Test Records:- Most Wickets in a career

#	Player Name	Team	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Ave	Best	5w	10w	Period
1	Muttiah Muralitharan	SL	132	43669	17989	792	22.7134	9-51	66	22	1992
2	Shane Warne	Aus	145	40705	17995	708	25.4167	8-71	37	10	1992-2007
3	Anil Kumble	Ind	132	40850	18355	619	29.6527	10-74	35	8	1990-2008
4	Glenn McGrath	Aus	124	29248	12186	563	21.6448	8-24	29	3	1993-2007
5	Courtney Walsh	WI	132	30019	12688	519	24.4470	7-37	22	3	1984-2001
6	Kapil Dev	Ind	131	27740	12867	434	29.6475	9-83	23	2	1978-1994
7	Richard Hadlee	NZ	86	21918	9611	431	22.2993	9-52	36	9	1973-1990
8	Shaun Pollock	SA	108	24353	9733	421	23.1188	7-87	16	1	1995-2008
9	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	22627	9779	414	23.6208	7-119	25	5	1985-2002
10	Curtly Ambrose	WI	98	22103	8501	405	20.9901	8-45	22	3	1988-2000
11	Makhaya Ntini	SA	101	20834	11243	390	28.8282	7-37	18	4	1998
12	Ian Botham	Eng	102	21815	10878	383	28.4021	8-34	27	4	1977-1992
13	Malcolm Marshall	WI	81	17584	7876	376	20.9468	7-22	22	4	1978-1991
14	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	16224	8788	373	23.5603	7-76	22	5	1989-2000
15	Imran Khan	Pak	88	19458	8258	362	22.8122	8-58	23	6	1971-1992
16	Chaminda Vaas	SL	111	23408	10483	355	29.5296	7-71	12	2	1994-2009
17	Dennis Lillee	Aus	70	18467	8493	355	23.9239	7-83	23	7	1971-1984
18	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	81	22534	10621	344	30.8750	8-84	23	5	1998
19	Allan Donald	SA	72	15519	7344	330	22.2545	8-71	20	3	1992-2002
20	Bob Willis	Eng	90	17357	8190	325	25.2000	8-43	16	0	1971-1984
21	Daniel Vettori	NZ	97	24037	10520	313	33.6102	7-87	18	3	1997
22	Brett Lee	Aus	76	16531	9554	310	30.8194	5-30	10	0	1999
23	Lance Gibbs	WI	79	27115	8989	309	29.0906	8-38	18	2	1958-1976
24	Fred Trueman	Eng	67	15178	6625	307	21.5798	8-31	17	3	1952-1965
25	Derek Underwood	Eng	86	21862	7674	297	25.8384	8-51	17	6	1966-1982
26	Craig McDermott	Aus	71	16586	8332	291	28.6323	8-97	14	2	1984-1996
27	Bishan Bedi	Ind	67	21364	7637	266	28.7105	7-98	14	1	1966-1979
28	Jacques Kallis	SA	135	17370	8164	260	31.4000	6-54	5	0	1995
29	Joel Garner	WI	58	13169	5433	259	20.9768	6-56	7	0	1977-1987
30	Jason Gillespie	Aus	71	14234	6770	259	26.1390	7-37	8	0	1996-2006
31	Danish Kaneria	Pak	58	17157	8705	254	34.2717	7-77	15	2	2000
32	Brian Statham	Eng	70	16056	6261	252	24.8452	7-39	9	1	1951-1965
33	Michael Holding	WI	60	1280	5898	249	23.6867	8-92	13	2	1975-1987
34	Matthew Hoggard	Eng	67	13909	7564	248	30.5000	7-61	7	1	2000
35	Richie Benaud	Aus	63	19108	6704	248	27.0323	7-72	16	1	1952-1964
36	Garth McKenzie	Aus	60	17681	7328	246	29.7886	8-71	16	3	1961-1971
37	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Ind	58	15963	7199	242	29.7479	8-79	16	2	1964-1979
38	Alec Bedser	Eng	51	15918	5876	236	24.8983	7-44	15	3	1964-1955
39	Abdul Qadir	Pak	67	17126	7742	236	32.8051	9-56	15	5	1977-1990
40	Alec Bedser	Eng	51	15918	5879	236	24.9110	7-44	15	5	1946-1955
41	Javagal Srinath	Ind	67	15104	7196	236	30.4915	8-86	10	1	1991-2002
42	Garry Sobers	WI	93	21599	7999	235	34.0383	7-46	13	1	1954-1974
43	Andy Caddick	Eng	62	13558	6999	234	29.9103	7-46	13	1	1993-2003
44	Darren Gough	Eng	58	11821	6503	229	28.3974	6-42	5	0	1994-2000
45	Ray Lindwall	Aus	61	13650	5251	228	23.0307	7-38	12	0	1946-1960
46	Zaheer Khan	Ind	70	13940	7678	228	33.6754	5-29	8	0	2000
47	Andrew Flintoff	Eng	79	14951	7410	226	32.7876	5-58	3	0	1998-2009
48	Steve Harmison	Eng	63	13375	7192	226	31.8230	7-12	8	1	2002
49	Chris Cairns	NZ	62	11698	6410	218	29.4037	7-27	13	1	1989-2004
50	Heath Streak	Zim	65	13559	6079	216	28.1435	6-73	7	0	1993-2005
51	Clarrie Grimmett	Aus	37	14513	5231	216	24.2176	7-40	21	7	1925-1936
52	Merv Hughes	Aus	53	12285	6017	212	28.3821	8-87	7	1	1985-1994
53	Stuart MacGill	Aus	44	11237	6038	208	29.0288	8-108	12	2	1998-2008
54	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	49	14070	6206	208	29.8365	8-164	13	3	1995-2004
55	Andy Roberts	WI	47	11135	5174	202	25.6139	7-54	11	2	1974-1983
56	John Snow	Eng	49	12021	5387	202	26.6683	7-40	8	1	1965-1976
57	Jeff Thomson	Aus	51	10535	5601	200	28.0050	6-46	8	0	1972-1985