CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Most wickets

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most wickets	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	800	133	164	1,261	800
2	Shane Warne	Australia	708	145	199	3,154	708
3	James Anderson	England	704	188	265	1,353	704
4	Anil Kumble	India	619	132	173	2,506	619
5	Stuart Broad	England	604	167	244	3,662	604
6	NM Lyon	Australia	571	143	183	1,705	571
7	Glenn McGrath	Australia	563	124	138	641	563
8	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	537	106	151	3,503	537
9	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	519	132	185	936	519
10	Mitchell Starc	Australia	445	107	157	2,498	445
11	Dale Steyn	South Africa	439	93	119	1,251	439
12	Kapil Dev	India	434	131	184	5,248	434
13	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	433	93	144	1,699	433
14	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	431	86	134	3,124	431
15	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	421	108	156	3,781	421
16	Harbhajan Singh	India	417	103	145	2,224	417
17	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	414	104	147	2,898	414
18	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	405	98	145	1,439	405
19	Tim Southee	New Zealand	391	107	156	2,245	391
20	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	390	101	116	699	390
21	Ian Botham	England	383	102	161	5,200	383
22	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	376	81	107	1,810	376
23	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	373	87	120	1,010	373
24	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	362	113	174	4,531	362
24	Imran Khan	Pakistan	362	88	126	3,807	362
26	Ravindra Jadeja	India	356	91	136	4,160	356
27	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	355	111	162	3,089	355
27	Dennis Lillee	Australia	355	70	90	905	355
29	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	340	73	110	1,102	340
30	Allan Donald	South Africa	330	72	94	652	330
31	Bob Willis	England	325	90	128	840	325
32	Pat Cummins	Australia	322	74	110	1,584	322
33	Trent Boult	New Zealand	317	78	94	759	317
34	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	313	73	109	2,065	313
35	Ishant Sharma	India	311	105	142	785	311
35	Zaheer Khan	India	311	92	127	1,231	311
37	Brett Lee	Australia	310	76	90	1,451	310
38	Lance Gibbs	West Indies	309	79	109	488	309
38	Morne Morkel	South Africa	309	86	104	944	309
40	Fred Trueman	England	307	67	85	981	307
41	Kemar Roach	West Indies	304	91	147	1,403	304
42	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	303	78	99	575	303
43	Derek Underwood	England	297	86	116	937	297
44	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	292	166	280	13,289	292
45	Craig McDermott	Australia	291	71	90	940	291
46	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh	272	62	104	955	272
47	Bishan Bedi	India	266	67	101	656	266
48	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	261	61	84	360	261
49	Neil Wagner	New Zealand	260	64	84	875	260
50	Jason Gillespie	Australia	259	71	93	1,218	259
50	Joel Garner	West Indies	259	58	68	672	259
52	Graeme Swann	England	255	60	76	1,370	255
53	Ben Stokes	England	252	122	220	7,273	252
53	Brian Statham	England	252	70	87	675	252
55	Michael Holding	West Indies	249	60	76	910	249
56	Matthew Hoggard	England	248	67	92	473	248
56	Richie Benaud	Australia	248	63	97	2,201	248
58	Graham McKenzie	Australia	246	60	89	945	246
58	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	246	71	130	4,609	246
60	Yasir Shah	Pakistan	244	48	72	918	244
61	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India	242	58	80	167	242
62	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan	236	67	77	1,029	236
62	Alec Bedser	England	236	51	71	714	236
62	Javagal Srinath	India	236	67	92	1,009	236
65	Garry Sobers	West Indies	235	93	160	8,032	235
66	Andy Caddick	England	234	62	95	861	234
66	Jasprit Bumrah	India	234	52	78	348	234
68	Chris Martin	New Zealand	233	71	104	123	233
69	Darren Gough	England	229	58	86	855	229
69	Mohammed Shami	India	229	64	89	750	229
71	Ray Lindwall	Australia	228	61	84	1,502	228
72	Andrew Flintoff	England	226	79	130	3,845	226
72	Steve Harmison	England	226	63	86	743	226
74	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	Bangladesh	225	60	107	2,308	225
75	Vernon Philander	South Africa	224	64	94	1,779	224
76	PM Siddle	Australia	221	67	94	1,164	221
77	Chris Cairns	New Zealand	218	62	104	3,320	218
77	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	218	62	95	1,334	218
79	Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	216	37	50	557	216
79	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	216	65	107	1,990	216
81	Merv Hughes	Australia	212	53	70	1,032	212
82	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	208	49	78	927	208
82	Stuart MacGill	Australia	208	44	47	349	208
84	Moeen Ali	England	204	68	118	3,094	204
85	Andy Roberts	West Indies	202	47	62	762	202
85	John Snow	England	202	49	71	772	202
87	Jeff Thomson	Australia	200	51	73	679	200
88	Jim Laker	England	193	46	63	676	193
89	Chris Woakes	England	192	62	99	2,034	192
89	Wes Hall	West Indies	192	48	66	818	192
91	Erapalli Prasanna	India	189	49	84	735	189
91	Sydney Barnes	England	189	27	39	242	189
93	Alan Davidson	Australia	186	44	61	1,328	186
94	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan	185	52	72	656	185
95	Geoff Lawson	Australia	180	46	68	894	180
96	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	178	35	53	451	178
96	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	178	46	67	544	178
98	Angus Fraser	England	177	46	67	388	177
98	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	177	55	72	1,045	177
100	Tony Lock	England	174	49	63	742	174

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: 800. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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