| Index | |||||
| Cricket | |||||
| Test Records - Bowling | |||||
| Most Wickets | Best Averages | ||||
| M. Muralitharan | SRI | 800 | G.A. Lohmann | RSA | 10.75 |
| S.K. Warne | AUS | 708 | J.T. Ferris | AUS | 13.70. |
| A. Kumble | IND | 619 | W. Barnes | ENG | 15.54 |
| G.D. McGrath | AUS | 563 | W. Bates | ENG | 16.42 |
| C.A. Walsh | WIN | 519 | S.F. Barnes | ENG | 16.43 |
| Kapil Dev | IND | 434 | C.T.B. Turner | ENG | 16.53 |
| R.J. Hadlee | NZL | 431 | R. Peel | ENG | 16.81 |
| S.M. Pollock | RSA | 421 | J. Briggs | AUS | 17.74 |
| Wasim Akram | PAK | 414 | H. Ironmonger | AUS | 17.79 |
| Harbhajan Singh | IND | 406 | F.R. Spofforth | AUS | 18.41 |
| C.E.L. Ambrose | ENG | 405 | F.H. Tyson | ENG | 18.56 |
| M. Ntini | RSA | 390 | C. Blythe | AUS | 18.63 |
| I.T. Botham | ENG | 383 | J.H. Wardle | ENG | 20.39 |
| M.D. Marshall | WIN | 376 | G. Ulyett | ENG | 20.40. |
| Waqar Younis | PAK | 373 | A.K. Davidson | AUS | 20.53 |
| Imran Khan | PAK | 362 | F.E. Foster | ENG | 20.57 |
| D.K. Lillee | AUS | 355 | K. Higgs | ENG | 20.74 |
| V.P. Vaas | SRI | 355 | M.D. Marshall | WIN | 20.94 |
| D.L. Vettori | NZL | 345 | J. Garner | WIN | 20.97 |
| A.A. Donald | RSA | 330 | C.E.L. Ambrose | WIN | 20.99 |
| R.D.G. Willis | ENG | 325 | E.R.H. Toshack | AUS | 21.04 |
| B. Lee | AUS | 310 | N.A.T. Adcock | RSA | 21.10. |
| L.R. Gibbs | WIN | 309 | W.J. Whitty | AUS | 21.12 |
| F.S. Trueman | ENG | 307 | J.C. Laker | ENG | 21.24 |
| D.L. Underwood | ENG | 297 | G.E. Palmer | AUS | 21.53 |
| C. McDermott | AUS | 291 | J. Cowie | NZL | 21.53 |
| Z. Khan | IND | 287 | F.S. Trueman | ENG | 21.57 |
| J.H. Kallis | RSA | 274 | G.D. McGrath | AUS | 21.64 |
| B.S. Bedi | IND | 266 | H. Trumble | AUS | 21.78 |
| D.W. Steyn | RSA | 263 | Mohammad Asif | PAK | 21.90 |
| Danish Kaneria | PAK | 261 | J.T. Hearne | ENG | 22.08 |
| J. Garner | WIN | 259 | S.E. Bond | NZL | 22.09 |
| J.N. Gillespie | AUS | 259 | A.E. Hall | RSA | 22.15 |
| J.B. Statham | ENG | 252 | E. Peate | ENG | 22.21 |
| M. Holding | WIN | 249 | A.A. Donald | RSA | 22.25 |
| R. Benaud | AUS | 248 | R.J. Hadlee | NZL | 22.29 |
| M. Hoggard | ENG | 248 | W.E. Bowes | ENG | 22.33 |
| G.D. McKenzie | AUS | 246 | W. Attewell | ENG | 22.35 |
| J.M. Anderson | ENG | 242 | P.J. Loader | ENG | 22.51 |
| B. S. Chandrasekhar | IND | 242 | R.G. Barlow | ENG | 22.55 |
| A. Bedser | ENG | 236 | W.J. O`Reilly | AUS | 22.59 |
| A. Qadir | PAK | 236 | M. Muralitharan | SRI | 22.72 |
| J. Srinath | IND | 236 | J.V. Saunders | AUS | 22.73 |
| G.S. Sobers | WIN | 235 | A.E.E. Vogler | RSA | 22.73 |
| A. R. Caddick | ENG | 234 | Imran Khan | PAK | 22.81 |
| D. Gough | ENG | 229 | L.F. Kline | AUS | 22.83 |
| R.R. Lindwall | AUS | 228 | K.R. Miller | AUS | 22.97 |
| A. Flintoff | ENG | 226 | R.R. Lindwall | AUS | 23.03 |
| S.J. Harmison | ENG | 226 | S.M. Pollock | RSA | 23.11 |
| C.L. Cairns | NZL | 218 | D.W. Steyn | RSA | 23.21 |
| C. Grimmett | AUS | 216 | C.E.H. Croft | WIN | 23.30. |
| H.H. Streak | ZIM | 216 | H.V. Hordern | AUS | 23.36 |
| J.M. Anderson | ENG | 215 | Waqar Younis | PAK | 23.56 |
| M.G. Hughes | AUS | 212 | T.T. Bresnan | ENG | 23.60 |
| S.C. MacGill | AUS | 208 | Wasim Akram | PAK | 23.62 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | PAK | 208 | M.A. Holding | WIN | 23.68 |
| J. Snow | ENG | 202 | S.R. Clark | AUS | 23.86 |
| A. Roberts | WIN | 202 | W.M. Johnston | AUS | 23.91 |
| J. Thomson | AUS | 200 | Khan Mohammad | PAK | 23.92 |
| D.K. Lillee | AUS | 23.92 | |||
| P.M. Pollock | RSA | 24.18 | |||
| C.V. Grimmett | AUS | 24.21 | |||
| I.R. Bishop | WIN | 24.27 | |||
| P.S. de Villiers | RSA | 24.27 | |||
| Mohammed Asif | PAK | 24.36 | |||
| H. Verity | ENG | 24.37 | |||
| C.A. Walsh | WIN | 24.44 | |||
| B.A. Reid | AUS | 24.63 | |||
| D.E. Bollinger | AUS | 24.65 | |||
| Fazal Mahmood | PAK | 24.70. | |||
| J.B. Statham | ENG | 24.84 | |||
| A.V. Bedser | ENG | 24.89 | |||