List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket
Bowlers with 300 or more Test wickets
Last updated: 25 February 2019

List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket

Section Title: Bowlers with 300 or more Test wickets
Table Section Text: Last updated: 25 February 2019

No.	Bowler	Team	Mat.	Inn.	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave.	Econ.	SR.	BBI	BBM	5wl	10wl	Period	Ref(s)

1	Muttiah Muralitharan^	Sri Lanka	133	230	44,039	18,180	800	22.72	2.47	55.0	9/51	16/220	67	22	1992–2010

2	Shane Warne^	Australia	145	273	40,705	17,995	708	25.41	2.65	57.4	8/71	12/128	37	10	1992–2007

3	Anil Kumble^	India	132	236	40,850	18,355	619	29.65	2.69	65.9	10/74	14/149	35	8	1990–2008

4	James Anderson	England	148	277	32,335	15,490	575	26.93	2.87	56.2	7/42	11/71	27	3	2003–present

5	Glenn McGrath^	Australia	124	243	29,248	12,186	563	21.64	2.49	51.9	8/24	10/27	29	3	1993–2007

6	Courtney Walsh^	West Indies	132	242	30,019	12,688	519	24.44	2.53	57.8	7/37	13/55	22	3	1984–2001

7	Dale Steyn	South Africa	93	171	18,608	10,077	439	22.95	3.24	42.3	7/51	11/60	26	5	2004–present

8	Stuart Broad	England	126	231	25,737	12,698	437	29.05	2.96	58.8	8/15	11/121	16	2	2007–present

9	Kapil Dev^	India	131	227	27,740	12,867	434	29.64	2.78	63.9	9/83	11/146	23	2	1978–1994

10	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	93	170	25,993	12,157	433	28.07	2.80	60.0	9/127	14/184	34	9	1999–2018

11	Richard Hadlee^	New Zealand	86	150	21,918	9,611	431	22.29	2.63	50.8	9/52	15/123	36	9	1973–1990

12	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	108	202	24,353	9,733	421	23.11	2.39	57.8	7/87	10/147	16	1	1995–2008

13	Harbhajan Singh	India	103	190	28,580	13,537	417	32.46	2.84	68.5	8/84	15/217	25	5	1998–present

14	Wasim Akram^	Pakistan	104	181	22,627	9,779	414	23.62	2.59	54.6	7/119	11/110	25	5	1985–2002

15	Curtly Ambrose^	West Indies	98	179	22,103	8,501	405	20.99	2.30	54.5	8/45	11/84	22	3	1988–2000

16	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	101	190	20,834	11,242	390	28.82	3.23	53.4	7/37	13/132	18	4	1998–2009

17	Ian Botham^	England	102	160	21,815	10,878	383	28.40	2.99	56.9	8/34	13/106	27	4	1977–1992

18	Malcolm Marshall^	West Indies	81	151	17,584	7,876	376	20.94	2.68	46.7	7/22	11/89	22	4	1978–1991

19	Waqar Younis^	Pakistan	87	154	16,224	8,788	373	23.56	3.25	43.4	7/76	13/135	22	5	1989–2003

20	Imran Khan^	Pakistan	88	142	19,458	8,258	362	22.81	2.54	53.7	8/58	14/116	23	6	1971–1992

Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	113	187	28,814	12,441	362	34.36	2.59	79.5	7/87	12/149	3	1997–2015

22	Dennis Lillee^	Australia	70	132	18,467	8,493	355	23.92	2.75	52.0	7/83	11/123	23	7	1971–1984

Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	111	194	23,438	10,501	355	29.58	2.68	66.0	7/71	14/191	12	2	1994–2009

24	Nathan Lyon	Australia	86	164	21,905	11,059	343	32.24	3.02	63.8	8/50	13/154	14	2	2011–present

25	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	65	122	18,372	8,700	342	25.43	2.84	53.7	7/59	13/140	26	7	2011–present

26	Allan Donald^	South Africa	72	129	15,519	7,344	330	22.25	2.83	47.0	8/71	12/139	20	3	1992–2002

27	Bob Willis	England	90	165	17,357	8,190	325	25.20	2.83	53.4	8/43	9/92	16	0	1971–1984

28	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	73	150	16,001	8,891	313	28.40	3.33	51.1	8/61	12/127	12	3	2007–2015

29	Zaheer Khan	India	92	165	18,785	10,247	311	32.94	3.27	60.4	7/87	10/149	11	1	2000–2014

30	Brett Lee	Australia	76	150	16,531	9,554	310	30.81	3.46	53.3	5/30	9/171	10	0	1999–2008

31	Lance Gibbs^	West Indies	79	148	27,115	8,989	309	29.09	1.98	87.7	8/38	11/157	18	2	1958–1976

Morné Morkel	South Africa	86	160	16,498	8,550	309	27.66	3.10	53.3	6/23	9/110	8	0	2006–2018

33	Fred Trueman^	England	67	127	15,178	6,625	307	21.57	2.61	49.4	8/31	12/119	17	3	1952–1965

Sentence(s)

West Indian, Lance Gibbs, is the economical player with 1.98, while South African bowler, Dale Steyn, has the strike rate of 42.3.

final_sentence: West Indian, Lance Gibbs, is the economical player with 1.98, while South African bowler, Dale Steyn, has the strike rate of 42.3.