| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wk |
| Ian Botham | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.95 | 17 | 27 | 4 |
| Bob Willis | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.40 | 12 | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.43 | 19 | 17 | 3 |
| Derek Underwood | 86 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.60 | 13 | 17 | 6 |
| Brian Statham | 70 | 16056 | 6261 | 252 | 7/39 | 24.84 | 2.33 | 63.71 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 67 | 13909 | 7564 | 248 | 7/61 | 30.50 | 3.26 | 56.08 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Alec Bedser | 51 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.44 | 11 | 15 | 5 |
| Andy Caddick | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 29.91 | 3.09 | 57.94 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| Darren Gough | 58 | 11821 | 6503 | 229 | 6/42 | 28.39 | 3.30 | 51.62 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 57 | 12405 | 6655 | 212 | 7/12 | 31.39 | 3.21 | 58.51 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| John Snow | 49 | 12021 | 5387 | 202 | 7/40 | 26.66 | 2.68 | 59.50 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 67 | 12562 | 6308 | 197 | 5/58 | 32.02 | 3.01 | 63.76 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 46 | 12027 | 4101 | 193 | 10/53 | 21.24 | 2.04 | 62.31 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| Sydney Barnes | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.65 | 2 | 24 | 7 |
| Angus Fraser | 46 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.44 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| Tony Lock | 49 | 13147 | 4451 | 174 | 7/35 | 25.58 | 2.03 | 75.55 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Maurice Tate | 39 | 12523 | 4055 | 155 | 6/42 | 26.16 | 1.94 | 80.79 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Fred Titmus | 53 | 15118 | 4931 | 153 | 7/79 | 32.22 | 1.95 | 98.81 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 64 | 15391 | 5646 | 147 | 7/78 | 38.40 | 2.20 | 104.70 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 40 | 11173 | 3510 | 144 | 8/43 | 24.37 | 1.88 | 77.59 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Chris Old | 46 | 8858 | 4020 | 143 | 7/50 | 28.11 | 2.72 | 61.94 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 54 | 12180 | 5806 | 143 | 5/57 | 40.60 | 2.86 | 85.17 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 58 | 9802 | 4541 | 141 | 8/86 | 32.20 | 2.77 | 69.51 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Phil DeFreitas | 44 | 9838 | 4700 | 140 | 7/70 | 33.57 | 2.86 | 70.27 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Graham Dilley | 41 | 8192 | 4107 | 138 | 6/38 | 29.76 | 3.00 | 59.36 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 61 | 9712 | 3856 | 132 | 7/34 | 29.21 | 2.38 | 73.57 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Dominic Cork | 37 | 7678 | 3906 | 131 | 7/43 | 29.81 | 3.05 | 58.61 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Devon Malcolm | 40 | 8480 | 4748 | 128 | 9/57 | 37.09 | 3.35 | 66.25 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Wilfred Rhodes | 58 | 8225 | 3425 | 127 | 8/68 | 26.96 | 2.49 | 64.76 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Phil Edmonds | 51 | 12028 | 4273 | 125 | 7/66 | 34.18 | 2.13 | 96.22 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| David Allen | 39 | 11297 | 3779 | 122 | 5/30 | 30.97 | 2.00 | 92.59 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Illingworth | 61 | 11934 | 3807 | 122 | 6/29 | 31.20 | 1.91 | 97.81 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil Tufnell | 42 | 11288 | 4560 | 121 | 7/47 | 37.68 | 2.42 | 93.28 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Johnny Briggs | 33 | 5332 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 17.75 | 2.35 | 45.18 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Geoff Arnold | 34 | 7650 | 3254 | 115 | 6/45 | 28.29 | 2.55 | 66.52 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| George Lohmann | 18 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.19 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Doug Wright | 34 | 8135 | 4224 | 108 | 7/105 | 39.11 | 3.11 | 75.32 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Johnny Wardle | 28 | 6597 | 2080 | 102 | 7/36 | 20.39 | 1.89 | 64.67 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Bobby Peel | 20 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 16.98 | 1.97 | 51.64 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Colin Blythe | 19 | 4546 | 1863 | 100 | 8/59 | 18.63 | 2.45 | 45.46 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Bill Voce | 27 | 6360 | 2733 | 98 | 7/70 | 27.88 | 2.57 | 64.89 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Chris Lewis | 32 | 6852 | 3490 | 93 | 6/111 | 37.52 | 3.05 | 73.67 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 26 | 6138 | 2986 | 92 | 6/126 | 32.45 | 2.91 | 66.71 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Tom Richardson | 14 | 4498 | 2220 | 88 | 8/94 | 25.22 | 2.96 | 51.11 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Neil Foster | 29 | 6261 | 2891 | 88 | 8/107 | 32.85 | 2.77 | 71.14 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Mike Hendrick | 30 | 6208 | 2248 | 87 | 4/28 | 25.83 | 2.17 | 71.35 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Woolley | 64 | 6495 | 2815 | 83 | 7/76 | 33.91 | 2.60 | 78.25 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Wally Hammond | 85 | 7969 | 3138 | 83 | 5/36 | 37.80 | 2.36 | 96.01 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gubby Allen | 25 | 4386 | 2379 | 81 | 7/80 | 29.37 | 3.25 | 54.14 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| David Brown | 26 | 5098 | 2237 | 79 | 5/42 | 28.31 | 2.63 | 64.53 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Larwood | 21 | 4969 | 2212 | 78 | 6/32 | 28.35 | 2.67 | 63.70 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Frank Tyson | 17 | 3452 | 1411 | 76 | 7/27 | 18.56 | 2.45 | 45.42 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| John Lever | 21 | 4433 | 1951 | 73 | 7/46 | 26.72 | 2.64 | 60.72 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Ken Higgs | 15 | 4112 | 1473 | 71 | 6/91 | 20.74 | 2.14 | 57.91 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 22 | 4245 | 2714 | 70 | 5/42 | 38.77 | 3.83 | 60.64 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Derek Pringle | 30 | 5287 | 2518 | 70 | 5/95 | 35.97 | 2.85 | 75.52 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Barry Knight | 29 | 5377 | 2223 | 70 | 4/38 | 31.75 | 2.48 | 76.81 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bowes | 15 | 3655 | 1519 | 68 | 6/33 | 22.33 | 2.49 | 53.75 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Pat Pocock | 25 | 6650 | 2976 | 67 | 6/79 | 44.41 | 2.68 | 99.25 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Tich Freeman | 12 | 3732 | 1707 | 66 | 7/71 | 25.86 | 2.74 | 56.54 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Ted Dexter | 62 | 5317 | 2306 | 66 | 4/10 | 34.93 | 2.60 | 80.56 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Robins | 19 | 3318 | 1758 | 64 | 6/32 | 27.46 | 3.17 | 51.84 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J.J. Ferris | 9 | 2302 | 775 | 61 | 7/37 | 12.70 | 2.01 | 37.73 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Dean Headley | 15 | 3026 | 1671 | 60 | 6/60 | 27.85 | 3.31 | 50.43 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Farnes | 15 | 3932 | 1719 | 60 | 6/96 | 28.65 | 2.62 | 65.53 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Geoff Miller | 34 | 5149 | 1859 | 60 | 5/44 | 30.98 | 2.16 | 85.81 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Simon Jones | 18 | 2821 | 1666 | 59 | 6/53 | 28.23 | 3.54 | 47.81 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig White | 30 | 3959 | 2220 | 59 | 5/32 | 37.62 | 3.36 | 67.10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| George Hirst | 24 | 4010 | 1770 | 59 | 5/48 | 30.00 | 2.64 | 67.96 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Tattersall | 16 | 4228 | 1513 | 58 | 7/52 | 26.08 | 2.14 | 72.89 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Alan Mullally | 19 | 4525 | 1812 | 58 | 5/105 | 31.24 | 2.40 | 78.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gladstone Small | 17 | 3927 | 1871 | 55 | 5/48 | 34.01 | 2.85 | 71.40 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | 13 | 2988 | 1410 | 53 | 7/47 | 26.60 | 2.83 | 56.37 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Nick Cook | 15 | 4174 | 1689 | 52 | 6/65 | 32.48 | 2.42 | 80.26 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Billy Barnes | 21 | 2289 | 793 | 51 | 6/28 | 15.54 | 2.07 | 44.88 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Norman Cowans | 19 | 3452 | 2003 | 51 | 6/77 | 39.27 | 3.48 | 67.68 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Bates | 15 | 2364 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 16.42 | 2.08 | 47.28 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| George Ulyett | 25 | 2627 | 1020 | 50 | 7/36 | 20.40 | 2.32 | 52.54 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Hearne | 12 | 2976 | 1082 | 49 | 6/41 | 22.08 | 2.18 | 60.73 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Robert Croft | 21 | 4619 | 1825 | 49 | 5/95 | 37.24 | 2.37 | 94.26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack White | 15 | 4801 | 1581 | 49 | 8/126 | 32.26 | 1.97 | 97.97 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Len Braund | 23 | 3805 | 1810 | 47 | 8/81 | 38.51 | 2.85 | 80.95 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 44 | 5706 | 1859 | 47 | 3/46 | 39.55 | 1.95 | 121.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Geary | 14 | 3810 | 1353 | 46 | 7/70 | 29.41 | 2.13 | 82.82 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Frank Foster | 11 | 2447 | 926 | 45 | 6/91 | 20.57 | 2.27 | 54.37 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Douglas | 23 | 2812 | 1486 | 45 | 5/46 | 33.02 | 3.17 | 62.48 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Peebles | 13 | 2882 | 1391 | 45 | 6/63 | 30.91 | 2.89 | 64.04 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Freddie Brown | 22 | 3260 | 1398 | 45 | 5/49 | 31.06 | 2.57 | 72.44 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Jones | 15 | 3546 | 1769 | 44 | 6/118 | 40.20 | 2.99 | 80.59 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Hollies | 13 | 3554 | 1332 | 44 | 7/50 | 30.27 | 2.24 | 80.77 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Lockwood | 12 | 1973 | 883 | 43 | 7/71 | 20.53 | 2.68 | 45.88 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Eddie Hemmings | 16 | 4437 | 1825 | 43 | 6/58 | 42.44 | 2.46 | 103.18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 28 | 3426 | 1806 | 42 | 4/132 | 43.00 | 3.16 | 81.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Nichols | 14 | 2565 | 1152 | 41 | 6/35 | 28.09 | 2.69 | 62.56 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 39 | 3234 | 1693 | 41 | 4/68 | 41.29 | 3.14 | 78.87 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Lever | 17 | 3571 | 1509 | 41 | 6/38 | 36.80 | 2.53 | 87.09 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
