Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned
last update date.
*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08
History of Top Wicket Takers
Kapil Dev of India was the first bowler to take 200 ODI wickets while Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram was the first to take 300 wickets in October 1996. Akram was also the first player to achieve the 400 and 500 wicket landmark in One Day Internationals. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralidharan went past Akram’s tally of 502 scalps in February 2009. By the time Muralidharan retired in April 2011, he had taken the record to 534 wickets, which is still the highest.
TOP 20 Spinners In ODI Cricker With Most Wickets
| RANK | BOWLER | NAT | FP | LP | INNS | RUNS | WKTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Muralitharan | SL | 1993 | 2011 | 341 | 12326 | 534 |
| 2 | Shahid Afridi | PAK | 1996 | 2015 | 372 | 13633 | 395 |
| 3 | A Kumble | IND | 1990 | 2007 | 265 | 10412 | 337 |
| 4 | ST Jayasuriya | SL | 1990 | 2011 | 368 | 11863 | 323 |
| 5 | DL Vettori | NZ | 1997 | 2015 | 277 | 9674 | 305 |
| 6 | Shakib Al Hasan | BAN | 2006 | 2022 | 221 | 8544 | 294 |
| 7 | SK Warne | AUS | 1993 | 2005 | 191 | 7541 | 293 |
| 8 | Saqlain Mushtaq | PAK | 1995 | 2003 | 165 | 6275 | 288 |
| 9 | Harbhajan Singh | IND | 1998 | 2015 | 227 | 8973 | 269 |
| 10 | Abdur Razzak | BAN | 2004 | 2014 | 152 | 6065 | 207 |
| 11 | CL Hooper | WI | 1987 | 2003 | 203 | 6957 | 193 |
| 12 | RA Jadeja | IND | 2009 | 2022 | 166 | 7062 | 189 |
| 13 | Saeed Ajmal | PAK | 2008 | 2015 | 112 | 4182 | 184 |
| 14 | Imran Tahir | SA | 2011 | 2019 | 104 | 4297 | 173 |
| 15 | AU Rashid | ENG | 2009 | 2022 | 113 | 5586 | 169 |
| 16 | CH Gayle | WI | 1999 | 2019 | 199 | 5924 | 167 |
| 17 | Rashid Khan | AFG | 2015 | 2022 | 81 | 3024 | 163 |
| 18 | Mushtaq Ahmed | PAK | 1989 | 2003 | 142 | 5361 | 161 |
| 19 | Shoaib Malik | PAK | 1999 | 2019 | 217 | 6193 | 158 |
| 20 | GB Hogg | AUS | 1996 | 2008 | 113 | 4188 | 156 |