Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket in Test matches

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12	6
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2006	15	27	5908	984.4	221	2311	104	7/84	22.22	2.34	56.80	5	11	4
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1931-1936	10	18	3913	652.1	248	1199	77	7/40	15.57	1.83	50.81	2	8	4
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	24	45	7928	1321.2	367	3142	130	7/56	24.16	2.37	60.98	7	7	2
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	-	6	3
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2023	14	26	3026	504.2	130	1270	57	7/66	22.28	2.51	53.08	3	5	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	13	24	4136	517.0	116	1413	52	5/49	27.17	2.04	79.53	4	5	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	14	24	2730	455.0	99	1470	55	6/76	26.72	3.23	49.63	2	4	1
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2001	13	25	3315	552.3	131	1567	64	6/21	24.48	2.83	51.79	1	4	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2011	11	19	3569	594.5	96	1704	60	7/87	28.40	2.86	59.48	3	4	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	-	4	1
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	29	52	6388	1064.4	231	3098	103	5/40	30.07	2.90	62.01	2	4	-
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2007-2012	3	5	532	88.4	16	387	16	6/113	24.18	4.36	33.25	-	3	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1997	6	12	1278	213.0	33	684	25	6/104	27.36	3.21	51.12	-	3	1
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1931-1932	4	8	1331	221.5	112	296	31	6/18	9.54	1.33	42.93	2	3	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	8	15	1593	265.3	48	789	38	6/61	20.76	2.97	41.92	1	3	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2023	8	16	1714	285.4	66	792	41	6/79	19.31	2.77	41.80	2	3	-
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	12	1924	320.4	76	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.44	1	3	2
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	11	22	2012	335.2	71	1005	48	5/28	20.93	2.99	41.91	1	3	-
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	8	15	2055	342.3	89	875	50	6/17	17.50	2.55	41.10	5	3	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2024	9	15	2115	352.3	109	802	42	6/138	19.09	2.27	50.35	3	3	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1998	10	15	2132	355.2	95	924	35	5/42	26.40	2.60	60.91	1	3	1
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-1998	10	15	2184	364.0	77	1058	37	6/119	28.59	2.90	59.02	3	3	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	18	2687	-	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3	1
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2018	11	19	2901	483.3	118	1188	43	6/98	27.62	2.45	67.46	2	3	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2014	12	23	3174	529.0	96	1641	64	8/61	25.64	3.10	49.59	5	3	2
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1953	10	19	3420	427.4	90	1129	44	6/44	25.65	1.98	77.72	2	3	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1963-1970	13	24	3745	-	105	1646	41	5/46	40.14	2.63	91.34	1	3	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	26	4221	-	148	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.16	2	3	1
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	21	40	6830	1138.2	261	2671	84	6/53	31.79	2.34	81.30	3	3	-
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	2	272	54.2	27	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	-	2	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2018-2021	4	8	760	126.4	24	503	18	5/54	27.94	3.97	42.22	-	2	1
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2015	6	7	762	127.0	19	415	13	6/99	31.92	3.26	58.61	-	2	-
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1955-1957	4	7	1010	-	33	358	22	6/28	16.27	2.12	45.90	-	2	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1992-1999	5	9	1113	185.3	52	390	21	6/34	18.57	2.10	53.00	-	2	-
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2007	5	10	1175	195.5	51	545	21	5/76	25.95	2.78	55.95	-	2	-
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1929	5	7	1182	197.0	69	390	19	7/70	20.52	1.97	62.21	-	2	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	1203	200.3	37	663	26	7/61	25.50	3.30	46.26	-	2	1
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1924	6	11	1317	219.3	59	527	26	6/7	20.26	2.40	50.65	-	2	1
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2018	4	8	1430	238.2	61	578	32	6/32	18.06	2.42	44.68	4	2	1
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	5	10	1568	261.2	99	439	21	7/52	20.90	1.67	74.66	-	2	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2015-2017	8	14	1692	282.0	64	876	35	6/53	25.02	3.10	48.34	4	2	1
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	9	16	1770	295.0	48	1045	31	5/40	33.70	3.54	57.09	2	2	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1949-1953	8	14	1835	229.3	31	631	31	5/32	20.35	2.06	59.19	2	2	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2010-2013	6	10	1859	309.5	51	846	26	6/96	32.53	2.73	71.50	2	2	1
SJ Benn (WI)	2010-2015	6	9	1875	312.3	60	849	21	6/81	40.42	2.71	89.28	-	2	-
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1964	8	15	1942	323.4	85	819	29	5/48	28.24	2.53	66.96	-	2	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2022	9	17	1981	330.1	55	1212	42	6/154	28.85	3.67	47.16	3	2	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1970	7	13	1990	-	67	788	26	6/47	30.30	2.37	76.53	-	2	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	6	10	2002	333.4	55	967	25	5/54	38.68	2.89	80.08	1	2	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1936	7	13	2046	341.0	140	634	34	5/20	18.64	1.85	60.17	3	2	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	16	2191	-	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1992-2001	10	20	2829	471.3	140	1010	51	6/61	19.80	2.14	55.47	4	2	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	20	2860	-	80	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.29	1	2	1
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	16	22	3026	504.2	94	1656	43	6/42	38.51	3.28	70.37	3	2	-
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2008	14	28	3122	520.2	104	1732	50	5/69	34.64	3.32	62.44	1	2	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2006	17	32	4082	680.2	223	1558	57	6/86	27.33	2.29	71.61	1	2	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2022	25	46	5052	842.0	196	2477	89	6/17	27.83	2.94	56.76	4	2	-
C Green (AUS)	2022-2022	2	2	82	13.4	3	47	5	5/27	9.40	3.43	16.40	-	1	-
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	2	154	38.2	16	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	-	1	-
C Heseltine (ENG)	1896-1896	2	3	157	31.2	3	84	5	5/38	16.80	3.21	31.40	-	1	-
A Dananjaya (SL)	2018-2018	1	2	192	32.0	4	119	7	5/52	17.00	3.71	27.42	-	1	-
W O'Rourke (NZ)	2024-2024	1	2	193	32.1	8	93	9	5/34	10.33	2.89	21.44	1	1	-
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2019	1	2	216	36.0	5	167	6	5/102	27.83	4.63	36.00	-	1	-
FA Rose (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	222	37.0	6	115	7	7/84	16.42	3.10	31.71	-	1	-
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2019-2019	2	3	249	41.3	4	143	6	5/66	23.83	3.44	41.50	-	1	-
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2010-2013	2	4	288	48.0	11	209	7	6/120	29.85	4.35	41.14	-	1	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	297	49.3	8	176	15	7/34	11.73	3.55	19.80	1	1	-
EG Arnold (ENG)	1907-1907	2	4	312	52.0	17	99	6	5/37	16.50	1.90	52.00	-	1	-
Rahat Ali (PAK)	2013-2013	2	3	314	52.2	2	227	6	6/127	37.83	4.33	52.33	-	1	-
J Nyumbu (ZIM)	2014-2014	1	2	321	53.3	7	181	5	5/157	36.20	3.38	64.20	-	1	-
TS Roland-Jones (ENG)	2017-2017	2	4	328	54.4	12	222	10	5/57	22.20	4.06	32.80	-	1	-
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2014	4	7	329	54.5	15	160	8	5/17	20.00	2.91	41.12	-	1	-
OE Robinson (ENG)	2022-2022	2	4	349	58.1	11	180	12	5/49	15.00	3.09	29.08	1	1	-
AS Joseph (WI)	2023-2023	2	4	353	58.5	4	220	12	5/81	18.33	3.73	29.41	-	1	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	384	64.0	16	174	14	5/81	12.42	2.71	27.42	1	1	-
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-
Noman Ali (PAK)	2021-2021	2	4	477	79.3	26	172	8	5/35	21.50	2.16	59.62	-	1	-
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1911	2	4	483	80.3	7	295	14	5/66	21.07	3.66	34.50	1	1	-
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2017-2020	3	4	500	83.2	3	394	12	6/122	32.83	4.72	41.66	1	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	523	87.1	26	205	6	5/126	34.16	2.35	87.16	-	1	-
JDF Larter (ENG)	1965-1965	2	4	534	89.0	25	207	7	5/68	29.57	2.32	76.28	-	1	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2021-2024	4	7	546	91.0	17	290	12	6/15	24.16	3.18	45.50	-	1	-
SN Thakur (IND)	2021-2023	4	7	551	91.5	13	330	13	7/61	25.38	3.59	42.38	-	1	-
FR Foster (ENG)	1912-1912	3	6	553	92.1	32	184	11	5/16	16.72	1.99	50.27	-	1	-
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2011-2012	3	4	556	92.4	19	288	9	5/52	32.00	3.10	61.77	-	1	-
RTD Perks (ENG)	1939-1939	1	2	584	73.0	11	199	6	5/100	33.16	2.04	97.33	-	1	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1994-1996	3	6	591	98.3	20	333	16	9/57	20.81	3.38	36.93	1	1	1
RJ Kirtley (ENG)	2003-2003	2	4	593	98.5	32	259	13	6/34	19.92	2.62	45.61	-	1	-
H Larwood (ENG)	1929-1929	3	5	616	102.4	34	186	8	5/57	23.25	1.81	77.00	-	1	-
Shahadat Hossain (BAN)	2008-2008	4	5	641	106.5	12	418	15	6/27	27.86	3.91	42.73	-	1	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1949-1950	5	7	646	80.6	13	268	13	5/41	20.61	2.48	49.69	-	1	-
BC Strang (ZIM)	1995-1999	3	4	654	109.0	26	310	9	5/101	34.44	2.84	72.66	-	1	-
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	1999-2000	4	6	654	109.0	19	344	7	5/91	49.14	3.15	93.42	-	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]