Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career
| Player | Span | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) | 1992-2009 | 127 | 42020 | 17081 | 770 | 9/51 | 16/220 | 22.18 | 2.43 | 54.5 | 66 | 22 |
| SK Warne (Aus) | 1992-2007 | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 12/128 | 25.41 | 2.65 | 57.4 | 37 | 10 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 1973-1990 | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 36 | 9 |
| A Kumble (India) | 1990-2008 | 132 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 29.65 | 2.69 | 65.9 | 35 | 8 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) | 1993-2007 | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 10/27 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.9 | 29 | 3 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 1977-1992 | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 13/106 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.9 | 27 | 4 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1985-2002 | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 7/119 | 11/110 | 23.62 | 2.59 | 54.6 | 25 | 5 |
| SF Barnes (Eng) | 1901-1914 | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 17/159 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.6 | 24 | 7 |
| DK Lillee (Aus) | 1971-1984 | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 11/123 | 23.92 | 2.75 | 52.0 | 23 | 7 |
| Imran Khan (Pak) | 1971-1992 | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 14/116 | 22.81 | 2.54 | 53.7 | 23 | 6 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 1998-2009 | 77 | 21471 | 10040 | 330 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 30.42 | 2.80 | 65.0 | 23 | 5 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 1978-1994 | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.9 | 23 | 2 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 1989-2003 | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 13/135 | 23.56 | 3.25 | 43.4 | 22 | 5 |
| MD Marshall (WI) | 1978-1991 | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 11/89 | 20.94 | 2.68 | 46.7 | 22 | 4 |
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 1988-2000 | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 8/45 | 11/84 | 20.99 | 2.30 | 54.5 | 22 | 3 |
| CA Walsh (WI) | 1984-2001 | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7/37 | 13/55 | 24.44 | 2.53 | 57.8 | 22 | 3 |
| CV Grimmett (Aus) | 1925-1936 | 37 | 14513 | 5231 | 216 | 7/40 | 14/199 | 24.21 | 2.16 | 67.1 | 21 | 7 |
| AA Donald (SA) | 1992-2002 | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 12/139 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.0 | 20 | 3 |
| M Ntini (SA) | 1998-2009 | 99 | 20414 | 11009 | 388 | 7/37 | 13/132 | 28.37 | 3.23 | 52.6 | 18 | 4 |
| DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 1997-2009 | 92 | 22398 | 9831 | 293 | 7/87 | 12/149 | 33.55 | 2.63 | 76.4 | 18 | 3 |
| LR Gibbs (WI) | 1958-1976 | 79 | 27115 | 8989 | 309 | 8/38 | 11/157 | 29.09 | 1.98 | 87.7 | 18 | 2 |
| FS Trueman (Eng) | 1952-1965 | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 12/119 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.4 | 17 | 3 |
| DL Underwood (Eng) | 1966-1982 | 86 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 13/71 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.6 | 17 | 6 |
| BS Chandrasekhar (India) | 1964-1979 | 58 | 15963 | 7199 | 242 | 8/79 | 12/104 | 29.74 | 2.70 | 65.9 | 16 | 2 |
| RGD Willis (Eng) | 1971-1984 | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 9/92 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.4 | 16 | 0 |
| GD McKenzie (Aus) | 1961-1971 | 60 | 17681 | 7328 | 246 | 8/71 | 10/91 | 29.78 | 2.48 | 71.8 | 16 | 3 |
| R Benaud (Aus) | 1952-1964 | 63 | 19108 | 6704 | 248 | 7/72 | 11/105 | 27.03 | 2.10 | 77.0 | 16 | 1 |
| SM Pollock (SA) | 1995-2008 | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 10/147 | 23.11 | 2.39 | 57.8 | 16 | 1 |
| AV Bedser (Eng) | 1946-1955 | 51 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 14/99 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.4 | 15 | 5 |
| Abdul Qadir (Pak) | 1977-1990 | 67 | 17126 | 7742 | 236 | 9/56 | 13/101 | 32.80 | 2.71 | 72.5 | 15 | 5 |
| TM Alderman (Aus) | 1981-1991 | 41 | 10181 | 4616 | 170 | 6/47 | 10/151 | 27.15 | 2.72 | 59.8 | 14 | 1 |
| AK Davidson (Aus) | 1953-1963 | 44 | 11587 | 3819 | 186 | 7/93 | 12/124 | 20.53 | 1.97 | 62.2 | 14 | 2 |
| HJ Tayfield (SA) | 1949-1960 | 37 | 13568 | 4405 | 170 | 9/113 | 13/165 | 25.91 | 1.94 | 79.8 | 14 | 2 |
| CJ McDermott (Aus) | 1984-1996 | 71 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 11/157 | 28.63 | 3.01 | 56.9 | 14 | 2 |
| BS Bedi (India) | 1966-1979 | 67 | 21364 | 7637 | 266 | 7/98 | 10/194 | 28.71 | 2.14 | 80.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 1952-1962 | 34 | 9834 | 3434 | 139 | 7/42 | 13/114 | 24.70 | 2.09 | 70.7 | 13 | 4 |
| ARC Fraser (Eng) | 1989-1998 | 46 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 11/110 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.4 | 13 | 2 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 1989-2004 | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 10/100 | 29.40 | 3.28 | 53.6 | 13 | 1 |
| MA Holding (WI) | 1975-1987 | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 14/149 | 23.68 | 2.79 | 50.9 | 13 | 2 |
| AR Caddick (Eng) | 1993-2003 | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 10/215 | 29.91 | 3.09 | 57.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 1995-2004 | 49 | 14070 | 6206 | 208 | 8/164 | 10/155 | 29.83 | 2.64 | 67.6 | 13 | 3 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) | 1997-2007 | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 11/78 | 25.69 | 3.37 | 45.7 | 12 | 2 |
| SCG MacGill (Aus) | 1998-2008 | 44 | 11237 | 6038 | 208 | 8/108 | 12/107 | 29.02 | 3.22 | 54.0 | 12 | 2 |
| SP Gupte (India) | 1951-1961 | 36 | 11284 | 4403 | 149 | 9/102 | 10/223 | 29.55 | 2.34 | 75.7 | 12 | 1 |
| RR Lindwall (Aus) | 1946-1960 | 61 | 13650 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 9/70 | 23.03 | 2.30 | 59.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Danish Kaneria (Pak) | 2000-2009 | 53 | 15608 | 7846 | 225 | 7/77 | 12/94 | 34.87 | 3.01 | 69.3 | 12 | 2 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 1994-2009 | 110 | 23204 | 10411 | 354 | 7/71 | 14/191 | 29.40 | 2.69 | 65.5 | 12 | 2 |
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
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West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingstown, 1st Test, Jul 9-13, 2009
[Test # 1923 - Live] » Bangladesh 42/0 (18.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal 14*, Imrul Kayes 26*, DJG Sammy 0/6) - Stumps |
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England v Australia at Cardiff, 1st Test, Jul 8-12, 2009
[Test # 1922 - Live] » Australia 249/1 (71.0 ov, SM Katich 104*, RT Ponting 100*, A Flintoff 1/48) - Stumps |
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 4-7, 2009
[Test # 1921] |
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