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| Rank | Name | M | R | W | Avg. | 5wi | Best |
| 1 | GD McGrath (Aus) | 39 | 1292 | 71 | 18.19 | 2 | 7-15 |
| 2 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 38 | 1311 | 55 | 23.83 | 1 | 5-28 |
| 3 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 31 | 1044 | 53 | 19.69 | 0 | 4-19 |
| 4 | WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 31 | 1040 | 49 | 21.22 | 1 | 6-25 |
| 5 | J Srinath (Ind) | 34 | 1224 | 44 | 27.81 | 0 | 4-30 |
| 6 | AA Donald (SAf) | 25 | 913 | 38 | 24.02 | 0 | 4-17 |
| 7 | Imran Khan (Pak) | 28 | 655 | 34 | 19.26 | 0 | 4-37 |
| = | GB Hogg (Aus) | 21 | 654 | 34 | 19.23 | 0 | 4-27 |
| 9 | CZ Harris (NZ) | 28 | 861 | 32 | 26.90 | 0 | 4-7 |
| = | SK Warne (Aus) | 17 | 624 | 32 | 19.50 | 0 | 4-29 |
| 11 | A Kumble (Ind) | 18 | 708 | 31 | 22.83 | 0 | 4-32 |
| = | SM Pollock (SAf) | 31 | 970 | 31 | 31.29 | 1 | 5-36 |
| 13 | SE Bond (NZ) | 16 | 518 | 30 | 17.26 | 1 | 6-23 |
| = | IT Botham (Eng) | 22 | 762 | 30 | 25.40 | 0 | 4-31 |
| 15 | PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) | 22 | 742 | 29 | 25.58 | 0 | 3-28 |
| 16 | Kapil Dev (Ind) | 26 | 892 | 28 | 31.85 | 1 | 5-43 |
| 17 | SR Waugh (Aus) | 33 | 814 | 27 | 30.14 | 0 | 3-36 |
| = | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 38 | 1060 | 27 | 39.25 | 0 | 3-12 |
| = | Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) | 16 | 643 | 27 | 23.81 | 0 | 4-46 |
| = | CA Walsh (WI) | 17 | 547 | 27 | 20.25 | 0 | 4-25 |
| = | CJ McDermott (Aus) | 17 | 599 | 27 | 22.18 | 1 | 5-44 |
| 22 | DW Fleming (Aus) | 16 | 583 | 26 | 22.42 | 1 | 5-36 |
| = | Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) | 15 | 549 | 26 | 21.11 | 0 | 3-16 |
| = | AME Roberts (WI) | 16 | 552 | 26 | 21.23 | 0 | 3-32 |
| 25 | CEL Ambrose (WI) | 17 | 499 | 24 | 20.79 | 0 | 3-28 |