| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wkt | Team |
| George Lohmann | 18 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.19 | 2 | 9 | 5 | England |
| Sydney Barnes | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.65 | 2 | 24 | 7 | England |
| Charlie Turner | 17 | 5179 | 1670 | 101 | 7/43 | 16.53 | 1.93 | 51.27 | 3 | 11 | 2 | Australia |
| Bobby Peel | 20 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 16.98 | 1.97 | 51.64 | 8 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Johnny Briggs | 33 | 5332 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 17.75 | 2.35 | 45.18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | England |
| Colin Blythe | 19 | 4546 | 1863 | 100 | 8/59 | 18.63 | 2.45 | 45.46 | 2 | 9 | 4 | England |
| Johnny Wardle | 28 | 6597 | 2080 | 102 | 7/36 | 20.39 | 1.89 | 64.67 | 7 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Alan Davidson | 44 | 11587 | 3819 | 186 | 7/93 | 20.53 | 1.97 | 62.29 | 6 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Malcolm Marshall | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 20.94 | 2.68 | 46.76 | 19 | 22 | 4 | West Indies |
| Joel Garner | 58 | 13169 | 5433 | 259 | 6/56 | 20.97 | 2.47 | 50.84 | 18 | 7 | 0 | West Indies |
| Curtly Ambrose | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 8/45 | 20.99 | 2.30 | 54.57 | 21 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Neil Adcock | 26 | 6391 | 2195 | 104 | 6/43 | 21.10 | 2.06 | 61.45 | 5 | 5 | 0 | South Africa |
| Jim Laker | 46 | 12027 | 4101 | 193 | 10/53 | 21.24 | 2.04 | 62.31 | 13 | 9 | 3 | England |
| Fred Trueman | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.43 | 19 | 17 | 3 | England |
| Glenn McGrath | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.95 | 28 | 29 | 3 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 118 | 39202 | 15742 | 723 | 9/51 | 21.77 | 2.40 | 54.22 | 42 | 62 | 20 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Hugh Trumble | 32 | 8099 | 3072 | 141 | 8/65 | 21.78 | 2.27 | 57.43 | 8 | 9 | 3 | Australia |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 3791 | 2289 | 105 | 6/49 | 21.80 | 3.62 | 36.10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| Allan Donald | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.02 | 11 | 20 | 3 | South Africa |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.85 | 25 | 36 | 9 | New Zealand |
| Bill O'Reilly | 27 | 10024 | 3254 | 144 | 7/54 | 22.59 | 1.94 | 69.61 | 8 | 11 | 3 | Australia |
| Imran Khan | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 22.81 | 2.54 | 53.75 | 17 | 23 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Keith Miller | 55 | 10461 | 3906 | 170 | 7/60 | 22.97 | 2.24 | 61.53 | 8 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Ray Lindwall | 61 | 13650 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 23.03 | 2.30 | 59.86 | 8 | 12 | 0 | Australia |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 23.11 | 2.39 | 57.84 | 23 | 16 | 1 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Colin Croft | 27 | 6165 | 2913 | 125 | 8/29 | 23.30 | 2.83 | 49.32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | West Indies |
| Waqar Younis | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 23.56 | 3.25 | 43.49 | 28 | 22 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Wasim Akram | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 7/119 | 23.62 | 2.59 | 54.65 | 20 | 25 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Michael Holding | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 23.68 | 2.79 | 50.92 | 11 | 13 | 2 | West Indies |
| Bill Johnston | 40 | 11048 | 3826 | 160 | 6/44 | 23.91 | 2.07 | 69.05 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Australia |
| Dennis Lillee | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 23.92 | 2.75 | 52.01 | 23 | 23 | 7 | Australia |
| Peter Pollock | 28 | 6522 | 2806 | 116 | 6/38 | 24.18 | 2.58 | 56.22 | 1 | 9 | 1 | South Africa |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 37 | 14513 | 5231 | 216 | 7/40 | 24.21 | 2.16 | 67.18 | 7 | 21 | 7 | Australia |
| Ian Bishop | 43 | 8407 | 3909 | 161 | 6/40 | 24.27 | 2.78 | 52.21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Hedley Verity | 40 | 11173 | 3510 | 144 | 8/43 | 24.37 | 1.88 | 77.59 | 9 | 5 | 2 | England |
| Courtney Walsh | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7/37 | 24.44 | 2.53 | 57.84 | 32 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Bruce Reid | 27 | 6244 | 2784 | 113 | 7/51 | 24.63 | 2.67 | 55.25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | Australia |
| Fazal Mahmood | 34 | 9834 | 3434 | 139 | 7/42 | 24.70 | 2.09 | 70.74 | 6 | 13 | 4 | Pakistan |
| Brian Statham | 70 | 16056 | 6261 | 252 | 7/39 | 24.84 | 2.33 | 63.71 | 9 | 9 | 1 | England |
| Alec Bedser | 51 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.44 | 11 | 15 | 5 | England |
| Monty Noble | 42 | 7159 | 3025 | 121 | 7/17 | 25.00 | 2.53 | 59.16 | 1 | 9 | 2 | Australia |
| Bob Willis | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.40 | 12 | 16 | 0 | England |
| Shane Warne | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41 | 2.65 | 57.49 | 48 | 37 | 10 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Tony Lock | 49 | 13147 | 4451 | 174 | 7/35 | 25.58 | 2.03 | 75.55 | 11 | 9 | 3 | England |
| Andy Roberts | 47 | 11135 | 5174 | 202 | 7/54 | 25.61 | 2.78 | 55.12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | West Indies |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 25.69 | 3.37 | 45.74 | 10 | 12 | 2 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Derek Underwood | 86 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.60 | 13 | 17 | 6 | England |
| Hugh Tayfield | 37 | 13568 | 4405 | 170 | 9/113 | 25.91 | 1.94 | 79.81 | 5 | 14 | 2 | South Africa |
| Jason Gillespie | 71 | 14234 | 6770 | 259 | 7/37 | 26.13 | 2.85 | 54.95 | 8 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Maurice Tate | 39 | 12523 | 4055 | 155 | 6/42 | 26.16 | 1.94 | 80.79 | 7 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Trevor Goddard | 41 | 11736 | 3226 | 123 | 6/53 | 26.22 | 1.64 | 95.41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | South Africa |
| Wes Hall | 48 | 10421 | 5066 | 192 | 7/69 | 26.38 | 2.91 | 54.27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | West Indies |
| Bruce Taylor | 30 | 6334 | 2953 | 111 | 7/74 | 26.60 | 2.79 | 57.06 | 5 | 4 | 0 | New Zealand |
| John Snow | 49 | 12021 | 5387 | 202 | 7/40 | 26.66 | 2.68 | 59.50 | 12 | 8 | 1 | England |
| Paul Reiffel | 35 | 6403 | 2804 | 104 | 6/71 | 26.96 | 2.62 | 61.56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Australia |
| Wilfred Rhodes | 58 | 8225 | 3425 | 127 | 8/68 | 26.96 | 2.49 | 64.76 | 6 | 6 | 1 | England |
| Richie Benaud | 63 | 19108 | 6704 | 248 | 7/72 | 27.03 | 2.10 | 77.04 | 16 | 16 | 1 | Australia |
| George Giffen | 31 | 6391 | 2791 | 103 | 7/117 | 27.09 | 2.62 | 62.04 | 7 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Terry Alderman | 41 | 10181 | 4616 | 170 | 6/47 | 27.15 | 2.72 | 59.88 | 5 | 14 | 1 | Australia |
| Angus Fraser | 46 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.44 | 5 | 13 | 2 | England |
| Max Walker | 34 | 10094 | 3792 | 138 | 8/143 | 27.47 | 2.25 | 73.14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | Australia |
| Makhaya Ntini | 84 | 17429 | 9341 | 334 | 7/37 | 27.96 | 3.21 | 52.18 | 17 | 17 | 4 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Jeff Thomson | 51 | 10535 | 5601 | 200 | 6/46 | 28.00 | 3.18 | 52.67 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Iqbal Qasim | 50 | 13019 | 4807 | 171 | 7/49 | 28.11 | 2.21 | 76.13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Chris Old | 46 | 8858 | 4020 | 143 | 7/50 | 28.11 | 2.72 | 61.94 | 7 | 4 | 0 | England |
| Stuart MacGill | 42 | 10781 | 5713 | 203 | 8/108 | 28.14 | 3.17 | 53.10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | Australia |
| Heath Streak | 65 | 13559 | 6079 | 216 | 6/73 | 28.14 | 2.69 | 62.77 | 16 | 7 | 0 | Zimbabwe / Africa XI |
| Geoff Arnold | 34 | 7650 | 3254 | 115 | 6/45 | 28.29 | 2.55 | 66.52 | 3 | 6 | 0 | England |
| Merv Hughes | 53 | 12285 | 6017 | 212 | 8/87 | 28.38 | 2.93 | 57.94 | 14 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Darren Gough | 58 | 11821 | 6503 | 229 | 6/42 | 28.39 | 3.30 | 51.62 | 14 | 9 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Ian Botham | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.95 | 17 | 27 | 4 | England |
| Rodney Hogg | 38 | 7633 | 3503 | 123 | 6/74 | 28.47 | 2.75 | 62.05 | 7 | 6 | 2 | Australia |
| Craig McDermott | 71 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 28.63 | 3.01 | 56.99 | 17 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Bishan Bedi | 67 | 21364 | 7637 | 266 | 7/98 | 28.71 | 2.14 | 80.31 | 13 | 14 | 1 | India |
| Anil Kumble | 125 | 38862 | 17428 | 604 | 10/74 | 28.85 | 2.69 | 64.34 | 31 | 35 | 8 | India / Asian XI |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 43 | 13939 | 4579 | 158 | 7/49 | 28.98 | 1.97 | 88.22 | 6 | 10 | 1 | West Indies |
| Lance Gibbs | 79 | 27115 | 8989 | 309 | 8/38 | 29.09 | 1.98 | 87.75 | 11 | 18 | 2 | West Indies |
| Ian Johnson | 45 | 8780 | 3182 | 109 | 7/44 | 29.19 | 2.17 | 80.55 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Trevor Bailey | 61 | 9712 | 3856 | 132 | 7/34 | 29.21 | 2.38 | 73.57 | 5 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Alan Connolly | 29 | 7818 | 2981 | 102 | 6/47 | 29.22 | 2.28 | 76.64 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Australia |
| Richard Collinge | 35 | 7689 | 3393 | 116 | 6/63 | 29.25 | 2.64 | 66.28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Chris Cairns | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 29.40 | 3.28 | 53.66 | 11 | 13 | 1 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Chaminda Vaas | 102 | 21786 | 9744 | 331 | 7/71 | 29.43 | 2.68 | 65.81 | 20 | 11 | 2 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Fergie Gupte | 36 | 11284 | 4403 | 149 | 9/102 | 29.55 | 2.34 | 75.73 | 8 | 12 | 1 | India |
| Kapil Dev | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.91 | 17 | 23 | 2 | India |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 58 | 15963 | 7199 | 242 | 8/79 | 29.74 | 2.70 | 65.96 | 12 | 16 | 2 | India |
| Graham Dilley | 41 | 8192 | 4107 | 138 | 6/38 | 29.76 | 3.00 | 59.36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | England |
| Garth McKenzie | 60 | 17681 | 7328 | 246 | 8/71 | 29.78 | 2.48 | 71.87 | 7 | 16 | 3 | Australia |
| Dominic Cork | 37 | 7678 | 3906 | 131 | 7/43 | 29.81 | 3.05 | 58.61 | 9 | 5 | 0 | England |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 49 | 14070 | 6206 | 208 | 8/164 | 29.83 | 2.64 | 67.64 | 12 | 13 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Ashley Mallett | 38 | 9990 | 3940 | 132 | 8/59 | 29.84 | 2.36 | 75.68 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Australia |
| Andy Caddick | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 29.91 | 3.09 | 57.94 | 9 | 13 | 1 | England |
| Brett Lee | 65 | 13968 | 8123 | 271 | 5/30 | 29.97 | 3.48 | 51.54 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Alfred Valentine | 36 | 12953 | 4215 | 139 | 8/104 | 30.32 | 1.95 | 93.18 | 7 | 8 | 2 | West Indies |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 49 | 14353 | 5742 | 189 | 8/76 | 30.38 | 2.40 | 75.94 | 17 | 10 | 2 | India |
| Javagal Srinath | 67 | 15104 | 7196 | 236 | 8/86 | 30.49 | 2.85 | 64.00 | 8 | 10 | 1 | India |
| Matthew Hoggard | 67 | 13909 | 7564 | 248 | 7/61 | 30.50 | 3.26 | 56.08 | 13 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Geoff Lawson | 46 | 11118 | 5501 | 180 | 8/112 | 30.56 | 2.96 | 61.76 | 6 | 11 | 2 | Australia |
| Dilip Doshi | 33 | 9322 | 3502 | 114 | 6/102 | 30.71 | 2.25 | 81.77 | 4 | 6 | 0 | India |
| Jacques Kallis | 116 | 15215 | 7080 | 229 | 6/54 | 30.91 | 2.79 | 66.44 | 7 | 5 | 0 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| David Allen | 39 | 11297 | 3779 | 122 | 5/30 | 30.97 | 2.00 | 92.59 | 8 | 4 | 0 | England |
