| Rank | Name | Mat | 5i |
| 1 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 130 | 66 |
| 2 | SK Warne (Aus) | 145 | 37 |
| 3 | RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 86 | 36 |
| 4 | A Kumble (Ind) | 132 | 35 |
| 5 | GD McGrath (Aus) | 124 | 29 |
| 6 | IT Botham (Eng) | 102 | 27 |
| 7 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 104 | 25 |
| 8 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 27 | 24 |
| 9 | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 78 | 23 |
| = | Imran Khan (Pak) | 88 | 23 |
| = | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 131 | 23 |
| = | DK Lillee (Aus) | 70 | 23 |
| 13 | CA Walsh (WI) | 132 | 22 |
| = | CEL Ambrose (WI) | 98 | 22 |
| = | MD Marshall (WI) | 81 | 22 |
| = | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 87 | 22 |
| 17 | CV Grimmett (Aus) | 37 | 21 |
| 18 | AA Donald (SAf) | 72 | 20 |
| 19 | M Ntini (SAf) | 99 | 18 |
| = | LR Gibbs (WI) | 79 | 18 |
| = | DL Vettori (NZ) | 94 | 18 |
| 22 | FS Trueman (Eng) | 67 | 17 |
| = | DL Underwood (Eng) | 86 | 17 |
| 24 | BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 58 | 16 |
| = | R Benaud (Aus) | 63 | 16 |
| = | RGD Willis (Eng) | 90 | 16 |
| = | SM Pollock (SAf) | 108 | 16 |
| = | GD McKenzie (Aus) | 60 | 16 |
| 29 | Abdul Qadir (Pak) | 67 | 15 |
| = | AV Bedser (Eng) | 51 | 15 |
| 31 | CJ McDermott (Aus) | 71 | 14 |
| = | BS Bedi (Ind) | 67 | 14 |
| = | AK Davidson (Aus) | 44 | 14 |
| = | HJ Tayfield (SAf) | 37 | 14 |
| = | TM Alderman (Aus) | 41 | 14 |
| 36 | Danish Kaneria (Pak) | 54 | 13 |
| = | ARC Fraser (Eng) | 46 | 13 |
| = | MA Holding (WI) | 60 | 13 |
| = | Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 34 | 13 |
| = | Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 49 | 13 |
| = | CL Cairns (NZ) | 62 | 13 |
| = | AR Caddick (Eng) | 62 | 13 |
| Rank | Name | Mat | 10m |
| 1 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 130 | 22 |
| 2 | SK Warne (Aus) | 145 | 10 |
| 3 | RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 86 | 9 |
| 4 | A Kumble (Ind) | 132 | 8 |
| 5 | CV Grimmett (Aus) | 37 | 7 |
| = | DK Lillee (Aus) | 70 | 7 |
| = | SF Barnes (Eng) | 27 | 7 |
| 8 | DL Underwood (Eng) | 86 | 6 |
| = | Imran Khan (Pak) | 88 | 6 |
| 10 | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 78 | 5 |
| = | Abdul Qadir (Pak) | 67 | 5 |
| = | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 104 | 5 |
| = | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 18 | 5 |
| = | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 87 | 5 |
| = | AV Bedser (Eng) | 51 | 5 |
| 16 | MD Marshall (WI) | 81 | 4 |
| = | Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 34 | 4 |
| = | J Briggs (Eng) | 33 | 4 |
| = | T Richardson (Eng) | 14 | 4 |
| = | IT Botham (Eng) | 102 | 4 |
| = | C Blythe (Eng) | 19 | 4 |
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