-	75	4/?	-	-	-	2	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	17	34	5263	-	224	1818	75	5/35	24.24	2.07	70.17	5	3	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	17	31	3551	591.5	126	1694	74	6/45	22.89	2.86	47.98	2	5	-
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	24	40	5062	-	112	2475	73	7/69	33.90	2.93	69.34	2	3	-
M Ntini (/BOR/SA)	1995-2009	20	36	4499	749.5	156	2525	73	5/75	34.58	3.36	61.63	4	3	1
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	18	30	4531	755.1	154	1967	72	6/51	27.31	2.60	62.93	4	3	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	14	27	3648	608.0	147	1767	70	6/32	25.24	2.90	52.11	4	5	-
JN Gillespie (AUS/SOA)	1997-2006	20	38	3617	602.5	149	2001	69	7/37	29.00	3.31	52.42	2	3	-
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	30	3086	514.2	104	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.38	4	4	-
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	16	28	3464	577.2	63	1916	67	7/148	28.59	3.31	51.70	3	6	-
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2021	23	37	4302	717.0	147	2171	67	7/74	32.40	3.02	64.20	2	2	-
Lord F Beauclerk (/MCC/SurXI)	1796-1825	27	33	0+	0.0+	-	-	66	7/?	-	-	-	1	1	-
W Beldham (/MCC/SurXI)	1788-1817	71	42	0+	0.0+	-	-	66	4/?	-	-	-	3	-	-
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	12	22	2553	425.3	70	1669	66	7/112	25.28	3.92	38.68	3	4	1
J Dean (/MCC/SUS)	1837-1857	22	26	1469+	367.1+	81	397	65	6/26	12.80*	2.17*	34.16	4	3	1
WW Hall (ROWXI/WI)	1960-1968	20	36	4349	724.5	141	2154	65	7/69	33.13	2.97	66.90	5	2	-
J Broadbridge (/SurXI/SUS)	1822-1840	23	30	0+	0.0+	-	-	64	5/?	-	-	-	3	1	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	12	23	3268	544.4	108	1620	64	5/28	25.31	2.97	51.06	5	5	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	21	37	5891	-	373	1651	63	5/31	26.20	1.68	93.50	1	3	-
N Wagner (NZ/NZ-XI)	2013-2023	15	27	3431	571.5	112	1942	63	5/44	30.82	3.39	54.46	4	2	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK/ROWXI)	1961-1974	25	42	6587	1097.5	282	2782	63	6/113	44.15	2.53	104.55	4	2	-
RM Hogg (AUS/SOA)	1978-1983	12	23	2825	-	97	1034	62	6/74	16.67	2.19	45.56	4	5	2
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2007	18	36	3921	653.3	101	2518	62	4/47	40.61	3.85	63.24	3	-	-
MH Mankad (/IND)	1946-1955	12	21	4306	717.4	264	1391	61	8/55	22.80	1.93	70.59	6	3	1
KAJ Roach (WI)	2012-2022	16	31	3352	558.4	131	1698	61	5/17	27.83	3.03	54.95	6	2	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	25	2536	422.4	91	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5	1
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	18	29	3586	-	153	1757	60	7/88	29.28	2.93	59.76	2	3	1
E Willsher (/KEN)	1851-1857	12	21	1792+	448.0+	166	647	59	6/22	15.78*	2.16*	38.12	4	5	2
BA Reid (AUS/WA)	1986-1994	12	21	2909	484.5	124	1268	59	7/51	21.49	2.61	49.30	7	2	1
CC Griffith (ROWXI/WI)	1960-1968	16	27	2982	497.0	116	1317	58	6/36	22.70	2.64	51.41	1	4	-
W Clarke (/KEN/MCC/NOT/SUS)	1828-1855	11	18	2412+	603.0+	174	816	57	7/98	14.57*	2.02*	43.07	3	5	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1955-1960	14	25	3488	-	138	1152	57	6/65	20.21	1.98	61.19	4	2	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2014	12	22	2473	412.1	106	1176	57	7/117	20.63	2.85	43.38	-	4	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2001	18	30	3982	663.4	150	1748	57	6/67	30.66	2.63	69.85	2	2	-
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	18	28	2436	-	98	1110	56	6/26	19.82	2.73	43.50	4	2	1
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1977	16	30	4912	-	200	1858	56	8/143	33.17	2.26	87.71	3	2	-
R Nyren ()	1772-1784	24	28	0+	0.0+	-	-	54	4/?	-	-	-	4	-	-
W Martingell (/KEN/MCC/SUR)	1841-1856	30	38	1684+	421.0+	93	447	54	6/27	14.90*	2.11*	43.17	1	3	-
JH Kallis (SA/SA-A)	1995-2012	32	49	4152	692.0	189	1832	54	6/54	33.92	2.64	76.88	1	1	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	25	5193	-	136	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.16	2	4	-
Yasir Shah (PAK/PCBXI)	2012-2020	10	18	2985	497.3	68	1579	53	6/72	29.79	3.17	56.32	6	3	1
D Harris (/MCC)	1782-1792	13	22	0+	0.0+	-	-	52	6/?	-	-	-	2	1	1
KCG Benjamin (LWD/WbpXI/WI)	1990-1998	14	24	2707	451.1	98	1346	52	6/66	25.88	2.98	52.05	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:

Himachal Pradesh vs Puducherry at Puducherry, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group D, Oct 15-18, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 91/4 (17.0 ov, SG Singh 0/9) - Stumps

Uttarakhand vs Bengal at Eden Gardens, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group C, Oct 15-18, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 165/2 (67.0 ov, K Chandela 68*, BB Lalwani 12*, IC Porel 0/39) - Stumps

Chhattisgarh vs Rajasthan at Rajsamand, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group D, Oct 15-18, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 64/4 (26.0 ov, AA Sarwate 4*, AN Khare 1*, K Ajay Singh 0/15) - Stumps