Name | Mat | Balls | Wkts | Avg | S/R | 4wi | Best | ||
1 | SRI | M Muralitharan | 350 | 18811 | 534 | 23.08 | 35.2 | 25 | 7-31 |
2 | PAK | Wasim Akram | 356 | 18186 | 502 | 23.52 | 36.2 | 23 | 5-16 |
3 | PAK | Waqar Younis | 262 | 12698 | 416 | 23.84 | 30.5 | 27 | 7-37 |
4 | SRI | WPUJC Vaas | 322 | 15775 | 400 | 27.53 | 39.4 | 13 | 8-20 |
5 | PAK | Shahid Afridi | 398 | 17670 | 395 | 34.51 | 44.7 | 13 | 7-13 |
6 | RSA | SM Pollock | 303 | 15712 | 393 | 24.50 | 40.0 | 17 | 6-36 |
7 | AUS | GD McGrath | 250 | 12970 | 381 | 22.02 | 34.0 | 16 | 7-16 |
8 | AUS | B Lee | 221 | 11185 | 380 | 23.36 | 29.4 | 23 | 5-23 |
9 | SRI | SL Malinga | 226 | 10936 | 338 | 28.87 | 32.4 | 19 | 6-39 |
10 | IND | A Kumble | 271 | 14496 | 337 | 30.89 | 43.0 | 10 | 6-13 |
11 | SRI | ST Jayasuriya | 445 | 14874 | 323 | 36.75 | 46.0 | 12 | 6-30 |
12 | BAN | Shakib Al Hasan | 247 | 12575 | 317 | 29.52 | 39.7 | 14 | 5-30 |
13 | IND | J Srinath | 229 | 11935 | 315 | 28.08 | 37.9 | 10 | 5-24 |
14 | NZL | DL Vettori | 295 | 14060 | 305 | 31.71 | 46.1 | 10 | 5-8 |
15 | AUS | SK Warne | 194 | 10642 | 293 | 25.73 | 36.3 | 13 | 5-34 |
16 | PAK | Saqlain Mushtaq | 169 | 8770 | 288 | 21.78 | 30.5 | 17 | 5-21 |
= | IND | AB Agarkar | 191 | 9484 | 288 | 27.85 | 32.9 | 12 | 6-43 |
18 | IND | Z Khan | 200 | 10097 | 282 | 29.43 | 35.8 | 8 | 5-43 |
19 | RSA | JH Kallis | 328 | 10750 | 273 | 31.79 | 39.4 | 4 | 5-31 |
20 | RSA | AA Donald | 164 | 8561 | 272 | 21.78 | 31.5 | 13 | 6-24 |
21 | BAN | Mashrafe Mortaza | 220 | 10922 | 270 | 32.93 | 40.5 | 8 | 6-27 |
22 | PAK | Abdul Razzaq | 265 | 10941 | 269 | 31.83 | 40.7 | 11 | 6-36 |
= | ENG | JM Anderson | 194 | 9584 | 269 | 29.22 | 35.6 | 13 | 5-24 |
= | IND | Harbhajan Singh | 236 | 12479 | 269 | 33.35 | 46.4 | 5 | 5-32 |
25 | RSA | M Ntini | 173 | 8687 | 266 | 24.65 | 32.7 | 12 | 6-23 |
26 | IND | Kapil Dev | 225 | 11202 | 253 | 27.45 | 44.3 | 4 | 5-44 |
27 | PAK | Shoaib Akhtar | 163 | 7764 | 247 | 24.97 | 31.4 | 10 | 6-17 |
28 | AUS | MA Starc | 127 | 6512 | 244 | 23.40 | 26.7 | 21 | 6-29 |
29 | NZL | KD Mills | 170 | 8230 | 240 | 27.02 | 34.3 | 9 | 5-26 |
30 | ZIM | HH Streak | 189 | 9468 | 239 | 29.82 | 39.6 | 8 | 5-33 |
= | AUS | MG Johnson | 153 | 7489 | 239 | 25.26 | 31.3 | 12 | 6-32 |
32 | ENG | D Gough | 159 | 8470 | 235 | 26.42 | 36.0 | 12 | 5-45 |
33 | WIN | CA Walsh | 205 | 10822 | 227 | 30.47 | 47.7 | 7 | 5-2 |
34 | WIN | CEL Ambrose | 176 | 9353 | 225 | 24.12 | 41.6 | 10 | 5-18 |
35 | NZL | TG Southee | 161 | 8075 | 221 | 33.70 | 36.5 | 8 | 7-34 |
36 | IND | RA Jadeja | 197 | 9750 | 220 | 36.07 | 44.3 | 9 | 5-34 |
37 | NZL | TA Boult | 114 | 6180 | 211 | 24.38 | 29.3 | 16 | 7-35 |
38 | BAN | Abdur Razzak | 153 | 7965 | 207 | 29.29 | 38.5 | 9 | 5-30 |
39 | ENG | AU Rashid | 143 | 7175 | 205 | 32.80 | 35.0 | 10 | 5-28 |
40 | AUS | CJ McDermott | 138 | 7461 | 203 | 24.71 | 36.8 | 5 | 5-45 |
= | NZL | CZ Harris | 250 | 10667 | 203 | 37.50 | 52.5 | 3 | 5-43 |
42 | NZL | CL Cairns | 215 | 8168 | 201 | 32.80 | 40.6 | 4 | 5-43 |
43 | WIN | DJ Bravo | 164 | 6511 | 199 | 29.51 | 32.7 | 7 | 6-44 |
= | SRI | KMDN Kulasekara | 184 | 8263 | 199 | 33.92 | 41.5 | 5 | 5-23 |
45 | IND | BKV Prasad | 161 | 8129 | 196 | 32.30 | 41.5 | 4 | 5-28 |
= | RSA | DW Steyn | 125 | 6256 | 196 | 25.95 | 31.9 | 7 | 6-40 |
47 | AUS | SR Waugh | 325 | 8883 | 195 | 34.67 | 45.6 | 3 | 4-34 |
= | IND | Mohammed Shami | 101 | 4985 | 195 | 23.68 | 25.6 | 15 | 7-58 |
= | AFG | Rashid Khan | 108 | 5573 | 195 | 19.98 | 28.6 | 11 | 7-19 |
50 | WIN | CL Hooper | 227 | 9573 | 193 | 36.05 | 49.6 | 3 | 4-35 |
51 | RSA | L Klusener | 171 | 7336 | 192 | 29.95 | 38.2 | 7 | 6-50 |
52 | RSA | M Morkel | 117 | 5760 | 188 | 25.32 | 30.6 | 9 | 5-22 |
53 | SRI | CRD Fernando | 147 | 6507 | 187 | 30.20 | 34.8 | 4 | 6-28 |
54 | PAK | Saeed Ajmal | 113 | 6000 | 184 | 22.72 | 32.6 | 8 | 5-25 |
55 | PAK | Imran Khan | 175 | 7461 | 182 | 26.61 | 41.0 | 4 | 6-15 |
= | PAK | Aaqib Javed | 163 | 8012 | 182 | 31.43 | 44.0 | 6 | 7-38 |
57 | AUS | A Zampa | 106 | 5525 | 180 | 28.28 | 30.7 | 12 | 5-36 |
58 | PAK | Umar Gul | 130 | 6064 | 179 | 29.34 | 33.9 | 6 | 6-43 |
59 | ENG | SCJ Broad | 121 | 6109 | 178 | 30.13 | 34.3 | 10 | 5-24 |
60 | SRI | NLTC Perera | 166 | 5900 | 175 | 32.80 | 33.7 | 9 | 6-45 |
61 | AUS | NW Bracken | 116 | 5759 | 174 | 24.36 | 33.1 | 7 | 5-48 |
62 | IND | IK Pathan | 120 | 5855 | 173 | 29.72 | 33.8 | 7 | 5-28 |
= | NZL | JDP Oram | 160 | 6911 | 173 | 29.17 | 39.9 | 5 | 5-27 |
= | RSA | Imran Tahir | 107 | 5541 | 173 | 24.83 | 32.0 | 10 | 7-46 |
= | ENG | CR Woakes | 122 | 5737 | 173 | 30.01 | 33.2 | 14 | 6-46 |
66 | IND | Kuldeep Yadav | 106 | 5369 | 172 | 26.00 | 31.2 | 9 | 6-26 |
= | AFG | Mohammad Nabi | 167 | 7834 | 172 | 32.49 | 45.5 | 5 | 5-18 |
= | BAN | Mustafizur Rahman | 107 | 5164 | 172 | 25.87 | 30.0 | 11 | 6-44 |
69 | ENG | A Flintoff | 141 | 5624 | 169 | 24.38 | 33.3 | 8 | 5-20 |
70 | AUS | SR Watson | 190 | 6466 | 168 | 31.79 | 38.5 | 3 | 4-37 |
71 | WIN | CH Gayle | 301 | 7424 | 167 | 35.48 | 44.5 | 4 | 5-47 |
72 | PAK | Mushtaq Ahmed | 144 | 7543 | 161 | 33.29 | 46.9 | 4 | 5-37 |
73 | WIN | JO Holder | 138 | 6402 | 159 | 36.96 | 40.3 | 7 | 5-28 |
74 | NZL | RJ Hadlee | 115 | 6182 | 158 | 21.56 | 39.1 | 6 | 5-26 |
= | PAK | Shoaib Malik | 287 | 7958 | 158 | 39.19 | 50.4 | 1 | 4-20 |