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	800	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	13	Sir Alec Bedser	England
1	49	Sir Alec Bedser	England
1	51	Vinoo Mankad	India
1	39	Sir Alec Bedser	England
1	41	Brian Statham	England
1	45	Subhash Gupte	India
1	29	Richie Benaud	Australia
1	43	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
1	36	Roy Gilchrist	West Indies
1	54	Richie Benaud	Australia
1	46	Fred Trueman	England
1	37	Alan Davidson	Australia
1	33	Fred Trueman	England
1	57	Fred Trueman	England
1	71	Graham McKenzie	Australia
1	31	Fred Titmus	England
1	41	Ken Higgs	England
1	24	Erapalli Prasanna	India
1	44	John Snow	England
1	46	Erapalli Prasanna	India
1	26	Mike Procter	South Africa
1	35	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India
1	39	Dennis Lillee	Australia
1	42	Geoff Arnold	England
1	46	Tony Greig	England
1	46	Dennis Lillee	Australia
1	53	Michael Holding	West Indies
1	50	Bob Willis	England
1	66	Sir Ian Botham	England
1	74	Kapil Dev	India
1	53	Joel Garner	West Indies
1	85	Dennis Lillee	Australia
1	62	Imran Khan	Pakistan
1	75	Kapil Dev	India
1	79	Joel Garner	West Indies
1	64	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
1	43	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
1	45	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
1	60	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
1	50	Terry Alderman	Australia
1	49	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
1	56	Craig McDermott	Australia
1	41	Craig McDermott	Australia
1	72	Shane Warne	Australia
1	70	Shane Warne	Australia
1	62	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
1	37	Venkatesh Prasad	India
1	68	Shane Warne	Australia
1	80	Allan Donald	South Africa
1	61	Glenn McGrath	Australia
1	75	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	73	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	67	Shane Warne	Australia
1	74	Anil Kumble	India
1	59	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
1	96	Shane Warne	Australia
1	90	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	49	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	74	Dale Steyn	South Africa
1	63	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
1	64	Graeme Swann	England
1	50	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan
1	60	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	62	Stuart Broad	England
1	56	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	62	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
1	72	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
1	63	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	52	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
1	59	Pat Cummins	Australia
1	38	Stuart Broad	England
1	54	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
1	56	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
1	47	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	71	Jasprit Bumrah	India
1	50	Mitchell Starc	Australia
1	6	Joshua Tongue	England
2	43	Mohammed Siraj	India
2	5	Michael Neser	Australia
2	52	Angus Atkinson	England
2	42	Pat Cummins	Australia
2	47	Nathan Lyon	Australia
2	47	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan
2	45	Nathan Lyon	Australia
2	30	Tim Southee	New Zealand
2	50	Dilruwan Perera	Sri Lanka
2	56	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
2	57	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
2	56	Stuart Broad	England
2	47	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
2	52	James Anderson	England
2	59	Graeme Swann	England
2	60	Dale Steyn	South Africa
2	43	Ishant Sharma	India
2	63	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
2	54	Graeme Swann	England
2	58	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
2	44	Dale Steyn	South Africa
2	68	Andrew Flintoff	England
2	70	Shane Warne	Australia
2	57	Stuart MacGill	Australia
2	63	Harbhajan Singh	India
2	68	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	66	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
2	69	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
2	54	Anil Kumble	India
2	63	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	35	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
2	52	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	47	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
2	57	Merv Hughes	Australia
2	46	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
2	31	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
2	38	Merv Hughes	Australia
2	49	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
2	48	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
2	39	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
2	35	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
2	36	Craig McDermott	Australia
2	73	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
2	54	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
2	62	Sir Ian Botham	England
2	52	Bob Willis	England
2	42	Sir Ian Botham	England
2	46	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	57	Bob Willis	England
2	42	Imran Niazi	Pakistan
2	39	Sir Andy Roberts	West Indies
2	52	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
2	33	Chris Old	England
2	35	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
2	27	Bruce Taylor	New Zealand
2	33	Derek Underwood	England
2	38	Derek Underwood	England
2	25	John Gleeson	Australia
2	23	Ray Illingworth	England
2	39	Erapalli Prasanna	India
2	32	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
2	30	Dick Motz	New Zealand
2	48	Fred Titmus	England
2	33	Fred Titmus	England
2	35	David Allen	England
2	27	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
2	37	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
2	38	Fred Trueman	England
2	35	Tony Lock	England
2	23	Johnny Wardle	England
2	23	Keith Miller	Australia
2	33	Frank Tyson	England
2	25	Frank Tyson	England
2	34	Ray Lindwall	Australia
2	37	Ghulam Ahmed	India
2	44	Roy Tattersall	England
2	10	Alf Valentine	West Indies
2	702	Shane Warne	Australia
3	701	James Anderson	England
3	9	Trevor Bailey	England
3	29	Bill Johnston	Australia
3	24	Fred Trueman	England
3	33	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
3	30	Khan Mohammad	Pakistan
3	23	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies
3	19	Ron Archer	Australia
3	21	Jim Laker	England
3	28	Alan Davidson	Australia
3	37	Alan Davidson	Australia
3	33	Alan Davidson	Australia
3	33	Richie Benaud	Australia
3	32	Charlie Griffith	West Indies
3	44	Neil Hawke	Australia
3	24	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
3	28	Richard Collinge	New Zealand
3	21	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
3	26	Jeff Jones	England
3	20	Alan Connolly	Australia
3	32	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
3	37	Graham McKenzie	Australia
3	26	Bishan Bedi	India
3	24	John Snow	England
3	34	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
3	30	Derek Underwood	England
3	48	Bishan Bedi	India
3	34	Jeff Thomson	Australia
3	41	Dennis Lillee	Australia
3	41	Geoff Dymock	Australia
3	37	Phil Edmonds	England
3	42	Colin Croft	West Indies
3	47	Bruce Yardley	Australia
3	54	Terry Alderman	Australia
3	44	Geoff Lawson	Australia
3	42	Michael Holding	West Indies
3	31	Sir Ian Botham	England
3	33	Imran Khan	Pakistan
3	32	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
3	36	Narendra Hirwani	India
3	45	Devon Malcolm	England
3	32	Geoff Lawson	Australia
3	26	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
3	41	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
3	55	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
3	43	Craig McDermott	Australia
3	45	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
3	33	Javagal Srinath	India
3	40	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
3	68	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
3	48	Darren Gough	England
3	48	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
3	60	Harbhajan Singh	India
3	55	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
3	62	Glenn McGrath	Australia
3	48	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
3	67	Steve Harmison	England
3	41	Monty Panesar	England
3	57	Anil Kumble	India
3	47	Stuart Broad	England
3	57	Brett Lee	Australia
3	57	James Anderson	England
3	41	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
3	48	James Anderson	England
3	51	Dale Steyn	South Africa
3	51	Josh Hazlewood	Australia
3	40	James Anderson	England
3	54	Ravindra Jadeja	India
3	50	Mitchell Starc	Australia
3	49	Nathan Lyon	Australia
3	43	Neil Wagner	New Zealand
3	41	Hasan Ali	Pakistan
3	25	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
3	46	Jack Leach	England
3	41	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
3	49	Shoaib Bashir	England
3	33	Joshua Tongue	England
3	4	Scott Boland	Australia
4	3	Beau Webster	Australia
4	48	Matt Henry	New Zealand
4	32	Scott Boland	Australia
4	38	Stuart Broad	England
4	43	Trent Boult	New Zealand
4	39	James Anderson	England
4	42	Mitchell Starc	Australia
4	52	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
4	48	Jasprit Bumrah	India
4	23	James Anderson	England
4	48	Stuart Broad	England
4	39	Dale Steyn	South Africa
4	49	Yasir Shah	Pakistan
4	46	Trent Boult	New Zealand
4	43	Vernon Philander	South Africa
4	39	Devendra Bishoo	West Indies
4	49	Morne Morkel	South Africa
4	45	Peter Siddle	Australia
4	54	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
4	51	Matthew Hoggard	England
4	45	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
4	37	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
4	58	Matthew Hoggard	England
4	55	Jason Gillespie	Australia
4	51	Zaheer Khan	India
4	58	Shane Warne	Australia
4	47	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
4	42	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
4	58	Angus Fraser	England
4	38	Allan Donald	South Africa
4	30	Glenn McGrath	Australia
4	42	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
4	42	Dominic Cork	England
4	46	Anil Kumble	India
4	38	Phil DeFreitas	England
4	37	Ian Bishop	West Indies
4	25	Kapil Dev	India
4	30	Kapil Dev	India
4	35	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
4	32	Graham Dilley	England
4	31	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
4	29	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand
4	43	Michael Holding	West Indies
4	31	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
4	40	Dilip Doshi	India
4	33	Kapil Dev	India
4	39	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
4	39	Jeff Thomson	Australia
4	40	Dilip Doshi	India
4	28	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
4	32	Max Walker	Australia
4	38	Sir Andy Roberts	West Indies
4	29	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
4	33	Max Walker	Australia
4	23	Ashley Mallett	Australia
4	24	Peter Lever	England
4	36	Hedley Howarth	New Zealand
4	15	Peter Pollock	South Africa
4	18	Ken Higgs	England
4	31	Alan Connolly	Australia
4	27	Peter Pollock	South Africa
4	25	Graham McKenzie	Australia
4	41	Joe Partridge	South Africa
4	26	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
4	23	David Allen	England
4	21	Ken Mackay	Australia
4	26	Neil Adcock	South Africa
4	32	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
4	21	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
4	19	Peter Heine	South Africa
4	18	Jim Laker	England
4	29	Johnny Wardle	England
4	22	Trevor Bailey	England
4	28	Alf Valentine	West Indies
4	20	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
4	25	Keith Miller	Australia
4	7	Michael Melle	South Africa
4	619	Anil Kumble	India
5	602	Stuart Broad	England
5	6	Doug Wright	England
5	18	Ray Lindwall	Australia
5	22	Alf Valentine	West Indies
5	27	Subhash Gupte	India
5	20	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
5	26	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
5	15	Denis Atkinson	West Indies
5	17	Fred Trueman	England
5	20	Tony MacGibbon	New Zealand
5	25	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
5	21	Richie Benaud	Australia
5	20	Fred Trueman	England
5	21	Brian Statham	England
5	20	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
5	39	Peter Pollock	South Africa
5	25	Frank Cameron	New Zealand
5	16	David Renneberg	Australia
5	22	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
5	14	John Snow	England
5	32	Alan Connolly	Australia
5	30	John Gleeson	Australia
5	23	John Snow	England
5	22	Geoff Arnold	England
5	28	Keith Boyce	West Indies
5	27	Bob Willis	England
5	35	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
5	29	Tony Greig	England
5	39	Karsan Ghavri	India
5	27	Karsan Ghavri	India
5	36	Max Walker	Australia
5	38	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
5	30	Bruce Yardley	Australia
5	39	Geoff Lawson	Australia
5	29	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
5	35	Stephen Boock	New Zealand
5	28	Kapil Dev	India
5	29	Maninder Singh	India
5	28	Maninder Singh	India
5	33	Graham Dilley	England
5	36	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
5	26	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
5	24	Allan Donald	South Africa
5	36	Merv Hughes	Australia
5	37	Tim May	Australia
5	39	Kenny Benjamin	West Indies
5	39	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
5	29	Anil Kumble	India
5	36	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
5	44	Javagal Srinath	India
5	42	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
5	39	Glenn McGrath	Australia
5	55	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
5	49	Glenn McGrath	Australia
5	41	Jason Gillespie	Australia
5	47	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
5	35	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
5	52	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
5	49	Shane Warne	Australia
5	47	Zaheer Khan	India
5	40	James Anderson	England
5	47	Ryan Sidebottom	England
5	41	Peter Siddle	Australia
5	36	Abdur Rehman	Pakistan
5	43	Graeme Swann	England
5	38	Ishant Sharma	India
5	48	Nathan Lyon	Australia
5	46	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
5	45	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
5	47	Mohammed Shami	India
5	20	Trent Boult	New Zealand
5	33	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
5	37	Oliver Robinson	England
5	42	Tim Southee	New Zealand
5	47	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
5	34	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh
5	31	Jasprit Bumrah	India
5	2	Ben Stokes	England
6	29	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe
6	1	Cameron Green	Australia
6	37	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka
6	33	Ravindra Jadeja	India
6	40	Mehidy Hasan	Bangladesh
6	36	Axar Patel	India
6	30	Jofra Archer	England
6	19	Ben Stokes	England
6	44	Pat Cummins	Australia
6	43	Yasir Shah	Pakistan
6	36	Dilruwan Perera	Sri Lanka
6	43	Ravindra Jadeja	India
6	46	James Anderson	England
6	42	Peter Siddle	Australia
6	40	Stuart Broad	England
6	35	James Anderson	England
6	46	Steven Finn	England
6	46	James Anderson	England
6	34	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
6	49	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
6	29	Ryan Sidebottom	England
6	42	Stuart Clark	Australia
6	43	Andrew Flintoff	England
6	38	Brett Lee	Australia
6	46	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
6	54	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
6	42	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
6	37	Andy Caddick	England
6	38	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
6	35	Darren Gough	England
6	28	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
6	37	Kenny Benjamin	West Indies
6	37	Phil DeFreitas	England
6	34	Craig McDermott	Australia
6	32	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
6	22	Chris Lewis	England
6	23	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
6	35	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
6	25	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
6	27	Imran Khan	Pakistan
6	27	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
6	28	Bruce Reid	Australia
6	31	Roger Harper	West Indies
6	28	Azeem Hafeez	Pakistan
6	38	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
6	29	Graham Dilley	England
6	37	Rodney Hogg	Australia
6	35	Sir Ian Botham	England
6	33	Colin Croft	West Indies
6	26	Chris Old	England
6	26	Derek Underwood	England
6	27	Vanburn Holder	West Indies
6	25	Geoff Arnold	England
6	24	Chris Old	England
6	18	Tony Greig	England
6	21	Ray Illingworth	England
6	28	Ashley Mallett	Australia
6	11	Eddie Barlow	South Africa
6	21	David Allen	England
6	15	Mike Procter	South Africa
6	27	Graham McKenzie	Australia
6	24	Neil Hawke	Australia
6	27	Tom Veivers	Australia
6	16	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
6	19	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
6	17	Ted Dexter	England
6	20	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies
6	19	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pakistan
6	22	Subhash Gupte	India
6	16	Neil Adcock	South Africa
6	14	Trevor Bailey	England
6	25	Trevor Goddard	South Africa
6	16	Jim Laker	England
6	21	Geoff Chubb	South Africa
6	23	Bill Johnston	Australia
6	17	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
6	567	Nathan Lyon	Australia
6	5	Roly Jenkins	England
7	4	Freddie Brown	England
7	557	Glenn McGrath	Australia
7	15	Sir Alec Bedser	England
7	20	Freddie Brown	England
7	17	Frank King	West Indies
7	15	Bill Johnston	Australia
7	13	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
7	24	Keith Miller	Australia
7	15	Peter Loader	England
7	20	Brian Statham	England
7	17	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
7	18	Tony Lock	England
7	18	Chester Watson	West Indies
7	15	Alan Davidson	Australia
7	26	Bapu Nadkarni	India
7	22	Bruce Taylor	New Zealand
7	26	David Brown	England
7	18	Charlie Griffith	West Indies
7	13	Rusi Surti	India
7	10	Doug Walters	Australia
7	27	Dayle Hadlee	New Zealand
7	17	Jack Noreiga	West Indies
7	14	Hedley Howarth	New Zealand
7	22	Bruce Taylor	New Zealand
7	24	Max Walker	Australia
7	22	Derek Underwood	England
7	24	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
7	24	Bruce Yardley	Australia
7	28	John Lever	England
7	33	Michael Holding	West Indies
7	36	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan
7	28	Michael Holding	West Indies