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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
1800Muttiah MuralitharanSL98 clear of Shane Warne
2702Shane WarneAUS98 off the lead
3701James AndersonENG99 off the lead
● LEADS
Muttiah MuralitharanSL
800 · 98 ahead of Warne
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Muttiah MuralitharanSL
9 separate entries on this list · 249 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
79
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
16 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Muttiah MuralitharanSL800
2Shane WarneAUS702
3James AndersonENG701
4Anil KumbleIND619
5Stuart BroadENG602
6Shane WarneAUS96
7Muttiah MuralitharanSL90
8Dennis LilleeAUS85
9Allan DonaldSA80
10Joel GarnerWI79
11Kapil DevIND75
11Muttiah MuralitharanSL75
13Kapil DevIND74
13Anil KumbleIND74
13Dale SteynSA74
16Muttiah MuralitharanSL73
16Malcolm MarshallWI73
18Shane WarneAUS72
18Ravichandran AshwinIND72
20Graham McKenzieAUS71
20Jasprit BumrahIND71
22Shane WarneAUS70
22Shane WarneAUS70
24Shaun PollockSA69
25Shane WarneAUS68
25Andrew FlintoffENG68
25Glenn McGrathAUS68
25Muttiah MuralitharanSL68
29Glenn McGrathAUS67
29Shane WarneAUS67
29Steve HarmisonENG67
32Sir Ian BothamENG66
32Courtney WalshWI66
34Sir Richard HadleeNZ64
34Graeme SwannENG64
36Mitchell JohnsonAUS63
36Nathan LyonAUS63
36Mitchell JohnsonAUS63
36Harbhajan SinghIND63
36Glenn McGrathAUS63
41Imran KhanPAK62
41Courtney WalshWI62
41Stuart BroadENG62
41Ravichandran AshwinIND62
41Sir Ian BothamENG62
41Glenn McGrathAUS62
47Malcolm MarshallWI60
47Rangana HerathSL60
47Dale SteynSA60
47Harbhajan SinghIND60
51Makhaya NtiniSA59
51Pat CumminsAUS59
51Graeme SwannENG59
54Makhaya NtiniSA58
54Matthew HoggardENG58
54Shane WarneAUS58
54Angus FraserENG58
58Fred TruemanENG57
58Rangana HerathSL57
58Stuart MacGillAUS57
58Merv HughesAUS57
58Bob WillisENG57
58Anil KumbleIND57
58Brett LeeAUS57
58James AndersonENG57
66Craig McDermottAUS56
66Rangana HerathSL56
66Kagiso RabadaSA56
66Kagiso RabadaSA56
66Stuart BroadENG56
71Waqar YounisPAK55
71Muttiah MuralitharanSL55
71Jason GillespieAUS55
74Richie BenaudAUS54
74Ravichandran AshwinIND54
74Graeme SwannENG54
74Anil KumbleIND54
74Malcolm MarshallWI54
74Terry AldermanAUS54
74Ravindra JadejaIND54
74Makhaya NtiniSA54
82Hugh TrumbleAUS53
82Michael HoldingWI53
82Joel GarnerWI53
85Kagiso RabadaSA52
85Angus AtkinsonENG52
85James AndersonENG52
85Glenn McGrathAUS52
85Bob WillisENG52
85Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND52
85Rangana HerathSL52
92Vinoo MankadIND51
92Monty NobleAUS51
92Dale SteynSA51
92Josh HazlewoodAUS51
92Matthew HoggardENG51
92Zaheer KhanIND51
98Bob WillisENG50
98Terry AldermanAUS50
98Saeed AjmalPAK50
98Mitchell StarcAUS50
98Dilruwan PereraSL50
98Mitchell StarcAUS50
104Sir Alec BedserENG49
104Waqar YounisPAK49
104Muttiah MuralitharanSL49
104Sir Curtly AmbroseWI49
104Nathan LyonAUS49
104Shoaib BashirENG49
104Yasir ShahPAK49
104Morne MorkelSA49
112Jim LakerENG48
112Wasim AkramPAK48
112Fred TitmusENG48
112Bishan BediIND48
112Shaun PollockSA48
112Darren GoughENG48
112Muttiah MuralitharanSL48
112James AndersonENG48
112Ravindra JadejaIND48
112Jasprit BumrahIND48
112Stuart BroadENG48
123Nathan LyonAUS47
123Shaheen AfridiPAK47
123Nathan LyonAUS47
123Mitchell JohnsonAUS47
123Fanie de VilliersSA47
123Bruce YardleyAUS47
123Stuart BroadENG47
123Chris CairnsNZ47
131Fred TruemanENG46
131Erapalli PrasannaIND46
131Tony GreigENG46
131Dennis LilleeAUS46
131Tom McKibbinAUS46
131Sir Curtly AmbroseWI46
131Dennis LilleeAUS46
131Jack LeachENG46
131Trent BoultNZ46
131Anil KumbleIND46
141Subhash GupteIND45
141Abdul QadirPAK45
141Nathan LyonAUS45
141Devon MalcolmENG45
141Wasim AkramPAK45
141Peter SiddleAUS45
141Shaun PollockSA45
148John SnowENG44
148Dale SteynSA44
148Roy TattersallENG44
148Neil HawkeAUS44
148Geoff LawsonAUS44
153Hugh TayfieldSA43
153Malcolm MarshallWI43
153Mohammed SirajIND43
153Ishant SharmaIND43
153Craig McDermottAUS43
153Neil WagnerNZ43
153Trent BoultNZ43
153Vernon PhilanderSA43
153Michael HoldingWI43
162Bert IronmongerAUS42
162Geoff ArnoldENG42
162Pat CumminsAUS42
162Sir Ian BothamENG42
162Imran NiaziPAK42
162Jack SaundersAUS42
162Colin CroftWI42
162Michael HoldingWI42
162Mitchell StarcAUS42
162Shaun PollockSA42
162Waqar YounisPAK42
162Dominic CorkENG42
174Brian StathamENG41
174Ken HiggsENG41
174Craig McDermottAUS41
174Clarrie GrimmettAUS41
174Dennis LilleeAUS41
174Geoff DymockAUS41
174Malcolm MarshallWI41
174Monty PanesarENG41
174Rangana HerathSL41
174Hasan AliPAK41
174Ravichandran AshwinIND41
174Joe PartridgeSA41
186Muttiah MuralitharanSL40
186James AndersonENG40
186Dilip DoshiIND40
186Dilip DoshiIND40
190Sir Alec BedserENG39
190Dennis LilleeAUS39
190Sir Richard HadleeNZ39
190Sir Andy RobertsWI39
190Erapalli PrasannaIND39
190Blessing MuzarabaniZIM39
190James AndersonENG39
190Dale SteynSA39
190Devendra BishooWI39
190Iqbal QasimPAK39
190Jeff ThomsonAUS39
190Peter PollockSA39
202George LohmannENG38
202Maurice TateENG38
202Stuart BroadENG38
202Merv HughesAUS38
202Derek UnderwoodENG38
202Fred TruemanENG38
202Stuart BroadENG38
202Allan DonaldSA38
202Phil DeFreitasENG38
202Sir Andy RobertsWI38
212Alan DavidsonAUS37
212Venkatesh PrasadIND37
212Sir Wes HallWI37
212Ghulam AhmedIND37
212Alan DavidsonAUS37
212Graham McKenzieAUS37
212Phil EdmondsENG37
212Danish KaneriaPAK37
212Ian BishopWI37
221Doug WrightENG36
221Roy GilchristWI36
221Craig McDermottAUS36
221Narendra HirwaniIND36
221Hedley HowarthNZ36
221Max WalkerAUS36
227Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND35
227Mushtaq AhmedPAK35
227Sir Richard HadleeNZ35
227Lance GibbsWI35
227David AllenENG35
227Tony LockENG35
227Courtney WalshWI35
227Sir Richard HadleeNZ35
235Ray LindwallAUS34
235Intikhab AlamPAK34
235Jeff ThomsonAUS34
238Bobby PeelENG33
238Alf ValentineWI33
238Fred TruemanENG33
238Chris OldENG33
238Derek UnderwoodENG33
238Fred TitmusENG33
238Frank TysonENG33
238Hugh TayfieldSA33
238Alan DavidsonAUS33
238Richie BenaudAUS33
238Imran KhanPAK33
238Javagal SrinathIND33
238Ben StokesENG33
238Kapil DevIND33
238Max WalkerAUS33
253Lance GibbsWI32
253Richie BenaudAUS32
253Charlie GriffithWI32
253Lance GibbsWI32
253Courtney WalshWI32
253Geoff LawsonAUS32
253Graham DilleyENG32
253Max WalkerAUS32
253Fazal MahmoodPAK32
253Alan ConnollyAUS32
263Fred TitmusENG31
263Waqar YounisPAK31
263Sir Ian BothamENG31
263Wasim AkramPAK31
263Sir Richard HadleeNZ31
263Alan ConnollyAUS31
269Tim SoutheeNZ30
269Richard CollingeNZ30
269Khan MohammadPAK30
269Derek UnderwoodENG30
269Glenn McGrathAUS30
269Kapil DevIND30
269John GleesonAUS30
276Bill JohnstonAUS29
276Fred TruemanENG29
276Ewen ChatfieldNZ29
276Lance GibbsWI29
276Johnny WardleENG29
276Tony GreigENG29
282Alan DavidsonAUS28
282Sir Richard HadleeNZ28
282Alf ValentineWI28
282Keith BoyceWI28
286Colin BlytheENG27
286Sydney BarnesENG27
286Alf HallSA27
286Maurice TateENG27
286Sir Alec BedserENG27
286Joshua TongueENG27
286Bruce TaylorNZ27
286Sir Wes HallWI27
286Jim LakerENG27
286Ian PeeblesENG27
286Peter PollockSA27
286Subhash GupteIND27
286Bob WillisENG27
299Ernie JonesAUS26
299Walter LeesENG26
299Mike ProcterSA26
299Sonny RamadhinWI26
299Jeff JonesENG26
299Bishan BediIND26
299Wasim AkramPAK26
299Neil HawkeAUS26
299Lance GibbsWI26
299Neil AdcockSA26
299Hugh TayfieldSA26
310John GleesonAUS25
310Frank TysonENG25
310Bill JohnstonAUS25
310Kyle JamiesonNZ25
310Kapil DevIND25
310Graham McKenzieAUS25
310Keith MillerAUS25
310Charlie LlewellynSA25
310Sir Wes HallWI25
310Bruce TaylorNZ25
320Erapalli PrasannaIND24
320Ray LindwallAUS24
320Tip SnookeSA24
320Tom RichardsonENG24
320Johnny WardleENG24
320Lance GibbsWI24
320John SnowENG24
320Peter LeverENG24
320Sir Alec BedserENG24
329Chud LangtonSA23
329Ray IllingworthENG23
329Alex KennedyENG23
329Sonny RamadhinWI23
329Keith MillerAUS23
329Oliver RobinsonENG23
329James AndersonENG23
329Ashley MallettAUS23
329David AllenENG23
329Trevor BaileyENG23
329John SnowENG23
340Sydney BarnesENG22
340Trevor BaileyENG22
340Sandy BellSA22
340Wilfred RhodesENG22
340Alf ValentineWI22
340Fred TruemanENG22
340Sir Wes HallWI22
340Geoff ArnoldENG22
348Colin BlytheENG21
348Sir Alec BedserENG21
348Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND21
348Ken MackayAUS21
348Sir Wes HallWI21
348Richie BenaudAUS21
348Brian StathamENG21
355Joey PalmerAUS20
355George GiffenAUS20
355Arthur GilliganENG20
355George LohmannENG20
355Alan ConnollyAUS20
355Sonny RamadhinWI20
355Sir Alec BedserENG20
355Bill EdrichENG20
355Fazal MahmoodPAK20
355Tony MacGibbonNZ20
355Fred TruemanENG20
355Sir Garry SobersWI20
367Frederick SpofforthAUS19
367Monty NobleAUS19
367Manny MartindaleWI19
367Tom RichardsonENG19
367Ernie ToshackAUS19
367Ron ArcherAUS19
373Billy BatesENG18
373J.J. FerrisAUS18
373Colin BlytheENG18
373Hugh TrumbleAUS18
373Hugh TrumbleAUS18
373Cyril VincentSA18
373Ken HiggsENG18
373Reggie SchwarzSA18
373Ray LindwallAUS18
382Johnny BriggsENG17
382Johnny BriggsENG17
382Roy KilnerENG17
382Sydney BarnesENG17
382Albert TrottAUS17
382Charlie TurnerAUS17
382J.J. FerrisAUS17
382Tom RichardsonENG17
382Bob CrispSA17
391Johnny BriggsENG16
391Warwick ArmstrongAUS16
391Charlie TurnerAUS16
391Billy BarnesENG16
391George LohmannENG16
391George HirstENG16
391Jimmy BlanckenbergSA16
391Trevor BaileyENG16
391David RennebergAUS16
400Ernie ToshackAUS15
400Bert VoglerSA15
400Dick BarlowENG15
400George GiffenAUS15
400Hugh TrumbleAUS15
400Jack GregoryAUS15
400Peter PollockSA15
400Jack HearneENG15
400Bill VoceENG15
400Baron ConstantineWI15
410Tom KendallAUS14
410Arthur MaileyAUS14
410Ken FarnesENG14
410Walter BrearleyENG14
410Bill LockwoodENG14
410Frederick SpofforthAUS14
410Frederick SpofforthAUS14
410George UlyettENG14
410Bobby PeelENG14
410Warwick ArmstrongAUS14
410Schofield HaighENG14
410Aubrey FaulknerSA14
410John SnowENG14
423Doug WrightENG13
423Maurice TateENG13
423Jimmy BlanckenbergSA13
423George LohmannENG13
423Stanley JacksonENG13
423Lala AmarnathIND13
423J.J. FerrisAUS13
423Bobby PeelENG13
423Jack HearneENG13
432George GearyENG12
432Harry BoyleAUS12
432Aubrey FaulknerSA12
432Dick TyldesleyENG12
432Hedley VerityENG12
432Keith MillerAUS12
432Charles KellewayAUS12
432Johnny BriggsENG12
432William AttewellENG12
432Bonnor MiddletonSA12
442Ted PeateENG11
442Charlie TurnerAUS11
442Baron ConstantineWI11
442Jack HearneENG11
442Joey PalmerAUS11
442Wilfred RhodesENG11
442Clarrie GrimmettAUS11
442Vinoo MankadIND11
450Wally HammondENG10
450George HirstENG10
450Wilfred RhodesENG10
450Johnny BriggsENG10
450Tom RichardsonENG10
450Dick BarlowENG10
450Frederick SpofforthAUS10
450Bob McLeodAUS10
450Chud LangtonSA10
459Claude CarterSA9
459Cyril VincentSA9
459Harold LarwoodENG9
459Sid PeglerSA9
459Percy FenderENG9
459Allan SteelENG9
459Albert TrottAUS9
459Bill HowellAUS9
459Bernard BosanquetENG9
459Reggie SchwarzSA9
469Alfred ShawENG8
469Henry PromnitzSA8
469Fred RootENG8
469Johnny DouglasENG8
469Billy BarnesENG8
469Bobby PeelENG8
469Tom GarrettAUS8
469George ParkerSA8
477Len BraundENG7
477Wilfred RhodesENG7
477Allen HillENG7
477Billy BarnesENG7
477Arthur MoldENG7
477'Young Jack' HearneENG7
477Vallance JuppENG7
477Roy KilnerENG7
477Tich FreemanENG7
486Jimmy BlanckenbergSA6
486Ted ArnoldENG6
486Sydney BarnesENG6
486George UlyettENG6
490Bill HowellAUS5
490Johnny BriggsENG5
492Charlie McLeodAUS4
492Frank WoolleyENG4
492Jack SaundersAUS4
492Frederick SpofforthAUS4
496Claude NewberrySA3
496Bernard BosanquetENG3
498Frank LaverAUS2
498Dave NourseSA2
500Ernie JonesAUS1
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