| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wkt | Team |
| Joel Garner | 98 | 5330 | 2752 | 146 | 5/31 | 18.84 | 3.09 | 36.50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | West Indies |
| Dennis Lillee | 63 | 3593 | 2145 | 103 | 5/34 | 20.82 | 3.58 | 34.88 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Shane Bond | 82 | 4295 | 3070 | 147 | 6/19 | 20.88 | 4.28 | 29.21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Michael Holding | 102 | 5473 | 3034 | 142 | 5/26 | 21.36 | 3.32 | 38.54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | West Indies |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 115 | 6182 | 3407 | 158 | 5/25 | 21.56 | 3.30 | 39.12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Allan Donald | 164 | 8561 | 5926 | 272 | 6/23 | 21.78 | 4.15 | 31.47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 169 | 8770 | 6275 | 288 | 5/20 | 21.78 | 4.29 | 30.45 | 11 | 6 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Glenn McGrath | 250 | 12970 | 8391 | 381 | 7/15 | 22.02 | 3.88 | 34.04 | 9 | 7 | 0 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Saeed Ajmal | 79 | 4136 | 2837 | 125 | 5/24 | 22.69 | 4.11 | 33.08 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 350 | 18811 | 12326 | 534 | 7/30 | 23.08 | 3.93 | 35.22 | 15 | 10 | 0 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Morne Morkel | 60 | 2959 | 2413 | 104 | 5/38 | 23.20 | 4.89 | 28.45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Brett Lee | 221 | 11185 | 8877 | 380 | 5/22 | 23.36 | 4.76 | 29.43 | 14 | 9 | 0 | Australia |
| Wasim Akram | 356 | 18186 | 11812 | 502 | 5/15 | 23.52 | 3.89 | 36.22 | 17 | 6 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Waqar Younis | 262 | 12698 | 9919 | 416 | 7/36 | 23.84 | 4.68 | 30.52 | 14 | 13 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Chris Pringle | 64 | 3314 | 2459 | 103 | 5/45 | 23.87 | 4.45 | 32.17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Curtly Ambrose | 176 | 9353 | 5429 | 225 | 5/17 | 24.12 | 3.48 | 41.56 | 6 | 4 | 0 | West Indies |
| Nathan Bracken | 116 | 5759 | 4240 | 174 | 5/47 | 24.36 | 4.41 | 33.09 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Australia |
| Andrew Flintoff | 141 | 5624 | 4121 | 169 | 5/19 | 24.38 | 4.39 | 33.27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Shaun Pollock | 303 | 15712 | 9631 | 393 | 6/35 | 24.50 | 3.67 | 39.97 | 12 | 5 | 0 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Makhaya Ntini | 173 | 8687 | 6559 | 266 | 6/22 | 24.65 | 4.53 | 32.65 | 8 | 4 | 0 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Craig McDermott | 138 | 7461 | 5018 | 203 | 5/44 | 24.71 | 4.03 | 36.75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 163 | 7764 | 6169 | 247 | 6/16 | 24.97 | 4.76 | 31.43 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Mitchell Johnson | 121 | 5882 | 4732 | 188 | 6/31 | 25.17 | 4.82 | 31.28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Damien Fleming | 88 | 4619 | 3402 | 134 | 5/36 | 25.38 | 4.41 | 34.47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Jason Gillespie | 97 | 5144 | 3611 | 142 | 5/22 | 25.42 | 4.21 | 36.22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Shane Warne | 194 | 10642 | 7541 | 293 | 5/33 | 25.73 | 4.25 | 36.32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Ewen Chatfield | 114 | 6065 | 3618 | 140 | 5/34 | 25.84 | 3.57 | 43.32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Abdul Qadir | 104 | 5100 | 3454 | 132 | 5/44 | 26.16 | 4.06 | 38.63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Lasith Malinga | 139 | 6757 | 5701 | 217 | 6/38 | 26.27 | 5.06 | 31.13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Kyle Mills | 147 | 7188 | 5628 | 214 | 5/25 | 26.29 | 4.69 | 33.58 | 7 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Darren Gough | 159 | 8470 | 6209 | 235 | 5/44 | 26.42 | 4.39 | 36.04 | 10 | 2 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Ian Bishop | 84 | 4332 | 3127 | 118 | 5/25 | 26.50 | 4.33 | 36.71 | 7 | 2 | 0 | West Indies |
| Imran Khan | 175 | 7461 | 4844 | 182 | 6/14 | 26.61 | 3.89 | 40.99 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Farveez Maharoof | 104 | 4430 | 3565 | 133 | 6/14 | 26.80 | 4.82 | 33.30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Brad Hogg | 123 | 5564 | 4188 | 156 | 5/32 | 26.84 | 4.51 | 35.66 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Australia |
| Malcolm Marshall | 136 | 7175 | 4233 | 157 | 4/18 | 26.96 | 3.53 | 45.70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | West Indies |
| Graeme Swann | 76 | 3629 | 2744 | 101 | 5/28 | 27.16 | 4.53 | 35.93 | 3 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Abdur Razzak | 142 | 7377 | 5503 | 201 | 5/29 | 27.37 | 4.47 | 36.70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Bangladesh |
| Kapil Dev | 225 | 11202 | 6945 | 253 | 5/43 | 27.45 | 3.71 | 44.27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | India |
| Chaminda Vaas | 322 | 15775 | 11014 | 400 | 8/19 | 27.53 | 4.18 | 39.43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Danny Morrison | 96 | 4586 | 3470 | 126 | 5/34 | 27.53 | 4.53 | 36.39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Andre Nel | 79 | 3801 | 2935 | 106 | 5/45 | 27.68 | 4.63 | 35.85 | 3 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Ajit Agarkar | 191 | 9484 | 8021 | 288 | 6/42 | 27.85 | 5.07 | 32.93 | 10 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Stuart Broad | 96 | 4897 | 4242 | 152 | 5/23 | 27.90 | 5.19 | 32.21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Javagal Srinath | 229 | 11935 | 8847 | 315 | 5/23 | 28.08 | 4.44 | 37.88 | 7 | 3 | 0 | India |
| Martin Snedden | 93 | 4525 | 3237 | 114 | 4/34 | 28.39 | 4.29 | 39.69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Shane Watson | 157 | 5622 | 4499 | 158 | 4/36 | 28.47 | 4.80 | 35.58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Mohammad Sami | 85 | 4188 | 3451 | 121 | 5/10 | 28.52 | 4.94 | 34.61 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Ian Botham | 116 | 6271 | 4139 | 145 | 4/31 | 28.54 | 3.96 | 43.24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | England |
| Umar Gul | 116 | 5407 | 4604 | 161 | 6/42 | 28.59 | 5.10 | 33.58 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Simon O'Donnell | 87 | 4350 | 3102 | 108 | 5/13 | 28.72 | 4.27 | 40.27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 130 | 6360 | 4534 | 157 | 5/33 | 28.87 | 4.27 | 40.50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 127 | 6470 | 4644 | 160 | 4/16 | 29.02 | 4.30 | 40.43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Bangladesh |
| Jacob Oram | 160 | 6911 | 5047 | 173 | 5/26 | 29.17 | 4.38 | 39.94 | 3 | 2 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Paul Reiffel | 92 | 4732 | 3096 | 106 | 4/13 | 29.20 | 3.92 | 44.64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 74 | 3466 | 3221 | 110 | 6/27 | 29.28 | 5.57 | 31.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Dale Steyn | 72 | 3579 | 2933 | 100 | 5/50 | 29.33 | 4.91 | 35.79 | 3 | 1 | 0 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| Zaheer Khan | 200 | 10097 | 8301 | 282 | 5/42 | 29.43 | 4.93 | 35.80 | 7 | 1 | 0 | India / Asian XI |
| Charl Langeveldt | 72 | 3489 | 2962 | 100 | 5/39 | 29.62 | 5.09 | 34.89 | 1 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| Irfan Pathan | 120 | 5855 | 5143 | 173 | 5/27 | 29.72 | 5.27 | 33.84 | 5 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 95 | 4259 | 3213 | 108 | 5/26 | 29.75 | 4.52 | 39.43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Heath Streak | 189 | 9468 | 7129 | 239 | 5/32 | 29.82 | 4.51 | 39.61 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Zimbabwe / Africa XI |
| Lance Klusener | 171 | 7336 | 5751 | 192 | 6/49 | 29.95 | 4.70 | 38.20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | South Africa |
| Thomas Odoyo | 134 | 5544 | 4228 | 141 | 4/25 | 29.98 | 4.57 | 39.31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kenya / Africa XI |
| James Anderson | 167 | 8273 | 6885 | 229 | 5/23 | 30.06 | 4.99 | 36.12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | England |
| Dwayne Bravo | 137 | 5425 | 4811 | 160 | 6/43 | 30.06 | 5.32 | 33.90 | 4 | 1 | 0 | West Indies |
| Dilhara Fernando | 147 | 6507 | 5648 | 187 | 6/27 | 30.20 | 5.20 | 34.79 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Courtney Walsh | 205 | 10822 | 6918 | 227 | 5/1 | 30.47 | 3.83 | 47.67 | 6 | 1 | 0 | West Indies |
| Winston Benjamin | 85 | 4442 | 3079 | 100 | 5/22 | 30.79 | 4.15 | 44.42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | West Indies |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 128 | 6411 | 4990 | 162 | 6/26 | 30.80 | 4.67 | 39.57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Bangladesh |
| Anil Kumble | 271 | 14496 | 10412 | 337 | 6/12 | 30.89 | 4.30 | 43.01 | 8 | 2 | 0 | India / Asian XI |
| Mudassar Nazar | 122 | 4855 | 3432 | 111 | 5/28 | 30.91 | 4.24 | 43.73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Aaqib Javed | 163 | 8012 | 5721 | 182 | 7/37 | 31.43 | 4.28 | 44.02 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Daniel Vettori | 272 | 12903 | 8880 | 282 | 5/7 | 31.48 | 4.12 | 45.75 | 7 | 2 | 0 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Jacques Kallis | 321 | 10636 | 8558 | 270 | 5/30 | 31.69 | 4.82 | 39.39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Ashish Nehra | 120 | 5751 | 4981 | 157 | 6/23 | 31.72 | 5.19 | 36.63 | 5 | 2 | 0 | India / Asian XI |
| Abdul Razzaq | 265 | 10941 | 8564 | 269 | 6/35 | 31.83 | 4.69 | 40.67 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Pakistan / Asian XI |
| Upul Chandana | 147 | 6142 | 4818 | 151 | 5/61 | 31.90 | 4.70 | 40.67 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Daryl Tuffey | 94 | 4333 | 3534 | 110 | 4/24 | 32.12 | 4.89 | 39.39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 161 | 8129 | 6332 | 196 | 5/27 | 32.30 | 4.67 | 41.47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | India |
| Mervyn Dillon | 108 | 5480 | 4218 | 130 | 5/29 | 32.44 | 4.61 | 42.15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | West Indies |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 134 | 6258 | 4848 | 148 | 5/22 | 32.75 | 4.64 | 42.28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Chris Cairns | 215 | 8168 | 6594 | 201 | 5/42 | 32.80 | 4.84 | 40.63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Phil DeFreitas | 103 | 5712 | 3775 | 115 | 4/35 | 32.82 | 3.96 | 49.66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 144 | 7543 | 5361 | 161 | 5/36 | 33.29 | 4.26 | 46.85 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Harbhajan Singh | 229 | 12059 | 8651 | 259 | 5/31 | 33.40 | 4.30 | 46.55 | 2 | 3 | 0 | India |
| Shahid Afridi | 354 | 15498 | 11937 | 348 | 6/38 | 34.30 | 4.62 | 44.53 | 4 | 8 | 0 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Roger Harper | 105 | 5175 | 3431 | 100 | 4/40 | 34.31 | 3.97 | 51.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | West Indies |
| Steve Waugh | 325 | 8883 | 6761 | 195 | 4/33 | 34.67 | 4.56 | 45.55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Hansie Cronje | 188 | 5357 | 3966 | 114 | 5/32 | 34.78 | 4.44 | 46.99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Chris Gayle | 242 | 7026 | 5545 | 157 | 5/46 | 35.31 | 4.73 | 44.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | West Indies / ICC World XI |
| Scott Styris | 188 | 6114 | 4839 | 137 | 6/25 | 35.32 | 4.74 | 44.62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Gavin Larsen | 121 | 6368 | 4000 | 113 | 4/24 | 35.39 | 3.76 | 56.35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Raymond Price | 102 | 5374 | 3575 | 100 | 4/22 | 35.75 | 3.99 | 53.74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Zimbabwe |
| Sir Viv Richards | 187 | 5644 | 4228 | 118 | 6/41 | 35.83 | 4.49 | 47.83 | 1 | 2 | 0 | West Indies |
| Ravi Shastri | 150 | 6613 | 4650 | 129 | 5/15 | 36.04 | 4.21 | 51.26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | India |
| Carl Hooper | 227 | 9573 | 6958 | 193 | 4/34 | 36.05 | 4.36 | 49.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | West Indies |
| Shoaib Malik | 211 | 6672 | 5052 | 140 | 4/19 | 36.08 | 4.54 | 47.65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 141 | 7009 | 4998 | 138 | 4/37 | 36.21 | 4.27 | 50.78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 445 | 14874 | 11870 | 323 | 6/29 | 36.74 | 4.78 | 46.04 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Andrew Symonds | 198 | 5935 | 4955 | 133 | 5/18 | 37.25 | 5.00 | 44.62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
