Most Wickets for India in All Formats of Cricket [Updated]

Anil Kumble holds the record for taking the most wickets for India in all formats. The former leg spinner took 953 wickets in 401 matches across formats. Kumble is fourth among all bowlers in the global chart.

Ravichandran Ashwin occupies the second spot with over 750 scalps. The third spot belongs to Harbhajan Singh, who picked up 707 wickets in 365 games.

Former Indian captain Kapil Dev sits in the fourth position with 687 scalps in 356 matches. Zaheer Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, and Javagal Srinath have taken 550+ wickets each.

The pace trio of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah have scalped over 400 wickets each. Bumrah became the latest entrant to the 400-wicket club.

You can check out the top 20 who have taken the most wickets for India in all formats of cricket.

Most Wickets for India in All Formats

PlayerMatchesInningsWicketsBBIAvgEconSR5W/10W
Anil Kumble40149995310/7430.063.1157.937/8
Ravichandran Ashwin2863777647/5925.773.3845.637/8
Harbhajan Singh3654427078/8432.593.3258.728/5
Kapil Dev3564486879/8328.833.0556.624/2
Zaheer Khan3033735977/8731.483.8948.412/1
Ravindra Jadeja3484065937/4228.883.5149.216/2
Javagal Srinath2963485518/8629.113.5549.013/1
Mohammed Shami1882454487/5726.064.1237.811/0
Ishant Sharma1992804347/7432.353.6353.311/1
Jasprit Bumrah1992344116/1921.033.7533.612/0
Ajit Agarkar2212373496/4131.094.5141.23/0
Irfan Pathan1731953017/5929.854.4140.59/2
Kuldeep Yadav1591662976/2522.504.8128.08/0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar2292432946/8229.504.7337.37/0
Venkatesh Prasad1942182926/3333.193.8351.98/1
Umesh Yadav1411942886/8831.624.2944.13/1
Ravi Shastri2302612805/1538.692.9079.83/0
Bishan Singh Bedi771282737/9829.212.1880.414/1
Manoj Prabhakar1691952536/13232.073.5154.65/0
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar59982458/7929.532.7065.316/2

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