Who has taken the most wickets in ODI cricket?

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 534 ODI wickets, the most of any bowler, in 350 matches.

Who are the leading ODI wicket-takers?

The top four are Muttiah Muralitharan (534), Wasim Akram (502), Waqar Younis (416) and Chaminda Vaas (400).

How many five-wicket hauls does Muttiah Muralitharan have?

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 10 five-wicket hauls in ODIs.

Most Wickets in ODI Cricket

#	Player	M	Inns	O	Runs	W	Avg	E/R	SR	4W	5W
1	Muttiah Muralitharan	350	341	3,135.1	12326	534	23.08	3.93	35.20	15	10
2	Wasim Akram	356	351	3,031.0	11812	502	23.52	3.89	36.20	17	6
3	Waqar Younis	262	258	2,116.2	9919	416	23.84	4.68	30.50	14	13
4	Chaminda Vaas	322	320	2,629.1	11014	400	27.53	4.18	39.40	9	4
5	Shahid Afridi	398	372	2,945.0	13632	395	34.51	4.62	44.70	4	9
6	Shaun Pollock	303	297	2,618.4	9631	393	24.50	3.67	39.90	12	5
7	Glenn McGrath	250	248	2,161.4	8391	381	22.02	3.88	34.00	9	7
8	Brett Lee	221	217	1,864.1	8877	380	23.36	4.76	29.40	14	9
9	Lasith Malinga	226	220	1,822.4	9760	338	28.87	5.35	32.30	11	8
10	Anil Kumble	271	265	2,416.0	10412	337	30.89	4.30	43.00	8	2
11	Sanath Jayasuriya	445	368	2,479.0	11871	323	36.75	4.78	46.00	8	4
12	Shakib Al Hasan	247	241	2,095.5	9360	317	29.52	4.46	39.60	10	4
13	Javagal Srinath	229	227	1,989.1	8847	315	28.08	4.44	37.80	7	3
14	Daniel Vettori	295	277	2,343.2	9674	305	31.71	4.12	46.00	8	2
15	Shane Warne	194	191	1,773.4	7541	293	25.73	4.25	36.30	12	1
16	Ajit Agarkar	191	188	1,580.4	8021	288	27.85	5.07	32.90	10	2
17	Saqlain Mushtaq	169	165	1,461.4	6275	288	21.78	4.29	30.40	11	6
18	Zaheer Khan	200	197	1,682.5	8301	282	29.43	4.93	35.80	7	1
19	Jacques Kallis	328	283	1,791.4	8680	273	31.79	4.84	39.30	2	2
20	Allan Donald	164	162	1,426.5	5926	272	21.78	4.15	31.40	11	2
21	Mashrafe Mortaza	220	220	1,820.2	8893	270	32.93	4.88	40.40	7	1
22	Harbhajan Singh	236	227	2,079.5	8973	269	33.35	4.31	46.30	2	3
23	James Anderson	194	191	1,597.2	7861	269	29.22	4.92	35.60	11	2
24	Abdul Razzaq	265	254	1,823.3	8564	269	31.83	4.69	40.60	8	3
25	Makhaya Ntini	173	171	1,447.5	6559	266	24.65	4.53	32.60	8	4
26	Jhulan Goswami	204	203	1,667.3	5622	255	22.04	3.37	39.20	7	2
27	Kapil Dev	225	221	1,867.0	6945	253	27.45	3.71	44.20	3	1
28	Shoaib Akhtar	163	162	1,294.0	6169	247	24.97	4.76	31.40	6	4
29	Mitchell Starc	130	130	1,106.2	5826	247	23.58	5.26	26.80	12	9
30	Adil Rashid	161	155	1,346.3	7571	242	31.28	5.62	33.30	10	2
31	Kyle Mills	170	169	1,371.4	6485	240	27.02	4.72	34.20	8	1
32	Mitchell Johnson	153	150	1,248.1	6038	239	25.26	4.83	31.30	9	3
33	Heath Streak	189	185	1,578.0	7129	239	29.82	4.51	39.60	7	1
34	Darren Gough	159	156	1,411.4	6209	235	26.42	4.39	36.00	10	2
35	Ravindra Jadeja	210	202	1,734.0	8478	232	36.54	4.88	44.80	7	2
36	Courtney Walsh	205	204	1,803.4	6918	227	30.47	3.83	47.60	6	1
37	Curtly Ambrose	176	175	1,558.5	5429	225	24.12	3.48	41.50	6	4
38	Tim Southee	161	159	1,345.5	7448	221	33.70	5.53	36.50	5	3
39	Rashid Khan	120	112	1,001.2	4265	214	19.92	4.25	28.00	6	6
40	Trent Boult	114	113	1,030.0	5146	211	24.38	4.99	29.20	10	6
41	Abdur Razzak	153	152	1,327.3	6065	207	29.29	4.56	38.40	5	4
42	Mohammad Shami	108	107	887.4	4955	206	24.05	5.58	25.80	10	6
43	Chris Harris	250	232	1,777.5	7613	203	37.50	4.28	52.50	2	1
44	Craig McDermott	138	138	1,243.3	5018	203	24.71	4.03	36.70	4	1
45	Chris Cairns	215	186	1,361.2	6594	201	32.80	4.84	40.60	3	1
46	Dwayne Bravo	164	150	1,085.1	5874	199	29.51	5.41	32.70	6	1
47	Nuwan Kulasekara	184	181	1,377.1	6751	199	33.92	4.90	41.50	4	1
48	Adam Zampa	121	121	1,051.3	5809	198	29.33	5.52	31.80	12	1
49	Dale Steyn	125	124	1,042.4	5087	196	25.95	4.87	31.90	4	3
50	Venkatesh Prasad	161	160	1,354.5	6332	196	32.30	4.67	41.40	3	1
51	Steve Waugh	325	207	1,480.3	6761	195	34.67	4.56	45.50	3	0
52	Kuldeep Yadav	121	118	1,034.0	5247	194	27.04	5.07	31.90	9	2
53	Mustafizur Rahman	124	122	984.5	5076	193	26.30	5.15	30.60	6	6
54	Carl Hooper	227	203	1,595.3	6958	193	36.05	4.36	49.60	3	0
55	Lance Klusener	171	164	1,222.4	5751	192	29.95	4.70	38.20	1	6
56	Shabnim Ismail	127	126	1,028.2	3812	191	19.95	3.70	32.30	6	2
57	Morne Morkel	117	114	960.0	4761	188	25.32	4.95	30.60	7	2
58	Dilhara Fernando	147	141	1,084.3	5648	187	30.20	5.20	34.70	3	1
59	Saeed Ajmal	113	112	1,000.0	4182	184	22.72	4.18	32.60	6	2
60	Imran Khan	175	153	1,243.3	4844	182	26.61	3.89	40.90	3	1
61	Aaqib Javed	163	159	1,335.2	5721	182	31.43	4.28	44.00	2	4
62	Anisa Mohammed	141	134	1,042.0	3735	180	20.75	3.58	34.70	7	6
63	Umar Gul	130	128	1,010.4	5253	179	29.34	5.19	33.80	4	2
64	Stuart Broad	121	121	1,018.1	5364	178	30.13	5.26	34.30	9	1
65	Mohammad Nabi	178	167	1,342.2	5806	177	32.80	4.32	45.50	4	1
66	Thisara Perera	166	157	983.2	5740	175	32.80	5.83	33.70	5	4
67	Nathan Bracken	116	116	959.5	4240	174	24.36	4.41	33.00	5	2
68	Irfan Pathan	120	118	975.5	5142	173	29.72	5.26	33.80	5	2
69	Jacob Oram	160	154	1,151.5	5047	173	29.17	4.38	39.90	3	2
70	Imran Tahir	107	104	923.3	4297	173	24.83	4.65	32.00	7	3
71	Chris Woakes	122	118	956.1	5193	173	30.01	5.43	33.10	11	3
72	Matt Henry	95	93	824.2	4298	172	24.98	5.21	28.70	13	3
73	Katherine Brunt	141	139	1,141.1	4081	170	24.00	3.57	40.20	3	5
74	Andrew Flintoff	141	119	937.2	4121	169	24.38	4.39	33.20	6	2
75	Shane Watson	190	163	1,077.4	5342	168	31.79	4.95	38.40	3	0
76	Kagiso Rabada	106	104	907.2	4613	168	27.45	5.08	32.40	6	2
77	Chris Gayle	301	199	1,237.2	5926	167	35.48	4.78	44.40	3	1
78	Ellyse Perry	135	128	935.4	4089	162	25.24	4.37	34.60	1	3
79	Mushtaq Ahmed	144	142	1,257.1	5361	161	33.29	4.26	46.80	3	1
80	Jason Holder	138	134	1,067.0	5878	159	36.96	5.50	40.20	5	2
81	Shoaib Malik	287	217	1,326.2	6192	158	39.18	4.66	50.30	1	0
82	Sir Richard Hadlee	115	112	1,030.2	3407	158	21.56	3.30	39.10	1	5
83	Ashish Nehra	120	120	958.3	4981	157	31.72	5.19	36.60	5	2
84	Malcolm Marshall	136	134	1,195.5	4233	157	26.96	3.53	45.70	6	0
85	Manoj Prabhakar	130	127	1,060.0	4534	157	28.87	4.27	40.50	4	2
86	Ravichandran Ashwin	116	114	1,050.3	5180	156	33.20	4.93	40.40	1	0
87	Brad Hogg	123	113	927.2	4188	156	26.84	4.51	35.60	3	2
88	Sachin Tendulkar	463	270	1,342.2	6850	154	44.48	5.10	52.20	4	2
89	Sandeep Lamichhane	74	72	677.1	2965	154	19.25	4.37	26.30	9	3
90	Stafanie Taylor	151	133	949.4	3359	153	21.95	3.53	37.20	5	0
91	Ajantha Mendis	87	84	692.2	3324	152	21.86	4.80	27.30	7	3
92	Sana Mir	120	118	990.2	3665	151	24.27	3.70	39.30	7	1
93	Upul Chandana	147	111	1,023.4	1627	151	17.30	4.70	72.99	4	1
94	Jasprit Bumrah	89	88	763.2	3509	149	23.55	4.59	30.70	6	2
95	Shane Bond	82	80	715.5	3070	147	20.88	4.28	29.20	7	4
96	Marizanne Kapp	131	125	968.0	3694	147	25.12	3.81	39.50	4	1
97	Shaheen Afridi	77	76	643.1	3578	146	24.50	5.56	26.40	8	3
98	Lisa Sthalekar	125	123	994.0	3646	146	24.97	3.66	40.80	1	1
99	Joel Garner	98	98	888.2	2752	146	18.84	3.09	36.50	2	3
100	Thomas Odoyo	136	129	941.3	4335	145	29.89	4.60	38.90	5	0

Most Wickets in ODI Cricket

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most wickets in One Day International cricket, 534 wickets in 350 matches at an economy rate of 3.93, including 10 five-wicket hauls. He is followed by Wasim Akram (502), Waqar Younis (416) and Chaminda Vaas (400).

Leading the ODI wicket charts demands both longevity and the skill to keep taking wickets across all phases of the innings. The table lists every leading bowler with matches, economy and four- and five-wicket hauls. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

Most Wickets in ODI Cricket

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