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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 J M Anderson* England 2003- 39 1386.2 375 3796 149 25.48 5/20 6 0 55.83 2.74
2 N M Lyon* Australia 2011- 27 1249.1 189 3819 121 31.56 8/50 9 2 61.94 3.06
3 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 1992-2010 22 1170.0 222 3425 105 32.62 8/87 7 2 66.86 2.93
4 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992 23 846.2 216 2260 94 24.04 8/60 6 2 54.02 2.67
5 M D Marshall West Indies 1978-1991 17 584.3 128 1671 76 21.99 6/37 6 1 46.14 2.86
6 S C J Broad* England 2007- 24 729.0 188 2110 74 28.51 6/25 2 0 59.11 2.89
7 A M E Roberts West Indies 1974-1983 14 505.0 113 1454 67 21.70 7/64 4 1 45.22 2.88
8 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 14 501.4 111 1493 65 22.97 7/23 4 2 47.78 2.88
9 W W Hall West Indies 1958-1969 13 462.2 112 1221 65 18.78 6/49 4 1 42.68 2.64
10 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 14 453.3 103 1400 65 21.54 7/51 5 1 41.86 3.09
11 C A Walsh West Indies 1984-2001 15 520.4 122 1316 65 20.25 6/62 4 1 48.06 2.53
12 L R Gibbs West Indies 1958-1976 15 798.5 284 1467 63 23.29 8/38 4 0 76.08 1.84
13 R G D Willis England 1971-1984 17 490.1 96 1441 62 23.24 6/53 3 0 47.44 2.94
14 D L Underwood England 1966-1982 20 832.3 322 1699 62 27.40 5/84 1 0 80.56 2.04
15 M A Holding West Indies 1975-1987 15 523.4 101 1543 61 25.30 6/65 2 0 51.51 2.95
16 I T Botham England 1977-1992 14 561.5 131 1558 59 26.41 7/48 6 1 57.14 2.77
17 G S A Sobers West Indies 1954-1974 18 716.5 215 1516 59 25.69 5/63 1 0 72.90 2.11
18 M Morkel South Africa 2006-2018 17 519.5 125 1532 58 26.41 5/20 1 0 53.78 2.95
19 A A Donald South Africa 1992-2002 11 415.4 121 987 57 17.32 7/84 3 1 43.75 2.37
20 M M Ali* England 2014- 16 534.5 59 1863 55 33.87 6/67 2 0 58.35 3.48
21 K Rabada* South Africa 2015- 14 412.2 90 1243 55 22.60 5/59 1 0 44.98 3.01
22 B Lee Australia 1999-2008 12 504.4 93 1695 53 31.98 5/47 2 0 57.13 3.36
23 F S Trueman England 1952-1965 9 297.2 78 787 53 14.85 8/31 2 0 33.66 2.65
24 R Benaud Australia 1952-1964 8 492.1 198 956 52 18.38 7/72 5 1 56.79 1.94
25 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 12 451.4 150 1021 52 19.63 6/56 2 1 52.12 2.26
26 T G Southee* New Zealand 2008- 11 406.5 80 1284 52 24.69 7/64 3 0 46.94 3.16
27 J R Hazlewood* Australia 2014- 15 541.1 160 1374 51 26.94 6/67 4 0 63.67 2.54
28 G D McGrath Australia 1993-2007 11 426.2 157 951 51 18.65 5/48 2 1 50.16 2.23
29 P J Cummins* Australia 2011- 13 450.4 108 1309 50 26.18 6/27 1 0 54.08 2.90
30 M G Johnson Australia 2007-2015 14 554.1 102 1833 50 36.66 5/64 1 0 66.50 3.31
31 M A Starc* Australia 2011- 18 538.2 102 1850 48 38.54 4/53 0 0 67.29 3.44
32 G D McKenzie Australia 1961-1971 10 403.1 106 967 47 20.57 7/66 4 2 54.53 2.26
33 J K Lever England 1976-1986 10 352.4 69 995 45 22.11 7/46 3 1 47.02 2.82
34 Wasim Akram Pakistan 1985-2002 12 488.0 104 1299 45 28.87 5/96 2 0 65.07 2.66
35 A V Bedser England 1946-1955 7 308.1 90 577 44 13.11 7/49 4 2 42.02 1.87
36 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 1952-1962 14 605.5 231 1080 44 24.55 7/42 4 1 82.61 1.78
37 C M Old England 1972-1981 11 313.1 70 821 43 19.09 5/21 1 0 43.70 2.62
38 D Kaneria Pakistan 2000-2010 11 531.3 75 1784 43 41.49 6/150 2 0 74.16 3.36
39 J N Gillespie Australia 1996-2006 10 398.3 105 1094 43 25.44 5/56 1 0 55.60 2.75
40 S K Warne Australia 1992-2007 14 654.1 139 2029 43 47.19 6/125 1 0 91.28 3.10

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