| Player | Span | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA Lohmann (ENG) | 1886-1896 | 18 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 15/45 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.1 | 9 | 5 |
| JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG) | 1887-1892 | 9 | 2302 | 775 | 61 | 7/37 | 13/91 | 12.70 | 2.01 | 37.7 | 6 | 1 |
| SE Bond (NZ) | 2001-2009 | 18 | 3372 | 1922 | 87 | 6/51 | 10/99 | 22.09 | 3.41 | 38.7 | 5 | 1 |
| K Rabada (SA) | 2015-2021 | 47* | 8611 | 4778 | 208 | 7/112 | 13/144 | 22.97 | 3.32 | 41.3 | 10 | 4 |
| SF Barnes (ENG) | 1901-1914 | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 17/159 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.6 | 24 | 7 |
| Hasan Ali (PAK) | 2017-2021 | 13 | 2409 | 1257 | 57 | 5/27 | 10/114 | 22.05 | 3.13 | 42.2 | 5 | 1 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 2004-2019 | 93 | 18608 | 10077 | 439 | 7/51 | 11/60 | 22.95 | 3.24 | 42.3 | 26 | 5 |
| AEE Vogler (SA) | 1906-1911 | 15 | 2764 | 1455 | 64 | 7/94 | 12/181 | 22.73 | 3.15 | 43.1 | 5 | 1 |
| Waqar Younis (PAK) | 1989-2003 | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 13/135 | 23.56 | 3.25 | 43.4 | 22 | 5 |
| A Nortje (SA) | 2019-2021 | 12* | 2044 | 1245 | 46 | 6/56 | 8/120 | 27.06 | 3.65 | 44.4 | 3 | 0 |
| FR Spofforth (AUS) | 1877-1887 | 18 | 4185 | 1731 | 94 | 7/44 | 14/90 | 18.41 | 2.48 | 44.5 | 7 | 4 |
| W Barnes (ENG) | 1880-1890 | 21 | 2289 | 793 | 51 | 6/28 | 9/81 | 15.54 | 2.07 | 44.8 | 3 | 0 |
| J Cowie (NZ) | 1937-1949 | 9 | 2028 | 969 | 45 | 6/40 | 10/140 | 21.53 | 2.86 | 45.0 | 4 | 1 |
| JV Saunders (AUS) | 1902-1908 | 14 | 3565 | 1796 | 79 | 7/34 | 9/66 | 22.73 | 3.02 | 45.1 | 6 | 0 |
| J Briggs (ENG) | 1884-1899 | 33 | 5332 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 15/28 | 17.75 | 2.35 | 45.1 | 9 | 4 |
| FH Tyson (ENG) | 1954-1959 | 17 | 3452 | 1411 | 76 | 7/27 | 10/130 | 18.56 | 2.45 | 45.4 | 4 | 1 |
| C Blythe (ENG) | 1901-1910 | 19 | 4546 | 1863 | 100 | 8/59 | 15/99 | 18.63 | 2.45 | 45.4 | 9 | 4 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) | 1997-2007 | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 11/78 | 25.69 | 3.37 | 45.7 | 12 | 2 |
| JJC Lawson (WI) | 2002-2005 | 13 | 2364 | 1512 | 51 | 7/78 | 8/102 | 29.64 | 3.83 | 46.3 | 2 | 0 |
| HV Hordern (AUS) | 1911-1912 | 7 | 2148 | 1075 | 46 | 7/90 | 12/175 | 23.36 | 3.00 | 46.6 | 5 | 2 |
| MD Marshall (WI) | 1978-1991 | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 11/89 | 20.94 | 2.68 | 46.7 | 22 | 4 |
| AA Donald (SA) | 1992-2002 | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 12/139 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.0 | 20 | 3 |
| PJ Cummins (AUS) | 2011-2021 | 34 | 7734 | 3542 | 164 | 6/23 | 10/62 | 21.59 | 2.74 | 47.1 | 5 | 1 |
| W Bates (ENG) | 1881-1887 | 15 | 2364 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 14/102 | 16.42 | 2.08 | 47.2 | 4 | 1 |
| CB Llewellyn (SA) | 1896-1912 | 15 | 2292 | 1421 | 48 | 6/92 | 10/116 | 29.60 | 3.71 | 47.7 | 4 | 1 |
| SP Jones (ENG) | 2002-2005 | 18 | 2821 | 1666 | 59 | 6/53 | 7/110 | 28.23 | 3.54 | 47.8 | 3 | 0 |
| RO Schwarz (SA) | 1906-1912 | 20 | 2639 | 1417 | 55 | 6/47 | 7/89 | 25.76 | 3.22 | 47.9 | 2 | 0 |
| DE Bollinger (AUS) | 2009-2010 | 12 | 2401 | 1296 | 50 | 5/28 | 8/141 | 25.92 | 3.23 | 48.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Asif (PAK) | 2005-2010 | 23 | 5171 | 2583 | 106 | 6/41 | 11/71 | 24.36 | 2.99 | 48.7 | 7 | 1 |
| JL Pattinson (AUS) | 2011-2020 | 21 | 3963 | 2133 | 81 | 5/27 | 8/105 | 26.33 | 3.22 | 48.9 | 4 | 0 |
| JJ Bumrah (INDIA) | 2018-2021 | 20* | 4075 | 1835 | 83 | 6/27 | 9/86 | 22.10 | 2.70 | 49.0 | 5 | 0 |
| GJ Gilmour (AUS) | 1973-1977 | 15 | 2661 | 1406 | 54 | 6/85 | 9/157 | 26.03 | 3.17 | 49.2 | 3 | 0 |
| MA Starc (AUS) | 2011-2021 | 61 | 12575 | 7031 | 255 | 6/50 | 11/94 | 27.57 | 3.35 | 49.3 | 13 | 2 |
| CEH Croft (WI) | 1977-1982 | 27 | 6165 | 2913 | 125 | 8/29 | 9/95 | 23.30 | 2.83 | 49.3 | 3 | 0 |
| FS Trueman (ENG) | 1952-1965 | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 12/119 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.4 | 17 | 3 |
| Mohammed Shami (INDIA) | 2013-2021 | 51* | 8999 | 4966 | 180 | 6/56 | 9/118 | 27.58 | 3.31 | 49.9 | 5 | 0 |
| DW Headley (ENG) | 1997-1999 | 15 | 3026 | 1671 | 60 | 6/60 | 8/102 | 27.85 | 3.31 | 50.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Shabbir Ahmed (PAK) | 2003-2005 | 10 | 2576 | 1175 | 51 | 5/48 | 8/109 | 23.03 | 2.73 | 50.5 | 2 | 0 |
| RJ Harris (AUS) | 2010-2015 | 27 | 5736 | 2658 | 113 | 7/117 | 9/106 | 23.52 | 2.78 | 50.7 | 5 | 0 |
| J Garner (WI) | 1977-1987 | 58 | 13169 | 5433 | 259 | 6/56 | 9/108 | 20.97 | 2.47 | 50.8 | 7 | 0 |
| VD Philander (SA) | 2011-2020 | 64 | 11391 | 5000 | 224 | 6/21 | 10/102 | 22.32 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 13 | 2 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 1973-1990 | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 36 | 9 |
| MA Holding (WI) | 1975-1987 | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 14/149 | 23.68 | 2.79 | 50.9 | 13 | 2 |
| T Richardson (ENG) | 1893-1898 | 14 | 4498 | 2220 | 88 | 8/94 | 13/244 | 25.22 | 2.96 | 51.1 | 11 | 4 |
| MG Johnson (AUS) | 2007-2015 | 73 | 16001 | 8891 | 313 | 8/61 | 12/127 | 28.40 | 3.33 | 51.1 | 12 | 3 |
| CTB Turner (AUS) | 1887-1895 | 17 | 5179 | 1670 | 101 | 7/43 | 12/87 | 16.53 | 1.93 | 51.2 | 11 | 2 |
| ST Finn (ENG) | 2010-2016 | 36 | 6412 | 3800 | 125 | 6/79 | 9/187 | 30.40 | 3.55 | 51.2 | 5 | 0 |
| UT Yadav (INDIA) | 2011-2020 | 48 | 7621 | 4521 | 148 | 6/88 | 10/133 | 30.54 | 3.55 | 51.4 | 3 | 1 |
| GA Faulkner (SA) | 1906-1924 | 25 | 4227 | 2180 | 82 | 7/84 | 9/75 | 26.58 | 3.09 | 51.5 | 4 | 0 |
| SL Malinga (SL) | 2004-2010 | 30 | 5209 | 3349 | 101 | 5/50 | 9/210 | 33.15 | 3.85 | 51.5 | 3 | 0 |
| D Gough (ENG) | 1994-2003 | 58 | 11821 | 6503 | 229 | 6/42 | 9/92 | 28.39 | 3.30 | 51.6 | 9 | 0 |
| R Peel (ENG) | 1884-1896 | 20 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 11/68 | 16.98 | 1.97 | 51.6 | 5 | 1 |
| WJ Whitty (AUS) | 1909-1912 | 14 | 3357 | 1373 | 65 | 6/17 | 9/98 | 21.12 | 2.45 | 51.6 | 3 | 0 |
| RWV Robins (ENG) | 1929-1937 | 19 | 3318 | 1758 | 64 | 6/32 | 7/68 | 27.46 | 3.17 | 51.8 | 1 | 0 |
| BP Patterson (WI) | 1986-1992 | 28 | 4829 | 2874 | 93 | 5/24 | 9/88 | 30.90 | 3.57 | 51.9 | 5 | 0 |
| GD McGrath (AUS) | 1993-2007 | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 10/27 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.9 | 29 | 3 |
| DK Lillee (AUS) | 1971-1984 | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 11/123 | 23.92 | 2.75 | 52.0 | 23 | 7 |
| A Cotter (AUS) | 1904-1912 | 21 | 4633 | 2549 | 89 | 7/148 | 9/221 | 28.64 | 3.30 | 52.0 | 7 | 0 |
| N Wagner (NZ) | 2012-2021 | 54* | 11850 | 5976 | 227 | 7/39 | 9/73 | 26.32 | 3.02 | 52.2 | 9 | 0 |
| IR Bishop (WI) | 1989-1998 | 43 | 8407 | 3909 | 161 | 6/40 | 8/57 | 24.27 | 2.78 | 52.2 | 6 | 0 |
| M Hayward (SA) | 1999-2004 | 16 | 2821 | 1609 | 54 | 5/56 | 7/119 | 29.79 | 3.42 | 52.2 | 1 | 0 |
| G Ulyett (ENG) | 1877-1890 | 25 | 2627 | 1020 | 50 | 7/36 | 7/57 | 20.40 | 2.32 | 52.5 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ashwin (INDIA) | 2011-2021 | 79* | 21520 | 10099 | 409 | 7/59 | 13/140 | 24.69 | 2.81 | 52.6 | 30 | 7 |
| JR Thomson (AUS) | 1972-1985 | 51 | 10535 | 5601 | 200 | 6/46 | 9/105 | 28.00 | 3.18 | 52.6 | 8 | 0 |
| B Kumar (INDIA) | 2013-2018 | 21 | 3348 | 1644 | 63 | 6/82 | 8/96 | 26.09 | 2.94 | 53.1 | 4 | 0 |
| LS Pascoe (AUS) | 1977-1982 | 14 | 3403 | 1668 | 64 | 5/59 | 6/96 | 26.06 | 2.94 | 53.1 | 1 | 0 |
| B Lee (AUS) | 1999-2008 | 76 | 16531 | 9554 | 310 | 5/30 | 9/171 | 30.81 | 3.46 | 53.3 | 10 | 0 |
| KJ Abbott (SA) | 2013-2017 | 11 | 2081 | 886 | 39 | 7/29 | 9/68 | 22.71 | 2.55 | 53.3 | 3 | 0 |
| M Morkel (SA) | 2006-2018 | 86 | 16498 | 8550 | 309 | 6/23 | 9/110 | 27.66 | 3.10 | 53.3 | 8 | 0 |
| RGD Willis (ENG) | 1971-1984 | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 9/92 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.4 | 16 | 0 |
| M Ntini (SA) | 1998-2009 | 101 | 20834 | 11242 | 390 | 7/37 | 13/132 | 28.82 | 3.23 | 53.4 | 18 | 4 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 1989-2004 | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 10/100 | 29.40 | 3.28 | 53.6 | 13 | 1 |
| WE Bowes (ENG) | 1932-1946 | 15 | 3655 | 1519 | 68 | 6/33 | 9/219 | 22.33 | 2.49 | 53.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Imran Khan (PAK) | 1971-1992 | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 14/116 | 22.81 | 2.54 | 53.7 | 23 | 6 |
| KAJ Roach (WI) | 2009-2021 | 65* | 11716 | 6030 | 217 | 6/48 | 10/146 | 27.78 | 3.08 | 53.9 | 9 | 1 |
| By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry. |
| Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war |
Minimum of 2000 balls
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
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West Indies v South Africa at Gros Islet, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jun 18-22, 2021
[Test # 2426 - Live] » South Africa 218/5 (82.0 ov, Q de Kock 59*, PWA Mulder 2*, JO Holder 0/25) - Stumps |
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India v New Zealand at Southampton, ICC World Test Championship Final, Jun 18-22, 2021
[Test # 2425 - Live] » India 78/2 (36.4 ov, CA Pujara 8*, V Kohli 7*, N Wagner 1/14) |
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England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 2nd Test, Jun 10-13, 2021
[Test # 2423] |
