Test Record
Most wickets
| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 5 | 10 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 132 | 43669 | 17989 | 792 | 66 | 22 |
| SK Warne (Aus) | 145 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 37 | 10 |
| A Kumble (India) | 132 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 35 | 8 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) | 124 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 29 | 3 |
| CA Walsh (WI) | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 22 | 3 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 23 | 2 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 36 | 9 |
| SM Pollock (SA) | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 16 | 1 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 414 | 25 | 5 |
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 405 | 22 | 3 |
ODI Record
Most wickets
| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 4 | 5 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 334 | 18001 | 11742 | 512 | 14 | 10 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 356 | 18186 | 11812 | 502 | 17 | 6 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 262 | 12698 | 9919 | 416 | 14 | 13 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 322 | 15775 | 11014 | 400 | 9 | 4 |
| SM Pollock (SA) | 303 | 15712 | 9631 | 393 | 12 | 5 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) | 250 | 12970 | 8391 | 381 | 9 | 7 |
| A Kumble (India) | 271 | 14496 | 10412 | 337 | 8 | 2 |
| B Lee (Aus) | 186 | 9478 | 7456 | 324 | 11 | 9 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 444 | 14838 | 11825 | 322 | 8 | 4 |
| J Srinath (India) | 229 | 11935 | 8847 | 315 | 7 | 3 |
T20 Record
Most wickets
| Player | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wkts | 4 | 5 |
| Umar Gul (Pak) | 26 | 93.2 | 551 | 43 | 3 | 1 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 27 | 104.0 | 604 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| DL Vettori (NZ) | 20 | 79.0 | 409 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| BAW Mendis (SL) | 12 | 46.0 | 244 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad (Eng) | 20 | 73.0 | 565 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Malinga (SL) | 20 | 66.4 | 500 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 14 | 51.0 | 359 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Saeed Ajmal (Pak) | 14 | 53.5 | 307 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| HS Baidwan (Can) | 11 | 33.5 | 245 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzak (Ban) | 11 | 41.0 | 258 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
World Cup Record
Most wickets
| Player | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wkts | 4 | 5 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) | 39 | 325.5 | 1292 | 71 | 0 | 2 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 38 | 324.3 | 1311 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 31 | 272.3 | 1044 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 31 | 261.4 | 1040 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| J Srinath (India) | 34 | 283.2 | 1224 | 44 | 2 | 0 |
| AA Donald (SA) | 25 | 218.5 | 913 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| GB Hogg (Aus) | 21 | 158.3 | 654 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| Imran Khan (Pak) | 28 | 169.3 | 655 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| SK Warne (Aus) | 17 | 162.5 | 624 | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| CZ Harris (NZ) | 28 | 194.2 | 861 | 32 | 1 |
