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| Tests - Most 5 Wickets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Country | Most 5 Wickets | Wkts | Matches | Balls | Best |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 67 | 800 | 133 | 44039 | 9-51 |
| SK Warne | Australia | 37 | 708 | 145 | 40704 | 8-71 |
| RJ Hadlee | New Zealand | 36 | 431 | 86 | 21918 | 9-52 |
| A Kumble | India | 34 | 619 | 132 | 40850 | 10-74 |
| GD McGrath | Australia | 29 | 563 | 124 | 29248 | 8-24 |
| JM Anderson | England | 28 | 305 | 81 | 17858 | 7-43 |
| IT Botham | England | 27 | 383 | 102 | 21815 | 8-34 |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 25 | 414 | 104 | 22627 | 7-119 |
| Harbhajan Singh | India | 25 | 413 | 101 | 28293 | 8-84 |
| SF Barnes | England | 24 | 189 | 27 | 7873 | 9-103 |
| DK Lillee | Australia | 23 | 355 | 70 | 18467 | 7-83 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 23 | 362 | 88 | 19458 | 8-58 |
| Kapil Dev | India | 23 | 434 | 131 | 27740 | 9-83 |
| MD Marshall | West Indies | 22 | 376 | 81 | 17584 | 7-22 |
| CA Walsh | West Indies | 22 | 519 | 132 | 30019 | 7-37 |
| CEL Ambrose | West Indies | 22 | 405 | 98 | 22103 | 8-45 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 22 | 373 | 87 | 16224 | 7-76 |
| CV Grimmett | Australia | 21 | 216 | 37 | 14513 | 7-40 |
| DW Steyn | South Africa | 21 | 332 | 65 | 13666 | 7-51 |
| AA Donald | South Africa | 20 | 330 | 72 | 15519 | 8-71 |