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Top 100 Bowlers of all time

S No Name Figures   For    Against   Venue Season Wisden Rating
1 HJ Tayfield 9 for 113 SA Eng Johannesburg 1956-577 253.9
2 A Kumble 10 for 74 Ind Pak Delhi 1998-99 248.6
3 JC Laker 10 for 53 Eng Aus Old Trafford 1956 241.7
4 JC White 8 for 126 Eng Aus Adelaide 1928-29 238.8
5 RJ Hadlee 9 for 52 NZ Aus Brisbane 1985-86 237.1
6 DE Malcolm 9 for 57 Eng SA The Oval 1994 234.4
7 RGD Willis 8 for 43 Eng Aus Headingley 1981 226.1
8 H Verity 8 for 43 Eng Aus Lord's 1934 225.1
9 WJ O'Reilly 7 for 54 Aus Eng Trent Bridge 1934 224.3
10 GD McKenzie 8 for 71 Aus WI Melbourne 1968-69 224.1
11 M Muralitharan 9 for 65 SL Eng The Oval 1998 223.7
12 AA Mailey 9 for 121 Aus Eng Melbourne 1920-21 223.2
13 LR Gibbs 8 for 38 WI Ind Bridgetown 1961-62 222.1
14 Harbhajan Singh 8 for 84 Ind Aus Chennai 2000-01 222.0
15 Sarfraz Nawaz 9 for 86 Pak Aus Melbourne 1978-79 219.7
16 RAL Massie 8 for 53 Aus Eng Lord's 1972 218.1
17 JA Snow 7 for 40 Eng Aus Sydney 1970-71 216.9
18 Imran Khan 8 for 60 Pak Ind Karachi 1982-83 216.7
19 PS de Villiers 6 for 43 SA Aus Sydney 1993-94 215.1
20 IW Johnson 7 for 44 Aus WI Georgetown 1954-55 215.1
21 L Klusener 8 for 64 SA Ind Kolkata 1996-97 212.8
22 NG Cowans 6 for 77 Eng Aus Melbourne 1982-83 211.7
23 PM Hornibrook 7 for 92 Aus Eng The Oval 1930 211.7
24 AA Mallett 8 for 59 Aus Pak Adelaide 1972-73 210.1
25 JC Laker 9 for 37 Eng Aus Old Trafford 1956 209.0
26 PCR Tufnell 7 for 47 Eng NZ Christchurch 1991-92 208.3
27 IT Botham 7 for 48 Eng Ind Bombay 1979-80 208.0
28 Abdul Qadir 9 for 56 Pak Eng Lahore 1987-88 207.7
29 AW Greig 8 for 86 Eng WI Port of Spain 1973-74 207.5
30 KR Miller 7 for 60 Aus Eng Brisbane 1946-47 207.3
31 CV Grimmett 6 for 167 Aus Eng Lord's 1930 206.7
32 Fazal Mahmood 6 for 46 Pak Eng The Oval 1954 206.4
33 Fazal Mahmood 6 for 66 Pak WI Dacca 1958-59 206.1
34 MA Holding 8 for 92 WI Eng The Oval 1976 206.1
35 IT Botham 8 for 34 Eng Pak Lord's 1978 206.0
36 AME Roberts 7 for 54 WI Aus Perth 1975-76 206.0
37 Kapil Dev 7 for 56 Ind Pak Chennai 1979-80 205.9
38 Kapil Dev 8 for 85 Ind Pak Lahore 1982-83 205.8
39 ND Hirwani 8 for 75 Ind WI Chennai 1987-88 205.7
40 TE Bailey 7 for 44 Eng WI Lord's 1957 204.4
41 JM Patel 9 for 69 Ind Aus Kanpur 1959-60 203.7
42 AW Greig 5 for 70 Eng WI Port of Spain 1973-74 203.6
43 DL Underwood 7 for 50 Eng Aus The Oval 1968 203.2
44 Mushtaq Ahmed 6 for 78 Pak SA Durban 1997-98 203.1
45 SK Warne 8 for 71 Aus Eng Brisbane 1994-95 201.7
46 AEE Vogler 7 for 94 SA Eng Old Wanderers 1909-20 200.7
47 ARC Fraser 8 for 75 Eng WI Bridgetown 1993-94 200.5
48 TE Bailey 7 for 34 Eng WI Kingston 1953-54 200.3
49 JB Statham 7 for 39 Eng SA Lord's 1955 200.2
50 HJ Tayfield 7 for 81 SA Aus Melbourne 1952-53 200.2
51 H Trumble 6 for 53 Aus Eng Old Trafford 1902 200.1
52 AA Donald 8 for 71 SA Zim Harare 1995-96 199.8
53 D Gough 6 for 42 Eng SA Headingley 1998 199.5
54 EAS Prasanna 8 for 76 Ind NZ Auckland 1975-76 199.3
55 GF Bisset 7 for 29 SA Eng Durban 1927-28 198.9
56 MH Mankad 8 for 55 Ind Eng Chennai 1951-52 198.9
57 DW Headley 6 for 60 Eng Aus Melbourne 1998-99 198.9
58 LR Gibbs 6 for 98 WI Eng Old Trafford 1963 198.8
59 H Verity 7 for 61 Eng Aus Lord's 1934 198.4
60 CEH Croft 8 for 29 WI Pak Port of Spain 1976-77 198.3
61 CEL Ambrose 7 for 25 WI Aus Perth 1992-93 198.2
62 MR Whitney 7 for 27 Aus Ind Perth 1991-92 198.1
63 LR Gibbs 6 for 60 WI Eng Georgetown 1967-68 198.0
64 SB Doull 7 for 65 NZ Ind Wellington 1998-99 197.7
65 DG Cork 7 for 43 Eng WI Lord's 1995 197.0
66 SP Gupte 9 for 102 Ind WI Kanpur 1958-59 196.6
67 CEL Ambrose 4 for 46 WI Aus Adelaide 1992-93 196.3
68 BJT Bosanquet 8 for 107 Eng Aus Trent Bridge 1905 196.1
69 M Muralitharan 7 for 84 SL SA Galle 2000-01 195.7
70 Nasim-ul-Ghani 6 for 67 Pak WI Port of Spain 1957-58 195.7
71 Harbhajan Singh 7 for 123 Ind Aus Kolkata 2000-01 195.4
72 BA Reid 7 for 51 Aus Eng Melbourne 1990-91 195.4
73 AR Border 7 for 46 Aus WI Sydney 1988-89 194.3
74 FH Tyson 7 for 27 Eng Aus Melbourne 194.0
75 ERH Toshack 6 for 82 Aus Eng Brisbane 1946-47 193.9
76 LF Kline 7 for 75 Aus Pak Lahore 1959-60 193.6
77 AP Freeman 7 for 71 Eng SA Old Trafford 1929 193.5
78 Saqlain Mushtaq 5 for 93 Pak Ind Chennai 1998-99 193.5
79 WJ O'Reilly 7 for 189 Aus Eng Old Trafford 1934 193.3
80 CEL Ambrose 8 for 45 WI Eng Bridgetown 1989-90 192.1
81 GAR Lock 6 for 20 Eng WI The Oval 1957 191.8
82 RAL Massie 8 for 84 Aus Eng Lord's 1972 191.6
83 Iqbal Qasim 7 for 49 Pak Aus Karachi 1979-80 191.4
84 Mushtaq Ahmed 7 for 56 Pak NZ Christchurch 1995-96 191.4
85 Harbhajan Singh 6 for 73 Ind Aus Kolkata 2000-01 191.1
86 CEL Ambrose 6 for 24 WI Eng Port of Spain 1993-94 191.0
87 S Venkataraghavan 8 for 72 Ind NZ Delhi 1964-65 190.8
88 JH Wardle 7 for 36 Eng SA Cape Town 1956-57 190.7
89 JG Bracewell 6 for 32 NZ Aus Auckland 1985-86 190.6
90 MA Holding 6 for 57 WI Eng The Oval 1976 190.2
91 CL Cairns 7 for 27 NZ WI Hamilton 1999-2000 190.1
92 R Benaud 6 for 70 Aus Eng Old Trafford 1961 190.0
93 CJ McDermott 8 for 97 Aus Eng Perth 1990-91 190.0
94 Mudassar Nazar 6 for 32 Pak Eng Lord's 1982 189.9
95 Mahmood Fazal 6 for 53 Pak Eng The Oval 1954 189.9
96 Saqlain Mushtaq 8 for 164 Pak Eng Lahore 2000-01 189.8
97 FS Trueman 7 for 44 Eng WI Edgbaston 1963 189.1
98 P Lever 6 for 38 Eng Aus Melbourne 1974-75 189.1
99 JM Gregory 7 for 69 Aus Eng Melbourne 1920-21 188.8
100 Harbhajan Singh 7 for 133 Ind Aus Chennai 2000-01 188.7


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