| # | Player | Team | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Ave | Best | 4w | 5w | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waqar Younis | Pak | 262 | 12698 | 9919 | 416 | 23.84 | 7-36 | 14 | 13 | 1989-2003 |
| 2 | Muttiah Muralitharan | SL | 350 | 18811 | 12326 | 534 | 23.08 | 7-30 | 15 | 10 | 1993-2011 |
| 3 | Mitchell Starc | Aus | 132 | 6734 | 5919 | 247 | 23.96 | 6-28 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| 4 | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 398 | 17670 | 13632 | 395 | 34.51 | 7-12 | 4 | 9 | 1996-2015 |
| 5 | Brett Lee | Aus | 221 | 11185 | 8877 | 380 | 23.36 | 5-22 | 14 | 9 | 2000-2012 |
| 6 | Lasith Malinga | SL | 226 | 10936 | 9760 | 338 | 28.88 | 6-38 | 11 | 8 | 2004-2019 |
| 7 | Glenn McGrath | Aus | 250 | 12970 | 8391 | 381 | 22.02 | 7-15 | 9 | 7 | 1993-2007 |
| 8 | Rashid Khan | Afgh | 123 | 6174 | 4392 | 226 | 19.43 | 7/18 | 6 | 7 | 2015 |
| 9 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 356 | 18186 | 11812 | 502 | 23.53 | 5-15 | 17 | 6 | 1984-2003 |
| 10 | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pak | 169 | 8770 | 6275 | 288 | 21.79 | 5-20 | 11 | 6 | 1995-2003 |
| 11 | Mustafizur Rahman | Ban | 124 | 5909 | 5076 | 193 | 26.30 | 6-43 | 6 | 6 | 2015 |
| 12 | Mohammed Shami | Ind | 108 | 5326 | 4955 | 206 | 24.05 | 7-57 | 10 | 6 | 2013-2025 |
| 13 | Lance Klusener | SA | 171 | 7336 | 5751 | 192 | 29.95 | 6-49 | 1 | 6 | 1996-2004 |
| 14 | Trent Boult | NZ | 114 | 6180 | 5146 | 211 | 24.39 | 7-34 | 10 | 6 | 2012-2023 |
| 15 | Shaun Pollock | SA | 303 | 15712 | 9631 | 393 | 24.51 | 6-35 | 12 | 5 | 1996-2008 |
| 16 | Richard Hadlee | NZ | 115 | 6182 | 3407 | 158 | 21.56 | 5-25 | 1 | 5 | 1973-1990 |
| 17 | Wanindu Hasaranga | SL | 71 | 3305 | 2807 | 113 | 24.84 | 7-19 | 5 | 4 | 2017 |
| 18 | Bilal Khan | Oman | 49 | 2510 | 2118 | 101 | 20.97 | 5-31 | 4 | 4 | 2019 |
| 19 | Thisara Perera | SL | 166 | 5900 | 5740 | 175 | 32.80 | 6-44 | 5 | 4 | 2009-2021 |
| 20 | Hasan Ali | Pak | 68 | 3286 | 3179 | 102 | 31.17 | 5-34 | 2 | 4 | 2016 |
| 21 | Abdur Razzak | Ban | 153 | 7965 | 6065 | 207 | 29.30 | 5-29 | 5 | 4 | 2004-2014 |
| 22 | Shane Bond | NZ | 82 | 4295 | 3070 | 147 | 20.88 | 6-19 | 7 | 4 | 2002-2010 |
| 23 | Aaqib Javed | Pak | 163 | 8012 | 5721 | 182 | 31.43 | 7-37 | 2 | 4 | 1988-1998 |
| 24 | Shoaib Akhtar | Pak | 163 | 7764 | 6169 | 247 | 24.98 | 6-16 | 6 | 4 | 1998-2011 |
| 25 | Curtly Ambrose | WI | 176 | 9353 | 5429 | 225 | 24.13 | 5-17 | 6 | 4 | 1988-2000 |
| 26 | Makhaya Ntini | SA | 173 | 8687 | 6559 | 266 | 24.66 | 6-22 | 8 | 4 | 1998-2010 |
| 27 | Sanath Jayasuriya | SL | 445 | 14874 | 11871 | 323 | 36.75 | 6-29 | 8 | 4 | 1989-2011 |
| 28 | Chaminda Vaas | SL | 322 | 15775 | 11014 | 400 | 27.54 | 8-19 | 9 | 4 | 1994-2008 |
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