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Home  »  Cricket  »  Sri Lanka  »  Records  »  Most Wickets in ODI for Sri Lanka

Most Wickets in ODI for Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan tops the list of Sri Lanka's highest wicket-takers in ODIs, with a record 523 wickets in 343 matches at an economy of 3.92. Chaminda Vaas follows with 399 wickets in 321 matches, including a best of 8/19. Lasith Malinga is third, claiming 338 wickets in 226 matches, while legends like Sanath Jayasuriya (320 wickets) and KMDN Kulasekara (199 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in Sri Lanka's ODI success over the years. Here is the list of Sri lankan players with the most wickets in ODI history.
# Player Matches Inn Runs Wickets Best Economy
1 Muttiah Muralitharan 343 334 12,066 523 7/30 3.92
2 Chaminda Vaas 321 319 10,955 399 8/19 4.18
3 Lasith Malinga 226 220 9,760 338 6/38 5.35
4 Sanath Jayasuriya 441 365 11,737 320 6/29 4.77
5 KMDN Kulasekara 184 181 6,751 199 5/22 4.90
6 CRD Fernando 146 140 5,612 183 6/27 5.22
7 Thisara Perera 166 157 5,740 175 6/44 5.83
8 BAW Mendis 87 84 3,324 152 6/13 4.80
9 Upul Chandana 147 136 4,818 151 5/61 4.70
10 HDPK Dharmasena 141 134 4,998 138 4/37 4.27
11 Farveez Maharoof 109 105 3,789 135 6/14 4.89
12 Angelo Mathews 226 163 4,110 126 6/20 4.63
13 Suranga Lakmal 86 84 3,534 109 4/13 5.46
14 GP Wickramasinghe 134 132 4,321 109 4/48 4.53
15 DNT Zoysa 95 93 3,213 108 5/26 4.52
16 Aravinda de Silva 308 156 4,177 106 4/30 4.86
17 Hashan Tillakaratne 330 204 4,778 106 4/4 4.87
18 Wanindu Hasaranga 63 62 2,494 99 7/19 5.14
19 JR Ratnayeke 78 76 2,866 85 4/23 4.81
20 Arjuna Ranatunga 269 135 3,757 79 4/14 4.78
21 Maheesh Theekshana 52 51 1,940 76 4/25 4.62
22 Rumesh Ratnayake 70 70 2,712 76 5/32 4.55
23 Rangana Herath 71 67 2,362 74 4/20 4.37
24 Ruwan Kalpage 86 81 2,975 73 4/36 4.50
25 Champaka Ramanayake 62 62 2,049 68 4/17 4.29
26 N Pradeep 49 47 2,339 63 4/31 5.98
27 A Dananjaya 42 40 1,809 59 6/29 5.13
28 Ashantha De Mel 57 57 2,237 59 5/32 4.90
29 Dushmantha Chameera 52 51 1,970 56 5/16 5.47
30 Sachithra Senanayake 49 47 1,874 53 4/13 4.76
31 KSC de Silva 38 37 1,323 52 3/18 4.90
32 Thilan Thushara 38 38 1,393 50 5/47 4.98
33 D Madushanka 26 26 1,132 45 5/80 6.15
34 Graeme Labrooy 44 44 1,876 45 5/57 4.87
35 Dhananjaya de Silva 90 75 1,907 44 3/32 5.08
36 Kasun Rajitha 34 34 1,553 43 4/50 6.10
37 Lahiru Kumara 32 32 1,404 42 4/48 6.48
38 Jeffrey Vandersay 28 26 1,065 40 6/33 5.39
39 Russel Arnold 180 84 1,739 40 3/47 4.83
40 DN Wellalage 29 28 1,070 37 5/27 5.24
41 S Randiv 31 29 1,214 36 5/42 5.06
42 HMCM Bandara 31 28 1,232 36 4/31 5.02
43 Vinothen John 45 45 1,655 34 3/28 4.29
44 KTGD Prasad 24 24 976 32 3/17 5.76
45 Sangarange Anurasiri 45 43 1,464 32 3/40 4.18
46 DS de Silva 41 40 1,557 32 3/29 4.50
47 Seekkuge Prasanna 40 39 1,767 32 3/32 5.45
48 Kaushal Lokuarachchi 21 21 725 31 4/44 4.30
49 BMAJ Mendis 58 49 1,204 28 3/15 5.14
50 RAP Nissanka 23 23 857 27 4/12 5.15
51 Pulasthi Gunaratne 23 23 908 27 4/44 5.68
52 Dasun Shanaka 71 46 999 27 5/43 5.67
53 Lakshan Sandakan 31 30 1,539 27 4/52 6.20
54 Asanka Gurusinha 147 55 1,354 26 2/25 5.12
55 Kapila Wijegunawardene 26 25 986 25 4/49 4.98
56 Chamika Karunaratne 26 23 765 24 4/43 5.75
57 KR Pushpakumara 31 31 1,181 24 3/25 4.95
58 AM Fernando 20 19 687 22 3/23 5.72
59 Asela Gunaratne 31 25 723 22 3/10 5.20
60 RMS Eranga 19 17 686 21 3/46 5.74
61 PDRL Perera 19 19 820 19 3/23 5.54
62 I Udana 21 21 950 18 3/82 6.27
63 M Pathirana 12 12 616 17 4/32 7.27
64 EAR de Silva 28 28 967 17 3/38 4.22
65 Charith Asalanka 73 25 411 16 4/18 4.78
66 Shaul Karnain 19 14 505 16 5/26 4.77
67 UWMBCA Welegedara 10 9 433 15 5/66 5.68
68 TCB Fernando 17 17 586 15 5/67 5.02
69 Sachith Pathirana 18 18 720 15 3/37 5.64
70 UC Hathurusingha 35 25 709 14 4/57 4.45
71 MDK Perera 13 10 409 13 3/48 5.38
72 Pramod Madushan 9 9 426 13 4/75 7.06
73 ASA Perera 20 18 522 13 2/25 5.40
74 KEA Upashantha 12 12 481 12 4/37 5.11
75 Thilan Samaraweera 53 17 542 11 3/34 4.63
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