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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 Anil Kumble IND 1990- 766 106 188 33551 14671 510 28.77 32 8 65.8 2.62
4 Clarrie Grimmett AUS 1925-36 759 37 67 14513 5231 216 24.22 21 7 67.2 2.16
5 Jim Laker ENG 1948-59 634 46 86 12027 4101 193 21.25 9 3 62.3 2.05
6 Bill O'Reilly AUS 1932-46 594 27 48 10024 3254 144 22.60 11 3 69.6 1.95
7 Derek Underwood ENG 1966-82 584 86 151 21862 7674 297 25.84 17 6 73.6 2.11
8 Johny Briggs ENG 1884-99 550 33 49 5332 2095 118 17.75 9 4 45.2 2.36
9 Hugh Tayfield SA 1949-60 519 37 61 13568 4405 170 25.91 14 2 79.8 1.95
10 Johnny Wardle ENG 1948-57 509 28 52 6597 2080 102 20.39 5 1 64.7 1.89
11 Lance Gibbs WI 1958-76 493 79 148 27115 8989 309 29.09 18 2 87.8 1.99
12 Hugh Trumble AUS 1890-04 480 32 57 8099 3072 141 21.79 9 3 57.4 2.28
13 Richie Benaud AUS 1952-64 478 63 116 19108 6704 248 27.03 16 1 77.0 2.11
14 Tony Lock ENG 1952-68 471 49 88 13147 4451 174 25.58 9 3 75.6 2.03
15 Harbhajan Singh IND 1998- 469 55 102 14733 6844 227 30.15 17 4 64.9 2.79
16 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar IND 1964-79 464 58 97 15963 7199 242 29.75 16 2 66.0 2.71
17 Bishen Bedi IND 1966-79 456 67 118 21364 7637 266 28.71 14 1 80.3 2.14
18 Hedley Verity ENG 1931-39 451 40 73 11173 3510 144 24.38 5 2 77.6 1.88
19 Stuart MacGill AUS 1998- 443 38 72 9666 5086 182 27.95 11 2 53.1 3.16
20 Abdul Qadir PAK 1977-90 438 67 111 17126 7742 236 32.81 15 5 72.6 2.71
21 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 1995- 428 49 97 14070 6206 208 29.84 13 3 67.6 2.65
22 Iqbal Qasim PAK 1976-88 393 50 86 13019 4807 171 28.11 8 2 76.1 2.22
23 Erapalli Prasanna IND 1962-78 386 49 86 14353 5742 189 30.38 10 2 75.9 2.40
24 Subhash Gupte IND 1951-61 382 36 61 11284 4403 149 29.55 12 1 75.7 2.34
25 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 1990-03 376 50 85 12226 5901 183 32.25 10 3 66.8 2.90
26 Sonny Ramadhin WI 1950-60 369 43 76 13939 4579 158 28.98 10 1 88.2 1.97
27 Monty Noble AUS 1898-09 364 42 71 7159 3025 121 25.00 9 2 59.2 2.54
28 Danish Kaneria PAK 2000- 362 34 62 9234 4679