| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wk | Team |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 118 | 39202 | 15742 | 723 | 9/51 | 21.77 | 2.40 | 54.22 | 42 | 62 | 20 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Shane Warne | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41 | 2.65 | 57.49 | 48 | 37 | 10 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Anil Kumble | 125 | 38862 | 17428 | 604 | 10/74 | 28.85 | 2.69 | 64.34 | 31 | 35 | 8 | India / Asian XI |
| Glenn McGrath | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.95 | 28 | 29 | 3 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Courtney Walsh | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7/37 | 24.44 | 2.53 | 57.84 | 32 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Kapil Dev | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.91 | 17 | 23 | 2 | India |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.85 | 25 | 36 | 9 | New Zealand |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 23.11 | 2.39 | 57.84 | 23 | 16 | 1 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Wasim Akram | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 7/119 | 23.62 | 2.59 | 54.65 | 20 | 25 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Curtly Ambrose | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 8/45 | 20.99 | 2.30 | 54.57 | 21 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Ian Botham | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.95 | 17 | 27 | 4 | England |
| Malcolm Marshall | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 20.94 | 2.68 | 46.76 | 19 | 22 | 4 | West Indies |
| Waqar Younis | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 23.56 | 3.25 | 43.49 | 28 | 22 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Imran Khan | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 22.81 | 2.54 | 53.75 | 17 | 23 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Dennis Lillee | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 23.92 | 2.75 | 52.01 | 23 | 23 | 7 | Australia |
| Makhaya Ntini | 84 | 17429 | 9341 | 334 | 7/37 | 27.96 | 3.21 | 52.18 | 17 | 17 | 4 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Chaminda Vaas | 102 | 21786 | 9744 | 331 | 7/71 | 29.43 | 2.68 | 65.81 | 20 | 11 | 2 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Allan Donald | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.02 | 11 | 20 | 3 | South Africa |
| Bob Willis | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.40 | 12 | 16 | 0 | England |
| Lance Gibbs | 79 | 27115 | 8989 | 309 | 8/38 | 29.09 | 1.98 | 87.75 | 11 | 18 | 2 | West Indies |
| Fred Trueman | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.43 | 19 | 17 | 3 | England |
| Derek Underwood | 86 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.60 | 13 | 17 | 6 | England |
| Craig McDermott | 71 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 28.63 | 3.01 | 56.99 | 17 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Brett Lee | 65 | 13968 | 8123 | 271 | 5/30 | 29.97 | 3.48 | 51.54 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Bishan Bedi | 67 | 21364 | 7637 | 266 | 7/98 | 28.71 | 2.14 | 80.31 | 13 | 14 | 1 | India |
| Joel Garner | 58 | 13169 | 5433 | 259 | 6/56 | 20.97 | 2.47 | 50.84 | 18 | 7 | 0 | West Indies |
| Jason Gillespie | 71 | 14234 | 6770 | 259 | 7/37 | 26.13 | 2.85 | 54.95 | 8 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Harbhajan Singh | 63 | 17003 | 8039 | 256 | 8/84 | 31.40 | 2.83 | 66.41 | 5 | 20 | 4 | India |
| Brian Statham | 70 | 16056 | 6261 | 252 | 7/39 | 24.84 | 2.33 | 63.71 | 9 | 9 | 1 | England |
| Michael Holding | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 23.68 | 2.79 | 50.92 | 11 | 13 | 2 | West Indies |
| Matthew Hoggard | 67 | 13909 | 7564 | 248 | 7/61 | 30.50 | 3.26 | 56.08 | 13 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Richie Benaud | 63 | 19108 | 6704 | 248 | 7/72 | 27.03 | 2.10 | 77.04 | 16 | 16 | 1 | Australia |
| Garth McKenzie | 60 | 17681 | 7328 | 246 | 8/71 | 29.78 | 2.48 | 71.87 | 7 | 16 | 3 | Australia |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 58 | 15963 | 7199 | 242 | 8/79 | 29.74 | 2.70 | 65.96 | 12 | 16 | 2 | India |
| Daniel Vettori | 79 | 18794 | 8319 | 241 | 7/87 | 34.51 | 2.65 | 77.98 | 12 | 13 | 3 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Javagal Srinath | 67 | 15104 | 7196 | 236 | 8/86 | 30.49 | 2.85 | 64.00 | 8 | 10 | 1 | India |
| Alec Bedser | 51 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.44 | 11 | 15 | 5 | England |
| Abdul Qadir | 67 | 17126 | 7742 | 236 | 9/56 | 32.80 | 2.71 | 72.56 | 12 | 15 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Garry Sobers | 93 | 21599 | 7999 | 235 | 6/73 | 34.03 | 2.22 | 91.91 | 8 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Andy Caddick | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 29.91 | 3.09 | 57.94 | 9 | 13 | 1 | England |
| Darren Gough | 58 | 11821 | 6503 | 229 | 6/42 | 28.39 | 3.30 | 51.62 | 14 | 9 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Jacques Kallis | 116 | 15215 | 7080 | 229 | 6/54 | 30.91 | 2.79 | 66.44 | 7 | 5 | 0 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Ray Lindwall | 61 | 13650 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 23.03 | 2.30 | 59.86 | 8 | 12 | 0 | Australia |
| Danish Kaneria | 51 | 14994 | 7458 | 220 | 7/77 | 33.90 | 2.98 | 68.15 | 8 | 12 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Chris Cairns | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 29.40 | 3.28 | 53.66 | 11 | 13 | 1 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Heath Streak | 65 | 13559 | 6079 | 216 | 6/73 | 28.14 | 2.69 | 62.77 | 16 | 7 | 0 | Zimbabwe / Africa XI |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 37 | 14513 | 5231 | 216 | 7/40 | 24.21 | 2.16 | 67.18 | 7 | 21 | 7 | Australia |
| Merv Hughes | 53 | 12285 | 6017 | 212 | 8/87 | 28.38 | 2.93 | 57.94 | 14 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Steve Harmison | 57 | 12405 | 6655 | 212 | 7/12 | 31.39 | 3.21 | 58.51 | 11 | 8 | 1 | England / ICC World XI |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 49 | 14070 | 6206 | 208 | 8/164 | 29.83 | 2.64 | 67.64 | 12 | 13 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Stuart MacGill | 42 | 10781 | 5713 | 203 | 8/108 | 28.14 | 3.17 | 53.10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | Australia |
| Andy Roberts | 47 | 11135 | 5174 | 202 | 7/54 | 25.61 | 2.78 | 55.12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | West Indies |
| John Snow | 49 | 12021 | 5387 | 202 | 7/40 | 26.66 | 2.68 | 59.50 | 12 | 8 | 1 | England |
| Jeff Thomson | 51 | 10535 | 5601 | 200 | 6/46 | 28.00 | 3.18 | 52.67 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Andrew Flintoff | 67 | 12562 | 6308 | 197 | 5/58 | 32.02 | 3.01 | 63.76 | 10 | 2 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Jim Laker | 46 | 12027 | 4101 | 193 | 10/53 | 21.24 | 2.04 | 62.31 | 13 | 9 | 3 | England |
| Wes Hall | 48 | 10421 | 5066 | 192 | 7/69 | 26.38 | 2.91 | 54.27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | West Indies |
| Sydney Barnes | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.65 | 2 | 24 | 7 | England |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 49 | 14353 | 5742 | 189 | 8/76 | 30.38 | 2.40 | 75.94 | 17 | 10 | 2 | India |
| Alan Davidson | 44 | 11587 | 3819 | 186 | 7/93 | 20.53 | 1.97 | 62.29 | 6 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 52 | 12532 | 6100 | 185 | 7/56 | 32.97 | 2.92 | 67.74 | 6 | 10 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Geoff Lawson | 46 | 11118 | 5501 | 180 | 8/112 | 30.56 | 2.96 | 61.76 | 6 | 11 | 2 | Australia |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 25.69 | 3.37 | 45.74 | 10 | 12 | 2 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Angus Fraser | 46 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.44 | 5 | 13 | 2 | England |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 55 | 13951 | 5798 | 177 | 9/86 | 32.75 | 2.49 | 78.81 | 14 | 4 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Tony Lock | 49 | 13147 | 4451 | 174 | 7/35 | 25.58 | 2.03 | 75.55 | 11 | 9 | 3 | England |
| Iqbal Qasim | 50 | 13019 | 4807 | 171 | 7/49 | 28.11 | 2.21 | 76.13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Terry Alderman | 41 | 10181 | 4616 | 170 | 6/47 | 27.15 | 2.72 | 59.88 | 5 | 14 | 1 | Australia |
| Zaheer Khan | 53 | 10410 | 5712 | 170 | 5/29 | 33.60 | 3.29 | 61.23 | 11 | 5 | 0 | India / Asian XI |
| Keith Miller | 55 | 10461 | 3906 | 170 | 7/60 | 22.97 | 2.24 | 61.53 | 8 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Hugh Tayfield | 37 | 13568 | 4405 | 170 | 9/113 | 25.91 | 1.94 | 79.81 | 5 | 14 | 2 | South Africa |
| Vinoo Mankad | 44 | 14686 | 5236 | 162 | 8/52 | 32.32 | 2.13 | 90.65 | 10 | 8 | 2 | India |
| Ian Bishop | 43 | 8407 | 3909 | 161 | 6/40 | 24.27 | 2.78 | 52.21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Danny Morrison | 48 | 10064 | 5549 | 160 | 7/89 | 34.68 | 3.30 | 62.90 | 9 | 10 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Bill Johnston | 40 | 11048 | 3826 | 160 | 6/44 | 23.91 | 2.07 | 69.05 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Australia |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 43 | 13939 | 4579 | 158 | 7/49 | 28.98 | 1.97 | 88.22 | 6 | 10 | 1 | West Indies |
| Venkat | 57 | 14877 | 5634 | 156 | 8/72 | 36.11 | 2.27 | 95.36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | India |
| Maurice Tate | 39 | 12523 | 4055 | 155 | 6/42 | 26.16 | 1.94 | 80.79 | 7 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Fred Titmus | 53 | 15118 | 4931 | 153 | 7/79 | 32.22 | 1.95 | 98.81 | 9 | 7 | 0 | England |
| Ravi Shastri | 80 | 15751 | 6185 | 151 | 5/75 | 40.96 | 2.35 | 104.31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Fergie Gupte | 36 | 11284 | 4403 | 149 | 9/102 | 29.55 | 2.34 | 75.73 | 8 | 12 | 1 | India |
| John Emburey | 64 | 15391 | 5646 | 147 | 7/78 | 38.40 | 2.20 | 104.70 | 5 | 6 | 0 | England |
| Bill O'Reilly | 27 | 10024 | 3254 | 144 | 7/54 | 22.59 | 1.94 | 69.61 | 8 | 11 | 3 | Australia |
| Hedley Verity | 40 | 11173 | 3510 | 144 | 8/43 | 24.37 | 1.88 | 77.59 | 9 | 5 | 2 | England |
| Chris Old | 46 | 8858 | 4020 | 143 | 7/50 | 28.11 | 2.72 | 61.94 | 7 | 4 | 0 | England |
| Ashley Giles | 54 | 12180 | 5806 | 143 | 5/57 | 40.60 | 2.86 | 85.17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | England |
| Hugh Trumble | 32 | 8099 | 3072 | 141 | 8/65 | 21.78 | 2.27 | 57.43 | 8 | 9 | 3 | Australia |
| Tony Greig | 58 | 9802 | 4541 | 141 | 8/86 | 32.20 | 2.77 | 69.51 | 6 | 6 | 2 | England |
| Phil DeFreitas | 44 | 9838 | 4700 | 140 | 7/70 | 33.57 | 2.86 | 70.27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | England |
| Fazal Mahmood | 34 | 9834 | 3434 | 139 | 7/42 | 24.70 | 2.09 | 70.74 | 6 | 13 | 4 | Pakistan |
| Alfred Valentine | 36 | 12953 | 4215 | 139 | 8/104 | 30.32 | 1.95 | 93.18 | 7 | 8 | 2 | West Indies |
| Graham Dilley | 41 | 8192 | 4107 | 138 | 6/38 | 29.76 | 3.00 | 59.36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | England |
| Max Walker | 34 | 10094 | 3792 | 138 | 8/143 | 27.47 | 2.25 | 73.14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | Australia |
| Paul Adams | 45 | 8850 | 4405 | 134 | 7/128 | 32.87 | 2.98 | 66.04 | 5 | 4 | 1 | South Africa |
| Chris Martin | 39 | 7480 | 4309 | 133 | 6/54 | 32.39 | 3.45 | 56.24 | 5 | 8 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Trevor Bailey | 61 | 9712 | 3856 | 132 | 7/34 | 29.21 | 2.38 | 73.57 | 5 | 5 | 1 | England |
| Ashley Mallett | 38 | 9990 | 3940 | 132 | 8/59 | 29.84 | 2.36 | 75.68 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Australia |
| Dominic Cork | 37 | 7678 | 3906 | 131 | 7/43 | 29.81 | 3.05 | 58.61 | 9 | 5 | 0 | England |
| Mervyn Dillon | 38 | 8704 | 4398 | 131 | 5/71 | 33.57 | 3.03 | 66.44 | 7 | 2 | 0 | West Indies |
| Lance Cairns | 43 | 10628 | 4280 | 130 | 7/74 | 32.92 | 2.41 | 81.75 | 5 | 6 | 1 | New Zealand |
