List Of Most 5 Wicket Hauls In Test
| Pos | Player | Span | Team | Matches | Wickets | 5 Wicket Hauls |
| 1 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 1992-2010 | Sri Lanka | 133 | 800 | 67 |
| 2 | Shane Warne | 1992-2007 | Australia | 145 | 708 | 37 |
| 3 | Sir RJ Hadlee | 1973-1990 | New Zealand | 86 | 431 | 36 |
| 4 | Anil Kumble | 1990-2008 | India | 132 | 619 | 35 |
| 5 | Rangana Herath | 1999-2018 | Sri Lanka | 93 | 433 | 34 |
| 6 | James Anderson | 2003-2022 | England | 169 | 640 | 31 |
| 7 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 2011-2022 | India | 86 | 442 | 30 |
| 8 | Glen McGrath | 1993-2007 | Australia | 124 | 563 | 29 |
| 9 | Ian Botham | 1977-1992 | England | 102 | 383 | 27 |
| 10 | Dale Steyn | 2004-2019 | South Africa | 93 | 439 | 26 |
Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka leads the list of most 5 wicket hauls in test. He is followed by Shane Warne of Australia and Richard Hadlee of New Zealand. Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin are only two Indians to get featured in this list.
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