Here is the list of all Most Overs Bowled By a Bowler in Test history:
# | Player | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Best | 5w | Avg | Eco |
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1 | Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka | 133 | 7,339.5 | 18,180 | 800 | 9/51 | 67 | 22.72 | 2.47 |
2 | Anil Kumble India | 132 | 6,808.2 | 18,355 | 619 | 10/74 | 35 | 29.65 | 2.69 |
3 | Shane Warne Australia | 145 | 6,784.1 | 17,995 | 708 | 8/71 | 37 | 25.41 | 2.65 |
4 | JM Anderson England | 187 | 6,646.1 | 18,569 | 700 | 7/42 | 32 | 26.52 | 2.79 |
5 | Stuart Broad England | 167 | 5,616.2 | 16,719 | 604 | 8/15 | 20 | 27.68 | 2.97 |
6 | Nathan Lyon Australia | 129 | 5,460.1 | 16,052 | 530 | 8/50 | 24 | 30.28 | 2.93 |
7 | Courtney Walsh West Indies | 132 | 5,003.1 | 12,688 | 519 | 7/37 | 22 | 24.44 | 2.53 |
8 | Glenn McGrath Australia | 124 | 4,874.4 | 12,186 | 563 | 8/24 | 29 | 21.64 | 2.49 |
9 | Daniel Vettori New Zealand | 113 | 4,802.2 | 12,441 | 362 | 7/87 | 20 | 34.36 | 2.59 |
10 | Harbhajan Singh India | 103 | 4,763.2 | 13,537 | 417 | 8/84 | 25 | 32.46 | 2.84 |
11 | Kapil Dev India | 131 | 4,623.2 | 12,867 | 434 | 9/83 | 23 | 29.64 | 2.78 |
12 | Lance Gibbs West Indies | 79 | 4,519.1 | 8,989 | 309 | 8/38 | 18 | 29.09 | 1.98 |
13 | Ravichandran Ashwin India | 100 | 4,361.0 | 12,255 | 516 | 7/59 | 36 | 23.75 | 2.81 |
14 | Rangana Herath Sri Lanka | 93 | 4,332.1 | 12,157 | 433 | 9/127 | 34 | 28.07 | 2.80 |
15 | Shaun Pollock South Africa | 108 | 4,058.5 | 9,733 | 421 | 7/87 | 16 | 23.11 | 2.39 |
16 | Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka | 111 | 3,906.2 | 10,501 | 355 | 7/71 | 12 | 29.58 | 2.68 |
17 | Wasim Akram Pakistan | 104 | 3,771.1 | 9,779 | 414 | 7/119 | 25 | 23.62 | 2.59 |
18 | Tim Southee New Zealand | 100 | 3,769.0 | 11,255 | 380 | 7/64 | 15 | 29.61 | 2.98 |
19 | Curtly Ambrose West Indies | 98 | 3,683.5 | 8,501 | 405 | 8/45 | 22 | 20.99 | 2.30 |
20 | Sir RJ Hadlee New Zealand | 86 | 3,653.0 | 9,611 | 431 | 9/52 | 36 | 22.29 | 2.63 |
21 | Derek Underwood England | 86 | 3,643.4 | 7,674 | 297 | 8/51 | 17 | 25.83 | 2.10 |
22 | IT Botham England | 102 | 3,635.5 | 10,878 | 383 | 8/34 | 27 | 28.40 | 2.99 |
23 | Sir Garry Sobers West Indies | 93 | 3,599.5 | 7,999 | 235 | 6/73 | 6 | 34.03 | 2.22 |
24 | Bishen Bedi India | 67 | 3,560.4 | 7,637 | 266 | 7/98 | 14 | 28.71 | 2.14 |
25 | Makhaya Ntini South Africa | 101 | 3,472.2 | 11,242 | 390 | 7/37 | 18 | 28.82 | 3.23 |
26 | Jacques Kallis South Africa | 166 | 3,372.0 | 9,535 | 292 | 6/54 | 5 | 32.65 | 2.82 |
27 | Imran Khan Pakistan | 88 | 3,243.0 | 8,258 | 362 | 8/58 | 23 | 22.81 | 2.54 |
28 | Ishant Sharma India | 105 | 3,193.2 | 10,078 | 311 | 7/74 | 11 | 32.40 | 3.15 |
29 | Richie Benaud Australia | 63 | 3,184.4 | 6,704 | 248 | 7/72 | 16 | 27.03 | 2.10 |
30 | Zaheer Khan India | 92 | 3,130.5 | 10,247 | 311 | 7/87 | 11 | 32.94 | 3.27 |
31 | Dale Steyn South Africa | 93 | 3,101.2 | 10,077 | 439 | 7/51 | 26 | 22.95 | 3.24 |
32 | Dennis Lillee Australia | 70 | 3,077.5 | 8,493 | 355 | 7/83 | 23 | 23.92 | 2.75 |
33 | Danish Kaneria Pakistan | 61 | 2,949.3 | 9,082 | 261 | 7/77 | 15 | 34.79 | 3.07 |
34 | Graham McKenzie Australia | 60 | 2,946.5 | 7,328 | 246 | 8/71 | 16 | 29.78 | 2.48 |
35 | Malcolm Marshall West Indies | 81 | 2,930.4 | 7,876 | 376 | 7/22 | 22 | 20.94 | 2.68 |
36 | Mitchell Starc Australia | 89 | 2,902.5 | 9,932 | 358 | 6/50 | 14 | 27.74 | 3.42 |
37 | Trent Boult New Zealand | 78 | 2,902.5 | 8,717 | 317 | 6/30 | 10 | 27.49 | 3.00 |
38 | RGD Willis England | 90 | 2,892.5 | 8,190 | 325 | 8/43 | 16 | 25.20 | 2.83 |
39 | Ravindra Jadeja India | 72 | 2,872.1 | 7,096 | 294 | 7/42 | 13 | 24.13 | 2.47 |
40 | Abdul Qadir Pakistan | 67 | 2,854.2 | 7,742 | 236 | 9/56 | 15 | 32.80 | 2.71 |
41 | Craig McDermott Australia | 71 | 2,764.2 | 8,332 | 291 | 8/97 | 14 | 28.63 | 3.01 |
42 | Brett Lee Australia | 76 | 2,755.1 | 9,554 | 310 | 5/30 | 10 | 30.81 | 3.46 |
43 | Morne Morkel South Africa | 86 | 2,749.4 | 8,550 | 309 | 6/23 | 8 | 27.66 | 3.10 |
44 | Waqar Younis Pakistan | 87 | 2,704.0 | 8,788 | 373 | 7/76 | 22 | 23.56 | 3.25 |
45 | JB Statham England | 70 | 2,676.0 | 6,261 | 252 | 7/39 | 9 | 24.84 | 2.33 |
46 | MG Johnson Australia | 73 | 2,666.5 | 8,891 | 313 | 8/61 | 12 | 28.40 | 3.33 |
47 | Bhagwat Chandrasekhar India | 58 | 2,660.3 | 7,199 | 242 | 8/79 | 16 | 29.74 | 2.70 |
48 | AV Bedser England | 51 | 2,653.0 | 5,876 | 236 | 7/44 | 15 | 24.89 | 2.21 |
49 | Ravishankar Shastri India | 80 | 2,625.1 | 6,185 | 151 | 5/75 | 2 | 40.96 | 2.35 |
50 | AA Donald South Africa | 72 | 2,586.3 | 7,344 | 330 | 8/71 | 20 | 22.25 | 2.83 |
51 | John Emburey England | 64 | 2,565.1 | 5,646 | 147 | 7/78 | 6 | 38.40 | 2.20 |
52 | GP Swann England | 60 | 2,558.1 | 7,642 | 255 | 6/65 | 17 | 29.96 | 2.98 |
53 | Fred Trueman England | 67 | 2,529.4 | 6,625 | 307 | 8/31 | 17 | 21.57 | 2.61 |
54 | Fred Titmus England | 53 | 2,519.4 | 4,931 | 153 | 7/79 | 7 | 32.22 | 1.95 |
55 | Javagal Srinath India | 67 | 2,517.2 | 7,196 | 236 | 8/86 | 10 | 30.49 | 2.85 |
56 | Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh | 67 | 2,509.3 | 7,387 | 237 | 7/36 | 19 | 31.16 | 2.94 |
57 | A Flintoff England | 79 | 2,491.5 | 7,410 | 226 | 5/58 | 3 | 32.78 | 2.97 |
58 | Srinivas Venkataraghavan India | 57 | 2,479.3 | 5,634 | 156 | 8/72 | 3 | 36.11 | 2.27 |
59 | Mulvantrai Mankad India | 44 | 2,447.4 | 5,236 | 162 | 8/52 | 8 | 32.32 | 2.13 |
60 | Josh Hazlewood Australia | 70 | 2,429.3 | 6,778 | 273 | 6/67 | 12 | 24.82 | 2.78 |
61 | Clarence Grimmett Australia | 37 | 2,418.5 | 5,231 | 216 | 7/40 | 21 | 24.21 | 2.16 |
62 | Kemar Roach West Indies | 81 | 2,410.4 | 7,491 | 270 | 6/48 | 11 | 27.74 | 3.10 |
63 | Erapally Prasanna India | 49 | 2,392.1 | 5,742 | 189 | 8/76 | 10 | 30.38 | 2.40 |
64 | Yasir Shah Pakistan | 48 | 2,375.5 | 7,657 | 244 | 8/41 | 16 | 31.38 | 3.22 |
65 | Jason Gillespie Australia | 71 | 2,372.2 | 6,770 | 259 | 7/37 | 8 | 26.13 | 2.85 |
66 | Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan | 49 | 2,345.0 | 6,206 | 208 | 8/164 | 13 | 29.83 | 2.64 |
67 | Chris Martin New Zealand | 71 | 2,337.4 | 7,878 | 233 | 6/26 | 10 | 33.81 | 3.37 |
68 | Sarfraz Nawaz Pakistan | 55 | 2,325.1 | 5,798 | 177 | 9/86 | 4 | 32.75 | 2.49 |
69 | Sonny Ramadhin West Indies | 43 | 2,323.1 | 4,579 | 158 | 7/49 | 10 | 28.98 | 1.97 |
70 | MJ Hoggard England | 67 | 2,318.1 | 7,564 | 248 | 7/61 | 7 | 30.50 | 3.26 |
71 | Peter Siddle Australia | 67 | 2,317.5 | 6,777 | 221 | 6/54 | 8 | 30.66 | 2.92 |
72 | Carl Hooper West Indies | 102 | 2,299.0 | 5,635 | 114 | 5/26 | 4 | 49.42 | 2.45 |
73 | Neil Wagner New Zealand | 64 | 2,287.3 | 7,169 | 260 | 7/39 | 9 | 27.57 | 3.13 |
74 | Ray Lindwall Australia | 61 | 2,275.0 | 5,251 | 228 | 7/38 | 12 | 23.03 | 2.30 |
75 | Hugh Tayfield South Africa | 37 | 2,261.2 | 4,405 | 170 | 9/113 | 14 | 25.91 | 1.94 |