Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
GD McGrath (AUS)	1995-2005	23	46	5475	912.3	287	2132	110	6/17	19.38	2.33	49.77	6	8
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1989	25	41	4639	773.1	168	2216	89	9/83	24.89	2.86	52.12	5	4
JM Anderson (ENG)	2004-2020	22	41	4515	752.3	212	1967	87	7/42	22.60	2.61	51.89	4	5
FS Trueman (ENG)	1954-1963	18	33	4584	764.0	176	2018	86	7/44	23.46	2.64	53.30	4	6
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2008	12	22	3735	622.3	143	1609	82	8/46	19.62	2.58	45.54	2	9
Imran Khan (PAK)	1977-1990	18	29	3488	581.2	111	1695	80	7/80	21.18	2.91	43.60	5	6
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-2000	17	32	3550	591.4	121	1645	79	6/61	20.82	2.78	44.93	6	4
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	13	25	3158	526.2	108	1536	75	7/71	20.48	2.91	42.10	3	6
A Kumble (IND)	1994-2006	17	28	4693	782.1	174	2204	74	6/78	29.78	2.81	63.41	3	4
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2020	19	34	3770	628.2	154	1818	73	7/72	24.90	2.89	51.64	3	3
JA Snow (ENG)	1966-1976	14	27	3594	599.0	112	1917	72	7/49	26.62	3.20	49.91	6	4
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-2008	16	31	4013	668.5	182	1607	70	5/28	22.95	2.40	57.32	5	4
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1990-1998	17	28	3691	615.1	160	1659	70	8/53	23.70	2.69	52.72	3	5
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1966-1983	23	37	6540	1090.0	281	2684	68	5/95	39.47	2.46	96.17	4	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2005	19	33	4078	679.4	159	1947	65	7/52	29.95	2.86	62.73	3	3
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1966-1979	15	24	4293	715.3	155	2179	65	7/157	33.52	3.04	66.04	4	4
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	12	24	2705	450.5	110	1472	64	5/30	23.00	3.26	42.26	3	3
M Ntini (SA)	2001-2008	15	26	3196	532.4	120	1738	63	7/37	27.58	3.26	50.73	1	5
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1982	14	26	2774	-	56	1817	62	6/50	29.30	3.93	44.74	4	3
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	18	31	5447	907.5	272	2163	62	5/82	34.88	2.38	87.85	3	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1991	20	27	3609	601.3	126	2146	61	8/103	35.18	3.56	59.16	2	3
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2004-2009	14	26	2858	476.2	93	1539	60	7/12	25.65	3.23	47.63	2	3
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1999-2008	16	30	3730	621.4	134	2045	60	7/104	34.08	3.28	62.16	1	2
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1993	14	25	3036	506.0	84	1703	59	5/80	28.86	3.36	51.45	4	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2002-2011	11	21	3017	502.5	120	1266	56	7/48	22.60	2.51	53.87	2	5
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2008	9	16	2060	343.2	79	913	55	7/71	16.60	2.65	37.45	3	4
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-2002	13	24	2180	363.2	49	1283	55	5/46	23.32	3.53	39.63	5	3
DK Lillee (AUS)	1973-1982	12	23	2677	-	62	1526	55	7/83	27.74	3.42	48.67	3	3
NM Lyon (AUS)	2012-2024	12	22	2795	465.5	120	1239	54	6/128	22.94	2.65	51.75	2	2
AR Caddick (ENG)	1994-2000	14	24	2767	461.1	114	1355	53	6/65	25.56	2.93	52.20	1	5
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1993	14	25	2886	481.0	104	1524	53	8/87	28.75	3.16	54.45	5	3
A Nel (SA)	2003-2008	10	19	2311	385.1	96	1145	52	6/32	22.01	2.97	44.44	1	2
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2010	24	45	3742	623.4	183	1563	52	6/67	30.05	2.50	71.96	1	2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1987	10	19	2506	417.4	103	1124	51	6/50	22.03	2.69	49.13	3	4
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1957	13	24	4111	685.1	240	1551	51	7/103	30.41	2.26	80.60	3	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2003	13	24	2706	451.0	138	1056	50	6/40	21.12	2.34	54.12	1	3
SP Gupte (IND)	1953-1959	10	17	3852	642.0	158	1716	49	9/102	35.02	2.67	78.61	3	4
DW Steyn (SA)	2007-2015	9	16	1712	285.2	61	942	48	6/34	19.62	3.30	35.66	3	3
TG Southee (NZ)	2012-2020	10	20	2099	349.5	90	988	48	5/32	20.58	2.82	43.72	4	1
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2020	11	22	2340	390.0	83	1200	48	6/40	25.00	3.07	48.75	3	1
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2009-2022	13	22	2679	446.3	93	1226	47	6/33	26.08	2.74	57.00	1	3
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1965-1969	10	20	3185	-	83	1435	47	8/71	30.53	2.70	67.76	2	2
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2000	9	16	1765	294.1	61	906	46	7/43	19.69	3.07	38.36	5	1
I Sharma (IND)	2011-2019	12	23	2199	366.3	83	1100	46	6/55	23.91	3.00	47.80	1	3
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2016-2021	7	14	2382	397.0	79	1172	46	7/94	25.47	2.95	51.78	1	5
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2001	10	18	1856	309.2	76	894	43	5/49	20.79	2.89	43.16	3	2
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)	2018-2022	8	14	1787	297.5	59	871	42	7/58	20.73	2.92	42.54	3	3
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1961	11	21	3289	-	103	1278	42	5/96	30.42	2.33	78.30	3	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1990	10	18	2509	418.1	53	1295	42	6/16	30.83	3.09	59.73	5	1
JB Statham (ENG)	1954-1963	12	21	3137	522.5	114	1422	42	5/118	33.85	2.71	74.69	2	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1958-1959	8	14	2783	463.5	152	1097	41	6/34	26.75	2.36	67.87	2	3
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1951-1955	10	20	2288	-	44	1121	41	6/95	27.34	2.93	55.80	3	2
KR Miller (AUS)	1951-1955	10	20	2157	-	53	1039	40	6/107	25.97	2.89	53.92	-	3
N Wagner (NZ)	2012-2020	10	20	1936	322.4	61	1124	40	7/39	28.10	3.48	48.40	2	1
GAR Lock (ENG)	1954-1968	13	24	3432	572.0	182	1323	39	6/20	33.92	2.31	88.00	-	2
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1988	12	20	2536	422.4	73	1388	39	8/112	35.58	3.28	65.02	-	2
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	15	25	2243	373.5	86	1019	38	6/22	26.81	2.72	59.02	2	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	13	19	2164	360.4	71	1381	38	5/42	36.34	3.82	56.94	2	2
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	17	27	3877	646.1	203	1656	38	5/39	43.57	2.56	102.02	2	1
MHN Walker (AUS)	1973-1976	8	15	2262	-	97	859	37	6/114	23.21	2.27	61.13	2	3
RJ Shastri (IND)	1983-1989	19	28	3597	599.3	126	1606	37	4/43	43.40	2.67	97.21	3	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2024	8	15	1502	250.2	88	567	36	5/35	15.75	2.26	41.72	2	2
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	9	16	1668	278.0	52	950	36	5/51	26.38	3.41	46.33	3	1
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1988	11	14	2039	339.5	70	1036	36	5/55	28.77	3.04	56.63	5	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1973-1976	13	20	2462	410.2	72	1281	36	8/86	35.58	3.12	68.38	-	3
MH Mankad (IND)	1948-1959	12	17	4263	710.3	172	1802	36	5/228	50.05	2.53	118.41	1	1
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1982	8	14	1776	296.0	78	823	35	7/98	23.51	2.78	50.74	3	2
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2015	8	16	1596	266.0	45	973	35	5/103	27.80	3.65	45.60	1	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2012	10	17	2509	418.1	123	980	34	6/56	28.82	2.34	73.79	2	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	11	19	1757	292.5	66	982	34	4/35	28.88	3.35	51.67	2	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1976	11	19	3115	519.1	125	1420	34	5/70	41.76	2.73	91.61	4	1
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1930-1931	5	10	1436	239.2	61	593	33	7/87	17.96	2.47	43.51	3	2
AK Davidson (AUS)	1960-1961	4	8	1391	173.7	25	612	33	6/53	18.54	2.63	42.15	-	5
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2019	9	17	1231	205.1	37	659	33	5/47	19.96	3.21	37.30	2	1
Taijul Islam (BAN)	2014-2021	7	14	1909	318.1	69	868	33	6/33	26.30	2.72	57.84	2	2
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1988-1995	11	19	2302	383.4	85	1067	33	4/34	32.33	2.78	69.75	2	-
BR Taylor (NZ)	1969-1972	7	13	1533	-	43	746	32	7/74	23.31	2.91	47.90	1	2
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	8	14	1851	308.3	82	858	32	5/57	26.81	2.78	57.84	-	2
PP Ojha (IND)	2011-2013	5	10	1462	243.4	55	628	31	6/47	20.25	2.57	47.16	1	4
D Gough (ENG)	1995-2000	8	13	1463	243.5	39	785	31	5/109	25.32	3.21	47.19	2	1
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2009	12	18	1657	276.1	65	793	31	5/58	25.58	2.87	53.45	-	1
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1959	8	13	1705	284.1	82	721	30	6/67	24.03	2.53	56.83	1	2
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1990-1995	9	16	1696	282.4	35	1109	30	6/77	36.96	3.92	56.53	3	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1995	15	20	2817	469.3	130	1260	30	5/78	42.00	2.68	93.90	-	2
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2024	7	14	1274	212.2	57	618	29	4/28	21.31	2.91	43.93	2	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1957	11	18	2078	346.2	100	857	29	7/34	29.55	2.47	71.65	1	2
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2009	7	11	1522	253.4	55	700	28	6/129	25.00	2.75	54.35	1	3
DJ Brown (ENG)	1966-1969	8	15	1803	300.3	60	830	28	4/39	29.64	2.76	64.39	1	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1984-1991	11	18	1912	318.4	76	905	28	5/95	32.32	2.83	68.28	-	3
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2002-2006	7	13	1934	322.2	71	1006	28	5/46	35.92	3.12	69.07	-	2
M Morkel (SA)	2010-2015	6	10	982	163.4	41	533	27	4/19	19.74	3.25	36.37	3	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1995-1997	7	14	1205	200.5	53	568	27	5/73	21.03	2.82	44.62	2	1
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2010-2021	9	15	1533	255.3	73	662	27	5/47	24.51	2.59	56.77	1	1
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2005-2018	8	15	1679	279.5	61	709	26	6/68	27.26	2.53	64.57	3	1
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1968-1969	5	10	2006	250.6	57	844	26	5/61	32.46	2.52	77.15	1	2
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1975-1981	8	14	1929	-	69	924	26	6/89	35.53	2.87	74.19	1	1
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	11	19	2293	382.1	93	1177	26	6/128	45.26	3.07	88.19	1	1
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2018	6	12	914	152.2	31	509	25	6/88	20.36	3.34	36.56	3	1
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2006	10	17	1335	222.3	49	634	25	4/25	25.36	2.84	53.40	1	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1951-1955	9	14	1693	-	34	697	25	6/62	27.88	2.47	67.72	-	1

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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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]