Ranked player performance statistics across international and premier league formats.
| Rank | Player | Country | Playing Role | WICKETS (TEST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 800 |
| #2 | Shane Warne | Australia | Bowler | 708 |
| #3 | James Anderson | England | Bowler | 704 |
| #4 | Anil Kumble | India | Bowler | 619 |
| #5 | Stuart Broad | England | Bowler | 604 |
| #6 |
| Nathan Lyon |
| Australia |
| Bowler |
| 577 |
| #7 | Glenn McGrath | Australia | Bowler | 563 |
| #8 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | Allrounder | 537 |
| #9 | Courtney Walsh | West Indies | Bowler | 519 |
| #10 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | Bowler | 460 |
| #11 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | Bowler | 439 |
| #12 | Kapil Dev | India | Allrounder | 434 |
| #13 | Rangana Herath | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 433 |
| #14 | Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | Allrounder | 431 |
| #15 | Shaun Pollock | South Africa | Allrounder | 421 |
| #16 | Harbhajan Singh | India | Bowler | 417 |
| #17 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | Bowler | 414 |
| #18 | Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | Bowler | 405 |
| #19 | Tim Southee | New Zealand | Bowler | 391 |
| #20 | Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | Bowler | 390 |
