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Last Updated: March 23, 2006

Rank Player Team Career Rating Mat I Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 SR Econ
                           
1 Muttiah Muralitharan SL 1992- 1168 101 172 33747 13410 600 22.35 50 14 56.2 2.38
2 Shane Warne AUS 1992- 969 136 253 38134 16692 662 25.21 34 10 57.6 2.63
3 Richard Hadlee NZ 1973-90 918 86 150 21918 9611 431 22.30 36 9 50.9 2.63
4 Glenn McGrath AUS 1993- 911 119 232 27993 11684 542 21.56 28 3 51.6 2.50
5 Sydney Barnes ENG 1901-14 848 27 50 7873 3106 189 16.43 24 7 41.7 2.37
6 Malcolm Marshall WI 1978-91 815 81 151 17584 7876 376 20.95 22 4 46.8 2.69
7 Curtly Ambrose WI 1988-00 814 98 179 22103 8501 405 20.99 22 3 54.6 2.31
8 Courtney Walsh WI 1984-01 776 132 242 30019 12688 519 24.45 22 3 57.8 2.54
9 Imran Khan PAK 1971-92 767 88 142 19458 8258 362 22.81 23 6 53.8 2.55
10 Anil Kumble IND 1990- 766 106 188 33551 14671 510 28.77 32 8 65.8 2.62
11 Clarrie Grimmett AUS 1925-36 759 37 67 14513 5231 216 24.22 21 7 67.2 2.16
12 Wasim Akram PAK 1985-02 750 104 181 22627 9779 414 23.62 25 5 54.7 2.59
13 Dennis Lillee AUS 1971-84 747 70 132 18467 8493 355 23.92 23 7 52.0 2.76
14 Allan Donald SA 1992-02 723 72 129 15519 7344 330 22.25 20 3 47.0 2.84
15 Waqar Younis PAK 1989-03 722 87 154 16224 8788 373 23.56 22 5 43.5 3.25
16 Fred Trueman ENG 1952-65 718 67 127 15178 6625 307 21.58 17 3 49.4 2.62
17 Shaun Pollock SA 1995- 686 97 179 22172 8764 385 22.76 16 1 57.6 2.37
18 Alan Davidson AUS 1953-63 673 44 82 11587 3819 186 20.53 14 2 62.3 1.98
19 George Lohmann ENG 1886-96 644 18 36 3821 1205 112 10.76 9 5 34.1 1.89
20 Jim Laker ENG 1948-59 634 46 86 12027 4101 193 21.25 9 3 62.3 2.05
21 Joel Garner WI 1977-87 628 58 111 13169 5433 259 20.98 7 0 50.8 2.48
22 Alec Bedser ENG 1946-55 614 57 92 15918 5876 236 24.90 15 5 67.4 2.21
23 Ian Botham ENG 1977-92 609 102 168 21815 10878 383 28.40 27 4 57.0 2.99
24 Bill O'Reilly AUS 1932-46 594 27 48 10024 3254 144 22.60 11 3 69.6 1.95
25 Derek Underwood ENG 1966-82 584 86 151 21862 7674 297 25.84 17 6 73.6 2.11
26 Fazal Mahmood PAK 1952-62 581 34 53 9834 3434 139 24.71 13 4 70.7 2.10
27 Kapil Dev IND 1978-94 580 131 227 27740 12867 434 29.65 23 2 63.9 2.78
28 Michael Holding WI 1975-87 569 60 113 12740 5898 249 23.69