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Home  »  Cricket  »  South Africa  »  Records  »  Most Wickets in ODI for South Africa

Most Wickets in ODI for South Africa

Shaun Pollock tops the list of South Africa's highest wicket-takers in ODIs, with a record 387 wickets in 294 matches at an economy of 3.65. AA Donald follows with 272 wickets in 164 matches, including a best of 6/23. Jacques Kallis is third, claiming 269 wickets in 323 matches, while legends like Makhaya Ntini (265 wickets) and Dale Steyn (194 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in South Africa's ODI success over the years. Here is the list of south african players with the most wickets in ODI history.
# Player Matches Inn Runs Wickets Best Economy
1 Shaun Pollock 294 291 9,409 387 6/35 3.65
2 AA Donald 164 162 5,926 272 6/23 4.15
3 Jacques Kallis 323 279 8,568 269 5/30 4.83
4 Makhaya Ntini 172 170 6,501 265 6/22 4.51
5 Dale Steyn 123 122 5,045 194 6/39 4.88
6 Lance Klusener 171 164 5,751 192 6/49 4.70
7 Morne Morkel 114 111 4,595 180 5/21 4.94
8 Imran Tahir 107 104 4,297 173 7/45 4.65
9 Kagiso Rabada 105 103 4,543 166 6/16 5.06
10 WJ Cronje 188 153 3,966 114 5/32 4.44
11 Chris Gayle 79 76 2,935 106 5/45 4.63
12 Lungi Ngidi 66 65 2,946 100 6/58 5.78
13 Charl Langeveldt 72 71 2,962 100 5/39 5.09
14 Wayne Parnell 73 69 3,010 99 5/48 5.60
15 Andile Phehlukwayo 85 79 3,041 97 4/22 5.74
16 AJ Hall 88 78 2,515 95 5/18 4.51
17 PS de Villiers 83 82 2,636 95 4/27 3.57
18 Nico Boje 113 106 3,351 95 5/21 4.51
19 Lonwabo Tsotsobe 61 60 2,347 94 4/22 4.75
20 CR Matthews 56 55 1,975 79 4/10 3.94
21 Ryan McLaren 54 51 2,102 77 4/19 5.24
22 Robin Peterson 79 74 2,680 75 4/12 4.90
23 Tabraiz Shamsi 55 52 2,510 73 5/49 5.58
24 Pat Symcox 80 80 2,762 72 4/28 4.15
25 Johan Botha 76 73 2,816 72 4/19 4.56
26 Brian McMillan 78 75 2,589 70 4/32 4.28
27 JP Duminy 199 135 3,143 69 4/16 5.36
28 Keshav Maharaj 47 46 1,821 58 4/33 4.56
29 R Telemachus 37 37 1,565 56 4/43 4.89
30 Chris Morris 42 40 1,756 48 4/31 5.56
31 JA Morkel 56 50 1,786 47 4/29 5.42
32 Marco Jansen 28 28 1,383 45 5/39 6.20
33 Steven Elworthy 39 37 1,235 44 3/17 4.35
34 Richard Snell 42 42 1,574 44 5/40 4.50
35 Vernon Philander 30 28 986 41 4/12 4.62
36 Anrich Nortje 22 21 982 36 4/51 5.85
37 Dwaine Pretorius 27 26 947 35 4/36 4.96
38 KJ Abbott 28 27 1,051 34 4/21 4.83
39 Eric Simons 23 23 810 33 4/42 4.00
40 G Coetzee 14 14 720 31 4/44 6.48
41 Paul Adams 24 23 815 29 3/26 4.40
42 JM Kemp 79 44 915 29 3/20 4.68
43 Aaron Phangiso 21 21 829 26 3/40 4.58
44 Derek Crookes 32 30 1,011 25 3/30 4.96
45 Marlon Samuels 17 17 604 22 4/11 4.16
46 Alan Dawson 19 19 715 21 4/49 4.76
47 Willem Mulder 24 24 725 21 3/25 5.83
48 M Hayward 21 21 858 21 4/31 5.18
49 Aiden Markram 76 36 994 20 2/18 5.62
50 Adrian Kuiper 25 19 518 18 3/33 5.28
51 Graeme Smith 196 43 951 18 3/30 5.56
52 Roelof van der Merwe 13 13 561 17 3/27 4.77
53 Lizaad Williams 7 7 362 16 4/32 5.96
54 Bjorn Fortuin 13 12 493 16 2/22 4.91
55 Sisanda Magala 8 7 381 15 5/43 6.68
56 Farhaan Behardien 59 35 719 14 3/19 5.76
57 JJ van der Wath 10 10 551 13 2/21 6.28
58 Rusty Theron 4 4 173 12 5/44 5.35
59 Rory Kleinveldt 10 10 448 12 4/22 5.23
60 Monde Zondeki 11 11 440 11 2/40 5.23
61 M de Lange 4 4 198 10 4/46 5.68
62 Beuran Hendricks 10 8 346 10 3/59 5.37
63 David Callaghan 29 19 365 10 3/32 4.93
64 HS Williams 7 7 228 9 3/38 4.15
65 TG Shaw 9 9 298 9 2/19 3.54
66 David Wiese 6 6 316 9 3/50 6.44
67 Justin Ontong 27 16 396 9 3/30 4.41
68 CW Henderson 4 4 132 7 4/17 3.64
69 AB de Villiers 223 8 180 7 2/15 6.00
70 RE Bryson 7 7 323 7 2/34 5.12
71 OEG Baartman 4 4 101 6 2/32 4.04
72 Peter Kirsten 40 8 152 6 3/31 4.98
73 N Burger 5 5 225 6 3/30 5.53
74 Michael Rindel 22 12 242 6 2/15 5.37
75 DB Rundle 2 2 95 5 4/42 5.93
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