| Muttiah Muralitharan | 133 | 44039 | 18180 | 800 | 9/51 | 22.72
| 2.47
| 55.04
| 45 | 67 | 22 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Shane Warne | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41
| 2.65
| 57.49
| 48 | 37 | 10 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Anil Kumble | 132 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 10/74 | 29.65
| 2.69
| 65.99
| 31 | 35 | 8 | India / Asian XI |
| Glenn McGrath | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 21.64
| 2.49
| 51.95
| 28 | 29 | 3 | Australia / ICC World XI |
| Courtney Walsh | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7/37 | 24.44
| 2.53
| 57.84
| 32 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| Kapil Dev | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 29.64
| 2.78
| 63.91
| 17 | 23 | 2 | India |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 22.29
| 2.63
| 50.85
| 25 | 36 | 9 | New Zealand |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 23.11
| 2.39
| 57.84
| 23 | 16 | 1 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Harbhajan Singh | 102 | 28430 | 13447 | 416 | 8/84 | 32.32
| 2.83
| 68.34
| 16 | 25 | 5 | India |
| Wasim Akram | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 7/119 | 23.62
| 2.59
| 54.65
| 20 | 25 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Curtly Ambrose | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 8/45 | 20.99
| 2.30
| 54.57
| 21 | 22 | 3 | West Indies |
| James Anderson | 104 | 23304 | 11859 | 403 | 7/43 | 29.42
| 3.05
| 57.82
| 22 | 17 | 2 | England |
| Dale Steyn | 78 | 16487 | 8932 | 396 | 7/51 | 22.55
| 3.25
| 41.63
| 24 | 25 | 5 | South Africa / Africa XI |
| Makhaya Ntini | 101 | 20834 | 11242 | 390 | 7/37 | 28.82
| 3.23
| 53.42
| 19 | 18 | 4 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Ian Botham | 102 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 28.40
| 2.99
| 56.95
| 17 | 27 | 4 | England |
| Malcolm Marshall | 81 | 17584 | 7876 | 376 | 7/22 | 20.94
| 2.68
| 46.76
| 19 | 22 | 4 | West Indies |
| Waqar Younis | 87 | 16224 | 8788 | 373 | 7/76 | 23.56
| 3.25
| 43.49
| 28 | 22 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Imran Khan | 88 | 19458 | 8258 | 362 | 8/58 | 22.81
| 2.54
| 53.75
| 17 | 23 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Daniel Vettori | 113 | 28814 | 12441 | 362 | 7/87 | 34.36
| 2.59
| 79.59
| 19 | 20 | 3 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Dennis Lillee | 70 | 18467 | 8493 | 355 | 7/83 | 23.92
| 2.75
| 52.01
| 23 | 23 | 7 | Australia |
| Chaminda Vaas | 111 | 23438 | 10501 | 355 | 7/71 | 29.58
| 2.68
| 66.02
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Sri Lanka / Asian XI |
| Allan Donald | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 22.25
| 2.83
| 47.02
| 11 | 20 | 3 | South Africa |
| Bob Willis | 90 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20
| 2.83
| 53.40
| 12 | 16 | 0 | England |
| Zaheer Khan | 92 | 18785 | 10247 | 311 | 7/87 | 32.94
| 3.27
| 60.40
| 15 | 11 | 1 | India / Asian XI |
| Brett Lee | 76 | 16531 | 9554 | 310 | 5/30 | 30.81
| 3.46
| 53.32
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Australia |
| Lance Gibbs | 79 | 27115 | 8989 | 309 | 8/38 | 29.09
| 1.98
| 87.75
| 11 | 18 | 2 | West Indies |
| Fred Trueman | 67 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57
| 2.61
| 49.43
| 19 | 17 | 3 | England |
| Derek Underwood | 86 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 25.83
| 2.10
| 73.60
| 13 | 17 | 6 | England |
| Jacques Kallis | 166 | 20232 | 9535 | 292 | 6/54 | 32.65
| 2.82
| 69.28
| 7 | 5 | 0 | South Africa / ICC World XI |
| Mitchell Johnson | 66 | 14716 | 8028 | 291 | 8/61 | 27.58
| 3.27
| 50.57
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Australia |
| Craig McDermott | 71 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 28.63
| 3.01
| 56.99
| 17 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Stuart Broad | 79 | 16637 | 8544 | 287 | 7/44 | 29.77
| 3.08
| 57.96
| 9 | 13 | 2 | England |
| Bishan Bedi | 67 | 21364 | 7637 | 266 | 7/98 | 28.71
| 2.14
| 80.31
| 13 | 14 | 1 | India |
| Rangana Herath | 58 | 16820 | 7717 | 261 | 9/127 | 29.56
| 2.75
| 64.44
| 11 | 21 | 4 | Sri Lanka |
| Danish Kaneria | 61 | 17697 | 9082 | 261 | 7/77 | 34.79
| 3.07
| 67.80
| 8 | 15 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Joel Garner | 58 | 13169 | 5433 | 259 | 6/56 | 20.97
| 2.47
| 50.84
| 18 | 7 | 0 | West Indies |
| Jason Gillespie | 71 | 14234 | 6770 | 259 | 7/37 | 26.13
| 2.85
| 54.95
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Graeme Swann | 60 | 15349 | 7642 | 255 | 6/65 | 29.96
| 2.98
| 60.19
| 14 | 17 | 3 | England |
| Brian Statham | 70 | 16056 | 6261 | 252 | 7/39 | 24.84
| 2.33
| 63.71
| 9 | 9 | 1 | England |
| Michael Holding | 60 | 12680 | 5898 | 249 | 8/92 | 23.68
| 2.79
| 50.92
| 11 | 13 | 2 | West Indies |
| Matthew Hoggard | 67 | 13909 | 7564 | 248 | 7/61 | 30.50
| 3.26
| 56.08
| 13 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Richie Benaud | 63 | 19108 | 6704 | 248 | 7/72 | 27.03
| 2.10
| 77.04
| 16 | 16 | 1 | Australia |
| Garth McKenzie | 60 | 17681 | 7328 | 246 | 8/71 | 29.78
| 2.48
| 71.87
| 7 | 16 | 3 | Australia |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 58 | 15963 | 7199 | 242 | 8/79 | 29.74
| 2.70
| 65.96
| 12 | 16 | 2 | India |
| Javagal Srinath | 67 | 15104 | 7196 | 236 | 8/86 | 30.49
| 2.85
| 64.00
| 8 | 10 | 1 | India |
| Alec Bedser | 51 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 24.89
| 2.21
| 67.44
| 11 | 15 | 5 | England |
| Abdul Qadir | 67 | 17126 | 7742 | 236 | 9/56 | 32.80
| 2.71
| 72.56
| 12 | 15 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Garry Sobers | 93 | 21599 | 7999 | 235 | 6/73 | 34.03
| 2.22
| 91.91
| 8 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Andy Caddick | 62 | 13558 | 6999 | 234 | 7/46 | 29.91
| 3.09
| 57.94
| 9 | 13 | 1 | England |
| Chris Martin | 71 | 14026 | 7878 | 233 | 6/26 | 33.81
| 3.37
| 60.19
| 10 | 10 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Darren Gough | 58 | 11821 | 6503 | 229 | 6/42 | 28.39
| 3.30
| 51.62
| 14 | 9 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Ray Lindwall | 61 | 13650 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 23.03
| 2.30
| 59.86
| 8 | 12 | 0 | Australia |
| Steve Harmison | 63 | 13375 | 7192 | 226 | 7/12 | 31.82
| 3.22
| 59.18
| 11 | 8 | 1 | England / ICC World XI |
| Andrew Flintoff | 79 | 14951 | 7410 | 226 | 5/58 | 32.78
| 2.97
| 66.15
| 11 | 3 | 0 | England / ICC World XI |
| Chris Cairns | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 29.40
| 3.28
| 53.66
| 11 | 13 | 1 | New Zealand / ICC World XI |
| Morne Morkel | 62 | 12062 | 6369 | 217 | 6/23 | 29.35
| 3.16
| 55.58
| 12 | 6 | 0 | South Africa |
| Heath Streak | 65 | 13559 | 6079 | 216 | 6/73 | 28.14
| 2.69
| 62.77
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Zimbabwe / Africa XI |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 37 | 14513 | 5231 | 216 | 7/40 | 24.21
| 2.16
| 67.18
| 7 | 21 | 7 | Australia |
| Merv Hughes | 53 | 12285 | 6017 | 212 | 8/87 | 28.38
| 2.93
| 57.94
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Stuart MacGill | 44 | 11237 | 6038 | 208 | 8/108 | 29.02
| 3.22
| 54.02
| 9 | 12 | 2 | Australia |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 49 | 14070 | 6206 | 208 | 8/164 | 29.83
| 2.64
| 67.64
| 12 | 13 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Andy Roberts | 47 | 11135 | 5174 | 202 | 7/54 | 25.61
| 2.78
| 55.12
| 8 | 11 | 2 | West Indies |
| John Snow | 49 | 12021 | 5387 | 202 | 7/40 | 26.66
| 2.68
| 59.50
| 12 | 8 | 1 | England |
| Jeff Thomson | 51 | 10535 | 5601 | 200 | 6/46 | 28.00
| 3.18
| 52.67
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Jim Laker | 46 | 12027 | 4101 | 193 | 10/53 | 21.24
| 2.04
| 62.31
| 13 | 9 | 3 | England |
| Wes Hall | 48 | 10421 | 5066 | 192 | 7/69 | 26.38
| 2.91
| 54.27
| 11 | 9 | 1 | West Indies |
| Peter Siddle | 56 | 11887 | 5848 | 192 | 6/54 | 30.45
| 2.95
| 61.91
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Australia |
| Sydney Barnes | 27 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43
| 2.36
| 41.65
| 2 | 24 | 7 | England |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 49 | 14353 | 5742 | 189 | 8/76 | 30.38
| 2.40
| 75.94
| 17 | 10 | 2 | India |
| Ishant Sharma | 62 | 12507 | 7000 | 187 | 7/74 | 37.43
| 3.35
| 66.88
| 8 | 6 | 1 | India |
| Alan Davidson | 44 | 11587 | 3819 | 186 | 7/93 | 20.53
| 1.97
| 62.29
| 6 | 14 | 2 | Australia |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 52 | 12532 | 6100 | 185 | 7/56 | 32.97
| 2.92
| 67.74
| 6 | 10 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Geoff Lawson | 46 | 11118 | 5501 | 180 | 8/112 | 30.56
| 2.96
| 61.76
| 6 | 11 | 2 | Australia |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 46 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 25.69
| 3.37
| 45.74
| 10 | 12 | 2 | Pakistan / ICC World XI |
| Saeed Ajmal | 35 | 11592 | 5003 | 178 | 7/55 | 28.10
| 2.58
| 65.12
| 9 | 10 | 4 | Pakistan |
| Angus Fraser | 46 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 27.32
| 2.66
| 61.44
| 5 | 13 | 2 | England |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 55 | 13951 | 5798 | 177 | 9/86 | 32.75
| 2.49
| 78.81
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Pakistan |
| Tony Lock | 49 | 13147 | 4451 | 174 | 7/35 | 25.58
| 2.03
| 75.55
| 11 | 9 | 3 | England |
| Iqbal Qasim | 50 | 13019 | 4807 | 171 | 7/49 | 28.11
| 2.21
| 76.13
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Pakistan |
| Terry Alderman | 41 | 10181 | 4616 | 170 | 6/47 | 27.15
| 2.72
| 59.88
| 5 | 14 | 1 | Australia |
| Keith Miller | 55 | 10461 | 3906 | 170 | 7/60 | 22.97
| 2.24
| 61.53
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Hugh Tayfield | 37 | 13568 | 4405 | 170 | 9/113 | 25.91
| 1.94
| 79.81
| 5 | 14 | 2 | South Africa |
| Monty Panesar | 50 | 12475 | 5797 | 167 | 6/37 | 34.71
| 2.78
| 74.70
| 4 | 12 | 2 | England |
| Fidel Edwards | 55 | 9602 | 6249 | 165 | 7/87 | 37.87
| 3.90
| 58.19
| 3 | 12 | 0 | West Indies |
| Umar Gul | 47 | 9599 | 5553 | 163 | 6/135 | 34.06
| 3.47
| 58.88
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Vinoo Mankad | 44 | 14686 | 5236 | 162 | 8/52 | 32.32
| 2.13
| 90.65
| 10 | 8 | 2 | India |
| Ian Bishop | 43 | 8407 | 3909 | 161 | 6/40 | 24.27
| 2.78
| 52.21
| 6 | 6 | 0 | West Indies |
| Danny Morrison | 48 | 10064 | 5549 | 160 | 7/89 | 34.68
| 3.30
| 62.90
| 9 | 10 | 0 | New Zealand |
| Bill Johnston | 40 | 11048 | 3826 | 160 | 6/44 | 23.91
| 2.07
| 69.05
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Australia |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 43 | 13939 | 4579 | 158 | 7/49 | 28.98
| 1.97
| 88.22
| 6 | 10 | 1 | West Indies |
| Venkat | 57 | 14877 | 5634 | 156 | 8/72 | 36.11
| 2.27
| 95.36
| 7 | 3 | 1 | India |
| Maurice Tate | 39 | 12523 | 4055 | 155 | 6/42 | 26.16
| 1.94
| 80.79
| 7 | 7 | 1 | England |
| Fred Titmus | 53 | 15118 | 4931 | 153 | 7/79 | 32.22
| 1.95
| 98.81
| 9 | 7 | 0 | England |
| Ravi Shastri | 80 | 15751 | 6185 | 151 | 5/75 | 40.96
| 2.35
| 104.31
| 11 | 2 | 0 | India |
| Fergie Gupte | 36 | 11284 | 4403 | 149 | 9/102 | 29.55
| 2.34
| 75.73
| 8 | 12 | 1 | India |
| John Emburey | 64 | 15391 | 5646 | 147 | 7/78 | 38.40
| 2.20
| 104.70
| 5 | 6 | 0 | England |
| Nathan Lyon | 41 | 9659 | 5072 | 146 | 7/94 | 34.73
| 3.15
| 66.15
| 4 | 7 | 1 | Australia |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 40 | 9662 | 4829 | 146 | 7/36 | 33.07
| 2.99
| 66.17
| 5 | 14 | 1 | Bangladesh |
| Tim Southee | 41 | 8945 | 4555 | 144 | 7/64 | 31.63
| 3.05
| 62.11
| 9 | 4 | 1 | New Zealand |
| Bill O'Reilly | 27 | 10024 | 3254 | 144 | 7/54 | 22.59
| 1.94
| 69.61
| 8 | 11 | 3 | Australia |
