BOWLING RECORD

Men Test: Best bowling figures in an innings

Bowling record from available scorecards, 600 qualifying entries.

Men Test: Best bowling figures in an innings
Rank	Figures	Player	Team	Balls	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
1	10/53	Jim Laker	England	308	1.03	Australia	Old Trafford	1956-07-26
2	10/74	Anil Kumble	India	159	2.79	Pakistan	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1999-02-04
3	10/119	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand	287	2.48	India	Wankhede Stadium	2021-12-03
4	9/28	George Lohmann	England	72	2.33	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1896-03-02
5	9/37	Jim Laker	England	100	2.22	Australia	Old Trafford	1956-07-26
6	9/51	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	240	1.27	Zimbabwe	Asgiriya Stadium	2002-01-04
7	9/52	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	142	2.19	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1985-11-08
8	9/56	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan	222	1.51	England	Gaddafi Stadium	1987-11-25
9	9/57	Devon Malcolm	England	99	3.45	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1994-08-18
10	9/65	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	326	1.19	England	Kennington Oval	1998-08-27
11	9/69	Jasubhai Patel	India	215	1.92	Australia	Green Park	1959-12-19
12	9/83	Kapil Dev	India	183	2.72	West Indies	Narendra Modi Stadium	1983-11-12
13	9/86	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	284	1.81	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1979-03-10
14	9/95	Jack Noreiga	West Indies	298	1.91	India	Queen's Park Oval	1971-03-06
15	9/102	Subhash Gupte	India	207	2.95	West Indies	Green Park	1958-12-12
16	9/103	Sydney Barnes	England	232	2.66	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1913-12-26
17	9/113	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa	296	2.29	England	The Wanderers Stadium	1957-02-15
18	9/121	Arthur Mailey	Australia	282	2.57	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1921-02-11
19	9/127	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	199	3.82	Pakistan	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2014-08-14
20	9/129	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	247	3.13	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2018-07-20
21	8/7	George Lohmann	England	49	0.85	South Africa	St George's Park	1896-02-13
22	8/11	Johnny Briggs	England	58	1.13	South Africa	Newlands	1889-03-25
23	8/15	Stuart Broad	England	57	1.57	Australia	Trent Bridge	2015-08-06
24	8/24	Glenn McGrath	Australia	96	1.50	Pakistan	WACA Ground	2004-12-16
25	8/29	Colin Croft	West Indies	113	1.53	Pakistan	Queen's Park Oval	1977-03-04
25	8/29	Sydney Barnes	England	100	1.74	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1912-08-12
27	8/31	Fred Trueman	England	52	3.57	India	Old Trafford	1952-07-17
27	8/31	Frank Laver	Australia	110	1.69	England	Old Trafford	1909-07-26
29	8/34	Ian Botham	England	125	1.63	Pakistan	Lord's	1978-06-15
30	8/35	George Lohmann	England	109	1.92	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1887-02-25
31	8/38	Glenn McGrath	Australia	123	1.85	England	Lord's	1997-06-19
31	8/38	Lance Gibbs	West Indies	321	0.71	India	Kensington Oval	1962-03-23
33	8/39	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh	101	2.31	Zimbabwe	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2014-10-25
34	8/41	Yasir Shah	Pakistan	75	3.28	New Zealand	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2018-11-24
35	8/42	Sajid Khan	Pakistan	90	2.80	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2021-12-04
36	8/43	Bob Willis	England	91	2.83	Australia	Headingley	1981-07-16
36	8/43	Hedley Verity	England	135	1.91	Australia	Lord's	1934-06-22
36	8/43	Albert Trott	Australia	162	1.59	England	Adelaide Oval	1895-01-11
39	8/45	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	136	1.98	England	Kensington Oval	1990-04-05
40	8/46	Nauman Ali	Pakistan	99	2.78	England	Multan Cricket Stadium	2024-10-15
40	8/46	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	98	2.81	West Indies	Asgiriya Stadium	2005-07-22
42	8/49	Devendra Bishoo	West Indies	83	3.54	Pakistan	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2016-10-13
43	8/50	NM Lyon	Australia	134	2.23	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	2017-03-04
44	8/51	Derek Underwood	England	209	1.46	Pakistan	Lord's	1974-08-08
45	8/52	Vinoo Mankad	India	282	1.10	Pakistan	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1952-10-16
46	8/53	Angus Fraser	England	97	3.27	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1998-02-05
46	8/53	Bob Massie	Australia	164	1.93	England	Lord's	1972-06-22
46	8/53	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa	183	1.73	New Zealand	The Wanderers Stadium	1961-12-26
49	8/55	Vinoo Mankad	India	233	1.41	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1952-02-06
50	8/56	Sydney Barnes	England	161	2.08	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1913-12-26
51	8/58	Imran Khan	Pakistan	177	1.96	Sri Lanka	Gaddafi Stadium	1982-03-22
51	8/58	George Lohmann	England	260	1.33	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1892-01-29
53	8/59	Ashley Mallett	Australia	190	1.86	Pakistan	Adelaide Oval	1972-12-22
53	8/59	Colin Blythe	England	95	3.72	South Africa	Headingley	1907-07-29
55	8/60	Roston Chase	West Indies	130	2.76	England	Kensington Oval	2019-01-23
55	8/60	Imran Khan	Pakistan	121	2.97	India	National Stadium, Karachi	1982-12-23
57	8/61	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	144	2.54	South Africa	WACA Ground	2008-12-17
57	8/61	Narendra Hirwani	India	111	3.29	West Indies	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1988-01-11
59	8/62	Shannon Gabriel	West Indies	124	3.00	Sri Lanka	Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	2018-06-14
60	8/63	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	138	2.73	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2016-11-06
61	8/64	NM Lyon	Australia	141	2.72	India	Holkar Cricket Stadium	2023-03-01
61	8/64	Lance Klusener	South Africa	129	2.97	India	Eden Gardens	1996-11-27
63	8/65	Hugh Trumble	Australia	186	2.09	England	Kennington Oval	1902-08-11
64	8/68	Wilfred Rhodes	England	90	4.53	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1904-01-01
65	8/69	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan	126	3.28	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1979-12-04
65	8/69	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa	303	1.36	England	Kingsmead	1957-01-25
67	8/70	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	181	2.32	England	Trent Bridge	2006-06-02
67	8/70	Tip Snooke	South Africa	190	2.21	England	The Wanderers Stadium	1906-03-10
69	8/71	Allan Donald	South Africa	198	2.15	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	1995-10-13
69	8/71	Shane Warne	Australia	302	1.41	England	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1994-11-25
69	8/71	Graham McKenzie	Australia	224	1.90	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1968-12-26
72	8/72	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India	307	1.40	New Zealand	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1965-03-19
73	8/75	Angus Fraser	England	173	2.60	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1994-04-08
73	8/75	Narendra Hirwani	India	92	4.89	West Indies	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1988-01-11
75	8/76	Erapalli Prasanna	India	184	2.47	New Zealand	Eden Park	1976-01-24
76	8/79	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India	251	1.88	England	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1972-12-20
77	8/81	Len Braund	England	175	2.77	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1904-03-05
78	8/83	Ravi Ratnayeke	Sri Lanka	140	3.55	Pakistan	Sialkot	1985-10-27
79	8/84	Harbhajan Singh	India	251	2.00	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium	2001-03-18
79	8/84	Bob Massie	Australia	197	2.55	England	Lord's	1972-06-22
81	8/85	Kapil Dev	India	185	2.75	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1983-01-23
82	8/86	Javagal Srinath	India	162	3.18	Pakistan	Eden Gardens	1999-02-16
82	8/86	Tony Greig	England	217	2.37	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1974-03-30
84	8/87	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	205	2.54	India	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001-08-29
84	8/87	Merv Hughes	Australia	222	2.35	West Indies	WACA Ground	1988-12-02
86	8/92	Michael Holding	West Indies	198	2.78	England	Kennington Oval	1976-08-12
87	8/94	Tom Richardson	England	217	2.59	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1898-02-26
88	8/97	Craig McDermott	Australia	148	3.93	England	WACA Ground	1991-02-01
89	8/103	Ian Botham	England	166	3.72	West Indies	Lord's	1984-06-28
90	8/104	Alf Valentine	West Indies	300	2.08	England	Old Trafford	1950-06-08
91	8/106	Kapil Dev	India	228	2.78	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1985-12-13
92	8/107	Neil Foster	England	278	2.30	Pakistan	Headingley	1987-07-02
92	8/107	Bernard Bosanquet	England	196	3.27	Australia	Trent Bridge	1905-05-29
94	8/108	Stuart MacGill	Australia	201	3.22	Bangladesh	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium	2006-04-09
95	8/109	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe	311	2.10	New Zealand	Queens Sports Club	2000-09-12
96	8/112	Geoff Lawson	Australia	240	2.80	West Indies	Adelaide Oval	1984-12-07
97	8/126	Jack White	England	389	1.94	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1929-02-01
98	8/141	Anil Kumble	India	281	3.01	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2004-01-02
98	8/141	Craig McDermott	Australia	216	3.91	England	Old Trafford	1985-08-01
100	8/143	Max Walker	Australia	338	2.53	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1975-02-08

Available scorecards only; the twelve-team archive is complete from 2001 and partial before. Tied figures share a rank.