Top wicket-takers in Test cricket

The world's three top wicket-takers are all spinners - Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble - while two South Africans feature in the top 11. See the list of all bowlers to have taken 300-plus Test wickets.

1. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 800 from 133 matches

2. Shane Warne (Aus) 708 from 145 matches

3. Anil Kumble (Ind) 619 from 132 matches

4. Glenn McGrath (Aus) 563 from 124 matches

5. Courtney Walsh (WI) 519 from 132 matches

6. Kapil Dev (Ind) 434 from 131 matches

7. Richard Hadlee (NZ) 431 from 86 matches

8. Shaun Pollock (SA) 421 from 108 matches

9. Wasim Akram (Pak) 414 from 104 matches

10. Curtly Ambrose (WI) 405 from 98 matches

11. Makhaya Ntini (SA) 390 from 101 matches

12. Ian Botham (Eng) 383 from 102 matches

13. Malcolm Marshall (WI) 376 from 81 matches

14. Waqar Younis (Pak) 373 from 87 matches

15. Imran Khan (Pak) 362 from 88 matches

16. Dennis Lillee (Aus) 355 from 70 matches

16. Chaminda Vaas (SL) 355 from 111 matches

16. Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 355 from 84 matches

19. Allan Donald (SA) 330 from 72 matches

20. Bob Willis (Eng) 325 from 90 matches

21. Daniel Vettori (NZ) 325 from 100 matches

22. Brett Lee (Aus) 310 from 76 matches

23. Lance Gibbs (WI) 309 from 79 matches

24. Fred Trueman (Eng) 307 from 67 matches

Other top SA bowlers:

Jacques Kallis 266 from 140 matches

Dale Steyn 211 from 41 matches