Cricket records

Most wickets in Test cricket

Runs, wickets, highest scores, best bowling, team totals and hundreds, by format, men and women, from every international we hold ball by ball since 2001.

Record lists36

Matches10,971

Moved this week17

Record

Most runs Most wickets Highest scores Best bowling Team totals Most hundreds

Format

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Players

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Most wickets in Test cricket

top 100, since 2001

Player	Wickets	Detail	Open
1JM AndersonEngland	683	182 matches, average 26.48	Open
2SCJ BroadEngland	604	166 matches, average 27.68	Open
3NM LyonAustralia	571	142 matches, average 30.21	Open
4R AshwinIndia	536	106 matches, average 24.05	Open
5MA StarcAustralia	445	107 matches, average 26.13	Open
6DW SteynSouth Africa	431	90 matches, average 22.42	Open
7HMRKB HerathSri Lanka	411	86 matches, average 27.90	Open
8TG SoutheeNew Zealand	391	107 matches, average 30.26	Open
9RA JadejaIndia	356	90 matches, average 25.30	Open
10K RabadaSouth Africa	340	72 matches, average 22.04	Open
11PJ CumminsAustralia	322	74 matches, average 21.91	Open
12TA BoultNew Zealand	317	78 matches, average 27.50	Open
13MG JohnsonAustralia	313	73 matches, average 28.41	Open
14I SharmaIndia	311	105 matches, average 32.41	Open
15M MorkelSouth Africa	309	86 matches, average 27.67	Open
16KAJ RoachWest Indies	304	89 matches, average 26.82	Open
17JR HazlewoodAustralia	303	78 matches, average 24.00	Open
18Taijul IslamBangladesh	270	61 matches, average 30.46	Open
19M MuralitharanSri Lanka	264	41 matches, average 22.90	Open
20N WagnerNew Zealand	260	64 matches, average 27.57	Open
21GP SwannEngland	255	60 matches, average 29.97	Open
22BA StokesEngland	252	108 matches, average 30.98	Open
23Harbhajan SinghIndia	246	63 matches, average 35.41	Open
24Yasir ShahPakistan	244	48 matches, average 31.38	Open
25Shakib Al HasanBangladesh	234	69 matches, average 32.86	Open
26JJ BumrahIndia	234	52 matches, average 19.79	Open
27Mohammed ShamiIndia	229	64 matches, average 27.71	Open
28M NtiniSouth Africa	225	57 matches, average 29.09	Open
29Z KhanIndia	224	63 matches, average 32.05	Open
30VD PhilanderSouth Africa	224	64 matches, average 22.32	Open
31Mehedi Hasan MirazBangladesh	222	58 matches, average 32.05	Open
32PM SiddleAustralia	221	67 matches, average 30.67	Open
33KA MaharajSouth Africa	218	59 matches, average 29.22	Open
34MM AliEngland	204	68 matches, average 37.31	Open
35A KumbleIndia	201	43 matches, average 32.53	Open
36CR WoakesEngland	192	62 matches, average 29.61	Open
37DL VettoriNew Zealand	189	58 matches, average 33.99	Open
38CS MartinNew Zealand	186	55 matches, average 32.93	Open
39Saeed AjmalPakistan	178	35 matches, average 28.11	Open
40B LeeAustralia	175	41 matches, average 31.86	Open
41RAS LakmalSri Lanka	171	70 matches, average 36.44	Open
42UT YadavIndia	168	57 matches, average 31.33	Open
43ST GabrielWest Indies	166	58 matches, average 32.22	Open
44MS PanesarEngland	166	48 matches, average 34.51	Open
45SJ HarmisonEngland	164	46 matches, average 31.60	Open
46MDK PereraSri Lanka	161	43 matches, average 35.90	Open
47JO HolderWest Indies	157	67 matches, average 31.10	Open
48MJ HenryNew Zealand	152	35 matches, average 26.05	Open
49A FlintoffEngland	146	43 matches, average 30.77	Open
50SK WarneAustralia	145	27 matches, average 25.49	Open
51Mohammed SirajIndia	143	48 matches, average 29.84	Open
52MJ LeachEngland	142	38 matches, average 34.07	Open
53JH KallisSouth Africa	141	85 matches, average 34.03	Open
54Umar GulPakistan	138	41 matches, average 34.79	Open
55MJ HoggardEngland	135	37 matches, average 29.98	Open
56Danish KaneriaPakistan	134	33 matches, average 39.51	Open
57Mohammad AbbasPakistan	131	33 matches, average 22.68	Open
58AS JosephWest Indies	130	42 matches, average 33.56	Open
59Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan	126	34 matches, average 28.13	Open
60NGRP JayasuriyaSri Lanka	126	24 matches, average 32.65	Open
61ST FinnEngland	125	36 matches, average 30.40	Open
62JE TaylorWest Indies	121	41 matches, average 32.85	Open
63Mohammad AmirPakistan	119	36 matches, average 30.48	Open
64MA WoodEngland	119	38 matches, average 30.80	Open
65D BishooWest Indies	117	35 matches, average 37.18	Open
66FH EdwardsWest Indies	116	41 matches, average 39.75	Open
67RJ HarrisAustralia	113	27 matches, average 23.52	Open
68PP OjhaIndia	113	24 matches, average 30.27	Open
69JNT SealesWest Indies	110	30 matches, average 25.85	Open
70CBRLS KumaraSri Lanka	107	37 matches, average 36.68	Open
71OE RobinsonEngland	104	24 matches, average 19.26	Open
72Nauman AliPakistan	101	22 matches, average 25.09	Open
73GD McGrathAustralia	101	23 matches, average 20.32	Open
74PL HarrisSouth Africa	99	36 matches, average 38.69	Open
75BW HilfenhausAustralia	99	27 matches, average 28.51	Open
76Abdur RehmanPakistan	99	22 matches, average 29.39	Open
77SR ClarkAustralia	94	24 matches, average 23.86	Open
78RL ChaseWest Indies	93	57 matches, average 50.58	Open
79Mohammad AsifPakistan	93	20 matches, average 24.06	Open
80SM PollockSouth Africa	92	27 matches, average 28.11	Open
81AY PatelNew Zealand	91	22 matches, average 28.82	Open
82AM FernandoSri Lanka	91	27 matches, average 27.55	Open
83KA JamiesonNew Zealand	90	21 matches, average 20.23	Open
84M JansenSouth Africa	89	21 matches, average 21.12	Open
85Hasan AliPakistan	88	27 matches, average 28.09	Open
86SJ BennWest Indies	86	23 matches, average 38.36	Open
87DJG SammyWest Indies	84	37 matches, average 35.80	Open
88WPUJC VaasSri Lanka	83	30 matches, average 32.42	Open
89Wahab RiazPakistan	83	27 matches, average 34.51	Open
90JC ArcherEngland	83	23 matches, average 28.64	Open
91JA WarricanWest Indies	83	24 matches, average 29.42	Open
92AAP AtkinsonEngland	83	21 matches, average 25.35	Open
93S SreesanthIndia	82	26 matches, average 38.67	Open
94SM BolandAustralia	82	19 matches, average 18.59	Open
95JL PattinsonAustralia	81	21 matches, average 26.33	Open
96MJ SantnerNew Zealand	80	32 matches, average 33.95	Open
97Kuldeep YadavIndia	80	19 matches, average 23.36	Open
98RJ SidebottomEngland	79	20 matches, average 27.43	Open
99Sajid KhanPakistan	77	16 matches, average 28.82	Open
100MVT FernandoSri Lanka	77	27 matches, average 32.56	Open