Tests - Fast Bowlers With Most Wickets

Top 100 Fast Bowlers With Most Wickets In Tests

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All Test Stats on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05.

CONTENTS
1. TOP 100 PACERS WITH MOST WICKETS IN TEST CRICKET
2. BRIEF EXPLANATION
2.1. Dynamic Nature
2.2. Top Teams (TT)
2.3. Abbreviations

TOP 100 PACERS WITH MOST WICKETS IN TEST CRICKET

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS RUNS BALLS WKTS
1 JM Anderson ENG 350 18627 40037 704
2 SCJ Broad ENG 309 16719 33698 604
3 GD McGrath AUS 243 12186 29248 563
4 CA Walsh WI 242 12688 30019 519
5 DW Steyn SA 171 10077 18608 439
6 N Kapil Dev IND 227 12867 27740 434
7 MA Starc AUS 202 11481 20013 433
8 RJ Hadlee NZ 150 9612 21918 431
9 SM Pollock SA 202 9733 24353 421
10 Wasim Akram PAK 181 9778 22627 414
11 CEL Ambrose WI 179 8501 22103 405
12 TG Southee NZ 203 11832 23490 391
13 M Ntini SA 190 11242 20834 390
14 IT Botham ENG 168 10878 21815 383
15 MD Marshall WI 151 7876 17584 376
16 Waqar Younis PAK 154 8788 16224 373
17 Imran Khan PAK 142 8258 19458 362
18 DK Lillee AUS 132 8493 18467 355
18 WPUJC Vaas SL 194 10501 23438 355
20 K Rabada SA 134 7493 13436 340
21 AA Donald SA 129 7344 15519 330
22 RGD Willis ENG 165 8190 17357 325
23 TA Boult NZ 149 8717 17416 317
24 PJ Cummins AUS 134 6946 14391 315
25 MG Johnson AUS 140 8891 16001 313
26 Zaheer Khan IND 165 10247 18785 311
26 I Sharma IND 188 10078 19160 311
28 B Lee AUS 150 9554 16531 310
29 M Morkel SA 160 8550 16498 309
30 FS Trueman ENG 127 6625 15178 307
31 JR Hazlewood AUS 143 7144 15423 295
32 KAJ Roach WI 159 7968 15406 294
33 JH Kallis SA 272 9535 20232 292
34 CJ McDermott AUS 124 8332 16586 291
35 N Wagner NZ 122 7169 13725 260
36 J Garner WI 111 5433 13175 259
36 JN Gillespie AUS 137 6770 14234 259
38 JB Statham ENG 129 6261 16056 252
39 MA Holding WI 113 5898 12680 249
40 MJ Hoggard ENG 122 7564 13909 248
41 GD McKenzie AUS 113 7328 17681 246
42 BA Stokes ENG 178 7655 13767 245
43 J Srinath IND 121 7196 15104 236
44 GS Sobers WI 159 7999 21599 235
45 AR Caddick ENG 105 6999 13558 234
45 JJ Bumrah IND 99 4631 10031 234
47 CS Martin NZ 126 7878 14026 233
48 D Gough ENG 95 6503 11821 229
48 Mohammed Shami IND 122 6346 11515 229
50 A Flintoff ENG 137 7410 14951 226
50 SJ Harmison ENG 115 7192 13375 226
52 VD Philander SA 119 5000 11391 224
53 PM Siddle AUS 126 6777 13907 221
54 CL Cairns NZ 104 6410 11698 218
55 HH Streak ZIM 102 6079 13559 216
56 MG Hughes AUS 97 6017 12285 212
57 JA Snow ENG 93 5387 12021 202
57 AME Roberts WI 90 5174 11135 202
59 JR Thomson AUS 90 5602 10535 200
60 WW Hall WI 92 5066 10421 192
60 CR Woakes ENG 118 5687 11225 192
62 AK Davidson AUS 82 3819 11587 186
63 GF Lawson AUS 78 5501 11118 180
64 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 82 4574 8143 178
65 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 95 5798 13951 177
65 ARC Fraser ENG 79 4836 10876 177
67 RAS Lakmal SL 122 6233 12443 171
68 TM Alderman AUS 73 4616 10181 170
68 UT Yadav IND 112 5263 8979 170
70 ST Gabriel WI 104 5348 9379 166
71 FH Edwards WI 97 6249 9602 165
72 Umar Gul PAK 90 5553 9599 163
73 JO Holder WI 122 4924 11305 162
74 IR Bishop WI 76 3909 8413 161
75 DK Morrison NZ 76 5549 10064 160
76 CM Old ENG 81 4020 8858 143
77 AW Greig ENG 93 4541 9802 141
78 PAJ DeFreitas ENG 76 4700 9838 140
78 MJ Henry NZ 65 3799 7299 140
80 Fazal Mahmood PAK 53 3434 9834 139
80 M Siraj IND 84 4124 7007 139
82 MHN Walker AUS 63 3792 10094 138
82 GR Dilley ENG 65 4107 8192 138
84 DG Cork ENG 62 3906 7678 131
84 M Dillon WI 66 4398 8704 131
86 BL Cairns NZ 72 4280 10628 130
86 JE Taylor WI 78 4480 7757 130
88 DE Malcolm ENG 72 4748 8480 128
89 CEH Croft WI 52 2913 6165 125
89 ST Finn ENG 66 3800 6412 125
91 AS Joseph WI 75 4150 6742 124
92 TL Goddard SA 75 3226 11736 123
92 EJ Chatfield NZ 73 3958 10360 123
92 RM Hogg AUS 66 3503 7633 123
92 A Nel SA 69 3919 7630 123
96 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 56 3378 6401 121
97 Mohammad Aamer PAK 67 3627 7619 119
97 MA Wood ENG 71 3665 6610 119
99 PM Pollock SA 52 2806 6522 116
99 RO Collinge NZ 62 3392 7689 116

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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