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 Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
Players Taking Most 5 Wickets in an Innings
  Player Country Career Mat O M R W Avg Best 5w 10w
1 Muralitharan, M SRL 1992-2010 133 7339.5 1792 18180 800 22.73 9/51 67 22
2 Warne, S K AUS 1992-2007 145 6784.1 1762 17995 708 25.42 8/71 37 10
3 Hadlee, R J NZL 1973-1990 86 3460.4 809 9611 431 22.30 9/52 36 9
4 Kumble, A IND 1990-2008 132 6808.2 1575 18355 619 29.65 10/74 35 8
5 Herath, H M R K B SRL 1999-2018 93 4332.1 816 12157 433 28.08 9/127 34 9
6 Anderson, J M* ENG 2003- 166 5962.0 1536 16827 632 26.63 7/42 31 3
7 Ashwin, R* IND 2011- 79 3611.4 734 10144 413 24.56 7/59 30 7
8 McGrath, G D AUS 1993-2007 124 4874.4 1470 12186 563 21.64 8/24 29 3
9 Botham, I T ENG 1977-1992 102 3549.3 788 10878 383 28.40 8/34 27 4
10 Steyn, D W SAF 2004-2019 93 3101.2 660 10077 439 22.95 7/51 26 5
11 Harbhajan Singh IND 1998-2015 103 4763.2 869 13537 417 32.46 8/84 25 5
12 Wasim Akram PAK 1985-2002 104 3771.1 871 9779 414 23.62 7/119 25 5
13 Barnes, S F ENG 1901-1914 27 1312.1 356 3106 189 16.43 9/103 24 7
14 Imran Khan PAK 1971-1992 88 3106.0 727 8258 362 22.81 8/58 23 6
15 Kapil Dev IND 1978-1994 131 4623.2 1060 12867 434 29.65 9/83 23 2
16 Lillee, D K AUS 1971-1984 70 2834.1 652 8493 355 23.92 7/83 23 7
17 Ambrose, C E L WIN 1988-2000 98 3683.5 1001 8502 405 20.99 8/45 22 3
18 Marshall, M D WIN 1978-1991 81 2930.4 613 7876 376 20.95 7/22 22 4
19 Walsh, C A WIN 1984-2001 132 5003.1 1144 12684 519 24.44 7/37 22 3
20 Waqar Younis PAK 1989-2003 87 2704.0 516 8788 373 23.56 7/76 22 5
21 Grimmett, C V AUS 1925-1936 37 2408.3 736 5231 216 24.22 7/40 21 7
22 Donald, A A SAF 1992-2002 72 2586.3 661 7344 330 22.25 8/71 20 3
23 Vettori, D L NZL 1997-2014 113 4802.2 1197 12441 362 34.37 7/87 20 3
24 Broad, S C J* ENG 2007- 149 4977.1 1183 14590 524 27.84 8/15 18 3
25 Gibbs, L R WIN 1958-1976 79 4205.7 1313 8989 309 29.09 8/38 18 2
26 Lyon, N M* AUS 2011- 100 4281.4 815 12816 399 32.12 8/50 18 3
27 Ntini, M SAF 1998-2009 101 3472.2 759 11242 390 28.83 7/37 18 4
28 Shakib Al Hasan* BAN 2007- 58 2235.5 412 6679 215 31.07 7/36 18 2
29 Swann, G P ENG 2008-2013 60 2558.1 493 7642 255 29.97 6/65 17 3
30 Trueman, F S ENG 1952-1965 67 2447.4 522 6625 307 21.58 8/31 17 3
31 Underwood, D L ENG 1966-1982 86 3463.0 1239 7674 297 25.84 8/51 17 6
32 Benaud, R AUS 1952-1964 63 2727.2 805 6704 248 27.03 7/72 16 1
33 Chandrasekhar, B S IND 1964-1979 58 2549.1 584 7199 242 29.75 8/79 16 2
34 McKenzie, G D AUS 1961-1971 60 2629.5 547 7328 246 29.79 8/71 16 3
35 Pollock, S M SAF 1995-2008 108 4058.5 1211 9733 421 23.12 7/87 16 1
36 Willis, R G D ENG 1971-1984 90 2699.1 554 8190 325 25.20 8/43 16 0
37 Yasir Shah* PAK 2014- 46 2282.5 349 7306 235 31.09 8/41 16 3
38 Abdul Qadir PAK 1977-1990 67 2810.2 608 7742 236 32.81 9/56 15 5
39 Bedser, A V ENG 1946-1955 51 2424.4 574 5876 236 24.90 7/44 15 5
40 Kaneria, D PAK 2000-2010 61 2949.3 517 9082 261 34.80 7/77 15 2

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