Most Wickets in Test

Muttiah Muralitharan currently holds the record for picking up most wickets in the TEST history. Muttiah Muralitharan tops the standings with 800 wickets in 133 TEST matches. Muttiah Muralitharan is followed by Australia Bowler Shane Warne as the second leading wicket-taker in the TEST history. Shane Warne - took 708 wickets in 145 TEST matches and averaged 25.41. Shane Warne picked up four or more wickets in an TEST game 37 times.

Most Wickets in Test History

Here is the list of all Most Wickets in Test history:

#	Player	Mat	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Best	5w	Avg	Eco
1	Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka	133	7,339.5	18,180	800	9/51	67	22.72	2.47
2	Shane Warne Australia	145	6,784.1	17,995	708	8/71	37	25.41	2.65
3	JM Anderson England	187	6,646.1	18,569	700	7/42	32	26.52	2.79
4	Anil Kumble India	132	6,808.2	18,355	619	10/74	35	29.65	2.69
5	Stuart Broad England	167	5,616.2	16,719	604	8/15	20	27.68	2.97
6	Glenn McGrath Australia	124	4,874.4	12,186	563	8/24	29	21.64	2.49
7	Nathan Lyon Australia	129	5,460.1	16,052	530	8/50	24	30.28	2.93
8	Courtney Walsh West Indies	132	5,003.1	12,688	519	7/37	22	24.44	2.53
9	Ravichandran Ashwin India	100	4,361.0	12,255	516	7/59	36	23.75	2.81
10	Dale Steyn South Africa	93	3,101.2	10,077	439	7/51	26	22.95	3.24
11	Kapil Dev India	131	4,623.2	12,867	434	9/83	23	29.64	2.78
12	Rangana Herath Sri Lanka	93	4,332.1	12,157	433	9/127	34	28.07	2.80
13	Sir RJ Hadlee New Zealand	86	3,653.0	9,611	431	9/52	36	22.29	2.63
14	Shaun Pollock South Africa	108	4,058.5	9,733	421	7/87	16	23.11	2.39
15	Harbhajan Singh India	103	4,763.2	13,537	417	8/84	25	32.46	2.84
16	Wasim Akram Pakistan	104	3,771.1	9,779	414	7/119	25	23.62	2.59
17	Curtly Ambrose West Indies	98	3,683.5	8,501	405	8/45	22	20.99	2.30
18	Makhaya Ntini South Africa	101	3,472.2	11,242	390	7/37	18	28.82	3.23
19	IT Botham England	102	3,635.5	10,878	383	8/34	27	28.40	2.99
20	Tim Southee New Zealand	100	3,769.0	11,255	380	7/64	15	29.61	2.98
21	Malcolm Marshall West Indies	81	2,930.4	7,876	376	7/22	22	20.94	2.68
22	Waqar Younis Pakistan	87	2,704.0	8,788	373	7/76	22	23.56	3.25
23	Imran Khan Pakistan	88	3,243.0	8,258	362	8/58	23	22.81	2.54
24	Daniel Vettori New Zealand	113	4,802.2	12,441	362	7/87	20	34.36	2.59
25	Mitchell Starc Australia	89	2,902.5	9,932	358	6/50	14	27.74	3.42
26	Dennis Lillee Australia	70	3,077.5	8,493	355	7/83	23	23.92	2.75
27	Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka	111	3,906.2	10,501	355	7/71	12	29.58	2.68
28	AA Donald South Africa	72	2,586.3	7,344	330	8/71	20	22.25	2.83
29	RGD Willis England	90	2,892.5	8,190	325	8/43	16	25.20	2.83
30	Trent Boult New Zealand	78	2,902.5	8,717	317	6/30	10	27.49	3.00
31	MG Johnson Australia	73	2,666.5	8,891	313	8/61	12	28.40	3.33
32	Ishant Sharma India	105	3,193.2	10,078	311	7/74	11	32.40	3.15
33	Zaheer Khan India	92	3,130.5	10,247	311	7/87	11	32.94	3.27
34	Brett Lee Australia	76	2,755.1	9,554	310	5/30	10	30.81	3.46
35	Morne Morkel South Africa	86	2,749.4	8,550	309	6/23	8	27.66	3.10
36	Lance Gibbs West Indies	79	4,519.1	8,989	309	8/38	18	29.09	1.98
37	Fred Trueman England	67	2,529.4	6,625	307	8/31	17	21.57	2.61
38	Derek Underwood England	86	3,643.4	7,674	297	8/51	17	25.83	2.10
39	Ravindra Jadeja India	72	2,872.1	7,096	294	7/42	13	24.13	2.47
40	Jacques Kallis South Africa	166	3,372.0	9,535	292	6/54	5	32.65	2.82
41	Kagiso Rabada South Africa	62	1,902.4	6,419	291	7/112	14	22.05	3.37
42	Craig McDermott Australia	71	2,764.2	8,332	291	8/97	14	28.63	3.01
43	Josh Hazlewood Australia	70	2,429.3	6,778	273	6/67	12	24.82	2.78
44	Kemar Roach West Indies	81	2,410.4	7,491	270	6/48	11	27.74	3.10
45	Pat Cummins Australia	62	2,102.2	6,063	269	6/23	12	22.53	2.88
46	Bishen Bedi India	67	3,560.4	7,637	266	7/98	14	28.71	2.14
47	Danish Kaneria Pakistan	61	2,949.3	9,082	261	7/77	15	34.79	3.07
48	Neil Wagner New Zealand	64	2,287.3	7,169	260	7/39	9	27.57	3.13
49	Joel Garner West Indies	58	2,194.5	5,433	259	6/56	7	20.97	2.47
50	Jason Gillespie Australia	71	2,372.2	6,770	259	7/37	8	26.13	2.85
51	GP Swann England	60	2,558.1	7,642	255	6/65	17	29.96	2.98
52	JB Statham England	70	2,676.0	6,261	252	7/39	9	24.84	2.33
53	Michael Holding West Indies	60	2,113.2	5,898	249	8/92	13	23.68	2.79
54	Richie Benaud Australia	63	3,184.4	6,704	248	7/72	16	27.03	2.10
55	MJ Hoggard England	67	2,318.1	7,564	248	7/61	7	30.50	3.26
56	Graham McKenzie Australia	60	2,946.5	7,328	246	8/71	16	29.78	2.48
57	Yasir Shah Pakistan	48	2,375.5	7,657	244	8/41	16	31.38	3.22
58	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar India	58	2,660.3	7,199	242	8/79	16	29.74	2.70
59	Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh	67	2,509.3	7,387	237	7/36	19	31.16	2.94
60	AV Bedser England	51	2,653.0	5,876	236	7/44	15	24.89	2.21
61	Javagal Srinath India	67	2,517.2	7,196	236	8/86	10	30.49	2.85
62	Abdul Qadir Pakistan	67	2,854.2	7,742	236	9/56	15	32.80	2.71
63	Sir Garry Sobers West Indies	93	3,599.5	7,999	235	6/73	6	34.03	2.22
64	Andy Caddick England	62	2,259.4	6,999	234	7/46	13	29.91	3.09
65	Chris Martin New Zealand	71	2,337.4	7,878	233	6/26	10	33.81	3.37
66	Mohammed Shami India	64	1,919.1	6,346	229	6/56	6	27.71	3.30
67	Darren Gough England	58	1,970.1	6,503	229	6/42	9	28.39	3.30
68	Ray Lindwall Australia	61	2,275.0	5,251	228	7/38	12	23.03	2.30
69	SJ Harmison England	63	2,229.1	7,192	226	7/12	8	31.82	3.22
70	A Flintoff England	79	2,491.5	7,410	226	5/58	3	32.78	2.97
71	Vernon Philander South Africa	64	1,898.3	5,000	224	6/21	13	22.32	2.63
72	Peter Siddle Australia	67	2,317.5	6,777	221	6/54	8	30.66	2.92
73	Chris Cairns New Zealand	62	1,949.4	6,410	218	7/27	13	29.40	3.28
74	Clarence Grimmett Australia	37	2,418.5	5,231	216	7/40	21	24.21	2.16
75	Heath Streak Zimbabwe	65	2,259.5	6,079	216	6/73	7	28.14	2.69

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