Most Wickets in Test for West Indies: From Courtney Walsh to FM King

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Courtney Walsh tops the list of West Indies's highest wicket-takers in TESTs, with a record 519 wickets in 132 matches at an economy of 2.53. Curtly Ambrose follows with 405 wickets in 98 matches, including a best of 8/45. Malcolm Marshall is third, claiming 376 wickets in 81 matches, while legends like Lance Gibbs (309 wickets) and Kemar Roach (284 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in West Indies's TEST success over the years. Here is the list of West Indies players with the most wickets in TEST history.

#	Player	Matches	Inn	Runs	Wickets	Best	Economy
1	Courtney Walsh	132	242	12,688	519	7/37	2.53
2	Curtly Ambrose	98	179	8,501	405	8/45	2.30
3	Malcolm Marshall	81	151	7,876	376	7/22	2.68
4	Lance Gibbs	79	148	8,989	309	8/38	1.98
5	Kemar Roach	85	154	7,729	284	6/48	3.10
6	Joel Garner	58	111	5,433	259	6/56	2.47
7	Michael Holding	60	113	5,898	249	8/92	2.79
8	Sir Garry Sobers	93	159	7,999	235	6/73	2.22
9	AME Roberts	47	90	5,174	202	7/54	2.78
10	WW Hall	48	92	5,066	192	7/69	2.91
11	Shannon Gabriel	59	104	5,348	166	8/62	3.42
12	Fidel Edwards	55	97	6,249	165	7/87	3.90
13	Jason Holder	69	122	4,924	162	6/42	2.61
14	Ian Bishop	43	76	3,909	161	6/40	2.78
15	Sonny Ramadhin	43	76	4,579	158	7/49	1.97
16	Alfred Valentine	36	63	4,215	139	8/104	1.95
17	Merwyn Dillon	38	66	4,398	131	5/71	3.03
18	JE Taylor	46	78	4,480	130	6/47	3.46
19	CEH Croft	27	52	2,913	125	8/29	2.83
20	Devendra Bishoo	36	59	4,350	117	8/49	3.23
21	Carl Hooper	102	145	5,635	114	5/26	2.45
22	Alzarri Joseph	37	69	3,885	111	5/81	3.72
23	Vanburn Holder	40	72	3,627	109	6/28	2.39
24	Pedro Collins	32	61	3,671	106	6/53	3.16
25	Charlie Griffith	28	50	2,683	94	6/36	2.85
26	Balfour Patterson	28	53	2,874	93	5/24	3.57
27	Corey Collymore	30	53	3,004	93	7/57	2.84
28	Kenneth Benjamin	26	48	2,785	92	6/66	3.25
29	Sulieman Benn	26	42	3,402	87	6/81	2.78
30	DJ Bravo	40	61	3,426	86	6/55	3.17
31	Roston Chase	49	72	3,910	85	8/60	3.45
32	Daren Powell	37	66	4,068	85	5/25	3.44
33	Darren Sammy	38	65	3,007	84	7/66	2.90
34	Jayden Seales	18	34	1,670	75	6/61	3.41
35	JA Warrican	19	34	2,012	73	7/32	3.05
36	Chris Gayle	103	104	3,120	73	5/34	2.63
37	Shane Shillingford	16	27	2,419	70	6/49	3.09
38	FMM Worrell	51	82	2,672	69	7/70	2.24
39	Winston Benjamin	21	35	1,648	61	4/46	2.67
40	Keith Boyce	21	39	1,801	60	6/77	3.08
41	Gerald Gomez	29	46	1,590	58	7/55	1.82
42	Learie Constantine	18	29	1,746	58	5/75	2.92
43	Roy Gilchrist	13	23	1,521	57	6/55	2.82
44	TL Best	25	45	2,291	57	6/40	3.69
45	Franklyn Rose	19	31	1,637	53	7/84	3.14
46	Reon King	19	33	1,733	53	5/51	3.02
47	Jermaine Lawson	13	25	1,512	51	7/78	3.83
48	David Holford	24	35	2,009	51	5/23	2.50
49	Bernard Julien	24	45	1,868	50	5/57	2.46
50	Ravi Rampaul	18	33	1,705	49	4/48	2.97
51	OG Smith	26	37	1,625	48	5/90	2.20
52	Denis Atkinson	22	39	1,647	47	7/53	1.90
53	Roger Harper	25	39	1,291	46	6/57	2.14
54	Dinanath Ramnarine	12	22	1,383	45	5/78	2.37
55	Winston Davis	15	28	1,472	45	4/19	3.18
56	Herman Griffith	13	18	1,243	44	6/103	2.80
57	Nixon McLean	19	32	1,873	44	3/53	3.40
58	Cameron Cuffy	15	26	1,455	43	4/82	2.59
59	ST Clarke	11	19	1,170	42	5/126	2.83
60	Marlon Samuels	71	69	2,445	41	4/13	3.34
61	Emmanuel Martindale	10	17	804	37	5/22	3.00
62	WW Daniel	10	19	910	36	5/39	3.11
63	G Motie	11	19	946	35	7/37	3.26
64	Rahkeem Cornwall	10	18	1,316	35	7/75	2.85
65	Kyle Mayers	18	28	622	34	5/18	2.44
66	Wilfred Ferguson	8	15	1,165	34	6/92	2.72
67	Inshan Ali	12	23	1,621	34	5/59	2.61
68	John Goddard	27	36	1,050	33	5/31	2.14
69	Vasbert Drakes	12	21	1,362	33	5/93	3.12
70	Sir Viv Richards	121	103	1,964	32	2/17	2.27
71	V Permaul	9	17	1,183	31	5/35	3.35
72	A Sanford	11	18	1,316	30	4/132	3.56
73	S Joseph	8	15	776	29	7/68	4.15
74	RR Jumadeen	12	22	1,141	29	4/72	2.18
75	FM King	14	23	1,159	29	5/74	2.42

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