| Rank | Name | Opp. | Venue | Date | |
| 1 | JC Laker (Eng) | 10-53 | Aus | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 |
| 2 | A Kumble (Ind) | 10-74 | Pak | Delhi | 4 Feb 1999 |
| 3 | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 9-28 | SAf | Johannesburg OW | 2 Mar 1896 |
| 4 | JC Laker (Eng) | 9-37 | Aus | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 |
| 5 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 9-51 | Zim | Kandy | 4 Jan 2002 |
| 6 | RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 9-52 | Aus | Brisbane | 8 Nov 1985 |
| 7 | Abdul Qadir (Pak) | 9-56 | Eng | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 8 | DE Malcolm (Eng) | 9-57 | SAf | The Oval | 18 Aug 1994 |
| 9 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 9-65 | Eng | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 |
| 10 | JM Patel (Ind) | 9-69 | Aus | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
| 11 | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 9-83 | WI | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 |
| 12 | Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak) | 9-86 | Aus | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 |
| 13 | JM Noreiga (WI) | 9-95 | Ind | Port-of-Spain | 6 Mar 1971 |
| 14 | SP Gupte (Ind) | 9-102 | WI | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 |
| 15 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 9-103 | SAf | Johannesburg OW | 26 Dec 1913 |
| 16 | HJ Tayfield (SAf) | 9-113 | Eng | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 |
| 17 | AA Mailey (Aus) | 9-121 | Eng | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 |
| 18 | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 8-7 | SAf | Port Elizabeth | 13 Feb 1896 |
| 19 | J Briggs (Eng) | 8-11 | SAf | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 20 | GD McGrath (Aus) | 8-24 | Pak | Perth | 16 Dec 2004 |
| 21 | CEH Croft (WI) | 8-29 | Pak | Port-of-Spain | 4 Mar 1977 |
| = | SF Barnes (Eng) | 8-29 | SAf | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 23 | FS Trueman (Eng) | 8-31 | Ind | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 |
| = | F Laver (Aus) | 8-31 | Eng | Manchester | 26 Jul 1909 |
| 25 | IT Botham (Eng) | 8-34 | Pak | Lord's | 15 Jun 1978 |
| 26 | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 8-35 | Aus | Sydney | 25 Feb 1887 |
| 27 | GD McGrath (Aus) | 8-38 | Eng | Lord's | 19 Jun 1997 |
| = | LR Gibbs (WI) | 8-38 | Ind | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1962 |
| 29 | AE Trott (Aus) | 8-43 | Eng | Adelaide | 11 Jan 1895 |
| = | RGD Willis (Eng) | 8-43 | Aus | Leeds | 16 Jul 1981 |
| = | H Verity (Eng) | 8-43 | Aus | Lord's | 22 Jun 1934 |
| 32 | CEL Ambrose (WI) | 8-45 | Eng | Bridgetown | 5 Apr 1990 |
| 33 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 8-46 | WI | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 |
| 34 | DL Underwood (Eng) | 8-51 | Pak | Lord's | 8 Aug 1974 |
| 35 | MH Mankad (Ind) | 8-52 | Pak | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 |
| 36 | GB Lawrence (SAf) | 8-53 | NZ | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1961 |
| = | RAL Massie (Aus) | 8-53 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1972 |
| = | ARC Fraser (Eng) | 8-53 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 5 Feb 1998 |
| 39 | MH Mankad (Ind) | 8-55 | Eng | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 |
| 40 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 8-56 | SAf | Johannesburg OW | 26 Dec 1913 |
| 41 | Imran Khan (Pak) | 8-58 | SL | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 |
| = | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 8-58 | Aus | Sydney | 29 Jan 1892 |
| 43 | C Blythe (Eng) | 8-59 | SAf | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| = | AA Mallett (Aus) | 8-59 | Pak | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1972 |
| 45 | Imran Khan (Pak) | 8-60 | Ind | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 |
| 46 | MG Johnson (Aus) | 8-61 | SAf | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 |
| = | ND Hirwani (Ind) | 8-61 | WI | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 |
| 48 | L Klusener (SAf) | 8-64 | Ind | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 49 | H Trumble (Aus) | 8-65 | Eng | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 50 | W Rhodes (Eng) | 8-68 | Aus | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 |
| 51 | HJ Tayfield (SAf) | 8-69 | Eng | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 |
| = | Sikander Bakht (Pak) | 8-69 | Ind | Delhi | 4 Dec 1979 |
| 53 | SJ Snooke (SAf) | 8-70 | Eng | Johannesburg OW | 10 Mar 1906 |
| = | M Muralitharan (SL) | 8-70 | Eng | Nottingham | 2 Jun 2006 |
| 55 | AA Donald (SAf) | 8-71 | Zim | Harare | 13 Oct 1995 |
| = | GD McKenzie (Aus) | 8-71 | WI | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 |
| = | SK Warne (Aus) | 8-71 | Eng | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 |
| 58 | S Venkataraghavan (Ind) | 8-72 | NZ | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 |
| 59 | ND Hirwani (Ind) | 8-75 | WI | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 |
| = | ARC Fraser (Eng) | 8-75 | WI | Bridgetown | 8 Apr 1994 |
| 61 | EAS Prasanna (Ind) | 8-76 | NZ | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 62 | BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 8-79 | Eng | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 |
| 63 | LC Braund (Eng) | 8-81 | Aus | Melbourne | 5 Mar 1904 |
| 64 | JR Ratnayeke (SL) | 8-83 | Pak | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 |
| 65 | RAL Massie (Aus) | 8-84 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1972 |
| = | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 8-84 | Aus | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 67 | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 8-85 | Pak | Lahore | 23 Jan 1983 |
| 68 | AW Greig (Eng) | 8-86 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 30 Mar 1974 |
| = | J Srinath (Ind) | 8-86 | Pak | Kolkata | 16 Feb 1999 |
| 70 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 8-87 | Ind | Colombo SSC | 29 Aug 2001 |
| = | MG Hughes (Aus) | 8-87 | WI | Perth | 2 Dec 1988 |
| 72 | MA Holding (WI) | 8-92 | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 |
| 73 | T Richardson (Eng) | 8-94 | Aus | Sydney | 26 Feb 1898 |
| 74 | CJ McDermott (Aus) | 8-97 | Eng | Perth | 1 Feb 1991 |
| 75 | IT Botham (Eng) | 8-103 | WI | Lord's | 28 Jun 1984 |
| 76 | AL Valentine (WI) | 8-104 | Eng | Manchester | 8 Jun 1950 |
| 77 | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 8-106 | Aus | Adelaide | 13 Dec 1985 |
| 78 | NA Foster (Eng) | 8-107 | Pak | Leeds | 2 Jul 1987 |
| = | BJT Bosanquet (Eng) | 8-107 | Aus | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 |
| 80 | SCG MacGill (Aus) | 8-108 | Bdesh | Fatullah | 9 Apr 2006 |
| 81 | PA Strang (Zim) | 8-109 | NZ | Bulawayo | 12 Sep 2000 |
| 82 | GF Lawson (Aus) | 8-112 | WI | Adelaide | 7 Dec 1984 |
| 83 | JC White (Eng) | 8-126 | Aus | Adelaide | 1 Feb 1929 |
| 84 | CJ McDermott (Aus) | 8-141 | Eng | Manchester | 1 Aug 1985 |
| = | A Kumble (Ind) | 8-141 | Aus | Sydney | 2 Jan 2004 |
| 86 | MHN Walker (Aus) | 8-143 | Eng | Melbourne | 8 Feb 1975 |
| 87 | Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 8-164 | Eng | Lahore | 15 Nov 2000 |
| 88 | JJ Krejza (Aus) | 8-215 | Ind | Nagpur | 6 Nov 2008 |
| 89 | SJ Harmison (Eng) | 7-12 | WI | Kingston | 11 Mar 2004 |
| 90 | MA Noble (Aus) | 7-17 | Eng | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1902 |
| = | J Briggs (Eng) | 7-17 | SAf | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| = | W Rhodes (Eng) | 7-17 | Aus | Birmingham | 29 May 1902 |
| 93 | MD Marshall (WI) | 7-22 | Eng | Manchester | 30 Jun 1988 |
| 94 | SK Warne (Aus) | 7-23 | Pak | Brisbane | 9 Nov 1995 |
| = | RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 7-23 | Ind | Wellington BR | 13 Feb 1976 |
| = | H Ironmonger (Aus) | 7-23 | WI | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1931 |
| = | HJ Tayfield (SAf) | 7-23 | Aus | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 |
| 98 | CEL Ambrose (WI) | 7-25 | Aus | Perth | 30 Jan 1993 |
| = | GR Hazlitt (Aus) | 7-25 | Eng | The Oval | 19 Aug 1912 |
| 100 | MR Whitney (Aus) | 7-27 | Ind | Perth | 1 Feb 1992 |
Bold signifies achievement less than 3 years old.
Date given refers to first day of match.