Last Updated on July 8, 2014
| Player | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL) | 350 | 534 | 7/30 | 23.08 | 3.93 | 35.2 | 15 | 10 |
| 2 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 356 | 502 | 5/15 | 23.52 | 3.89 | 36.2 | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 262 | 416 | 7/36 | 23.84 | 4.68 | 30.5 | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Chaminda Vaas (Asia/SL) | 322 | 400 | 8/19 | 27.53 | 4.18 | 39.4 | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | Shaun Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA) | 303 | 393 | 6/35 | 24.50 | 3.67 | 39.9 | 12 | 5 |
| 6 | Glenn McGrath (Aus/ICC) | 250 | 381 | 7/15 | 22.02 | 3.88 | 34.0 | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Brett Lee (Aus) | 221 | 380 | 5/22 | 23.36 | 4.76 | 29.4 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) | 378 | 378 | 7/12 | 33.89 | 4.62 | 43.9 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Anil Kumble (Asia/India) | 271 | 337 | 6/12 | 30.89 | 4.30 | 43.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 445 | 323 | 6/29 | 36.75 | 4.78 | 46.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 11 | Javagal Srinath (India) | 229 | 315 | 5/23 | 28.08 | 4.44 | 37.8 | 7 | 3 |
| 12 | Shane Warne (Aus/ICC) | 194 | 293 | 5/33 | 25.73 | 4.25 | 36.3 | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 169 | 288 | 5/20 | 21.78 | 4.29 | 30.4 | 11 | 6 |
| 14 | Ajit Agarkar (India) | 191 | 288 | 6/42 | 27.85 | 5.07 | 32.9 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | Daniel Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 275 | 284 | 5/7 | 31.50 | 4.11 | 45.8 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | Zaheer Khan (Asia/India) | 200 | 282 | 5/42 | 29.43 | 4.93 | 35.8 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 326 | 273 | 5/30 | 31.79 | 4.84 | 39.3 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Allan Donald (SA) | 164 | 272 | 6/23 | 21.78 | 4.15 | 31.4 | 11 | 2 |
| 19 | Abdul Razzaq (Asia/Pak) | 265 | 269 | 6/35 | 31.83 | 4.69 | 40.6 | 8 | 3 |
| 20 | Makhaya Ntini (ICC/SA) | 173 | 266 | 6/22 | 24.65 | 4.53 | 32.6 | 8 | 4 |