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Men's cricket. Career wicket aggregates, most first. Ranked from ball-by-ball data. See the women's list →


1	Ravichandran Ashwin	291	113	23.53	2.82	50.04
2	Nathan Lyon	286	120	28.67	2.79	61.62
3	Pat Cummins	257	106	21.57	2.90	44.64
4	Mitchell Starc	254	119	26.45	3.42	46.35
5	James Anderson	253	129	24.55	2.60	56.54
6	Stuart Broad	233	122	27.27	2.95	55.43
7	Kagiso Rabada	228	92	23.47	3.33	42.32
8	Ravindra Jadeja	217	107	24.75	2.63	56.43
9	Jasprit Bumrah	183	77	19.37	2.79	41.67
10	Tim Southee	175	86	29.07	3.04	57.33
11	Keshav Maharaj	170	81	30.52	3.10	59.06
12	Josh Hazlewood	165	81	24.78	2.69	55.19
13	Ben Stokes	161	118	29.14	3.33	52.49
14	Mohammed Shami	147	83	25.37	3.08	49.41
15	Neil Wagner	144	68	27.10	3.02	53.80
16	Muttiah Muralitharan	143	39	19.32	2.71	42.74
17	Trent Boult	138	60	26.81	3.08	52.19
18	Kemar Roach	130	68	25.49	2.98	51.30
19	Chris Woakes	125	81	30.42	3.05	59.91
20	Taijul Islam	124	50	33.21	3.11	64.14
21	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	124	58	36.78	3.17	69.71
22	Yasir Shah	121	50	36.12	3.34	64.85
23	Matt Henry	113	48	23.42	3.06	45.96
24	Mohammed Siraj	111	63	25.92	3.46	45.01
25	Moeen Ali	110	60	34.98	3.52	59.66
26	Jack Leach	108	54	34.87	3.13	66.78
27	Shannon Gabriel	106	58	30.60	3.42	53.70
28	Shaheen Shah Afridi	104	48	29.25	3.18	55.11
29	Jason Holder	102	76	32.21	2.63	73.46
30	Mohammad Abbas	96	44	22.93	2.48	55.53
31	Ishant Sharma	93	56	26.05	2.83	55.28
32	Alzarri Joseph	87	60	39.82	3.75	63.70
33	Steve Harmison	86	41	30.93	3.39	54.76
34	Brett Lee	86	35	27.49	3.30	49.97
35	Mark Wood	85	47	28.35	3.35	50.74
36	Matthew Hoggard	84	38	28.27	3.22	52.76
37	Anil Kumble	83	33	33.75	3.12	64.80
38	Marco Jansen	82	34	20.51	3.29	37.38
39	Prabath Jayasuriya	81	28	32.23	3.11	62.10
40	Jayden Seales	81	37	23.95	3.25	44.28
41	Umesh Yadav	80	59	31.30	3.28	57.23
42	Kyle Jamieson	78	33	20.65	2.81	44.17
43	Monty Panesar	78	40	35.08	2.87	73.22
44	Roston Chase	75	69	52.39	3.55	88.52
45	Makhaya Ntini	73	30	27.16	3.52	46.32
46	Ollie Robinson	71	34	21.70	2.84	45.85
47	Nauman Ali	70	30	25.60	3.26	47.13
48	Andrew Flintoff	69	32	28.35	3.10	54.93
49	Suranga Lakmal	68	43	29.97	2.83	63.54
50	Shane Warne	67	26	26.84	3.11	51.85
51	Morné Morkel	67	28	24.21	3.14	46.25
52	Kushal Janith Perera	67	32	39.15	3.44	68.28
53	Hasan Ali	67	40	28.63	3.13	54.94
54	Gus Atkinson	65	26	20.98	3.61	34.92
55	Vernon Philander	62	40	24.95	2.48	60.37
56	Kuldeep Yadav	62	25	20.42	3.42	35.87
57	Scott Boland	62	29	20.34	2.97	41.10
58	Naseem Shah	60	32	34.63	3.73	55.65
59	Ajaz Patel	60	26	30.50	3.09	59.30
60	HMRKB Herath	58	23	25.57	3.03	50.64
61	CBRLS Kumara	58	33	35.79	3.80	56.48
62	Shakib Al Hasan	57	34	33.44	2.99	67.21
63	Anrich Nortje	56	23	25.66	3.72	41.41
64	Vishwa Fernando	55	31	30.16	3.40	53.24
65	Dale Steyn	55	30	33.09	3.66	54.25
66	Stuart Clark	55	23	20.76	2.61	47.73
67	Jomel Warrican	54	25	23.20	2.89	48.17
68	Jofra Archer	54	30	29.70	2.99	59.56
69	Joe Root	54	104	46.61	3.48	80.43
70	Shoaib Bashir	54	24	37.48	3.68	61.04
71	Josh Tongue	53	20	27.25	4.04	40.45
72	Devendra Bishoo	52	23	34.50	3.33	62.23
73	Lasith Malinga	52	35	37.04	3.97	55.94
74	Brydon Carse	51	22	29.82	4.10	43.63
75	Mohammad Amir	50	26	28.60	2.64	64.96
76	Lungi Ngidi	48	28	23.52	3.13	45.08
77	Sajid Khan	48	23	35.58	3.45	61.96
78	Avishka Fernando	47	24	31.21	3.78	49.53
79	Ryan Sidebottom	47	21	27.23	2.67	61.11
80	Duanne Olivier	47	23	25.15	3.85	39.19
81	Adil Rashid	47	25	33.98	3.64	55.94
82	Mitchell Santner	46	36	38.54	2.82	81.93
83	Shamar Joseph	45	19	24.36	3.97	36.80
84	Glenn McGrath	43	18	22.12	2.46	54.02
85	Simon Harmer	43	13	17.23	2.71	38.21
86	C de Grandhomme	43	45	32.95	2.41	82.00
87	Blessing Muzarabani	42	16	26.31	3.29	47.95
88	Zaheer Khan	41	18	29.22	3.33	52.71
89	Sam Curran	41	34	34.22	3.22	63.80
90	Axar Patel	41	22	19.59	2.63	44.71
91	Danish Kaneria	38	17	36.11	2.95	73.50
92	Abrar Ahmed	37	16	34.70	3.74	55.70
93	Ramesh Mendis	35	16	32.31	3.20	60.51
94	R. P. Singh	35	16	30.46	4.07	44.94
95	Gudakesh Motie	35	19	27.03	3.26	49.71
96	Cameron Green	34	47	37.24	3.41	65.44
97	Irfan Pathan	34	16	29.41	3.61	48.88
98	Chamalka Fernando	34	19	28.94	3.48	49.94
99	S. Sreesanth	32	17	32.75	3.28	59.97
100	Lasith Ambuldeniya	32	16	46.00	3.38	81.63

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