| George Lohmann | 18 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75
| 1.88
| 34.19
| 2 | 9 | 5 | England |
| Mike Procter | 7 | 1514 | 616 | 41 | 6/73 | 15.02
| 2.44
| 36.92
| 3 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| J.J. Ferris | 9 | 2302 | 775 | 61 | 7/37 | 12.70
| 2.01
| 37.73
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Australia / England |
| Shane Bond | 18 | 3372 | 1922 | 87 | 6/51 | 22.09
| 3.41
| 38.75
| 7 | 5 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Dale Steyn | 78 | 16487 | 8932 | 396 | 7/51 | 22.55
| 3.25
| 41.63
| 24 | 25 | 5 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| Sydney Barnes | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43
| 2.36
| 41.65
| 2 | 24 | 7 | England |
| Bert Vogler | 15 | 2764 | 1455 | 64 | 7/94 | 22.73
| 3.15
| 43.18
| 3 | 5 | 1 | South Africa |
| Waqar Younis | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 23.56
| 3.25
| 43.49
| 28 | 22 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Frederick Spofforth | 18 | 4185 | 1731 | 94 | 7/44 | 18.41
| 2.48
| 44.52
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Australia |
| Billy Barnes | 21 | 2289 | 793 | 51 | 6/28 | 15.54
| 2.07
| 44.88
| 1 | 3 | 0 | England |
| Jack Cowie | 9 | 2028 | 969 | 45 | 6/40 | 21.53
| 2.86
| 45.06
| 3 | 4 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Jack Saunders | 14 | 3565 | 1796 | 79 | 7/34 | 22.73
| 3.02
| 45.12
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Australia |
| Johnny Briggs | 33 | 5332 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 17.75
| 2.35
| 45.18
| 4 | 9 | 4 | England |
| Frank Tyson | 17 | 3452 | 1411 | 76 | 7/27 | 18.56
| 2.45
| 45.42
| 3 | 4 | 1 | England |
| Colin Blythe | 19 | 4546 | 1863 | 100 | 8/59 | 18.63
| 2.45
| 45.46
| 2 | 9 | 4 | England |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 25.69
| 3.37
| 45.74
| 10 | 12 | 2 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Bill Lockwood | 12 | 1973 | 883 | 43 | 7/71 | 20.53
| 2.68
| 45.88
| 2 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Jermaine Lawson | 13 | 2364 | 1512 | 51 | 7/78 | 29.64
| 3.83
| 46.35
| 3 | 2 | 0 | West Indies |
| Ranji Hordern | 7 | 2148 | 1075 | 46 | 7/90 | 23.36
| 3.00
| 46.69
| 2 | 5 | 2 | Australia |
| Malcolm Marshall | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 20.94
| 2.68
| 46.76
| 19 | 22 | 4 | West Indies |
| Allan Donald | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 22.25
| 2.83
| 47.02
| 11 | 20 | 3 | South Africa |
| Vernon Philander | 29 | 5717 | 2657 | 121 | 6/44 | 21.95
| 2.78
| 47.24
| 5 | 9 | 2 | South Africa |
| Billy Bates | 15 | 2364 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 16.42
| 2.08
| 47.28
| 2 | 4 | 1 | England |
| Charlie Llewellyn | 15 | 2292 | 1421 | 48 | 6/92 | 29.60
| 3.71
| 47.75
| 2 | 4 | 1 | South Africa |
| Simon Jones | 18 | 2821 | 1666 | 59 | 6/53 | 28.23
| 3.54
| 47.81
| 2 | 3 | 0 | England |
| Reggie Schwarz | 20 | 2639 | 1417 | 55 | 6/47 | 25.76
| 3.22
| 47.98
| 4 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| Doug Bollinger | 12 | 2401 | 1296 | 50 | 5/28 | 25.92
| 3.23
| 48.02
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Australia |
| Steven Finn | 23 | 4348 | 2646 | 90 | 6/125 | 29.40
| 3.65
| 48.31
| 5 | 4 | 0 | England |
| Mohammad Asif | 23 | 5171 | 2583 | 106 | 6/41 | 24.36
| 2.99
| 48.78
| 6 | 7 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Gary Gilmour | 15 | 2661 | 1406 | 54 | 6/85 | 26.03
| 3.17
| 49.27
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Colin Croft | 27 | 6165 | 2913 | 125 | 8/29 | 23.30
| 2.83
| 49.32
| 7 | 3 | 0 | West Indies |
| Fred Trueman | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57
| 2.61
| 49.43
| 19 | 17 | 3 | England |
| James Pattinson | 13 | 2550 | 1381 | 51 | 5/27 | 27.07
| 3.24
| 50.00
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Dean Headley | 15 | 3026 | 1671 | 60 | 6/60 | 27.85
| 3.31
| 50.43
| 7 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Shabbir Ahmed | 10 | 2576 | 1175 | 51 | 5/48 | 23.03
| 2.73
| 50.50
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Mitchell Johnson | 66 | 14716 | 8028 | 291 | 8/61 | 27.58
| 3.27
| 50.57
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Australia |
| Ryan Harris | 27 | 5736 | 2658 | 113 | 7/117 | 23.52
| 2.78
| 50.76
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Australia |
| Joel Garner | 58 | 13169 | 5433 | 259 | 6/56 | 20.97
| 2.47
| 50.84
| 18 | 7 | 0 | West Indies |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 22.29
| 2.63
| 50.85
| 25 | 36 | 9 | New Zealand |
| Michael Holding | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 23.68
| 2.79
| 50.92
| 11 | 13 | 2 | West Indies |
| Tom Richardson | 14 | 4498 | 2220 | 88 | 8/94 | 25.22
| 2.96
| 51.11
| 1 | 11 | 4 | England |
| Charlie Turner | 17 | 5179 | 1670 | 101 | 7/43 | 16.53
| 1.93
| 51.27
| 3 | 11 | 2 | Australia |
| Aubrey Faulkner | 25 | 4227 | 2180 | 82 | 7/84 | 26.58
| 3.09
| 51.54
| 4 | 4 | 0 | South Africa |
| Lasith Malinga | 30 | 5209 | 3349 | 101 | 5/50 | 33.15
| 3.85
| 51.57
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Darren Gough | 58 | 11821 | 6503 | 229 | 6/42 | 28.39
| 3.30
| 51.62
| 14 | 9 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Bobby Peel | 20 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 16.98
| 1.97
| 51.64
| 8 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Bill Whitty | 14 | 3357 | 1373 | 65 | 6/17 | 21.12
| 2.45
| 51.64
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Walter Robins | 19 | 3318 | 1758 | 64 | 6/32 | 27.46
| 3.17
| 51.84
| 2 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Patrick Patterson | 28 | 4829 | 2874 | 93 | 5/24 | 30.90
| 3.57
| 51.92
| 4 | 5 | 0 | West Indies |
| Glenn McGrath | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 21.64
| 2.49
| 51.95
| 28 | 29 | 3 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Dennis Lillee | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 23.92
| 2.75
| 52.01
| 23 | 23 | 7 | Australia |
| Tibby Cotter | 21 | 4633 | 2549 | 89 | 7/148 | 28.64
| 3.30
| 52.05
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Australia |
| Ian Bishop | 43 | 8407 | 3909 | 161 | 6/40 | 24.27
| 2.78
| 52.21
| 6 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Nantie Hayward | 16 | 2821 | 1609 | 54 | 5/56 | 29.79
| 3.42
| 52.24
| 1 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Umesh Yadav | 13 | 2250 | 1637 | 43 | 5/93 | 38.06
| 4.36
| 52.32
| 2 | 1 | 0 | India |
| George Ulyett | 25 | 2627 | 1020 | 50 | 7/36 | 20.40
| 2.32
| 52.54
| 2 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Kemar Roach | 32 | 6311 | 3340 | 120 | 6/48 | 27.83
| 3.17
| 52.59
| 6 | 6 | 1 | West Indies |
| Jeff Thomson | 51 | 10535 | 5601 | 200 | 6/46 | 28.00
| 3.18
| 52.67
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Len Pascoe | 14 | 3403 | 1668 | 64 | 5/59 | 26.06
| 2.94
| 53.17
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Brett Lee | 76 | 16531 | 9554 | 310 | 5/30 | 30.81
| 3.46
| 53.32
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Australia |
| Bob Willis | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20
| 2.83
| 53.40
| 12 | 16 | 0 | England |
| Makhaya Ntini | 101 | 20834 | 11242 | 390 | 7/37 | 28.82
| 3.23
| 53.42
| 19 | 18 | 4 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Chris Cairns | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 29.40
| 3.28
| 53.66
| 11 | 13 | 1 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Bill Bowes | 15 | 3655 | 1519 | 68 | 6/33 | 22.33
| 2.49
| 53.75
| 2 | 6 | 0 | England |
| Imran Khan | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 22.81
| 2.54
| 53.75
| 17 | 23 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Stuart MacGill | 44 | 11237 | 6038 | 208 | 8/108 | 29.02
| 3.22
| 54.02
| 9 | 12 | 2 | Australia |
| Gubby Allen | 25 | 4386 | 2379 | 81 | 7/80 | 29.37
| 3.25
| 54.14
| 3 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Wes Hall | 48 | 10421 | 5066 | 192 | 7/69 | 26.38
| 2.91
| 54.27
| 11 | 9 | 1 | West Indies |
| Frank Foster | 11 | 2447 | 926 | 45 | 6/91 | 20.57
| 2.27
| 54.37
| 2 | 4 | 0 | England |
| Curtly Ambrose | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 8/45 | 20.99
| 2.30
| 54.57
| 21 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Wasim Akram | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 7/119 | 23.62
| 2.59
| 54.65
| 20 | 25 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Stuart Clark | 24 | 5146 | 2243 | 94 | 5/32 | 23.86
| 2.61
| 54.74
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Australia |
| Christopher Tremlett | 12 | 2902 | 1431 | 53 | 6/48 | 27.00
| 2.95
| 54.75
| 2 | 2 | 0 | England |
| Jason Gillespie | 71 | 14234 | 6770 | 259 | 7/37 | 26.13
| 2.85
| 54.95
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 133 | 44039 | 18180 | 800 | 9/51 | 22.72
| 2.47
| 55.04
| 45 | 67 | 22 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Damien Fleming | 20 | 4129 | 1942 | 75 | 5/30 | 25.89
| 2.82
| 55.05
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Andy Roberts | 47 | 11135 | 5174 | 202 | 7/54 | 25.61
| 2.78
| 55.12
| 8 | 11 | 2 | West Indies |
| Bruce Reid | 27 | 6244 | 2784 | 113 | 7/51 | 24.63
| 2.67
| 55.25
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Australia |
| Morne Morkel | 62 | 12062 | 6369 | 217 | 6/23 | 29.35
| 3.16
| 55.58
| 12 | 6 | 0 | South Africa |
| Kenny Benjamin | 26 | 5132 | 2785 | 92 | 6/66 | 30.27
| 3.25
| 55.78
| 4 | 4 | 1 | West Indies |
| Matthew Hoggard | 67 | 13909 | 7564 | 248 | 7/61 | 30.50
| 3.26
| 56.08
| 13 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Mohammad Aamer | 14 | 2867 | 1484 | 51 | 6/84 | 29.09
| 3.10
| 56.21
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Peter Pollock | 28 | 6522 | 2806 | 116 | 6/38 | 24.18
| 2.58
| 56.22
| 1 | 9 | 1 | South Africa |
| Fanie de Villiers | 18 | 4805 | 2063 | 85 | 6/23 | 24.27
| 2.57
| 56.52
| 6 | 5 | 2 | South Africa |
| Tich Freeman | 12 | 3732 | 1707 | 66 | 7/71 | 25.86
| 2.74
| 56.54
| 3 | 5 | 3 | England |
| Roy Gilchrist | 13 | 3227 | 1521 | 57 | 6/55 | 26.68
| 2.82
| 56.61
| 5 | 1 | 0 | West Indies |
| Trent Boult | 32 | 6994 | 3336 | 123 | 6/40 | 27.12
| 2.86
| 56.86
| 6 | 4 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Chetan Sharma | 23 | 3470 | 2163 | 61 | 6/58 | 35.45
| 3.74
| 56.88
| 2 | 4 | 1 | India |
| Ian Botham | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 28.40
| 2.99
| 56.95
| 17 | 27 | 4 | England |
| Craig McDermott | 71 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 28.63
| 3.01
| 56.99
| 17 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Shami Ahmed | 12 | 2679 | 1699 | 47 | 5/47 | 36.14
| 3.80
| 57.00
| 3 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Bruce Taylor | 30 | 6334 | 2953 | 111 | 7/74 | 26.60
| 2.79
| 57.06
| 5 | 4 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Jimmy Sinclair | 25 | 3598 | 1996 | 63 | 6/26 | 31.68
| 3.32
| 57.11
| 4 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Hugh Trumble | 32 | 8099 | 3072 | 141 | 8/65 | 21.78
| 2.27
| 57.43
| 8 | 9 | 3 | Australia |
| Shane Warne | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41
| 2.65
| 57.49
| 48 | 37 | 10 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Andy Bichel | 19 | 3336 | 1870 | 58 | 5/60 | 32.24
| 3.36
| 57.51
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| James Anderson | 104 | 23304 | 11859 | 403 | 7/43 | 29.42
| 3.05
| 57.82
| 22 | 17 | 2 | England |
| Courtney Walsh | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7/37 | 24.44
| 2.53
| 57.84
| 32 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 23.11
| 2.39
| 57.84
| 23 | 16 | 1 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Joey Palmer | 17 | 4517 | 1678 | 78 | 7/65 | 21.51
| 2.22
| 57.91
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Australia |
| Ken Higgs | 15 | 4112 | 1473 | 71 | 6/91 | 20.74
| 2.14
| 57.91
| 6 | 2 | 0 | England |
