Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for South Africa in ODIs

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
SM Pollock	1996-2008	294	291	15430	2571.4	308	9409	387	6/35	24.31	3.65	39.87	12	5
AA Donald	1991-2003	164	162	8561	1426.5	101	5926	272	6/23	21.78	4.15	31.47	11	2
JH Kallis	1996-2014	323	279	10638	1773.0	77	8568	269	5/30	31.85	4.83	39.54	2	2
M Ntini	1998-2009	172	170	8645	1440.5	123	6501	265	6/22	24.53	4.51	32.62	8	4
DW Steyn	2006-2019	123	122	6195	1032.3	69	5045	194	6/39	26.00	4.88	31.93	4	3
L Klusener	1996-2004	171	164	7336	1222.4	46	5751	192	6/49	29.95	4.70	38.20	1	6
M Morkel	2007-2018	114	111	5580	930.0	45	4595	180	5/21	25.52	4.94	31.00	7	2
Imran Tahir	2011-2019	107	104	5541	923.3	38	4297	173	7/45	24.83	4.65	32.02	7	3
K Rabada	2015-2025	106	104	5444	907.2	63	4613	168	6/16	27.45	5.08	32.40	6	2
L Ngidi	2018-2025	75	74	3461	576.5	32	3350	115	6/58	29.13	5.80	30.09	4	2
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	188	153	5357	892.5	33	3966	114	5/32	34.78	4.44	46.99	1	1
A Nel	2001-2008	79	76	3801	633.3	58	2935	106	5/45	27.68	4.63	35.85	3	1
CK Langeveldt	2001-2010	72	71	3489	581.3	29	2962	100	5/39	29.62	5.09	34.89	1	2
WD Parnell	2009-2023	73	69	3224	537.2	23	3010	99	5/48	30.40	5.60	32.56	3	2
AL Phehlukwayo	2016-2024	85	79	3175	529.1	17	3041	97	4/22	31.35	5.74	32.73	3	0
AJ Hall	1999-2007	88	78	3341	556.5	30	2515	95	5/18	26.47	4.51	35.16	3	1
PS de Villiers	1992-1997	83	82	4422	737.0	86	2636	95	4/27	27.74	3.57	46.54	2	0
N Boje	1995-2005	113	106	4457	742.5	21	3351	95	5/21	35.27	4.51	46.91	2	1
LL Tsotsobe	2009-2013	61	60	2964	494.0	44	2347	94	4/22	24.96	4.75	31.53	7	0
CR Matthews	1991-1997	56	55	3003	500.3	53	1975	79	4/10	25.00	3.94	38.01	3	0
R McLaren	2009-2014	54	51	2403	400.3	13	2102	77	4/19	27.29	5.24	31.20	5	0
RJ Peterson	2002-2014	79	74	3278	546.2	15	2680	75	4/12	35.73	4.90	43.70	3	0
KA Maharaj	2017-2025	56	55	2885	480.5	15	2272	73	5/33	31.12	4.72	39.52	3	1
T Shamsi	2016-2025	55	52	2697	449.3	8	2510	73	5/49	34.38	5.58	36.94	3	1
PL Symcox	1993-1999	80	80	3991	665.1	25	2762	72	4/28	38.36	4.15	55.43	1	0
J Botha	2005-2012	76	73	3703	617.1	11	2816	72	4/19	39.11	4.56	51.43	1	0
BM McMillan	1991-1998	78	75	3623	603.5	33	2589	70	4/32	36.98	4.28	51.75	1	0
JP Duminy	2004-2019	199	135	3513	585.3	9	3143	69	4/16	45.55	5.36	50.91	1	0
R Telemachus	1998-2006	37	37	1918	319.4	23	1565	56	4/43	27.94	4.89	34.25	1	0
M Jansen	2022-2025	32	32	1565	260.5	11	1640	49	5/39	33.46	6.28	31.93	0	1
CH Morris	2013-2019	42	40	1894	315.4	10	1756	48	4/31	36.58	5.56	39.45	2	0
JA Morkel	2004-2012	56	50	1977	329.3	13	1786	47	4/29	38.00	5.42	42.06	2	0
S Elworthy	1998-2002	39	37	1702	283.4	29	1235	44	3/17	28.06	4.35	38.68	0	0
RP Snell	1991-1996	42	42	2095	349.1	25	1574	44	5/40	35.77	4.50	47.61	2	1
VD Philander	2007-2015	30	28	1279	213.1	20	986	41	4/12	24.04	4.62	31.19	2	0
A Nortje	2019-2023	22	21	1006	167.4	4	982	36	4/51	27.27	5.85	27.94	3	0
D Pretorius	2016-2022	27	26	1144	190.4	9	947	35	4/36	27.05	4.96	32.68	1	0
KJ Abbott	2013-2016	28	27	1303	217.1	13	1051	34	4/21	30.91	4.83	38.32	2	0
EO Simons	1994-1995	23	23	1212	202.0	21	810	33	4/42	24.54	4.00	36.72	1	0
G Coetzee	2023-2023	14	14	666	111.0	1	720	31	4/44	23.22	6.48	21.48	2	0
PR Adams	1996-2003	24	23	1109	184.5	7	815	29	3/26	28.10	4.40	38.24	0	0
JM Kemp	2001-2007	79	44	1171	195.1	10	915	29	3/20	31.55	4.68	40.37	0	0
AM Phangiso	2013-2016	21	21	1085	180.5	6	829	26	3/40	31.88	4.58	41.73	0	0
PWA Mulder	2017-2025	30	29	944	157.2	2	994	26	3/25	38.23	6.31	36.30	0	0
DN Crookes	1994-2000	32	30	1221	203.3	5	1011	25	3/30	40.44	4.96	48.84	0	0
MW Pringle	1992-1994	17	17	870	145.0	12	604	22	4/11	27.45	4.16	39.54	1	0
N Burger	2023-2025	14	14	659	109.5	3	671	22	4/46	30.50	6.10	29.95	1	0
AC Dawson	1998-2004	19	19	901	150.1	11	715	21	4/49	34.04	4.76	42.90	1	0
M Hayward	1998-2002	21	21	993	165.3	5	858	21	4/31	40.85	5.18	47.28	1	0
AK Markram	2017-2025	86	43	1252	208.4	2	1227	20	2/18	61.35	5.88	62.60	0	0
AP Kuiper	1991-1996	25	19	588	98.0	0	518	18	3/33	28.77	5.28	32.66	0	0
BC Fortuin	2020-2025	16	15	759	126.3	5	611	18	2/22	33.94	4.83	42.16	0	0
GC Smith	2002-2013	196	43	1026	171.0	0	951	18	3/30	52.83	5.56	57.00	0	0
RE van der Merwe	2009-2010	13	13	705	117.3	2	561	17	3/27	33.00	4.77	41.47	0	0
LB Williams	2021-2025	8	8	406	67.4	5	398	16	4/32	24.87	5.88	25.37	2	0
SSB Magala	2021-2023	8	7	342	57.0	4	381	15	5/43	25.40	6.68	22.80	0	1
F Behardien	2013-2018	59	35	748	124.4	2	719	14	3/19	51.35	5.76	53.42	0	0
JJ van der Wath	2006-2007	10	10	526	87.4	2	551	13	2/21	42.38	6.28	40.46	0	0
J Theron	2010-2010	4	4	194	32.2	0	173	12	5/44	14.41	5.35	16.16	0	1
RK Kleinveldt	2013-2013	10	10	513	85.3	6	448	12	4/22	37.33	5.23	42.75	1	0
M Zondeki	2002-2008	11	11	504	84.0	7	440	11	2/40	40.00	5.23	45.81	0	0
C Bosch	2024-2025	12	12	562	93.4	2	656	11	2/32	59.63	7.00	51.09	0	0
M de Lange	2012-2016	4	4	209	34.5	1	198	10	4/46	19.80	5.68	20.90	1	0
BE Hendricks	2019-2023	10	8	386	64.2	2	346	10	3/59	34.60	5.37	38.60	0	0
DJ Callaghan	1992-2000	29	19	444	74.0	2	365	10	3/32	36.50	4.93	44.40	0	0
HS Williams	1999-2000	7	7	329	54.5	2	228	9	3/38	25.33	4.15	36.55	0	0
TG Shaw	1991-1994	9	9	504	84.0	3	298	9	2/19	33.11	3.54	56.00	0	0
D Wiese	2015-2016	6	6	294	49.0	0	316	9	3/50	35.11	6.44	32.66	0	0
JL Ontong	2001-2012	27	16	538	89.4	3	396	9	3/30	44.00	4.41	59.77	0	0
OEG Baartman	2024-2025	6	6	252	42.0	2	221	8	2/32	27.62	5.26	31.50	0	0
CW Henderson	2001-2001	4	4	217	36.1	2	132	7	4/17	18.85	3.64	31.00	1	0
AB de Villiers	2005-2018	223	8	180	30.0	0	180	7	2/15	25.71	6.00	25.71	0	0
RE Bryson	1997-1997	7	7	378	63.0	1	323	7	2/34	46.14	5.12	54.00	0	0
PN Kirsten	1991-1994	40	8	183	30.3	1	152	6	3/31	25.33	4.98	30.50	0	0
N Peter	2024-2025	4	4	162	27.0	0	163	6	3/55	27.16	6.03	27.00	0	0
S Muthusamy	2025-2025	5	5	220	36.4	1	233	6	2/30	38.83	6.35	36.66	0	0
MJR Rindel	1994-1999	22	12	270	45.0	0	242	6	2/15	40.33	5.37	45.00	0	0
DB Rundle	1994-1994	2	2	96	16.0	0	95	5	4/42	19.00	5.93	19.20	1	0
DJ Cullinan	1993-2000	138	9	174	29.0	0	124	5	2/30	24.80	4.27	34.80	0	0
KT Maphaka	2024-2025	3	3	131	21.5	2	195	5	4/72	39.00	8.93	26.20	1	0
DM Benkenstein	1998-2002	23	4	65	10.5	1	44	4	3/5	11.00	4.06	16.25	0	0
DJ Terbrugge	2000-2000	4	4	126	21.0	2	105	4	4/20	26.25	5.00	31.50	1	0
GF Linde	2021-2025	4	4	150	25.0	1	140	4	2/32	35.00	5.60	37.50	0	0
JT Smuts	2020-2021	6	4	180	30.0	1	164	4	2/42	41.00	5.46	45.00	0	0
D Paterson	2017-2019	4	4	209	34.5	1	217	4	3/44	54.25	6.22	52.25	0	0
AM Bacher	1997-2005	13	3	108	18.0	0	64	3	2/36	21.33	3.55	36.00	0	0
PL Harris	2008-2008	3	3	180	30.0	4	83	3	2/30	27.66	2.76	60.00	0	0
SD Jack	1994-1995	2	2	108	18.0	0	86	3	2/41	28.66	4.77	36.00	0	0
D Olivier	2019-2019	2	2	114	19.0	0	124	3	2/73	41.33	6.52	38.00	0	0
MS Tshabalala	2007-2007	4	4	150	25.0	2	151	3	1/30	50.33	6.04	50.00	0	0
M van Jaarsveld	2002-2004	11	2	31	5.1	1	18	2	1/0	9.00	3.48	15.50	0	0
PV Mpitsang	1999-1999	2	2	60	10.0	1	63	2	2/49	31.50	6.30	30.00	0	0
D Elgar	2012-2018	8	4	96	16.0	1	67	2	1/11	33.50	4.18	48.00	0	0
CEB Rice	1991-1991	3	3	138	23.0	0	114	2	1/46	57.00	4.95	69.00	0	0
D Ferreira	2025-2025	3	3	138	23.0	0	115	2	2/53	57.50	5.00	69.00	0	0
O Henry	1992-1992	3	3	149	24.5	0	125	2	1/31	62.50	5.03	74.50	0	0
GJP Kruger	2006-2006	3	3	138	23.0	1	139	2	1/43	69.50	6.04	69.00	0	0
J Louw	2008-2008	3	3	156	26.0	1	148	2	1/45	74.00	5.69	78.00	0	0
CM Willoughby	2000-2003	3	3	168	28.0	2	148	2	2/39	74.00	5.28	84.00	0	0
CJ Dala	2018-2025	3	3	150	25.0	0	168	2	1/47	84.00	6.72	75.00	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]