Top 10 Spinners With Most Wickets In Test Cricket: Muttiah Muralitharan Tops, Ravichandran Ashwin & Anil Kumble Among 4 Indians In Elite List

Muttiah Muralitharan is the only bowler in history to cross 800 Test wickets, playing 133 matches with an outstanding average of 22.72 

Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne has played 145 Tests, averaging 25.4, and he took 708 wickets. One of only two bowlers to exceed 700 Test wickets 

Anil Kumble is India’s top wicket-taker and only leg spinner with over 600 Test wickets. Career average: 29.65 across 132 Tests 

Nathan Lyon is Australia’s leading off-spinner and currently the only active spin bowler with 500+ Test wickets. 

Ashwin is India’s second-highest Test wicket-taker, and achieved 500 wickets in just 98 matches of his Test career.  

Rangana Herath is the most successful left-arm spinner in Test history and is the only left-arm spinner with 400+ wickets. 

Harbhajan Singh is India’s third-most successful spinner, boasting 25 five-wicket hauls and a career average of 32 with 417 wickets.  

Daniel Vettori is New Zealand’s most successful spinner with a long, consistent career and has 362 wickets in 113 matches of his Test career. 

ICC’s no.1 all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the second-highest active wicket-taker, with  323 Test wickets so far. 

Lance Gibbs was the first spinner to reach 300 Test wickets. He concluded his test career with 309 in 79 matches.