Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for South Africa in FC

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DW Steyn	2004-2019	97	178	19070	3178.2	681	10299	445	7/51	23.14	3.24	42.85	27	26	5
SM Pollock	1995-2008	117	218	25593	4265.3	1290	10220	438	7/87	23.33	2.39	58.43	25	16	1
M Ntini	1997-2009	112	208	22249	3708.1	811	12067	412	7/37	29.28	3.25	54.00	21	18	4
HJ Tayfield	1949-1960	84	136	24359	-	1158	8407	364	9/113	23.09	2.07	66.92	16	28	5
AA Donald	1990-2002	81	145	16988	2831.2	720	8062	352	8/71	22.90	2.84	48.26	14	20	3
K Rabada	2015-2025	72	131	13196	2199.2	435	7365	336	7/112	21.91	3.34	39.27	15	17	4
M Morkel	2006-2018	90	166	16888	2814.4	620	8799	318	6/23	27.66	3.12	53.10	18	8	-
JH Kallis	1995-2013	179	289	21157	3526.1	892	9953	299	6/54	33.28	2.82	70.75	7	5	-
VD Philander	2011-2020	66	123	11661	1943.3	513	5164	225	6/21	22.95	2.65	51.82	8	13	2
KA Maharaj	2016-2025	60	101	11775	1962.3	371	6101	203	9/129	30.05	3.10	58.00	6	11	1
RO Schwarz	1904-1912	54	84	6610	1101.4	185	3321	195	7/41	17.03	3.01	33.89	12	13	1
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	60	96	8569	-	270	4775	186	8/69	25.67	3.34	46.06	9	7	2
TL Goddard	1955-1970	60	111	14945	-	925	4093	163	6/53	25.11	1.64	91.68	3	6	-
PR Adams	1995-2004	52	89	9905	1650.5	366	4991	150	9/79	33.27	3.02	66.03	5	5	2
A Nel	2001-2008	42	80	8379	1396.3	306	4303	140	6/32	30.73	3.08	59.85	5	3	1
AEE Vogler	1906-1911	28	50	4461	743.3	157	2342	128	8/67	18.29	3.14	34.85	5	10	2
NAT Adcock	1953-1962	35	61	7819	-	265	2857	128	6/43	22.32	2.19	61.08	5	5	-
JJ Kotze	1902-1907	30	50	5179	863.1	173	2649	125	6/58	21.19	3.06	41.43	6	7	-
PM Pollock	1961-1970	29	54	6706	-	273	2891	121	6/38	23.89	2.58	55.42	2	9	1
PS Heine	1955-1962	27	52	6610	-	235	2428	111	7/58	21.87	2.20	59.54	2	8	1
N Boje	2000-2006	49	82	9252	1542.0	313	4647	111	5/62	41.86	3.01	83.35	9	3	-
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	38	60	5167	861.1	164	2534	109	7/84	23.24	2.94	47.40	5	5	-
PL Harris	2007-2011	40	68	9221	1536.5	348	4172	109	6/127	38.27	2.71	84.59	3	3	-
MG Melle	1950-1953	33	56	5735	-	129	2721	102	9/22	26.67	2.84	56.22	4	5	1
L Klusener	1996-2004	57	97	7817	1302.5	370	3431	97	8/64	35.37	2.63	80.58	2	2	-
NBF Mann	1947-1951	36	59	8749	-	444	2817	92	6/59	30.61	1.93	95.09	8	1	-
PS de Villiers	1993-1998	19	36	5028	838.0	228	2150	90	6/23	23.88	2.56	55.86	6	5	2
AMB Rowan	1947-1951	25	41	7140	-	222	2874	89	8/106	32.29	2.41	80.22	5	6	-
PNF Mansell	1951-1955	54	76	6947	-	220	3113	89	6/52	34.97	2.68	78.05	3	3	-
ERH Fuller	1952-1958	29	50	5868	-	224	2120	87	7/60	24.36	2.16	67.44	4	4	1
CN McCarthy	1948-1951	30	46	6140	-	173	2511	85	8/36	29.54	2.45	72.23	3	5	-
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	40	5851	975.1	194	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.65	5	3	-
BM McMillan	1990-1998	43	72	6577	1096.1	276	2794	84	4/65	33.26	2.54	78.29	2	-	-
M Jansen	2021-2025	18	32	2929	488.1	86	1696	77	7/13	22.02	3.47	38.03	5	3	1
GWA Chubb	1951-1951	22	35	4859	809.5	211	2005	76	6/51	26.38	2.47	63.93	2	4	-
ARA Murray	1952-1955	32	52	6207	-	336	2016	76	5/63	26.52	1.94	81.67	2	2	-
A Nortje	2019-2023	19	32	3057	509.3	81	1870	70	6/56	26.71	3.67	43.67	1	4	-
GC White	1904-1912	53	63	2836	472.4	65	1662	68	5/46	24.44	3.51	41.70	6	1	-
M Hayward	1999-2004	18	33	3263	543.5	105	1857	65	5/56	28.56	3.41	50.20	3	1	-
CB Llewellyn	1896-1912	21	30	2958	-	78	1826	64	6/92	28.53	3.70	46.21	3	4	1
Imran Tahir	2011-2015	22	40	4269	711.3	90	2497	63	5/32	39.63	3.50	67.76	2	2	-
VI Smith	1947-1957	23	37	3776	-	154	1737	60	5/27	28.95	2.76	62.93	2	3	-
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	25	3888	648.0	132	1817	60	6/76	30.28	2.80	64.80	1	4	-
D Olivier	2017-2024	16	29	2292	382.0	64	1432	59	6/37	24.27	3.74	38.84	1	3	1
L Ngidi	2018-2025	20	35	2578	429.4	100	1356	58	6/39	23.37	3.15	44.44	1	3	-
CR Matthews	1992-1995	20	37	4304	717.2	243	1638	57	5/42	28.73	2.28	75.50	1	2	-
J Middleton	1896-1904	16	28	2470	-	92	1208	54	5/51	22.37	2.93	45.74	5	2	-
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	31	4159	693.1	133	1788	50	6/46	35.76	2.57	83.18	1	5	1
JT Partridge	1963-1965	12	22	3956	-	143	1494	48	7/91	31.12	2.26	82.41	3	3	-
AJ Bell	1929-1935	16	26	3342	557.0	89	1567	48	6/99	32.64	2.81	69.62	1	4	-
SJ Snooke	1904-1923	54	46	2286	381.0	84	1089	47	8/70	23.17	2.85	48.63	1	1	1
SJ Pegler	1910-1924	16	23	2989	498.1	84	1572	47	7/65	33.44	3.15	63.59	3	2	-
AW Nourse	1902-1924	59	67	3483	580.3	133	1637	47	4/25	34.82	2.81	74.10	2	-	-
AJ Hall	2002-2007	22	39	3103	517.1	99	1671	46	3/1	36.32	3.23	67.45	-	-	-
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	20	36	3039	506.3	104	1735	46	5/33	37.71	3.42	66.06	1	1	-
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	74	93	4112	685.2	251	1451	45	3/14	32.24	2.11	91.37	-	-	-
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	31	48	3221	-	117	1492	45	5/85	33.15	2.77	71.57	-	1	-
JC Watkins	1949-1957	24	42	4290	-	208	1211	44	4/22	27.52	1.69	97.50	4	-	-
JP Duminy	2008-2017	51	63	2967	494.3	51	1778	43	4/47	41.34	3.59	69.00	2	-	-
PL Symcox	1993-1998	23	39	4113	685.3	148	1884	42	4/69	44.85	2.74	97.92	1	-	-
MJ Procter	1967-1982	8	15	1550	258.2	83	622	41	6/73	15.17	2.40	37.80	3	1	-
AE Hall	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1
CB van Ryneveld	1951-1958	38	38	3138	-	83	1402	40	5/53	35.05	2.68	78.45	1	2	-
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	23	4199	-	104	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.97	4	1	-
KJ Abbott	2013-2017	11	21	2081	346.5	95	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.35	-	3	-
SR Harmer	2015-2023	10	16	2105	350.5	68	1075	39	4/61	27.56	3.06	53.97	4	-	-
PWA Mulder	2019-2025	21	36	1896	316.0	75	940	38	4/32	24.73	2.97	49.89	2	-	-
BN Schultz	1992-1997	9	14	1733	288.5	82	749	37	5/48	20.24	2.59	46.83	4	2	-
DL Piedt	2014-2024	12	20	2427	404.3	57	1521	37	5/89	41.10	3.76	65.59	3	2	-
Q McMillan	1929-1932	13	22	2021	336.5	38	1243	36	5/66	34.52	3.69	56.13	2	2	-
NA Quinn	1929-1932	12	19	2922	487.0	103	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.48	2	1	-
AJ Kourie	1982-1984	9	16	1890	315.0	81	860	30	6/55	28.66	2.73	63.00	1	2	-
M Zondeki	2003-2008	10	19	1218	203.0	39	771	29	6/39	26.58	3.79	42.00	1	2	-
VAP van der Bijl	1982-1983	5	9	1332	222.0	70	503	28	5/25	17.96	2.26	47.57	1	3	1
GB Lawrence	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-
CP Carter	1912-1924	10	12	1475	245.5	47	694	28	6/50	24.78	2.82	52.67	-	2	-
B Mitchell	1929-1949	42	39	2525	-	26	1380	27	5/87	51.11	3.27	93.51	1	1	-
RP Snell	1990-1994	7	13	1432	238.4	62	690	26	4/38	26.53	2.89	55.07	3	-	-
AH McKinnon	1960-1967	8	15	2546	424.2	153	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.92	1	-	-
GF Bissett	1927-1928	4	8	989	164.5	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-
DJ Terbrugge	1998-2004	8	15	1142	190.2	50	577	25	5/46	23.08	3.03	45.68	-	1	-
D Paterson	2020-2024	7	13	1319	219.5	43	656	25	5/61	26.24	2.98	52.76	-	2	-
CW Henderson	2001-2002	9	15	2478	413.0	101	1196	25	4/116	47.84	2.89	99.12	2	-	-
XC Balaskas	1930-1939	9	11	1572	-	28	806	22	5/49	36.63	3.07	71.45	3	1	-
ST Jefferies	1982-1984	6	11	1416	236.0	66	713	21	4/58	33.95	3.02	67.42	1	-	-
GS le Roux	1982-1984	6	10	1128	188.0	39	556	20	4/44	27.80	2.95	56.40	1	-	-
CK Langeveldt	2005-2006	7	11	1143	190.3	30	697	20	5/46	34.85	3.65	57.15	1	1	-
RJ Crisp	1935-1936	9	14	1428	238.0	30	747	20	5/99	37.35	3.13	71.40	-	1	-
N Gordon	1938-1939	5	8	1966	245.6	28	807	20	5/103	40.35	2.46	98.30	-	2	-
L Tuckett	1947-1949	9	17	2104	-	47	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.73	1	2	-
DPB Morkel	1927-1932	16	22	1704	284.0	55	821	18	4/93	45.61	2.89	94.66	1	-	-
J Botha	2006-2010	5	10	1017	169.3	29	573	17	4/56	33.70	3.38	59.82	1	-	-
HD Bromfield	1961-1965	9	16	1810	301.4	101	599	17	5/88	35.23	1.98	106.47	-	1	-
S Elworthy	1998-2002	6	11	1203	200.3	50	621	16	4/66	38.81	3.09	75.18	2	-	-
CE Eksteen	1993-2000	8	16	1796	299.2	111	624	16	5/79	39.00	2.08	112.25	-	1	-
HJ Keith	1952-1957	36	31	2074	-	100	752	16	4/60	47.00	2.17	129.62	1	-	-
C Bosch	2024-2025	3	6	442	73.4	17	256	15	5/43	17.06	3.47	29.46	2	1	-
DEJ Ironside	1953-1954	3	5	986	123.2	41	275	15	5/51	18.33	1.67	65.73	1	1	-
WD Parnell	2010-2017	6	10	556	92.4	11	414	15	4/51	27.60	4.46	37.06	1	-	-
GA Rowe	1896-1902	5	8	998	-	50	456	15	5/115	30.40	2.74	66.53	-	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh A vs New Zealand A at Mirpur, New Zealand A in Bangladesh 2nd unofficial Test, May 21-24, 2025 [First-class]

Khulna Division vs Dhaka Division (and Dacca) at Mirpur, National Cricket League 17th Match, Nov 16-18, 2024 [First-class]

Bangladesh vs South Africa at Mirpur, South Africa in Bangladesh 1st Test, Oct 21-24, 2024 [Test # 2556]