Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for England in Tests

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	188	350	40037	6672.5	1730	18627	704	7/42	26.45	2.79	56.87	32	32	3
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	132	236	40850	6808.2	1576	18355	619	10/74	29.65	2.69	65.99	31	35	8
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	309	33698	5616.2	1304	16719	604	8/15	27.68	2.97	55.79	28	20	3
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	106	200	27246	4541.0	907	12891	537	7/59	24.00	2.83	50.73	25	37	8
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	227	27740	4623.2	1060	12867	434	9/83	29.64	2.78	63.91	17	23	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2015	103	190	28580	4763.2	871	13537	417	8/84	32.46	2.84	68.53	16	25	5
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	102	168	21815	-	788	10878	383	8/34	28.40	2.99	56.95	17	27	4
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	85	159	19326	3221.0	742	8305	330	7/42	25.16	2.57	58.56	14	15	3
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	90	165	17357	-	554	8190	325	8/43	25.20	2.83	53.40	12	16	-
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	105	188	19160	3193.2	640	10078	311	7/74	32.40	3.15	61.60	10	11	1
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2014	92	165	18785	3130.5	624	10247	311	7/87	32.94	3.27	60.40	15	11	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	67	127	15178	-	522	6625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.43	19	17	3
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1982	86	151	21862	-	1239	7674	297	8/51	25.83	2.10	73.60	13	17	6
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	67	118	21364	-	1096	7637	266	7/98	28.71	2.14	80.31	13	14	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2013	60	109	15349	2558.1	493	7642	255	6/65	29.96	2.98	60.19	14	17	3
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	70	129	16056	-	595	6261	252	7/39	24.84	2.33	63.71	9	9	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2008	67	122	13909	2318.1	493	7564	248	7/61	30.50	3.26	56.08	13	7	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	58	97	15963	-	584	7199	242	8/79	29.74	2.70	65.96	12	16	2
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	51	92	15918	-	574	5876	236	7/44	24.89	2.21	67.44	11	15	5
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2002	67	121	15104	2517.2	599	7196	236	8/86	30.49	2.85	64.00	8	10	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2003	62	105	13558	2259.4	501	6999	234	7/46	29.91	3.09	57.94	9	13	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2025	115	170	13160	2193.2	379	7278	230	6/22	31.64	3.31	57.21	9	5	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	64	122	11515	1919.1	364	6346	229	6/56	27.71	3.30	50.28	12	6	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	58	95	11821	1970.1	369	6503	229	6/42	28.39	3.30	51.62	14	9	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	62	113	13192	2198.4	426	7091	222	7/12	31.94	3.22	59.42	11	8	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	48	91	9348	1558.0	366	4341	219	6/27	19.82	2.78	42.68	7	15	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	78	135	14747	2457.5	502	7303	219	5/58	33.34	2.97	67.33	10	3	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	68	119	12610	2101.4	293	7612	204	6/53	37.31	3.62	61.81	13	5	1
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	49	93	12021	-	415	5387	202	7/40	26.66	2.68	59.50	12	8	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	46	86	12027	-	674	4101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9	3
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	62	118	11219	1869.5	417	5686	192	6/17	29.61	3.04	58.43	5	5	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	50	7873	1312.1	356	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24	7
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1978	49	86	14353	-	602	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.94	17	10	2
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	46	79	10876	1812.4	439	4836	177	8/53	27.32	2.66	61.44	5	13	2
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1968	49	88	13147	-	819	4451	174	7/35	25.58	2.03	75.55	11	9	3
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	57	112	8979	1496.3	245	5263	170	6/88	30.95	3.51	52.81	6	3	1
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2013	50	85	12475	2079.1	468	5797	167	6/37	34.71	2.78	74.70	4	12	2
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1959	44	70	14686	-	777	5236	162	8/52	32.32	2.13	90.65	10	8	2
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	57	96	14877	-	696	5634	156	8/72	36.11	2.27	95.36	7	3	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	39	68	12523	-	581	4055	155	6/42	26.16	1.94	80.79	7	7	1
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1975	53	90	15118	-	777	4931	153	7/79	32.22	1.95	98.81	9	7	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1992	80	125	15751	2625.1	657	6185	151	5/75	40.96	2.35	104.31	11	2	-
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	36	61	11284	1880.4	608	4403	149	9/102	29.55	2.34	75.73	8	12	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	64	103	15391	-	741	5646	147	7/78	38.40	2.20	104.70	5	6	-
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	40	73	11173	-	604	3510	144	8/43	24.37	1.88	77.59	9	5	2
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1981	46	81	8858	-	311	4020	143	7/50	28.11	2.72	61.94	7	4	-
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2006	54	88	12180	2030.0	397	5806	143	5/57	40.60	2.86	85.17	11	5	-
MJ Leach (ENG)	2018-2024	39	67	9402	1567.0	308	4838	142	5/66	34.07	3.08	66.21	11	5	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	93	9802	-	338	4541	141	8/86	32.20	2.77	69.51	6	6	2
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	44	76	9838	1639.4	367	4700	140	7/70	33.57	2.86	70.27	8	4	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1989	41	65	8192	1365.2	279	4107	138	6/38	29.76	3.00	59.36	11	6	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1959	61	95	9712	-	379	3856	132	7/34	29.21	2.38	73.57	5	5	1
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	37	62	7678	1279.4	264	3906	131	7/43	29.81	3.05	58.61	9	5	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	40	72	8480	1413.2	253	4748	128	9/57	37.09	3.35	66.25	7	5	2
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1930	58	90	8225	-	365	3425	127	8/68	26.96	2.49	64.76	6	6	1
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	36	66	6412	1068.4	190	3800	125	6/79	30.40	3.55	51.29	6	5	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	51	84	12028	-	613	4273	125	7/66	34.18	2.13	96.22	9	2	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2020-2025	41	76	6419	1069.5	190	3820	123	6/15	31.05	3.57	52.18	7	5	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	39	65	11297	-	685	3779	122	5/30	30.97	2.00	92.59	8	4	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	61	100	11934	-	715	3807	122	6/29	31.20	1.91	97.81	5	3	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-2001	42	70	11288	1881.2	505	4560	121	7/47	37.68	2.42	93.28	6	5	2
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)	1884-1899	33	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	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	33	55	9322	1553.4	456	3502	114	6/102	30.71	2.25	81.77	4	6	-
PP Ojha (IND)	2009-2013	24	48	7633	1272.1	298	3420	113	6/47	30.26	2.68	67.54	5	7	1
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	36	3830	-	364	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1981	39	69	7036	-	233	3656	109	5/33	33.54	3.11	64.55	5	4	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1951	34	59	8135	-	177	4224	108	7/105	39.11	3.11	75.32	3	6	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	28	52	6597	-	403	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	35	61	8360	1393.2	339	3580	102	5/76	35.09	2.56	81.96	8	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
IK Pathan (IND)	2003-2008	29	54	5884	980.4	212	3226	100	7/59	32.26	3.28	58.84	2	7	2
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	51	6360	-	211	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.89	7	3	2
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-2001	33	58	7041	1173.3	275	3360	96	6/33	35.00	2.86	73.34	1	7	1
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1995	39	68	7475	1245.5	274	3581	96	6/132	37.30	2.87	77.86	4	3	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	28	51	7602	1267.0	362	2857	93	6/12	30.72	2.25	81.74	1	5	1
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1996	32	55	6852	1142.0	220	3490	93	6/111	37.52	3.05	73.67	3	3	-
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1898	14	24	4498	-	191	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11	4
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1968	41	65	9165	-	665	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.14	2	4	1
NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1993	29	47	6261	1043.3	239	2891	88	8/107	32.85	2.77	71.14	2	5	1
Maninder Singh (IND)	1982-1993	35	52	8218	1369.4	359	3288	88	7/27	37.36	2.40	93.38	5	3	2
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	30	54	6208	-	249	2248	87	4/28	25.83	2.17	71.35	5	-	-
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	27	50	5419	903.1	162	3271	87	5/40	37.59	3.62	62.28	4	3	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	64	87	6495	-	251	2815	83	7/76	33.91	2.60	78.25	1	4	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	85	110	7969	-	300	3138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	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)	2001-2010	22	36	4812	802.0	188	2231	79	7/47	28.24	2.78	60.91	5	5	1
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	26	46	5098	-	182	2237	79	5/42	28.31	2.63	64.53	1	2	-
H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1933	21	36	4969	828.1	167	2212	78	6/32	28.35	2.67	63.70	3	4	1
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	29	3452	-	97	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2024	20	37	3796	632.4	159	1742	76	5/49	22.92	2.75	49.94	4	3	-
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2016	22	40	5103	850.3	123	2715	76	5/71	35.72	3.19	67.14	2	1	-
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	29	46	6446	1074.2	317	2657	75	6/73	35.42	2.47	85.94	2	3	1
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1968	28	45	5597	-	178	2761	74	6/56	37.31	2.95	75.63	8	2	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1986	21	38	4433	-	140	1951	73	7/46	26.72	2.64	60.72	3	3	1
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2025	158	165	6200	1033.2	164	3465	73	5/8	47.46	3.35	84.93	2	1	-
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2009-2013	23	41	4674	779.0	185	2357	72	5/48	32.73	3.02	64.91	4	1	-
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	27	4112	-	194	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]