Test Most Wickets in Career

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	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Avge	5wI	10wM
M Muralitharan	44039	1794	18180	800	9-51	22.72	67	22
SK Warne	40704	1761	17995	708	8-71	25.41	37	10
JM Anderson	39877	1720	18569	700	7-42	26.52	32	3
A Kumble	40850	1576	18355	619	10-74	29.65	35	8
SCJ Broad	33698	1304	16719	604	8-15	27.68	20	3
GD McGrath	29248	1471	12186	563	8-24	21.64	29	3
NM Lyon	32761	1043	16056	530	8-50	30.29	24	5
CA Walsh	30019	1144	12688	519	7-37	24.44	22	3
R Ashwin	26166	889	12255	516	7-59	23.75	36	8
DW Steyn	18608	660	10077	439	7-51	22.95	26	5
Kapil Dev	27740	1060	12867	434	9-83	29.64	23	2
HMRKB Herath	25993	814	12157	433	9-127	28.07	34	9
RJ Hadlee	21918	809	9611	431	9-52	22.29	36	9
SM Pollock	24353	1222	9733	421	7-87	23.11	16	1
Harbhajan Singh	28580	870	13537	417	8-84	32.46	25	5
Wasim Akram	22627	872	9779	414	7-119	23.62	25	5
CEL Ambrose	22103	1001	8501	405	8-45	20.99	22	3
M Ntini	20834	759	11242	390	7-37	28.82	18	4
IT Botham	21815	788	10878	383	8-34	28.40	27	4
TG Southee	22614	867	11255	380	7-64	29.61	15	1
MD Marshall	17584	613	7876	376	7-22	20.94	22	4
Waqar Younis	16224	516	8788	373	7-76	23.56	22	5
Imran Khan	19458	727	8258	362	8-58	22.81	23	6
DL Vettori	28814	1197	12441	362	7-87	34.36	20	3
MA Starc	17417	560	9932	358	6-50	27.74	14	2
DK Lillee	18467	651	8493	355	7-83	23.92	23	7
WPUJC Vaas	23438	894	10501	355	7-71	29.58	12	2
AA Donald	15519	661	7344	330	8-71	22.25	20	3
RGD Willis	17357	554	8190	325	8-43	25.20	16	-
TA Boult	17417	656	8717	317	6-30	27.49	10	1
MG Johnson	16001	515	8891	313	8-61	28.40	12	3
Z Khan	18785	623	10247	311	7-87	32.94	11	1
I Sharma	19160	640	10078	311	7-74	32.40	11	1
B Lee	16531	547	9554	310	5-30	30.81	10	-
LR Gibbs	27115	1313	8989	309	8-38	29.09	18	2
M Morkel	16498	605	8550	309	6-23	27.66	8	-
FS Trueman	15178	522	6625	307	8-31	21.57	17	3
DL Underwood	21862	1239	7674	297	8-51	25.83	17	6
RA Jadeja	17233	706	7096	294	7-42	24.13	13	2
JH Kallis	20232	848	9535	292	6-54	32.65	5	-
CJ McDermott	16586	579	8332	291	8-97	28.63	14	2
K Rabada	11416	378	6419	291	7-112	22.05	14	4
JR Hazlewood	14577	618	6778	273	6-67	24.82	12	-
KAJ Roach	14464	526	7491	270	6-48	27.74	11	1
PJ Cummins	12614	464	6063	269	6-23	22.53	12	2
BS Bedi	21364	1096	7637	266	7-98	28.71	14	1
Danish Kaneria	17697	517	9082	261	7-77	34.79	15	2
N Wagner	13725	473	7169	260	7-39	27.57	9	-
J Garner	13169	576	5433	259	6-56	20.97	7	-
JN Gillespie	14234	630	6770	259	7-37	26.13	8	-
GP Swann	15349	493	7642	255	6-65	29.96	17	3
JB Statham	16056	595	6261	252	7-39	24.84	9	1
MA Holding	12680	459	5898	249	8-92	23.68	13	2
R Benaud	19108	805	6704	248	7-72	27.03	16	1
MJ Hoggard	13909	493	7564	248	7-61	30.50	7	1
GD McKenzie	17681	547	7328	246	8-71	29.78	16	3
Yasir Shah	14255	359	7657	244	8-41	31.38	16	3
BS Chandrasekhar	15963	584	7199	242	8-79	29.74	16	2
Shakib Al Hasan	15057	475	7387	237	7-36	31.16	19	2
AV Bedser	15918	574	5876	236	7-44	24.89	15	5
Abdul Qadir	17126	606	7742	236	9-56	32.80	15	5
J Srinath	15104	597	7196	236	8-86	30.49	10	1
GS Sobers	21599	974	7999	235	6-73	34.03	6	-
AR Caddick	13558	501	6999	234	7-46	29.91	13	1
CS Martin	14026	486	7878	233	6-26	33.81	10	1
D Gough	11821	369	6503	229	6-42	28.39	9	-
Mohammed Shami	11515	364	6346	229	6-56	27.71	6	-
RR Lindwall	13650	419	5251	228	7-38	23.03	12	-
A Flintoff	14951	507	7410	226	5-58	32.78	3	-
SJ Harmison	13375	431	7192	226	7-12	31.82	8	1
VD Philander	11391	507	5000	224	6-21	22.32	13	2
PM Siddle	13907	615	6777	221	6-54	30.66	8	-
CL Cairns	11698	414	6410	218	7-27	29.40	13	1
CV Grimmett	14513	736	5231	216	7-40	24.21	21	7
HH Streak	13559	595	6079	216	6-73	28.14	7	-
MG Hughes	12285	499	6017	212	8-87	28.38	7	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	14070	541	6206	208	8-164	29.83	13	3
SCG MacGill	11237	366	6038	208	8-108	29.02	12	2
MM Ali	12610	293	7612	204	6-53	37.31	5	1
JA Snow	12021	415	5387	202	7-40	26.66	8	1
AME Roberts	11135	382	5174	202	7-54	25.61	11	2
JR Thomson	10535	300	5601	200	6-46	28.00	8	-
BA Stokes	11501	344	6335	198	6-22	31.99	4	-
Taijul Islam	12437	374	6225	195	8-39	31.92	12	2
JC Laker	12027	674	4101	193	10-53	21.24	9	3
WW Hall	10421	312	5066	192	7-69	26.38	9	1
SF Barnes	7873	356	3106	189	9-103	16.43	24	7
EAS Prasanna	14353	602	5742	189	8-76	30.38	10	2
AK Davidson	11587	431	3819	186	7-93	20.53	14	2
Mushtaq Ahmed	12532	405	6100	185	7-56	32.97	10	3
GF Lawson	11118	383	5501	180	8-112	30.56	11	2
Shoaib Akhtar	8143	237	4574	178	6-11	25.69	12	2
Saeed Ajmal	11592	386	5003	178	7-55	28.10	10	4
Sarfraz Nawaz	13951	486	5798	177	9-86	32.75	4	1
ARC Fraser	10876	439	4836	177	8-53	27.32	13	2
GAR Lock	13147	819	4451	174	7-35	25.58	9	3
Iqbal Qasim	13019	649	4807	171	7-49	28.11	8	2
RAS Lakmal	12443	439	6232	171	5-47	36.44	4	-
KR Miller	10461	337	3906	170	7-60	22.97	7	1
HJ Tayfield	13568	602	4405	170	9-113	25.91	14	2
TM Alderman	10181	432	4616	170	6-47	27.15	14	1
UT Yadav	8979	245	5263	170	6-88	30.95	3	1
MS Panesar	12475	468	5797	167	6-37	34.71	12	2
ST Gabriel	9379	269	5348	166	8-62	32.21	6	1
FH Edwards	9602	183	6249	165	7-87	37.87	12	-
Mehedi Hasan	10608	278	5508	164	7-58	33.58	9	2
Umar Gul	9599	256	5553	163	6-135	34.06	4	-
MH Mankad	14686	777	5236	162	8-52	32.32	8	2
IR Bishop	8407	288	3909	161	6-40	24.27	6	-
MDK Perera	10805	239	5780	161	6-32	35.90	8	2
WA Johnston	11048	372	3826	160	6-44	23.91	7	-
DK Morrison	10064	313	5549	160	7-89	34.68	10	-
JJ Bumrah	7182	280	3291	159	6-27	20.69	10	-
S Ramadhin	13939	813	4579	158	7-49	28.98	10	1
KA Maharaj	9575	299	5055	158	9-129	31.99	9	1
JO Holder	10693	466	4587	157	6-42	29.21	8	1
S Venkataraghavan	14877	696	5634	156	8-72	36.11	3	1
MW Tate	12523	581	4055	155	6-42	26.16	7	1
FJ Titmus	15118	777	4931	153	7-79	32.22	7	-
RJ Shastri	15751	657	6185	151	5-75	40.96	2	-
SP Gupte	11284	608	4403	149	9-102	29.55	12	1
CR Woakes	8569	322	4341	149	6-17	29.13	5	1
JE Emburey	15391	741	5646	147	7-78	38.40	6	-
H Verity	11173	604	3510	144	8-43	24.37	5	2
WJ O'Reilly	10024	585	3254	144	7-54	22.59	11	3
CM Old	8858	311	4020	143	7-50	28.11	4	-
AF Giles	12180	397	5806	143	5-57	40.60	5	-
H Trumble	8099	452	3072	141	8-65	21.78	9	3
AW Greig	9802	338	4541	141	8-86	32.20	6	2
PAJ DeFreitas	9838	367	4700	140	7-70	33.57	4	-
AL Valentine	12953	789	4215	139	8-104	30.32	8	2
Fazal Mahmood	9834	560	3434	139	7-42	24.70	13	4
MHN Walker	10094	380	3792	138	8-143	27.47	6	-
GR Dilley	8192	279	4107	138	6-38	29.76	6	-
PR Adams	8850	339	4405	134	7-128	32.87	4	1
TE Bailey	9712	379	3856	132	7-34	29.21	5	1
AA Mallett	9990	419	3940	132	8-59	29.84	6	1
DG Cork	7678	264	3906	131	7-43	29.81	5	-
M Dillon	8704	269	4398	131	5-71	33.57	2	-
BL Cairns	10628	447	4279	130	7-74	32.91	6	1
JE Taylor	7757	258	4480	130	6-47	34.46	4	-
DE Malcolm	8480	253	4748	128	9-57	37.09	5	2
W Rhodes	8225	365	3425	127	8-68	26.96	6	1
B Yardley	8909	379	3986	126	7-98	31.63	6	1
MJ Leach	8590	295	4335	126	5-66	34.40	5	1
Intikhab Alam	10474	383	4494	125	7-52	35.95	5	2
CEH Croft	6165	211	2913	125	8-29	23.30	3	-
PH Edmonds	12028	613	4273	125	7-66	34.18	2	-
ST Finn	6412	190	3800	125	6-79	30.40	5	-
TL Goddard	11736	706	3226	123	6-53	26.22	5	-
RM Hogg	7633	230	3503	123	6-74	28.47	6	2
EJ Chatfield	10360	489	3958	123	6-73	32.17	3	1
A Nel	7630	280	3919	123	6-32	31.86	3	1
DA Allen	11297	685	3779	122	5-30	30.97	4	-
R Illingworth	11934	715	3807	122	6-29	31.20	3	-
MA Noble	7159	361	3025	121	7-17	25.00	9	2
PCR Tufnell	11288	505	4560	121	7-47	37.68	5	2
Mohammad Aamer	7619	292	3627	119	6-44	30.47	4	-
J Briggs	5332	386	2095	118	8-11	17.75	9	4
D Bishoo	8067	174	4350	117	8-49	37.17	4	1
PM Pollock	6522	270	2806	116	6-38	24.18	9	1
RO Collinge	7689	228	3393	116	6-63	29.25	3	-
GG Arnold	7650	284	3254	115	6-45	28.29	6	-
DR Doshi	9322	456	3502	114	6-102	30.71	6	-
CL Hooper	13794	531	5635	114	5-26	49.42	4	-
BA Reid	6244	245	2784	113	7-51	24.63	5	2
MS Kasprowicz	7140	245	3716	113	7-36	32.88	4	-
PP Ojha	7633	298	3420	113	6-47	30.26	7	1
RJ Harris	5736	258	2658	113	7-117	23.52	5	-
Shaheen Shah Afridi	5814	202	3019	113	6-51	26.71	4	1
GA Lohmann	3830	364	1205	112	9-28	10.75	9	5
BR Taylor	6334	206	2953	111	7-74	26.60	4	-
IWG Johnson	8780	330	3182	109	7-44	29.19	3	-
VA Holder	9095	367	3627	109	6-28	33.27	3	-
KD Ghavri	7036	233	3656	109	5-33	33.54	4	-
DVP Wright	8135	177	4224	108	7-105	39.11	6	1
MA Wood	6086	186	3374	108	6-37	31.24	4	-
PT Collins	6964	221	3671	106	6-53	34.63	3	-
Mohammad Asif	5171	200	2583	106	6-41	24.36	7	1
NAT Adcock	6391	218	2195	104	6-43	21.10	5	-
PR Reiffel	6403	279	2804	104	6-71	26.96	5	-
G Giffen	6391	434	2791	103	7-117	27.09	7	1
PL Harris	8809	336	3901	103	6-127	37.87	3	-
JH Wardle	6597	403	2080	102	7-36	20.39	5	1
AN Connolly	7818	289	2981	102	6-47	29.22	4	-
NS Yadav	8360	339	3580	102	5-76	35.09	3	-
JG Bracewell	8403	360	3653	102	6-32	35.81	4	1
CTB Turner	5179	457	1670	101	7-43	16.53	11	2
R Peel	5216	444	1715	101	7-31	16.98	5	1
SL Malinga	5209	112	3349	101	5-50	33.15	3	-
C Blythe	4546	231	1863	100	8-59	18.63	9	4
RC Motz	7034	279	3148	100	6-63	31.48	5	-
N Boje	8620	292	4265	100	5-62	42.65	3	-
Abdul Razzaq	7008	219	3694	100	5-35	36.94	1	-
Mohammad Rafique	8744	301	4076	100	6-77	40.76	7	-
IK Pathan	5884	212	3226	100	7-59	32.26	7	2
CRD Fernando	6181	143	3784	100	5-42	37.84	3	-

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