| Jim Laker | 19-90 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1956 |
| Sydney Barnes | 17-159 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1913/14 |
| Bob Massie | 16-137 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1972 |
| Narendra Hirwani | 16-136 | India v West Indies: 4th Test, 1987/88 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 16-220 | Sri Lanka in England: Only Test, 1998 |
| Johnny Briggs | 15-28 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1888/89 |
| George Lohmann | 15-45 | South Africa v England: 1st Test, 1895/96 |
| Wilfred Rhodes | 15-124 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1903/04 |
| Colin Blythe | 15-99 | England v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1907 |
| Hedley Verity | 15-104 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1934 |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 15-123 | Trans-Tasman Trophy: 1st Test, 1985/86 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 15-217 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 3rd Test, 2000/01 |
| Frederick Spofforth | 14-90 | England v Australia: Only Test, 1882 |
| Billy Bates | 14-102 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1882/83 |
| Sydney Barnes | 14-144 | South Africa v England: 4th Test, 1913/14 |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 14-199 | Australia v South Africa: 4th Test, 1931/32 |
| Alec Bedser | 14-99 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1953 |
| Jasubhai Patel | 14-124 | India v Australia: 2nd Test, 1959/60 |
| Michael Holding | 14-149 | The Wisden Trophy: 5th Test, 1976 |
| Imran Khan | 14-116 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 1981/82 |
| Anil Kumble | 14-149 | Pakistan in India: 2nd Test, 1998/99 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 14-191 | West Indies in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2001/02 |
| Rangana Herath | 14-184 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014 (2nd Test) |
| Frederick Spofforth | 13-110 | Australia v England: Only Test, 1878/79 |
| J.J. Ferris | 13-91 | South Africa v England: Only Test, 1891/92 |
| Tom Richardson | 13-244 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1896 |
| Monty Noble | 13-77 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1901/02 |
| Sydney Barnes | 13-163 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1901/02 |
| Sydney Barnes | 13-57 | South Africa in England: 3rd Test, 1912 |
| Arthur Mailey | 13-236 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1920/21 |
| Jack White | 13-256 | The Ashes: 4th Test, 1928/29 |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 13-173 | South Africa v Australia: 5th Test, 1935/36 |
| Vinoo Mankad | 13-131 | India v Pakistan: 1st Test, 1952/53 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 13-165 | Australia v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1952/53 |
| Fazal Mahmood | 13-114 | Pakistan v Australia: Only Test, 1956/57 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 13-192 | South Africa v England: 4th Test, 1956/57 |
| Tony Greig | 13-156 | The Wisden Trophy: 5th Test, 1973/74 |
| Derek Underwood | 13-71 | England v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1974 |
| Ian Botham | 13-106 | Golden Jubilee Test: Only Test, 1979/80 |
| Abdul Qadir | 13-101 | Pakistan v England: 1st Test, 1987/88 |
| Merv Hughes | 13-217 | The Frank Worrell Trophy: 2nd Test, 1988/89 |
| Bruce Reid | 13-148 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1990/91 |
| Waqar Younis | 13-135 | Pakistan v Zimbabwe: 1st Test, 1993/94 |
| Courtney Walsh | 13-55 | New Zealand v West Indies: 2nd Test, 1994/95 |
| Javagal Srinath | 13-132 | Asian Test Championship: 1st Test, 1998/99 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 13-171 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 2000 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 13-196 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 2nd Test, 2000/01 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 13-115 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2001/02 |
| Anil Kumble | 13-181 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 2nd Test, 2004/05 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 13-132 | Vivian Richards Trophy: 2nd Test, 2004/05 |
| George Lohmann | 12-104 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1886 |
| Charlie Turner | 12-87 | The Ashes: Only Test, 1887/88 |
| Frederick Martin | 12-102 | The Ashes: 2nd Test, 1890 |
| Johnny Briggs | 12-136 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1891/92 |
| George Lohmann | 12-71 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1895/96 |
| Hugh Trumble | 12-89 | The Ashes: 3rd Test, 1896 |
| Hugh Trumble | 12-173 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1902 |
| Tip Snooke | 12-127 | South Africa v England: 3rd Test, 1905/06 |
| Bert Vogler | 12-181 | South Africa v England: 1st Test, 1909/10 |
| Ranji Hordern | 12-175 | The Ashes: 1st Test, 1911/12 |
| George Geary | 12-130 | South Africa v England: 1st Test, 1927/28 |
| Tich Freeman | 12-171 | England v South Africa: 4th Test, 1929 |
| Roy Tattersall | 12-101 | England v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1951 |
| Alec Bedser | 12-112 | England v South Africa: 3rd Test, 1951 |
| Vinoo Mankad | 12-108 | India v England: 5th Test, 1951/52 |
| Fazal Mahmood | 12-94 | India v Pakistan: 2nd Test, 1952/53 |
| Fazal Mahmood | 12-99 | England v Pakistan: 4th Test, 1954 |
| Johnny Wardle | 12-89 | South Africa v England: 2nd Test, 1956/57 |
| Fazal Mahmood | 12-100 | Pakistan v West Indies: 2nd Test, 1958/59 |
| Alan Davidson | 12-124 | India v Australia: 2nd Test, 1959/60 |
| Fred Trueman | 12-119 | The Wisden Trophy: 3rd Test, 1963 |
| Venkat | 12-152 | India v New Zealand: 4th Test, 1964/65 |
| Derek Underwood | 12-101 | England v New Zealand: 3rd Test, 1969 |
| Derek Underwood | 12-97 | New Zealand v England: 1st Test, 1970/71 |
| Andy Roberts | 12-121 | India v West Indies: 4th Test, 1974/75 |
| Imran Khan | 12-165 | Australia v Pakistan: 3rd Test, 1976/77 |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 12-104 | Australia v India: 3rd Test, 1977/78 |
| Geoff Dymock | 12-166 | India v Australia: 3rd Test, 1979/80 |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 12-181 | India v England: 1st Test, 1984/85 |
| Waqar Younis | 12-130 | Pakistan v New Zealand: 3rd Test, 1990/91 |
| Bruce Reid | 12-126 | Australia v India: 2nd Test, 1991/92 |
| Allan Donald | 12-139 | South Africa v India: 3rd Test, 1992/93 |
| Shane Warne | 12-128 | Australia v South Africa: 2nd Test, 1993/94 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 12-117 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka: 1st Test, 1997/98 |
| Stuart MacGill | 12-107 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 1998/99 |
| Daniel Vettori | 12-149 | Trans-Tasman Trophy: 1st Test, 1999/00 |
| Danish Kaneria | 12-94 | Asian Test Championship: 1st Test, 2001/02 |
| Anil Kumble | 12-279 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 4th Test, 2003/04 |
| Daniel Vettori | 12-170 | New Zealand in Bangladesh: 2nd Test, 2004/05 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 12-205 | England in South Africa: 4th Test, 2004/05 |
| Enamul Haque | 12-200 | Zimbabwe in Bangladesh: 2nd Test, 2004/05 |
| Shane Warne | 12-246 | The Ashes: 5th Test, 2005 |
| Irfan Pathan | 12-126 | India in Zimbabwe: 2nd Test, 2005/06 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 12-225 | South Africa in Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, 2006 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 12-82 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, 2007 |
| Jason Krejza | 12-358 | India v Australia: 4th Test, 2008/09 |
| Rangana Herath | 12-171 | England in Sri Lanka 2011/12 (1st Test) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 12-85 | New Zealand in India 2012 (1st Test) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 12-198 | Australia in India 2012/13 (1st Test) |
| Rangana Herath | 12-157 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (2nd Test) |
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