name country matches wickets average rating 1 M Muralitharan SL 78 437 23.53 1320.4   2 RJ Hadlee NZ 86 431 22.30 1232.9   3 SF Barnes Eng 27 189 16.43 1209.3   4 SK Warne Aus 107 491 25.71 1195.8   5 CV Grimmett Aus 37 216 24.22 1184.8   6 GD McGrath Aus 90 420 21.36 1158.4   7 DK Lillee Aus 70 355 23.92 1153.1   8 MD Marshall WI 81 376 20.95 1143.2   9 Imran Khan Pak 88 362 22.81 1123.7   10 CA Walsh WI 132 519 24.44 1115.8

name country matches wickets average rating 11 WJ O'Reilly Aus 27 144 22.60 1111.1   12 CEL Ambrose WI 98 405 20.99 1109.4   13 AA Donald SA 72 330 22.25 1097.8   14 A Kumble Ind 76 349 27.98 1087.0   15 Wasim Akram Pak 104 414 23.62 1084.4   16 FS Trueman Eng 67 307 21.58 1082.2   17 Waqar Younis Pak 84 364 23.29 1065.0   18 IT Botham Eng 102 383 28.40 1029.7   19 J Garner WI 58 259 20.98 1025.1   20 SM Pollock SA 66 270 20.85 1018.7

name country matches wickets average rating 21 GA Lohmann Aus 18 112 10.76 1016.1   22 AV Bedser Eng 51 236 24.90 1010.6   23 CTB Turner Aus 17 101 16.53 998.8   24 CJ McDermott Aus 71 291 28.63 990.3   25 BA Reid Aus 27 113 24.64 986.2   26 D Gough Eng 56 228 27.58 984.8   27 Kapil Dev Ind 131 434 29.65 979.9   28 HJ Tayfield SA 27 170 25.91 974.0   29 MA Holding WI 60 249 23.69 960.5   30 BS Chandrasekhar Ind 58 242 29.75 956.4

name country matches wickets average rating 31 BS Bedi Ind 67 266 28.17 954.1   32 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 45 198 28.12 952.4   33 RGD Willis Eng 90 325 25.20 951.7   34 R Peel Eng 20 102 16.81 944.2   35 JC Laker Eng 46 193 21.25 939.8   36 AK Davidson Aus 44 186 20.53 938.7   37 Fazal Mahmood Pak 34 139 24.71 938.4   38 GD McKenzie Aus 60 246 29.79 936.6   39 LR Gibbs WI 79 309 29.09 936.4   40 TM Alderman Aus 41 170 27.15 928.9

name country matches wickets average rating 41 MW Tate Eng 39 155 26.16 926.3   42 CEH Croft WI 27 125 23.30 926.0   43 MG Hughes Aus 53 212 28.38 924.8   44 AME Roberts WI 47 202 25.61 919.5   45 RR Lindwall Aus 61 228 23.03 916.8   46 R Benaud Aus 63 248 27.03 913.0   47 GF Lawson Aus 46 180 30.56 909.6   48 JR Thomson Aus 51 200 28.01 907.5   49 ARC Fraser Eng 46 177 27.32 905.6   50 DL Underwood Eng 86 297 25.84 903.1

name country matches wickets average rating 51 JA Snow Eng 49 202 26.67 901.7   52 JB Statham Eng 70 252 24.85 898.8   53 WA Johnston Aus 40 160 23.91 896.0   54 Harbhajan Singh Ind 31 139 26.88 893.8   55 WW Hall WI 48 192 26.39 894.1   56 IR Bishop WI 43 161 24.29 893.6   57 C Blythe Eng 19 100 18.63 893.1   58 AR Caddick Eng 60 220 30.03 891.8   59 H Trumble Aus 32 141 21.79 887.7   60 CL Cairns NZ 55 197 28.81 878.9

name country matches wickets average rating 61 Abdul Qadir Pak 67 236 32.81 877.9   62 MHN Walker Aus 34 138 27.48 873.2   63 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 50 183 32.25 866.0   64 PM Pollock SA 28 116 24.19 862.6   65 SP Gupte Ind 36 149 29.55 859.9   66 NAT Adcock SA 26 104 21.11 859.0   67 HH Streak Zim 51 180 26.97 853.7   68 MH Mankad Ind 44 162 32.32 844.0   69 J Briggs Eng 33 118 17.75 842.4   70 H Verity Eng 40 144 24.38 838.4

name country matches wickets average rating 71 DG Cork Eng 37 131 29.82 836.6   72 J Srinath Ind 67 236 30.47 835.6   73 EAS Prasanna Ind 49 189 30.38 833.4   74 KR Miller Aus 55 170 22.98 831.6   75 GAR Lock Eng 49 174 25.58 830.6   76 G Giffen Aus 31 103 27.10 828.5   77 Iqbal Qasim Pak 50 171 28.11 825.1   78 M Dillon WI 30 112 30.45 823.4   79 JN Gillespie Aus 37 137 26.18 822.9   80 S Ramadhin WI 43 158 28.98 821.0

name country matches wickets average rating 81 DK Morrison NZ 48 160 34.68 818.8   82 AL Valentine WI 36 139 30.32 816.3   83 B Yardley Aus 33 126 31.63 813.6   84 WPUJC Vaas SL 64 206 30.31 813.6   85 BR Taylor NZ 30 111 26.60 808.6   86 GR Dilley Eng 41 138 29.76 805.3   87 DR Doshi Ind 33 114 30.72 803.3   88 JH Wardle Eng 28 102 20.39 787.3   89 Sarfraz Nawaz Pak 55 177 32.76 787.2   90 AA Mallett Aus 38 132 29.85 778.0

name country matches wickets average rating 91 DL Vettori NZ 42 139 33.86 772.9   92 GG Arnold Eng 34 115 28.30 765.1   93 DA Allen Eng 39 122 30.98 758.6   94 CM Old Eng 46 143 28.11 757.6   95 AN Connolly Aus 29 102 29.23 755.8   96 DVP Wright Eng 34 108 39.11 748.4   97 RO Collinge NZ 35 116 29.25 746.2   98 PR Adams SA 36 106 31.63 738.4   99 PAJ Defreitas Eng 44 140 33.57 736.7   100 RM Hogg Aus 38 123 28.45 730.1

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