| Muttiah Muralitharan | 350 | 18811 | 12326 | 534 | 7/30 | 23.08
| 3.93
| 35.22
| 15 | 10 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Wasim Akram | 356 | 18186 | 11812 | 502 | 5/15 | 23.52
| 3.89
| 36.22
| 17 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Waqar Younis | 262 | 12698 | 9919 | 416 | 7/36 | 23.84
| 4.68
| 30.52
| 14 | 13 | Pakistan |
| Chaminda Vaas | 322 | 15775 | 11014 | 400 | 8/19 | 27.53
| 4.18
| 39.43
| 9 | 4 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Shahid Afridi | 398 | 17670 | 13632 | 395 | 7/12 | 34.51
| 4.62
| 44.73
| 4 | 9 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Shaun Pollock | 303 | 15712 | 9631 | 393 | 6/35 | 24.50
| 3.67
| 39.97
| 12 | 5 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Glenn McGrath | 250 | 12970 | 8391 | 381 | 7/15 | 22.02
| 3.88
| 34.04
| 9 | 7 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Brett Lee | 221 | 11185 | 8877 | 380 | 5/22 | 23.36
| 4.76
| 29.43
| 14 | 9 | Australia |
| Anil Kumble | 271 | 14496 | 10412 | 337 | 6/12 | 30.89
| 4.30
| 43.01
| 8 | 2 | India / Asian XI |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 445 | 14874 | 11870 | 323 | 6/29 | 36.74
| 4.78
| 46.04
| 8 | 4 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Javagal Srinath | 229 | 11935 | 8847 | 315 | 5/23 | 28.08
| 4.44
| 37.88
| 7 | 3 | India |
| Daniel Vettori | 295 | 14060 | 9674 | 305 | 5/7 | 31.71
| 4.12
| 46.09
| 8 | 2 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Shane Warne | 194 | 10642 | 7541 | 293 | 5/33 | 25.73
| 4.25
| 36.32
| 12 | 1 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 169 | 8770 | 6275 | 288 | 5/20 | 21.78
| 4.29
| 30.45
| 11 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Ajit Agarkar | 191 | 9484 | 8021 | 288 | 6/42 | 27.85
| 5.07
| 32.93
| 10 | 2 | India |
| Lasith Malinga | 184 | 8861 | 7730 | 283 | 6/38 | 27.31
| 5.23
| 31.31
| 9 | 7 | Sri Lanka |
| Zaheer Khan | 200 | 10097 | 8301 | 282 | 5/42 | 29.43
| 4.93
| 35.80
| 7 | 1 | India / Asian XI |
| Jacques Kallis | 328 | 10750 | 8680 | 273 | 5/30 | 31.79
| 4.84
| 39.37
| 2 | 2 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Allan Donald | 164 | 8561 | 5926 | 272 | 6/23 | 21.78
| 4.15
| 31.47
| 11 | 2 | South Africa |
| James Anderson | 194 | 9584 | 7861 | 269 | 5/23 | 29.22
| 4.92
| 35.62
| 11 | 2 | England |
| Abdul Razzaq | 265 | 10941 | 8564 | 269 | 6/35 | 31.83
| 4.69
| 40.67
| 8 | 3 | Pakistan / Asian XI |
| Makhaya Ntini | 173 | 8687 | 6559 | 266 | 6/22 | 24.65
| 4.53
| 32.65
| 8 | 4 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Harbhajan Singh | 229 | 12059 | 8651 | 259 | 5/31 | 33.40
| 4.30
| 46.55
| 2 | 3 | India |
| Kapil Dev | 225 | 11202 | 6945 | 253 | 5/43 | 27.45
| 3.71
| 44.27
| 3 | 1 | India |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 163 | 7764 | 6169 | 247 | 6/16 | 24.97
| 4.76
| 31.43
| 6 | 4 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Kyle Mills | 170 | 8230 | 6485 | 240 | 5/25 | 27.02
| 4.72
| 34.29
| 8 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Mitchell Johnson | 153 | 7490 | 6037 | 239 | 6/31 | 25.25
| 4.83
| 31.33
| 9 | 3 | Australia |
| Heath Streak | 189 | 9468 | 7129 | 239 | 5/32 | 29.82
| 4.51
| 39.61
| 7 | 1 | Zimbabwe / Africa XI |
| Darren Gough | 159 | 8470 | 6209 | 235 | 5/44 | 26.42
| 4.39
| 36.04
| 10 | 2 | England / ICC World XI |
| Courtney Walsh | 205 | 10822 | 6918 | 227 | 5/1 | 30.47
| 3.83
| 47.67
| 6 | 1 | West Indies |
| Curtly Ambrose | 176 | 9353 | 5429 | 225 | 5/17 | 24.12
| 3.48
| 41.56
| 6 | 4 | West Indies |
| Abdur Razzak | 153 | 7965 | 6065 | 207 | 5/29 | 29.29
| 4.56
| 38.47
| 5 | 4 | Bangladesh |
| Craig McDermott | 138 | 7461 | 5018 | 203 | 5/44 | 24.71
| 4.03
| 36.75
| 4 | 1 | Australia |
| Chris Harris | 250 | 10667 | 7613 | 203 | 5/42 | 37.50
| 4.28
| 52.54
| 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Chris Cairns | 215 | 8168 | 6594 | 201 | 5/42 | 32.80
| 4.84
| 40.63
| 3 | 1 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Dwayne Bravo | 164 | 6511 | 5874 | 199 | 6/43 | 29.51
| 5.41
| 32.71
| 6 | 1 | West Indies |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 152 | 7759 | 5576 | 197 | 4/16 | 28.30
| 4.31
| 39.38
| 6 | 0 | Bangladesh |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 161 | 8129 | 6332 | 196 | 5/27 | 32.30
| 4.67
| 41.47
| 3 | 1 | India |
| Steve Waugh | 325 | 8883 | 6761 | 195 | 4/33 | 34.67
| 4.56
| 45.55
| 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 153 | 7657 | 6019 | 194 | 6/26 | 31.02
| 4.71
| 39.46
| 5 | 1 | Bangladesh |
| Carl Hooper | 227 | 9573 | 6958 | 193 | 4/34 | 36.05
| 4.36
| 49.60
| 3 | 0 | West Indies |
| Lance Klusener | 171 | 7336 | 5751 | 192 | 6/49 | 29.95
| 4.70
| 38.20
| 1 | 6 | South Africa |
| Dilhara Fernando | 147 | 6507 | 5648 | 187 | 6/27 | 30.20
| 5.20
| 34.79
| 3 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| Saeed Ajmal | 113 | 6000 | 4182 | 184 | 5/24 | 22.72
| 4.18
| 32.60
| 6 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Imran Khan | 175 | 7461 | 4844 | 182 | 6/14 | 26.61
| 3.89
| 40.99
| 3 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 168 | 7684 | 6205 | 182 | 5/22 | 34.09
| 4.84
| 42.21
| 3 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| Aaqib Javed | 163 | 8012 | 5721 | 182 | 7/37 | 31.43
| 4.28
| 44.02
| 2 | 4 | Pakistan |
| Stuart Broad | 119 | 6013 | 5275 | 177 | 5/23 | 29.80
| 5.26
| 33.97
| 9 | 1 | England |
| Nathan Bracken | 116 | 5759 | 4240 | 174 | 5/47 | 24.36
| 4.41
| 33.09
| 5 | 2 | Australia |
| Irfan Pathan | 120 | 5855 | 5143 | 173 | 5/27 | 29.72
| 5.27
| 33.84
| 5 | 2 | India |
| Umar Gul | 126 | 5878 | 5068 | 173 | 6/42 | 29.29
| 5.17
| 33.97
| 4 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Jacob Oram | 160 | 6911 | 5047 | 173 | 5/26 | 29.17
| 4.38
| 39.94
| 3 | 2 | New Zealand |
| Morne Morkel | 99 | 4954 | 4053 | 169 | 5/21 | 23.98
| 4.90
| 29.31
| 6 | 2 | South Africa |
| Andrew Flintoff | 141 | 5624 | 4121 | 169 | 5/19 | 24.38
| 4.39
| 33.27
| 6 | 2 | England / ICC World XI |
| Shane Watson | 187 | 6442 | 5320 | 169 | 4/36 | 31.47
| 4.95
| 38.11
| 3 | 0 | Australia |
| Chris Gayle | 269 | 7222 | 5739 | 163 | 5/46 | 35.20
| 4.76
| 44.30
| 3 | 1 | West Indies / ICC World XI |
| Dale Steyn | 104 | 5159 | 4143 | 162 | 6/39 | 25.57
| 4.81
| 31.84
| 4 | 3 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 144 | 7543 | 5361 | 161 | 5/36 | 33.29
| 4.26
| 46.85
| 3 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 115 | 6182 | 3407 | 158 | 5/25 | 21.56
| 3.30
| 39.12
| 1 | 5 | New Zealand |
| Ashish Nehra | 120 | 5751 | 4981 | 157 | 6/23 | 31.72
| 5.19
| 36.63
| 5 | 2 | India / Asian XI |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 130 | 6360 | 4534 | 157 | 5/33 | 28.87
| 4.27
| 40.50
| 4 | 2 | India |
| Malcolm Marshall | 136 | 7175 | 4233 | 157 | 4/18 | 26.96
| 3.53
| 45.70
| 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Brad Hogg | 123 | 5564 | 4188 | 156 | 5/32 | 26.84
| 4.51
| 35.66
| 3 | 2 | Australia |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 463 | 8054 | 6850 | 154 | 5/32 | 44.48
| 5.10
| 52.29
| 4 | 2 | India |
| Upul Chandana | 147 | 6142 | 4818 | 151 | 5/61 | 31.90
| 4.70
| 40.67
| 4 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| Ajantha Mendis | 82 | 4010 | 3134 | 148 | 6/13 | 21.17
| 4.68
| 27.09
| 7 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
| Shane Bond | 82 | 4295 | 3070 | 147 | 6/19 | 20.88
| 4.28
| 29.21
| 7 | 4 | New Zealand |
| Joel Garner | 98 | 5330 | 2752 | 146 | 5/31 | 18.84
| 3.09
| 36.50
| 2 | 3 | West Indies |
| Thomas Odoyo | 136 | 5649 | 4335 | 145 | 4/25 | 29.89
| 4.60
| 38.95
| 5 | 0 | Kenya / Africa XI |
| Ian Botham | 116 | 6271 | 4139 | 145 | 4/31 | 28.54
| 3.96
| 43.24
| 3 | 0 | England |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 121 | 5966 | 4823 | 144 | 5/36 | 33.49
| 4.85
| 41.43
| 5 | 1 | India |
| Shoaib Malik | 219 | 6810 | 5174 | 143 | 4/19 | 36.18
| 4.55
| 47.62
| 1 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Jason Gillespie | 97 | 5144 | 3611 | 142 | 5/22 | 25.42
| 4.21
| 36.22
| 3 | 3 | Australia |
| Michael Holding | 102 | 5473 | 3034 | 142 | 5/26 | 21.36
| 3.32
| 38.54
| 5 | 1 | West Indies |
| Ewen Chatfield | 114 | 6065 | 3618 | 140 | 5/34 | 25.84
| 3.57
| 43.32
| 3 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 141 | 7009 | 4998 | 138 | 4/37 | 36.21
| 4.27
| 50.78
| 1 | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 98 | 5369 | 4330 | 137 | 4/25 | 31.60
| 4.83
| 39.18
| 1 | 0 | India |
| Scott Styris | 188 | 6114 | 4839 | 137 | 6/25 | 35.32
| 4.74
| 44.62
| 4 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Tim Southee | 98 | 4810 | 4274 | 135 | 7/33 | 31.65
| 5.33
| 35.62
| 4 | 2 | New Zealand |
| Damien Fleming | 88 | 4619 | 3402 | 134 | 5/36 | 25.38
| 4.41
| 34.47
| 4 | 1 | Australia |
| Farveez Maharoof | 104 | 4430 | 3565 | 133 | 6/14 | 26.80
| 4.82
| 33.30
| 4 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
| Andrew Symonds | 198 | 5935 | 4955 | 133 | 5/18 | 37.25
| 5.00
| 44.62
| 2 | 1 | Australia |
| Abdul Qadir | 104 | 5100 | 3454 | 132 | 5/44 | 26.16
| 4.06
| 38.63
| 4 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Prosper Utseya | 161 | 8409 | 6109 | 132 | 5/36 | 46.28
| 4.35
| 63.70
| 2 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| Mervyn Dillon | 108 | 5480 | 4218 | 130 | 5/29 | 32.44
| 4.61
| 42.15
| 3 | 3 | West Indies |
| Ravi Shastri | 150 | 6613 | 4650 | 129 | 5/15 | 36.04
| 4.21
| 51.26
| 2 | 1 | India |
| Danny Morrison | 96 | 4586 | 3470 | 126 | 5/34 | 27.53
| 4.53
| 36.39
| 1 | 2 | New Zealand |
| Mohammad Rafique | 125 | 6414 | 4739 | 125 | 5/47 | 37.91
| 4.43
| 51.31
| 3 | 1 | Bangladesh |
| Jerome Taylor | 79 | 3945 | 3311 | 123 | 5/48 | 26.91
| 5.03
| 32.07
| 3 | 1 | West Indies |
| Azhar Mahmood | 143 | 6242 | 4813 | 123 | 6/18 | 39.13
| 4.62
| 50.74
| 2 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 161 | 6458 | 4397 | 123 | 3/17 | 35.74
| 4.08
| 52.50
| 0 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Mohammad Sami | 87 | 4284 | 3567 | 121 | 5/10 | 29.47
| 4.99
| 35.40
| 3 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Thisara Perera | 104 | 3851 | 3683 | 119 | 6/44 | 30.94
| 5.73
| 32.36
| 3 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
| Ian Bishop | 84 | 4332 | 3127 | 118 | 5/25 | 26.50
| 4.33
| 36.71
| 7 | 2 | West Indies |
| Sir Viv Richards | 187 | 5644 | 4228 | 118 | 6/41 | 35.83
| 4.49
| 47.83
| 1 | 2 | West Indies |
| Ravi Rampaul | 90 | 3967 | 3361 | 115 | 5/49 | 29.22
| 5.08
| 34.49
| 8 | 2 | West Indies |
| Phil DeFreitas | 103 | 5712 | 3775 | 115 | 4/35 | 32.82
| 3.96
| 49.66
| 1 | 0 | England |
| Martin Snedden | 93 | 4525 | 3237 | 114 | 4/34 | 28.39
| 4.29
| 39.69
| 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Hansie Cronje | 188 | 5357 | 3966 | 114 | 5/32 | 34.78
| 4.44
| 46.99
| 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| Gavin Larsen | 121 | 6368 | 4000 | 113 | 4/24 | 35.39
| 3.76
| 56.35
| 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
