| Jim Laker | 10-53 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1956 |
| Anil Kumble | 10-74 | Pakistan in India: 2nd Test, 1998/99 |
| George Lohmann | 9-28 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1895/96 |
| Jim Laker | 9-37 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1956 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9-51 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2001/02 |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 9-52 | Trans-Tasman Trophy: 1st Test, 1985/86 |
| Abdul Qadir | 9-56 | Pakistan v England: 1st Test, 1987/88 |
| Devon Malcolm | 9-57 | England v South Africa: 3rd Test, 1994 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9-65 | Sri Lanka in England: Only Test, 1998 |
| Jasubhai Patel | 9-69 | India v Australia: 2nd Test, 1959/60 |
| Kapil Dev | 9-83 | India v West Indies: 3rd Test, 1983/84 |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 9-86 | Australia v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1978/79 |
| Jack Noreiga | 9-95 | West Indies v India: 2nd Test, 1970/71 |
| Fergie Gupte | 9-102 | India v West Indies: 2nd Test, 1958/59 |
| Sydney Barnes | 9-103 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1913/14 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 9-113 | South Africa v England: 4th Test, 1956/57 |
| Arthur Mailey | 9-121 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1920/21 |
| Rangana Herath | 9-127 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014 (2nd Test) |
| George Lohmann | 8-7 | South Africa v England: 1st Test, 1895/96 |
| Johnny Briggs | 8-11 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1888/89 |
| Glenn McGrath | 8-24 | Pakistan in Australia: 1st Test, 2004/05 |
| Colin Croft | 8-29 | West Indies v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1976/77 |
| Sydney Barnes | 8-29 | South Africa in England: 3rd Test, 1912 |
| Frank Laver | 8-31 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1909 |
| Fred Trueman | 8-31 | England v India: 3rd Test, 1952 |
| Ian Botham | 8-34 | England v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1978 |
| George Lohmann | 8-35 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1886/87 |
| Lance Gibbs | 8-38 | West Indies v India: 3rd Test, 1961/62 |
| Glenn McGrath | 8-38 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1997 |
| Taijul Islam | 8-39 | Zimbabwe in Bangladesh 2014/15 (1st Test) |
| Bob Willis | 8-43 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1981 |
| Albert Trott | 8-43 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1894/95 |
| Hedley Verity | 8-43 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1934 |
| Curtly Ambrose | 8-45 | The Wisden Trophy: 4th Test, 1989/90 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 8-46 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2005 |
| Derek Underwood | 8-51 | England v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1974 |
| Vinoo Mankad | 8-52 | India v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1952/53 |
| Godfrey Lawrence | 8-53 | South Africa v New Zealand: 2nd Test, 1961/62 |
| Bob Massie | 8-53 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1972 |
| Angus Fraser | 8-53 | The Wisden Trophy: 2nd Test, 1997/98 |
| Vinoo Mankad | 8-55 | India v England: 5th Test, 1951/52 |
| Sydney Barnes | 8-56 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1913/14 |
| George Lohmann | 8-58 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1891/92 |
| Imran Khan | 8-58 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1981/82 |
| Colin Blythe | 8-59 | England v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1907 |
| Ashley Mallett | 8-59 | Australia v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1972/73 |
| Imran Khan | 8-60 | Pakistan v India: 2nd Test, 1982/83 |
| Narendra Hirwani | 8-61 | India v West Indies: 4th Test, 1987/88 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 8-61 | South Africa in Australia: 1st match, 2008/09 |
| Lance Klusener | 8-64 | India v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1996/97 |
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