Players Taking Most Wickets For
|
Player
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
10w
|
S/R
|
E/R
|
1 |
A Kumble
|
1990-2008
|
132
|
6808.2
|
1575
|
18355
|
619
|
29.65
|
10/74
|
35
|
8
|
65.99
|
2.70
|
2 |
R Ashwin*
|
2011-
|
100
|
4356
|
889
|
12203
|
516
|
23.65
|
7/59
|
36
|
8
|
50.65
|
2.80
|
3 |
Kapil Dev
|
1978-1994
|
131
|
4623.2
|
1060
|
12867
|
434
|
29.65
|
9/83
|
23
|
2
|
63.92
|
2.78
|
4 |
Harbhajan Singh
|
1998-2015
|
103
|
4763.2
|
869
|
13537
|
417
|
32.46
|
8/84
|
25
|
5
|
68.54
|
2.84
|
5 |
I Sharma*
|
2007-
|
105
|
3193.2
|
640
|
10078
|
311
|
32.41
|
7/74
|
11
|
1
|
61.61
|
3.16
|
6 |
Z Khan
|
2000-2014
|
92
|
3130.5
|
624
|
10247
|
311
|
32.95
|
7/87
|
11
|
1
|
60.40
|
3.27
|
7 |
R A Jadeja*
|
2012-
|
72
|
2864.1
|
705
|
7079
|
294
|
24.08
|
7/42
|
13
|
2
|
58.45
|
2.47
|
8 |
B S Bedi
|
1966-1979
|
67
|
3441
|
1096
|
7637
|
266
|
28.71
|
7/98
|
14
|
1
|
80.32
|
2.14
|
9 |
B S Chandrasekhar
|
1964-1979
|
58
|
2549.1
|
584
|
7199
|
242
|
29.75
|
8/79
|
16
|
2
|
65.96
|
2.71
|
10 |
J Srinath
|
1991-2002
|
67
|
2517.2
|
599
|
7196
|
236
|
30.49
|
8/86
|
10
|
1
|
64.00
|
2.86
|
11 |
Mohammed Shami*
|
2013-
|
64
|
1919.1
|
364
|
6346
|
229
|
27.71
|
6/56
|
6
|
0
|
50.28
|
3.31
|
12 |
E A S Prasanna
|
1962-1978
|
49
|
2261.5
|
602
|
5742
|
189
|
30.38
|
8/76
|
10
|
2
|
75.94
|
2.40
|
13 |
U T Yadav*
|
2011-
|
57
|
1496.3
|
245
|
5263
|
170
|
30.96
|
6/88
|
3
|
1
|
52.82
|
3.52
|
14 |
M H Mankad
|
1946-1959
|
44
|
2389.4
|
777
|
5236
|
162
|
32.32
|
8/52
|
8
|
2
|
90.65
|
2.14
|
15 |
J J Bumrah*
|
2018-
|
36
|
1197
|
280
|
3291
|
159
|
20.70
|
6/27
|
10
|
0
|
45.17
|
2.75
|
16 |
S Venkataraghavan
|
1965-1983
|
57
|
2448.1
|
696
|
5634
|
156
|
36.12
|
8/72
|
3
|
1
|
95.37
|
2.27
|
17 |
R J Shastri
|
1981-1992
|
80
|
2625.1
|
657
|
6186
|
151
|
40.97
|
5/75
|
2
|
0
|
104.31
|
2.36
|
18 |
S P Gupte
|
1951-1961
|
36
|
1880.4
|
608
|
4403
|
149
|
29.55
|
9/102
|
12
|
1
|
75.73
|
2.34
|
19 |
D R Doshi
|
1979-1983
|
33
|
1553.4
|
456
|
3502
|
114
|
30.72
|
6/102
|
6
|
0
|
81.77
|
2.25
|
20 |
P P Ojha
|
2009-2013
|
24
|
1272.1
|
298
|
3420
|
113
|
30.27
|
6/47
|
7
|
1
|
67.55
|
2.69
|
21 |
K D Ghavri
|
1974-1981
|
39
|
1151
|
233
|
3656
|
109
|
33.54
|
5/33
|
4
|
0
|
64.55
|
3.12
|
22 |
N S Yadav
|
1979-1987
|
35
|
1393.2
|
341
|
3580
|
102
|
35.10
|
5/76
|
3
|
0
|
81.96
|
2.57
|
23 |
I K Pathan
|
2003-2008
|
29
|
980.4
|
212
|
3226
|
100
|
32.26
|
7/59
|
7
|
2
|
58.84
|
3.29
|
24 |
B K V Prasad
|
1996-2001
|
33
|
1173.3
|
274
|
3360
|
96
|
35.00
|
6/33
|
7
|
1
|
73.34
|
2.86
|
25 |
M M Prabhakar
|
1984-1995
|
39
|
1245.5
|
274
|
3581
|
96
|
37.30
|
6/132
|
3
|
0
|
77.86
|
2.87
|
26 |
S L V Raju
|
1990-2001
|
28
|
1267
|
359
|
2857
|
93
|
30.72
|
6/12
|
5
|
1
|
81.74
|
2.25
|
27 |
R G Nadkarni
|
1955-1968
|
41
|
1503.3
|
665
|
2559
|
88
|
29.08
|
6/43
|
4
|
1
|
104.15
|
1.68
|
28 |
Maninder Singh
|
1982-1993
|
35
|
1369.4
|
359
|
3288
|
88
|
37.36
|
7/27
|
3
|
2
|
93.39
|
2.40
|
29 |
S Sreesanth
|
2006-2011
|
27
|
903.1
|
162
|
3271
|
87
|
37.60
|
5/40
|
3
|
0
|
62.29
|
3.62
|
30 |
A Mishra
|
2008-2016
|
22
|
850.3
|
123
|
2715
|
76
|
35.72
|
5/71
|
1
|
0
|
67.14
|
3.19
|
31 |
S A Durani
|
1960-1973
|
29
|
1074.2
|
317
|
2657
|
75
|
35.43
|
6/73
|
3
|
1
|
85.95
|
2.47
|
32 |
R B Desai
|
1959-1968
|
28
|
928.5
|
178
|
2761
|
74
|
37.31
|
6/56
|
2
|
0
|
75.64
|
2.96
|
33 |
Mohammed Siraj*
|
2020-
|
27
|
668
|
122
|
2266
|
74
|
30.62
|
6/15
|
3
|
0
|
54.16
|
3.39
|
34 |
S Madan Lal
|
1974-1986
|
39
|
951.1
|
188
|
2846
|
71
|
40.08
|
5/23
|
4
|
0
|
84.46
|
2.85
|
35 |
Ghulam Ahmed
|
1948-1958
|
22
|
941.4
|
254
|
2052
|
68
|
30.18
|
7/49
|
4
|
1
|
83.09
|
2.18
|
36 |
N D Hirwani
|
1988-1996
|
17
|
716.2
|
157
|
1987
|
66
|
30.11
|
8/61
|
4
|
1
|
65.12
|
2.77
|
37 |
B Kumar*
|
2013-2018
|
21
|
558
|
141
|
1644
|
63
|
26.10
|
6/82
|
4
|
0
|
53.14
|
2.95
|
38 |
D G Phadkar
|
1947-1958
|
31
|
979.2
|
277
|
2285
|
62
|
36.85
|
7/159
|
3
|
0
|
96.68
|
2.29
|
39 |
C Sharma
|
1984-1989
|
23
|
578.2
|
61
|
2163
|
61
|
35.46
|
6/58
|
4
|
1
|
56.89
|
3.74
|
40 |
A B Agarkar
|
1998-2006
|
26
|
809.3
|
168
|
2745
|
58
|
47.33
|
6/41
|
1
|
0
|
83.74
|
3.39
|
|
|