TEST, ODI & T20 STATISTICS

Bowling Records

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

ODI 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	Lasith Malinga	213	508	322	0	1	26	56
2	Shakib Al Hasan	211	6,638	259	8	52	11	124
3	Brett Lee	154	865	257	0	2	14	59
4	James Anderson	179	254	250	0	0	9	28
5	Shahid Afridi	207	3,913	242	3	15	15	124
6	Mitchell Starc	128	606	239	0	1	12	52
7	Adil Rashid	160	942	235	0	1	9	69
8	Ravindra Jadeja	209	2,880	227	0	13	6	87
9	Mitchell Johnson	147	934	226	0	2	6	73
10	Tim Southee	152	715	215	0	1	12	55
11	Mashrafe Bin Mortaza	175	1,304	209	0	0	12	44
12	Trent Boult	111	216	206	0	0	2	21
13	Adam Zampa	124	417	201	0	0	8	36
14	Mohammed Shami	106	224	200	0	0	6	25
15	Kuldeep Yadav	120	202	198	0	0	3	19
16	Dale Steyn	124	365	193	0	1	8	60
17	Nuwan Kulasekara	179	1,323	192	0	4	12	73
18	Kyle Mills	131	871	191	0	2	5	54
19	Muttiah Muralitharan	126	317	190	0	0	9	32
20	Morné Morkel	116	268	187	0	0	9	32
21	Daniel Vettori	159	1,450	184	0	3	11	79
22	Zaheer Khan	132	531	180	0	0	8	34
23	Dwayne Bravo	146	2,760	177	2	10	10	112
24	Saeed Ajmal	108	323	175	0	0	11	33
25	Mustafizur Rahman	113	171	174	0	0	11	20
26	Chris Woakes	119	1,514	173	0	6	8	95
27	Stuart Broad	117	509	173	0	0	8	45
28	Matt Henry	93	270	171	0	0	7	48
29	Imran Tahir	106	157	169	0	0	6	29
30	Harbhajan Singh	154	917	166	0	0	11	49
31	Thisara Perera	161	2,233	164	1	10	11	140
32	Kagiso Rabada	103	401	164	0	0	2	31
33	Abdur Razzak	122	644	163	0	1	10	53
34	Sandeep Lamichhane	79	482	161	0	0	11	49
35	Umar Gul	120	442	157	0	0	10	39
36	Nathan Bracken	100	174	154	0	0	5	21
37	Ravichandran Ashwin	115	707	153	0	1	6	65
38	Deepti Sharma	114	2,493	151	1	18	5	106
39	Jason Holder	129	2,144	151	0	12	9	99
40	Shane Watson	164	5,357	146	9	31	12	185
41	Jasprit Bumrah	89	110	145	0	0	5	20
42	Irfan Pathan	100	1,226	144	0	3	6	83
43	Josh Hazlewood	97	137	144	0	0	5	23
44	Marizanne Kapp	116	2,590	141	3	14	6	121
45	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	120	552	141	0	1	8	53
46	Makhaya Ntini	89	101	141	0	0	6	16
47	Pat Cummins	89	536	140	0	0	8	37
48	Shaheen Afridi	74	348	140	0	0	6	37
49	Alzarri Joseph	84	486	137	0	0	7	49
50	Ayabonga Khaka	105	146	137	0	0	9	18

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