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.
ODIAll-time396 entries
1534Muttiah MuralitharanSL32 clear of Wasim Akram
2502Wasim AkramPAK32 off the lead
3416Waqar YounisPAK118 off the lead
● LEADS
Muttiah MuralitharanSL
534 · 32 ahead of Akram
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Wasim AkramPAK
9 separate entries on this list · 222 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
336
The mark at number ten — 386 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
13 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented

Most Wickets — full list

396 entries, ranked
1Muttiah MuralitharanSL534
2Wasim AkramPAK502
3Waqar YounisPAK416
4Chaminda VaasSL400
5Shaun PollockSA393
6Glenn McGrathAUS390
7Brett LeeAUS377
8Shahid AfridiPAK349
9Lasith MalingaSL338
10Anil KumbleIND336
11Saqlain MushtaqPAK69
12Saqlain MushtaqPAK65
13Shane WarneAUS62
13Saeed AjmalPAK62
15Shaun PollockSA61
15Anil KumbleIND61
17Waqar YounisPAK60
18Ajit AgarkarIND58
19Shaun PollockSA54
20Ravindra JadejaIND52
20Waqar YounisPAK52
20Glenn McGrathAUS52
23Brett LeeAUS51
23Rashid KhanAFG51
23Sandeep LamichhaneNEP51
23Allan DonaldSA51
27Shane WarneAUS50
27Muttiah MuralitharanSL50
27Makhaya NtiniSA50
30Mashrafe MortazaBAN49
30Kuldeep YadavIND49
32Ajantha MendisSL48
32Lasith MalingaSL48
34Waqar YounisPAK47
34Irfan PathanIND47
34Lasith MalingaSL47
37Muttiah MuralitharanSL46
37Mitchell JohnsonAUS46
37Shakib Al HasanBAN46
37Nathan BrackenAUS46
37Jacques KallisSA46
37Chris PringleNZ46
37Azhar MahmoodPAK46
44Wasim AkramPAK45
44Hasan AliPAK45
44Kuldeep YadavIND45
44Shahid AfridiGER45
44Naved-ul-HasanPAK45
44Makhaya NtiniSA45
44Abdur RazzakBAN45
44Ryan McLarenSA45
44Allan DonaldSA45
44Venkatesh PrasadIND45
54Ray PriceZIM44
54Mohammed SirajIND44
54Brett LeeAUS44
54Wasim AkramPAK44
58John EmbureyENG43
58Wasim AkramPAK43
58Daniel VettoriNZ43
58Bilal KhanOMN43
58Rashid KhanPAK43
58Mohammed ShamiIND43
58Glenn McGrathAUS43
65Mohammed ShamiIND42
65Waqar YounisPAK42
65Adil RashidENG42
65Damien FlemingAUS42
65Shaheen AfridiPAK42
65Jacques KallisSA42
71Mitchell StarcAUS41
71James AndersonENG41
71Lance KlusenerSA41
71Brett LeeAUS41
75Ryan HarrisAUS40
75Zaheer KhanIND40
75Heath StreakZIM40
75Mitchell McClenaghanNZ40
75Mohammad SamiPAK40
75Haris RaufPAK40
81Phil DeFreitasENG39
81Lance KlusenerSA39
81James AndersonENG39
81Mitchell JohnsonAUS39
81Jasprit BumrahIND39
81Jerome TaylorWI39
81Lasith MalingaSL39
81Aayan KhanUAE39
81Harbhajan SinghIND39
90Ajantha MendisSL38
90Trent BoultNZ38
90Chaminda VaasSL38
90Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG38
90Daren PowellWI38
90Zaheer KhanIND38
90Mohammad IrfanPAK38
90Nikhil ChopraIND38
90Adam ZampaAUS38
99Imran TahirSA37
99Upul ChandanaSL37
99Javagal SrinathIND37
99Imran KhanPAK37
99Glenn McGrathAUS37
99Chaminda VaasSL37
99Morawakage TheekshanaSL37
106Ewen ChatfieldNZ36
106Muttiah MuralitharanSL36
106Waqar YounisPAK36
106Trent BoultNZ36
106Liam PlunkettENG36
106Makhaya NtiniSA36
106Waqar YounisPAK36
106Glenn McGrathAUS36
106Andrew FlintoffENG36
106Chaminda VaasSL36
106Shane WarneAUS36
106Karan KCNEP36
118Joel GarnerWI35
118Sompal KamiNEP35
118Muttiah MuralitharanSL35
118Shaun PollockSA35
118Nathan HauritzAUS35
118Lockie FergusonNZ35
118Craig MatthewsSA35
118Heath StreakZIM35
118Farveez MaharoofSL35
118Irfan PathanIND35
118Ishant SharmaIND35
129Adil RashidENG34
129Sunil NarineWI34
129Javagal SrinathIND34
129Saqlain MushtaqPAK34
129Shoaib MalikPAK34
129Mustafizur RahmanBAN34
129Saeed AjmalPAK34
129Nuwan KulasekaraSL34
129Lance KlusenerSA34
129Steve WaughAUS34
129Chaminda VaasSL34
129Muttiah MuralitharanSL34
129Mohammad RafiqueBAN34
142Sir Curtly AmbroseWI33
142Aaqib JavedPAK33
142Nuwan KulasekaraSL33
142Jason GillespieAUS33
142Javagal SrinathIND33
142Brett LeeAUS33
142Mohammad NaveedUAE33
142Bhuvneshwar KumarIND33
142Brad HoggAUS33
142Wasim AkramPAK33
152Kapil DevIND32
152Ian BishopWI32
152Simon O'DonnellAUS32
152Shafiul IslamBAN32
152Thisara PereraSL32
152Saurabh NetravalkarUSA32
152Wahab RiazPAK32
152Stuart BroadENG32
152Muttiah MuralitharanSL32
152Abdul QadirPAK32
152Shane WarneAUS32
152Jacob OramNZ32
152Irfan PathanIND32
152Graeme CremerZIM32
152Kuldeep YadavIND32
152Mohammad HafeezPAK32
152Glenn McGrathAUS32
169Carl RackemannAUS31
169Matt HenryNZ31
169Bruce ReidAUS31
169Lance CairnsNZ31
169Mushtaq AhmedPAK31
169Saeed AjmalPAK31
169Sir Curtly AmbroseWI31
169Chaminda VaasSL31
169Nathan BrackenAUS31
169Steven FinnENG31
169Hardik PandyaIND31
169Sandeep LamichhaneNEP31
169Harbhajan SinghIND31
169Shoaib AkhtarPAK31
169Neil FosterENG31
169Wasim AkramPAK31
169Graeme SwannENG31
169Sheldon CottrellWI31
187Sir Curtly AmbroseWI30
187Adam ZampaAUS30
187Michael HoldingWI30
187Sir Richard HadleeNZ30
187Wasim AkramPAK30
187Adam ZampaAUS30
187Stuart BroadENG30
187Dale SteynSA30
187Shahid AfridiPAK30
187Courtney WalshWI30
187Lakshmipathy BalajiIND30
187Nosaina PokanaPNG30
187Zaheer KhanIND30
200Adil RashidENG29
200Chris JordanENG29
200Simon DavisAUS29
200Carl RackemannAUS29
200Imran KhanPAK29
200Sir Ian BothamENG29
200Sanath JayasuriyaSL29
200Venkatesh PrasadIND29
200Abdur RazzakBAN29
200Ruben TrumpelmannNAM29
200Andre NelSA29
200Glenn McGrathAUS29
200Abdur RazzakBAN29
200Rohan MustafaUAE29
200Yuzvendra ChahalIND29
215Sir Curtly AmbroseWI28
215Craig McDermottAUS28
215Manoj PrabhakarIND28
215Bob WillisENG28
215Nuwan KulasekaraSL28
215Mark WattSCO28
215Bhuvneshwar KumarIND28
215Ashish NehraIND28
215Kumar DharmasenaSL28
215Abdul RazzaqPAK28
215Tim SoutheeNZ28
215Mashrafe MortazaBAN28
227Adam ZampaAUS27
227Trent BoultNZ27
227Sachithra SenanayakeSL27
227Jayden SealesWI27
227Craig McDermottAUS27
227Clint McKayAUS27
227Allan DonaldSA27
227Robin SinghIND27
227Ian BishopWI27
227Rodney HoggAUS27
227Clint McKayAUS27
227Kagiso RabadaSA27
227Shaun PollockSA27
227Shaun PollockSA27
227Ishant SharmaIND27
242Wanindu HasarangaSL26
242Martin SneddenNZ26
242Joel GarnerWI26
242Josh HazlewoodAUS26
242Danny MorrisonNZ26
242Sir Richard HadleeNZ26
242Terry AldermanAUS26
242Chris HarrisNZ26
242Martin SneddenNZ26
242Wasim AkramPAK26
242Mitchell SantnerNZ26
242Mustafizur RahmanBAN26
242Chaminda VaasSL26
242Harbhajan SinghIND26
256Greg ChappellAUS25
256Mitchell SantnerNZ25
256Haseeb AmjadHK25
256Malcolm MarshallWI25
256Imran TahirSA25
256Sir Viv RichardsWI25
256Anderson CumminsWI25
256Courtney WalshWI25
256Steven FinnENG25
256Kevin O'BrienIRE25
256Kapil DevIND25
256Dilhara FernandoSL25
268Winston DavisWI24
268Patrick PattersonWI24
268Mudassar NazarPAK24
268Abdul QadirPAK24
268Mushtaq AhmedPAK24
268Morne MorkelSA24
268James FaulknerAUS24
268Courtney WalshWI24
268Sachin TendulkarIND24
268Allan DonaldSA24
278Dennis LilleeAUS23
278Aaqib JavedPAK23
278Craig McDermottAUS23
278Steve WaughAUS23
278Geoff LawsonAUS23
278Asitha FernandoSL23
278Ryan McLarenSA23
278Peter TaylorAUS23
278Wasim AkramPAK23
278Rodney HoggAUS23
278Brett LeeAUS23
278Manoj PrabhakarIND23
278Aaqib JavedPAK23
291Rumesh RatnayakeSL22
291Ravi RatnayekeSL22
291Roger BinnyIND22
291Matt HenryNZ22
291Xavier DohertyAUS22
296AM GhazanfarAFG21
296Manoj PrabhakarIND21
296Jacob DuffyNZ21
296Kapil DevIND21
296Manoj PrabhakarIND21
296Abdul QadirPAK21
302Dushmantha ChameeraSL20
302Paul ReiffelAUS20
302Dennis LilleeAUS20
302Len PascoeAUS20
302Tony DodemaideAUS20
302Harshit RanaIND20
302Morne MorkelSA20
309Simi SinghIRE19
309Glenn McGrathAUS19
309Carl HooperWI19
309Kuldeep YadavIND19
309Chris PringleNZ19
309Willie WatsonENG19
315Joel GarnerWI18
315Alzarri JosephWI18
315Sandeep LamichhaneNEP18
315Muttiah MuralitharanSL18
315Aaqib JavedPAK18
315Abdul QadirPAK18
315Keshav MaharajSA18
322Not on recordNZ17
322Jeff ThomsonAUS17
322Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG17
322Josh LittleIRE17
322Javagal SrinathIND17
322Eldine BaptisteWI17
328Sir Ian BothamENG16
328Mudassar NazarPAK16
328Josh HazlewoodAUS16
328Aryan DuttNED16
328Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN16
328Chris PringleNZ16
334Nahid RanaBAN15
334Mike HendrickENG15
334Pat CumminsAUS15
334Len PascoeAUS15
334Alzarri JosephWI15
334Mehidy HasanBAN15
334Steve WaughAUS15
341Andy RobertsNZ14
341Michael HoldingWI14
341Martin SneddenNZ14
341Michael HoldingWI14
341Bilal KhanOMN14
346Gary GilmourAUS13
346Trevor ChappellAUS13
346Michael HoldingWI13
346Dennis LilleeAUS13
346Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN13
346Terry AldermanAUS13
352Chris OldENG12
352Rashid KhanNEP12
352Sir Richard HadleeNZ12
352Adil RashidENG12
356Keith BoyceWI11
356Colin CroftWI11
356Dilip DoshiIND11
356Kapil DevIND11
360John LeverENG10
360Dayle HadleeNZ10
360Ewen ChatfieldNZ10
360Imran KhanPAK10
364Michael BracewellNZ9
364Richard CollingeNZ9
364Greg ChappellAUS9
367Sir Andy RobertsWI8
367Hasan JamilPAK8
367Adil RashidENG8
370Vanburn HolderWI7
371Geoff ArnoldENG6
371Chris OldENG6
371Bob WillisENG6
371Greg ChappellAUS6
371Richard CollingeNZ6
376Geoff ArnoldENG5
376Robin JackmanENG5
376Dennis LilleeAUS5
376Bob WillisENG5
376Sir Ian BothamENG5
376Mike HendrickENG5
382Sarfraz NawazPAK4
382John SnowENG4
382Geoff MillerENG4
382Derek UnderwoodENG4
382Bernard JulienWI4
387Ray IllingworthENG3
387Geoff ArnoldENG3
387Hedley HowarthNZ3
387Bob MassieAUS3
387Tony GreigENG3
387Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND3
393Graham McKenzieAUS2
393Basil D'OliveiraENG2
395Ken ShuttleworthENG1
396Alan ConnollyAUS0
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