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When determining the top test wicket takers there's the argument of "Sos-and-so didn't play half as many games though" So let's average it out (this is purely statistical, a lot of merits like skill have been left out).
The top 57 test wicket takers ever played a total of 4505 games altogether. If we do 4505 divided by 57 we get about 79, so let's say if each player played 79 games with their average of wickets per match. We get this:
Total wickets/total players
4505/57=79
(Bowler) (Country) (Wickets) (Runs)
M. Muralitharan (SL) 475 10798
CV. Grimmet (Aus) 461 11169
DW. Steyn (SA) 407 9405
DK. Lillie (Aus) 401 9584
Sir. RJ. Hadlee (Nz) 396 8828
SK. Warne (Aus) 386 9804
SCG. MacGill (Aus) 373 10841
A. Kumble (Ind) 370 10985
MD. Marshall (WI) 367 7682
AV. Bedser (Eng) 366 9102
FS. Trueman (Eng) 362 7811
AA. Donald (SA) 362 8058
GD. McGrath (Aus) 359 7763
J. Garner (WI) 353 7400
AME. Roberts (WI) 340 8697
Waqir Younis (Pak) 339 7980
Danish Kaneria (Pak) 338 11762
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 335 10006
Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 332 10492
BS. Chandrasekhar (Ind) 330 9806
MA. Holding (WI) 328 7766
CEL. Ambrose (WI) 326 6853
JA. Snow (Eng) 326 8685
Imran Khan (Pak) 325 7413
CJ. McDermott (Aus) 324 9270
GD. McKenzie (Aus) 324 9649
B. Lee (Aus) 322 9931
MG. Hughes (Aus) 316 8969
Wasim Akram (Pak) 314 7428
BS. Bedi (Ind) 314 9005
D. Gough (Eng) 312 8858
CA. Walsh (WI) 311 7593
R. Benaud (Aus) 311 8407
JR. Thomson (Aus) 310 8676
LR. Gibbs (WI) 309 8989
SM. Pollock (SA) 308 7119
M. Ntini (SA) 305 8793
AR. Caddick (Eng) 298 8918
IT. Botham (Eng) 297 8425
RR. Lindwall (Aus) 295 6800
MJ. Hoggard (Eng) 292 8919
JN. Gillespie (Aus) 288 7533
RGD. Willis (Eng) 285 7189
JB. Statham (Eng) 284 7066
DL. Underwood (Eng) 273 7049
SJ. Harmison (Eng) 283 9019
CL. Cairns (NZ) 278 8168
J. Srinath (Ind) 278 8485
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 278 9129
Z. Khan (Ind) 266 8759
HH. Streak (Zim) 263 7388
N. Kapil Dev (Ind) 262 7759
DL. Vetorri (NZ) 257 8696
WPUJC. Vaas (SL) 253 7473
A. Flintoff (Eng) 226 7410
GS. Sobers (WI) 200 6795
JH. Kallis (SA) 150 4742
The top 57 test wicket takers ever played a total of 4505 games altogether. If we do 4505 divided by 57 we get about 79, so let's say if each player played 79 games with their average of wickets per match. We get this:
Total wickets/total players
4505/57=79
(Bowler) (Country) (Wickets) (Runs)
M. Muralitharan (SL) 475 10798
CV. Grimmet (Aus) 461 11169
DW. Steyn (SA) 407 9405
DK. Lillie (Aus) 401 9584
Sir. RJ. Hadlee (Nz) 396 8828
SK. Warne (Aus) 386 9804
SCG. MacGill (Aus) 373 10841
A. Kumble (Ind) 370 10985
MD. Marshall (WI) 367 7682
AV. Bedser (Eng) 366 9102
FS. Trueman (Eng) 362 7811
AA. Donald (SA) 362 8058
GD. McGrath (Aus) 359 7763
J. Garner (WI) 353 7400
AME. Roberts (WI) 340 8697
Waqir Younis (Pak) 339 7980
Danish Kaneria (Pak) 338 11762
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 335 10006
Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 332 10492
BS. Chandrasekhar (Ind) 330 9806
MA. Holding (WI) 328 7766
CEL. Ambrose (WI) 326 6853
JA. Snow (Eng) 326 8685
Imran Khan (Pak) 325 7413
CJ. McDermott (Aus) 324 9270
GD. McKenzie (Aus) 324 9649
B. Lee (Aus) 322 9931
MG. Hughes (Aus) 316 8969
Wasim Akram (Pak) 314 7428
BS. Bedi (Ind) 314 9005
D. Gough (Eng) 312 8858
CA. Walsh (WI) 311 7593
R. Benaud (Aus) 311 8407
JR. Thomson (Aus) 310 8676
LR. Gibbs (WI) 309 8989
SM. Pollock (SA) 308 7119
M. Ntini (SA) 305 8793
AR. Caddick (Eng) 298 8918
IT. Botham (Eng) 297 8425
RR. Lindwall (Aus) 295 6800
MJ. Hoggard (Eng) 292 8919
JN. Gillespie (Aus) 288 7533
RGD. Willis (Eng) 285 7189
JB. Statham (Eng) 284 7066
DL. Underwood (Eng) 273 7049
SJ. Harmison (Eng) 283 9019
CL. Cairns (NZ) 278 8168
J. Srinath (Ind) 278 8485
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 278 9129
Z. Khan (Ind) 266 8759
HH. Streak (Zim) 263 7388
N. Kapil Dev (Ind) 262 7759
DL. Vetorri (NZ) 257 8696
WPUJC. Vaas (SL) 253 7473
A. Flintoff (Eng) 226 7410
GS. Sobers (WI) 200 6795
JH. Kallis (SA) 150 4742
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