Test Records :Five Wickets in an innings 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 Richard Hadlee NZ 86 21918 9611 431 22.2993 9-52 36 9 1973-1990 4 Anil Kumble Ind 132 40850 18355 619 29.6527 10-74 35 8 1990-2008 5 Glenn McGrath Aus 124 29248 12186 563 21.6448 8-24 29 3 1993-2007 6 Ian Botham Eng 102 21815 10878 383 28.4021 8-34 27 4 1977-1992 7 Wasim Akram Pak 104 22627 9779 414 23.6208 7-119 25 5 1985-2002 8 Sydney Barnes Eng 27 7873 3106 189 16.4339 9-103 24 7 1901-1914 9 Kapil Dev Ind 131 27740 12867 434 29.6475 9-83 23 2 1978-1994 10 Harbhajan Singh Ind 81 22534 10621 344 30.8750 8-84 23 5 1998 11 Imran Khan Pak 88 19458 8258 362 22.8122 8-58 23 6 1971-1992 12 Dennis Lillee Aus 70 18467 8493 355 23.9239 7-83 23 7 1971-1984 13 Curtly Ambrose WI 98 22103 8501 405 20.9901 8-45 22 3 1988-2000 14 Malcolm Marshall WI 81 17584 7876 376 20.9468 7-22 22 4 1978-1991 15 Waqar Younis Pak 87 16224 8788 373 23.5603 7-76 22 5 1989-2000 16 Courtney Walsh WI 132 30019 12688 519 24.4470 7-37 22 3 1984-2001 17 Clarrie Grimmett Aus 37 14513 5231 216 24.2176 7-40 21 7 1925-1936 18 Allan Donald SA 72 15519 7344 330 22.2545 8-71 20 3 1992-2002 19 Lance Gibbs WI 79 27115 8989 309 29.0906 8-38 18 2 1958-1976 20 Daniel Vettori NZ 97 24037 10520 313 33.6102 7-87 18 3 1997 21 Makhaya Ntini SA 101 20834 11243 390 28.8282 7-37 18 4 1998