| Rank |
Player |
M |
Balls |
Runs |
W |
Avg |
Best |
Eco |
| 1 |
Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) |
58 |
7680 |
4489 |
198 |
22.67 |
7/37 |
3.51 |
| 2 |
Brett Lee (Australia) |
62 |
7031 |
4652 |
178 |
26.13 |
3/5 |
3.97 |
| 3 |
Shane Warne (Australia) |
29 |
8282 |
4097 |
161 |
25.45 |
4/15 |
2.97 |
| 4 |
Glenn McGrath (Australia) |
45 |
6857 |
3167 |
149 |
21.26 |
5/27 |
2.77 |
| 5 |
Anil Kumble (India) |
27 |
8705 |
4289 |
146 |
29.38 |
6/72 |
2.96 |
| 6 |
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) |
38 |
5054 |
2645 |
136 |
19.45 |
6/18 |
3.14 |
| 7 |
Andrew Flintoff (England) |
40 |
5911 |
3201 |
119 |
26.90 |
4/21 |
3.25 |
| 8 |
Matthew Hoggard (England) |
24 |
5300 |
2811 |
102 |
27.56 |
4/27 |
3.18 |
| 9 |
Danish Kaneria (Pakistan) |
20 |
6351 |
3093 |
91 |
33.99 |
5/46 |
2.92 |
| 10 |
Shaun Pollock (South Africa) |
41 |
4404 |
2018 |
89 |
22.67 |
5/23 |
2.75 |
| 11 |
Harbhajan Singh (India) |
21 |
3879 |
2043 |
86 |
23.76 |
7/62 |
3.16 |
| 12 |
Irfan Pathan (India) |
36 |
2068 |
1558 |
79 |
19.72 |
5/27 |
4.52 |
| 13 |
Andre Nel (South Africa) |
30 |
2735 |
1646 |
70 |
23.51 |
4/13 |
3.61 |
| 14 |
Adbur Razzaq (Pakistan) |
32 |
2182 |
1501 |
68 |
22.07 |
5/33 |
4.13 |
| 15 |
Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan) |
32 |
1628 |
1301 |
68 |
19.13 |
3/23 |
4.79 |
| 16 |
Jerome Taylor (West Indies) |
27 |
2432 |
1610 |
65 |
24.77 |
4/24 |
3.97 |
| 17 |
Steve Harmison (England) |
18 |
2489 |
1589 |
60 |
26.48 |
6/19 |
3.83 |
| 18 |
Corey Collymore (West Indies) |
20 |
3159 |
1432 |
60 |
23.87 |
3/19 |
2.72 |
| 19 |
Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) |
17 |
2128 |
1131 |
57 |
19.84 |
5/76 |
3.19 |
| 20 |
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) |
20 |
2925 |
1436 |
56 |
25.64 |
4/28 |
2.95 |
| 21 |
SR Clark (Australia) |
11 |
2036 |
883 |
54 |
16.35 |
5/55 |
2.60 |
| 22 |
Shane Bond (New Zealand) |
22 |
1726 |
1123 |
54 |
20.80 |
6/19 |
3.90 |
| 23 |
Ajit Agarkar (India) |
30 |
1571 |
1212 |
54 |
22.44 |
4/18 |
4.63 |
| 24 |
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) |
20 |
1501 |
1044 |
49 |
21.31 |
5/68 |
4.17 |
| 25 |
Sri Sreesanth (India) |
17 |
1716 |
1199 |
47 |
25.51 |
6/55 |
4.19 |
| 26 |
Zaheer Khan (India) |
20 |
2234 |
1564 |
47 |
33.28 |
5/42 |
4.20 |
| 27 |
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) |
19 |
1549 |
907 |
46 |
19.72 |
3/3 |
3.51 |
| 28 |
Nathan Bracken (Australia) |
23 |
1214 |
912 |
42 |
21.71 |
4/30 |
4.51 |
| 29 |
Jason Gillespie (Australia) |
12 |
1721 |
787 |
41 |
19.20 |
3/11 |
2.74 |
| 30 |
James Franklin (New Zealand) |
10 |
1738 |
1141 |
40 |
28.53 |
5/53 |
3.94 |
| 31 |
Simon Jones (England) |
10 |
1561 |
886 |
38 |
23.32 |
4/39 |
3.41 |
| 32 |
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) |
11 |
1078 |
508 |
38 |
13.37 |
6/22 |
2.83 |
| 33 |
Munaf Patel (India) |
13 |
1734 |
929 |
38 |
24.45 |
4/25 |
3.21 |
| 34 |
Andrew Hall (South Africa) |
20 |
1244 |
835 |
35 |
23.86 |
4/35 |
4.03 |
| 35 |
Umar Gul (Pakistan) |
7 |
1701 |
1042 |
34 |
30.65 |
5/65 |
3.68 |
| 36 |
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) |
11 |
1125 |
770 |
33 |
23.33 |
4/28 |
4.11 |
| 37 |
Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka) |
16 |
974 |
702 |
33 |
21.27 |
6/14 |
4.32 |
| 38 |
Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh) |
16 |
1161 |
811 |
32 |
25.34 |
3/14 |
4.19 |
| 39 |
Brad Hogg (Australia) |
14 |
702 |
535 |
31 |
17.26 |
3/17 |
4.57 |
| 40 |
Kyle Mills (New Zealand) |
13 |
915 |
578 |
30 |
19.27 |
4/38 |
3.79 |
| 41 |
Liam Plunkett (England) |
14 |
1107 |
839 |
30 |
27.97 |
3/17 |
4.55 |
| 42 |
Chris Gayle (West Indies) |
16 |
1453 |
789 |
30 |
26.30 |
3/48 |
3.26 |
| 43 |
Dwayne Bravo (West Indies) |
14 |
847 |
600 |
28 |
21.43 |
4/39 |
4.25 |
| 44 |
Monty Panesar (England) |
7 |
1700 |
725 |
27 |
26.85 |
5/72 |
2.56 |
| 45 |
Christopher Martin (New Zealand) |
9 |
1532 |
870 |
27 |
32.22 |
5/37 |
3.41 |
| 46 |
Darren Powell (West Indies) |
12 |
1561 |
924 |
27 |
34.22 |
5/25 |
3.55 |
| 47 |
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) |
14 |
686 |
429 |
27 |
15.89 |
4/38 |
3.75 |
| 48 |
Michael Kasprowicz (Australia) |
11 |
1322 |
749 |
26 |
28.81 |
3/36 |
3.40 |
| 49 |
Rudra Singh (India) |
8 |
869 |
608 |
25 |
24.32 |
4/35 |
4.20 |
| 50 |
Ian Bradshaw (West Indies) |
14 |
726 |
571 |
25 |
22.84 |
3/33 |
4.72 |
