Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Aggregates
Players Taking Most Wickets For 
  Player Career Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5w 10w S/R E/R
1 M Muralitharan 1992-2010 133 7339.5 1792 18180 800 22.73 9/51 67 22 55.05 2.48
2 H M R K B Herath 1999-2018 93 4332.1 816 12157 433 28.08 9/127 34 9 60.03 2.81
3 W P U J C Vaas 1994-2009 111 3906.2 895 10501 355 29.58 7/71 12 2 66.02 2.69
4 R A S Lakmal* 2010- 70 2073.5 438 6232 171 36.44 5/47 4 0 72.77 3.01
5 M D K Perera 2014-2021 43 1800.5 239 5780 161 35.90 6/32 8 2 67.11 3.21
6 S L Malinga 2004-2010 30 868.1 112 3349 101 33.16 5/50 3 0 51.57 3.86
7 C R D Fernando 2000-2012 40 1030.1 143 3784 100 37.84 5/42 3 0 61.81 3.67
8 S T Jayasuriya 1991-2007 110 1364.4 323 3366 98 34.35 5/34 2 0 83.55 2.47
9 G P Wickramasinghe 1991-2001 40 1210 249 3559 85 41.87 6/60 3 0 85.41 2.94
10 L Kumara* 2016- 27 799.1 109 3065 79 38.80 6/122 1 0 60.70 3.84
11 K T G D Prasad 2008-2015 25 721.1 96 2698 75 35.97 5/50 1 0 57.69 3.74
12 R J Ratnayake 1983-1992 23 826.5 136 2563 74 34.64 6/66 5 0 67.04 3.10
13 L Embuldeniya* 2019- 17 807.3 141 2611 71 36.77 7/137 5 1 68.24 3.23
14 B A W Mendis 2008-2014 19 788.2 118 2434 70 34.77 6/99 4 1 67.57 3.09
15 N Pradeep* 2011-2017 28 846.1 130 3003 70 42.90 6/132 1 0 72.53 3.55
16 H D P K Dharmasena 1993-2004 31 1156.3 265 2920 69 42.32 6/72 3 0 100.57 2.52
17 N G R P Jayasuriya* 2022- 11 594.5 114 1824 67 27.22 7/52 7 2 53.27 3.07
18 D N T Zoysa 1997-2004 30 737 160 2157 64 33.70 5/20 1 0 69.09 2.93
19 Ramesh Mendis* 2021- 14 621 79 1931 63 30.65 6/70 5 1 59.14 3.11
20 V Fernando* 2016- 22 563.3 73 2041 61 33.46 5/101 1 0 55.43 3.62
21 A L F De Mel 1982-1986 17 586.2 92 2180 59 36.95 6/109 3 0 59.63 3.72
22 K R Pushpakumara 1994-2001 23 632 99 2242 58 38.66 7/116 4 0 65.38 3.55
23 R M S Eranga 2011-2016 19 648.3 125 2138 57 37.51 4/49 0 0 68.26 3.30
24 U W M B C A Welegedara 2007-2014 21 633.1 114 2273 55 41.33 5/52 2 0 69.07 3.59
25 K Rajitha* 2018- 18 499.2 102 1627 55 29.58 5/56 2 0 54.47 3.26
26 J R Ratnayeke 1982-1989 22 638.5 118 1972 55 35.85 7/83 4 0 69.69 3.09
27 K M D N Kulasekara 2005-2014 21 594.3 120 1794 48 37.38 4/21 0 0 74.31 3.02
28 C P H Ramanayake 1988-1993 18 609 109 1880 44 42.73 5/82 1 0 83.05 3.09
29 S Randiv 2010-2012 12 524.2 70 1613 43 37.51 5/82 1 0 73.16 3.08
30 A M Fernando* 2021- 13 328.3 53 1101 41 26.85 6/51 1 1 48.07 3.35
31 S D Anurasiri 1986-1998 18 662.1 150 1548 41 37.76 4/71 0 0 96.90 2.34
32 T M Dilshan 1999-2013 87 564.1 83 1711 39 43.87 4/10 0 0 86.79 3.03
33 U D U Chandana 1999-2005 16 447.3 64 1535 37 41.49 6/179 3 1 72.57 3.43
34 P A D L R Sandakan* 2016-2018 11 343.5 37 1276 37 34.49 5/95 2 0 55.76 3.71
35 D S De Silva 1982-1984 12 505.1 108 1347 37 36.41 5/59 1 0 81.92 2.67
36 D de Silva* 2016- 53 600.3 74 1981 34 58.26 3/25 0 0 105.97 3.30
37 M K P A Dananjaya* 2018-2019 6 230.5 33 819 33 24.82 6/115 4 0 41.97 3.55
38 A D Mathews* 2009- 108 658 159 1784 33 54.06 4/44 0 0 119.64 2.71
39 P V D Chameera* 2015- 12 337 28 1321 32 41.28 5/47 1 0 63.19 3.92
40 K P J Warnaweera 1986-1994 10 388.5 90 1021 32 31.91 4/25 0 0 72.91 2.63

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