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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Aggregates
Players Taking Most Wickets Versus  
  Player Country Career Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5w 10w S/R E/R
1 G D McGrath Australia 1993-2007 23 912.3 287 2132 110 19.38 6/17 8 2 49.77 2.34
2 Kapil Dev India 1978-1994 25 773.1 168 2216 89 24.90 9/83 4 1 52.12 2.87
3 J M Anderson* England 2003- 22 752.3 212 1967 87 22.61 7/42 5 0 51.90 2.61
4 F S Trueman England 1952-1965 18 764.0 176 2018 86 23.47 7/44 6 2 53.30 2.64
5 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 1992-2010 12 622.3 143 1609 82 19.62 8/46 9 3 45.55 2.58
6 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992 18 581.2 111 1695 80 21.19 7/80 6 1 43.60 2.92
7 Wasim Akram Pakistan 1985-2002 17 591.4 121 1645 79 20.82 6/61 4 1 44.94 2.78
8 R Ashwin* India 2011- 13 526.2 108 1536 75 20.48 7/71 6 1 42.11 2.92
9 A Kumble India 1990-2008 17 782.1 174 2204 74 29.78 6/78 4 0 63.42 2.82
10 S C J Broad* England 2007- 19 628.2 154 1818 73 24.90 7/72 3 2 51.64 2.89
11 J A Snow England 1965-1976 14 599.0 112 1917 72 26.63 7/49 4 1 49.92 3.20
12 A R C Fraser England 1989-1998 17 615.1 160 1659 70 23.70 8/53 5 1 52.73 2.70
13 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 16 668.5 182 1607 70 22.96 5/28 4 0 57.33 2.40
14 S Venkataraghavan India 1965-1983 23 1090.0 281 2684 68 39.47 5/95 1 0 96.18 2.46
15 S K Warne Australia 1992-2007 19 679.4 159 1947 65 29.95 7/52 3 0 62.74 2.86
16 B S Chandrasekhar India 1964-1979 15 715.3 155 2179 65 33.52 7/157 4 1 66.05 3.05
17 B Lee Australia 1999-2008 12 450.5 110 1472 64 23.00 5/30 3 0 42.27 3.27
18 M Ntini South Africa 1998-2009 15 532.4 120 1738 63 27.59 7/37 5 1 50.73 3.26
19 B S Bedi India 1966-1979 18 907.5 272 2163 62 34.89 5/82 1 0 87.85 2.38
20 J R Thomson Australia 1972-1985 14 412.2 55 1817 62 29.31 6/50 3 0 44.74 3.93
21 I T Botham England 1977-1992 20 601.3 126 2146 61 35.18 8/103 3 0 59.16 3.57
22 S C G MacGill Australia 1998-2008 16 621.4 134 2045 60 34.08 7/104 2 0 62.17 3.29
23 S J Harmison England 2002-2009 14 476.2 93 1539 60 25.65 7/12 3 0 47.63 3.23
24 C J McDermott Australia 1984-1996 14 506.0 84 1703 59 28.86 5/80 1 0 51.46 3.37
25 Harbhajan Singh India 1998-2015 11 502.5 120 1266 56 22.61 7/48 5 0 53.88 2.52
26 Waqar Younis Pakistan 1989-2003 13 363.2 48 1283 55 23.33 5/46 3 0 39.64 3.53
27 W P U J C Vaas Sri Lanka 1994-2009 9 343.2 79 913 55 16.60 7/71 4 1 37.45 2.66
28 D K Lillee Australia 1971-1984 12 403.1 62 1526 55 27.75 7/83 3 1 48.67 3.42
29 N M Lyon* Australia 2011- 12 465.5 120 1239 54 22.94 6/128 2 0 51.76 2.66
30 M G Hughes Australia 1985-1994 14 481.0 104 1524 53 28.75 8/87 3 1 54.45 3.17
31 A R Caddick England 1993-2003 14 461.1 114 1355 53 25.57 6/65 5 0 52.21 2.94
32 J H Kallis South Africa 1995-2013 24 623.4 183 1563 52 30.06 6/67 2 0 71.96 2.51
33 A Nel South Africa 2001-2008 10 385.1 96 1145 52 22.02 6/32 2 1 44.44 2.97
34 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 10 417.4 103 1124 51 22.04 6/50 4 1 49.14 2.69
35 J C Laker England 1948-1959 13 685.1 240 1551 51 30.41 7/103 1 0 80.61 2.26
36 J N Gillespie Australia 1996-2006 13 451.0 138 1056 50 21.12 6/40 3 0 54.12 2.34
37 S P Gupte India 1951-1961 10 642.0 158 1716 49 35.02 9/102 4 1 78.61 2.67
38 T G Southee* New Zealand 2008- 10 349.5 90 988 48 20.58 5/32 1 0 43.73 2.82
39 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 9 285.2 61 942 48 19.63 6/34 3 0 35.67 3.30
40 T A Boult* New Zealand 2011- 11 390.0 83 1200 48 25.00 6/40 1 1 48.75 3.08

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