Best bowling figures in a match for South Africa in Tests IN South Africa
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 39.4 | 8 | 144 | 13 | 3.63 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 74.0x8 | 26 | 192 | 13 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
| 53.0 | 9 | 127 | 12 | 2.39 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 55.0 | 15 | 139 | 12 | 2.52 | South Africa | v India | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1992 | Test # 1206 | |
| 52.1 | 6 | 181 | 12 | 3.46 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 36.5 | 16 | 60 | 11 | 1.62 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 1 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 | |
| 28.3 | 6 | 86 | 11 | 3.01 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 Nov 2024 | Test # 2563 | |
| 29.0 | 6 | 96 | 11 | 3.31 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2338 | |
| 62.3 | 20 | 112 | 11 | 1.79 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 127 | 11 | 3.34 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 51.4 | 4 | 150 | 11 | 2.90 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
| 43.0 | 11 | 150 | 11 | 3.48 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 9 Mar 2018 | Test # 2298 | |
| 81.0 | 29 | 196 | 11 | 2.41 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1962 | Test # 519 | |
| 24.5 | 5 | 63 | 10 | 2.53 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | |
| 24.3 | 6 | 91 | 10 | 3.71 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1848 | |
| 29.0 | 5 | 92 | 10 | 3.17 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 | |
| 31.3 | 4 | 93 | 10 | 2.95 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 8 Nov 2007 | Test # 1846 | |
| 24.1 | 3 | 102 | 10 | 4.22 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
| 40.2 | 15 | 108 | 10 | 2.67 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 | Test # 1283 | |
| 49.5 | 12 | 116 | 10 | 2.32 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 | Test # 76 | |
| 33.0 | 5 | 145 | 10 | 4.39 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 | Test # 1798 | |
| 48.4 | 18 | 147 | 10 | 3.02 | South Africa | v India | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 | |
| 44.5 | 6 | 178 | 10 | 3.97 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 | Test # 1795 | |
| 31.0 | 13 | 51 | 9 | 1.64 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
| 27.1 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 1.98 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
| 28.4 | 11 | 68 | 9 | 2.37 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2075 | |
| 30.1 | 12 | 75 | 9 | 2.48 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 5 Jan 2018 | Test # 2292 | |
| 43.2x5 | 12 | 89 | 9 | 2.46 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 35.0 | 6 | 90 | 9 | 2.57 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 61.7x8 | 31 | 90 | 9 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
| 62.1x8 | 29 | 97 | 9 | 1.17 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
| 36.0 | 9 | 97 | 9 | 2.69 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 8 Apr 2022 | Test # 2461 | |
| 52.3 | 16 | 98 | 9 | 1.86 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1961 | Test # 517 | |
| 42.3 | 11 | 99 | 9 | 2.32 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 8 Dec 1961 | Test # 515 | |
| 45.0 | 16 | 99 | 9 | 2.20 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 | |
| 49.1 | 22 | 103 | 9 | 2.09 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
| 43.3 | 8 | 103 | 9 | 2.36 | South Africa | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1998 | Test # 1429 | |
| 35.3 | 9 | 105 | 9 | 2.95 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Centurion | 11 Mar 2005 | Test # 1740 | |
| 38.3 | 13 | 109 | 9 | 2.83 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 2 Feb 1962 | Test # 523 | |
| 30.4 | 10 | 110 | 9 | 3.58 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2300 | |
| 61.4x5 | 18 | 130 | 9 | 2.52 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
| 46.5 | 8 | 135 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 46.0 | 13 | 147 | 9 | 3.19 | South Africa | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 12 Dec 2003 | Test # 1674 | |
| 51.0 | 17 | 147 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2013 | Test # 2111 | |
| 59.5 | 14 | 161 | 9 | 2.69 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
| 68.4 | 15 | 167 | 9 | 2.43 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
| 57.4x8 | 6 | 167 | 9 | 2.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 67.1 | 8 | 194 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 48.0 | 6 | 216 | 9 | 4.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 | |
| 63.2 | 9 | 225 | 9 | 3.55 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 1 Mar 2018 | Test # 2297 | |
| 24.4 | 8 | 48 | 8 | 1.94 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 6 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
| 43.0x8 | 19 | 61 | 8 | 1.06 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
| 28.4 | 7 | 65 | 8 | 2.26 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 11 Jan 2013 | Test # 2071 | |
| 28.0 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 2.64 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 6 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
| 28.0 | 6 | 78 | 8 | 2.78 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 9 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
| 39.2 | 17 | 80 | 8 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 33.0x8 | 6 | 87 | 8 | 1.97 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
| 39.5x8 | 14 | 88 | 8 | 1.66 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
| 34.0 | 10 | 89 | 8 | 2.61 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2006 | Test # 1825 | |
| 58.5 | 25 | 92 | 8 | 1.56 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 | |
| 31.0 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 3.03 | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 28 Feb 2023 | Test # 2495 | |
| 35.5 | 9 | 95 | 8 | 2.65 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2003 | Test # 1637 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 96 | 8 | 2.52 | South Africa | v Australia | Centurion | 21 Mar 1997 | Test # 1362 | |
| 36.2 | 7 | 99 | 8 | 2.72 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 27 Aug 2016 | Test # 2220 | |
| 34.0 | 7 | 102 | 8 | 3.00 | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 26 Dec 2021 | Test # 2443 | |
| 39.5 | 12 | 104 | 8 | 2.61 | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2008 | Test # 1858 | |
| 40.3 | 9 | 105 | 8 | 2.59 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 | Test # 1403 | |
| 40.0 | 12 | 109 | 8 | 2.72 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 19 Jan 2007 | Test # 1829 | |
| 34.5 | 7 | 110 | 8 | 3.15 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 | Test # 1987 | |
| 40.0 | 6 | 113 | 8 | 2.82 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
| 55.2 | 17 | 120 | 8 | 2.16 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 26 Dec 1994 | Test # 1280 | |
| 33.3 | 3 | 120 | 8 | 3.58 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 | |
| 28.0 | 4 | 125 | 8 | 4.46 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 | Test # 2341 | |
| 36.2 | 5 | 126 | 8 | 3.46 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 | Test # 2026 | |
| 46.3 | 12 | 127 | 8 | 2.73 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 | Test # 1414 | |
| 48.5 | 10 | 136 | 8 | 2.78 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
| 50.5 | 12 | 138 | 8 | 2.71 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 51.0 | 11 | 138 | 8 | 2.70 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Nov 2002 | Test # 1626 | |
| 51.5 | 16 | 138 | 8 | 2.66 | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1679 | |
| 47.0 | 12 | 140 | 8 | 2.97 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1994 | Test # 1276 | |
| 48.0 | 11 | 148 | 8 | 3.08 | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 16 Jan 2004 | Test # 1682 | |
| 50.2 | 11 | 160 | 8 | 3.17 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 53.0 | 6 | 207 | 8 | 3.90 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | Test # 108 | |
| 70.0x8 | 9 | 232 | 8 | 2.48 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
| 17.3 | 5 | 47 | 7 | 2.68 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 | Test # 1621 | |
| 29.5 | 10 | 58 | 7 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1996 | Test # 1321 | |
| 22.4 | 9 | 59 | 7 | 2.60 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
| 33.0x8 | 7 | 69 | 7 | 1.56 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
| 39.4x8 | 14 | 72 | 7 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
| 33.5 | 11 | 72 | 7 | 2.12 | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1823 | |
| 33.5 | 15 | 74 | 7 | 2.18 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
| 26.0 | 5 | 75 | 7 | 2.88 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 | |
| 57.0 | 20 | 77 | 7 | 1.35 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 33.0x8 | 3 | 77 | 7 | 1.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 24.2 | 5 | 82 | 7 | 3.36 | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1433 | |
| 30.0 | 11 | 83 | 7 | 2.76 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2013 | Test # 2069 | |
| 25.4 | 7 | 83 | 7 | 3.23 | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 26 Dec 2023 | Test # 2520 | |
| 26.3 | 3 | 89 | 7 | 3.35 | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1433 | |
| 26.4 | 4 | 89 | 7 | 3.33 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
| 29.5 | 8 | 90 | 7 | 3.01 | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]
South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]
Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]