Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket in Test+ODI+T20I matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2011	58	68	6833	1138.5	233	3164	161	6/87	19.65	2.77	42.44	8	7	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	47	65	7226	1204.2	268	3454	152	6/31	22.72	2.86	47.53	13	3	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-2002	50	62	4798	799.4	150	2624	149	7/76	17.61	3.28	32.20	6	10	2
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	50	70	6022	1003.4	184	3601	134	7/44	26.87	3.58	44.94	6	4	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1984-2002	47	53	4399	733.1	129	2208	124	7/119	17.80	3.01	35.47	5	7	2
JM Anderson (ENG)	2004-2023	47	65	5453	908.5	189	3289	123	7/43	26.73	3.61	44.33	6	4	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	47	59	5094	849.0	202	2662	118	6/115	22.55	3.13	43.16	6	3	-
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2011	38	44	3079	513.1	80	2062	99	5/42	20.82	4.01	31.10	3	4	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-2007	57	64	4610	768.2	169	2339	94	5/33	24.88	3.04	49.04	6	1	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2006-2016	31	42	3121	520.1	98	1768	92	6/49	19.21	3.39	33.92	3	6	2
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1992	34	47	4181	-	135	2124	92	6/34	23.08	3.04	45.44	2	6	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2007	47	54	3931	655.1	118	2135	92	6/87	23.20	3.25	42.72	4	5	1
A Kumble (IND)	1994-2003	42	48	5194	865.4	202	2379	89	6/67	26.73	2.74	58.35	4	4	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	30	43	3917	-	152	1632	86	5/32	18.97	2.49	45.54	7	3	-
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2003	39	45	3685	614.1	123	1955	84	6/45	23.27	3.18	43.86	3	2	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2007	36	44	3487	581.1	112	2040	83	6/66	24.57	3.51	42.01	1	5	1
R Ashwin (IND)	2010-2021	23	31	2993	498.5	95	1595	82	7/59	19.45	3.19	36.50	3	6	3
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2014	38	47	3836	639.2	110	2387	80	5/29	29.83	3.73	47.95	3	4	-
SL Malinga (SL)	2005-2019	45	45	2301	383.3	31	1944	76	5/6	25.57	5.06	30.27	3	3	-
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1993	33	44	4305	717.3	146	2177	74	5/97	29.41	3.03	58.17	3	1	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2005-2015	30	36	2433	405.3	66	1760	72	6/73	24.44	4.34	33.79	4	2	1
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2023	43	49	3233	538.5	70	2078	70	7/36	29.68	3.85	46.18	4	2	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2024	27	34	2583	430.3	67	1660	69	6/52	24.05	3.85	37.43	1	3	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2024	28	37	2557	426.1	68	1743	67	6/28	26.01	4.08	38.16	3	3	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1977-1983	23	29	2580	-	86	1173	66	6/53	17.77	2.72	39.09	-	4	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	26	33	2352	392.0	51	1717	66	7/57	26.01	4.38	35.63	4	2	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2013	67	67	3408	568.0	102	2063	65	3/23	31.73	3.63	52.43	-	-	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	13	25	2404	400.4	69	1225	64	6/65	19.14	3.05	37.56	5	3	2
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-2000	26	35	3028	504.4	92	1504	64	7/37	23.50	2.98	47.31	1	3	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2010	37	44	4481	746.5	121	2175	64	6/63	33.98	2.91	70.01	2	1	-
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	30	33	2311	385.1	75	1286	61	4/43	21.08	3.33	37.88	3	-	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1968-1979	15	25	4083	-	258	1175	59	6/42	19.91	1.72	69.20	2	4	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	39	46	3522	587.0	107	1775	58	4/34	30.60	3.02	60.72	1	-	-
M Morkel (SA)	2007-2017	25	30	1998	333.0	68	1288	57	6/23	22.59	3.86	35.05	2	2	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1965-1976	17	29	3564	-	144	1365	57	7/52	23.94	2.29	62.52	4	4	2
Umar Gul (PAK)	2003-2016	30	35	2206	367.4	48	1558	57	5/6	27.33	4.23	38.70	2	1	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1999-2011	26	27	1387	231.1	23	990	56	6/11	17.67	4.28	24.76	-	5	1
J Garner (WI)	1979-1987	21	28	2625	437.3	112	1006	56	6/56	17.96	2.29	46.87	3	2	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-2002	14	22	2568	428.0	129	1154	56	6/63	20.60	2.69	45.85	2	3	-
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2008-2010	18	24	2168	361.2	75	1215	56	7/47	21.69	3.36	38.71	2	4	1
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1968-1976	10	18	2946	-	145	1107	55	8/76	20.12	2.25	53.56	4	4	1
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-2001	25	29	2504	417.2	68	1254	55	7/56	22.80	3.00	45.52	1	3	2
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2024	30	32	1598	266.2	33	1342	55	4/38	24.40	5.03	29.05	3	-	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2005-2015	22	27	2768	461.2	66	1400	55	6/43	25.45	3.03	50.32	-	5	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1969-1975	11	17	2256	-	127	645	51	7/32	12.64	1.71	44.23	1	6	3
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-2002	25	29	2272	378.4	55	1226	51	5/44	24.03	3.23	44.54	3	1	-
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1996-2016	54	51	2004	334.0	6	1649	51	4/14	32.33	4.93	39.29	1	-	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-2005	31	38	3226	537.4	94	1856	51	4/52	36.39	3.45	63.25	3	-	-
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1997-2011	51	49	2112	352.0	31	1607	50	3/13	32.14	4.56	42.24	-	-	-
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2004-2016	37	40	1782	297.0	38	1350	49	4/34	27.55	4.54	36.36	1	-	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1988-1994	22	29	3110	518.2	116	1526	49	5/53	31.14	2.94	63.46	2	2	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2010	67	57	2323	387.1	22	1579	49	3/21	32.22	4.07	47.40	-	-	-
SP Narine (WI)	2012-2014	19	22	1730	288.2	59	908	48	6/91	18.91	3.14	36.04	1	3	-
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-2000	24	29	3173	528.5	98	1545	48	8/109	32.18	2.92	66.10	1	1	1
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1959	7	13	1505	250.5	133	367	47	7/35	7.80	1.46	32.02	2	5	2
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2014-2020	8	15	2331	388.3	56	1250	47	8/41	26.59	3.21	49.59	2	4	1
I Sharma (IND)	2009-2021	17	25	2122	353.4	68	1314	47	6/51	27.95	3.71	45.14	2	3	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2004	18	22	1810	301.4	44	1087	46	5/40	23.63	3.60	39.34	4	1	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-1999	18	26	3171	528.3	159	1188	46	7/47	25.82	2.24	68.93	2	1	1
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1965-1973	12	22	2824	-	155	902	45	7/74	20.04	1.91	62.75	3	3	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1979	14	23	3634	-	218	1161	45	8/72	25.80	1.91	80.75	1	2	1
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2002	83	60	2920	486.4	73	1779	45	4/56	39.53	3.65	64.88	1	-	-
Haris Rauf (PAK)	2020-2024	24	24	804	134.0	1	979	43	4/18	22.76	7.30	18.69	4	-	-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2001-2016	20	24	1796	299.2	48	1127	43	5/10	26.20	3.76	41.76	-	3	-
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1995	10	14	2034	339.0	85	893	41	6/59	21.78	2.63	49.60	3	2	-
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2023	17	19	1637	272.5	46	981	41	5/60	23.92	3.59	39.92	1	1	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1958-1965	11	21	2167	361.1	113	762	40	7/75	19.05	2.10	54.17	1	2	-
VD Philander (SA)	2007-2017	17	21	1758	293.0	66	899	40	6/44	22.47	3.06	43.95	2	3	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2015-2024	19	24	1536	256.0	40	983	40	5/28	24.57	3.83	38.40	2	1	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1965-1976	9	15	2438	-	100	1013	39	6/94	25.97	2.49	62.51	1	1	-
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	2016-2023	29	29	1176	196.0	8	1145	39	5/22	29.35	5.84	30.15	1	1	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1976-1992	19	23	2697	-	75	1166	39	5/106	29.89	2.59	69.15	1	1	-
ST Finn (ENG)	2012-2015	20	23	1570	261.4	34	1191	39	6/125	30.53	4.55	40.25	2	1	-
VB John (SL)	1983-1985	14	17	1534	255.4	56	826	38	5/60	21.73	3.23	40.36	-	2	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1983	36	38	2330	-	53	1128	38	3/35	29.68	2.90	61.31	-	-	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1990	18	24	2505	417.3	92	1218	38	6/160	32.05	2.91	65.92	2	2	-
Rubel Hossain (BAN)	2010-2021	22	24	1445	240.5	10	1281	38	6/26	33.71	5.31	38.02	1	2	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2023	28	36	2816	469.2	83	1565	38	5/73	41.18	3.33	74.10	1	1	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1985-1992	10	15	1885	314.1	54	855	37	7/80	23.10	2.72	50.94	5	1	1
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1992	21	24	1783	297.1	48	975	37	4/53	26.35	3.28	48.18	2	-	-
CH Gayle (WI)	2002-2019	51	34	1650	275.0	31	1017	37	4/54	27.48	3.69	44.59	2	-	-
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1994-2003	25	29	2095	349.1	51	1079	37	6/72	29.16	3.09	56.62	-	1	-
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1997-2005	17	25	1928	321.2	64	1094	37	4/29	29.56	3.40	52.10	2	-	-
KAJ Roach (WI)	2012-2020	9	15	1746	291.0	66	890	36	5/60	24.72	3.05	48.50	4	1	-
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1983-1991	16	20	2184	364.0	58	1135	36	5/77	31.52	3.11	60.66	2	1	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1986	13	21	2703	-	143	860	35	4/20	24.57	1.90	77.22	4	-	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1998	23	31	2267	377.5	89	1101	35	4/38	31.45	2.91	64.77	1	-	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2001-2005	16	23	2186	364.2	78	1106	35	3/37	31.60	3.03	62.45	-	-	-
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2001-2019	33	36	1890	315.0	33	1509	35	4/44	43.11	4.79	54.00	2	-	-
SP Gupte (IND)	1955-1956	5	10	2140	356.4	152	669	34	7/128	19.67	1.87	62.94	1	4	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1988	17	22	1857	309.3	71	770	34	5/125	22.64	2.48	54.61	1	1	-
A Nehra (IND)	2001-2017	25	27	1370	228.2	30	922	34	4/47	27.11	4.03	40.29	1	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	2002-2007	18	23	1744	290.4	52	976	34	4/17	28.70	3.35	51.29	2	-	-
B Kumar (IND)	2014-2022	26	27	1099	183.1	11	1027	34	5/48	30.20	5.60	32.32	-	1	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1973-1984	14	21	2209	-	50	1053	34	4/46	30.97	2.86	64.97	3	-	-
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2009-2024	28	32	1744	290.4	43	1239	34	3/28	36.44	4.26	51.29	-	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	7	13	1855	-	65	633	33	5/43	19.18	2.04	56.21	1	2	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1981	12	16	2170	-	66	764	33	4/39	23.15	2.11	65.75	3	-	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1982-1991	16	20	1911	318.3	88	855	33	5/17	25.90	2.68	57.90	1	1	-
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2023	21	22	1266	211.0	27	933	33	3/31	28.27	4.42	38.36	-	-	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Nepal v United Arab Emirates at Al Amerat, ACC Men's Premier Cup 1st semi-final, Apr 19, 2024 [T20I # 2576]

Pakistan v New Zealand at Rawalpindi, 1st T20I, Apr 18, 2024 [T20I # 2575]

Oman v Kuwait at Al Amerat, ACC Men's Premier Cup 20th match, Apr 17, 2024 [T20I # 2574]