Name↕ | Country↕ | Era↕ | Test Wickets↕ | Bowling Average↕ | Bowling Style↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 1992-2010 | 800 | 22.72 | Right-arm off-spin |
Shane Warne | Australia | 1992-2007 | 708 | 25.41 | Right-arm leg-spin |
Anil Kumble | India | 1990-2008 | 619 | 29.65 | Right-arm leg-spin |
James Anderson | England | 2003-2024 | 704 | 26.52 | Right-arm fast-medium swing |
Stuart Broad | England | 2007-2023 | 604 | 27.67 | Right-arm fast-medium |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 1993-2007 | 563 | 21.64 | Right-arm fast-medium |
Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 1985-2002 | 414 | 23.62 | Left-arm fast |
Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 1989-2003 | 373 | 23.56 | Right-arm fast |
Dale Steyn | South Africa | 2004-2019 | 439 | 22.95 | Right-arm fast |
Malcolm Marshall | West Indies | 1978-1991 | 376 | 20.94 | Right-arm fast |
Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 1988-2000 | 405 | 20.99 | Right-arm fast |
Dennis Lillee | Australia | 1971-1984 | 355 | 23.92 | Right-arm fast |
Imran Khan | Pakistan | 1971-1992 | 362 | 22.81 | Right-arm fast-medium |
Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 1973-1990 | 431 | 22.29 | Right-arm fast-medium |
Kapil Dev | India | 1978-1994 | 434 | 29.64 | Right-arm fast-medium |
Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 1984-2001 | 519 | 24.44 | Right-arm fast |
Mitchell Starc | Australia | 2011-present | 358 | 27.26 | Left-arm fast |
Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 2017-present | 44 | 22.36 | Right-arm leg-spin |
Pat Cummins | Australia | 2011-present | 274 | 22.11 | Right-arm fast |
Shaheen Afridi | Pakistan | 2018-present | 115 | 25.58 | Left-arm fast |
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