Bowling Most Wickets Career

India vs other countries FC+LA+T20s Bowling Records - Most Wickets in Career

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	72	106	9922	1653.4	399	5194	189	5/20	27.48	3.14	52.49	9	6	-
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2011	85	91	10317	1719.3	250	5777	179	8/87	32.27	3.35	57.63	4	8	2
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2025	40	64	8645	1440.5	210	4542	134	8/50	33.89	3.15	64.51	4	9	2
Imran Khan (/PAK/WOR)	1971-1992	54	69	6658	1109.4	247	3269	133	8/60	24.57	2.94	50.06	6	7	2
B Lee (AUS/NSW)	1999-2012	50	61	4992	832.0	121	3116	118	5/27	26.40	3.74	42.30	4	6	-
TG Southee (NZ)	2009-2024	55	66	4307	717.5	96	3318	113	7/64	29.36	4.62	38.11	4	3	-
CA Walsh (GLO/WI)	1985-1999	54	65	5259	876.3	169	2440	111	6/62	21.98	2.78	47.37	7	4	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2012-2025	46	60	5018	836.2	149	3073	109	6/27	28.19	3.67	46.03	6	3	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2003	60	68	5353	892.1	143	2808	105	5/96	26.74	3.14	50.98	3	2	-
SCJ Broad (ENG/LIONS)	2007-2022	48	67	5558	926.2	200	3243	105	6/25	30.88	3.50	52.93	6	3	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-2007	47	59	4681	780.1	190	2274	104	6/56	21.86	2.91	45.00	5	3	1
AA Donald (SA)	1991-2002	37	46	3935	655.5	143	1960	103	7/84	19.02	2.98	38.20	2	4	1
MA Starc (AUS)	2010-2025	47	67	5251	875.1	131	3514	103	6/43	34.11	4.01	50.98	1	3	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2006-2018	36	45	3730	621.4	114	2274	102	7/51	22.29	3.65	36.56	3	6	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2008	75	84	5659	943.1	154	3556	100	5/14	35.56	3.77	56.59	2	1	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2015	43	56	4690	781.4	113	3008	96	5/26	31.33	3.84	48.85	6	2	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1992	38	51	4643	773.5	150	2273	95	6/37	23.92	2.93	48.87	3	6	1
M Morkel (/SA)	2006-2018	42	57	4372	728.4	138	2534	93	5/20	27.24	3.47	47.01	4	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1975-1990	34	44	4217	-	146	2117	92	7/23	23.01	3.01	45.83	5	5	2
AME Roberts (HAM/WI)	1974-1983	26	38	3919	653.1	138	1937	88	7/64	22.01	2.96	44.53	3	4	1
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK/SUS)	1996-2007	41	43	3432	572.0	70	2178	86	5/45	25.32	3.80	39.90	2	5	2
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2006	36	46	3794	632.2	181	1861	85	5/48	21.89	2.94	44.63	3	2	1
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2024	42	53	3587	597.5	100	2300	85	5/59	27.05	3.84	42.20	3	1	-
DL Underwood (/ENG/KEN)	1967-1982	26	44	5745	957.3	363	2006	79	5/59	25.39	2.09	72.72	5	2	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2023	32	41	3208	534.4	83	2099	79	5/21	26.56	3.92	40.60	4	1	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1985	27	38	3739	623.1	118	1868	78	6/65	23.94	2.99	47.93	4	2	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2024	34	48	4216	702.4	180	2187	78	6/67	28.03	3.11	54.05	1	4	-
BAW Mendis (SL/SLBP)	2008-2014	26	30	2982	497.0	53	1954	76	6/13	25.71	3.93	39.23	7	4	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1998-2012	55	57	5689	948.1	164	3064	73	6/127	41.97	3.23	77.93	3	2	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1992	21	30	3767	627.5	141	1804	71	7/48	25.40	2.87	53.05	3	6	1
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2024	43	52	4095	682.3	59	2716	71	6/67	38.25	3.97	57.67	4	2	-
RGD Willis (ENG/SUR)	1971-1983	24	37	3410	568.2	114	1687	70	6/53	24.10	2.96	48.71	1	3	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1999-2010	38	44	3167	527.5	76	2064	69	4/36	29.91	3.91	45.89	4	-	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	1993-2005	44	48	3752	625.2	106	2372	69	6/73	34.37	3.79	54.37	2	2	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2011-2025	55	59	3636	606.0	72	2412	69	5/73	34.95	3.98	52.69	4	1	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2008	42	49	3794	632.2	102	2190	67	5/56	32.68	3.46	56.62	2	1	-
AU Rashid (ENG/LIONS)	2007-2025	41	47	3050	508.2	31	2419	66	4/64	36.65	4.75	46.21	5	-	-
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1967	13	26	2774	462.2	112	1221	65	6/49	18.78	2.64	42.67	1	4	1
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2011	33	42	3171	528.3	78	1941	65	5/48	29.86	3.67	48.78	1	1	-
LR Gibbs (WAR/WI)	1958-1975	16	31	4913	818.5	289	1505	64	8/38	23.51	1.83	76.76	3	4	-
M Dillon (WI)	1997-2002	27	32	3179	529.5	104	1702	64	5/51	26.59	3.21	49.67	3	3	-
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1994	31	37	3349	558.1	113	1804	64	5/54	28.18	3.23	52.32	3	3	1
FS Trueman (ENG/PEAXI/YOR)	1952-1967	11	21	2164	360.4	88	992	63	8/31	15.74	2.75	34.34	6	2	-
CM Old (/ENG/YOR)	1967-1977	18	32	2625	437.3	87	1207	63	5/21	19.15	2.75	41.66	4	2	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2004	22	32	3069	511.3	111	1591	62	5/56	25.66	3.11	49.50	4	1	-
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2020	53	54	2872	478.4	23	2741	62	5/50	44.20	5.72	46.32	-	1	-
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2024	40	46	2900	483.2	36	2181	61	5/36	35.75	4.51	47.54	3	2	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2012	26	35	3236	539.2	81	1957	60	6/106	32.61	3.62	53.93	2	2	-
AV Bedser (ENG/PEAXI/SUR)	1946-1959	12	20	2869	478.1	134	935	59	7/49	15.84	1.95	48.62	2	5	2
GS Sobers (AERXI/WI)	1958-1971	19	35	4331	721.5	215	1552	59	5/63	26.30	2.15	73.40	4	1	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2013	59	62	3283	547.1	86	2146	58	3/3	37.00	3.92	56.60	-	-	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1990-2010	103	84	3685	614.1	51	2583	58	4/18	44.53	4.20	63.53	1	-	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2004	32	43	4899	816.3	141	2873	58	6/125	49.53	3.51	84.46	3	1	-
MJ Santner (NZ)	2016-2025	50	53	2892	482.0	33	2167	58	7/53	37.36	4.49	49.86	1	2	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1997-2016	83	82	3778	629.4	27	2972	56	4/20	53.07	4.71	67.46	1	-	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2024	22	27	1565	260.5	47	1145	55	6/39	20.81	4.38	28.45	2	2	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	64	71	4134	689.0	106	2389	55	5/116	43.43	3.46	75.16	1	1	-
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1989-1998	39	36	1794	299.0	27	1331	54	7/37	24.64	4.45	33.22	1	3	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1960	8	16	2953	492.1	198	956	52	7/72	18.38	1.94	56.78	2	5	1
HMRKB Herath (SL/SL-A)	2007-2017	27	35	3714	619.0	69	2133	52	7/48	41.01	3.44	71.42	3	2	-
Abdul Razzaq (LEI/PAK)	1998-2011	42	45	2724	454.0	29	2121	52	5/48	40.78	4.67	52.38	2	1	-
GD McKenzie (AUS/LEI)	1964-1974	12	22	2785	-	113	1083	51	7/66	21.23	2.33	54.60	2	4	2
Sarfraz Nawaz (NOR/PAK)	1974-1984	15	23	2775	462.3	101	1252	51	5/70	24.54	2.70	54.41	6	1	-
JK Lever (/ENG/ESS)	1971-1986	16	27	2610	435.0	80	1272	51	7/46	24.94	2.92	51.17	1	3	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	27	38	2965	494.1	100	1881	51	4/52	36.88	3.80	58.13	3	-	-
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2002	33	36	2102	350.2	49	1391	50	8/64	27.82	3.97	42.04	-	2	-
JO Holder (WI)	2013-2023	49	52	2937	489.3	76	2223	50	5/27	44.46	4.54	58.74	1	3	-
A Zampa (AUS)	2016-2025	40	39	1620	270.0	2	1605	49	4/45	32.75	5.94	33.06	2	-	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	72	51	2199	366.3	27	1611	49	4/40	32.87	4.39	44.87	1	-	-
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2007-2016	44	46	2287	381.1	17	2042	48	4/40	42.54	5.35	47.64	2	-	-
CEL Ambrose (AntgB/WI)	1988-1998	35	40	2848	474.4	97	1297	47	5/87	27.59	2.73	60.59	1	1	-
IR Bishop (DER/WI)	1988-1997	21	25	2103	350.3	72	1057	46	6/87	22.97	3.01	45.71	4	1	-
R Rampaul (WI)	2009-2014	21	24	1700	283.2	30	1182	46	5/51	25.69	4.17	36.95	3	1	-
DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1995	24	29	2118	353.0	42	1447	46	5/75	31.45	4.09	46.04	1	3	-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2004-2016	27	34	3225	537.3	64	2298	46	3/41	49.95	4.27	70.10	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG/LEI/MCC/PEAXI/YOR)	1959-1974	14	24	2849	474.5	186	834	45	6/29	18.53	1.75	63.31	3	3	-
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2001-2010	20	24	1595	265.5	50	877	45	4/12	19.48	3.29	35.44	3	-	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	30	33	1818	303.0	31	1296	45	5/31	28.80	4.27	40.40	2	1	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	25	28	2512	418.4	82	1314	45	6/60	29.20	3.13	55.82	2	3	1
TT Bresnan (ENG/LIONS)	2007-2013	28	31	1875	312.3	39	1381	45	5/48	30.68	4.41	41.66	2	2	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1961	14	21	3635	605.5	228	1080	44	7/42	24.54	1.78	82.61	2	4	1
SR Watson (AUS)	2006-2016	40	43	2156	359.2	48	1474	44	4/42	33.50	4.10	49.00	1	-	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2005	40	39	2425	404.1	61	1567	44	4/44	35.61	3.87	55.11	2	-	-
NLTC Perera (SL)	2009-2019	45	42	1487	247.5	8	1570	44	5/28	35.68	6.33	33.79	1	1	-
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2004-2007	13	20	3267	544.3	75	1858	44	6/150	42.22	3.41	74.25	1	2	-
CRD Fernando (SL/SL-XI/SLBP)	2001-2016	43	44	2791	465.1	53	2151	44	5/42	48.88	4.62	63.43	-	1	-
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2007-2012	11	17	1749	291.3	57	992	43	5/33	23.06	3.40	40.67	3	3	-
MC Snedden (NZ)	1980-1990	25	30	2236	372.4	68	1269	43	4/69	29.51	3.40	52.00	1	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG/MCC)	1974-1987	23	35	4359	726.3	232	1757	43	4/31	40.86	2.41	101.37	2	-	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1979-1990	35	40	3336	556.0	84	2006	43	4/67	46.65	3.60	77.58	2	-	-
BP Patterson (WI)	1987-1992	19	22	1472	245.2	23	976	42	6/29	23.23	3.97	35.04	1	3	-
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-2001	25	29	1878	313.0	40	1226	42	5/30	29.19	3.91	44.71	-	2	-
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1982-1991	23	26	2314	385.4	56	1376	42	6/85	32.76	3.56	55.09	1	2	-
PM Siddle (AUS/VIC)	2007-2019	19	26	2276	379.2	71	1390	42	5/49	33.09	3.66	54.19	-	2	-
DJ Bravo (WI/WI-A)	2002-2016	36	37	1716	286.0	25	1467	42	4/38	34.92	5.12	40.85	3	-	-
KAJ Roach (WI)	2009-2023	31	33	2192	365.2	44	1685	42	4/66	40.11	4.61	52.19	1	-	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2012	17	26	3401	566.5	112	1742	42	6/81	41.47	3.07	80.97	2	2	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG/LEI)	2001-2011	20	27	2679	446.3	107	1527	42	6/57	36.35	3.41	63.78	3	1	-
JB Statham (ENG/LAN/MCC)	1951-1967	12	21	2213	368.5	110	831	41	5/31	20.26	2.25	53.97	1	2	-
IVA Richards (SOM/WI)	1974-1989	60	39	1942	323.4	36	1144	41	6/41	27.90	3.53	47.36	1	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:

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan at Cardiff, County Championship Division Two , Sep 19-22, 2007 [First-class]

Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire at Derby, County Championship Division Two , Sep 19-22, 2007 [First-class]

Essex vs Middlesex at Chelmsford, County Championship Division Two , Sep 19-21, 2007 [First-class]