Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Most wickets
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Balls
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
2004-201993171186083101.2660100774397/5122.953.2442.382726
1995-2008108202243534058.5122297334217/8723.112.3957.842316
1998-2009101190208343472.2759112423907/3728.823.2353.421918
1992-200272129155192586.366173443308/7122.252.8347.021120
2006-201886160164982749.460585503096/2327.663.1053.39188
2015-202462112114161902.437864192917/11222.053.3739.231414
1995-2013165270201723362.084694972916/5432.632.8269.3175
2011-202064119113911898.350750002246/2122.322.6350.85813
1949-1960376113568-60244051709/11325.911.9479.81514
2016-2024508395751595.529950551589/12931.993.1660.649
1995-2004457688501475.033944051347/12832.872.9866.0454
1955-1970417511736-70632261236/5326.221.6495.4125
2001-2008366976301271.428039191236/3231.863.0862.0343
1961-197028526522-27028061166/3824.182.5856.2219
1953-196226466391-21821951046/4321.12.0661.4555
2007-2011376388091468.133639011036/12737.872.6585.5233
2000-2006437286201436.429342651005/6242.652.9686.293
1993-199818344805800.52212063856/2324.272.5756.5265
1927-193525405851975.11942631846/5131.322.6969.6553
1906-192425434227704.31242180827/8426.583.0951.5444
1996-2004498468871147.53183033808/6437.912.6486.0821
1992-1998386460481008.02552537754/6533.822.5180.642-
2019-202319323057509.3811870706/5626.713.6743.6714
1906-191115282764460.4961455647/9422.733.1543.1835
1896-191125413598-1101996636/2631.683.3257.1141
1913-192418253888648.01321817606/7630.282.8064.814
2017-202416292292382.0641432596/3724.273.7438.8413
1955-196214273890-1061455586/5825.082.2467.0624
1947-195119335796-2601920586/5933.11.9899.9351
2011-201520373925654.1862294575/3240.243.5068.8512
1906-191220312639439.5661417556/4725.763.2247.9842
2018-202418312351391.5941222546/3922.623.1143.5313
1999-200416292821470.1901609545/5629.793.4252.2411
1947-195115255193-1362084545/6838.592.4096.1624
1992-199518333980663.22311502525/4228.882.2676.5312
1921-193617314159693.11331788506/4635.762.5783.1815
2021-202413221980330.0591117495/3522.793.3840.441
1896-191215212292-551421486/9229.63.7147.7524
1929-193516263342557.0891567486/9932.642.8169.6214
1910-192416232989498.1841572477/6533.443.1563.5932
2002-200721383001500.1951617453/135.933.2366.68--
1963-196511203684-1361373447/9131.22.2383.7233
1992-200068853800633.22431288433/1429.952.0388.37--
2008-201746572703450.3481601424/4738.113.5564.352-
1967-19707141514252.280616416/7315.022.4436.9231
1902-192445573234539.01201553414/2537.872.8878.872-
1923-19317142361393.3107886407/6322.152.2559.0233
1961-197030463021-1151362405/8534.052.7075.52-1
1935-193915234199-1041827405/5845.672.61104.9741
2013-201711212081346.595886397/2922.712.5553.35-3
2015-202310162105350.5681075394/6127.563.0653.974-
2003-201415272515419.1851416385/3337.263.3766.1811
1992-19979141733288.582749375/4820.242.5946.8342
1993-199820343561593.31351603374/6943.322.7096.241-
1929-193213222021336.5381243365/6634.523.6956.1322
1948-195115253499-641510366/4341.942.5897.1922
1906-192326291620270.062702358/7020.052.6046.2811
1929-193212192922487.01031145356/9232.712.3583.4821
2014-202410172211368.3551357345/8939.913.6865.0232
1949-195715272805-134816294/2228.131.7496.723-
1961-1962591334222.262512288/5318.282.3047.6422
1912-192410121475245.547694286/5024.782.8252.67-2
1929-194942392525-261380275/8751.113.2793.5111
1950-19537121667-20851266/7132.733.0664.1112
1960-19678152546424.2153925264/12835.572.1797.921-
1927-192848989164.528469257/2918.762.8439.5622
1896-19026111064-61442245/5118.412.4944.3322
1953-19587121898-61668225/6630.362.1186.27-1
1930-19399111572-28806225/4936.633.0771.4531
2001-20027121962327.079928224/11642.182.8389.182-
1951-1951581425237.363577216/5127.472.4267.8512
1998-20047131012168.444517205/4625.853.0650.6-1
1935-19369141428238.030747205/9937.353.1371.4-1
1938-1939581966245.628807205/10340.352.4698.3-2
2003-2008611780130.025480196/3925.263.6941.0511
2019-202312201050175.049515193/127.12.9455.26--
1992-1994591025170.542538194/7428.313.1453.942-
1947-19499172104-47980195/6851.572.79110.7312
1952-195410162374-111710184/16939.441.79131.881-
1927-193216221704284.055821184/9345.612.8994.661-
2006-20105101017169.329573174/5633.73.3859.821-
1961-19659161810301.4101599175/8835.231.98106.47-1
1951-195819201554-27671174/6739.472.5991.411-
2005-2006610999166.327593165/4637.063.5662.43-1
1953-195435986123.241275155/5118.331.6765.7311
2010-201761055692.411414154/5127.64.4637.061-
1896-190258998-50456155/11530.42.7466.53-1
2012-202486451036172.412673154/2244.863.8969.061-
1998-200248867144.335444134/6634.153.0766.692-
2016-201748623103.515459123/3838.254.4251.91--
1962-19701319948158.038479123/3039.913.0379--
1929-19391512864-7490124/5940.833.40721-
1963-19678131424-67577126/5848.082.43118.66-1
1947-19579121655-55769124/14364.082.78137.911-
2017-20184825041.49147113/1313.363.5222.72--
2023-20242422637.49154114/33144.0820.541-
2000-20013539265.215189113/2617.182.8935.63--
2020-20223641969.514245114/7622.273.5038.091-
1962-196523660110.037257116/12823.362.3360-2
1967-197048747124.331257113/1223.362.0667.9--
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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]