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| S/NO. | Player | Career | Wkt | Mat | Balls | Runs | BBI | 5 Wkts |
| 1 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 1993-2011 | 534 | 350 | 18811 | 12326 | 7/30 | 10 |
| 2 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1984-2003 | 502 | 356 | 18186 | 11812 | 5/15 | 6 |
| 3 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 1989-2003 | 416 | 262 | 12698 | 9919 | 7/36 | 13 |
| 4 | Chaminda Vaas (SL) | 1994-2008 | 400 | 322 | 15775 | 11014 | 8/19 | 4 |
| 5 | Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 1996-2015 | 395 | 398 | 17670 | 13632 | 7/12 | 9 |
| 6 | SM Pollock (SA) | 1996-2008 | 393 | 303 | 15712 | 9631 | 6/35 | 5 |
| 7 | GD McGrath (Aus) | 1993-2007 | 381 | 250 | 12970 | 8391 | 7/15 | 7 |
| 8 | B Lee (Aus) | 2000-2012 | 380 | 221 | 11185 | 8877 | 5/22 | 9 |
| 9 | SL Malinga (SL) | 2004-2019 | 338 | 226 | 10936 | 9759 | 6/38 | 8 |
| 10 | A Kumble (Ind) | 1990-2007 | 337 | 271 | 14496 | 10412 | 6/12 | 2 |
| 11 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 1989-2011 | 323 | 445 | 14874 | 11871 | 6/29 | 4 |
| 12 | J Srinath (Ind) | 1991-2003 | 315 | 229 | 11935 | 8847 | 5/23 | 3 |
| 13 | DL Vettori (NZ) | 1997-2015 | 305 | 295 | 14060 | 9674 | 5/7 | 2 |
| 14 | SK Warne (Aus) | 1993-2005 | 293 | 194 | 10642 | 7541 | 5/33 | 1 |
| 15 | Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 1995-2003 | 288 | 169 | 8770 | 6275 | 5/20 | 6 |
| 16 | AB Agarkar (Ind) | 1998-2007 | 288 | 191 | 9484 | 8021 | 6/42 | 2 |
| 17 | Z Khan (Ind) | 2000-2012 | 282 | 200 | 10097 | 8301 | 5/42 | 1 |
| 18 | Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) | 2006-Present | 277 | 215 | 11003 | 8155 | 5/29 | 3 |
| 19 | JH Kallis (SA) | 1996-2014 | 273 | 328 | 10750 | 8680 | 5/30 | 2 |
| 20 | AA Donald (SA) | 1991-2003 | 272 | 164 | 8561 | 5926 | 6/23 | 2 |