List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in ODI cricket

Wasim Akram, rated the best ODI bowler by Wisden in 2003,^[1] is one of the two bowlers who have taken over 500 wickets in ODIs.^[2]

Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in One Day International (ODI) matches.^[3] The feat, first achieved by Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram in October 1996,^[4] has only been achieved by thirteen cricketers in the history of the game as of 2017.^[2] Akram was also the first player to reach the 400 and 500 wicket feats.^[3][5] Four Sri Lankan players have taken 300 or more wickets, along with three Pakistanis, two Australians, two Indians, one New Zealander and one South African player. Bangladesh, England, West Indies and Zimbabwe are yet to see a player breach the 300 mark.^[2]

Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, who is considered the best bowler ever, has the highest aggregate with 534 wickets. He also achieved 10 five-wicket hauls.^[2] Australian Glenn McGrath has the best bowling average amongst players to achieve the milestone, taking 381 wickets per 22.02 runs.^[6] Brett Lee—another Australian cricketer—was the fastest to accomplish the feat, taking 171 ODIs to do so.^[7] South African fast bowler Shaun Pollock is the most economical with 3.67 runs per over, whereas Lee has the best strike rate of 29.4 balls per wicket.^[2] Amongst the players, Chaminda Vaas has the best bowling figures, taking eight wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in 2001, which remains the only occasion in the history of ODI cricket where a bowler took eight wickets in a match.^[8] Waqar Younis took 13 five-wicket hauls which, as of August 2017, are the most by any bowler.^[2] Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi are the only players to have scored more than 8,000 runs in the format.^[9][10]

Key

Bowlers with 300 or more ODI wickets

• The list is initially arranged by the most number of wickets taken by a bowler. To sort this table by any statistic, click on the applicable header box beside (not on) the column title.

Bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in ODI cricket

No.	Bowler	Team	Mat.	Inn.	Balls	Runs	Wkt	Ave.	Econ.	SR.	BBM	5wl	Period	Ref(s)
1	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	7002350000000000000♠350	7002341000000000000♠341	7004188110000000000♠18,811	7004123260000000000♠12,326	7002534000000000000♠534	7001230800000099999♠23.08	7000393000000000000♠3.93	7001352000000000000♠35.2	7/30	7001100000000000000♠10	1993–2011	[11]
2	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	7002356000000000000♠356	7002351000000000000♠351	7004181860000000000♠18,186	7004118120000000000♠11,812	7002502000000000000♠502	7001235200000000000♠23.52	7000389000000000000♠3.89	7001362000000000000♠36.2	5/15	7000600000000000000♠6	1984–2003	[12]
3	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	7002262000000000000♠262	7002258000000000000♠258	7004126980000000000♠12,698	7003991900000000000♠9,919	7002416000000000000♠416	7001238400000000000♠23.84	7000468000000000000♠4.68	7001305000000000000♠30.5	7/36	7001130000000000000♠13	1989–2003	[13]
4	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	7002322000000000000♠322	7002320000000000000♠320	7004157750000000000♠15,775	7004110140000000000♠11,014	7002400000000000000♠400	7001275300000000000♠27.53	7000418009999900000♠4.18	7001394000000000000♠39.4	8/19	7000400000000000000♠4	1994–2008	[14]
5	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	7002398000000000000♠398	7002372000000000000♠372	7004176700000000000♠17,670	7004136320000000000♠13,632	7002395000000000000♠395	7001345100000000000♠34.51	7000462000000000000♠4.62	7001447000000000000♠44.7	7/12	7000900000000000000♠9	1996–2015	[10]
6	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	7002303000000000000♠303	7002297000000000000♠297	7004157120000000000♠15,712	7003963100000000000♠9,631	7002393000000000000♠393	7001245000000000000♠24.50	7000367000000000000♠3.67	7001399000000000000♠39.9	6/35	7000500000000000000♠5	1996–2008	[15]
7	Glenn McGrath	Australia	7002250000000000000♠250	7002248000000000000♠248	7004129700000000000♠12,970	7003839100000000000♠8,391	7002381000000000000♠381	7001220200000000000♠22.02	7000388000000000000♠3.88	7001340000000000000♠34.0	7/15	7000700000000000000♠7	1993–2007	[16]
8	Brett Lee	Australia	7002221000000000000♠221	7002217000000000000♠217	7004111850000000000♠11,185	7003887700000000000♠8,877	7002380000000000000♠380	7001233600000000000♠23.36	7000476000000000000♠4.76	7001294000000000000♠29.4	5/22	7000900000000000000♠9	2000–2012	[17]
9	Anil Kumble	India	7002271000000000000♠271	7002265000000000000♠265	7004144960000000000♠14,496	7004104120000000000♠10,412	7002337000000000000♠337	7001308900000000000♠30.89	7000430000000000000♠4.30	7001430000000000000♠43.0	6/12	7000200000000000000♠2	1990–2007	[18]
10	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	7002445000000000000♠445	7002368000000000000♠368	7004148740000000000♠14,874	7004118710000000000♠11,871	7002323000000000000♠323	7001367500000000000♠36.75	7000478000000000000♠4.78	7001460000000000000♠46.0	6/29	7000400000000000000♠4	1989–2011	[9]
11	Javagal Srinath	India	7002229000000000000♠229	7002227000000000000♠227	7004119350000000000♠11,935	7003884700000000000♠8,847	7002315000000000000♠315	7001280800000099999♠28.08	7000444000000000000♠4.44	7001378009999900000♠37.8	5/23	7000300000000000000♠3	1991–2003	[19]
12	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	7002205000000000000♠205	7002199000000000000♠199	7003989000000000000♠9,890	7003872800000000000♠8,728	7002305000000000000♠305	7001286100000000000♠28.61	7000529000000000000♠5.29	7001324000000000000♠32.4	6/38	7000700000000000000♠7	2004–present	[20]
	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	7002295000000000000♠295	7002277000000000000♠277	7004140600000000000♠14,060	7003967400000000000♠9,674	7002305000000000000♠305	7001317100000000000♠31.71	7000412000000000000♠4.12	7001460000000000000♠46.0	5/7	7000200000000000000♠2	1997–2015	[21]

See also

• List of One Day International cricket records
• List of bowlers who have taken over 300 wickets in Test cricket

References