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 H M R K B Herath Sri Lanka 1999-2018 21 1098.3 230 2976 106 28.08 9/127 8 2 62.18 2.71
2 Kapil Dev India 1978-1994 29 990.4 200 2982 99 30.12 8/85 7 1 60.04 3.01
3 S K Warne Australia 1992-2007 15 675.1 192 1816 90 20.18 7/23 6 2 45.01 2.69
4 J M Anderson* England 2003- 20 674.4 195 1577 82 19.23 6/17 3 1 49.37 2.34
5 A Kumble India 1990-2008 15 814.2 185 2590 81 31.98 10/74 5 2 60.32 3.18
6 G D McGrath Australia 1993-2007 17 639.1 173 1736 80 21.70 8/24 3 0 47.94 2.72
7 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 1992-2010 16 782.5 184 2037 80 25.46 6/71 5 1 58.71 2.60
8 D K Lillee Australia 1971-1984 17 664.1 127 2161 71 30.44 6/82 5 1 62.44 2.92
9 S C J Broad* England 2007- 19 618.0 185 1510 67 22.54 4/36 0 0 55.34 2.44
10 C A Walsh West Indies 1984-2001 18 561.4 110 1452 63 23.05 5/22 4 0 53.49 2.59
11 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 13 441.2 108 1374 59 23.29 6/8 3 1 44.88 3.11
12 N M Lyon* Australia 2011- 15 803.0 137 2443 58 42.12 5/69 2 0 83.07 3.04
13 M A Starc* Australia 2011- 14 507.0 109 1620 54 30.00 6/66 1 0 56.33 3.20
14 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 12 419.1 65 1448 51 28.39 6/51 4 0 57.82 2.95
15 M D Marshall West Indies 1978-1991 12 369.3 67 1035 50 20.70 5/33 2 0 44.34 2.80
16 C E H Croft West Indies 1977-1982 9 347.5 77 978 50 19.56 8/29 1 0 41.74 2.81
17 W P U J C Vaas Sri Lanka 1994-2009 18 645.5 131 1742 47 37.06 5/99 1 0 82.45 2.70
18 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 12 394.3 115 961 45 21.36 6/50 3 0 52.60 2.44
19 H H Streak Zimbabwe 1993-2005 10 383.3 90 1008 44 22.91 6/90 3 0 52.30 2.63
20 T G Southee* New Zealand 2008- 13 535.1 147 1358 43 31.58 6/80 1 0 74.67 2.54
21 C E L Ambrose West Indies 1988-2000 14 478.3 121 1170 42 27.86 5/35 1 0 68.36 2.45
22 M Ntini South Africa 1998-2009 9 309.5 66 987 41 24.07 6/59 2 0 45.34 3.19
23 I T Botham England 1977-1992 14 415.1 95 1271 40 31.78 8/34 2 0 62.28 3.06
24 P J Cummins* Australia 2011- 8 279.5 58 755 39 19.36 5/48 4 1 43.05 2.70
25 D Bishoo West Indies 2011-2018 8 366.0 55 1195 37 32.30 8/49 2 1 59.35 3.27
26 M H Mankad India 1946-1959 9 528.4 230 913 37 24.68 8/52 4 1 85.73 1.73
27 D L Underwood England 1966-1982 11 422.5 163 868 36 24.11 8/51 4 1 70.47 2.05
28 J R Hazlewood* Australia 2014- 9 340.4 86 795 36 22.08 4/16 0 0 56.78 2.33
29 C R Woakes* England 2013- 8 232.3 48 673 36 18.69 6/70 2 1 38.75 2.89
30 G P Swann England 2008-2013 7 221.4 55 595 35 17.00 6/65 2 0 38.00 2.68
31 J Garner West Indies 1977-1987 8 310.0 66 880 35 25.14 4/38 0 0 53.14 2.84
32 S P Gupte India 1951-1961 10 458.5 182 852 34 25.06 5/18 3 0 80.97 1.86
33 R G D Willis England 1971-1984 10 275.4 48 820 34 24.12 5/47 1 0 52.12 2.78
34 C S Martin New Zealand 2000-2013 9 331.1 73 1126 33 34.12 4/52 0 0 60.21 3.40
35 G F Lawson Australia 1980-1989 8 302.3 61 882 33 26.73 5/49 2 0 55.00 2.92
36 L R Gibbs West Indies 1958-1976 9 350.5 107 782 32 24.44 5/80 1 0 71.34 2.06
37 S J Harmison England 2002-2009 7 274.2 47 931 32 29.09 6/19 2 1 51.44 3.39
38 D R Tuffey New Zealand 2000-2010 8 301.4 79 858 32 26.81 5/87 1 0 56.56 2.84
39 M S Panesar England 2006-2013 6 325.1 84 817 31 26.35 6/62 3 0 62.94 2.51
40 A M E Roberts West Indies 1974-1983 7 326.3 49 1085 31 35.00 5/66 1 0 69.00 3.04
41 D K Morrison New Zealand 1987-1997 8 292.2 55 993 31 32.03 5/41 1 0 56.58 3.40

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