The history of cricket has seen many fabulous bowlers like Malcolm Marshall of West Indies, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram of Pakistan, Shane Warne and Glenn Mcgrath of Australia, Kapil Dev of India, Shaun Pollock of South Africa etc. But the best bowlers who hunted most batsmen in their career are enlisted here. These bowlers are the best and the highest wicket takers in One Day International Cricket matches.

No. Bowler Wickets Matches Country Best
1.
M Murlitharan

513

 335 Sri Lanka 7/30
2. Wasim Akram

502

 356 Pakistan 5/15
3. Waqar Younis

416

 262 Pakistan 7/36
4. C Vaas

400

 322 Sri Lanka 8/19
5. S Pollock

393

 303 South Africa 6/35
6. Glen Mcgrath

381

 250 Australia 7/15
7. Bret Lee

348

 348 Pakistan 6/38
8. Shahid Khan Afridi

324

 186 Australia 5/22
9. Anil Kumble

271

 337 India 6/12
10. Sanath Jayasuriya

323

 445 Sri Lanka 6/29

The best bowler in this list of best wicket taking bowlers in One Day International format was M Murlitharan, who was the king of spin bowling. M Murlitharan also got 800 wickets in 133 test matches. The best figure in one inning was 9 for 51.

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