Most Wickets in Tests
Bold = appeared less than 3 years ago.
    Name Mat Balls Wkts Avg S/R 5i/10m Best
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 133 44039 800 22.72 55.0 67/22 9-52
2 SK Warne (Aus) 145 40705 708 25.41 57.5 37/10 8-72
3 A Kumble (Ind) 132 40850 619 29.65 66.0 35/8 10-75
4 JM Anderson (Eng) 153 33163 589 26.85 56.3 28/3 7-43
5 GD McGrath (Aus) 124 29248 563 21.64 52.0 29/3 8-25
6 CA Walsh (WI) 132 30019 519 24.44 57.8 22/3 7-38
7 SCJ Broad (Eng) 140 28440 501 27.94 56.8 18/3 8-16
8 DW Steyn (SAf) 93 18608 439 22.95 42.4 26/5 7-52
9 Kapil Dev (Ind) 131 27740 434 29.64 63.9 23/2 9-84
10 HMRKB Herath (SL) 93 25993 433 28.07 60.0 34/9 9-128
11 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 86 21918 431 22.29 50.9 36/9 9-53
12 SM Pollock (SAf) 108 24353 421 23.11 57.8 16/1 7-88
13 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 103 28580 417 32.46 68.5 25/5 8-85
14 Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 22627 414 23.62 54.7 25/5 7-120
15 CEL Ambrose (WI) 98 22103 405 20.99 54.6 22/3 8-46
16 M Ntini (SAf) 101 20834 390 28.82 53.4 18/4 7-38
= NM Lyon (Aus) 96 24568 390 31.58 63.0 18/3 8-51
18 IT Botham (Eng) 102 21815 383 28.40 57.0 27/4 8-35
19 MD Marshall (WI) 81 17584 376 20.94 46.8 22/4 7-23
20 Waqar Younis (Pak) 87 16224 373 23.56 43.5 22/5 7-77
21 R Ashwin (Ind) 71 19586 365 25.43 53.7 27/7 7-60
22 Imran Khan (Pak) 88 19458 362 22.81 53.8 23/6 8-59
= DL Vettori (NZ) 113 28814 362 34.36 79.6 20/3 7-88
24 DK Lillee (Aus) 70 18467 355 23.92 52.0 23/7 7-84
= WPUJC Vaas (SL) 111 23438 355 29.58 66.0 12/2 7-72
26 AA Donald (SAf) 72 15519 330 22.25 47.0 20/3 8-72
27 RGD Willis (Eng) 90 17357 325 25.20 53.4 16/0 8-44
28 MG Johnson (Aus) 73 16001 313 28.40 51.1 12/3 8-62
29 Z Khan (Ind) 92 18785 311 32.94 60.4 11/1 7-88
30 B Lee (Aus) 76 16531 310 30.81 53.3 10/0 5-31
31 LR Gibbs (WI) 79 27115 309 29.09 87.8 18/2 8-39
= M Morkel (SAf) 86 16498 309 27.66 53.4 8/0 6-24
33 FS Trueman (Eng) 67 15178 307 21.57 49.4 17/3 8-32
34 DL Underwood (Eng) 86 21862 297 25.83 73.6 17/6 8-52
= I Sharma (Ind) 97 18150 297 32.39 61.1 11/1 7-75
36 JH Kallis (SAf) 166 20232 292 32.65 69.3 5/0 6-55
37 CJ McDermott (Aus) 71 16586 291 28.63 57.0 14/2 8-98
38 TG Southee (NZ) 73 16393 284 29.00 57.7 10/1 7-65
39 TA Boult (NZ) 67 14874 267 27.65 55.7 8/1 6-31
40 BS Bedi (Ind) 67 21364 266 28.71 80.3 14/1 7-99
41 Danish Kaneria (Pak) 61 17697 261 34.79 67.8 15/2 7-78
42 J Garner (WI) 58 13169 259 20.97 50.8 7/0 6-57
= JN Gillespie (Aus) 71 14234 259 26.13 55.0 8/0 7-38
44 GP Swann (Eng) 60 15349 255 29.96 60.2 17/3 6-66
45 JB Statham (Eng) 70 16056 252 24.84 63.7 9/1 7-40
46 MA Holding (WI) 60 12680 249 23.68 50.9 13/2 8-93
47 R Benaud (Aus) 63 19108 248 27.03 77.0 16/1 7-73
= MJ Hoggard (Eng) 67 13909 248 30.50 56.1 7/1 7-62
49 GD McKenzie (Aus) 60 17681 246 29.78 71.9 16/3 8-72
50 MA Starc (Aus) 57 11753 244 26.97 48.2 13/2 6-51
51 BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) 58 15963 242 29.74 66.0 16/2 8-80
52 AV Bedser (Eng) 51 15918 236 24.89 67.4 15/5 7-45
= Abdul Qadir (Pak) 67 17126 236 32.80 72.6 15/5 9-57
= J Srinath (Ind) 67 15104 236 30.49 64.0 10/1 8-87
55 GS Sobers (WI) 93 21599 235 34.03 91.9 6/0 6-74
56 AR Caddick (Eng) 62 13558 234 29.91 57.9 13/1 7-47
57 CS Martin (NZ) 71 14026 233 33.81 60.2 10/1 6-27
58 D Gough (Eng) 58 11821 229 28.39 51.6 9/0 6-43
59 RR Lindwall (Aus) 61 13650 228 23.03 59.9 12/0 7-39
60 A Flintoff (Eng) 79 14951 226 32.78 66.2 3/0 5-59
= SJ Harmison (Eng) 63 13375 226 31.82 59.2 8/1 7-13
62 VD Philander (SAf) 64 11391 224 22.32 50.9 13/2 6-22
63 PM Siddle (Aus) 67 13907 221 30.66 62.9 8/0 6-55
64 CL Cairns (NZ) 62 11698 218 29.40 53.7 13/1 7-28
65 CV Grimmett (Aus) 37 14513 216 24.21 67.2 21/7 7-41
= HH Streak (Zim) 65 13559 216 28.14 62.8 7/0 6-74
67 Yasir Shah (Pak) 39 12211 213 30.52 57.3 16/3 8-42
= RA Jadeja (Ind) 49 12912 213 24.62 60.6 9/1 7-49
69 MG Hughes (Aus) 53 12285 212 28.38 57.9 7/1 8-88
70 Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 56 13020 210 31.12 62.0 18/2 7-37
71 Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 49 14070 208 29.83 67.6 13/3 8-165
= SCG MacGill (Aus) 44 11237 208 29.02 54.0 12/2 8-109
73 N Wagner (NZ) 48 10743 206 26.60 52.2 9/0 7-40
74 JA Snow (Eng) 49 12021 202 26.66 59.5 8/1 7-41
= AME Roberts (WI) 47 11135 202 25.61 55.1 11/2 7-55
76 KAJ Roach (WI) 59 10720 201 27.51 53.3 9/1 6-49
77 JR Thomson (Aus) 51 10535 200 28.00 52.7 8/0 6-47
78 K Rabada (SAf) 43 8011 197 22.95 40.7 9/4 7-113
79 JR Hazlewood (Aus) 51 11019 195 26.20 56.5 7/0 6-68
80 JC Laker (Eng) 46 12027 193 21.24 62.3 9/3 10-54
81 WW Hall (WI) 48 10421 192 26.38 54.3 9/1 7-70
82 SF Barnes (Eng) 27 7873 189 16.43 41.7 24/7 9-104
= EAS Prasanna (Ind) 49 14353 189 30.38 75.9 10/2 8-77
84 AK Davidson (Aus) 44 11587 186 20.53 62.3 14/2 7-94
85 Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 52 12532 185 32.97 67.7 10/3 7-57
86 MM Ali (Eng) 60 10972 181 36.59 60.6 5/1 6-54
87 GF Lawson (Aus) 46 11118 180 30.56 61.8 11/2 8-113
= Mohammed Shami (Ind) 49 8897 180 27.36 49.4 5/0 6-57
89 Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 46 8143 178 25.69 45.7 12/2 6-12
= Saeed Ajmal (Pak) 35 11592 178 28.10 65.1 10/4 7-56
91 Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak) 55 13951 177 32.75 78.8 4/1 9-87
= ARC Fraser (Eng) 46 10876 177 27.32 61.4 13/2 8-54
93 GAR Lock (Eng) 49 13147 174 25.58 75.6 9/3 7-36
94 Iqbal Qasim (Pak) 50 13019 171 28.11 76.1 8/2 7-50
95 KR Miller (Aus) 55 10461 170 22.97 61.5 7/1 7-61
= HJ Tayfield (SAf) 37 13568 170 25.91 79.8 14/2 9-114
= TM Alderman (Aus) 41 10181 170 27.15 59.9 14/1 6-48
98 MS Panesar (Eng) 50 12475 167 34.71 74.7 12/2 6-38
99 FH Edwards (WI) 55 9602 165 37.87 58.2 12/0 7-88
100 Umar Gul (Pak) 47 9599 163 34.06 58.9 4/0 6-136

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