| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 305 | 16534 | 10674 | 464 | 7/30 | 23.00 | 3.87 | 35.63 | 13 | 8 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 315 | 15427 | 10771 | 393 | 8/19 | 27.40 | 4.18 | 39.25 | 9 | 4 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 411 | 14124 | 11210 | 308 | 6/29 | 36.39 | 4.76 | 45.85 | 8 | 4 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 123 | 5304 | 4572 | 158 | 6/27 | 28.93 | 5.17 | 33.56 | 3 | 1 |
| Upul Chandana | 147 | 6142 | 4818 | 151 | 5/61 | 31.90 | 4.70 | 40.67 | 4 | 1 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 141 | 7009 | 4998 | 138 | 4/37 | 36.21 | 4.27 | 50.78 | 1 | 0 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 134 | 5720 | 4321 | 109 | 4/48 | 39.64 | 4.53 | 52.47 | 1 | 0 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 95 | 4259 | 3213 | 108 | 5/26 | 29.75 | 4.52 | 39.43 | 2 | 1 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 308 | 5148 | 4177 | 106 | 4/30 | 39.40 | 4.86 | 48.56 | 2 | 0 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 79 | 3268 | 2537 | 104 | 6/14 | 24.39 | 4.65 | 31.42 | 4 | 1 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 78 | 3573 | 2866 | 85 | 4/23 | 33.71 | 4.81 | 42.03 | 1 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga | 53 | 2525 | 2021 | 79 | 4/44 | 25.58 | 4.80 | 31.96 | 4 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 269 | 4710 | 3757 | 79 | 4/14 | 47.55 | 4.78 | 59.62 | 1 | 0 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 70 | 3575 | 2712 | 76 | 5/32 | 35.68 | 4.55 | 47.03 | 1 | 1 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 86 | 3960 | 2975 | 73 | 4/36 | 40.75 | 4.50 | 54.24 | 2 | 0 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 62 | 2864 | 2049 | 68 | 4/17 | 30.13 | 4.29 | 42.11 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashantha de Mel | 57 | 2735 | 2237 | 59 | 5/32 | 37.91 | 4.90 | 46.35 | 1 | 2 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 38 | 1619 | 1323 | 52 | 3/18 | 25.44 | 4.90 | 31.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Labrooy | 44 | 2308 | 1876 | 45 | 5/57 | 41.68 | 4.87 | 51.28 | 1 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 142 | 2484 | 1956 | 45 | 4/29 | 43.46 | 4.72 | 55.20 | 2 | 0 |
