In a recent thread, Paddles, put up some great statistics showing the top 20 - 30 bowlers in Test cricket.

I'm hoping someone can post the same table he had here.

Cheers

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL)	1992-2010	133	230	44039	18180	800	9/51	16/220	22.72	2.47	55.0	67	22
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	273	40705	17995	708	8/71	12/128	25.41	2.65	57.4	37	10
A Kumble (INDIA)	1990-2008	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	2.69	65.9	35	8
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2019	149	278	32359	15491	575	7/42	11/71	26.94	2.87	56.2	27	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	243	29248	12186	563	8/24	10/27	21.64	2.49	51.9	29	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	242	30019	12688	519	7/37	13/55	24.44	2.53	57.8	22	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2019	132	243	26950	13390	467	8/15	11/121	28.67	2.98	57.7	17	2
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	171	18608	10077	439	7/51	11/60	22.95	3.24	42.3	26	5
N Kapil Dev (INDIA)	1978-1994	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	2.78	63.9	23	2
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	93	170	25993	12157	433	9/127	14/184	28.07	2.80	60.0	34	9
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	2.63	50.8	36	9
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	202	24353	9733	421	7/87	10/147	23.11	2.39	57.8	16	1
Harbhajan Singh (INDIA)	1998-2015	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	2.84	68.5	25	5
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	181	22627	9779	414	7/119	11/110	23.62	2.59	54.6	25	5
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	179	22103	8501	405	8/45	11/84	20.99	2.30	54.5	22	3
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	190	20834	11242	390	7/37	13/132	28.82	3.23	53.4	18	4
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	102	168	21815	10878	383	8/34	13/106	28.40	2.99	56.9	27	4
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	151	17584	7876	376	7/22	11/89	20.94	2.68	46.7	22	4
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	87	154	16224	8788	373	7/76	13/135	23.56	3.25	43.4	22	5
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2019	91	174	23360	11727	363	8/50	13/154	32.30	3.01	64.3	15	2
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	88	142	19458	8258	362	8/58	14/116	22.81	2.54	53.7	23	6
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2014	113	187	28814	12441	362	7/87	12/149	34.36	2.59	79.5	20	3
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	70	132	18467	8493	355	7/83	11/123	23.92	2.75	52.0	23	7
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	111	194	23438	10501	355	7/71	14/191	29.58	2.68	66.0	12	2
R Ashwin (INDIA)	2011-2018	65	122	18372	8700	342	7/59	13/140	25.43	2.84	53.7	26	7
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	129	15519	7344	330	8/71	12/139	22.25	2.83	47.0	20	3
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	90	165	17357	8190	325	8/43	9/92	25.20	2.83	53.4	16	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	73	140	16001	8891	313	8/61	12/127	28.40	3.33	51.1	12	3
Z Khan (INDIA)	2000-2014	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	3.27	60.4	11	1
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	76	150	16531	9554	310	5/30	9/171	30.81	3.46	53.3	10	0
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	160	16498	8550	309	6/23	9/110	27.66	3.10	53.3	8	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1976	79	148	27115	8989	309	8/38	11/157	29.09	1.98	87.7	18	2
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	67	127	15178	6625	307	8/31	12/119	21.57	2.61	49.4	17	3
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1982	86	151	21862	7674	297	8/51	13/71	25.83	2.10	73.6	17	6
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	272	20232	9535	292	6/54	9/92	32.65	2.82	69.2	5	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1996	71	124	16586	8332	291	8/97	11/157	28.63	3.01	56.9	14	2
I Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2019	92	165	17494	9290	278	7/74	10/108	33.41	3.18	62.9	9	1
BS Bedi (INDIA)	1966-1979	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	2.14	80.3	14	1
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	61	112	17697	9082	261	7/77	12/94	34.79	3.07	67.8	15	2
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	111	13169	5433	259	6/56	9/108	20.97	2.47	50.8	7	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2006	71	137	14234	6770	259	7/37	9/80	26.13	2.85	54.9	8	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2013	60	109	15349	7642	255	6/65	10/132	29.96	2.98	60.1	17	3
TA Boult (NZ)	2011-2019	63	119	13986	6947	254	6/30	10/80	27.35	2.98	55.0	8	1
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	70	129	16056	6261	252	7/39	11/97	24.84	2.33	63.7	9	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2019	67	125	14870	7506	251	7/64	10/108	29.90	3.02	59.2	8	1
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	60	113	12680	5898	249	8/92	14/149	23.68	2.79	50.9	13	2
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	63	116	19108	6704	248	7/72	11/105	27.03	2.10	77.0	16	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2008	67	122	13909	7564	248	7/61	12/205	30.50	3.26	56.0	7	1
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	60	113	17681	7328	246	8/71	10/91	29.78	2.48	71.8	16	3
BS Chandrasekhar (INDIA)	1964-1979	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	2.70	65.9	16	2
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	51	92	15918	5876	236	7/44	14/99	24.89	2.21	67.4	15	5
J Srinath (INDIA)	1991-2002	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	2.85	64.0	10	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	67	111	17126	7742	236	9/56	13/101	32.80	2.71	72.5	15	5
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	159	21599	7999	235	6/73	8/80	34.03	2.22	91.9	6	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2003	62	105	13558	6999	234	7/46	10/215	29.91	3.09	57.9	13	1
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	71	126	14026	7878	233	6/26	11/180	33.81	3.37	60.1	10	1
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	58	95	11821	6503	229	6/42	9/92	28.39	3.30	51.6	9	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1960	61	113	13650	5251	228	7/38	9/70	23.03	2.30	59.8	12	0
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	63	115	13375	7192	226	7/12	11/76	31.82	3.22	59.1	8	1
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	1998-2009	79	137	14951	7410	226	5/58	8/156	32.78	2.97	66.1	3	0
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2019	67	126	13907	6777	221	6/54	9/104	30.66	2.92	62.9	8	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2004	62	104	11698	6410	218	7/27	10/100	29.40	3.28	53.6	13	1
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	37	67	14513	5231	216	7/40	14/199	24.21	2.16	67.1	21	7
HH Streak (ZIM)	1993-2005	65	102	13559	6079	216	6/73	9/72	28.14	2.69	62.7	7	0
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2019	52	99	10760	6077	215	6/50	11/94	28.26	3.38	50.0	11	2
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2019	58	109	10420	4632	214	6/21	10/102	21.64	2.66	48.6	13	2
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1994	53	97	12285	6017	212	8/87	13/217	28.38	2.93	57.9	7	1
Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH)	2007-2019	56	95	13020	6537	210	7/36	10/124	31.12	3.01	62.0	18	2
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2008	44	85	11237	6038	208	8/108	12/107	29.02	3.22	54.0	12	2
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2004	49	86	14070	6206	208	8/164	10/155	29.83	2.64	67.6	13	3
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2014-2019	35	67	11293	5832	203	8/41	14/184	28.72	3.09	55.6	16	3
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	47	90	11135	5174	202	7/54	12/121	25.61	2.78	55.1	11	2
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	49	93	12021	5387	202	7/40	10/142	26.66	2.68	59.5	8	1
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1985	51	90	10535	5601	200	6/46	9/105	28.00	3.18	52.6	8	0

When I was a kid, it was all about reaching the 300 wicket club to be a test great, for some on here more seasoned than my myself, it would have possibly been the 200 club. 

I notice people don't really talk about the wicket club anymore.

Thanks, Paddles.

I'm just fascinated looking at this list.

Same with the batting list.

There many bowlers who have played many more Tests particularly  from other countries who have been far more successful over a sustained career than I realised.

I'm just popping in for  a few mins, bu tooth the batten gan bowling threads are fascinating.

I had no idea Chris Martin and Matthew Hoggard took more wickets in their careers than Flintoff and Harmison.

Nathan Lyon is similar to Imran Khan, although the latter bowled on a lot of Pakistani wickets.

o_O

Imran Khan was a pace spear head, who until he injured his leg in 1983, was on target to be the greatest bowler who ever lived. Those Pakistan pitches were initially quite unfavourable for him, but eventually Pakistan managed to find ways for Pakistani pitches to suit their swing bowlers. :P Imran managed to play many more years again after 1983 (hey had a 21 year long long career -71 to 92, incredible!), but was never the same, but his batting became more prominent. Widely proclaimed to be the 2nd best allrounder in history after Sobers, personally - I think it may actually be Khan giving his immense bowling talent despite Sober's batting talent. I don't see many things similar between an allrounder fast bowling great like  Imran who took wickets at 22.81 - playing in Pakistan - seriously check Lillee's record there (he averages over 100!), and a right arm spinner who bats number 11 like Lyon taking wickets at 32?

Lyon is outperforming an allrounder he does have more in common with the ball in Vettori as a finger spinner. But imo DV post back surgery barely turned the ball and played in the era of huge batting scores. Someone could say Lyon is a better bowler than DV and I'll accept that, though. Vettori mach 2 without Bond, was very very very ordinary. He was good before back surgery though as a kid when he spun the ball.

Chris Martin was absolutely ordinary, unless bowling to left handers. He swung it, but not much. Lefties he got the angle really well. But most batsmen ar right handed. So teams nullified him. He nearly bowled us to a win in India, but Bennett got injured and we were a bowler down and lost to a Harbijan century. I kid you not, Bhaji put a century on us with his filthy slogging :( The Martin era was bad for NZC fans. The main reason being, we had Bond, but he was always ICL banned or injured. It really hurt. Cos when Bond was the attack leader, even Vettori became a world class bowler. I can statsguru this if you don't believe me. Without Bond, that team was just horrid for the 2000's. The NZ team went into a turnaround in late 2012, when Boult emerged. Boult isn't great, but Southee, Wagner, as a trio are three good bowlers. But between 1990 post Hadlee in England, and 2012, NZ was only ever much chop when Bond was around. We totally relied on him to win games in the 2000's. Cairns did well, and won us a series in England in 1999, but again, he is a famous allrounder, not a genuine famous attack leader.

Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	18	32	3372	1922	87	6/51	10/99	22.09	3.41	38.7	7	5	1

Just look at Bond's strike rate. His whole career is frustrating from a NZ pov. We knew we had the best strike bowler in the world, who could swing, reverse swing, and bowl 150 clicks, and he was always injured or banned. It was really frustrating.

After losing Grimett, NZ cricket really simply has a Cowie era who played only 9 tests in 12 years but starred for  (the 48's), http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36616.html -

and then bar Bruce Taylor, nothing till Hadlee. 

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
J Cowie	1937-1949	9	13	2028	969	45	6/40	10/140	21.53	2.86	45.0	4	1
SE Bond	2001-2009	18	32	3372	1922	87	6/51	10/99	22.09	3.41	38.7	5	1
Sir RJ Hadlee	1973-1990	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	2.63	50.8	36	9
GF Cresswell	1949-1951	3	4	650	292	13	6/168	6/168	22.46	2.69	50.0	1	0
WER Somerville	2018-2019	3	6	818	352	14	4/75	7/127	25.14	2.58	58.4	0	0
BR Taylor	1965-1973	30	53	6334	2953	111	7/74	9/182	26.60	2.79	57.0	4	0
TA Boult	2011-2019	63	119	13986	6947	254	6/30	10/80	27.35	2.98	55.0	8	1
N Wagner	2012-2019	42	79	9167	4788	174	7/39	9/73	27.51	3.13	52.6	7	0
DJ Nash	1992-2001	32	53	6196	2649	93	6/27	11/169	28.48	2.56	66.6	3	1
MR Gillespie	2007-2012	5	8	868	631	22	6/113	6/142	28.68	4.36	39.4	3	0
GR Larsen	1994-1996	8	14	1967	689	24	3/57	5/88	28.70	2.10	81.9	0	0
RO Collinge	1965-1978	35	62	7689	3393	116	6/63	9/166	29.25	2.64	66.2	3	0
SB Doull	1992-2000	32	51	6053	2872	98	7/65	9/114	29.30	2.84	61.7	6	0
HT Davis	1994-1997	5	9	1010	499	17	5/63	6/98	29.35	2.96	59.4	1	0
CL Cairns	1989-2004	62	104	11698	6410	218	7/27	10/100	29.40	3.28	53.6	13	1
FJ Cameron	1961-1965	19	35	4570	1849	62	5/34	9/70	29.82	2.42	73.7	3	0
TG Southee	2008-2019	67	125	14870	7506	251	7/64	10/108	29.90	3.02	59.2	8	1
CJ Drum	2001-2002	5	9	806	482	16	3/36	5/166	30.12	3.58	50.3	0	0
C de Grandhomme	2016-2019	18	33	2573	1070	35	6/41	7/64	30.57	2.49	73.5	1	0
AR MacGibbon	1951-1958	26	37	5659	2160	70	5/64	8/105	30.85	2.29	80.8	1	0
RC Motz	1961-1969	32	55	7034	3148	100	6/63	8/113	31.48	2.68	70.3	5	0
DR Tuffey	2000-2010	26	45	4877	2445	77	6/54	9/116	31.75	3.00	63.3	2	0
EJ Chatfield	1975-1989	43	73	10360	3958	123	6/73	10/124	32.17	2.29	84.2	3	1
AY Patel	2018-2019	7	12	1589	708	22	5/59	7/123	32.18	2.67	72.2	2	0
SB O'Connor	1997-2001	19	34	3667	1724	53	5/51	7/104	32.52	2.82	69.1	1	0
BL Cairns	1974-1985	43	72	10628	4280	130	7/74	10/144	32.92	2.41	81.7	6	1
GA Bartlett	1961-1968	10	18	1768	792	24	6/38	6/90	33.00	2.68	73.6	1	0
KD Mills	2004-2009	19	31	2902	1453	44	4/16	6/77	33.02	3.00	65.9	0	0
JDP Oram	2002-2009	33	55	4964	1983	60	4/41	6/63	33.05	2.39	82.7	0	0
IE O'Brien	2005-2009	22	37	4394	2429	73	6/75	7/165	33.27	3.31	60.1	1	0
JR Reid	1949-1965	58	72	7725	2835	85	6/60	6/60	33.35	2.20	90.8	1	0
DR Hadlee	1969-1978	26	44	4883	2389	71	4/30	7/61	33.64	2.93	68.7	0	0
CS Martin	2000-2013	71	126	14026	7878	233	6/26	11/180	33.81	3.37	60.1	10	1
JEC Franklin	2001-2013	31	54	4767	2786	82	6/119	7/117	33.97	3.50	58.1	3	0
DL Vettori	1997-2014	112	185	28652	12330	361	7/87	12/149	34.15	2.58	79.3	20	3
MB Owens	1992-1994	8	12	1074	585	17	4/99	5/137	34.41	3.26	63.1	0	0
SL Boock	1978-1989	30	48	6598	2564	74	7/87	8/156	34.64	2.33	89.1	4	0
W Watson	1986-1993	15	25	3486	1387	40	6/78	6/90	34.67	2.38	87.1	1	0
DK Morrison	1987-1997	48	76	10064	5549	160	7/89	8/83	34.68	3.30	62.9	10	0

The even sadder thing, bowling historically has been our stronger suit. But we are finally producing batsmen, now. And left the likes of Ryder, Munro, Young out of the team, cos we have supplies.

Shows Anderson took almost two extra years and 27 extra matches to pass McGraths record. Sizeable difference in their respective averages and strike rates. Also shows clearly that Kallis was a moderate bowler. On those modest figures he'd never be picked for that discipline alone so rules out being labelled a genuine all rounder. An outstanding batsmen who bowled.

Agree with all the above to be honest bar the genuine allrounder thing. I'm not sure I agree with the term. I think you can have a stronger suit of batting, to be a 5th bowler. I think there are two types, batting ar and bowling ar. Khan is a bowling AR, though he may have made the team on his batting later. Sobers as a bowler? Very poor SR.  Worse average than Kallis. And not many wickets per test. Flintoff was oft never getting picked on either skill alone. 

So - I know your use of the terms genuine allrounder, either skill set, but I just don't think its either widely applicable or often that desired. Most team really want a batsman who does a fair job with the ball. But they really want those runs. But everyone wants their bowls to bat well. That's why Dev, Khan, Hadlee and Botham were such a big deal.

Shane Bond. Now there is a waste of talent cruelled by injury. 18 matches in 8 years. What an average and strike rate.

Broad's 8/15 stacks up pretty nicely on that list. From that day that Australia would rather forget.

Didn't Craig McDermott get 30 wickets in a single Ashes series? I would have thought he would have played more than 70 tests over 12 years. Injuries, I guess. Didn't play in the "Rotation of quicks" era!

Not just injuries. Injuries definitely cut his career short at the end. He was more than on target for 300. He came in young, and early. And was dropped a lot. Border nearly sent him from England in 1985. You can watch it on youtube.  Aus had SA rebel tours which saw Rackeman and Alderman get banned.  Which gave McDermott many early chances and he never seized them. Bruce Reid is the talent Australia really lost to injury. He was a very fine bowler. And so incredibly tall. There was Hughes and Henry Lawson in Billy's era also. And you had a thing for Mike Whitney as another left armer to replace Reid when he was so often injured. There was also Ponting's uncle, Greg Campbell? Something like that. McDermott never played a singe test in 1989 or 1990.  Once Rackerman and Alderman did their time, they were brought back.

McDermott really wasn't settled in the team until 1991. 

Reid was the Aussie bowler people feared back then. Except England in England, Alderman scared the hell out of them. Gooch had an answer machine message "Sorry I missed your call, I'm out, probably lbw by Alderman"

Yes I remember the comedian 'The 12th Man's' cry of "Bruce Reid! He's snapped in half!" What a great answer phone message btw!

Look at Herath's terrific record!

After Murali was no balled in Aus, we've barely seen SL play Test cricket in Aus. I don't think Murali ever bowled another ball in Aus after that no ball call.

If I hadn't had pay TV I would  not have even known who Herath was? Also, given how successful Sangakarra has been, we've also seen him play little Test cricket in Aus.

Did Bond only play 18 Tests in 8 years?

Wow!

Why was he suspended?