Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for England in FC

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JM Anderson (ENG/ENGXI)	2003-2024	201	373	41919	6986.3	1820	19496	748	7/42	26.06	2.79	56.04	33	33	3
SCJ Broad (ENG/ENGXI)	2007-2023	178	330	35400	5900.0	1379	17511	637	8/15	27.48	2.96	55.57	30	20	3
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI)	1977-1992	119	194	23799	-	850	11900	428	8/34	27.80	3.00	55.60	19	29	4
RGD Willis (ENG/ENGXI)	1971-1984	98	180	18427	-	588	8661	348	8/43	24.88	2.82	52.95	13	16	-
DL Underwood (ENG/ENGXI)	1966-1982	92	161	23065	-	1304	8163	319	8/51	25.58	2.12	72.30	13	19	7
FS Trueman (ENG/ENGXI)	1952-1968	70	133	15539	-	532	6865	318	8/31	21.58	2.65	48.86	19	18	3
MJ Hoggard (ENG/ENGXI)	2000-2008	82	149	16068	2678.0	582	8577	300	7/61	28.59	3.20	53.56	18	9	1
AR Caddick (ENG/ENGXI)	1993-2003	75	128	16115	2685.5	622	8049	283	7/46	28.44	2.99	56.94	13	15	1
GP Swann (ENG/ENGXI)	1999-2013	74	133	17900	2983.2	575	9045	283	6/65	31.96	3.03	63.25	16	17	3
D Gough (ENG/ENGXI)	1994-2003	70	116	13973	2328.5	447	7636	279	6/42	27.36	3.27	50.08	17	10	-
JB Statham (ENG/ENGXI)	1951-1965	72	133	16348	-	601	6394	259	7/39	24.68	2.34	63.11	10	9	1
FW Lillywhite (ENG)	1828-1849	39	70	3884+	971.0+	67	502	257	8/?	10.91*	1.93*	26.24	8	27	11
A Flintoff (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-2009	94	160	16197	2699.3	550	8066	249	5/58	32.39	2.98	65.04	10	3	-
SJ Harmison (ENG/ENGXI)	2002-2009	71	128	14327	2387.5	454	7782	245	7/12	31.76	3.25	58.47	13	9	1
AV Bedser (ENG/ENGXI)	1946-1955	54	96	16199	-	584	5970	243	7/44	24.56	2.21	66.66	12	15	5
BA Stokes (ENG/ENGXI)	2013-2025	118	176	13460	2243.2	385	7479	237	6/22	31.55	3.33	56.79	9	5	-
JE Emburey (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1995	87	141	20119	-	937	7506	227	7/78	33.06	2.23	88.62	6	11	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	54	102	13355	-	463	6068	221	7/40	27.45	2.72	60.42	15	8	1
MM Ali (ENG/ENGXI)	2014-2023	70	123	13065	2177.3	314	7842	212	6/53	36.99	3.60	61.62	13	6	1
CR Woakes (ENG/ENGXI)	2013-2025	65	124	11795	1965.5	435	5989	207	6/17	28.93	3.04	56.98	6	6	1
JC Laker (ENG/ENGXI)	1948-1959	50	94	12531	-	697	4341	205	10/53	21.17	2.07	61.12	13	10	4
ARC Fraser (ENG/ENGXI)	1989-1998	59	103	13247	2207.5	519	6097	202	8/53	30.18	2.76	65.57	5	14	2
MS Panesar (ENG/ENGXI)	2006-2013	60	103	14371	2395.1	558	6558	201	6/37	32.62	2.73	71.49	4	14	2
GAR Lock (ENG/ENGXI)	1952-1968	52	94	13786	-	830	4921	192	7/35	25.63	2.14	71.80	11	11	3
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	50	7873	1312.1	356	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24	7
DE Malcolm (ENG/ENGXI)	1989-1997	55	102	11643	1940.3	339	6524	188	9/57	34.70	3.36	61.93	9	7	2
PCR Tufnell (ENG/ENGXI)	1990-2001	58	99	15290	2548.2	647	6355	187	7/47	33.98	2.49	81.76	10	9	2
AF Giles (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-2006	68	114	14266	2377.4	483	6760	184	5/57	36.73	2.84	77.53	12	5	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1995	57	102	12219	2036.3	452	5929	183	7/70	32.39	2.91	66.77	12	4	-
CM Old (ENG/ENGXI)	1970-1981	56	99	10434	-	357	4731	166	7/50	28.50	2.72	62.85	8	5	-
GR Dilley (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1990	54	85	9735	1622.3	319	5023	165	6/38	30.44	3.09	59.00	11	7	-
PH Edmonds (ENG/ENGXI)	1975-1987	66	110	15200	-	756	5367	161	7/66	33.33	2.11	94.40	11	3	-
FJ Titmus (ENG/ENGXI)	1955-1975	55	94	15448	-	787	5117	158	7/79	32.38	1.98	97.77	9	7	-
ST Finn (ENG/ENGXI)	2010-2016	45	83	7852	1308.4	238	4686	157	6/79	29.84	3.58	50.01	7	6	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	39	68	12523	-	581	4055	155	6/42	26.16	1.94	80.79	7	7	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1970-1977	61	98	10348	-	354	4829	152	8/86	31.76	2.79	68.07	8	6	2
DG Cork (ENG/ENGXI)	1995-2002	44	75	8745	1457.3	301	4424	151	7/43	29.29	3.03	57.91	10	6	-
R Illingworth (ENG/ENGXI)	1958-1973	68	112	13381	-	787	4445	146	6/29	30.44	1.99	91.65	7	4	-
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	40	73	11173	-	604	3510	144	8/43	24.37	1.88	77.59	9	5	2
MJ Leach (ENG)	2018-2024	40	69	9648	1608.0	317	4931	143	5/66	34.48	3.06	67.46	11	5	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1959	62	97	9778	-	385	3865	133	7/34	29.06	2.37	73.51	5	5	1
W Clarke (ENG)	1844-1853	25	45	2733+	683.1+	180	697	131	7/?	11.06*	2.06*	31.05	3	15	3
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1930	58	90	8225	-	365	3425	127	8/68	26.96	2.49	64.76	6	6	1
NA Foster (ENG/ENGXI)	1983-1993	40	68	8479	1413.1	336	3801	127	8/107	29.92	2.68	66.76	3	6	1
T Boxall (ENG)	1791-1803	38	57	0+	0.0+	-	-	126	6/?	-	-	-	4	3	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1951	40	68	9207	-	213	4696	125	7/105	37.56	3.06	73.65	4	6	1
J Wisden (ENG)	1846-1856	19	35	2889+	722.1+	242	562	123	7/29	9.52*	1.51*	35.23	8	11	3
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	39	65	11297	-	685	3779	122	5/30	30.97	2.00	92.59	8	4	-
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	37	69	6544	1090.4	196	3621	119	6/37	30.42	3.31	54.99	3	5	-
J Briggs (ENG/ENGXI)	1884-1899	34	49	5332	-	386	2095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.18	4	9	4
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	34	61	7650	-	284	3254	115	6/45	28.29	2.55	66.52	3	6	-
J Dean (ENG)	1840-1855	37	52	3721+	930.1+	140	838	113	7/?	14.44*	1.95*	44.83	7	5	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	36	3830	-	364	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
J Cobbett (ENG)	1831-1841	26	37	570+	142.2+	13	79	104	6/?	11.28*	2.39*	35.62	3	8	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	28	52	6597	-	403	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5	1
CC Lewis (ENG/ENGXI)	1990-1996	38	66	7865	1310.5	252	4034	102	6/111	39.54	3.07	77.10	3	3	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	35	5216	-	444	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1910	19	37	4546	757.4	231	1863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.46	2	9	4
WR Hillyer (ENG)	1837-1853	16	26	1387+	346.3+	47	289	99	8/30	7.22*	1.81*	22.01	4	9	4
TC Howard (ENG)	1805-1828	31	41	0+	0.0+	-	-	98	6/?	-	-	-	3	4	-
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	51	6360	-	211	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.89	7	3	2
JK Lever (ENG/ENGXI)	1976-1986	33	61	6259	-	194	2799	97	7/46	28.85	2.68	64.52	4	3	1
M Hendrick (ENG/ENGXI)	1974-1981	34	60	6548	-	260	2362	96	5/11	24.60	2.16	68.20	5	1	-
Lord F Beauclerk (ENG)	1796-1823	38	53	0+	0.0+	-	-	94	4/?	-	-	-	3	-	-
GC Small (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1991	29	52	6015	1002.3	241	2806	92	5/48	30.50	2.79	65.38	6	3	-
TT Bresnan (ENG/ENGXI)	2009-2013	28	51	5580	930.0	213	2842	89	5/48	31.93	3.05	62.69	5	1	-
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1898	14	24	4498	-	191	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11	4
G Miller (ENG/ENGXI)	1976-1984	43	65	6665	-	269	2446	88	6/56	27.79	2.20	75.73	1	3	-
C White (ENG/ENGXI)	1994-2002	43	67	5513	918.5	174	2993	88	5/31	34.01	3.25	62.64	2	4	-
H Larwood (ENG/ENGXI)	1926-1933	22	37	5125	854.1	169	2307	85	7/95	27.14	2.70	60.29	3	5	1
S Redgate (ENG)	1836-1843	17	30	924+	231.0+	14	156	84	6/?	10.40*	2.30*	33.00	3	7	2
RDB Croft (ENG/ENGXI)	1996-2003	29	46	6426	1071.0	262	2658	83	6/50	32.02	2.48	77.42	1	3	1
FE Woolley (ENG/ENGXI)	1909-1938	66	90	6597	-	253	2852	83	7/76	34.36	2.59	79.48	1	4	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	90	110	7969	-	300	3138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2	-
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1970	28	50	5392	-	187	2430	82	5/42	29.63	2.70	65.75	1	2	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1948	25	45	4386	-	116	2379	81	7/80	29.37	3.25	54.14	3	5	1
RJ Sidebottom (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2010	23	38	4962	827.0	196	2297	80	7/47	28.71	2.77	62.02	5	5	1
FH Tyson (ENG/ENGXI)	1954-1959	18	31	3674	-	104	1506	79	7/27	19.06	2.45	46.50	3	4	1
DW Headley (ENG/ENGXI)	1997-1999	19	30	3752	625.2	109	1959	79	6/60	24.79	3.13	47.49	8	3	-
E Stevens (ENG)	1772-1789	24	34	0+	0.0+	-	-	78	6/?	-	-	-	4	2	1
DR Pringle (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1992	33	57	5833	972.1	218	2717	77	5/95	35.28	2.79	75.75	2	3	-
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2024	20	37	3796	632.4	159	1742	76	5/49	22.92	2.75	49.94	4	3	-
SP Jones (ENG/ENGXI)	2002-2005	22	40	3387	564.3	87	2017	76	6/53	26.53	3.57	44.56	2	4	-
JE Root (ENG/ENGXI)	2012-2025	166	176	6532	1088.4	176	3621	76	5/8	47.64	3.32	85.94	2	1	-
AD Mullally (ENG/ENGXI)	1996-2001	24	44	5647	941.1	277	2225	74	5/105	30.06	2.36	76.31	-	1	-
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	27	4112	-	194	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2	-
BR Knight (ENG/ENGXI)	1961-1969	30	56	5473	-	209	2259	71	4/38	31.81	2.47	77.08	4	-	-
PI Pocock (ENG/ENGXI)	1968-1985	27	46	6922	1153.4	290	3134	71	6/79	44.14	2.71	97.49	4	3	-
J Grundy (ENG)	1851-1857	19	25	2027+	506.3+	209	646	68	8/?	11.74*	1.91*	32.17	4	4	2
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	15	29	3655	-	131	1519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.75	2	6	-
Shoaib Bashir (ENG)	2024-2025	19	33	4199	699.5	53	2652	68	6/81	39.00	3.78	61.75	2	4	-
EE Hemmings (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1991	22	38	5632	938.4	267	2318	67	6/58	34.59	2.46	84.05	3	2	-
AP Freeman (ENG/ENGXI)	1924-1929	13	23	3798	-	143	1755	66	7/71	26.59	2.77	57.54	3	5	3
CT Tremlett (ENG/ENGXI)	2007-2013	18	33	3767	627.5	150	1879	66	6/48	28.46	2.99	57.07	3	2	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	62	80	5317	-	186	2306	66	4/10	34.93	2.60	80.56	2	-	-
RWV Robins (ENG)	1929-1945	20	35	3378	-	77	1803	64	6/32	28.17	3.20	52.78	2	1	-
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2025	13	25	2260	376.4	67	1387	63	7/45	22.01	3.68	35.87	2	4	1
R Tattersall (ENG/ENGXI)	1951-1955	18	33	4620	-	231	1739	63	7/52	27.60	2.25	73.33	1	4	1
K Farnes (ENG)	1934-1939	15	27	3932	-	103	1719	60	6/96	28.65	2.62	65.53	6	3	1
AU Rashid (ENG)	2015-2019	19	34	3816	636.0	50	2390	60	5/49	39.83	3.75	63.60	5	2	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Somerset vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, County Championship Division One 55th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class]