Most wickets in Test cricket since 2001

Figures in men's Test cricket since 2001 (895 matches in our records). Matches before then are not in our records yet, so some players’ full career totals are higher. Data: Cricsheet.

Top 50

Most wickets in Test cricket since 2001

#	Player	Mat	Wkts	Runs	Ave	5w
1	JM Anderson	181	682	18,015	26.41	31
2	SCJ Broad	166	604	16,719	27.68	20
3	NM Lyon	142	571	17,249	30.21	24
4	R Ashwin	105	532	12,832	24.12	37
5	MA Starc	107	445	11,626	26.13	19
6	DW Steyn	90	431	9,661	22.42	26
7	HMRKB Herath	82	404	10,933	27.06	34
8	TG Southee	107	391	11,832	30.26	15
9	RA Jadeja	89	350	8,973	25.64	15
10	K Rabada	72	340	7,493	22.04	17
11	PJ Cummins	74	322	7,056	21.91	14
12	TA Boult	78	317	8,717	27.50	10
13	MG Johnson	73	313	8,892	28.41	12
14	M Morkel	86	309	8,550	27.67	8
15	I Sharma	104	307	10,033	32.68	11
16	KAJ Roach	89	304	8,154	26.82	12
17	JR Hazlewood	78	303	7,272	24.00	14
18	Taijul Islam	60	264	8,022	30.39	19
19	N Wagner	64	260	7,169	27.57	9
20	GP Swann	60	255	7,642	29.97	17
21	BA Stokes	108	252	7,808	30.98	6
22	Yasir Shah	48	244	7,657	31.38	16
23	M Muralitharan	38	243	5,552	22.85	21
=24	JJ Bumrah	52	234	4,631	19.79	16
=24	Harbhajan Singh	61	234	8,414	35.96	11
26	Mohammed Shami	64	229	6,346	27.71	6
27	Shakib Al Hasan	67	226	7,363	32.58	17
28	M Ntini	57	225	6,545	29.09	8
29	VD Philander	64	224	5,000	22.32	13
30	PM Siddle	67	221	6,777	30.67	8
31	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	57	219	7,006	31.99	15
=32	KA Maharaj	59	218	6,370	29.22	12
=32	Z Khan	60	218	6,916	31.72	9
34	MM Ali	68	204	7,612	37.31	5
35	CR Woakes	62	192	5,686	29.61	5
36	A Kumble	40	191	6,069	31.77	10
37	CS Martin	53	183	5,942	32.47	9
38	Saeed Ajmal	35	178	5,003	28.11	10
39	DL Vettori	54	177	6,220	35.14	10
40	B Lee	41	175	5,575	31.86	4
41	RAS Lakmal	70	171	6,232	36.44	4
=42	UT Yadav	56	166	5,219	31.44	3
=42	ST Gabriel	58	166	5,348	32.22	6
=42	MS Panesar	48	166	5,729	34.51	12
45	MDK Perera	43	161	5,780	35.90	8
46	JO Holder	67	157	4,882	31.10	8
47	MJ Henry	35	152	3,959	26.05	8
=48	Mohammed Siraj	47	143	4,227	29.56	5
=48	SJ Harmison	42	143	4,760	33.29	6
50	MJ Leach	38	142	4,838	34.07	5

* not out. HS: highest score. Ave: average. SR: strike rate. 5w: five or more wickets in an innings.