Bowlers ranked by total wickets taken in Test match cricket throughout their international careers, according to official ICC and ESPNcricinfo records. Muttiah Muralitharan's record of 800 Test wickets is the most celebrated bowling achieve...
About: Most Test Cricket Wickets Taken (All Time)
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Bowlers ranked by total wickets taken in Test match cricket throughout their international careers, according to official ICC and ESPNcricinfo records. Muttiah Muralitharan's record of 800 Test wickets is the most celebrated bowling achievement in the history of the sport — accumulated over a 18-year Test career for Sri Lanka from 1992 to 2010 using an unorthodox off-spin action that generated exceptional turn and drift that batsmen from every era found uniquely difficult to read. His record stands 92 wickets clear of Shane Warne's 708 and 96 clear of James Anderson's 704, both of which are themselves extraordinary achievements, making Muralitharan's total a statistical outlier of the kind that appears only once or twice per generation even in sports where records are routinely broken.
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Muttiah Muralitharan leads with 800 in All Time.
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Average value in All Time: 620 · median: 612.
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Gap in All Time: Muttiah Muralitharan is 1.8× larger than Dale Steyn.
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Data Points
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8 categories
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1 year
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Top Value
800
Muttiah Muralitharan
Test Cricket Wickets · All Time
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All Time
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Category Rankings
Ranked by All Time value · vs. All Time| # | Category | All Time | All Time | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 800 | 800 | +0% |
| 🥈 | Shane Warne | 708 | 708 | +0% |
| 🥉 | James Anderson | 704 | 704 | +0% |
| 4 | Anil Kumble | 619 | 619 | +0% |
| 5 | Stuart Broad | 604 | 604 | +0% |
| 6 | Glenn McGrath | 563 | 563 | +0% |
| 7 | Courtney Walsh | 519 | 519 | +0% |
| 8 | Dale Steyn | 439 | 439 | +0% |
Statistical Summary — All Time
800
Maximum
439
Minimum
620
Average
612
Median
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