First-Class Most Wickets per Match
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| Wkts per Match |
Matches | Wickets | |||
| 10.60 | 5 | 53 | W Lankham | 1882/83-1883/84 | |
| 8.40 | 15 | 126 | CE Goodman | 1891/92-1896/97 | |
| 8.00 | 10 | 80 | Rashid Khan | 2016/17-2024/25 | |
| 7.88 | 8 | 63 | AJ Lowth | 1836-1841 | |
| 7.78 | 9 | 70 | CM Sharpe | 1875 | |
| 7.55 | 11 | 83 | FH Cooke | 1879/80-1888/89 | |
| 7.40 | 10 | 74 | DEL Dunlop | 1883/84-1887/88 | |
| 7.08 | 12 | 85 | W Robertson | 1893/94-1900/01 | |
| 6.67 | 9 | 60 | WF Downes | 1865/66-1875/76 | |
| 6.65 | 237 | 1576 | FW Lillywhite | 1825-1853 | |
| 6.63 | 8 | 53 | SW Austin | 1892/93-1893/94 | |
| 6.58 | 62 | 408 | D Buchanan | 1850-1881 | |
| 6.57 | 21 | 138 | R Neill | 1889/90-1905/06 | |
| 6.56 | 9 | 59 | ETA Fuller | 1872/73-1882/83 | |
| 6.55 | 11 | 72 | KC Cariappa | 2023/24-2024/25 | |
| 6.55 | 44 | 288 | G Freeman | 1865-1880 | |
| 6.51 | 35 | 228 | HV Hordern | 1905/06-1912/13 | |
| 6.44 | 230 | 1482 | WR Hillyer | 1835-1853 | |
| 6.41 | 155 | 993 | CTB Turner | 1882/83-1909/10 | |
| 6.38 | 592 | 3776 | AP Freeman | 1914-1936 | |
| 6.38 | 65 | 415 | JB King | 1893-1912 | |
| 6.36 | 11 | 70 | JC Lawton | 1890/91-1893/94 | |
| 6.30 | 134 | 844 | W Brearley | 1902-1921 | |
| 6.29 | 24 | 151 | R Henderson | 1872-1878 | |
| 6.29 | 17 | 107 | J Woods | 1893/94-1904/05 | |
| 6.28 | 293 | 1841 | GA Lohmann | 1884-1897/98 | |
| 6.25 | 138 | 863 | W Mycroft | 1873-1886 | |
| 6.19 | 16 | 99 | RJA Massie | 1910/11-1913/14 | |
| 6.11 | 9 | 55 | R Sanjay Yadav | 2019/20 | |
| 6.10 | 51 | 311 | AD Downes | 1887/88-1913/14 | |
| 6.05 | 22 | 133 | C Arnold | 1843-1857 | |
| 6.00 | 28 | 168 | JC Boucher | 1930-1954 | |
| 6.00 | 11 | 66 | SME Kempson | 1851-1865 | |
| 6.00 | 18 | 108 | JH Kirwan | 1836-1842 | |
| 5.93 | 71 | 421 | GF Tarrant | 1860-1869 | |
| 5.93 | 187 | 1109 | J Wisden | 1845-1863 | |
| 5.92 | 232 | 1374 | M Muralitharan | 1990-2010 | |
| 5.89 | 18 | 106 | S Cosstick | 1860/61-1875/76 | |
| 5.88 | 358 | 2104 | T Richardson | 1892-1905 | |
| 5.88 | 286 | 1682 | J Southerton | 1854-1879 | |
| 5.87 | 167 | 980 | PM Pushpakumara | 2006/07-2024/25 | |
| 5.84 | 19 | 111 | W Slinn | 1860-1864 | |
| 5.83 | 287 | 1673 | AW Mold | 1889-1901 | |
| 5.78 | 18 | 104 | EW Blore | 1848-1855 | |
| 5.76 | 58 | 334 | DW Carr | 1909-1914 | |
| 5.74 | 248 | 1424 | CV Grimmett | 1911/12-1940/41 | |
| 5.73 | 135 | 774 | WJ O'Reilly | 1927/28-1945/46 | |
| 5.71 | 17 | 97 | H Arkwright | 1858-1866 | |
| 5.70 | 439 | 2503 | C Blythe | 1899-1914 | |
| 5.70 | 10 | 57 | WT Burton | 1901/02-1906 | |
| 5.70 | 115 | 655 | J Jackson | 1855-1867 | |
| 5.62 | 26 | 146 | GE Yonge | 1844-1853 | |
| 5.61 | 57 | 320 | TR McKibbin | 1894/95-1898/99 | |
| 5.58 | 12 | 67 | WSTW Fiennes | 1855-1859 | |
| 5.58 | 115 | 642 | JC Shaw | 1865-1875 | |
| 5.57 | 143 | 797 | W Clarke | 1826-1855 | |
| 5.56 | 9 | 50 | MJ Fenn | 1947/48-1953/54 | |
| 5.56 | 41 | 228 | SP Udeshi | 2018/19-2024/25 | |
| 5.53 | 15 | 83 | RG Querl | 2011/12-2013 | |
| 5.52 | 33 | 182 | MA Hanley | 1939/40-1953/54 | |
| 5.50 | 92 | 506 | L Amar Singh | 1930/31-1939/40 | |
| 5.50 | 155 | 853 | FR Spofforth | 1874/75-1897 | |
| 5.49 | 232 | 1274 | F Morley | 1871-1883 | |
| 5.49 | 143 | 785 | RMGK Sirisoma | 2002/03-2023/24 | |
| 5.45 | 11 | 60 | TG Eden | 1874/75-1891/92 | |
| 5.42 | 33 | 179 | BP Baloo | 1905/06-1920/21 | |
| 5.41 | 133 | 719 | SF Barnes | 1894-1930 | |
| 5.39 | 18 | 97 | HS Dubey | 2022/23-2024/25 | |
| 5.39 | 79 | 426 | S Redgate | 1830-1846 | |
| 5.39 | 49 | 264 | EF Upham | 1892/93-1909/10 | |
| 5.38 | 100 | 538 | NO Miller | 2004/05-2018/19 | |
| 5.38 | 13 | 70 | Qais Ahmad | 2017/18-2023/24 | |
| 5.36 | 401 | 2151 | EG Dennett | 1903-1926 | |
| 5.36 | 85 | 456 | A Rylott | 1870-1888 | |
| 5.34 | 100 | 534 | J Cobbett | 1826-1841 | |
| 5.34 | 312 | 1666 | TG Wass | 1896-1920 | |
| 5.33 | 112 | 597 | LO Fleetwood-Smith | 1931/32-1939/40 | |
| 5.32 | 197 | 1048 | CH Parkin | 1906-1926 | |
| 5.31 | 32 | 170 | DJ McBeath | 1917/18-1926/27 | |
| 5.30 | 10 | 53 | A Somers-Cocks | 1894/95-1901/02 | |
| 5.30 | 10 | 53 | CF Willis | 1847-1850 | |
| 5.29 | 34 | 180 | CDB Marsham | 1854-1866 | |
| 5.28 | 186 | 983 | G Wootton | 1861-1873 | |
| 5.27 | 15 | 79 | W de St Croix | 1839-1843 | |
| 5.27 | 15 | 79 | W Frith | 1877/78-1893/94 | |
| 5.26 | 97 | 510 | W McIntyre | 1869-1880 | |
| 5.23 | 31 | 162 | Hamza Hotak | 2011-2024/25 | |
| 5.22 | 18 | 94 | S Ajith Ram | 2022/23-2024/25 | |
| 5.22 | 18 | 94 | FS Frankish | 1894/95-1903/04 | |
| 5.18 | 11 | 57 | R Sharma | 2017/18-2023/24 | |
| 5.17 | 12 | 62 | AG Penfold | 1924/25-1929/30 | |
| 5.17 | 107 | 553 | JV Saunders | 1899/00-1913/14 | |
| 5.17 | 12 | 62 | Sharafuddin Ashraf | 2014-2023 | |
| 5.17 | 378 | 1956 | H Verity | 1930-1939 | |
| 5.16 | 153 | 790 | ED Barratt | 1872-1886 | |
| 5.16 | 62 | 320 | ST Callaway | 1888/89-1906/07 | |
| 5.16 | 635 | 3278 | CWL Parker | 1903-1935 | |
| 5.15 | 209 | 1076 | E Peate | 1879-1890 | |
| 5.11 | 18 | 92 | Abdul Aziz | 1961/62-1970/71 | |
| 5.09 | 46 | 234 | AE Hall | 1920/21-1930/31 | |
| 5.08 | 40 | 203 | NM Kavikara | 2013/14-2022/23 | |
| 5.07 | 15 | 76 | J Coates | 1867/68-1879/80 | |
| 5.06 | 18 | 91 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 2017/18-2024/25 | |
| 5.06 | 112 | 567 | SMSM Senanayake | 2006/07-2022/23 | |
| 5.05 | 21 | 106 | SE Butler | 1870-1874 | |
| 5.04 | 24 | 121 | JH Bruce-Lockhart | 1909-1911 | |
| 5.04 | 26 | 131 | AB Cumberbatch | 1896/97-1906 | |
| 5.04 | 50 | 252 | D Day | 1842-1852 | |
| 5.04 | 25 | 126 | Zohaib Ahmadzai | 2017/18-2023 | |
| 5.03 | 34 | 171 | A Aman | 2018/19-2023/24 | |
| 5.02 | 593 | 2979 | TWJ Goddard | 1922-1952 | |
| 5.02 | 404 | 2027 | A Shaw | 1864-1897 | |
| 5.00 | 21 | 105 | FL Ashbolt | 1893/94-1900/01 | |
| 5.00 | 14 | 70 | HV Baumgartner | 1903/04-1913/14 | |
| 5.00 | 17 | 85 | EL Fellowes | 1865-1869 | |
| 5.00 | 12 | 60 | SS Jaiswal | 2023/24-2024/25 | |
| 5.00 | 13 | 65 | SP Narine | 2008/09-2013/14 | |
| 5.00 | 13 | 65 | RW Sievwright | 1912-1930 | |
| 5.00 | 14 | 70 | H Walunj | 2023/24-2024/25 |
The list shows 5 wickets or more per match