Individual records (bowling) For test cricket

Individual records (bowling)

Most wickets in a career for test cricket

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	22.72
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41
619	Anil Kumble	132	29.65
563	Glenn McGrath	124	21.64
519	Courtney Walsh	132	24.44
Last updated: 22 July 2010

Most wickets in a career – Progression of record

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average	Record held until	Duration of record
8[a]	Alfred Shaw	1	10.75	31 March 1877	16 days
14	Tom Kendall	2	15.35	4 January 1879	1 year, 279 days
94[b]	Fred Spofforth	18	18.41	12 January 1895	16 years, 8 days
118	Johnny Briggs	33	17.75	2 January 1904	8 years, 355 days
141	Hugh Trumble	32	21.78	13 December 1913	9 years, 345 days
189	Sydney Barnes	27	16.43	4 January 1936	22 years, 22 days
216	Clarrie Grimmett	37	24.21	24 July 1953	17 years, 201 days
236	Alec Bedser	51	24.89	26 January 1963	9 years, 186 days
242[c]	Brian Statham	67	24.27	15 March 1963	48 days
307	Fred Trueman	67	21.57	1 February 1976	12 years, 323 days
309	Lance Gibbs	79	29.09	27 December 1981	5 years, 329 days
355	Dennis Lillee	70	23.92	21 August 1986	4 years, 237 days
373[d]	Ian Botham	94	27.86	12 November 1988	2 years, 83 days
431	Richard Hadlee	86	22.29	8 February 1994	5 years, 88 days
434	Kapil Dev	131	29.64	27 March 2000	6 years, 48 days
519	Courtney Walsh	132	24.44	8 May 2004	4 years, 42 days
532[e]	Muttiah Muralitharan	91	22.87	15 October 2004	160 days
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41	3 December 2007	3 years, 49 days
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	22.72	Current	6 years, 125 days