| Highest Wicket Takers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Country | Wkts | Matches | Balls | Best | Eco |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 534 | 350 | 18811 | 7-30 | 3.94 |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 502 | 356 | 18186 | 5-15 | 3.91 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 416 | 262 | 12698 | 7-36 | 4.7 |
| WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka | 400 | 322 | 15775 | 8-19 | 4.2 |
| SM Pollock | South Africa | 393 | 303 | 15712 | 6-35 | 3.69 |
| GD McGrath | Australia | 381 | 250 | 12970 | 7-15 | 3.9 |
| B Lee | Australia | 380 | 221 | 11185 | 5-22 | 4.77 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 348 | 354 | 15498 | 6-38 | 4.63 |
| A Kumble | India | 337 | 271 | 14496 | 6-12 | 4.32 |
| ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 323 | 445 | 14874 | 6-29 | 4.8 |
| J Srinath | India | 315 | 229 | 11935 | 5-23 | 4.46 |
| AN Cook | England | 305 | 64 | 6 | 0-1 | 1 |
| SK Warne | Australia | 293 | 194 | 10642 | 5-33 | 4.26 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 288 | 169 | 8770 | 5-20 | 4.31 |
| AB Agarkar | India | 288 | 191 | 9484 | 6-42 | 5.09 |
| Z Khan | India | 282 | 200 | 10097 | 5-42 | 4.95 |
| DL Vettori | New Zealand | 282 | 272 | 12903 | 5-7 | 4.13 |
| AA Donald | South Africa | 272 | 164 | 8561 | 6-23 | 4.16 |
| JH Kallis | South Africa | 270 | 321 | 10636 | 5-30 | 4.84 |
| Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan | 269 | 265 | 10941 | 6-35 | 4.71 |