Cricket Records for South Africa 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
2004-201993171186083101.2660100774397/5122.953.2442.3827265
1992-200272129155192586.366173443308/7122.252.8347.0211203
1998-2009101190208343472.2759112423907/3728.823.2353.4219184
1995-2008108202243534058.5122297334217/8723.112.3957.8423161
2015-202462112114161902.437864192917/11222.053.3739.2314144
1949-1960376113568-60244051709/11325.911.9479.815142
2011-202064119113911898.350750002246/2122.322.6350.858132
1961-197028526522-27028061166/3824.182.5856.22191
2016-2024508395751595.529950551589/12931.993.1660.6491
2006-201886160164982749.460585503096/2327.663.1053.39188-
1906-191115282764460.4961455647/9422.733.1543.18351
1921-193617314159693.11331788506/4635.762.5783.18151
1993-199818344805800.52212063856/2324.272.5756.52652
1953-196226466391-21821951046/4321.12.0661.4555-
1955-1970417511736-70632261236/5326.221.6495.4125-
1995-2013165270201723362.084694972916/5432.632.8269.3175-
1896-191215212292-551421486/9229.63.7147.75241
2019-202319323057509.3811870706/5626.713.6743.6714-
1929-193516263342557.0891567486/9932.642.8169.6214-
1913-192418253888648.01321817606/7630.282.8064.814-
1955-196214273890-1061455586/5825.082.2467.0624-
1906-192425434227704.31242180827/8426.583.0951.5444-
1947-195115255193-1362084545/6838.592.4096.1624-
1995-2004457688501475.033944051347/12832.872.9866.04541
2013-201711212081346.595886397/2922.712.5553.35-3-
2017-202416292292382.0641432596/3724.273.7438.84131
2018-202418312351391.5941222546/3922.623.1143.5313-
1923-19317142361393.3107886407/6322.152.2559.02331
1963-196511203684-1361373447/9131.22.2383.7233-
1927-193525405851975.11942631846/5131.322.6969.6553-
2001-2008366976301271.428039191236/3231.863.0862.03431
2000-2006437286201436.429342651005/6242.652.9686.293-
2007-2011376388091468.133639011036/12737.872.6585.5233-
1962-196523660110.037257116/12823.362.3360-21
1927-192848989164.528469257/2918.762.8439.5622-
1896-19026111064-61442245/5118.412.4944.3322-
1961-1962591334222.262512288/5318.282.3047.6422-
1951-1951581425237.363577216/5127.472.4267.8512-
1912-192410121475245.547694286/5024.782.8252.67-2-
1950-19537121667-20851266/7132.733.0664.1112-
1992-19979141733288.582749375/4820.242.5946.8342-
1938-1939581966245.628807205/10340.352.4698.3-2-
1929-193213222021336.5381243365/6634.523.6956.1322-
1947-19499172104-47980195/6851.572.79110.7312-
2014-202410172211368.3551357345/8939.913.6865.0232-
1906-191220312639439.5661417556/4725.763.2247.9842-
1910-192416232989498.1841572477/6533.443.1563.5932-
1948-195115253499-641510366/4341.942.5897.1922-
2011-201520373925654.1862294575/3240.243.5068.8512-
1992-199518333980663.22311502525/4228.882.2676.5312-
1889-18892312832.088955/4317.84.1725.6-1-
1889-18891117343.1189577/9513.573.2924.71-1-
2020-20201223138.3517565/6429.164.5438.5-1-
2024-20242223439.0217186/11921.374.3829.25-1-
1924-19242236661.0227386/15234.124.4745.75-1-
2011-20122444874.41027797/8130.773.7049.77-1-
2019-20213547378.51725295/64283.1952.5511-
1927-19282452888.03016185/5820.121.8266-1-
2003-2008611780130.025480196/3925.263.6941.0511-
1953-195435986123.241275155/5118.331.6765.7311-
1896-190258998-50456155/11530.42.7466.53-1-
2005-2006610999166.327593165/4637.063.5662.43-1-
1998-20047131012168.444517205/4625.853.0650.6-1-
1963-19678131424-67577126/5848.082.43118.66-1-
1935-19369141428238.030747205/9937.353.1371.4-1-
1967-19707141514252.280616416/7315.022.4436.9231-
1930-19399111572-28806225/4936.633.0771.4531-
1906-192326291620270.062702358/7020.052.6046.28111
1961-19659161810301.4101599175/8835.231.98106.47-1-
1953-19587121898-61668225/6630.362.1186.27-1-
2021-202413221980330.0591117495/3522.793.3840.441-
2003-201415272515419.1851416385/3337.263.3766.1811-
1929-194942392525-261380275/8751.113.2793.5111-
1999-200416292821470.1901609545/5629.793.4252.2411-
1929-193212192922487.01031145356/9232.712.3583.4821-
1961-197030463021-1151362405/8534.052.7075.52-1-
1896-191125413598-1101996636/2631.683.3257.1141-
1935-193915234199-1041827405/5845.672.61104.9741-
1947-195119335796-2601920586/5933.11.9899.9351-
1996-2004498468871147.53183033808/6437.912.6486.0821-
1951-19644014--1---1.50----
1912-19145161.01----0.00----
1949-19552416--2---2.00----
1996-200890161.0-4---4.00----
1996-199919161.0-4---4.00----
1997-2012146181.2-611/664.508---
1896-18963191.4-411/442.669---
1889-188911123.0-7---3.50----
1923-192321122.012---1.00----
1927-192821122.0-7---3.50----
1957-196517112--5---2.50----
1964-196531122.012---1.00----
1992-2000522122.015---2.50----
1999-2007381122.011---0.50----
2016-2017111122.0-16---8.00----
2020-202031122.0-5---2.50----
1892-189211153.0-23---9.20----
1938-193811162.0-16---6.00----
1921-192361183.0-20---6.66----
1928-1936181193.11711/772.2119---
Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]

New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]