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Home  »  Cricket  »  England  »  Records  »  Most Wickets in Test for England

Most Wickets in Test for England

JM Anderson tops the list of England's highest wicket-takers in TESTs, with a record 704 wickets in 188 matches at an economy of 2.79. Stuart Broad follows with 604 wickets in 167 matches, including a best of 8/15. IT Botham is third, claiming 383 wickets in 102 matches, while legends like RGD Willis (325 wickets) and Fred Trueman (307 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in England's TEST success over the years. Here is the list of England players with the most wickets in TEST history.
# Player Matches Inn Runs Wickets Best Economy
1 JM Anderson 188 350 18,627 704 7/42 2.79
2 Stuart Broad 167 309 16,719 604 8/15 2.97
3 IT Botham 102 168 10,878 383 8/34 2.99
4 RGD Willis 90 165 8,190 325 8/43 2.83
5 Fred Trueman 67 127 6,625 307 8/31 2.61
6 Derek Underwood 86 151 7,674 297 8/51 2.10
7 GP Swann 60 109 7,642 255 6/65 2.98
8 JB Statham 70 129 6,261 252 7/39 2.33
9 MJ Hoggard 67 122 7,564 248 7/61 3.26
10 AV Bedser 51 92 5,876 236 7/44 2.21
11 Andy Caddick 62 105 6,999 234 7/46 3.09
12 Darren Gough 58 95 6,503 229 6/42 3.30
13 SJ Harmison 62 113 7,091 222 7/12 3.22
14 A Flintoff 78 135 7,303 219 5/58 2.97
15 Ben Stokes 110 160 6,797 210 6/22 3.32
16 Moeen Ali 68 119 7,612 204 6/53 3.62
17 John Snow 49 93 5,387 202 7/40 2.68
18 James Laker 46 86 4,101 193 10/53 2.04
19 SF Barnes 27 50 3,106 189 9/103 2.36
20 Chris Woakes 57 109 5,112 181 6/17 3.02
21 Angus Fraser 46 79 4,836 177 8/53 2.66
22 GAR Lock 49 88 4,451 174 7/35 2.03
23 MS Panesar 50 85 5,797 167 6/37 2.78
24 Maurice Tate 39 68 4,055 155 6/42 1.94
25 Fred Titmus 53 90 4,931 153 7/79 1.95
26 John Emburey 64 103 5,646 147 7/78 2.20
27 Hedley Verity 40 73 3,510 144 8/43 1.88
28 CM Old 46 81 4,020 143 7/50 2.72
29 AF Giles 54 88 5,806 143 5/57 2.86
30 Jack Leach 39 67 4,838 142 5/66 3.08
31 AW Greig 58 93 4,541 141 8/86 2.77
32 PAJ DeFreitas 44 76 4,700 140 7/70 2.86
33 Graham Dilley 41 65 4,107 138 6/38 3.00
34 Trevor Bailey 61 95 3,856 132 7/34 2.38
35 Dominic Cork 37 62 3,906 131 7/43 3.05
36 Devon Malcolm 40 72 4,748 128 9/57 3.35
37 W Rhodes 58 90 3,425 127 8/68 2.49
38 Steven Finn 36 66 3,800 125 6/79 3.55
39 Phillippe Edmonds 51 84 4,273 125 7/66 2.13
40 David Allen 39 65 3,779 122 5/30 2.00
41 Ray Illingworth 61 100 3,807 122 6/29 1.91
42 Phil Tufnell 42 70 4,560 121 7/47 2.42
43 Mark Wood 37 69 3,621 119 6/37 3.31
44 John Briggs 33 49 2,095 118 8/11 2.35
45 Geoffrey Arnold 34 61 3,254 115 6/45 2.55
46 George Lohmann 18 36 1,205 112 9/28 1.88
47 Douglas Wright 34 59 4,224 108 7/105 3.11
48 John Wardle 28 52 2,080 102 7/36 1.89
49 Robert Peel 20 35 1,715 101 7/31 1.97
50 Colin Blythe 19 37 1,863 100 8/59 2.45
51 William Voce 27 51 2,733 98 7/70 2.57
52 Chris Lewis 32 55 3,490 93 6/111 3.05
53 Thomas Richardson 14 24 2,220 88 8/94 2.96
54 Neil Foster 29 47 2,891 88 8/107 2.77
55 Michael Hendrick 30 54 2,248 87 4/28 2.17
56 Frank Woolley 64 87 2,815 83 7/76 2.60
57 Wally Hammond 85 110 3,138 83 5/36 2.36
58 GOB Allen 25 45 2,379 81 7/80 3.25
59 Ryan Sidebottom 22 36 2,231 79 7/47 2.78
60 DJ Brown 26 46 2,237 79 5/42 2.63
61 H Larwood 21 36 2,212 78 6/32 2.67
62 FH Tyson 17 29 1,411 76 7/27 2.45
63 Ollie Robinson 20 37 1,742 76 5/49 2.75
64 JK Lever 21 38 1,951 73 7/46 2.64
65 Timothy Bresnan 23 41 2,357 72 5/48 3.02
66 K Higgs 15 27 1,473 71 6/91 2.14
67 Joe Root 152 156 3,221 71 5/8 3.30
68 BR Knight 29 54 2,223 70 4/38 2.48
69 Derek Pringle 30 52 2,518 70 5/95 2.85
70 William Bowes 15 29 1,519 68 6/33 2.49
71 PI Pocock 25 43 2,976 67 6/79 2.68
72 Alfred Freeman 12 22 1,707 66 7/71 2.74
73 ER Dexter 62 80 2,306 66 4/10 2.60
74 RWV Robins 19 34 1,758 64 6/32 3.17
75 DW Headley 15 23 1,671 60 6/60 3.31
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