| Player | Figures | Match Name |
| Rangana Herath | 28.3-6-68-5 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (2nd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 36-9-89-7 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (2nd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 21.5-2-95-5 | Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/13 (1st Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 49-10-103-6 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (2nd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 30-5-65-5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (1st Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 18-3-43-6 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (1st Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 53-9-133-6 | England in Sri Lanka 2011/12 (2nd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 19-5-74-6 | England in Sri Lanka 2011/12 (1st Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 38-9-97-6 | England in Sri Lanka 2011/12 (1st Test) |
| Chanaka Welegedara | 16.4-3-52-5 | Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12 (2nd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 30.3-7-79-5 | Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12 (2nd Test) |
| Chanaka Welegedara | 35.2-10-87-5 | Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates 2011/12 (3rd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 52-11-157-7 | Australia in Sri Lanka 2011 (3rd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 23-3-79-5 | Australia in Sri Lanka 2011 (1st Test) |
| Ajantha Mendis | 59-6-169-6 | West Indies in Sri Lanka 2010/11 (1st Test) |
| Suraj Randiv | 29-3-82-5 | India in Sri Lanka 2010 (3rd Test) |
| Lasith Malinga | 17-2-50-5 | India in Sri Lanka 2010 (1st Test) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 17-1-63-5 | India in Sri Lanka 2010 (1st Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 33-2-121-5 | Sri Lanka in India 2009/10 (2nd Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 48-9-139-5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka: 2nd match, 2009 |
| Thilan Thushara | 20.4-2-83-5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka: 3rd match, 2009 |
| Rangana Herath | 46-6-157-5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka: 3rd match, 2009 |
| Rangana Herath | 35-5-99-5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka: 2nd match, 2009 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 22-8-49-6 | Bangladesh v Sri Lanka: 2008/09 |
| Ajantha Mendis | 28-4-56-5 | India in Sri Lanka: 3rd match, 2008 |
| Ajantha Mendis | 28-1-117-6 | India in Sri Lanka: 2nd match, 2008 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 29-4-84-5 | India in Sri Lanka: 1st match, 2008 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 13-3-26-6 | India in Sri Lanka: 1st match, 2008 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 29.2-4-79-5 | Sri Lanka in West Indies: 2nd match, 2007/08 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 22.2-7-61-5 | Sri Lanka in West Indies: 1st match, 2007/08 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 47.2-9-116-5 | England in Sri Lanka: 2nd match, 2007/08 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35-14-55-6 | England in Sri Lanka: 1st match, 2007/08 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 14.5-6-28-6 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2007 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 21-5-54-6 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2007 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7.3-3-15-5 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2007 |
| Lasith Malinga | 18-4-68-5 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand: 2nd Test, 2006/07 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 34.1-9-87-6 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand: 2nd Test, 2006/07 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 33.5-2-128-5 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2006 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 46.5-12-97-7 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2006 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 64-11-131-6 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2006 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 30-11-70-8 | Sri Lanka in England: 3rd Test, 2006 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 25-2-86-6 | Sri Lanka in England: 2nd Test, 2006 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 16.4-4-39-5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2005/06 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 30.5-8-79-5 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh: 2nd Test, 2005/06 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 19.5-6-54-6 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh: 1st Test, 2005/06 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 38.4-8-100-7 | Sri Lanka in India: 2nd Test, 2005/06 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 11-2-60-5 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2005/06 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10.4-4-18-6 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2005/06 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 16.2-4-46-8 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2005 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 15-6-22-6 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2005 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 21-8-36-6 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2005 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 40-12-108-6 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand: 2nd Test, 2004/05 |
| Lasith Malinga | 24.4-4-80-5 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand: 1st Test, 2004/05 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 14.1-4-34-5 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2004 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 18-8-29-6 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2004 |
| Upul Chandana | 26-2-109-5 | Sri Lanka in Australia: 2nd Test, 2004 |
| Upul Chandana | 18.4-1-101-5 | Sri Lanka in Australia: 2nd Test, 2004 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 18.3-6-31-5 | Sri Lanka in Australia: 1st Test, 2004 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 24.2-10-45-6 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe: 1st Test, 2004 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 9.5-2-20-5 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe: 1st Test, 2004 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 37.1-6-123-5 | Australia in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2003/04 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 50.3-8-173-5 | Australia in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2003/04 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 21.3-5-59-6 | Australia in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2003/04 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 56-9-153-5 | Australia in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2003/04 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 31.4-15-46-7 | England in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2003/04 |
| Prabath Nissanka | 12.3-0-64-5 | Sri Lanka in West Indies: 2nd Test, 2003 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 50-10-138-5 | Sri Lanka in West Indies: 1st Test, 2003 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 39-18-49-5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2003 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 19.4-6-39-5 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2002 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 25-6-59-5 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2002 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 64-12-143-5 | Sri Lanka in England: 2nd Test, 2002 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 58.3-26-67-5 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2001/02 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 29-10-43-5 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 40-19-51-9 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2001/02 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 32.2-5-120-7 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2001/02 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 25-3-71-7 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35.5-16-81-6 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 53.4-11-126-6 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 31.3-10-44-5 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9.4-4-13-5 | Asian Test Championship: 2nd Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35.3-6-98-5 | Asian Test Championship: 2nd Test, 2001/02 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 34.1-9-87-8 | India in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2001 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 25-9-42-5 | India in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2001 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 26.5-10-49-5 | India in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2001 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 27.5-6-73-6 | England in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2000/01 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 34-4-98-5 | Sri Lanka in South Africa: 1st Test, 2000/01 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 58.3-16-122-5 | Sri Lanka in South Africa: 1st Test, 2000/01 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10-1-39-6 | Sri Lanka in South Africa: 1st Test, 2000/01 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 45.5-14-68-5 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 41-8-87-6 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35-5-84-7 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 47-12-115-5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 27.1-4-71-6 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1999/00 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 25-5-56-5 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe: 3rd Test, 1999/00 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 21.2-6-60-6 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe: 1st Test, 1999/00 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 38-10-71-5 | Australia in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1999 |
| Upul Chandana | 47.5-7-179-6 | Asian Test Championship: Final, 1998/99 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 29.1-7-103-6 | Asian Test Championship: 3rd Test, 1998/99 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 59.3-14-155-7 | Sri Lanka in England: Only Test, 1998 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 54.2-27-65-9 | Sri Lanka in England: Only Test, 1998 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 18.3-8-30-5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1998 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 24.1-4-72-6 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1998 |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 24-9-36-5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1998 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 38.2-8-90-5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1998 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 30-8-63-5 | Sri Lanka in South Africa: 2nd Test, 1997/98 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 29-18-23-5 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1997/98 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 42.5-13-94-7 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1997/98 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 12.4-0-57-5 | India v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1997/98 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 32-3-122-5 | India v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1997/98 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 12.4-1-41-5 | West Indies v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1997 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 41-13-113-5 | West Indies v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1997 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 23.4-13-34-5 | West Indies v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1997 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 24.2-5-85-5 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1996/97 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 53-19-98-6 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1996/97 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 20.3-4-33-5 | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe: 1st Test, 1996 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 23.3-6-68-5 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1995/96 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 29-3-99-5 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1995/96 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 40-9-87-6 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1994/95 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 18.5-3-47-5 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1994/95 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 26.4-10-43-5 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1994/95 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 36-15-64-5 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1994/95 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 35.4-7-116-7 | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1994/95 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 45.2-13-99-6 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1994 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 41.5-3-162-5 | India v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1993/94 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 54-17-101-5 | Sri Lanka v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1993 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 39-8-104-5 | Sri Lanka v South Africa: 1st Test, 1993 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 31-3-82-5 | Sri Lanka v Australia: 3rd Test, 1992 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 32-9-73-5 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1991/92 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 27-4-69-5 | England v Sri Lanka: Only Test, 1991 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 30.4-10-77-5 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1990/91 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 19.4-2-66-6 | Australia v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1989/90 |
| Graeme Labrooy | 31.1-5-133-5 | Australia v Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1989/90 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 27.3-3-85-5 | India v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1986/87 |
| Kosala Kuruppuarachchi | 14.5-2-44-5 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1985/86 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 17-3-37-5 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1985/86 |
| Ashantha de Mel | 22-1-109-6 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1985/86 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 23.2-5-83-8 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1985/86 |
| Saliya Ahangama | 24-7-52-5 | Sri Lanka v India: 3rd Test, 1985 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 23.2-6-49-5 | Sri Lanka v India: 2nd Test, 1985 |
| Ashantha de Mel | 28-8-64-5 | Sri Lanka v India: 1st Test, 1985 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 41-10-85-6 | Sri Lanka v India: 1st Test, 1985 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 21-8-42-5 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1983/84 |
| Vinothen John | 29.1-7-86-5 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand: 1st Test, 1983/84 |
| Vinothen John | 25.2-9-60-5 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1982/83 |
| Ashantha de Mel | 14-0-68-5 | India v Sri Lanka: Only Test, 1982/83 |
| Somachandra de Silva | 18-2-59-5 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 1981/82 |
