| Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | SR | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JH Kallis | 4.3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5.4 | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 | Test # 1621 | |
| K Rabada | 4.0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6.0 | v Australia | Brisbane | 17 Dec 2022 | Test # 2482 | |
| VD Philander | 6.0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7.2 | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2013 | Test # 2069 | |
| DW Steyn | 8.1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8.1 | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 1 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 | |
| DW Steyn | 8.2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 8.3 | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 | |
| VD Philander | 7.0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 8.4 | v Australia | Cape Town | 9 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
| KA Maharaj | 10.0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 8.5 | v Bangladesh | Durban | 31 Mar 2022 | Test # 2460 | |
| DW Steyn | 8.0 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 9.6 | v India | Ahmedabad | 3 Apr 2008 | Test # 1871 | |
| HJ Tayfield | 8.4x8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9.7 | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| KJ Abbott | 11.4 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 10.0 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2075 | |
| JH Sinclair | 12.0x5 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 10.0 | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| KA Maharaj | 12.0 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 10.2 | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 8 Apr 2022 | Test # 2461 | |
| DW Steyn | 10.3 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 10.5 | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1848 | |
| DW Steyn | 7.0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 10.5 | v India | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2007 | Test # 1827 | |
| K Rabada | 10.4 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 10.6 | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| GA Faulkner | 11.0 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 11.0 | v England | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 | Test # 94 | |
| JH Kallis | 7.2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 11.0 | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 4 Mar 2005 | Test # 1737 | |
| B Mitchell | 7.3 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 11.2 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1935 | Test # 248 | |
| M Morkel | 9.4 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 11.6 | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2300 | |
| RO Schwarz | 11.4 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 11.6 | v Australia | Sydney | 3 Mar 1911 | Test # 115 | |
| PS de Villiers | 11.5 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 11.8 | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 6 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
| D Elgar | 8.0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 12.0 | v India | Mohali | 5 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 | |
| VD Philander | 10.1 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 12.2 | v Australia | Hobart | 12 Nov 2016 | Test # 2233 | |
| L Ngidi | 12.2 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 12.3 | v India | Centurion | 13 Jan 2018 | Test # 2293 | |
| M Hayward | 10.4 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 12.8 | v Pakistan | Durban | 26 Dec 2002 | Test # 1635 | |
| VD Philander | 13.0 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 13.0 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
| SM Pollock | 11.0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 13.2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1997 | Test # 1382 | |
| K Rabada | 11.0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 13.2 | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | |
| M Morkel | 11.0 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 13.2 | v Zimbabwe | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2017 | Test # 2290 | |
| VD Philander | 11.1 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 13.4 | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
| SM Pollock | 13.4 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 13.6 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
| Imran Tahir | 11.3 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 13.8 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | Test # 2189 | |
| D Olivier | 14.0 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 14.0 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2338 | |
| DW Steyn | 16.4 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 14.2 | v India | Nagpur | 6 Feb 2010 | Test # 1951 | |
| A Rose-Innes | 18.0x4 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 14.4 | v England | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| M Zondeki | 14.3 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 14.5 | v Zimbabwe | Centurion | 11 Mar 2005 | Test # 1740 | |
| A Nortje | 14.3 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 14.5 | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 | |
| M Morkel | 9.4 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 14.5 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2014 | Test # 2131 | |
| M Jansen | 12.2 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 14.8 | v England | The Oval | 8 Sep 2022 | Test # 2476 | |
| AA Donald | 15.0 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 15.0 | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| K Rabada | 15.0 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 15.0 | v West Indies | Centurion | 28 Feb 2023 | Test # 2495 | |
| PR Adams | 12.3 | 3 | 37 | 5 | 15.0 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 24 Apr 2003 | Test # 1640 | |
| AW Nourse | 10.0 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 15.0 | v England | Cape Town | 30 Mar 1906 | Test # 92 | |
| MG Melle | 10.0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 15.0 | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
| N Boje | 10.0 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 15.0 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
| M Morkel | 12.4 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 15.2 | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 |
| 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 4 wickets
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
|
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023
[Test # 2497] |
|
South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 1st Test, Feb 28-Mar 2, 2023
[Test # 2495] |
|
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 3rd Test, Jan 4-8, 2023
[Test # 2488] |
