Most Wickets in for Test

PositionMost WicketsPlayer NameTeam Name
1772Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
113Sir Alec BedserEngland
149Sir Alec BedserEngland
151Vinoo MankadIndia
139Sir Alec BedserEngland
141Brian StathamEngland
145Subhash GupteIndia
129Richie BenaudAustralia
143Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
136Roy GilchristWest Indies
154Richie BenaudAustralia
146Fred TruemanEngland
137Alan DavidsonAustralia
133Fred TruemanEngland
157Fred TruemanEngland
171Graham McKenzieAustralia
131Fred TitmusEngland
141Ken HiggsEngland
124Erapalli PrasannaIndia
146Erapalli PrasannaIndia
144John SnowEngland
126Mike ProcterSouth Africa
135Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
139Dennis LilleeAustralia
142Geoff ArnoldEngland
146Tony GreigEngland
146Dennis LilleeAustralia
153Michael HoldingWest Indies
150Bob WillisEngland
166Sir Ian BothamEngland
174Kapil DevIndia
153Joel GarnerWest Indies
185Dennis LilleeAustralia
162Imran KhanPakistan
175Kapil DevIndia
179Joel GarnerWest Indies
164Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
143Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
145Abdul QadirPakistan
160Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
150Terry AldermanAustralia
149Waqar YounisPakistan
156Craig McDermottAustralia
141Craig McDermottAustralia
172Shane WarneAustralia
170Shane WarneAustralia
162Courtney WalshWest Indies
137Venkatesh PrasadIndia
168Shane WarneAustralia
180Allan DonaldSouth Africa
161Glenn McGrathAustralia
175Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
173Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
167Shane WarneAustralia
159Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
174Anil KumbleIndia
196Shane WarneAustralia
190Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
149Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
174Dale SteynSouth Africa
163Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
164Graeme SwannEngland
150Saeed AjmalPakistan
160Rangana HerathSri Lanka
162Stuart BroadEngland
156Rangana HerathSri Lanka
162Ravichandran AshwinIndia
172Ravichandran AshwinIndia
163Nathan LyonAustralia
152Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
159Pat CumminsAustralia
138Stuart BroadEngland
154Ravichandran AshwinIndia
156Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
147Nathan LyonAustralia
171Jasprit BumrahIndia
127Mohammed SirajIndia
226Blessing MuzarabaniZimbabwe
252Angus AtkinsonEngland
242Pat CumminsAustralia
247Shaheen AfridiPakistan
247Nathan LyonAustralia
230Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
250Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka
245Nathan LyonAustralia
256Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
257Rangana HerathSri Lanka
256Stuart BroadEngland
252James AndersonEngland
247Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
260Dale SteynSouth Africa
243Ishant SharmaIndia
259Graeme SwannEngland
254Graeme SwannEngland
244Dale SteynSouth Africa
263Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
258Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
268Andrew FlintoffEngland
270Shane WarneAustralia
257Stuart MacGillAustralia
263Harbhajan SinghIndia
266Courtney WalshWest Indies
268Glenn McGrathAustralia
254Anil KumbleIndia
269Shaun PollockSouth Africa
263Glenn McGrathAustralia
235Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
247Fanie de VilliersSouth Africa
252Glenn McGrathAustralia
231Waqar YounisPakistan
257Merv HughesAustralia
246Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
248Wasim AkramPakistan
238Merv HughesAustralia
249Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
239Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
235Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
273Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
236Craig McDermottAustralia
254Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
252Bob WillisEngland
262Sir Ian BothamEngland
242Sir Ian BothamEngland
246Dennis LilleeAustralia
242Imran NiaziPakistan
257Bob WillisEngland
239Sir Andy RobertsWest Indies
252Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
233Chris OldEngland
235Lance GibbsWest Indies
233Derek UnderwoodEngland
227Bruce TaylorNew Zealand
225John GleesonAustralia
238Derek UnderwoodEngland
223Ray IllingworthEngland
239Erapalli PrasannaIndia
232Lance GibbsWest Indies
230Dick MotzNew Zealand
248Fred TitmusEngland
233Fred TitmusEngland
227Sir Wes HallWest Indies
235David AllenEngland
237Sir Wes HallWest Indies
238Fred TruemanEngland
235Tony LockEngland
223Johnny WardleEngland
233Frank TysonEngland
223Keith MillerAustralia
225Frank TysonEngland
234Ray LindwallAustralia
237Ghulam AhmedIndia
244Roy TattersallEngland
210Alf ValentineWest Indies
2676Shane WarneAustralia
3655James AndersonEngland
39Trevor BaileyEngland
329Bill JohnstonAustralia
324Fred TruemanEngland
333Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
323Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
330Khan MohammadPakistan
321Jim LakerEngland
319Ron ArcherAustralia
337Alan DavidsonAustralia
333Alan DavidsonAustralia
333Richie BenaudAustralia
328Alan DavidsonAustralia
324Lance GibbsWest Indies
344Neil HawkeAustralia
332Charlie GriffithWest Indies
328Richard CollingeNew Zealand
321Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
337Graham McKenzieAustralia
326Jeff JonesEngland
320Alan ConnollyAustralia
332Lance GibbsWest Indies
326Bishan BediIndia
324John SnowEngland
334Intikhab AlamPakistan
330Derek UnderwoodEngland
334Jeff ThomsonAustralia
348Bishan BediIndia
341Dennis LilleeAustralia
341Geoff DymockAustralia
337Phil EdmondsEngland
342Colin CroftWest Indies
354Terry AldermanAustralia
347Bruce YardleyAustralia
342Michael HoldingWest Indies
331Sir Ian BothamEngland
344Geoff LawsonAustralia
333Imran KhanPakistan
332Courtney WalshWest Indies
336Narendra HirwaniIndia
332Geoff LawsonAustralia
345Devon MalcolmEngland
341Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
343Craig McDermottAustralia
326Wasim AkramPakistan
355Waqar YounisPakistan
333Javagal SrinathIndia
345Wasim AkramPakistan
368Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
340Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
360Harbhajan SinghIndia
348Shaun PollockSouth Africa
348Darren GoughEngland
355Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
348Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
362Glenn McGrathAustralia
367Steve HarmisonEngland
341Monty PanesarEngland
357Brett LeeAustralia
357Anil KumbleIndia
347Stuart BroadEngland
348James AndersonEngland
357James AndersonEngland
341Rangana HerathSri Lanka
340James AndersonEngland
351Dale SteynSouth Africa
351Josh HazlewoodAustralia
350Mitchell StarcAustralia
354Ravindra JadejaIndia
349Nathan LyonAustralia
343Neil WagnerNew Zealand
325Kyle JamiesonNew Zealand
341Hasan AliPakistan
346Jack LeachEngland
341Ravichandran AshwinIndia
324Mitchell StarcAustralia
349Shoaib BashirEngland
422Shamar JosephWest Indies
438Stuart BroadEngland
448Matt HenryNew Zealand
443Trent BoultNew Zealand
439James AndersonEngland
423James AndersonEngland
442Mitchell StarcAustralia
448Jasprit BumrahIndia
452Rangana HerathSri Lanka
448Stuart BroadEngland
449Yasir ShahPakistan
439Dale SteynSouth Africa
446Trent BoultNew Zealand
443Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa
449Morne MorkelSouth Africa
439Devendra BishooWest Indies
454Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
445Peter SiddleAustralia
451Matthew HoggardEngland
437Danish KaneriaPakistan
458Matthew HoggardEngland
445Shaun PollockSouth Africa
455Jason GillespieAustralia
451Zaheer KhanIndia
442Shaun PollockSouth Africa
458Shane WarneAustralia
447Chris CairnsNew Zealand
458Angus FraserEngland
438Allan DonaldSouth Africa
430Glenn McGrathAustralia
442Dominic CorkEngland
442Waqar YounisPakistan
425Kapil DevIndia
438Phil DeFreitasEngland
446Anil KumbleIndia
437Ian BishopWest Indies
431Wasim AkramPakistan
430Kapil DevIndia
435Courtney WalshWest Indies
432Graham DilleyEngland
429Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
443Michael HoldingWest Indies
431Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
440Dilip DoshiIndia
433Kapil DevIndia
439Iqbal QasimPakistan
438Sir Andy RobertsWest Indies
428Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
440Dilip DoshiIndia
439Jeff ThomsonAustralia
432Max WalkerAustralia
429Lance GibbsWest Indies
415Peter PollockSouth Africa
424Peter LeverEngland
423Ashley MallettAustralia
433Max WalkerAustralia
436Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
431Alan ConnollyAustralia
418Ken HiggsEngland
441Joe PartridgeSouth Africa
427Peter PollockSouth Africa
425Graham McKenzieAustralia
426Lance GibbsWest Indies
423David AllenEngland
426Neil AdcockSouth Africa
421Ken MackayAustralia
421Sir Wes HallWest Indies
432Fazal MahmoodPakistan
419Peter HeineSouth Africa
418Jim LakerEngland
429Johnny WardleEngland
428Alf ValentineWest Indies
422Trevor BaileyEngland
420Fazal MahmoodPakistan
425Keith MillerAustralia
47Michael MelleSouth Africa
4619Anil KumbleIndia
5560Glenn McGrathAustralia
56Doug WrightEngland
522Alf ValentineWest Indies
527Subhash GupteIndia
518Ray LindwallAustralia
520Fazal MahmoodPakistan
526Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
515Denis AtkinsonWest Indies
517Fred TruemanEngland
520Tony MacGibbonNew Zealand
525Sir Wes HallWest Indies
520Fred TruemanEngland
521Brian StathamEngland
521Richie BenaudAustralia
520Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
522Sir Wes HallWest Indies
525Frank CameronNew Zealand
516David RennebergAustralia
539Peter PollockSouth Africa
530John GleesonAustralia
532Alan ConnollyAustralia
514John SnowEngland
523John SnowEngland
522Geoff ArnoldEngland
528Keith BoyceWest Indies
536Max WalkerAustralia
527Bob WillisEngland
535Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
529Tony GreigEngland
539Karsan GhavriIndia
527Karsan GhavriIndia
538Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
539Geoff LawsonAustralia
530Bruce YardleyAustralia
529Andy RobertsNew Zealand
528Kapil DevIndia
535Stephen BoockNew Zealand
529Maninder SinghIndia
528Maninder SinghIndia
533Graham DilleyEngland
526Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
536Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
537Tim MayAustralia
524Allan DonaldSouth Africa
536Merv HughesAustralia
539Kenny BenjaminWest Indies
529Anil KumbleIndia
539Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
536Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
542Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
544Javagal SrinathIndia
539Glenn McGrathAustralia
555Shaun PollockSouth Africa
549Glenn McGrathAustralia
541Jason GillespieAustralia
547Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
535Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
547Ryan SidebottomEngland
549Shane WarneAustralia
552Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
540James AndersonEngland
547Zaheer KhanIndia
541Peter SiddleAustralia
536Abdur RehmanPakistan
543Graeme SwannEngland
538Ishant SharmaIndia
548Nathan LyonAustralia
546Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
545Keshav MaharajSouth Africa
547Mohammed ShamiIndia
533Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
520Trent BoultNew Zealand
542Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
537Oliver RobinsonEngland
547Ravichandran AshwinIndia
534Taijul IslamBangladesh
521Matt HenryNew Zealand
620Muralikrishna KrishnaIndia
637Asitha FernandoSri Lanka
633Ravindra JadejaIndia
640Mehidy HasanBangladesh
636Axar PatelIndia
630Jofra ArcherEngland
619Ben StokesEngland
644Pat CumminsAustralia
643Yasir ShahPakistan
636Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka
646James AndersonEngland
643Ravindra JadejaIndia
642Peter SiddleAustralia
640Stuart BroadEngland
635James AndersonEngland
634Rangana HerathSri Lanka
646Steven FinnEngland
642Stuart ClarkAustralia
646James AndersonEngland
629Ryan SidebottomEngland
649Danish KaneriaPakistan
643Andrew FlintoffEngland
638Brett LeeAustralia
646Mervyn DillonWest Indies
654Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
642Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
637Andy CaddickEngland
638Courtney WalshWest Indies
628Paul StrangZimbabwe
635Darren GoughEngland
637Kenny BenjaminWest Indies
637Phil DeFreitasEngland
632Courtney WalshWest Indies
622Chris LewisEngland
634Craig McDermottAustralia
635Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
623Courtney WalshWest Indies
625Abdul QadirPakistan
627Imran KhanPakistan
628Bruce ReidAustralia
627Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
631Roger HarperWest Indies
628Azeem HafeezPakistan
638Abdul QadirPakistan
629Graham DilleyEngland
635Sir Ian BothamEngland
637Rodney HoggAustralia
626Chris OldEngland
633Colin CroftWest Indies
626Derek UnderwoodEngland
627Vanburn HolderWest Indies
625Geoff ArnoldEngland
618Tony GreigEngland
621Ray IllingworthEngland
624Chris OldEngland
611Eddie BarlowSouth Africa
628Ashley MallettAustralia
621David AllenEngland
615Mike ProcterSouth Africa
627Graham McKenzieAustralia
624Neil HawkeAustralia
617Ted DexterEngland
616Sir Wes HallWest Indies
627Tom VeiversAustralia
620Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
619Lance GibbsWest Indies
622Subhash GupteIndia
619Nasim-ul-GhaniPakistan
616Neil AdcockSouth Africa
614Trevor BaileyEngland
625Trevor GoddardSouth Africa
616Jim LakerEngland
623Bill JohnstonAustralia
621Geoff ChubbSouth Africa
617Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
65Roly JenkinsEngland
6544Stuart BroadEngland
7506Courtney WalshWest Indies
74Freddie BrownEngland
715Sir Alec BedserEngland
720Freddie BrownEngland
717Frank KingWest Indies
715Bill JohnstonAustralia
724Keith MillerAustralia
713Fazal MahmoodPakistan
715Peter LoaderEngland
717Lance GibbsWest Indies
720Brian StathamEngland
718Tony LockEngland
718Chester WatsonWest Indies
726Bapu NadkarniIndia
715Alan DavidsonAustralia
722Bruce TaylorNew Zealand
718Charlie GriffithWest Indies
713Rusi SurtiIndia
710Doug WaltersAustralia
727Dayle HadleeNew Zealand
726David BrownEngland
717Jack NoreigaWest Indies
714Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
724Max WalkerAustralia
722Bruce TaylorNew Zealand
722Derek UnderwoodEngland
724Lance GibbsWest Indies
728John LeverEngland
724Bruce YardleyAustralia
736Sikander BakhtPakistan
733Michael HoldingWest Indies
728Michael HoldingWest Indies
736Kapil DevIndia
726Imran KhanPakistan
723Azeem HafeezPakistan
726Rumesh RatnayakeSri Lanka
727Joel GarnerWest Indies
726Tauseef AhmedPakistan
724Winston BenjaminWest Indies
720Imran KhanPakistan
734Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
720Murphy Su'aNew Zealand
731Patrick PattersonWest Indies
733Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
736Craig McDermottAustralia
736Courtney WalshWest Indies
727Waqar YounisPakistan
732Courtney WalshWest Indies
737Dion NashNew Zealand
737Waqar YounisPakistan
736Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
747Jason GillespieAustralia
743Andy CaddickEngland
733Shabbir AhmedPakistan
747Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
740Danish KaneriaPakistan
728Brett LeeAustralia
743Harbhajan SinghIndia
730Iain O'BrienNew Zealand
743Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
734Chanaka WelegedaraSri Lanka
739Saeed AjmalPakistan
741Ravichandran AshwinIndia
734Trent BoultNew Zealand
742Josh HazlewoodAustralia
741Dhammika PrasadSri Lanka
738Morne MorkelSouth Africa
743Taijul IslamBangladesh
718Yasir ShahPakistan
738Marco JansenSouth Africa
732Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
730Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
719Jomel WarricanWest Indies
736William O'RourkeNew Zealand
827Josh HazlewoodAustralia
831Mohammed SirajIndia
817Shannon GabrielWest Indies
841Mehidy HasanBangladesh
836Neil WagnerNew Zealand
841Chris WoakesEngland
839Moeen AliEngland
833Nathan LyonAustralia
839Saeed AjmalPakistan
838Morne MorkelSouth Africa
833Stuart BroadEngland
829Harbhajan SinghIndia
840Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
837Brett LeeAustralia
846Steve HarmisonEngland
832Andy BichelAustralia
845Darren GoughEngland
835Courtney WalshWest Indies
835Brett LeeAustralia
836Anil KumbleIndia
826Allan DonaldSouth Africa
833Angus FraserEngland
829Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
826Bruce ReidAustralia
818Wasim AkramPakistan
827Terry AldermanAustralia
823Imran KhanPakistan
823Kapil DevIndia
824Greg MatthewsAustralia
820Wasim AkramPakistan
825Lance CairnsNew Zealand
827Colin CroftWest Indies
833Jeff ThomsonAustralia
833Jim HiggsAustralia
831Len PascoeAustralia
821Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
821Mushtaq MohammadPakistan
821Ashley MallettAustralia
822Mike HendrickEngland
824Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
826Lance GibbsWest Indies
89Trevor GoddardSouth Africa
816Syed Abid AliIndia
816Neil HawkeAustralia
822John PriceEngland
814Graham McKenzieAustralia
817Brian StathamEngland
818SurendranathIndia
817Ramakant DesaiIndia
813Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
812Ray LindwallAustralia
814Tony LockEngland
823Ray LindwallAustralia
818Athol RowanSouth Africa
813Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
815Vinoo MankadIndia
83Ray LindwallAustralia
8486Nathan LyonAustralia
9453Ravichandran AshwinIndia
917Vinoo MankadIndia
913Ron ArcherAustralia
914Anton MurraySouth Africa
917Tony LockEngland
916Ramakant DesaiIndia
921Salim DuraniIndia
914Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
97Graham McKenzieAustralia
920Bob CowperAustralia
921Ashley MallettAustralia
919Richard CollingeNew Zealand
914Norman GiffordEngland
918Dennis LilleeAustralia
918Geoff ArnoldEngland
932Shivlal YadavIndia
926Dilip DoshiIndia
930Imran KhanPakistan
923Iqbal QasimPakistan
922Bob WillisEngland
919Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
922Iqbal QasimPakistan
922Arshad AyubIndia
925Gladstone SmallEngland
917Trevor HohnsAustralia
921Phil TufnellEngland
928Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
932Allan DonaldSouth Africa
925Alan MullallyEngland
935Glenn McGrathAustralia
933Allan DonaldSouth Africa
938Andy CaddickEngland
934Waqar YounisPakistan
931Steve HarmisonEngland
941Anil KumbleIndia
936Umar GulPakistan
933Pragyan OjhaIndia
932Fidel EdwardsWest Indies
938Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa
931Sulieman BennWest Indies
937Rangana HerathSri Lanka
930Taijul IslamBangladesh
1035Jacques KallisSouth Africa
1029Shayne O'ConnorNew Zealand
1020Rumesh RatnayakeSri Lanka
1021Tony DodemaideAustralia
1016Manoj PrabhakarIndia
1021Neil FosterEngland
1028Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
1030Alan HurstAustralia
1017Gary GilmourAustralia
1019Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
1014Frank MissonAustralia
10439Dale SteynSouth Africa