Most wickets
Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
M Muralidaran 1993-2011 343 334 3072.1 195 12066 523 7/30 23.07 3.92 35.2 15 10
WPUJC Vaas 1994-2008 321 319 2620.1 278 10955 399 8/19 27.45 4.18 39.4 9 4
SL Malinga 2004-2019 226 220 1822.4 103 9760 338 6/38 28.87 5.35 32.3 11 8
ST Jayasuriya 1989-2011 441 365 2458.0 45 11737 320 6/29 36.67 4.77 46.0 8 4
KMDN Kulasekara 2003-2017 184 181 1377.1 106 6751 199 5/22 33.92 4.90 41.5 4 1
CRD Fernando 2001-2012 146 140 1074.3 53 5612 183 6/27 30.66 5.22 35.2 2 1
NLTC Perera 2009-2021 166 157 983.2 28 5740 175 6/44 32.80 5.83 33.7 5 4
BAW Mendis 2008-2015 87 84 692.2 34 3324 152 6/13 21.86 4.80 27.3 7 3
UDU Chandana 1994-2007 147 136 1023.4 20 4818 151 5/61 31.90 4.70 40.6 4 1
HDPK Dharmasena 1994-2004 141 134 1168.1 40 4998 138 4/37 36.21 4.27 50.7 1 0
MF Maharoof 2004-2016 109 105 773.2 50 3789 135 6/14 28.06 4.89 34.3 4 2
AD Mathews 2008-2023 226 163 887.2 56 4110 126 6/20 32.61 4.63 42.2 2 1
RAS Lakmal 2009-2021 86 84 646.5 36 3534 109 4/13 32.42 5.46 35.6 3 0
GP Wickramasinghe 1990-2002 134 132 953.2 49 4321 109 4/48 39.64 4.53 52.4 1 0
DNT Zoysa 1997-2007 95 93 709.5 61 3213 108 5/26 29.75 4.52 39.4 2 1
PA de Silva 1984-2003 308 156 858.0 27 4177 106 4/30 39.40 4.86 48.5 2 0
TM Dilshan 1999-2016 330 204 980.0 22 4778 106 4/4 45.07 4.87 55.4 3 0
JR Ratnayeke 1982-1990 78 76 595.3 25 2866 85 4/23 33.71 4.81 42.0 1 0
A Ranatunga 1982-1999 269 135 785.0 21 3757 79 4/14 47.55 4.78 59.6 1 0
M Theekshana 2021-2025 55 54 441.5 17 2022 77 4/25 26.25 4.57 34.4 7 0
RJ Ratnayake 1982-1993 70 70 595.5 35 2712 76 5/32 35.68 4.55 47.0 1 1
HMRKB Herath 2004-2015 71 67 540.2 18 2362 74 4/20 31.91 4.37 43.8 1 0
RS Kalpage 1992-1999 86 81 660.0 20 2975 73 4/36 40.75 4.50 54.2 2 0
CPH Ramanayake 1986-1995 62 62 477.2 43 2049 68 4/17 30.13 4.29 42.1 1 0
N Pradeep 2012-2022 49 47 390.5 20 2339 63 4/31 37.12 5.98 37.2 2 0
PVD Chameera 2015-2025 54 53 375.0 17 2058 60 5/16 34.30 5.48 37.5 1 1
A Dananjaya 2012-2024 42 40 352.3 6 1809 59 6/29 30.66 5.13 35.8 2 2
ALF de Mel 1982-1987 57 57 455.5 47 2237 59 5/32 37.91 4.90 46.3 1 2
SMSM Senanayake 2012-2015 49 47 393.0 11 1874 53 4/13 35.35 4.76 44.4 1 0
KSC de Silva 1996-2000 38 37 269.5 10 1323 52 3/18 25.44 4.90 31.1 0 0
T Thushara 2008-2010 38 38 279.2 17 1393 50 5/47 27.86 4.98 33.5 0 1
D Madushanka 2023-2024 26 26 184.0 11 1132 45 5/80 25.15 6.15 24.5 1 1
GF Labrooy 1986-1992 44 44 384.4 18 1876 45 5/57 41.68 4.87 51.2 1 1
DM de Silva 2016-2023 90 75 375.0 1 1907 44 3/32 43.34 5.08 51.1 0 0
CAK Rajitha 2018-2023 34 34 254.3 5 1553 43 4/50 36.11 6.10 35.5 2 0
CBRLS Kumara 2017-2025 32 32 216.3 4 1404 42 4/48 33.42 6.48 30.9 1 0
PW Hasaranga 2024-2025 18 18 131.0 9 671 41 7/19 16.36 5.12 19.1 4 1
JDF Vandersay 2015-2024 28 26 197.3 6 1065 40 6/33 26.62 5.39 29.6 1 1
RP Arnold 1997-2007 180 84 359.3 8 1739 40 3/47 43.47 4.83 53.9 0 0
DN Wellalage 2022-2025 31 30 219.5 3 1135 39 5/27 29.10 5.16 33.8 1 2
S Randiv 2009-2016 31 29 239.3 5 1214 36 5/42 33.72 5.06 39.9 0 1
HMCM Bandara 2006-2010 31 28 245.0 3 1232 36 4/31 34.22 5.02 40.8 2 0
VB John 1982-1987 45 45 385.1 44 1655 34 3/28 48.67 4.29 67.9 0 0
KTGD Prasad 2006-2015 24 24 169.1 4 976 32 3/17 30.50 5.76 31.7 0 0
SD Anurasiri 1986-1994 45 43 350.0 14 1464 32 3/40 45.75 4.18 65.6 0 0
DS de Silva 1975-1985 41 40 346.0 22 1557 32 3/29 48.65 4.50 64.8 0 0
S Prasanna 2011-2019 40 39 324.1 9 1767 32 3/32 55.21 5.45 60.7 0 0
KS Lokuarachchi 2003-2007 21 21 168.3 7 725 31 4/44 23.38 4.30 32.6 1 0
AM Fernando 2017-2025 23 22 141.0 3 793 30 4/35 26.43 5.62 28.2 1 0
BMAJ Mendis 2010-2019 58 49 234.0 2 1204 28 3/15 43.00 5.14 50.1 0 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Pallekele, 3rd ODI, Jul 8, 2025 [ODI # 4891]
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 2nd ODI, Jul 5, 2025 [ODI # 4890]
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 1st ODI, Jul 2, 2025 [ODI # 4889]