Most Wickets in Tests
    Name Mat Balls Wkts Avg S/R 5i/10m Best
1
SRI 		M Muralitharan 133 44039 800 22.72 55.0 67/22 9-52
2
AUS 		SK Warne 145 40705 708 25.41 57.5 37/10 8-72
3
ENG 		JM Anderson 188 40037 704 26.45 56.9 32/3 7-43
4
IND 		A Kumble 132 40850 619 29.65 66.0 35/8 10-75
5
ENG 		SCJ Broad 167 33698 604 27.68 55.8 20/3 8-16
6
AUS 		GD McGrath 124 29248 563 21.64 52.0 29/3 8-25
7
AUS 		NM Lyon 136 34103 553 30.20 61.7 24/5 8-51
8
IND 		R Ashwin 106 27246 537 24.00 50.7 37/8 7-60
9
WIN 		CA Walsh 132 30019 519 24.44 57.8 22/3 7-38
10
RSA 		DW Steyn 93 18608 439 22.95 42.4 26/5 7-52
11
IND 		Kapil Dev 131 27740 434 29.64 63.9 23/2 9-84
12
SRI 		HMRKB Herath 93 25993 433 28.07 60.0 34/9 9-128
13
NZL 		RJ Hadlee 86 21918 431 22.29 50.9 36/9 9-53
14
RSA 		SM Pollock 108 24353 421 23.11 57.8 16/1 7-88
15
IND 		Harbhajan Singh 103 28580 417 32.46 68.5 25/5 8-85
16
PAK 		Wasim Akram 104 22627 414 23.62 54.7 25/5 7-120
17
WIN 		CEL Ambrose 98 22103 405 20.99 54.6 22/3 8-46
18
NZL 		TG Southee 107 23490 391 30.26 60.1 15/1 7-65
19
RSA 		M Ntini 101 20834 390 28.82 53.4 18/4 7-38
20
ENG 		IT Botham 102 21815 383 28.40 57.0 27/4 8-35
21
AUS 		MA Starc 96 18535 382 27.57 48.5 15/2 6-49
22
WIN 		MD Marshall 81 17584 376 20.94 46.8 22/4 7-23
23
PAK 		Waqar Younis 87 16224 373 23.56 43.5 22/5 7-77
24
PAK 		Imran Khan 88 19458 362 22.81 53.8 23/6 8-59
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NZL 		DL Vettori 113 28814 362 34.36 79.6 20/3 7-88
26
AUS 		DK Lillee 70 18467 355 23.92 52.0 23/7 7-84
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SRI 		WPUJC Vaas 111 23438 355 29.58 66.0 12/2 7-72
28
RSA 		AA Donald 72 15519 330 22.25 47.0 20/3 8-72
29
RSA 		K Rabada 70 12898 327 22.00 39.4 16/4 7-113
30
ENG 		RGD Willis 90 17357 325 25.20 53.4 16/0 8-44
31
IND 		RA Jadeja 80 18473 323 24.14 57.2 15/3 7-43
32
NZL 		TA Boult 78 17417 317 27.49 54.9 10/1 6-31
33
AUS 		MG Johnson 73 16001 313 28.40 51.1 12/3 8-62
34
IND 		Z Khan 92 18785 311 32.94 60.4 11/1 7-88
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IND 		I Sharma 105 19160 311 32.40 61.6 11/1 7-75
36
AUS 		B Lee 76 16531 310 30.81 53.3 10/0 5-31
37
WIN 		LR Gibbs 79 27115 309 29.09 87.8 18/2 8-39
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RSA 		M Morkel 86 16498 309 27.66 53.4 8/0 6-24
39
ENG 		FS Trueman 67 15178 307 21.57 49.4 17/3 8-32
40
ENG 		DL Underwood 86 21862 297 25.83 73.6 17/6 8-52
41
AUS 		PJ Cummins 67 13616 294 22.43 46.3 13/2 6-24
42
RSA 		JH Kallis 166 20232 292 32.65 69.3 5/0 6-55
43
AUS 		CJ McDermott 71 16586 291 28.63 57.0 14/2 8-98
44
WIN 		KAJ Roach 85 14944 284 27.21 52.6 11/1 6-49
45
AUS 		JR Hazlewood 72 14817 279 24.57 53.1 12/0 6-68
46
IND 		BS Bedi 67 21364 266 28.71 80.3 14/1 7-99
47
PAK 		Danish Kaneria 61 17697 261 34.79 67.8 15/2 7-78
48
NZL 		N Wagner 64 13725 260 27.57 52.8 9/0 7-40
49
WIN 		J Garner 58 13169 259 20.97 50.8 7/0 6-57
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AUS 		JN Gillespie 71 14234 259 26.13 55.0 8/0 7-38
51
ENG 		GP Swann 60 15349 255 29.96 60.2 17/3 6-66
52
ENG 		JB Statham 70 16056 252 24.84 63.7 9/1 7-40
53
WIN 		MA Holding 60 12680 249 23.68 50.9 13/2 8-93
54
AUS 		R Benaud 63 19108 248 27.03 77.0 16/1 7-73
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ENG 		MJ Hoggard 67 13909 248 30.50 56.1 7/1 7-62
56
AUS 		GD McKenzie 60 17681 246 29.78 71.9 16/3 8-72
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BAN 		Shakib Al Hasan 71 15675 246 31.72 63.7 19/2 7-37
58
PAK 		Yasir Shah 48 14255 244 31.38 58.4 16/3 8-42
59
IND 		BS Chandrasekhar 58 15963 242 29.74 66.0 16/2 8-80
60
ENG 		AV Bedser 51 15918 236 24.89 67.4 15/5 7-45
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PAK 		Abdul Qadir 67 17126 236 32.80 72.6 15/5 9-57
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IND 		J Srinath 67 15104 236 30.49 64.0 10/1 8-87
63
WIN 		GS Sobers 93 21599 235 34.03 91.9 6/0 6-74
64
ENG 		AR Caddick 62 13558 234 29.91 57.9 13/1 7-47
65
NZL 		CS Martin 71 14026 233 33.81 60.2 10/1 6-27
66
ENG 		D Gough 58 11821 229 28.39 51.6 9/0 6-43
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IND 		Mohammed Shami 64 11515 229 27.71 50.3 6/0 6-57
68
AUS 		RR Lindwall 61 13650 228 23.03 59.9 12/0 7-39
69
ENG 		SJ Harmison 63 13375 226 31.82 59.2 8/1 7-13
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ENG 		A Flintoff 79 14951 226 32.78 66.2 3/0 5-59
71
RSA 		VD Philander 64 11391 224 22.32 50.9 13/2 6-22
72
AUS 		PM Siddle 67 13907 221 30.66 62.9 8/0 6-55
73
BAN 		Taijul Islam 52 13725 219 32.01 62.7 15/2 8-40
74
NZL 		CL Cairns 62 11698 218 29.40 53.7 13/1 7-28
75
AUS 		CV Grimmett 37 14513 216 24.21 67.2 21/7 7-41
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ZIM 		HH Streak 65 13559 216 28.14 62.8 7/0 6-74
77
AUS 		MG Hughes 53 12285 212 28.38 57.9 7/1 8-88
78
ENG 		BA Stokes 110 12252 210 32.36 58.3 4/0 6-23
79
PAK 		Saqlain Mushtaq 49 14070 208 29.83 67.6 13/3 8-165
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AUS 		SCG MacGill 44 11237 208 29.02 54.0 12/2 8-109
81
IND 		JJ Bumrah 45 8630 205 19.40 42.1 13/0 6-28
82
ENG 		MM Ali 68 12610 204 37.31 61.8 5/1 6-54
83
ENG 		JA Snow 49 12021 202 26.66 59.5 8/1 7-41
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WIN 		AME Roberts 47 11135 202 25.61 55.1 11/2 7-55
85
AUS 		JR Thomson 51 10535 200 28.00 52.7 8/0 6-47
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BAN 		Mehidy Hasan Miraz 52 12324 200 32.42 61.6 12/3 7-59
87
RSA 		KA Maharaj 57 11350 198 29.68 57.3 11/1 9-130
88
ENG 		JC Laker 46 12027 193 21.24 62.3 9/3 10-54
89
WIN 		WW Hall 48 10421 192 26.38 54.3 9/1 7-70
90
ENG 		SF Barnes 27 7873 189 16.43 41.7 24/7 9-104
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IND 		EAS Prasanna 49 14353 189 30.38 75.9 10/2 8-77
92
AUS 		AK Davidson 44 11587 186 20.53 62.3 14/2 7-94
93
PAK 		Mushtaq Ahmed 52 12532 185 32.97 67.7 10/3 7-57
94
ENG 		CR Woakes 57 10139 181 28.24 56.0 5/1 6-18
95
AUS 		GF Lawson 46 11118 180 30.56 61.8 11/2 8-113
96
PAK 		Shoaib Akhtar 46 8143 178 25.69 45.7 12/2 6-12
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PAK 		Saeed Ajmal 35 11592 178 28.10 65.1 10/4 7-56
98
PAK 		Sarfraz Nawaz 55 13951 177 32.75 78.8 4/1 9-87
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ENG 		ARC Fraser 46 10876 177 27.32 61.4 13/2 8-54
100
ENG 		GAR Lock 49 13147 174 25.58 75.6 9/3 7-36
Bold = appeared less than 3 years ago.
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