Test Records: Most Wickets In Test Career

Most Wickets In Test Career

	Player Name	Team	Mat	Wickets	Best	5w	10w	Period
1	Muttiah Muralitharan	SL	133	800	9-51	67	22	1992-210
2	Shane Warne	Aus	145	708	8-71	37	10	1992-2007
3	Anil Kumble	Ind	132	619	10-74	35	8	1990-2008
4	Glenn McGrath	Aus	124	563	8-24	29	3	1993-2007
5	Courtney Walsh	WI	132	519	7-37	22	3	1984-2001
6	Kapil Dev	Ind	131	434	9-83	23	2	1978-1994
7	Richard Hadlee	NZ	86	431	9-52	36	9	1973-1990
8	Shaun Pollock	SA	108	421	7-87	16	1	1995-2008
9	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	414	7-119	25	5	1985-2002
10	Curtly Ambrose	WI	98	405	8-45	22	3	1988-2000
11	Makhaya Ntini	SA	101	390	7-37	18	4	1998
12	Ian Botham	Eng	102	383	8-34	27	4	1977-1992
13	Malcolm Marshall	WI	81	376	7-22	22	4	1978-1991
14	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	373	7-76	22	5	1989-2000
15	Imran Khan	Pak	88	362	8-58	23	6	1971-1992
16	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	82	355	8-84	24	5	1998
17	Chaminda Vaas	SL	111	355	7-71	12	2	1994-2009
18	Dennis Lillee	Aus	70	355	7-83	23	7	1971-1984
19	Allan Donald	SA	72	330	8-71	20	3	1992-2002
20	Bob Willis	Eng	90	325	8-43	16	0	1971-1984
21	Daniel Vettori	NZ	98	318	7-87	18	3	1997
22	Brett Lee	Aus	76	310	5-30	10	0	1999
23	Lance Gibbs	WI	79	309	8-38	18	2	1958-1976
24	Fred Trueman	Eng	67	307	8-31	17	3	1952-1965
25	Derek Underwood	Eng	86	297	8-51	17	6	1966-1982
26	Craig McDermott	Aus	71	291	8-97	14	2	1984-1996
27	Bishan Bedi	Ind	67	266	7-98	14	1	1966-1979
28	Jacques Kallis	SA	137	261	6-54	5	0	1995
29	Joel Garner	WI	58	259	6-56	7	0	1977-1987
30	Jason Gillespie	Aus	71	259	7-37	8	0	1996-2006
31	Danish Kaneria	Pak	58	254	7-77	15	2	2000
32	Brian Statham	Eng	70	252	7-39	9	1	1951-1965
33	Michael Holding	WI	60	249	8-92	13	2	1975-1987
34	Matthew Hoggard	Eng	67	248	7-61	7	1	2000
35	Richie Benaud	Aus	63	248	7-72	16	1	1952-1964
36	Garth McKenzie	Aus	60	246	8-71	16	3	1961-1971
37	Zaheer Khan	Ind	72	242	5-29	9	1	2000
38	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Ind	58	242	8-79	16	2	1964-1979
39	Javagal Srinath	Ind	67	236	8-86	10	1	1991-2002
40	Alec Bedser	Eng	51	236	7-44	15	5	1946-1955
41	Alec Bedser	Eng	51	236	7-44	15	3	1964-1955
42	Abdul Qadir	Pak	67	236	9-56	15	5	1977-1990
43	Garry Sobers	WI	93	235	7-46	13	1	1954-1974
44	Andy Caddick	Eng	62	234	7-46	13	1	1993-2003
45	Darren Gough	Eng	58	229	6-42	5	0	1994-2000
46	Ray Lindwall	Aus	61	228	7-38	12	0	1946-1960
47	Andrew Flintoff	Eng	79	226	5-58	3	0	1998-2009
48	Steve Harmison	Eng	63	226	7-12	8	1	2002
49	Chris Cairns	NZ	62	218	7-27	13	1	1989-2004
50	Heath Streak	Zim	65	216	6-73	7	0	1993-2005
51	Clarrie Grimmett	Aus	37	216	7-40	21	7	1925-1936
52	Merv Hughes	Aus	53	212	8-87	7	1	1985-1994
53	Stuart MacGill	Aus	44	208	8-108	12	2	1998-2008
54	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	49	208	8-164	13	3	1995-2004
55	Andy Roberts	WI	47	202	7-54	11	2	1974-1983
56	John Snow	Eng	49	202	7-40	8	1	1965-1976
57	Jeff Thomson	Aus	51	200	6-46	8	0	1972-1985