CRICKET · ARENA ARCHIVE
Cricket Bowling Records
800 Test wickets, 10 for 53, and spells that live forever.
| # | RECORD | HOLDER | FIGURE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most Test wickets Exactly 800 — his final Test wicket was his 800th. Poetry. Test cricket · 1992–2010 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 800 |
| 2 | Most ODI wickets Leads Wasim Akram's 502 — the only two past 500 in ODIs. ODI cricket · 1993–2011 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 534 |
| 3 | Most international wickets The highest wicket mountain in the game's history. Tests + ODIs + T20Is · 1992–2011 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 1,347 |
| 4 | Best Test innings figures All ten in an innings — plus 9/37 in the other for 19/90 in the match. Test cricket · 1956, vs Australia, Old Trafford | Jim Laker | 10/53 |
| 5 | Best ODI bowling figures Untouched for over two decades — the perfect ODI spell. ODI cricket · 2001, vs Zimbabwe, Colombo | Chaminda Vaas | 8/19 |
Records change — last reviewed September 2026. Figures for active players move with every game.