| Rank | Name | Opp. | Venue | Date | |
| 1 | JC Laker (Eng) | 19-90 | Aus | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 |
| 2 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 17-159 | SAf | Johannesburg OW | 26 Dec 1913 |
| 3 | ND Hirwani (Ind) | 16-136 | WI | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 |
| 4 | RAL Massie (Aus) | 16-137 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1972 |
| 5 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 16-220 | Eng | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 |
| 6 | J Briggs (Eng) | 15-28 | SAf | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 7 | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 15-45 | SAf | Port Elizabeth | 13 Feb 1896 |
| 8 | C Blythe (Eng) | 15-99 | SAf | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 9 | H Verity (Eng) | 15-104 | Aus | Lord's | 22 Jun 1934 |
| 10 | RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 15-123 | Aus | Brisbane | 8 Nov 1985 |
| 11 | W Rhodes (Eng) | 15-124 | Aus | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 |
| 12 | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 15-217 | Aus | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 13 | FR Spofforth (Aus) | 14-90 | Eng | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 |
| 14 | AV Bedser (Eng) | 14-99 | Aus | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 |
| 15 | W Bates (Eng) | 14-102 | Aus | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 |
| 16 | Imran Khan (Pak) | 14-116 | SL | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 |
| 17 | JM Patel (Ind) | 14-124 | Aus | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
| 18 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 14-144 | SAf | Durban (Lord's) | 14 Feb 1914 |
| 19 | MA Holding (WI) | 14-149 | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 |
| = | A Kumble (Ind) | 14-149 | Pak | Delhi | 4 Feb 1999 |
| 21 | WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 14-191 | WI | Colombo SSC | 29 Nov 2001 |
| 22 | CV Grimmett (Aus) | 14-199 | SAf | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 |
| 23 | CA Walsh (WI) | 13-55 | NZ | Wellington BR | 10 Feb 1995 |
| 24 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 13-57 | SAf | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 25 | DL Underwood (Eng) | 13-71 | Pak | Lord's | 8 Aug 1974 |
| 26 | MA Noble (Aus) | 13-77 | Eng | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1902 |
| 27 | JJ Ferris (Eng) | 13-91 | SAf | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 |
| 28 | Abdul Qadir (Pak) | 13-101 | Eng | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 29 | IT Botham (Eng) | 13-106 | Ind | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| 30 | FR Spofforth (Aus) | 13-110 | Eng | Melbourne | 2 Jan 1879 |
| 31 | Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 13-114 | Aus | Karachi | 11 Oct 1956 |
| 32 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 13-115 | Zim | Kandy | 4 Jan 2002 |
| 33 | MH Mankad (Ind) | 13-131 | Pak | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 |
| 34 | J Srinath (Ind) | 13-132 | Pak | Kolkata | 16 Feb 1999 |
| = | M Ntini (SAf) | 13-132 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 8 Apr 2005 |
| 36 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 13-135 | Zim | Karachi DS | 1 Dec 1993 |
| 37 | BA Reid (Aus) | 13-148 | Eng | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1990 |
| 38 | AW Greig (Eng) | 13-156 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 30 Mar 1974 |
| 39 | SF Barnes (Eng) | 13-163 | Aus | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1902 |
| 40 | HJ Tayfield (SAf) | 13-165 | Aus | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 |
| 41 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 13-171 | SAf | Galle | 20 Jul 2000 |
| 42 | CV Grimmett (Aus) | 13-173 | SAf | Durban | 28 Feb 1936 |
| 43 | A Kumble (Ind) | 13-181 | Aus | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 |
| 44 | HJ Tayfield (SAf) | 13-192 | Eng | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 |
| 45 | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 13-196 | Aus | Kolkata | 11 Mar 2001 |
| 46 | MG Hughes (Aus) | 13-217 | WI | Perth | 2 Dec 1988 |
| 47 | AA Mailey (Aus) | 13-236 | Eng | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1921 |
| 48 | T Richardson (Eng) | 13-244 | Aus | Manchester | 16 Jul 1896 |
| 49 | JC White (Eng) | 13-256 | Aus | Adelaide | 1 Feb 1929 |
| 50 | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 12-71 | SAf | Johannesburg OW | 2 Mar 1896 |
| 51 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 12-82 | Bdesh | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 |
| 52 | CTB Turner (Aus) | 12-87 | Eng | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 |
| 53 | JH Wardle (Eng) | 12-89 | SAf | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1957 |
| = | H Trumble (Aus) | 12-89 | Eng | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 55 | Danish Kaneria (Pak) | 12-94 | Bdesh | Multan | 29 Aug 2001 |
| = | Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 12-94 | Ind | Lucknow UG | 23 Oct 1952 |
| 57 | DL Underwood (Eng) | 12-97 | NZ | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 |
| 58 | Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 12-99 | Eng | The Oval | 12 Aug 1954 |
| 59 | Fazal Mahmood (Pak) | 12-100 | WI | Dhaka | 6 Mar 1959 |
| 60 | R Tattersall (Eng) | 12-101 | SAf | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 |
| = | DL Underwood (Eng) | 12-101 | NZ | The Oval | 21 Aug 1969 |
| 62 | F Martin (Eng) | 12-102 | Aus | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 |
| 63 | BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 12-104 | Aus | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 |
| = | GA Lohmann (Eng) | 12-104 | Aus | The Oval | 12 Aug 1886 |
| 65 | SCG MacGill (Aus) | 12-107 | Eng | Sydney | 2 Jan 1999 |
| 66 | MH Mankad (Ind) | 12-108 | Eng | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 |
| 67 | AV Bedser (Eng) | 12-112 | SAf | Manchester | 5 Jul 1951 |
| 68 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 12-117 | Zim | Kandy | 7 Jan 1998 |
| 69 | FS Trueman (Eng) | 12-119 | WI | Birmingham | 4 Jul 1963 |
| 70 | AME Roberts (WI) | 12-121 | Ind | Chennai | 11 Jan 1975 |
| 71 | AK Davidson (Aus) | 12-124 | Ind | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
| 72 | IK Pathan (Ind) | 12-126 | Zim | Harare | 20 Sep 2005 |
| = | BA Reid (Aus) | 12-126 | Ind | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1991 |
| 74 | SJ Snooke (SAf) | 12-127 | Eng | Johannesburg OW | 10 Mar 1906 |
| 75 | SK Warne (Aus) | 12-128 | SAf | Sydney | 2 Jan 1994 |
| 76 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 12-130 | NZ | Faisalabad | 26 Oct 1990 |
| = | G Geary (Eng) | 12-130 | SAf | Johannesburg OW | 24 Dec 1927 |
| 78 | J Briggs (Eng) | 12-136 | Aus | Adelaide | 24 Mar 1892 |
| 79 | AA Donald (SAf) | 12-139 | Ind | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 80 | DL Vettori (NZ) | 12-149 | Aus | Auckland | 11 Mar 2000 |
| 81 | S Venkataraghavan (Ind) | 12-152 | NZ | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 |
| 82 | Imran Khan (Pak) | 12-165 | Aus | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 |
| 83 | G Dymock (Aus) | 12-166 | Ind | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 |
| 84 | DL Vettori (NZ) | 12-170 | Bdesh | Chittagong MAS | 26 Oct 2004 |
| 85 | AP Freeman (Eng) | 12-171 | SAf | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 |
| 86 | H Trumble (Aus) | 12-173 | Eng | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 87 | HV Hordern (Aus) | 12-175 | Eng | Sydney | 15 Dec 1911 |
| 88 | AEE Vogler (SAf) | 12-181 | Eng | Johannesburg OW | 1 Jan 1910 |
| = | L Sivaramakrishnan (Ind) | 12-181 | Eng | Mumbai | 28 Nov 1984 |
| 90 | Enamul Haque jnr (Bdesh) | 12-200 | Zim | Dhaka | 14 Jan 2005 |
| 91 | MJ Hoggard (Eng) | 12-205 | SAf | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 |
| 92 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 12-225 | SAf | Colombo PSS | 4 Aug 2006 |
| 93 | SK Warne (Aus) | 12-246 | Eng | The Oval | 8 Sep 2005 |
| 94 | A Kumble (Ind) | 12-279 | Aus | Sydney | 2 Jan 2004 |
| 95 | JJ Krejza (Aus) | 12-358 | Ind | Nagpur | 6 Nov 2008 |
| 96 | H Ironmonger (Aus) | 11-24 | SAf | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 |
| 97 | ERH Toshack (Aus) | 11-31 | Ind | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 |
| 98 | GAR Lock (Eng) | 11-48 | WI | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 |
| 99 | RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 11-58 | Ind | Wellington BR | 13 Feb 1976 |
| 100 | GAR Lock (Eng) | 11-65 | NZ | Leeds | 3 Jul 1958 |
Bold signifies achievement less than 3 years old.
Date given refers to first day of match.