|
Highest Average Wickets per Match (WPM) - minimum 50 wickets
| |
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
10w
|
WPM
|
| 1 |
S F Barnes
|
England
|
1901-1914
|
27
|
189
|
16.43
|
9/103
|
24
|
7
|
7.00
|
| 2 |
J J Ferris
|
England
|
1887-1892
|
9
|
61
|
12.70
|
7/37
|
6
|
1
|
6.78
|
| 3 |
T Richardson
|
England
|
1893-1898
|
14
|
88
|
25.23
|
8/94
|
11
|
4
|
6.29
|
| 4 |
G A Lohmann
|
England
|
1886-1896
|
18
|
112
|
10.76
|
9/28
|
9
|
5
|
6.22
|
| 5 |
N G R P Jayasuriya*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2022-
|
16
|
97
|
28.42
|
7/52
|
9
|
2
|
6.06
|
| 6 |
M Muralitharan
|
Sri Lanka
|
1992-2010
|
133
|
800
|
22.73
|
9/51
|
67
|
22
|
6.02
|
| 7 |
C T B Turner
|
Australia
|
1887-1895
|
17
|
101
|
16.53
|
7/43
|
11
|
2
|
5.94
|
| 8 |
C V Grimmett
|
Australia
|
1925-1936
|
37
|
216
|
24.22
|
7/40
|
21
|
7
|
5.84
|
| 9 |
J V Saunders
|
Australia
|
1902-1908
|
14
|
79
|
22.73
|
7/34
|
6
|
0
|
5.64
|
| 10 |
A P Freeman
|
England
|
1924-1929
|
12
|
66
|
25.86
|
7/71
|
5
|
3
|
5.50
|
| 11 |
W J O'Reilly
|
Australia
|
1932-1946
|
27
|
144
|
22.60
|
7/54
|
11
|
3
|
5.33
|
| 12 |
H Ironmonger
|
Australia
|
1928-1933
|
14
|
74
|
17.97
|
7/23
|
4
|
2
|
5.29
|
| 13 |
C Blythe
|
England
|
1901-1910
|
19
|
100
|
18.63
|
8/59
|
9
|
4
|
5.26
|
| 14 |
F R Spofforth
|
Australia
|
1877-1887
|
18
|
94
|
18.41
|
7/44
|
7
|
4
|
5.22
|
| 15 |
R Ashwin*
|
India
|
2011-
|
105
|
536
|
23.85
|
7/59
|
37
|
8
|
5.10
|
| 16 |
Shabbir Ahmed
|
Pakistan
|
2003-2005
|
10
|
51
|
23.04
|
5/48
|
2
|
0
|
5.10
|
| 17 |
Saeed Ajmal
|
Pakistan
|
2009-2014
|
35
|
178
|
28.11
|
7/55
|
10
|
4
|
5.09
|
| 18 |
Yasir Shah*
|
Pakistan
|
2014-
|
48
|
244
|
31.38
|
8/41
|
16
|
3
|
5.08
|
| 19 |
D K Lillee
|
Australia
|
1971-1984
|
70
|
355
|
23.92
|
7/83
|
23
|
7
|
5.07
|
| 20 |
R Peel
|
England
|
1884-1896
|
20
|
101
|
16.98
|
7/31
|
5
|
1
|
5.05
|
| 21 |
R J Hadlee
|
New Zealand
|
1973-1990
|
86
|
431
|
22.30
|
9/52
|
36
|
9
|
5.01
|
| 22 |
S K Warne
|
Australia
|
1992-2007
|
145
|
708
|
25.42
|
8/71
|
37
|
10
|
4.88
|
| 23 |
S E Bond
|
New Zealand
|
2001-2009
|
18
|
87
|
22.09
|
6/51
|
5
|
1
|
4.83
|
| 24 |
K Rabada*
|
South Africa
|
2015-
|
66
|
313
|
21.50
|
7/112
|
16
|
4
|
4.74
|
| 25 |
K Higgs
|
England
|
1965-1968
|
15
|
71
|
20.75
|
6/91
|
2
|
0
|
4.73
|
| 26 |
S C G MacGill
|
Australia
|
1998-2008
|
44
|
208
|
29.02
|
8/108
|
12
|
2
|
4.73
|
| 27 |
P S De Villiers
|
South Africa
|
1993-1998
|
18
|
85
|
24.25
|
6/23
|
5
|
2
|
4.72
|
| 28 |
D W Steyn
|
South Africa
|
2004-2019
|
93
|
439
|
22.95
|
7/51
|
26
|
5
|
4.72
|
| 29 |
A A Mailey
|
Australia
|
1920-1926
|
21
|
99
|
33.92
|
9/121
|
6
|
2
|
4.71
|
| 30 |
P P Ojha
|
India
|
2009-2013
|
24
|
113
|
30.27
|
6/47
|
7
|
1
|
4.71
|
| 31 |
A Kumble
|
India
|
1990-2008
|
132
|
619
|
29.65
|
10/74
|
35
|
8
|
4.69
|
| 32 |
H M R K B Herath
|
Sri Lanka
|
1999-2018
|
93
|
433
|
28.08
|
9/127
|
34
|
9
|
4.66
|
| 33 |
W J Whitty
|
Australia
|
1909-1912
|
14
|
65
|
21.12
|
6/17
|
3
|
0
|
4.64
|
| 34 |
M D Marshall
|
West Indies
|
1978-1991
|
81
|
376
|
20.95
|
7/22
|
22
|
4
|
4.64
|
| 35 |
C E H Croft
|
West Indies
|
1977-1982
|
27
|
125
|
23.30
|
8/29
|
3
|
0
|
4.63
|
| 36 |
A V Bedser
|
England
|
1946-1955
|
51
|
236
|
24.90
|
7/44
|
15
|
5
|
4.63
|
| 37 |
Mohammad Asif
|
Pakistan
|
2005-2010
|
23
|
106
|
24.45
|
6/41
|
7
|
1
|
4.61
|
| 38 |
Ramesh Mendis*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2021-
|
15
|
69
|
30.65
|
6/70
|
5
|
1
|
4.60
|
| 39 |
H J Tayfield
|
South Africa
|
1949-1960
|
37
|
170
|
25.91
|
9/113
|
14
|
2
|
4.59
|
| 40 |
G E Palmer
|
Australia
|
1880-1886
|
17
|
78
|
21.51
|
7/65
|
6
|
2
|
4.59
|
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