| Highest Wicket Takers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Country | Wkts | Matches | Balls | Best | Eco |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 800 | 133 | 44039 | 9-51 | 2.48 |
| SK Warne | Australia | 708 | 145 | 40704 | 8-71 | 2.66 |
| A Kumble | India | 619 | 132 | 40850 | 10-74 | 2.7 |
| GD McGrath | Australia | 563 | 124 | 29248 | 8-24 | 2.5 |
| CA Walsh | West Indies | 519 | 132 | 30019 | 7-37 | 2.54 |
| Kapil Dev | India | 434 | 131 | 27740 | 9-83 | 2.79 |
| RJ Hadlee | New Zealand | 431 | 86 | 21918 | 9-52 | 2.78 |
| SM Pollock | South Africa | 421 | 108 | 24353 | 7-87 | 2.4 |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 414 | 104 | 22627 | 7-119 | 2.6 |
| Harbhajan Singh | India | 413 | 101 | 28293 | 8-84 | 2.84 |
| CEL Ambrose | West Indies | 405 | 98 | 22103 | 8-45 | 2.31 |
| M Ntini | South Africa | 390 | 101 | 20834 | 7-37 | 3.24 |
| IT Botham | England | 383 | 102 | 21815 | 8-34 | 3.07 |
| MD Marshall | West Indies | 376 | 81 | 17584 | 7-22 | 2.69 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 373 | 87 | 16224 | 7-76 | 3.26 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 362 | 88 | 19458 | 8-58 | 2.67 |
| DL Vettori | New Zealand | 360 | 112 | 28670 | 7-87 | 2.6 |
| WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka | 355 | 111 | 23438 | 7-71 | 2.69 |
| DK Lillee | Australia | 355 | 70 | 18467 | 7-83 | 3 |
| DW Steyn | South Africa | 332 | 65 | 13666 | 7-51 | 3.31 |