| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wk | Team |
| George Lohmann | 18 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.19 | 2 | 9 | 5 | England |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 3791 | 2289 | 105 | 6/49 | 21.80 | 3.62 | 36.10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| 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 | 17 | 3079 | 1769 | 79 | 6/51 | 22.39 | 3.44 | 38.97 | 7 | 4 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 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 |
| Mohammad Asif | 11 | 2334 | 1180 | 51 | 6/44 | 23.13 | 3.03 | 45.76 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Pakistan |
| 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 |
| James Franklin | 21 | 3577 | 2143 | 76 | 6/119 | 28.19 | 3.59 | 47.06 | 6 | 3 | 0 | New Zealand |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Stuart Clark | 15 | 3394 | 1488 | 68 | 5/55 | 21.88 | 2.63 | 49.91 | 5 | 1 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Brett Lee | 65 | 13968 | 8123 | 271 | 5/30 | 29.97 | 3.48 | 51.54 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Aubrey Faulkner | 25 | 4227 | 2180 | 82 | 7/84 | 26.58 | 3.09 | 51.54 | 4 | 4 | 0 | South Africa |
| 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 |
| Sreesanth | 11 | 2387 | 1299 | 46 | 5/40 | 28.23 | 3.26 | 51.89 | 4 | 1 | 0 | India |
| 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 |
| Shahadat Hossain | 15 | 2184 | 1541 | 42 | 6/27 | 36.69 | 4.23 | 52.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Bangladesh |
| 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 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 84 | 17429 | 9341 | 334 | 7/37 | 27.96 | 3.21 | 52.18 | 17 | 17 | 4 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| 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 |
| Lasith Malinga | 28 | 4777 | 3076 | 91 | 5/68 | 33.80 | 3.86 | 52.49 | 7 | 2 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| George Ulyett | 25 | 2627 | 1020 | 50 | 7/36 | 20.40 | 2.32 | 52.54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Jeff Thomson | 51 | 10535 | 5601 | 200 | 6/46 | 28.00 | 3.18 | 52.67 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Stuart MacGill | 42 | 10781 | 5713 | 203 | 8/108 | 28.14 | 3.17 | 53.10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | Australia |
| Len Pascoe | 14 | 3403 | 1668 | 64 | 5/59 | 26.06 | 2.94 | 53.17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Bob Willis | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.40 | 12 | 16 | 0 | England |
| 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 |
| Umar Gul | 16 | 3612 | 2114 | 67 | 5/31 | 31.55 | 3.51 | 53.91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Gubby Allen | 25 | 4386 | 2379 | 81 | 7/80 | 29.37 | 3.25 | 54.14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 118 | 39202 | 15742 | 723 | 9/51 | 21.77 | 2.40 | 54.22 | 42 | 62 | 20 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| 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 |
| Jason Gillespie | 71 | 14234 | 6770 | 259 | 7/37 | 26.13 | 2.85 | 54.95 | 8 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| 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 |
| Kenny Benjamin | 26 | 5132 | 2785 | 92 | 6/66 | 30.27 | 3.25 | 55.78 | 4 | 4 | 1 | West Indies |
| Dilhara Fernando | 30 | 4700 | 2848 | 84 | 5/42 | 33.90 | 3.63 | 55.95 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Matthew Hoggard | 67 | 13909 | 7564 | 248 | 7/61 | 30.50 | 3.26 | 56.08 | 13 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Peter Pollock | 28 | 6522 | 2806 | 116 | 6/38 | 24.18 | 2.58 | 56.22 | 1 | 9 | 1 | South Africa |
| Chris Martin | 39 | 7480 | 4309 | 133 | 6/54 | 32.39 | 3.45 | 56.24 | 5 | 8 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Irfan Pathan | 28 | 5756 | 3141 | 100 | 7/59 | 31.41 | 3.27 | 57.56 | 2 | 7 | 2 | India |
| 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 |
| Andy Caddick | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 29.91 | 3.09 | 57.94 | 9 | 13 | 1 | England |
| Merv Hughes | 53 | 12285 | 6017 | 212 | 8/87 | 28.38 | 2.93 | 57.94 | 14 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Keith Boyce | 21 | 3501 | 1801 | 60 | 6/77 | 30.01 | 3.08 | 58.35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | West Indies |
| Khan Mohammad | 13 | 3157 | 1292 | 54 | 6/21 | 23.92 | 2.45 | 58.46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Steve Harmison | 57 | 12405 | 6655 | 212 | 7/12 | 31.39 | 3.21 | 58.51 | 11 | 8 | 1 | England / ICC World XI |
| Dominic Cork | 37 | 7678 | 3906 | 131 | 7/43 | 29.81 | 3.05 | 58.61 | 9 | 5 | 0 | England |
| Ernie Jones | 19 | 3754 | 1857 | 64 | 7/88 | 29.01 | 2.96 | 58.65 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Australia |
