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

Most Wickets in Test for South Africa

Dale Steyn tops the list of South Africa's highest wicket-takers in TESTs, with a record 439 wickets in 93 matches at an economy of 3.24. Shaun Pollock follows with 421 wickets in 108 matches, including a best of 7/87. Makhaya Ntini is third, claiming 390 wickets in 101 matches, while legends like AA Donald (330 wickets) and Kagiso Rabada (327 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in South Africa's TEST success over the years. Here is the list of south african players with the most wickets in TEST history.
# Player Matches Inn Runs Wickets Best Economy
1 Dale Steyn 93 171 10,077 439 7/51 3.24
2 Shaun Pollock 108 202 9,733 421 7/87 2.39
3 Makhaya Ntini 101 190 11,242 390 7/37 3.23
4 AA Donald 72 129 7,344 330 8/71 2.83
5 Kagiso Rabada 70 128 7,196 327 7/112 3.34
6 Morne Morkel 86 160 8,550 309 6/23 3.10
7 Jacques Kallis 165 270 9,497 291 6/54 2.82
8 Vernon Philander 64 119 5,000 224 6/21 2.63
9 Keshav Maharaj 57 96 5,878 198 9/129 3.10
10 Hugh Tayfield 37 61 4,405 170 9/113 1.94
11 Paul Adams 45 76 4,405 134 7/128 2.98
12 TL Goddard 41 75 3,226 123 6/53 1.64
13 Chris Gayle 36 69 3,919 123 6/32 3.08
14 Peter Pollock 28 52 2,806 116 6/38 2.58
15 Neil Adcock 26 46 2,195 104 6/43 2.06
16 PL Harris 37 63 3,901 103 6/127 2.65
17 Nico Boje 43 72 4,265 100 5/62 2.96
18 PS de Villiers 18 34 2,063 85 6/23 2.57
19 Cyril Vincent 25 40 2,631 84 6/51 2.69
20 George Faulkner 25 43 2,180 82 7/84 3.09
21 Lance Klusener 49 84 3,033 80 8/64 2.64
22 Brian McMillan 38 64 2,537 75 4/65 2.51
23 Marco Jansen 17 30 1,589 73 7/13 3.48
24 Anrich Nortje 19 32 1,870 70 6/56 3.67
25 Albert Vogler 15 28 1,455 64 7/94 3.15
26 James Sinclair 25 41 1,996 63 6/26 3.32
27 James Blanckenberg 18 25 1,817 60 6/76 2.80
28 Duanne Olivier 16 29 1,432 59 6/37 3.74
29 Peter Heine 14 27 1,455 58 6/58 2.24
30 Adam Gilchrist 19 33 1,920 58 6/59 1.98
31 Imran Tahir 20 37 2,294 57 5/32 3.50
32 Lungi Ngidi 19 33 1,273 55 6/39 3.11
33 Reginald Schwarz 20 31 1,417 55 6/47 3.22
34 M Hayward 16 29 1,609 54 5/56 3.42
35 Athol Rowan 15 25 2,084 54 5/68 2.40
36 CR Matthews 18 33 1,502 52 5/42 2.26
37 Marcus Trescothick 17 31 1,788 50 6/46 2.57
38 Boeta Dippenaar 15 21 1,421 48 6/92 3.71
39 Alexander Bell 16 26 1,567 48 6/99 2.81
40 Mohammad Rafique 16 23 1,572 47 7/65 3.15
41 AJ Hall 21 38 1,617 45 3/1 3.23
42 Joseph Partridge 11 20 1,373 44 7/91 2.23
43 WJ Cronje 68 85 1,288 43 3/14 2.03
44 JP Duminy 46 57 1,601 42 4/47 3.55
45 Michael Procter 7 14 616 41 6/73 2.44
46 Arthur Nourse 45 57 1,553 41 4/25 2.88
47 Alfred Hall 7 14 886 40 7/63 2.25
48 Eddie Barlow 30 46 1,362 40 5/85 2.70
49 Arthur Langton 15 23 1,827 40 5/58 2.61
50 KJ Abbott 11 21 886 39 7/29 2.55
51 Simon Harmer 10 16 1,075 39 4/61 3.06
52 Robin Peterson 15 27 1,416 38 5/33 3.37
53 Brett Schultz 9 14 749 37 5/48 2.59
54 DL Piedt 12 20 1,521 37 5/89 3.76
55 Pat Symcox 20 34 1,603 37 4/69 2.70
56 Quintin McMillan 13 22 1,243 36 5/66 3.69
57 Tillakaratne Dilshan 15 25 1,510 36 6/43 2.58
58 SJ Snooke 26 29 702 35 8/70 2.60
59 NA Quinn 12 19 1,145 35 6/92 2.35
60 Willem Mulder 18 30 779 30 4/32 2.99
61 JC Watkins 15 27 816 29 4/22 1.74
62 Goofy Lawrence 5 9 512 28 8/53 2.30
63 CP Carter 10 12 694 28 6/50 2.82
64 Younis Khan 42 39 1,380 27 5/87 3.27
65 Michael Melle 7 12 851 26 6/71 3.06
66 AH McKinnon 8 15 925 26 4/128 2.17
67 George Bissett 4 8 469 25 7/29 2.84
68 Dane Paterson 7 13 656 25 5/61 2.98
69 J Middleton 6 11 442 24 5/51 2.49
70 ERH Fuller 7 12 668 22 5/66 2.11
71 XC Balaskas 9 11 806 22 5/49 3.07
72 CW Henderson 7 12 928 22 4/116 2.83
73 Geoffrey Chubb 5 8 577 21 6/51 2.42
74 DJ Terbrugge 7 13 517 20 5/46 3.06
75 RJ Crisp 9 14 747 20 5/99 3.13
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