Bowlers Taking Highest Career Percentage of Team Wickets (bowled in minimum 30 innings)
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Innings
|
Career Wickets
|
Team Wickets
|
Wickets %
|
Balls Bowled %
|
Runs Conceded %
|
1 |
M Muralitharan
|
Sri Lanka
|
1992-2010
|
230
|
800
|
2065
|
38.74
|
33.43
|
28.58
|
2 |
S F Barnes
|
England
|
1901-1914
|
50
|
189
|
488
|
38.73
|
31.97
|
26.32
|
3 |
C T B Turner
|
Australia
|
1887-1895
|
30
|
101
|
283
|
35.69
|
33.81
|
27.20
|
4 |
C V Grimmett
|
Australia
|
1925-1936
|
67
|
216
|
620
|
34.84
|
31.10
|
28.80
|
5 |
Fazal Mahmood
|
Pakistan
|
1952-1962
|
53
|
139
|
400
|
34.75
|
31.36
|
25.51
|
6 |
R J Hadlee
|
New Zealand
|
1973-1990
|
150
|
431
|
1250
|
34.48
|
25.11
|
24.13
|
7 |
F R Spofforth
|
Australia
|
1877-1887
|
30
|
94
|
275
|
34.18
|
28.09
|
27.45
|
8 |
W J O'Reilly
|
Australia
|
1932-1946
|
48
|
144
|
439
|
32.80
|
30.21
|
24.71
|
9 |
A A Mailey
|
Australia
|
1920-1926
|
34
|
99
|
306
|
32.35
|
26.77
|
32.16
|
10 |
B A Reid
|
Australia
|
1985-1992
|
42
|
113
|
356
|
31.74
|
22.85
|
21.09
|
11 |
S P Gupte
|
India
|
1951-1961
|
61
|
149
|
472
|
31.57
|
25.48
|
25.24
|
12 |
H J Tayfield
|
South Africa
|
1949-1960
|
61
|
170
|
541
|
31.42
|
29.75
|
26.61
|
13 |
G A Lohmann
|
England
|
1886-1896
|
36
|
112
|
360
|
31.11
|
27.00
|
25.66
|
14 |
C Blythe
|
England
|
1901-1910
|
37
|
100
|
322
|
31.06
|
27.30
|
24.27
|
15 |
Saeed Ajmal
|
Pakistan
|
2009-2014
|
67
|
178
|
576
|
30.90
|
31.94
|
27.58
|
16 |
Yasir Shah*
|
Pakistan
|
2014-
|
89
|
244
|
796
|
30.65
|
29.53
|
29.95
|
17 |
Mohammad Rafique
|
Bangladesh
|
2000-2008
|
48
|
100
|
328
|
30.49
|
30.56
|
24.93
|
18 |
A V Bedser
|
England
|
1946-1955
|
92
|
236
|
776
|
30.41
|
27.47
|
23.19
|
19 |
A Kumble
|
India
|
1990-2008
|
236
|
619
|
2051
|
30.18
|
29.00
|
25.82
|
20 |
S E Bond
|
New Zealand
|
2001-2009
|
32
|
87
|
293
|
29.69
|
23.50
|
25.19
|
21 |
R Ashwin*
|
India
|
2011-
|
189
|
516
|
1740
|
29.66
|
28.63
|
26.32
|
22 |
D K Lillee
|
Australia
|
1971-1984
|
132
|
355
|
1201
|
29.56
|
25.41
|
24.41
|
23 |
R Peel
|
England
|
1884-1896
|
35
|
101
|
342
|
29.53
|
27.90
|
24.93
|
24 |
Imran Khan
|
Pakistan
|
1971-1992
|
142
|
362
|
1231
|
29.41
|
23.92
|
21.41
|
25 |
G E Palmer
|
Australia
|
1880-1886
|
30
|
78
|
266
|
29.32
|
27.35
|
24.81
|
26 |
H M R K B Herath
|
Sri Lanka
|
1999-2018
|
170
|
433
|
1484
|
29.18
|
28.20
|
24.32
|
27 |
Mohammad Asif
|
Pakistan
|
2005-2010
|
44
|
106
|
365
|
29.04
|
23.40
|
21.03
|
28 |
Taijul Islam*
|
Bangladesh
|
2014-
|
80
|
195
|
672
|
29.02
|
28.79
|
26.10
|
29 |
R J Ratnayake
|
Sri Lanka
|
1983-1992
|
35
|
74
|
256
|
28.91
|
24.21
|
24.52
|
30 |
B S Chandrasekhar
|
India
|
1964-1979
|
97
|
242
|
839
|
28.84
|
24.47
|
25.16
|
31 |
R W Price
|
Zimbabwe
|
1999-2013
|
35
|
80
|
278
|
28.78
|
29.83
|
25.75
|
32 |
K Rabada*
|
South Africa
|
2015-
|
112
|
291
|
1016
|
28.64
|
23.89
|
23.80
|
33 |
A A Donald
|
South Africa
|
1992-2002
|
129
|
330
|
1160
|
28.45
|
22.09
|
23.31
|
34 |
D W Steyn
|
South Africa
|
2004-2019
|
171
|
439
|
1553
|
28.27
|
22.23
|
22.01
|
35 |
P S De Villiers
|
South Africa
|
1993-1998
|
34
|
85
|
302
|
28.15
|
25.60
|
24.16
|
36 |
M H Mankad
|
India
|
1946-1959
|
70
|
162
|
577
|
28.08
|
28.49
|
25.79
|
37 |
D Gough
|
England
|
1994-2003
|
95
|
229
|
820
|
27.93
|
22.05
|
23.58
|
38 |
S K Warne
|
Australia
|
1992-2007
|
273
|
708
|
2549
|
27.78
|
28.30
|
25.73
|
39 |
Saqlain Mushtaq
|
Pakistan
|
1995-2004
|
86
|
208
|
757
|
27.48
|
30.18
|
26.28
|
40 |
A R C Fraser
|
England
|
1989-1998
|
79
|
177
|
648
|
27.31
|
23.73
|
20.68
|
41 |
G F Lawson
|
Australia
|
1980-1989
|
78
|
180
|
660
|
27.27
|
25.19
|
23.57
|
42 |
F S Trueman
|
England
|
1952-1965
|
127
|
307
|
1127
|
27.24
|
21.22
|
23.29
|
43 |
H H Streak
|
Zimbabwe
|
1993-2005
|
102
|
216
|
793
|
27.24
|
22.54
|
20.11
|
44 |
B A W Mendis
|
Sri Lanka
|
2008-2014
|
31
|
70
|
258
|
27.13
|
26.07
|
25.31
|
45 |
G Giffen
|
Australia
|
1881-1896
|
43
|
103
|
381
|
27.03
|
25.06
|
25.29
|
46 |
H Trumble
|
Australia
|
1890-1904
|
57
|
141
|
523
|
26.96
|
26.35
|
22.82
|
47 |
M D Marshall
|
West Indies
|
1978-1991
|
151
|
376
|
1395
|
26.95
|
22.70
|
21.36
|
48 |
S J Benn
|
West Indies
|
2008-2015
|
42
|
87
|
323
|
26.93
|
28.61
|
24.58
|
49 |
D Kaneria
|
Pakistan
|
2000-2010
|
112
|
261
|
970
|
26.91
|
29.34
|
26.77
|
50 |
A R Caddick
|
England
|
1993-2003
|
105
|
234
|
870
|
26.90
|
23.57
|
23.23
|
|