Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for India in Tests

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	132	236	40850	6808.2	1576	18355	619	10/74	29.65	2.69	65.99	31	35	8
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	106	200	27246	4541.0	907	12891	537	7/59	24.00	2.83	50.73	25	37	8
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	171	18608	3101.2	660	10077	439	7/51	22.95	3.24	42.38	27	26	5
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
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	202	24353	4058.5	1222	9733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.84	23	16	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2015	103	190	28580	4763.2	871	13537	417	8/84	32.46	2.84	68.53	16	25	5
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	190	20834	3472.2	759	11242	390	7/37	28.82	3.23	53.42	19	18	4
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2025	71	130	13100	2183.2	433	7306	336	7/112	21.74	3.34	38.98	15	17	4
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	129	15519	2586.3	661	7344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.02	11	20	3
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	85	159	19326	3221.0	742	8305	330	7/42	25.16	2.57	58.56	14	15	3
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
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	160	16498	2749.4	605	8550	309	6/23	27.66	3.10	53.39	18	8	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	270	20172	3362.0	846	9497	291	6/54	32.63	2.82	69.31	7	5	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	67	118	21364	-	1096	7637	266	7/98	28.71	2.14	80.31	13	14	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	58	97	15963	-	584	7199	242	8/79	29.74	2.70	65.96	12	16	2
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2002	67	121	15104	2517.2	599	7196	236	8/86	30.49	2.85	64.00	8	10	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	64	122	11515	1919.1	364	6346	229	6/56	27.71	3.30	50.28	12	6	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	119	11391	1898.3	507	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.85	8	13	2
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	48	91	9348	1558.0	366	4341	219	6/27	19.82	2.78	42.68	7	15	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	59	100	11666	1944.2	367	6055	203	9/129	29.82	3.11	57.46	6	11	1
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1978	49	86	14353	-	602	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.94	17	10	2
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	61	13568	-	602	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14	2
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	57	112	8979	1496.3	245	5263	170	6/88	30.95	3.51	52.81	6	3	1
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
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
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	45	76	8850	1475.0	339	4405	134	7/128	32.87	2.98	66.04	5	4	1
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1970	41	75	11736	-	706	3226	123	6/53	26.22	1.64	95.41	2	5	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2020-2025	41	76	6419	1069.5	190	3820	123	6/15	31.05	3.57	52.18	7	5	-
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	69	7630	1271.4	280	3919	123	6/32	31.86	3.08	62.03	4	3	1
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	52	6522	-	270	2806	116	6/38	24.18	2.58	56.22	1	9	1
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
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1981	39	69	7036	-	233	3656	109	5/33	33.54	3.11	64.55	5	4	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	46	6391	-	218	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	63	8809	1468.1	336	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.52	3	3	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	35	61	8360	1393.2	339	3580	102	5/76	35.09	2.56	81.96	8	3	-
IK Pathan (IND)	2003-2008	29	54	5884	980.4	212	3226	100	7/59	32.26	3.28	58.84	2	7	2
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	72	8620	1436.4	293	4265	100	5/62	42.65	2.96	86.20	9	3	-
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
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1968	41	65	9165	-	665	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.14	2	4	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
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	27	50	5419	903.1	162	3271	87	5/40	37.59	3.62	62.28	4	3	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	34	4805	800.5	221	2063	85	6/23	24.27	2.57	56.52	6	5	2
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	40	5851	975.1	194	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.65	5	3	-
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	43	4227	704.3	124	2180	82	7/84	26.58	3.09	51.54	4	4	-
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	84	6887	1147.5	318	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.08	2	1	-
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	18	32	2929	488.1	86	1696	77	7/13	22.02	3.47	38.03	5	3	1
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2016	22	40	5103	850.3	123	2715	76	5/71	35.72	3.19	67.14	2	1	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	64	6048	1008.0	255	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.64	2	-	-
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	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1986	39	63	5997	-	188	2846	71	5/23	40.08	2.84	84.46	1	4	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	19	32	3057	509.3	81	1870	70	6/56	26.71	3.67	43.67	1	4	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	22	36	5650	941.4	254	2052	68	7/49	30.17	2.17	83.08	3	4	1
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1996	17	28	4298	716.2	155	1987	66	8/61	30.10	2.77	65.12	2	4	1
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1911	15	28	2764	460.4	96	1455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.18	3	5	1
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2018	21	37	3348	558.0	141	1644	63	6/82	26.09	2.94	53.14	3	4	-
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1911	25	41	3598	-	110	1996	63	6/26	31.68	3.32	57.11	4	1	-
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1959	31	48	5994	-	277	2285	62	7/159	36.85	2.28	96.67	1	3	-
C Sharma (IND)	1984-1989	23	39	3470	578.2	61	2163	61	6/58	35.45	3.74	56.88	2	4	1
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1924	18	25	3888	648.0	132	1817	60	6/76	30.28	2.80	64.80	1	4	-
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2024	16	29	2292	382.0	64	1432	59	6/37	24.27	3.74	38.84	1	3	1
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2025	20	35	2578	429.4	100	1356	58	6/39	23.37	3.15	44.44	1	3	-
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1962	14	27	3890	-	106	1455	58	6/58	25.08	2.24	67.06	2	4	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	19	33	5796	-	260	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.93	5	1	-
AB Agarkar (IND)	1998-2006	26	46	4857	809.3	168	2745	58	6/41	47.32	3.39	83.74	-	1	-
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2015	20	37	3925	654.1	86	2294	57	5/32	40.24	3.50	68.85	1	2	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2024	13	24	2093	348.5	46	1241	56	5/40	22.16	3.55	37.37	3	4	-
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	14	27	2540	423.2	96	1064	55	6/38	19.34	2.51	46.18	2	5	1
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1912	20	31	2639	439.5	66	1417	55	6/47	25.76	3.22	47.98	4	2	-
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2004	16	29	2821	470.1	90	1609	54	5/56	29.79	3.42	52.24	1	1	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	25	5193	-	136	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.16	2	4	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	18	33	3980	663.2	231	1502	52	5/42	28.88	2.26	76.53	1	2	-
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	55	54	5695	-	236	2417	52	5/88	46.48	2.54	109.51	2	1	-
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	17	31	4159	693.1	133	1788	50	6/46	35.76	2.57	83.18	1	5	1
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1912	15	21	2292	-	55	1421	48	6/92	29.60	3.71	47.75	2	4	1
AJ Bell (SA)	1929-1935	16	26	3342	557.0	89	1567	48	6/99	32.64	2.81	69.62	1	4	-
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1987	27	38	2870	478.2	76	1534	47	6/56	32.63	3.20	61.06	-	2	-
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1924	16	23	2989	498.1	84	1572	47	7/65	33.44	3.15	63.59	3	2	-
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	21	34	4749	791.3	238	1857	47	4/48	39.51	2.34	101.04	1	-	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1967-1974	29	49	4164	-	119	1980	47	6/55	42.12	2.85	88.59	2	1	-
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	145	4240	706.4	83	2492	46	3/10	54.17	3.52	92.17	-	-	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1933-1952	24	35	4241	-	195	1481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2	-
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	21	38	3001	500.1	95	1617	45	3/1	35.93	3.23	66.68	-	-	-
JT Partridge (SA)	1963-1965	11	20	3684	-	136	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.72	3	3	-
A Nehra (IND)	1999-2004	17	29	3447	574.3	122	1866	44	4/72	42.40	3.24	78.34	2	-	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	85	3800	633.2	243	1288	43	3/14	29.95	2.03	88.37	-	-	-
JP Duminy (SA)	2008-2017	46	57	2703	450.3	48	1601	42	4/47	38.11	3.55	64.35	2	-	-
RF Surti (IND)	1960-1969	26	45	3870	-	115	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.14	-	1	-
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	13	22	3663	610.3	150	1438	41	5/50	35.07	2.35	89.34	4	3	-
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-2000	15	26	3451	575.1	146	1470	41	5/142	35.85	2.55	84.17	1	1	-
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1924	45	57	3234	539.0	120	1553	41	4/25	37.87	2.88	78.87	2	-	-
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1960	33	56	4976	829.2	256	1899	41	6/49	46.31	2.28	121.36	-	1	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1

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