Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Aggregates
Players Taking Most Wickets Versus  
  Player Country Career Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5w 10w S/R E/R
1 S C J Broad* England 2007- 40 1388.2 278 4431 153 28.96 8/15 8 1 54.44 3.19
2 I T Botham England 1977-1992 36 1360.5 297 4093 148 27.66 6/78 9 2 57.29 2.90
3 C A Walsh West Indies 1984-2001 38 1426.4 286 3868 135 28.65 6/54 4 0 63.41 2.71
4 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 23 953.5 213 2674 130 20.57 9/52 14 3 46.92 2.63
5 C E L Ambrose West Indies 1988-2000 27 1116.0 279 2718 128 21.23 7/25 8 1 52.31 2.44
6 R G D Willis England 1971-1984 35 1083.4 200 3346 128 26.14 8/43 7 0 56.98 2.75
7 J M Anderson* England 2003- 39 1433.1 358 4209 117 35.97 6/47 5 1 73.50 2.94
8 R Ashwin* India 2011- 22 1193.5 255 3234 114 28.37 7/103 7 1 62.83 2.71
9 A Kumble India 1990-2008 20 1086.0 180 3366 111 30.32 8/141 10 2 58.70 3.10
10 W Rhodes England 1899-1930 41 990.2 234 2616 109 24.00 8/68 6 1 53.17 2.71
11 S F Barnes England 1901-1914 20 958.1 262 2288 106 21.58 7/60 12 1 54.24 2.39
12 D L Underwood England 1966-1982 29 1199.2 408 2770 105 26.38 7/50 4 2 76.19 2.08
13 A V Bedser England 1946-1955 21 1018.5 209 2859 104 27.49 7/44 7 2 67.93 2.43
14 L R Gibbs West Indies 1958-1976 24 1321.4 361 3222 103 31.28 6/29 6 0 90.85 2.07
15 R Peel England 1884-1896 20 1072.5 444 1715 101 16.98 7/31 5 1 51.64 1.97
16 J Briggs England 1884-1899 31 954.2 334 1993 97 20.55 6/45 7 3 50.94 2.42
17 Harbhajan Singh India 1998-2015 18 967.4 172 2846 95 29.96 8/84 7 3 61.12 2.94
18 J Garner West Indies 1977-1987 18 698.2 175 1860 89 20.90 6/60 4 0 47.08 2.66
19 R A Jadeja* India 2012- 17 735.1 182 1717 89 19.29 7/42 5 1 49.56 2.34
20 T Richardson England 1893-1898 14 789.4 191 2220 88 25.23 8/94 11 4 51.10 2.96
21 M D Marshall West Indies 1978-1991 19 722.3 135 1959 87 22.52 5/29 7 1 49.83 2.71
22 M W Tate England 1924-1935 20 1176.4 330 2540 83 30.60 6/99 6 1 92.60 1.98
23 J A Snow England 1965-1976 20 770.5 168 2126 83 25.61 7/40 4 0 61.12 2.51
24 J C Laker England 1948-1959 15 626.0 204 1444 79 18.28 10/53 5 2 50.76 2.16
25 Kapil Dev India 1978-1994 20 791.0 198 2003 79 25.35 8/106 7 0 60.08 2.53
26 F S Trueman England 1952-1965 19 645.3 83 1999 79 25.30 6/30 5 1 55.20 2.75
27 J E Emburey England 1978-1995 25 1227.0 344 2698 78 34.59 7/78 3 0 98.08 2.12
28 G A Lohmann England 1886-1896 15 696.3 326 1002 77 13.01 8/35 5 3 42.87 1.82
29 M A Holding West Indies 1975-1987 17 582.4 116 1771 76 23.30 6/21 5 1 49.66 2.82
30 D Gough England 1994-2003 17 651.3 124 2280 74 30.81 6/49 4 0 52.82 3.50
31 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 15 540.0 96 1923 70 27.47 5/67 2 1 46.29 3.56
32 J B Statham England 1951-1965 22 763.3 131 2138 69 30.99 7/57 3 0 78.33 2.37
33 H M R K B Herath Sri Lanka 1999-2018 11 522.3 101 1494 66 22.64 7/64 6 1 47.50 2.86
34 D L Vettori New Zealand 1997-2014 19 831.4 175 2421 66 36.68 7/87 6 1 75.61 2.91
35 H J Tayfield South Africa 1949-1960 15 754.1 179 2208 64 34.50 7/23 4 1 94.17 2.20
36 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992 18 594.4 140 1598 64 24.97 6/63 3 1 62.41 2.40
37 H Larwood England 1926-1933 15 675.3 120 1912 64 29.88 6/32 3 1 63.33 2.83
38 A R Caddick England 1993-2003 18 681.3 107 2560 64 40.00 7/94 4 1 63.89 3.76
39 G P Swann England 2008-2013 18 780.3 135 2479 62 39.98 5/44 3 0 75.53 3.18
40 Z Khan India 2000-2014 19 642.5 113 2171 61 35.59 5/91 3 0 63.23 3.38

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