| Pos | Player | Country | Matches | Time |
| 1 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 54 | 6y 18d |
| 2 | Dennis Lillee | Australia | 56 | 10y 302d |
| 3 | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 58 | 8y 120d |
| 4 | Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 61 | 13y 19d |
| 5 | Malcom Marshall | West Indies | 61 | 10y 9d |
| 6 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | 61 | 8y 16d |
| 7 | Shane Warne | Australia | 63 | 6y 0d |
| 8 | Allan Donald | South Africa | 63 | 8y 213d |
| 9 | Glen McGrath | Australia | 64 | 7y 19d |
| 10 | Fred Trueman | England | 65 | 12y 69d |
India's Ravi Ashwin is the quickest to reach 300 test wickets. He reached this landmark in just 54 matches. He is followed by Dennis Lillee and Muttiah Muralidharan of Australia and Sri Lanka respectively.
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