Players Taking Most Wickets Versus
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
10w
|
S/R
|
E/R
|
1 |
S F Barnes
|
England
|
1901-1914
|
20
|
958.1
|
262
|
2288
|
106
|
21.58
|
7/60
|
12
|
1
|
54.24
|
2.39
|
2 |
A V Bedser
|
England
|
1946-1955
|
21
|
1018.5
|
209
|
2859
|
104
|
27.49
|
7/44
|
7
|
2
|
67.93
|
2.43
|
3 |
I T Botham
|
England
|
1977-1992
|
36
|
1360.5
|
297
|
4093
|
148
|
27.66
|
6/78
|
9
|
2
|
57.29
|
2.90
|
4 |
J Briggs
|
England
|
1884-1899
|
31
|
954.2
|
334
|
1993
|
97
|
20.55
|
6/45
|
7
|
3
|
50.94
|
2.42
|
5 |
A R Caddick
|
England
|
1993-2003
|
18
|
681.3
|
107
|
2560
|
64
|
40.00
|
7/94
|
4
|
1
|
63.89
|
3.76
|
6 |
J E Emburey
|
England
|
1978-1995
|
25
|
1227.0
|
344
|
2698
|
78
|
34.59
|
7/78
|
3
|
0
|
98.08
|
2.12
|
7 |
J C Laker
|
England
|
1948-1959
|
15
|
626.0
|
204
|
1444
|
79
|
18.28
|
10/53
|
5
|
2
|
50.76
|
2.16
|
8 |
H Larwood
|
England
|
1926-1933
|
15
|
675.3
|
120
|
1912
|
64
|
29.88
|
6/32
|
3
|
1
|
63.33
|
2.83
|
9 |
G A Lohmann
|
England
|
1886-1896
|
15
|
696.3
|
326
|
1002
|
77
|
13.01
|
8/35
|
5
|
3
|
42.87
|
1.82
|
10 |
R Peel
|
England
|
1884-1896
|
20
|
1072.5
|
444
|
1715
|
101
|
16.98
|
7/31
|
5
|
1
|
51.64
|
1.97
|
11 |
W Rhodes
|
England
|
1899-1930
|
41
|
990.2
|
234
|
2616
|
109
|
24.00
|
8/68
|
6
|
1
|
53.17
|
2.71
|
12 |
T Richardson
|
England
|
1893-1898
|
14
|
789.4
|
191
|
2220
|
88
|
25.23
|
8/94
|
11
|
4
|
51.10
|
2.96
|
13 |
J A Snow
|
England
|
1965-1976
|
20
|
770.5
|
168
|
2126
|
83
|
25.61
|
7/40
|
4
|
0
|
61.12
|
2.51
|
14 |
J B Statham
|
England
|
1951-1965
|
22
|
763.3
|
131
|
2138
|
69
|
30.99
|
7/57
|
3
|
0
|
78.33
|
2.37
|
15 |
M W Tate
|
England
|
1924-1935
|
20
|
1176.4
|
330
|
2540
|
83
|
30.60
|
6/99
|
6
|
1
|
92.60
|
1.98
|
16 |
F S Trueman
|
England
|
1952-1965
|
19
|
645.3
|
83
|
1999
|
79
|
25.30
|
6/30
|
5
|
1
|
55.20
|
2.75
|
17 |
D L Underwood
|
England
|
1966-1982
|
29
|
1199.2
|
408
|
2770
|
105
|
26.38
|
7/50
|
4
|
2
|
76.19
|
2.08
|
18 |
R G D Willis
|
England
|
1971-1984
|
35
|
1083.4
|
200
|
3346
|
128
|
26.14
|
8/43
|
7
|
0
|
56.98
|
2.75
|
19 |
D Gough
|
England
|
1994-2003
|
17
|
651.3
|
124
|
2280
|
74
|
30.81
|
6/49
|
4
|
0
|
52.82
|
3.50
|
20 |
G P Swann
|
England
|
2008-2013
|
18
|
780.3
|
135
|
2479
|
62
|
39.98
|
5/44
|
3
|
0
|
75.53
|
3.18
|
21 |
J M Anderson*
|
England
|
2003-
|
39
|
1433.1
|
358
|
4209
|
117
|
35.97
|
6/47
|
5
|
1
|
73.50
|
2.94
|
22 |
S C J Broad*
|
England
|
2007-
|
40
|
1388.2
|
278
|
4431
|
153
|
28.96
|
8/15
|
8
|
1
|
54.44
|
3.19
|
23 |
R A Jadeja*
|
India
|
2012-
|
17
|
735.1
|
182
|
1717
|
89
|
19.29
|
7/42
|
5
|
1
|
49.56
|
2.34
|
24 |
R Ashwin*
|
India
|
2011-
|
22
|
1193.5
|
255
|
3234
|
114
|
28.37
|
7/103
|
7
|
1
|
62.83
|
2.71
|
25 |
A Kumble
|
India
|
1990-2008
|
20
|
1086.0
|
180
|
3366
|
111
|
30.32
|
8/141
|
10
|
2
|
58.70
|
3.10
|
26 |
Z Khan
|
India
|
2000-2014
|
19
|
642.5
|
113
|
2171
|
61
|
35.59
|
5/91
|
3
|
0
|
63.23
|
3.38
|
27 |
Harbhajan Singh
|
India
|
1998-2015
|
18
|
967.4
|
172
|
2846
|
95
|
29.96
|
8/84
|
7
|
3
|
61.12
|
2.94
|
28 |
Kapil Dev
|
India
|
1978-1994
|
20
|
791.0
|
198
|
2003
|
79
|
25.35
|
8/106
|
7
|
0
|
60.08
|
2.53
|
29 |
R J Hadlee
|
New Zealand
|
1973-1990
|
23
|
953.5
|
213
|
2674
|
130
|
20.57
|
9/52
|
14
|
3
|
46.92
|
2.63
|
30 |
D L Vettori
|
New Zealand
|
1997-2014
|
19
|
831.4
|
175
|
2421
|
66
|
36.68
|
7/87
|
6
|
1
|
75.61
|
2.91
|
31 |
Imran Khan
|
Pakistan
|
1971-1992
|
18
|
594.4
|
140
|
1598
|
64
|
24.97
|
6/63
|
3
|
1
|
62.41
|
2.40
|
32 |
D W Steyn
|
South Africa
|
2004-2019
|
15
|
540.0
|
96
|
1923
|
70
|
27.47
|
5/67
|
2
|
1
|
46.29
|
3.56
|
33 |
H J Tayfield
|
South Africa
|
1949-1960
|
15
|
754.1
|
179
|
2208
|
64
|
34.50
|
7/23
|
4
|
1
|
94.17
|
2.20
|
34 |
H M R K B Herath
|
Sri Lanka
|
1999-2018
|
11
|
522.3
|
101
|
1494
|
66
|
22.64
|
7/64
|
6
|
1
|
47.50
|
2.86
|
35 |
C E L Ambrose
|
West Indies
|
1988-2000
|
27
|
1116.0
|
279
|
2718
|
128
|
21.23
|
7/25
|
8
|
1
|
52.31
|
2.44
|
36 |
C A Walsh
|
West Indies
|
1984-2001
|
38
|
1426.4
|
286
|
3868
|
135
|
28.65
|
6/54
|
4
|
0
|
63.41
|
2.71
|
37 |
M D Marshall
|
West Indies
|
1978-1991
|
19
|
722.3
|
135
|
1959
|
87
|
22.52
|
5/29
|
7
|
1
|
49.83
|
2.71
|
38 |
M A Holding
|
West Indies
|
1975-1987
|
17
|
582.4
|
116
|
1771
|
76
|
23.30
|
6/21
|
5
|
1
|
49.66
|
2.82
|
39 |
J Garner
|
West Indies
|
1977-1987
|
18
|
698.2
|
175
|
1860
|
89
|
20.90
|
6/60
|
4
|
0
|
47.08
|
2.66
|
40 |
L R Gibbs
|
West Indies
|
1958-1976
|
24
|
1321.4
|
361
|
3222
|
103
|
31.28
|
6/29
|
6
|
0
|
90.85
|
2.07
|
|
|