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
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	69	89	10392	1732.0	390	4860	190	7/56	25.57	2.80	54.69	10	7	2
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2009	47	59	7675	1279.1	233	3455	153	7/84	22.58	2.70	50.16	6	12	4
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	54	76	7360	1226.4	240	3880	137	5/23	28.32	3.16	53.72	4	5	-
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	61	79	9068	1511.2	272	4143	130	6/53	31.86	2.74	69.75	5	3	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2022	44	65	5756	959.2	202	3117	121	6/17	25.76	3.24	47.57	6	3	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	58	73	6337	1056.1	266	2938	115	6/86	25.54	2.78	55.10	3	2	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2015	40	47	5009	834.5	100	2814	95	7/87	29.62	3.37	52.72	3	4	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2005	45	51	4725	787.3	123	2740	94	6/42	29.14	3.47	50.26	6	2	-
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2001	46	58	5059	843.1	143	2974	92	6/21	32.32	3.52	54.98	1	4	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2014	30	41	4096	682.4	101	2456	91	8/61	26.98	3.59	45.01	6	3	2
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	35	49	4247	707.5	118	2693	90	5/22	29.92	3.80	47.18	5	3	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12	6
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	39	43	2961	493.3	49	2134	82	6/78	26.02	4.32	36.10	4	3	1
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1931-1936	10	18	3913	652.1	248	1199	77	7/40	15.57	1.83	50.81	2	8	4
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	33	45	3756	626.0	132	1993	75	7/66	26.57	3.18	50.08	3	5	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2023	31	39	2630	438.2	74	1689	74	6/79	22.82	3.85	35.54	2	3	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2023	32	40	2929	488.1	63	2130	74	6/154	28.78	4.36	39.58	4	2	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	-	4	1
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2008	32	45	4149	691.3	143	2170	69	4/44	31.44	3.13	60.13	3	-	-
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2013	32	41	3522	587.0	98	2134	68	4/62	31.38	3.63	51.79	3	-	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2007	45	54	3732	622.0	112	2044	67	6/29	30.50	3.28	55.70	2	1	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2013	32	36	2989	498.1	59	1706	65	6/96	26.24	3.42	45.98	4	2	1
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2023	27	33	2848	474.4	91	1730	64	6/89	27.03	3.64	44.50	2	2	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	17	28	2276	379.2	73	1251	62	5/28	20.17	3.29	36.70	1	3	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2024	26	32	2775	462.3	113	1350	61	6/138	22.13	2.91	45.49	3	4	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2023	22	38	4709	784.5	163	2394	60	5/130	39.90	3.05	78.48	-	1	-
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	-	6	3
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	34	40	2552	425.2	67	1790	58	6/53	30.86	4.20	44.00	4	2	1
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	16	26	2814	469.0	99	1575	57	6/76	27.63	3.35	49.36	2	4	1
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2018	25	33	3488	581.2	121	1606	57	6/98	28.17	2.76	61.19	2	3	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2017-2024	22	29	2211	368.3	51	1241	56	6/61	22.16	3.36	39.48	1	3	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1992-2001	15	25	3120	520.0	145	1199	55	6/61	21.80	2.30	56.72	4	2	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	26	4221	-	148	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.16	2	3	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2009	59	61	3099	516.3	67	1867	54	5/34	34.57	3.61	57.38	2	1	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	14	25	3601	600.1	176	1185	53	6/42	22.35	1.97	67.94	2	1	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2002	25	32	2412	402.0	89	1433	53	5/54	27.03	3.56	45.50	1	1	-
DG Cork (ENG)	1994-1998	19	24	2724	454.0	82	1453	53	6/119	27.41	3.20	51.39	3	3	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2023	34	42	2400	400.0	53	1517	53	4/86	28.62	3.79	45.28	1	-	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	13	24	4136	517.0	116	1413	52	5/49	27.17	2.04	79.53	4	5	-
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2019	34	37	1790	298.2	14	1651	52	5/54	31.75	5.53	34.42	3	1	-
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2021	45	47	2549	424.5	56	1837	51	4/19	36.01	4.32	49.98	3	-	-
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	8	15	2055	342.3	89	875	50	6/17	17.50	2.55	41.10	5	3	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1995-2001	26	32	2334	389.0	46	1462	50	6/104	29.24	3.75	46.68	1	3	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1992-2002	28	31	2187	364.3	44	1225	48	5/16	25.52	3.36	45.56	2	1	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2015	57	62	5152	858.4	110	2865	47	4/153	60.95	3.33	109.61	2	-	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	18	2687	-	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3	1
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-2010	22	26	1502	250.2	22	1093	46	5/43	23.76	4.36	32.65	4	1	-
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2016	13	25	3380	563.2	162	1544	46	5/59	33.56	2.74	73.47	2	1	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1953	10	19	3420	427.4	90	1129	44	6/44	25.65	1.98	77.72	2	3	-
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1996-2015	51	48	2126	354.2	2	1725	44	3/25	39.20	4.86	48.31	-	-	-
M Dillon (WI)	1997-2004	24	34	2954	492.2	66	1759	44	4/32	39.97	3.57	67.13	3	-	-
KD Mills (NZ)	2004-2014	30	32	1575	262.3	30	1284	43	5/25	29.86	4.89	36.62	2	1	-
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2013-2019	25	31	2132	355.2	61	1340	43	5/63	31.16	3.77	49.58	2	1	-
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2021	57	56	2257	376.1	18	1581	43	4/16	36.76	4.20	52.48	1	-	-
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2023	23	26	1422	237.0	18	1150	42	4/51	27.38	4.85	33.85	3	-	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1999	36	39	2462	410.2	66	1279	42	4/13	30.45	3.11	58.61	3	-	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2004	34	36	1945	324.1	27	1436	42	4/60	34.19	4.42	46.30	1	-	-
JE Taylor (WI)	2006-2016	25	28	1831	305.1	36	1416	41	4/34	34.53	4.64	44.65	1	-	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1963-1970	13	24	3745	-	105	1646	41	5/46	40.14	2.63	91.34	1	3	-
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	16	23	2030	338.2	50	1367	40	5/40	34.17	4.04	50.75	2	2	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1992-2003	34	40	3020	503.2	82	1527	40	4/52	38.17	3.03	75.50	1	-	-
UDU Chandana (SL)	1997-2004	24	28	1694	282.2	16	1155	39	5/61	29.61	4.09	43.43	1	1	-
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2022	30	31	1433	238.5	25	1325	39	5/24	33.97	5.54	36.74	2	1	-
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2023	31	32	1903	317.1	23	1406	39	6/99	36.05	4.43	48.79	-	2	-
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1992-1994	20	24	2228	371.2	74	1094	38	4/33	28.78	2.94	58.63	2	-	-
TG Southee (NZ)	2010-2024	26	33	2527	421.1	71	1796	38	5/35	47.26	4.26	66.50	-	1	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1964	15	22	2918	-	151	991	37	6/60	26.78	2.03	78.86	3	1	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1999	12	17	2252	375.2	96	1001	37	5/42	27.05	2.66	60.86	1	3	1
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2003-2007	8	15	2763	460.3	94	1133	37	5/46	30.62	2.46	74.67	2	1	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2000-2012	19	21	2374	395.4	57	1293	37	5/54	34.94	3.26	64.16	1	2	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	20	2860	-	80	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.29	1	2	1
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2019	20	32	2869	478.1	90	1537	37	4/40	41.54	3.21	77.54	2	-	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1992-1999	21	25	1969	328.1	65	901	36	6/34	25.02	2.74	54.69	-	2	-
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	12	1924	320.4	76	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.44	1	3	2
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2
Mohammad Irfan (PAK)	2013-2015	18	20	1328	221.2	19	902	35	4/33	25.77	4.07	37.94	1	-	-
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1992-2003	20	24	2463	410.3	76	1381	35	6/78	39.45	3.36	70.37	2	1	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1936	7	13	2046	341.0	140	634	34	5/20	18.64	1.85	60.17	3	2	-
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2021	16	20	1168	194.4	27	951	34	5/54	27.97	4.88	34.35	-	2	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	37	2811	-	122	1041	34	5/36	30.61	2.22	82.67	1	1	-
AU Rashid (ENG)	2009-2023	33	32	1160	193.2	1	1261	34	3/29	37.08	6.52	34.11	-	-	-
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2023	25	28	1665	277.3	41	1299	34	4/53	38.20	4.68	48.97	2	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-2003	19	21	2054	342.2	43	1323	34	5/129	38.91	3.86	60.41	2	1	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2023	15	15	622	103.4	3	489	33	5/17	14.81	4.71	18.84	3	1	-
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	9	16	1858	309.4	61	958	33	5/86	29.03	3.09	56.30	1	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
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	16	2191	-	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2	1
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2023	17	20	1832	305.2	45	1190	32	4/64	37.18	3.89	57.25	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
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1949-1953	8	14	1835	229.3	31	631	31	5/32	20.35	2.06	59.19	2	2	-
H Verity (ENG)	1935-1939	9	16	3298	-	167	802	31	5/70	25.87	1.45	106.38	1	1	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	9	14	1431	238.3	41	880	31	7/61	28.38	3.68	46.16	-	2	1
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2012	23	26	1887	314.3	23	1454	31	5/98	46.90	4.62	60.87	2	1	-
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2005	23	29	2579	429.5	43	1534	31	3/18	49.48	3.56	83.19	-	-	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1949-1953	9	15	1801	225.1	34	631	30	5/40	21.03	2.10	60.03	2	1	-
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2002-2013	26	23	1233	205.3	18	945	30	4/75	31.50	4.59	41.10	1	-	-
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	26	28	1849	308.1	73	976	30	4/39	32.53	3.16	61.63	1	-	-
YS Chahal (IND)	2018-2022	17	16	680	113.2	1	679	29	5/22	23.41	5.99	23.44	2	1	-
A Dananjaya (SL)	2018-2021	17	18	871	145.1	5	808	29	6/29	27.86	5.56	30.03	-	2	-

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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:

Oman v Hong Kong at Al Amerat, ACC Men's Premier Cup 2nd semi-final, Apr 19, 2024 [T20I # 2577]

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]