CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men ODI: Most wickets

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most wickets	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	534	350	162	674	534
2	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	502	356	280	3,717	502
3	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	416	262	139	969	416
4	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	400	322	220	2,025	400
5	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	395	398	369	8,064	395
6	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	393	303	205	3,519	393
7	Glenn McGrath	Australia	381	250	68	115	381
8	Brett Lee	Australia	380	221	110	1,176	380
9	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	338	226	119	567	338
10	Anil Kumble	India	337	271	136	938	337
11	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	323	445	433	13,430	323
12	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	317	247	234	7,570	317
13	Javagal Srinath	India	315	229	121	883	315
14	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	305	295	187	2,253	305
15	Shane Warne	Australia	293	194	107	1,018	293
16	Ajit Agarkar	India	288	191	113	1,269	288
16	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	288	169	98	711	288
18	Zaheer Khan	India	282	200	101	792	282
19	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	273	328	314	11,579	273
20	Allan Donald	South Africa	272	164	40	95	272
21	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	270	220	158	1,787	270
22	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	269	265	228	5,080	269
22	Harbhajan Singh	India	269	236	128	1,237	269
22	James Anderson	England	269	194	79	273	269
25	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	266	173	47	199	266
26	Kapil Dev	India	253	225	198	3,783	253
27	Mitchell Starc	Australia	247	130	77	583	247
27	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	247	163	84	394	247
29	Adil Rashid	England	243	164	88	972	243
30	Kyle Mills	New Zealand	240	170	101	1,047	240
31	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	239	189	159	2,943	239
31	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	239	153	91	951	239
33	Darren Gough	England	235	159	87	609	235
34	Ravindra Jadeja	India	232	210	142	2,905	232
35	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	227	205	79	321	227
36	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	226	123	95	1,469	226
37	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	225	176	96	639	225
38	Tim Southee	New Zealand	221	161	96	740	221
39	Trent Boult	New Zealand	211	114	52	216	211
40	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	207	153	97	779	207
41	Mohammed Shami	India	206	108	49	225	206
42	Chris Harris	New Zealand	203	250	213	4,379	203
42	Craig McDermott	Australia	203	138	78	432	203
44	Chris Cairns	New Zealand	201	215	193	4,950	201
45	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	199	164	141	2,968	199
45	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	199	184	123	1,327	199
47	Adam Zampa	Australia	198	121	64	398	198
48	Dale Steyn	South Africa	196	125	51	365	196
48	Venkatesh Prasad	India	196	161	63	221	196
50	Steve Waugh	Australia	195	325	288	7,569	195
51	Kuldeep Yadav	India	194	121	45	215	194
52	Carl Hooper	West Indies	193	227	206	5,761	193
52	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	193	124	62	184	193
54	Lance Klusener	South Africa	192	171	137	3,576	192
55	Morne Morkel	South Africa	188	117	47	268	188
56	Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	187	147	61	239	187
57	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	184	113	70	324	184
58	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan	182	163	51	267	182
58	Imran Khan	Pakistan	182	175	151	3,709	182
60	Umar Gul	Pakistan	179	130	65	457	179
61	Stuart Broad	England	178	121	68	529	178
62	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	177	178	156	3,792	177
63	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	175	166	133	2,338	175
64	Nathan Bracken	Australia	174	116	35	199	174
65	Chris Woakes	England	173	122	88	1,524	173
65	Imran Tahir	South Africa	173	107	36	157	173
65	Irfan Pathan	India	173	120	87	1,544	173
65	Jacob Oram	New Zealand	173	160	116	2,434	173
69	Matt Henry	New Zealand	172	95	38	270	172
70	Andrew Flintoff	England	169	141	122	3,394	169
71	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	168	106	45	401	168
71	Shane Watson	Australia	168	190	169	5,757	168
73	Chris Gayle	West Indies	167	301	294	10,480	167
74	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan	161	144	76	399	161
75	Jason Holder	West Indies	159	138	114	2,237	159
76	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	158	115	98	1,751	158
76	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	158	287	258	7,534	158
78	Ashish Nehra	India	157	120	46	141	157
78	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	157	136	83	955	157
78	Manoj Prabhakar	India	157	130	98	1,858	157
81	Brad Hogg	Australia	156	123	65	790	156
81	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	156	116	63	707	156
83	Sachin Tendulkar	India	154	463	452	18,426	154
84	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	152	87	42	188	152
85	Jasprit Bumrah	India	151	91	27	111	151
85	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	151	147	111	1,627	151
87	Shane Bond	New Zealand	147	82	40	292	147
88	Joel Garner	West Indies	146	98	41	239	146
88	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Pakistan	146	77	44	332	146
90	Ian Botham	England	145	116	106	2,113	145
91	Pat Cummins	Australia	143	90	59	537	143
92	Jason Gillespie	Australia	142	97	39	289	142
92	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	142	96	38	135	142
92	Michael Holding	West Indies	142	102	42	282	142
95	Alzarri Joseph	West Indies	141	88	51	506	141
95	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	141	121	55	552	141
97	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	140	114	48	118	140
98	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	139	129	95	1,648	139
98	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	139	218	216	6,614	139
100	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka	138	141	87	1,222	138

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Muthiah Muralidaran leads this snapshot. Most wickets: 534. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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