| # | Player | Team | Span | Matches | Inn | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | Eco | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn McGrath | Australia | 1996-2007 | 39 | 39 | 325.5 | 42 | 1292 | 71 | 7/15 | 18.19 | 3.96 | 27.53 | - | 2 |
| 2 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 1996-2011 | 40 | 39 | 343.3 | 15 | 1335 | 68 | 4/19 | 19.63 | 3.88 | 30.30 | 4 | - |
| 3 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | 2015-2023 | 28 | 28 | 243.1 | 10 | 1254 | 65 | 6/28 | 19.29 | 5.15 | 22.44 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 2007-2019 | 29 | 28 | 232.2 | 11 | 1281 | 56 | 6/38 | 22.87 | 5.51 | 24.89 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Mohammed Shami | India | 2015-2023 | 18 | 18 | 145.0 | 13 | 744 | 55 | 7/57 | 13.52 | 5.13 | 15.81 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 1987-2003 | 38 | 36 | 324.3 | 16 | 1311 | 55 | 5/28 | 23.83 | 4.04 | 35.40 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | 2015-2023 | 29 | 29 | 275.0 | 24 | 1354 | 53 | 5/27 | 25.54 | 4.92 | 31.13 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | 1996-2007 | 31 | 31 | 261.4 | 39 | 1040 | 49 | 6/25 | 21.22 | 3.97 | 32.04 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Zaheer Khan | India | 2003-2011 | 23 | 23 | 198.5 | 12 | 890 | 44 | 4/42 | 20.22 | 4.47 | 27.11 | 1 | - |
| 10 | Javagal Srinath | India | 1992-2003 | 34 | 33 | 283.2 | 21 | 1224 | 44 | 4/30 | 27.81 | 4.32 | 38.63 | 2 | - |
| 11 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 2007-2023 | 36 | 36 | 301.2 | 3 | 1551 | 43 | 5/29 | 36.06 | 5.14 | 42.04 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Tim Southee | New Zealand | 2011-2023 | 22 | 22 | 195.2 | 16 | 1110 | 41 | 7/33 | 27.07 | 5.68 | 28.58 | - | 1 |
| 13 | Imran Tahir | South Africa | 2011-2019 | 22 | 21 | 191.5 | 7 | 847 | 40 | 5/45 | 21.17 | 4.41 | 28.77 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | 2019-2023 | 20 | 20 | 175.5 | 18 | 744 | 38 | 4/39 | 19.57 | 4.23 | 27.76 | 2 | - |
| 15 | AA Donald | South Africa | 1992-2003 | 25 | 25 | 218.5 | 14 | 913 | 38 | 4/17 | 24.02 | 4.17 | 34.55 | 2 | - |
| 16 | Jacob Oram | New Zealand | 2003-2011 | 23 | 23 | 182.2 | 21 | 768 | 36 | 4/39 | 21.33 | 4.21 | 30.38 | 2 | - |
| 17 | Daniel Vettori | New Zealand | 2003-2015 | 32 | 31 | 281.3 | 12 | 1168 | 36 | 4/18 | 32.44 | 4.14 | 46.91 | 2 | - |
| 18 | Brett Lee | Australia | 2003-2011 | 17 | 17 | 137.3 | 15 | 629 | 35 | 5/42 | 17.97 | 4.57 | 23.57 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Wahab Riaz | Pakistan | 2011-2019 | 20 | 20 | 166.4 | 5 | 926 | 35 | 5/46 | 26.45 | 5.55 | 28.57 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | GB Hogg | Australia | 2003-2007 | 21 | 20 | 158.3 | 10 | 654 | 34 | 4/27 | 19.23 | 4.12 | 27.97 | 2 | - |
| 21 | Imran Khan | Pakistan | 1975-1992 | 28 | 19 | 169.3 | 18 | 655 | 34 | 4/37 | 19.26 | 3.86 | 29.91 | 2 | - |
| 22 | Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 2019-2023 | 14 | 14 | 128.1 | 6 | 715 | 34 | 6/35 | 21.02 | 5.57 | 22.61 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Shaun Tait | Australia | 2007-2011 | 18 | 18 | 136.3 | 4 | 731 | 34 | 4/39 | 21.50 | 5.35 | 24.08 | 1 | - |
| 24 | Pat Cummins | Australia | 2015-2023 | 23 | 23 | 188.5 | 8 | 1022 | 34 | 3/33 | 30.05 | 5.41 | 33.32 | - | - |
| 25 | Shane Warne | Australia | 1996-1999 | 17 | 17 | 162.5 | 16 | 624 | 32 | 4/29 | 19.50 | 3.83 | 30.53 | 4 | - |
| 26 | Chris Harris | New Zealand | 1992-2003 | 28 | 27 | 194.2 | 10 | 861 | 32 | 4/7 | 26.90 | 4.43 | 36.43 | 1 | - |
| 27 | Anil Kumble | India | 1996-2007 | 18 | 18 | 173.1 | 5 | 708 | 31 | 4/32 | 22.83 | 4.08 | 33.51 | 1 | - |
| 28 | Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | 2019-2023 | 16 | 16 | 137.4 | 6 | 710 | 31 | 4/37 | 22.90 | 5.15 | 26.64 | 1 | - |
| 29 | Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 1996-2007 | 31 | 31 | 269.0 | 37 | 970 | 31 | 5/36 | 31.29 | 3.60 | 52.06 | - | 1 |
| 30 | Chris Woakes | England | 2015-2023 | 24 | 24 | 177.4 | 8 | 978 | 31 | 4/54 | 31.54 | 5.50 | 34.38 | 1 | - |
| 31 | Shane Bond | New Zealand | 2003-2007 | 16 | 16 | 147.4 | 21 | 518 | 30 | 6/23 | 17.26 | 3.50 | 29.53 | - | 1 |
| 32 | IT Botham | England | 1979-1992 | 22 | 22 | 222.0 | 33 | 762 | 30 | 4/31 | 25.40 | 3.43 | 44.40 | 1 | - |
| 33 | Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 1999-2011 | 19 | 18 | 148.5 | 9 | 765 | 30 | 4/46 | 25.50 | 5.13 | 29.76 | 1 | - |
| 34 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 1999-2015 | 27 | 24 | 184.0 | 7 | 831 | 30 | 5/16 | 27.70 | 4.51 | 36.80 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | PAJ DeFreitas | England | 1987-1996 | 22 | 22 | 187.5 | 30 | 742 | 29 | 3/28 | 25.58 | 3.95 | 38.86 | - | - |
| 36 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 2019-2023 | 15 | 15 | 129.0 | 1 | 751 | 28 | 4/8 | 26.82 | 5.82 | 27.64 | 3 | - |
| 37 | Kapil Dev | India | 1979-1992 | 26 | 25 | 237.0 | 27 | 892 | 28 | 5/43 | 31.85 | 3.76 | 50.78 | - | 1 |
| 38 | Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 1987-1999 | 17 | 17 | 158.0 | 23 | 547 | 27 | 4/25 | 20.25 | 3.46 | 35.11 | 2 | - |
| 39 | Craig McDermott | Australia | 1987-1996 | 17 | 17 | 149.0 | 8 | 599 | 27 | 5/44 | 22.18 | 4.02 | 33.11 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Matt Henry | New Zealand | 2015-2023 | 18 | 18 | 151.5 | 10 | 793 | 27 | 4/47 | 29.37 | 5.22 | 33.74 | 1 | - |
| 41 | Steve Waugh | Australia | 1987-1999 | 33 | 26 | 173.1 | 7 | 814 | 27 | 3/36 | 30.14 | 4.70 | 38.48 | - | - |
| 42 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | 2015-2023 | 21 | 21 | 180.1 | 4 | 829 | 27 | 5/33 | 30.70 | 4.60 | 40.03 | - | 1 |
| 43 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 1992-2007 | 38 | 31 | 219.1 | 4 | 1060 | 27 | 3/12 | 39.25 | 4.83 | 48.70 | - | - |
| 44 | JM Anderson | England | 2003-2015 | 25 | 25 | 209.0 | 9 | 1081 | 27 | 4/25 | 40.03 | 5.17 | 46.44 | 2 | - |
| 45 | Morne Morkel | South Africa | 2011-2015 | 14 | 14 | 108.3 | 4 | 506 | 26 | 3/33 | 19.46 | 4.66 | 25.03 | - | - |
| 46 | Mushtaq Ahmed | Pakistan | 1992-1996 | 15 | 14 | 135.0 | 5 | 549 | 26 | 3/16 | 21.11 | 4.06 | 31.15 | - | - |
| 47 | AME Roberts | West Indies | 1975-1983 | 16 | 16 | 170.1 | 29 | 552 | 26 | 3/32 | 21.23 | 3.24 | 39.26 | - | - |
| 48 | Damien Fleming | Australia | 1996-1999 | 16 | 16 | 133.2 | 12 | 583 | 26 | 5/36 | 22.42 | 4.37 | 30.76 | - | 1 |
| 49 | Adil Rashid | England | 2019-2023 | 20 | 20 | 171.4 | 1 | 939 | 26 | 3/42 | 36.11 | 5.46 | 39.61 | - | - |
| 50 | MG Johnson | Australia | 2011-2015 | 15 | 15 | 121.0 | 9 | 557 | 25 | 4/19 | 22.28 | 4.60 | 29.04 | 3 | - |
| 51 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 2019-2023 | 16 | 16 | 137.5 | 5 | 882 | 25 | 5/59 | 35.28 | 6.39 | 33.08 | - | 2 |
| 52 | Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 1992-1999 | 17 | 17 | 164.3 | 20 | 499 | 24 | 3/28 | 20.79 | 3.03 | 41.12 | - | - |
| 53 | Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 1983-1987 | 13 | 13 | 135.4 | 8 | 506 | 24 | 5/44 | 21.08 | 3.72 | 33.91 | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | Manoj Prabhakar | India | 1987-1996 | 19 | 18 | 145.1 | 10 | 640 | 24 | 4/19 | 26.66 | 4.40 | 36.29 | 1 | - |
| 55 | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | 2019-2023 | 18 | 17 | 150.5 | 11 | 761 | 24 | 3/33 | 31.70 | 5.04 | 37.70 | - | - |
| 56 | Mark Wood | England | 2019-2023 | 17 | 17 | 143.4 | 3 | 812 | 24 | 3/18 | 33.83 | 5.65 | 35.91 | - | - |
| 57 | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 1996-2003 | 14 | 14 | 112.2 | 7 | 494 | 23 | 5/35 | 21.47 | 4.39 | 29.30 | - | 1 |
| 58 | A Flintoff | England | 1999-2007 | 18 | 17 | 135.4 | 12 | 534 | 23 | 4/43 | 23.21 | 3.93 | 35.39 | 1 | - |
| 59 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | 2011-2015 | 14 | 14 | 115.0 | 10 | 538 | 23 | 5/50 | 23.39 | 4.67 | 30.00 | - | 1 |
| 60 | Andre Russell | West Indies | 2011-2019 | 14 | 14 | 100.1 | 9 | 576 | 23 | 4/49 | 25.04 | 5.75 | 26.13 | 1 | - |
| 61 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | 2015-2023 | 16 | 16 | 136.0 | 13 | 625 | 23 | 4/35 | 27.17 | 4.59 | 35.47 | 1 | - |
| 62 | JE Taylor | West Indies | 2007-2015 | 14 | 14 | 121.3 | 5 | 634 | 23 | 3/15 | 27.56 | 5.21 | 31.69 | - | - |
| 63 | TM Odoyo | Kenya | 1996-2011 | 25 | 24 | 169.0 | 12 | 817 | 23 | 4/28 | 35.52 | 4.83 | 44.08 | 1 | - |
| 64 | Sir RJ Hadlee | New Zealand | 1975-1983 | 13 | 13 | 146.1 | 38 | 421 | 22 | 5/25 | 19.13 | 2.88 | 39.86 | - | 1 |
| 65 | Sharma Madan Lal | India | 1975-1983 | 11 | 11 | 116.2 | 12 | 426 | 22 | 4/20 | 19.36 | 3.66 | 31.72 | 1 | - |
| 66 | Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 1996-2003 | 13 | 11 | 93.1 | 8 | 466 | 22 | 4/26 | 21.18 | 5.00 | 25.40 | 1 | - |
| 67 | Lance Klusener | South Africa | 1999-2003 | 14 | 13 | 100.5 | 7 | 487 | 22 | 5/21 | 22.13 | 4.82 | 27.50 | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | 2019-2023 | 20 | 19 | 159.4 | 8 | 772 | 22 | 5/59 | 35.09 | 4.83 | 43.54 | - | 1 |
| 69 | Heath Streak | Zimbabwe | 1996-2003 | 22 | 21 | 175.0 | 13 | 804 | 22 | 3/35 | 36.54 | 4.59 | 47.72 | - | - |
| 70 | D Madushanka | Sri Lanka | 2023-2023 | 9 | 9 | 78.2 | 4 | 525 | 21 | 5/80 | 25.00 | 6.70 | 22.38 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | Kuldeep Yadav | India | 2019-2023 | 18 | 18 | 162.1 | 4 | 761 | 21 | 2/7 | 36.23 | 4.69 | 46.33 | - | - |
| 72 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 2015-2023 | 24 | 24 | 179.5 | 4 | 850 | 21 | 4/30 | 40.47 | 4.72 | 51.38 | 1 | - |
| 73 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 1996-2011 | 36 | 32 | 211.0 | 13 | 904 | 21 | 3/26 | 43.04 | 4.28 | 60.28 | - | - |
| 74 | Geoffrey Allott | New Zealand | 1999-1999 | 9 | 9 | 87.4 | 7 | 325 | 20 | 4/37 | 16.25 | 3.70 | 26.30 | 2 | - |
| 75 | Michael Holding | West Indies | 1979-1983 | 11 | 11 | 115.5 | 16 | 341 | 20 | 4/33 | 17.05 | 2.94 | 34.75 | 1 | - |
| 76 | G Coetzee | South Africa | 2023-2023 | 8 | 8 | 63.3 | 1 | 396 | 20 | 4/44 | 19.80 | 6.23 | 19.05 | 1 | - |
| 77 | Jofra Archer | England | 2019-2019 | 11 | 11 | 100.5 | 8 | 461 | 20 | 3/27 | 23.05 | 4.57 | 30.25 | - | - |
| 78 | Yuvraj Singh | India | 2003-2011 | 23 | 14 | 92.3 | 4 | 462 | 20 | 5/31 | 23.10 | 4.99 | 27.75 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Kemar Roach | West Indies | 2011-2019 | 13 | 13 | 101.0 | 7 | 466 | 20 | 6/27 | 23.30 | 4.61 | 30.30 | - | 1 |
| 80 | Abdur Razzak | Bangladesh | 2007-2011 | 15 | 15 | 121.4 | 9 | 564 | 20 | 3/20 | 28.20 | 4.63 | 36.50 | - | - |
| 81 | Harbhajan Singh | India | 2003-2011 | 21 | 20 | 192.2 | 8 | 808 | 20 | 3/53 | 40.40 | 4.20 | 57.70 | - | - |
| 82 | Roger Binny | India | 1983-1987 | 9 | 9 | 95.0 | 9 | 382 | 19 | 4/29 | 20.10 | 4.02 | 30.00 | 1 | - |
| 83 | AJ Hall | South Africa | 2003-2007 | 12 | 12 | 99.0 | 8 | 438 | 19 | 5/18 | 23.05 | 4.42 | 31.26 | - | 1 |
| 84 | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 2011-2023 | 27 | 17 | 95.5 | 3 | 491 | 19 | 3/41 | 25.84 | 5.12 | 30.26 | - | - |
| 85 | W Watson | New Zealand | 1987-1992 | 14 | 14 | 132.0 | 14 | 571 | 19 | 3/37 | 30.05 | 4.32 | 41.68 | - | - |
| 86 | Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan | 1999-2011 | 22 | 21 | 140.0 | 11 | 592 | 19 | 3/25 | 31.15 | 4.22 | 44.21 | - | - |
| 87 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh | 2003-2019 | 24 | 24 | 187.2 | 11 | 1010 | 19 | 4/38 | 53.15 | 5.39 | 59.15 | 1 | - |
| 88 | RGD Willis | England | 1979-1983 | 11 | 11 | 118.1 | 27 | 315 | 18 | 4/11 | 17.50 | 2.66 | 39.38 | 2 | - |
| 89 | Umesh Yadav | India | 2015-2015 | 8 | 8 | 64.2 | 5 | 321 | 18 | 4/31 | 17.83 | 4.98 | 21.44 | 2 | - |
| 90 | Umar Gul | Pakistan | 2007-2011 | 11 | 11 | 83.3 | 7 | 344 | 18 | 3/30 | 19.11 | 4.11 | 27.83 | - | - |
| 91 | Ashish Nehra | India | 2003-2011 | 12 | 12 | 92.5 | 10 | 409 | 18 | 6/23 | 22.72 | 4.40 | 30.94 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | Hashan Tillakaratne | Sri Lanka | 2007-2015 | 27 | 22 | 101.1 | 5 | 447 | 18 | 4/4 | 24.83 | 4.41 | 33.72 | 1 | - |
| 93 | Ashantha De Mel | Sri Lanka | 1983-1987 | 9 | 9 | 90.2 | 13 | 449 | 18 | 5/32 | 24.94 | 4.97 | 30.11 | - | 2 |
| 94 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 2011-2023 | 11 | 11 | 107.0 | 7 | 457 | 18 | 4/25 | 25.38 | 4.27 | 35.66 | 1 | - |
| 95 | Roger Harper | West Indies | 1987-1996 | 14 | 14 | 132.0 | 10 | 488 | 18 | 4/47 | 27.11 | 3.69 | 44.00 | 1 | - |
| 96 | Aaqib Javed | Pakistan | 1992-1996 | 15 | 15 | 124.2 | 13 | 517 | 18 | 3/21 | 28.72 | 4.15 | 41.44 | - | - |
| 97 | MO Odumbe | Kenya | 1996-2003 | 19 | 16 | 116.5 | 9 | 567 | 18 | 4/38 | 31.50 | 4.85 | 38.94 | 1 | - |
| 98 | Gavin Larsen | New Zealand | 1992-1999 | 19 | 19 | 170.0 | 12 | 599 | 18 | 3/16 | 33.27 | 3.52 | 56.66 | - | - |
| 99 | Carl Hooper | West Indies | 1987-2003 | 20 | 17 | 154.0 | 3 | 659 | 18 | 3/42 | 36.61 | 4.27 | 51.33 | - | - |
| 100 | Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 1992-2003 | 28 | 23 | 146.4 | 9 | 755 | 18 | 3/19 | 41.94 | 5.14 | 48.88 | - | - |