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 187 39877 700 26.52 57.0 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 129 32761 530 30.29 61.8 24/5 8-51
8
WIN
CA Walsh 132 30019 519 24.44 57.8 22/3 7-38
9
IND
R Ashwin 100 26166 516 23.75 50.7 36/8 7-60
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
RSA
M Ntini 101 20834 390 28.82 53.4 18/4 7-38
19
ENG
IT Botham 102 21815 383 28.40 57.0 27/4 8-35
20
NZL
TG Southee 100 22614 380 29.61 59.5 15/1 7-65
21
WIN
MD Marshall 81 17584 376 20.94 46.8 22/4 7-23
22
PAK
Waqar Younis 87 16224 373 23.56 43.5 22/5 7-77
23
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
25
AUS
MA Starc 89 17417 358 27.74 48.7 14/2 6-51
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
ENG
RGD Willis 90 17357 325 25.20 53.4 16/0 8-44
30
NZL
TA Boult 78 17417 317 27.49 54.9 10/1 6-31
31
AUS
MG Johnson 73 16001 313 28.40 51.1 12/3 8-62
32
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
34
AUS
B Lee 76 16531 310 30.81 53.3 10/0 5-31
35
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
37
ENG
FS Trueman 67 15178 307 21.57 49.4 17/3 8-32
38
ENG
DL Underwood 86 21862 297 25.83 73.6 17/6 8-52
39
IND
RA Jadeja 72 17233 294 24.13 58.6 13/2 7-43
40
RSA
JH Kallis 166 20232 292 32.65 69.3 5/0 6-55
41
AUS
CJ McDermott 71 16586 291 28.63 57.0 14/2 8-98
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RSA
K Rabada 62 11416 291 22.05 39.2 14/4 7-113
43
AUS
JR Hazlewood 70 14577 273 24.82 53.4 12/0 6-68
44
WIN
KAJ Roach 81 14464 270 27.74 53.6 11/1 6-49
45
AUS
PJ Cummins 62 12614 269 22.53 46.9 12/2 6-24
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
57
PAK
Yasir Shah 48 14255 244 31.38 58.4 16/3 8-42
58
IND
BS Chandrasekhar 58 15963 242 29.74 66.0 16/2 8-80
59
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
62
WIN
GS Sobers 93 21599 235 34.03 91.9 6/0 6-74
63
ENG
AR Caddick 62 13558 234 29.91 57.9 13/1 7-47
64
NZL
CS Martin 71 14026 233 33.81 60.2 10/1 6-27
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BAN
Shakib Al Hasan 66 14775 233 31.06 63.4 19/2 7-37
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
NZL
CL Cairns 62 11698 218 29.40 53.7 13/1 7-28
74
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
76
AUS
MG Hughes 53 12285 212 28.38 57.9 7/1 8-88
77
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
79
ENG
MM Ali 68 12610 204 37.31 61.8 5/1 6-54
80
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
82
AUS
JR Thomson 51 10535 200 28.00 52.7 8/0 6-47
83
ENG
BA Stokes 102 11501 198 31.99 58.1 4/0 6-23
84
ENG
JC Laker 46 12027 193 21.24 62.3 9/3 10-54
85
WIN
WW Hall 48 10421 192 26.38 54.3 9/1 7-70
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BAN
Taijul Islam 44 12019 192 31.25 62.6 12/2 8-40
87
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
89
AUS
AK Davidson 44 11587 186 20.53 62.3 14/2 7-94
90
PAK
Mushtaq Ahmed 52 12532 185 32.97 67.7 10/3 7-57
91
AUS
GF Lawson 46 11118 180 30.56 61.8 11/2 8-113
92
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
94
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
96
ENG
GAR Lock 49 13147 174 25.58 75.6 9/3 7-36
97
PAK
Iqbal Qasim 50 13019 171 28.11 76.1 8/2 7-50
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SRI
RAS Lakmal 70 12443 171 36.44 72.8 4/0 5-48
99
AUS
KR Miller 55 10461 170 22.97 61.5 7/1 7-61
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RSA
HJ Tayfield 37 13568 170 25.91 79.8 14/2 9-114
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