Bowling Most Wickets Career

Records for England in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
JM Anderson	2003-2023	183	341	39217	6536.1	1700	18234	690	7/42	26.42	2.78	56.83	32	32
SCJ Broad	2007-2023	167	309	33698	5616.2	1304	16719	604	8/15	27.68	2.97	55.79	28	20
IT Botham	1977-1992	102	168	21815	-	788	10878	383	8/34	28.40	2.99	56.95	17	27
RGD Willis	1971-1984	90	165	17357	-	554	8190	325	8/43	25.20	2.83	53.40	12	16
FS Trueman	1952-1965	67	127	15178	-	522	6625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.43	19	17
DL Underwood	1966-1982	86	151	21862	-	1239	7674	297	8/51	25.83	2.10	73.60	13	17
GP Swann	2008-2013	60	109	15349	2558.1	493	7642	255	6/65	29.96	2.98	60.19	14	17
JB Statham	1951-1965	70	129	16056	-	595	6261	252	7/39	24.84	2.33	63.71	9	9
MJ Hoggard	2000-2008	67	122	13909	2318.1	493	7564	248	7/61	30.50	3.26	56.08	13	7
AV Bedser	1946-1955	51	92	15918	-	574	5876	236	7/44	24.89	2.21	67.44	11	15
AR Caddick	1993-2003	62	105	13558	2259.4	501	6999	234	7/46	29.91	3.09	57.94	9	13
D Gough	1994-2003	58	95	11821	1970.1	369	6503	229	6/42	28.39	3.30	51.62	14	9
SJ Harmison	2002-2009	62	113	13192	2198.4	426	7091	222	7/12	31.94	3.22	59.42	11	8
A Flintoff	1998-2009	78	135	14747	2457.5	502	7303	219	5/58	33.34	2.97	67.33	10	3
MM Ali	2014-2023	68	119	12610	2101.4	293	7612	204	6/53	37.31	3.62	61.81	13	5
JA Snow	1965-1976	49	93	12021	-	415	5387	202	7/40	26.66	2.68	59.50	12	8
BA Stokes	2013-2023	97	146	11471	1911.5	343	6318	197	6/22	32.07	3.30	58.22	8	4
JC Laker	1948-1959	46	86	12027	-	674	4101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9
SF Barnes	1901-1914	27	50	7873	1312.1	356	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24
ARC Fraser	1989-1998	46	79	10876	1812.4	439	4836	177	8/53	27.32	2.66	61.44	5	13
GAR Lock	1952-1968	49	88	13147	-	819	4451	174	7/35	25.58	2.03	75.55	11	9
MS Panesar	2006-2013	50	85	12475	2079.1	468	5797	167	6/37	34.71	2.78	74.70	4	12
MW Tate	1924-1935	39	68	12523	-	581	4055	155	6/42	26.16	1.94	80.79	7	7
FJ Titmus	1955-1975	53	90	15118	-	777	4931	153	7/79	32.22	1.95	98.81	9	7
CR Woakes	2013-2023	48	91	8569	1428.1	322	4341	149	6/17	29.13	3.03	57.51	4	5
JE Emburey	1978-1995	64	103	15391	-	741	5646	147	7/78	38.40	2.20	104.70	5	6
H Verity	1931-1939	40	73	11173	-	604	3510	144	8/43	24.37	1.88	77.59	9	5
CM Old	1972-1981	46	81	8858	-	311	4020	143	7/50	28.11	2.72	61.94	7	4
AF Giles	1998-2006	54	88	12180	2030.0	397	5806	143	5/57	40.60	2.86	85.17	11	5
AW Greig	1972-1977	58	93	9802	-	338	4541	141	8/86	32.20	2.77	69.51	6	6
PAJ DeFreitas	1986-1995	44	76	9838	1639.4	367	4700	140	7/70	33.57	2.86	70.27	8	4
GR Dilley	1979-1989	41	65	8192	1365.2	279	4107	138	6/38	29.76	3.00	59.36	11	6
TE Bailey	1949-1959	61	95	9712	-	379	3856	132	7/34	29.21	2.38	73.57	5	5
DG Cork	1995-2002	37	62	7678	1279.4	264	3906	131	7/43	29.81	3.05	58.61	9	5
DE Malcolm	1989-1997	40	72	8480	1413.2	253	4748	128	9/57	37.09	3.35	66.25	7	5
W Rhodes	1899-1930	58	90	8225	-	365	3425	127	8/68	26.96	2.49	64.76	6	6
ST Finn	2010-2016	36	66	6412	1068.4	190	3800	125	6/79	30.40	3.55	51.29	6	5
PH Edmonds	1975-1987	51	84	12028	-	613	4273	125	7/66	34.18	2.13	96.22	9	2
MJ Leach	2018-2023	35	59	8374	1395.4	288	4239	124	5/66	34.18	3.03	67.53	9	5
DA Allen	1960-1966	39	65	11297	-	685	3779	122	5/30	30.97	2.00	92.59	8	4
R Illingworth	1958-1973	61	100	11934	-	715	3807	122	6/29	31.20	1.91	97.81	5	3
PCR Tufnell	1990-2001	42	70	11288	1881.2	505	4560	121	7/47	37.68	2.42	93.28	6	5
J Briggs	1884-1899	33	49	5332	-	386	2095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.18	4	9
GG Arnold	1967-1975	34	61	7650	-	284	3254	115	6/45	28.29	2.55	66.52	3	6
GA Lohmann	1886-1896	18	36	3830	-	364	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9
DVP Wright	1938-1951	34	59	8135	-	177	4224	108	7/105	39.11	3.11	75.32	3	6
MA Wood	2015-2023	31	58	5619	936.3	181	3063	104	6/37	29.45	3.27	54.02	2	4
JH Wardle	1948-1957	28	52	6597	-	403	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5
R Peel	1884-1896	20	35	5216	-	444	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5
C Blythe	1901-1910	19	37	4546	757.4	231	1863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.46	2	9
W Voce	1930-1947	27	51	6360	-	211	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.89	7	3
CC Lewis	1990-1996	32	55	6852	1142.0	220	3490	93	6/111	37.52	3.05	73.67	3	3
T Richardson	1893-1898	14	24	4498	-	191	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11
NA Foster	1983-1993	29	47	6261	1043.3	239	2891	88	8/107	32.85	2.77	71.14	2	5
M Hendrick	1974-1981	30	54	6208	-	249	2248	87	4/28	25.83	2.17	71.35	5	-
FE Woolley	1909-1934	64	87	6495	-	251	2815	83	7/76	33.91	2.60	78.25	1	4
WR Hammond	1927-1947	85	110	7969	-	300	3138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2
GOB Allen	1930-1948	25	45	4386	-	116	2379	81	7/80	29.37	3.25	54.14	3	5
RJ Sidebottom	2001-2010	22	36	4812	802.0	188	2231	79	7/47	28.24	2.78	60.91	5	5
DJ Brown	1965-1969	26	46	5098	-	182	2237	79	5/42	28.31	2.63	64.53	1	2
H Larwood	1926-1933	21	36	4969	828.1	167	2212	78	6/32	28.35	2.67	63.70	3	4
FH Tyson	1954-1959	17	29	3452	-	97	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4
OE Robinson	2021-2023	19	36	3718	619.4	159	1688	76	5/49	22.21	2.72	48.92	4	3
JK Lever	1976-1986	21	38	4433	-	140	1951	73	7/46	26.72	2.64	60.72	3	3
TT Bresnan	2009-2013	23	41	4674	779.0	185	2357	72	5/48	32.73	3.02	64.91	4	1
K Higgs	1965-1968	15	27	4112	-	194	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2
BR Knight	1961-1969	29	54	5377	-	204	2223	70	4/38	31.75	2.48	76.81	4	-
DR Pringle	1982-1992	30	52	5287	881.1	192	2518	70	5/95	35.97	2.85	75.52	2	3
WE Bowes	1932-1946	15	29	3655	-	131	1519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.75	2	6
PI Pocock	1968-1985	25	43	6650	1108.2	281	2976	67	6/79	44.41	2.68	99.25	4	3
AP Freeman	1924-1929	12	22	3732	-	142	1707	66	7/71	25.86	2.74	56.54	3	5
ER Dexter	1958-1968	62	80	5317	-	186	2306	66	4/10	34.93	2.60	80.56	2	-
RWV Robins	1929-1937	19	34	3318	-	77	1758	64	6/32	27.46	3.17	51.84	2	1
DW Headley	1997-1999	15	23	3026	504.2	82	1671	60	6/60	27.85	3.31	50.43	7	1
K Farnes	1934-1939	15	27	3932	-	103	1719	60	6/96	28.65	2.62	65.53	6	3
G Miller	1976-1984	34	50	5149	-	219	1859	60	5/44	30.98	2.16	85.81	1	1
AU Rashid	2015-2019	19	34	3816	636.0	50	2390	60	5/49	39.83	3.75	63.60	5	2
JE Root	2012-2023	135	136	4899	816.3	141	2660	60	5/8	44.33	3.25	81.65	1	1
SP Jones	2002-2005	18	33	2821	470.1	78	1666	59	6/53	28.23	3.54	47.81	2	3
GH Hirst	1897-1909	24	44	4010	-	146	1770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3
C White	1994-2002	30	45	3959	659.5	119	2220	59	5/32	37.62	3.36	67.10	2	3
R Tattersall	1951-1954	16	29	4228	-	212	1513	58	7/52	26.08	2.14	72.89	1	4
AD Mullally	1996-2001	19	34	4525	754.1	213	1812	58	5/105	31.24	2.40	78.01	-	1
GC Small	1986-1991	17	31	3927	654.3	154	1871	55	5/48	34.01	2.85	71.40	4	2
CT Tremlett	2007-2013	12	23	2902	483.4	114	1431	53	6/48	27.00	2.95	54.75	2	2
NGB Cook	1983-1989	15	25	4174	695.4	220	1689	52	6/65	32.48	2.42	80.26	1	4
W Barnes	1880-1890	21	28	2289	-	271	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3
NG Cowans	1982-1985	19	36	3452	575.2	113	2003	51	6/77	39.27	3.48	67.68	-	2
W Bates	1881-1887	15	23	2364	591.0	282	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4
G Ulyett	1877-1890	25	35	2627	-	299	1020	50	7/36	20.40	2.32	52.54	2	1
JT Hearne	1892-1899	12	20	2976	-	211	1082	49	6/41	22.08	2.18	60.73	4	4
JC White	1921-1931	15	27	4801	800.1	253	1581	49	8/126	32.26	1.97	97.97	1	3
RDB Croft	1996-2001	21	31	4619	769.5	195	1825	49	5/95	37.24	2.37	94.26	1	1
SM Curran	2018-2021	24	42	3091	515.1	96	1669	47	4/58	35.51	3.23	65.76	2	-
LC Braund	1901-1908	23	38	3805	634.1	144	1810	47	8/81	38.51	2.85	80.95	1	3
BL D'Oliveira	1966-1972	44	66	5706	-	318	1859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.40	-	-
G Geary	1924-1934	14	22	3810	635.0	181	1353	46	7/70	29.41	2.13	82.82	-	4
FR Foster	1911-1912	11	19	2447	407.5	108	926	45	6/91	20.57	2.27	54.37	2	4
IAR Peebles	1927-1931	13	20	2882	480.2	78	1391	45	6/63	30.91	2.89	64.04	4	3
FR Brown	1931-1953	22	31	3260	-	117	1398	45	5/49	31.06	2.57	72.44	3	1

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]

England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 6-9, 2023 [Test # 2509]