| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | Team |
| Joel Garner | 98 | 5330 | 2752 | 146 | 5/31 | 18.84 | 3.09 | 36.50 | 2 | 3 | West Indies |
| Bob Willis | 64 | 3595 | 1968 | 80 | 4/11 | 24.60 | 3.28 | 44.93 | 4 | 0 | England |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 115 | 6182 | 3407 | 158 | 5/25 | 21.56 | 3.30 | 39.12 | 1 | 5 | New Zealand |
| Michael Holding | 102 | 5473 | 3034 | 142 | 5/26 | 21.36 | 3.32 | 38.54 | 5 | 1 | West Indies |
| Simon Davis | 39 | 2016 | 1133 | 44 | 3/10 | 25.75 | 3.37 | 45.81 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Andy Roberts | 56 | 3123 | 1771 | 87 | 5/22 | 20.35 | 3.40 | 35.89 | 2 | 1 | West Indies |
| Curtly Ambrose | 176 | 9353 | 5429 | 225 | 5/17 | 24.12 | 3.48 | 41.56 | 6 | 4 | West Indies |
| Malcolm Marshall | 136 | 7175 | 4233 | 157 | 4/18 | 26.96 | 3.53 | 45.70 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Angus Fraser | 42 | 2392 | 1412 | 47 | 4/22 | 30.04 | 3.54 | 50.89 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Mike Whitney | 38 | 2106 | 1249 | 46 | 4/34 | 27.15 | 3.55 | 45.78 | 2 | 0 | Australia |
| Fanie de Villiers | 83 | 4422 | 2636 | 95 | 4/27 | 27.74 | 3.57 | 46.54 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| Ewen Chatfield | 114 | 6065 | 3618 | 140 | 5/34 | 25.84 | 3.57 | 43.32 | 3 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Dennis Lillee | 63 | 3593 | 2145 | 103 | 5/34 | 20.82 | 3.58 | 34.88 | 5 | 1 | Australia |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 45 | 2412 | 1463 | 63 | 4/27 | 23.22 | 3.63 | 38.28 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Geoff Lawson | 79 | 4259 | 2592 | 88 | 4/26 | 29.45 | 3.65 | 48.39 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Terry Alderman | 65 | 3371 | 2056 | 88 | 5/17 | 23.36 | 3.65 | 38.30 | 1 | 2 | Australia |
| Shaun Pollock | 303 | 15712 | 9631 | 393 | 6/35 | 24.50 | 3.67 | 39.97 | 12 | 5 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Akram Raza | 49 | 2601 | 1611 | 38 | 3/18 | 42.39 | 3.71 | 68.44 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Kapil Dev | 225 | 11202 | 6945 | 253 | 5/43 | 27.45 | 3.71 | 44.27 | 3 | 1 | India |
| Gavin Larsen | 121 | 6368 | 4000 | 113 | 4/24 | 35.39 | 3.76 | 56.35 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Graham Dilley | 36 | 2043 | 1291 | 48 | 4/23 | 26.89 | 3.79 | 42.56 | 3 | 0 | England |
| Courtney Walsh | 205 | 10822 | 6918 | 227 | 5/1 | 30.47 | 3.83 | 47.67 | 6 | 1 | West Indies |
| Alan Mullally | 50 | 2699 | 1728 | 63 | 4/18 | 27.42 | 3.84 | 42.84 | 2 | 0 | England |
| Glenn McGrath | 250 | 12970 | 8391 | 381 | 7/15 | 22.02 | 3.88 | 34.04 | 9 | 7 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Imran Khan | 175 | 7461 | 4844 | 182 | 6/14 | 26.61 | 3.89 | 40.99 | 3 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Wasim Akram | 356 | 18186 | 11812 | 502 | 5/15 | 23.52 | 3.89 | 36.22 | 17 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Paul Reiffel | 92 | 4732 | 3096 | 106 | 4/13 | 29.20 | 3.92 | 44.64 | 5 | 0 | Australia |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 350 | 18811 | 12326 | 534 | 7/30 | 23.08 | 3.93 | 35.22 | 15 | 10 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Carl Rackemann | 52 | 2791 | 1833 | 82 | 5/16 | 22.35 | 3.94 | 34.03 | 3 | 1 | Australia |
| Rodney Hogg | 71 | 3677 | 2418 | 85 | 4/29 | 28.44 | 3.94 | 43.25 | 5 | 0 | Australia |
| Craig Matthews | 56 | 3003 | 1975 | 79 | 4/10 | 25.00 | 3.94 | 38.01 | 3 | 0 | South Africa |
| Maninder Singh | 59 | 3133 | 2066 | 66 | 4/22 | 31.30 | 3.95 | 47.46 | 1 | 0 | India |
| Ian Botham | 116 | 6271 | 4139 | 145 | 4/31 | 28.54 | 3.96 | 43.24 | 3 | 0 | England |
| Phil DeFreitas | 103 | 5712 | 3775 | 115 | 4/35 | 32.82 | 3.96 | 49.66 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Roger Harper | 105 | 5175 | 3431 | 100 | 4/40 | 34.31 | 3.97 | 51.75 | 3 | 0 | West Indies |
| Raymond Price | 102 | 5374 | 3575 | 100 | 4/22 | 35.75 | 3.99 | 53.74 | 1 | 0 | Zimbabwe |
| Cameron Cuffy | 41 | 2153 | 1436 | 41 | 4/24 | 35.02 | 4.00 | 52.51 | 1 | 0 | West Indies |
| Andy Caddick | 54 | 2937 | 1965 | 69 | 4/19 | 28.47 | 4.01 | 42.56 | 3 | 0 | England |
| Craig McDermott | 138 | 7461 | 5018 | 203 | 5/44 | 24.71 | 4.03 | 36.75 | 4 | 1 | Australia |
| Greg Chappell | 74 | 3108 | 2097 | 72 | 5/15 | 29.12 | 4.04 | 43.16 | 0 | 2 | Australia |
| Madan Lal | 67 | 3164 | 2137 | 73 | 4/20 | 29.27 | 4.05 | 43.34 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Lance Cairns | 78 | 4015 | 2717 | 89 | 5/28 | 30.52 | 4.06 | 45.11 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Abdul Qadir | 104 | 5100 | 3454 | 132 | 5/44 | 26.16 | 4.06 | 38.63 | 4 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Bruce Reid | 61 | 3250 | 2203 | 63 | 5/53 | 34.96 | 4.06 | 51.58 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| Mark Ealham | 64 | 3227 | 2197 | 67 | 5/15 | 32.79 | 4.08 | 48.16 | 1 | 2 | England |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 161 | 6458 | 4397 | 123 | 3/17 | 35.74 | 4.08 | 52.50 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Eldine Baptiste | 43 | 2214 | 1511 | 36 | 2/10 | 41.97 | 4.09 | 61.50 | 0 | 0 | West Indies |
| Sunil Narine | 52 | 2824 | 1934 | 73 | 5/27 | 26.49 | 4.10 | 38.68 | 4 | 1 | West Indies |
| John Emburey | 61 | 3425 | 2346 | 76 | 4/37 | 30.86 | 4.10 | 45.06 | 2 | 0 | England |
| Daniel Vettori | 295 | 14060 | 9674 | 305 | 5/7 | 31.71 | 4.12 | 46.09 | 8 | 2 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Bryan Strang | 49 | 2494 | 1718 | 46 | 6/20 | 37.34 | 4.13 | 54.21 | 1 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Arshad Khan | 58 | 2823 | 1948 | 56 | 4/33 | 34.78 | 4.14 | 50.41 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Willie Watson | 61 | 3251 | 2247 | 74 | 4/27 | 30.36 | 4.14 | 43.93 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Tauseef Ahmed | 70 | 3250 | 2247 | 55 | 4/38 | 40.85 | 4.14 | 59.09 | 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Pat Symcox | 80 | 3991 | 2762 | 72 | 4/28 | 38.36 | 4.15 | 55.43 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Allan Donald | 164 | 8561 | 5926 | 272 | 6/23 | 21.78 | 4.15 | 31.47 | 11 | 2 | South Africa |
| Winston Benjamin | 85 | 4442 | 3079 | 100 | 5/22 | 30.79 | 4.15 | 44.42 | 0 | 1 | West Indies |
| Reon King | 50 | 2603 | 1807 | 76 | 4/25 | 23.77 | 4.16 | 34.25 | 2 | 0 | West Indies |
| Hiren Varaiya | 63 | 2949 | 2049 | 68 | 4/25 | 30.13 | 4.16 | 43.36 | 2 | 0 | Kenya |
| Gladstone Small | 53 | 2793 | 1942 | 58 | 4/31 | 33.48 | 4.17 | 48.15 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Dipak Patel | 75 | 3251 | 2261 | 45 | 3/22 | 50.24 | 4.17 | 72.24 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Jeremy Coney | 88 | 2931 | 2039 | 54 | 4/46 | 37.75 | 4.17 | 54.27 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Peter Taylor | 83 | 3937 | 2740 | 97 | 4/38 | 28.24 | 4.17 | 40.58 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Saeed Ajmal | 113 | 6000 | 4182 | 184 | 5/24 | 22.72 | 4.18 | 32.60 | 6 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Don Anurasiri | 45 | 2100 | 1464 | 32 | 3/40 | 45.75 | 4.18 | 65.62 | 0 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Chaminda Vaas | 322 | 15775 | 11014 | 400 | 8/19 | 27.53 | 4.18 | 39.43 | 9 | 4 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Neil Foster | 48 | 2627 | 1836 | 59 | 3/20 | 31.11 | 4.19 | 44.52 | 0 | 0 | England |
| Jason Gillespie | 97 | 5144 | 3611 | 142 | 5/22 | 25.42 | 4.21 | 36.22 | 3 | 3 | Australia |
| Ravi Shastri | 150 | 6613 | 4650 | 129 | 5/15 | 36.04 | 4.21 | 51.26 | 2 | 1 | India |
| Derek Pringle | 44 | 2379 | 1677 | 44 | 4/42 | 38.11 | 4.22 | 54.06 | 1 | 0 | England |
| Robert Croft | 50 | 2466 | 1743 | 45 | 3/51 | 38.73 | 4.24 | 54.80 | 0 | 0 | England |
| Mudassar Nazar | 122 | 4855 | 3432 | 111 | 5/28 | 30.91 | 4.24 | 43.73 | 1 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Tim May | 47 | 2504 | 1772 | 39 | 3/19 | 45.43 | 4.24 | 64.20 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Shane Warne | 194 | 10642 | 7541 | 293 | 5/33 | 25.73 | 4.25 | 36.32 | 12 | 1 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 144 | 7543 | 5361 | 161 | 5/36 | 33.29 | 4.26 | 46.85 | 3 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 130 | 6360 | 4534 | 157 | 5/33 | 28.87 | 4.27 | 40.50 | 4 | 2 | India |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 141 | 7009 | 4998 | 138 | 4/37 | 36.21 | 4.27 | 50.78 | 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Simon O'Donnell | 87 | 4350 | 3102 | 108 | 5/13 | 28.72 | 4.27 | 40.27 | 5 | 1 | Australia |
| Greg Matthews | 59 | 2808 | 2004 | 57 | 3/27 | 35.15 | 4.28 | 49.26 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Chris Harris | 250 | 10667 | 7613 | 203 | 5/42 | 37.50 | 4.28 | 52.54 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Aaqib Javed | 163 | 8012 | 5721 | 182 | 7/37 | 31.43 | 4.28 | 44.02 | 2 | 4 | Pakistan |
| Brian McMillan | 78 | 3623 | 2589 | 70 | 4/32 | 36.98 | 4.28 | 51.75 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| Shane Bond | 82 | 4295 | 3070 | 147 | 6/19 | 20.88 | 4.28 | 29.21 | 7 | 4 | New Zealand |
| Martin Snedden | 93 | 4525 | 3237 | 114 | 4/34 | 28.39 | 4.29 | 39.69 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 62 | 2864 | 2049 | 68 | 4/17 | 30.13 | 4.29 | 42.11 | 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 169 | 8770 | 6275 | 288 | 5/20 | 21.78 | 4.29 | 30.45 | 11 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Vinothen John | 45 | 2311 | 1655 | 34 | 3/28 | 48.67 | 4.29 | 67.97 | 0 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Harbhajan Singh | 229 | 12059 | 8651 | 259 | 5/31 | 33.40 | 4.30 | 46.55 | 2 | 3 | India |
| Corey Collymore | 84 | 4074 | 2924 | 83 | 5/51 | 35.22 | 4.30 | 49.08 | 1 | 1 | West Indies |
| Anil Kumble | 271 | 14496 | 10412 | 337 | 6/12 | 30.89 | 4.30 | 43.01 | 8 | 2 | India / Asian XI |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 152 | 7759 | 5576 | 197 | 4/16 | 28.30 | 4.31 | 39.38 | 6 | 0 | Bangladesh |
| Tom Moody | 76 | 2797 | 2014 | 52 | 3/25 | 38.73 | 4.32 | 53.78 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Jeff Thomson | 50 | 2696 | 1942 | 55 | 4/67 | 35.30 | 4.32 | 49.01 | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| Ian Bishop | 84 | 4332 | 3127 | 118 | 5/25 | 26.50 | 4.33 | 36.71 | 7 | 2 | West Indies |
| Trent Johnston | 67 | 2930 | 2115 | 66 | 5/14 | 32.04 | 4.33 | 44.39 | 1 | 1 | Ireland |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 85 | 2730 | 1971 | 46 | 3/12 | 42.84 | 4.33 | 59.34 | 0 | 0 | India |
| Patrick Patterson | 59 | 3050 | 2206 | 90 | 6/29 | 24.51 | 4.33 | 33.88 | 1 | 1 | West Indies |
| Ashley Giles | 62 | 2856 | 2069 | 55 | 5/57 | 37.61 | 4.34 | 51.92 | 0 | 1 | England |
| Ian Bradshaw | 62 | 3172 | 2299 | 78 | 3/15 | 29.47 | 4.34 | 40.66 | 0 | 0 | West Indies |
| Prosper Utseya | 161 | 8409 | 6109 | 132 | 5/36 | 46.28 | 4.35 | 63.70 | 2 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Carl Hooper | 227 | 9573 | 6958 | 193 | 4/34 | 36.05 | 4.36 | 49.60 | 3 | 0 | West Indies |
