First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Sanath Jayasuriya
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1988-89 | (Sri Lanka) | 78 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1-14 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988-89 | (Pakistan) | 204 | 2 | 130 | 2 | 1-34 | 65.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | (Sri Lanka) | 108 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 1-9 | 23.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989-90 | (Australia) | 120 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 1-17 | 74.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | (Sri Lanka) | 238 | 9 | 90 | 6 | 2-8 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | (England) | 42 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1-14 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-91 | (New Zealand) | 162 | 7 | 82 | 1 | 1-26 | 82.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-91 | (Sri Lanka) | 248 | 7 | 123 | 4 | 2-6 | 30.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | (England) | 77 | 2 | 53 | 0 | | | | |
| 1991-92 | (Sri Lanka) | 276 | 8 | 92 | 1 | 1-25 | 92.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991-92 | (Pakistan) | 102 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 1-12 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | (Sri Lanka) | 558 | 21 | 248 | 6 | 2-54 | 41.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992-93 | (South Africa) | 84 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 2-34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992-93 | (Sri Lanka) | 168 | 4 | 99 | 2 | 2-46 | 49.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | (Sri Lanka) | 246 | 6 | 142 | 2 | 1-9 | 71.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993-94 | (India) | 72 | 2 | 42 | 0 | | | | |
| 1993-94 | (Sri Lanka) | 223 | 8 | 60 | 7 | 4-44 | 8.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | (Sri Lanka) | 102 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 1-16 | 69.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994-95 | (Zimbabwe) | 102 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 1-24 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994-95 | (South Africa) | 48 | 3 | 15 | 0 | | | | |
| 1994-95 | (Sri Lanka) | 216 | 10 | 70 | 3 | 2-7 | 23.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994-95 | (New Zealand) | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | | | | |
| 1995-96 | (Australia) | 126 | 3 | 79 | 0 | | | | |
| 1995-96 | (Pakistan) | 120 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 1-15 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | (Sri Lanka) | 66 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2-16 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | (Sri Lanka) | 631 | 36 | 225 | 11 | 4-54 | 20.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | (West Indies) | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | | | | |
| 1996-97 | (New Zealand) | 54 | 0 | 39 | 0 | | | | |
| 1997 | (Sri Lanka) | 228 | 13 | 84 | 3 | 3-45 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | (Sri Lanka) | 306 | 13 | 106 | 2 | 2-64 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | (India) | 456 | 16 | 190 | 6 | 2-32 | 31.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | (South Africa) | 432 | 17 | 190 | 8 | 4-53 | 23.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | (Sri Lanka) | 174 | 3 | 87 | 1 | 1-63 | 87.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | (England) | 396 | 19 | 144 | 3 | 3-42 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | (Sri Lanka) | 41 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2-4 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | (Sri Lanka) | 162 | 4 | 41 | 0 | | | | |
| 1999-00 | (Zimbabwe) | 244 | 10 | 103 | 4 | 4-40 | 25.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999-00 | (Pakistan) | 161 | 5 | 92 | 3 | 1-9 | 30.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | (Sri Lanka) | 324 | 8 | 163 | 5 | 2-45 | 32.60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | (Sri Lanka) | 802 | 40 | 260 | 16 | 4-24 | 16.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | (South Africa) | 102 | 5 | 49 | 0 | | | | |
| 2001 | (Sri Lanka) | 186 | 13 | 56 | 2 | 1-10 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | (Pakistan) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | |
| 2001-02 | (Sri Lanka) | 714 | 27 | 306 | 10 | 5-43 | 30.60 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | (England) | 270 | 10 | 130 | 0 | | | | |
| 2002 | (Sri Lanka) | 162 | 8 | 52 | 4 | 3-17 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | (South Africa) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 2003 | (West Indies) | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | | | | |
| 2003 | (Sri Lanka) | 126 | 0 | 73 | 0 | | | | |
| 2003-04 | (Sri Lanka) | 1880 | 58 | 821 | 28 | 4-46 | 29.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | (Sri Lanka) | 391 | 23 | 126 | 7 | 5-34 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | (Zimbabwe) | 150 | 2 | 83 | 4 | 2-33 | 20.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | (Australia) | 156 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 1-21 | 58.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | (Sri Lanka) | 442 | 17 | 211 | 8 | 4-59 | 26.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | (New Zealand) | 210 | 11 | 106 | 2 | 2-41 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | (Pakistan) | 132 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 1-4 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | (England) | 337 | 7 | 230 | 5 | 2-2 | 46.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | (Sri Lanka) | 132 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 1-26 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | (Sri Lanka) | 78 | 3 | 37 | 0 | | | | |
| 2006 | (Sri Lanka) | 288 | 8 | 145 | 1 | 1-76 | 145.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | (England) | 203 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 2-19 | 24.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | (Sri Lanka) | 108 | 1 | 69 | 0 | | | | |
| 2006-07 | (New Zealand) | 36 | 3 | 10 | 0 | | | | |
| 2007 | (England) | 60 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1-10 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | (Australia) | 128 | 2 | 73 | 3 | 2-25 | 24.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | (Sri Lanka) | 535 | 18 | 294 | 10 | 4-66 | 29.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | (Sri Lanka) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 2010-11 | (Sri Lanka) | 108 | 3 | 71 | 0 | | | | |
| 2011-12 | (Sri Lanka) | 54 | 4 | 18 | 0 | | | | |