List of cricketers by number of international five wicket hauls

Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest number of five-wicket hauls in Test and International Cricket cricket.

Billy Midwinter took the first five-wicket haul in the inaugural test

Richard Hadlee has the highest number of five-wicket hauls for a fast bowler and the second highest overall

Shane Warne has the third highest five-wicket hauls

Anil Kumble, has the fourth highest five-wicket haul and is the second cricketer to capture all 10 wickets in an innings, after Jim Laker

Waqar Younis has the highest number of five-wicket hauls in ODI Cricket

In cricket, a five-wicket haul—also known as a five–for or fifer^[1]—refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.^[2] This list is a compilation of total five-wicket hauls taken by international cricketers, split between different formats, and presents a good view to compare performance of bowlers in different formats of the game. Players from all teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) except Ireland and Afghanistan have bagged five wicket hauls in a Test.^{[lower-alpha 1][4]}

The first player to record a five wicket haul in a test innings was Aussie Billy Midwinter in the 2nd innings of the first test match ever played. The opponents were England. In the same match, two other players - England's Alfred Shaw and Aussie Tom Kendall also recorded five wicket haul.^[5][6] Nasim-ul-Ghani is the youngest player to record five wicket haul, at 16 years and 303 days.^[7] Bert Ironmonger is the oldest player to record five wicket haul, capturing two five wicket hauls in a match at 49 years and 311 days.^[8][9] Two cricketers - Jim Laker^[10] and Anil Kumble^[11] hold the distinction of taking all ten wickets in the innings. In the same match where Jim Laker captured all wickets in the innings, he captured 19 wickets in the match, the most number of wickets ever captured by a bowler in a test match. As of 2018, 150 cricketers have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match.^[12] Of these, nine cricketers have taken two five-wicket hauls on their Test debut, including four from England, two from Australia and one each from India, South Africa and West Indies.

Dennis Lillee recorded the first five wicket haul in ODI cricket taking 5 wickets for 34 runs in 12 overs against Pakistan at Headingley in 1975.^[13][14] Chaminda Vaas has the best haul in ODIs taking 8 wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in 2001 at Colombo.^[13][15] Mujeeb Ur Rahman (16 years 325 days) and Sunil Dhaniram^{[lower-alpha 2]} (39 years and 256 days) are the current record holders for youngest and oldest cricketers to record a five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.^[16] As of 2018, 13 five-wicket hauls have been taken by players on their ODI debut.^[17]

Umar Gul recorded the first five wicket haul in T20I taking 5 wickets for 6 runs in 3 overs against New Zealand at The Oval in 2009.^[18] Ajantha Mendis has the best haul in T20I taking 6 wickets for 8 runs against Zimbabwe at Hambantota in 2012.^[19] Rashid Khan (18 years 171 days) and Imran Tahir (37 years 327 days) are the current record holders for youngest and oldest cricketers to record a five-wicket haul in T20I.^[20]

To date, 45 cricketers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls^[21] and 25 of whom went on to take 20 or more five-wicket hauls.^[22] Eight players have taken 30 or more five wicket hauls in their international career across the three formats.^[23]

Muthiah Muralitharan has the highest number of five-wicket hauls, with 77 across Test cricket and One Day International. His haul of 67 five-wicket hauls is the highest in Test cricket. With 13 five-wicket hauls, Waqar Younis holds the highest number of five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket. 6 players - Umar Gul, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Tim Southee, Imran Tahir and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have taken at least one five-wicket haul in every format.^[24] Ajantha Mendis and Umar Gul are the only cricketers with multiple five-wicket hauls in all formats of the game. They also have the joint distinction of the most number of T20I five-wicket hauls.^[25]

List of career five wicket hauls

Rank	Player	Period	Teams	Test	ODI	T20I	Total	10 wickets in a match
1	Muttiah Muralitharan^	1992–2011	Sri Lanka/Asia/ICC	67	10	0	77	22
2	Richard Hadlee^	1973–1990	New Zealand	36	5	N/A	41	9
3	Shane Warne^	1992–2007	Australia/ICC	37	1	N/A	38	10
4	Anil Kumble^	1990–2008	India/Asia	35	2	N/A	37	8
5	Glenn McGrath^	1993–2007	Australia/ICC	29	7	0	36	3
6	Waqar Younis^	1989–2003	Pakistan	22	13	N/A	35	5
7	Rangana Herath ǂ	1999–2018	Sri Lanka	33	0	1	34	9
8	Wasim Akram^	1985–2002	Pakistan	25	6	N/A	31	5
9	Dale Steynǂ	2004–2018	South Africa/Africa	26	3	0	29	5
10	Harbhajan Singh	1998–2016	India/Asia	25	3	0	28	5
11	Ian Botham^	1977–1992	England	27	0	N/A	27	4
	James Andersonǂ	2003–2018	England	25	2	0	27	3
13	R Ashwinǂ	2011–2018	India	26	0	0	26	7
	Curtly Ambrose^	1988–2000	West Indies	22	4	N/A	26	3
15	Sydney Barnes^	1901–1914	England	24	N/A	N/A	24	7
	Dennis Lillee^	1971–1984	Australia	23	1	N/A	24	7
	Imran Khan^	1971–1992	Pakistan	23	1	N/A	24	6
	Kapil Dev^	1978–1994	India	23	1	N/A	24	2
19	Courtney Walsh^	1984–2001	West Indies	22	1	N/A	23	3
20	Allan Donald	1991–2003	South Africa	20	2	N/A	22	3
	Malcolm Marshall^	1978–1992	West Indies	22	0	N/A	22	4
	Makhaya Ntini	1998–2011	South Africa/ICC	18	4	0	22	4
	Daniel Vettori	1997–2015	New Zealand/ICC	20	2	0	22	3
24	Clarrie Grimmett^	1925–1936	Australia	21	N/A	N/A	21	7
	Shaun Pollock	1996–2008	South Africa/Africa/ICC	16	5	0	21	1
26	Saqlain Mushtaq	1995–2004	Pakistan	13	6	N/A	19	3
	Shakib Al Hasanǂ	2006–2018	Bangladesh	18	1	0	19	2
	Brett Lee	1999–2012	Australia	10	9	0	19	0
28	Graeme Swann	2008–2013	England	17	1	0	18	3
	Lance Gibbs^	1958–1976	West Indies	18	0	N/A	18	2
31	Fred Trueman^	1952–1965	England	17	N/A	N/A	17	3
	Abdul Qadir	1977–1993	Pakistan	15	2	N/A	17	5
	Derek Underwood^	1966–1982	England	17	0	N/A	17	6
	Stuart Broadǂ	2007–2017	England	16	1	0	17	2
35	Terry Alderman	1981–1991	Australia	14	2	N/A	16	1
	BS Chandrasekhar	1964–1979	India	16	0	N/A	16	2
	Shoaib Akhtar	1998–2011	Pakistan/Asia/ICC	12	4	0	16	2
	Graham McKenzie	1961–1971	Australia	16	N/A	N/A	16	3
	Richie Benaud^	1952–1964	Australia	16	N/A	N/A	16	1
	Bob Willis	1971–1984	England	16	0	N/A	16	0
	Chaminda Vaas	1994–2009	Sri Lanka/Asia	12	4	N/A	16	2
42	Alec Bedser	1946–1955	England	15	N/A	N/A	15	5
	Danish Kaneria	2000–2010	Pakistan	15	0	N/A	15	2
	Craig McDermott	1984–1996	Australia	14	1	N/A	15	2
	Mitchell Johnson	2007–2015	Australia	12	3	0	15	3

Notes

References

1. Test five wicket hauls
2. ODI five wicket hauls