TEST, ODI & T20 STATISTICS

Bowling Records

Leading wicket takers across recorded matches. Choose a format to compare bowling totals.

Test figures reflect the available Cricsheet deliveries. Mixed men’s and women’s competitions are included. A player with missing earlier matches can appear below a player with more complete coverage. Super overs are excluded.

#	Player	Matches	Runs	Wickets	100s	50s	Ducks	High
1	James Anderson	182	1,290	682	0	1	34	81
2	Stuart Broad	167	3,662	604	1	13	39	169
3	Nathan Lyon	144	1,732	573	0	0	20	47
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	105	3,485	532	6	14	9	124
5	Mitchell Starc	109	2,516	451	0	13	17	99
6	Dale Steyn	90	1,226	431	0	2	14	76
7	Rangana Herath	82	1,589	404	0	3	19	80
8	Tim Southee	107	2,245	391	0	7	21	77
9	Ravindra Jadeja	90	4,140	350	6	28	8	175
10	Kagiso Rabada	74	1,102	346	0	1	22	71
11	Pat Cummins	76	1,670	326	0	3	14	64
12	Trent Boult	78	759	317	0	1	13	52
13	Mitchell Johnson	73	2,065	313	1	11	19	123
14	Josh Hazlewood	80	582	311	0	0	13	39
15	Morné Morkel	86	944	309	0	0	22	40
16	Ishant Sharma	104	778	307	0	1	33	57
17	Kemar Roach	90	1,400	304	0	1	24	58
18	Taijul Islam	60	941	264	0	0	11	47
19	Neil Wagner	64	875	260	0	1	17	66
20	Graeme Swann	60	1,370	255	0	5	5	85
21	Ben Stokes	122	7,273	252	14	37	18	258
22	Yasir Shah	48	918	244	1	0	11	113
23	Muttiah Muralitharan	38	275	243	0	0	10	33
24	Harbhajan Singh	61	1,554	234	2	7	9	115
25	Jasprit Bumrah	52	348	234	0	0	28	34
26	Mohammed Shami	64	750	229	0	2	18	56
27	Shakib Al Hasan	68	4,356	226	5	29	6	217
28	Makhaya Ntini	57	370	225	0	0	13	32
29	Vernon Philander	64	1,779	224	0	8	8	74
30	Peter Siddle	67	1,164	221	0	2	17	51
31	Keshav Maharaj	63	1,369	220	0	6	19	84
32	Mehedi Hasan	58	2,237	219	2	10	6	104
33	Zaheer Khan	60	930	218	0	3	17	75
34	Moeen Ali	68	3,094	204	5	15	15	155
35	Chris Woakes	62	2,034	192	1	7	11	137
36	Anil Kumble	41	893	191	1	2	4	110
37	Chris Martin	53	92	183	0	0	27	12
38	Saeed Ajmal	35	451	178	0	1	9	50
39	Daniel Vettori	54	2,874	177	5	13	7	140
40	Brett Lee	41	834	175	0	3	9	64
41	Suranga Lakmal	70	934	171	0	0	21	42
42	Umesh Yadav	56	434	166	0	0	9	31
43	Shannon Gabriel	59	229	166	0	0	23	20
44	Monty Panesar	49	217	166	0	0	20	26
45	Dilruwan Perera	43	1,303	161	0	7	14	95
46	Jason Holder	68	3,062	157	3	14	11	202
47	Matt Henry	35	676	152	0	4	11	72
48	Steve Harmison	42	616	143	0	0	14	49
49	Mohammed Siraj	47	170	143	0	0	16	16
50	Jack Leach	39	498	142	0	1	7	92

Source: Cricsheet · ODC-By 1.0 · Coverage & methodology. Results through 25 Oct 2026.