Most Wickets – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the most wickets in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.

Position	Most Wickets	Player Name	Team Name
1	534	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	3	Ray Illingworth	England
1	6	Geoff Arnold	England
1	5	Geoff Arnold	England
1	6	Chris Old	England
1	13	Gary Gilmour	Australia
1	8	Sir Andy Roberts	West Indies
1	10	John Lever	England
1	8	Hasan Jamil	Pakistan
1	16	Sir Ian Botham	England
1	23	Dennis Lillee	Australia
1	25	Greg Chappell	Australia
1	18	Joel Garner	West Indies
1	36	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand
1	31	Carl Rackemann	Australia
1	35	Joel Garner	West Indies
1	32	Kapil Dev	India
1	43	John Emburey	England
1	28	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	33	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	47	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
1	30	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	43	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
1	45	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
1	53	Shane Warne	Australia
1	23	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
1	65	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
1	69	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
1	58	Ajit Agarkar	India
1	62	Shane Warne	Australia
1	61	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
1	50	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	54	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
1	46	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	47	Irfan Pathan	India
1	51	Brett Lee	Australia
1	49	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh
1	43	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
1	48	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka
1	46	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
1	46	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh
1	48	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
1	47	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
1	62	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan
1	38	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka
1	41	Mitchell Starc	Australia
1	30	Adam Zampa	Australia
1	45	Hasan Ali	Pakistan
1	51	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
1	42	Mohammed Shami	India
1	27	Adam Zampa	Australia
1	20	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka
1	43	Bilal Khan	Oman
1	51	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
1	26	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
1	34	Adil Rashid	England
1	6	Harshit Rana	India
2	5	Adil Rashid	England
2	21	AM Ghazanfar	Afghanistan
2	27	Jayden Seales	West Indies
2	49	Kuldeep Yadav	India
2	35	Sompal Kami	Nepal
2	19	Simi Singh	Ireland
2	18	Alzarri Joseph	West Indies
2	38	Trent Boult	New Zealand
2	43	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
2	45	Kuldeep Yadav	India
2	29	Chris Jordan	England
2	37	Imran Tahir	South Africa
2	29	Adil Rashid	England
2	34	Sunil Narine	West Indies
2	52	Ravindra Jadeja	India
2	45	Shahid Afridi	Germany
2	40	Ryan Harris	Australia
2	44	Ray Price	Zimbabwe
2	35	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
2	40	Zaheer Khan	India
2	46	Nathan Bracken	Australia
2	45	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan
2	45	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
2	37	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
2	52	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
2	40	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
2	46	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
2	52	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	37	Javagal Srinath	India
2	36	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
2	20	Paul Reiffel	Australia
2	61	Anil Kumble	India
2	46	Chris Pringle	New Zealand
2	36	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
2	33	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
2	23	Craig McDermott	Australia
2	32	Ian Bishop	West Indies
2	32	Simon O'Donnell	Australia
2	31	Bruce Reid	Australia
2	39	Phil DeFreitas	England
2	26	Martin Snedden	New Zealand
2	28	Craig McDermott	Australia
2	31	Lance Cairns	New Zealand
2	30	Michael Holding	West Indies
2	15	Mike Hendrick	England
2	20	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	17	Jeff Thomson	Australia
2	20	Len Pascoe	Australia
2	6	Bob Willis	England
2	6	Greg Chappell	Australia
2	7	Vanburn Holder	West Indies
2	12	Chris Old	England
2	5	Robin Jackman	England
2	4	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan
2	2	Graham McKenzie	Australia
2	5	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	502	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
3	416	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
3	4	John Snow	England
3	1	Ken Shuttleworth	England
3	3	Geoff Arnold	England
3	3	Hedley Howarth	New Zealand
3	11	Keith Boyce	West Indies
3	5	Bob Willis	England
3	6	Richard Collinge	New Zealand
3	5	Sir Ian Botham	England
3	14	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
3	14	Joel Garner	West Indies
3	14	Martin Snedden	New Zealand
3	16	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
3	26	Joel Garner	West Indies
3	30	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
3	24	Winston Davis	West Indies
3	37	Imran Khan	Pakistan
3	29	Simon Davis	Australia
3	29	Carl Rackemann	Australia
3	24	Patrick Patterson	West Indies
3	30	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
3	21	Manoj Prabhakar	India
3	31	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
3	42	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
3	34	Javagal Srinath	India
3	19	Glenn McGrath	Australia
3	60	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
3	35	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
3	34	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
3	46	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
3	39	Lance Klusener	South Africa
3	38	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
3	50	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
3	41	James Anderson	England
3	34	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan
3	45	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh
3	37	Glenn McGrath	Australia
3	39	James Anderson	England
3	33	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka
3	32	Shafiul Islam	Bangladesh
3	35	Nathan Hauritz	Australia
3	39	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
3	32	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka
3	45	Ryan McLaren	South Africa
3	27	Trent Boult	New Zealand
3	27	Sachithra Senanayake	Sri Lanka
3	36	Trent Boult	New Zealand
3	42	Adil Rashid	England
3	39	Jasprit Bumrah	India
3	35	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand
3	16	Josh Hazlewood	Australia
3	32	Saurabh Netravalkar	United States of America
3	18	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
3	44	Mohammed Siraj	India
3	17	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan
3	26	Matt Henry	New Zealand
3	4	Zakary Foulkes	New Zealand
4	3	Arshdeep Singh	India
4	23	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka
4	16	Aryan Dutt	Netherlands
4	43	Mohammed Shami	India
4	30	Adam Zampa	Australia
4	15	Pat Cummins	Australia
4	34	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
4	17	Josh Little	Ireland
4	36	Liam Plunkett	England
4	38	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan
4	32	Wahab Riaz	Pakistan
4	25	Haseeb Amjad	Hong Kong
4	40	Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand
4	26	Josh Hazlewood	Australia
4	34	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan
4	31	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan
4	30	Stuart Broad	England
4	34	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka
4	32	Stuart Broad	England
4	38	Daren Powell	West Indies
4	44	Brett Lee	Australia
4	36	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
4	40	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan
4	33	Jason Gillespie	Australia
4	45	Allan Donald	South Africa
4	36	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
4	36	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
4	32	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
4	42	Damien Fleming	Australia
4	34	Lance Klusener	South Africa
4	51	Allan Donald	South Africa
4	18	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
4	36	Glenn McGrath	Australia
4	31	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
4	26	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
4	19	Carl Hooper	West Indies
4	28	Manoj Prabhakar	India
4	34	Steve Waugh	Australia
4	29	Imran Khan	Pakistan
4	26	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
4	23	Steve Waugh	Australia
4	23	Geoff Lawson	Australia
4	25	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
4	29	Sir Ian Botham	England
4	15	Len Pascoe	Australia
4	13	Trevor Chappell	Australia
4	13	Michael Holding	West Indies
4	13	Dennis Lillee	Australia
4	4	Geoff Miller	England
4	10	Dayle Hadlee	New Zealand
4	5	Mike Hendrick	England
4	4	Derek Underwood	England
4	0	Alan Connolly	Australia
4	3	Bob Massie	Australia
4	400	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
5	393	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
5	2	Basil D'Oliveira	England
5	4	Bernard Julien	West Indies
5	9	Richard Collinge	New Zealand
5	3	Tony Greig	England
5	11	Dilip Doshi	India
5	11	Colin Croft	West Indies
5	12	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
5	28	Bob Willis	England
5	14	Michael Holding	West Indies
5	24	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
5	22	Imran Khan	Pakistan
5	22	Ravi Ratnayeke	Sri Lanka
5	32	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
5	24	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
5	26	Terry Alderman	Australia
5	27	Craig McDermott	Australia
5	18	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
5	24	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
5	29	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
5	35	Craig Matthews	South Africa
5	45	Venkatesh Prasad	India
5	17	Javagal Srinath	India
5	41	Lance Klusener	South Africa
5	29	Venkatesh Prasad	India
5	31	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
5	32	Shane Warne	Australia
5	35	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
5	44	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
5	38	Zaheer Khan	India
5	32	Jacob Oram	New Zealand
5	32	Irfan Pathan	India
5	39	Jerome Taylor	West Indies
5	36	Andrew Flintoff	England
5	31	Nathan Bracken	Australia
5	29	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh
5	32	Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe
5	33	Brett Lee	Australia
5	28	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka
5	39	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
5	25	Imran Tahir	South Africa
5	24	Morne Morkel	South Africa
5	31	Steven Finn	England
5	33	Mohammad Naveed	United Arab Emirates
5	31	Hardik Pandya	India
5	16	Zeeshan Maqsood	Oman
5	14	Bilal Khan	Oman
5	33	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India
5	29	Ruben Trumpelmann	Namibia
5	15	Jeffrey Vandersay	Sri Lanka
5	42	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan
5	20	Harshit Rana	India
6	19	Kuldeep Yadav	India
6	40	Haris Rauf	Pakistan
6	28	Mark Watt	Scotland
6	32	Kuldeep Yadav	India
6	13	Zeeshan Maqsood	Oman
6	15	Mehidy Hasan	Bangladesh
6	24	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
6	28	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India
6	31	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
6	30	Dale Steyn	South Africa
6	23	Ryan McLaren	South Africa
6	38	Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan
6	32	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan
6	25	Steven Finn	England
6	28	Ashish Nehra	India
6	30	Shahid Afridi	Germany
6	31	Harbhajan Singh	India
6	35	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka
6	29	Andre Nel	South Africa
6	36	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
6	31	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
6	34	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
6	29	Glenn McGrath	Australia
6	43	Glenn McGrath	Australia
6	27	Allan Donald	South Africa
6	34	Ajit Agarkar	India
6	38	Nikhil Chopra	India
6	37	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
6	27	Robin Singh	India
6	33	Javagal Srinath	India
6	27	Ian Bishop	West Indies
6	16	Chris Pringle	New Zealand
6	26	Chris Harris	New Zealand
6	25	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
6	23	Peter Taylor	Australia
6	23	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
6	31	Neil Foster	England
6	21	Kapil Dev	India
6	21	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
6	23	Rodney Hogg	Australia
6	27	Rodney Hogg	Australia
6	13	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
6	11	Kapil Dev	India
6	10	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand
6	10	Alan Hurst	Australia
6	3	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
6	390	Glenn McGrath	Australia
7	377	Brett Lee	Australia
7	9	Greg Chappell	Australia
7	10	Imran Khan	Pakistan
7	18	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
7	26	Martin Snedden	New Zealand
7	30	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
7	20	Tony Dodemaide	Australia
7	22	Roger Binny	India
7	21	Manoj Prabhakar	India
7	24	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
7	15	Steve Waugh	Australia
7	32	Anil Kumble	India
7	25	Anderson Cummins	West Indies
7	25	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
7	26	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
7	36	Shane Warne	Australia
7	37	Darren Gough	England
7	24	Sachin Tendulkar	India
7	28	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
7	30	Lakshmipathy Balaji	India
7	33	Brad Hogg	Australia
7	42	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
7	35	Irfan Pathan	India
7	28	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
7	29	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh
7	27	Clint McKay	Australia
7	31	Graeme Swann	England
7	20	Morne Morkel	South Africa
7	35	Ishant Sharma	India
7	28	Tim Southee	New Zealand
7	22	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
7	31	Sheldon Cottrell	West Indies
7	27	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
7	29	Rohan Mustafa	United Arab Emirates
7	12	Adil Rashid	England
7	18	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
7	39	Aayan Khan	United Arab Emirates
8	38	Adam Zampa	Australia
8	29	Yuzvendra Chahal	India
8	26	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand
8	26	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
8	25	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland
8	30	Zaheer Khan	India
8	28	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh
8	27	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
8	34	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
8	41	Brett Lee	Australia
8	27	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
8	33	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
8	23	Manoj Prabhakar	India
8	31	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
8	19	Chris Pringle	New Zealand
8	24	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
8	23	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
8	19	Willie Watson	England
8	17	Eldine Baptiste	West Indies
8	25	Kapil Dev	India
8	349	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
9	338	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
9	21	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
9	26	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
9	26	Harbhajan Singh	India
9	39	Harbhajan Singh	India
9	27	Ishant Sharma	India
9	37	Morawakage Theekshana	Sri Lanka
10	36	Karan KC	Nepal
10	25	Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka
10	18	Simon O'Donnell	Australia
10	336	Anil Kumble	India