Most wickets in Test

Muttiah Muralitharan as usual leads the list of players to take most wickets in test. He has taken 800 wickets in 230 innings with a best of 9 for 51. He is followed by Shane Warne of Australia with 708 wickets to his name. Only Anil Kumble from this list has taken all 10 wickets in an innings.

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List Of Players To take Most Wickets In Test
Spinners in the list of Most Wickets In Test

List Of Players To take Most Wickets In Test

Sl No	Player	Country	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	BBM
1	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	133	230	800	9/51	16/220
2	Shane Warne	Australia	145	273	708	8/71	12/128
3	Anil Kumble	India	132	236	619	10/74	14/149
4	James Anderson	England	148	277	575	7/42	11/71
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	124	243	563	43701	43765
6	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	132	242	519	7/37	13/55
7	Stuart Broad	England	133	244	467	8/15	11/121
8	Dale Steyn	South Africa	92*	168	437	7/51	11/60
9	Kapil Dev	India	131	227	434	9/83	11/146
10	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	93	170	433	9/127	14/184

*Updated On 27 November 2019

Spinners in the list of Most Wickets In Test

There are 4 spinners in the list of most wickets in test. Muttiah Muralitharan and Rangana Herath from Sri lanka take the 1st and the 10th spot respectively. Shane Warne of Australia and Anil Kumble of India occupy 2nd and 3rd spot respectively.