410 |
1
|
Ashish Nehra (India)
|
43.55 |
4 Wickets for 40 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Dambula on 24-Jun-2010 (SR-14 | ER-4.4) |
413 |
1
|
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
|
43.47 |
5 Wickets for 38 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs West Indies at Sharjah on 14-Oct-1989 (SR-12 | ER-3.9) |
414 |
1
|
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
|
43.46 |
5 Wickets for 39 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Wellington on 06-Jan-2006 (SR-12 | ER-3.9) |
424 |
1
|
Junaid Khan (Pakistan)
|
43.24 |
4 Wickets for 43 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 30-Dec-2012 (SR-14 | ER-4.8) |
430 |
1
|
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
|
43.12 |
4 Wickets for 33 Runs in 1st inns for ICC World XI vs Australia at Melbourne on 05-Oct-2005 (SR-15 | ER-3.3) |
434 |
1
|
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
|
43.06 |
4 Wickets for 47 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs Afghanistan at Leeds on 29-Jun-2019 (SR-15 | ER-4.7) |
438 |
1
|
Irfan Pathan (India)
|
42.98 |
5 Wickets for 61 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 04-Aug-2012 (SR-12 | ER-6.1) |
440 |
1
|
Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
|
42.91 |
4 Wickets for 34 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs South Africa at Cape Town on 09-Apr-2009 (SR-15 | ER-3.4) |
443 |
1
|
Reece Topley (England)
|
42.79 |
4 Wickets for 43 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs Bangladesh at Dharamsala on 10-Oct-2023 (SR-15 | ER-4.3) |
444 |
1
|
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
|
42.78 |
4 Wickets for 30 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs West Indies at Manchester on 22-Jun-2019 (SR-15 | ER-3.0) |
446 |
1
|
Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
|
42.73 |
4 Wickets for 11 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs India at Kuala Lumpur on 16-Sep-2006 (SR-6 | ER-2.8) |
453 |
1
|
Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh)
|
42.55 |
5 Wickets for 62 Runs in 1st inns for Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 28-Mar-2013 (SR-12 | ER-6.2) |
455 |
1
|
Doug Bollinger (Australia)
|
42.51 |
5 Wickets for 35 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 01-May-2009 (SR-9 | ER-4.6) |
461 |
1
|
Jimmy Adams (West Indies)
|
42.42 |
5 Wickets for 37 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs Pakistan at Adelaide on 17-Dec-1996 (SR-12 | ER-3.7) |
466 |
1
|
Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa)
|
42.33 |
4 Wickets for 60 Runs in 1st inns for South Africa vs Pakistan at Chennai on 27-Oct-2023 (SR-15 | ER-6.0) |
470 |
1
|
Alan Mullally (England)
|
42.25 |
4 Wickets for 37 Runs in 1st inns for England vs Sri Lanka at London on 14-May-1999 (SR-15 | ER-3.7) |
475 |
1
|
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
|
42.22 |
4 Wickets for 44 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs West Indies at Wellington on 21-Mar-2015 (SR-15 | ER-4.4) |
484 |
1
|
Robin Peterson (South Africa)
|
41.98 |
4 Wickets for 12 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs Bangladesh at Mirpur on 19-Mar-2011 (SR-11 | ER-1.7) |
486 |
1
|
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
|
41.95 |
3 Wickets for 28 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs New Zealand at Birmingham on 26-Jun-2019 (SR-20 | ER-2.8) |
488 |
1
|
Robin Peterson (South Africa)
|
41.94 |
4 Wickets for 32 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs Australia at Sydney on 23-Nov-2014 (SR-9 | ER-5.2) |
499 |
1
|
Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand)
|
41.82 |
4 Wickets for 43 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Cardiff on 09-Jun-2013 (SR-12 | ER-5.3) |
510 |
1
|
Irfan Pathan (India)
|
41.67 |
4 Wickets for 41 Runs in 1st inns for India vs Australia at Adelaide on 17-Feb-2008 (SR-15 | ER-4.1) |
516 |
1
|
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
|
41.50 |
4 Wickets for 14 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Dambula on 19-May-2003 (SR-15 | ER-1.4) |
518 |
1
|
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
|
41.49 |
5 Wickets for 48 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 20-Jul-2021 (SR-10 | ER-6.0) |
521 |
1
|
Arshdeep Singh (India)
|
41.44 |
4 Wickets for 30 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs South Africa at Paarl on 21-Dec-2023 (SR-14 | ER-3.3) |
529 |
1
|
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
|
41.25 |
5 Wickets for 17 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs Pakistan at Dunedin on 13-Jan-2018 (SR-9 | ER-2.3) |
530 |
1
|
Mitchell Santner (New Zealand)
|
41.22 |
3 Wickets for 43 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs South Africa at Lahore on 05-Mar-2025 (SR-20 | ER-4.3) |
536 |
1
|
Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
|
41.04 |
4 Wickets for 46 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs India at Mohali on 19-Oct-2013 (SR-15 | ER-4.6) |
544 |
1
|
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
|
40.97 |
4 Wickets for 39 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs Australia at Sydney on 09-Jan-2003 (SR-15 | ER-3.9) |
545 |
1
|
Reece Topley (England)
|
40.96 |
4 Wickets for 50 Runs in 1st inns for England vs South Africa at Gqeberha on 06-Feb-2016 (SR-14 | ER-5.6) |
549 |
1
|
James Faulkner (Australia)
|
40.91 |
3 Wickets for 59 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs India at Sydney on 26-Mar-2015 (SR-18 | ER-6.6) |
557 |
1
|
Kuldeep Yadav (India)
|
40.76 |
4 Wickets for 23 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs South Africa at Cape Town on 07-Feb-2018 (SR-14 | ER-2.6) |
569 |
1
|
Usman Shinwari (Pakistan)
|
40.63 |
4 Wickets for 35 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs South Africa at Johannesburg on 27-Jan-2019 (SR-11 | ER-5.0) |
572 |
1
|
Ravindra Jadeja (India)
|
40.56 |
4 Wickets for 23 Runs in 1st inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on 11-Jul-2013 (SR-11 | ER-3.2) |
578 |
1
|
Mike Whitney (Australia)
|
40.50 |
4 Wickets for 34 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne on 18-Mar-1992 (SR-15 | ER-3.4) |
590 |
1
|
Alan Mullally (England)
|
40.41 |
4 Wickets for 18 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs Australia at Brisbane on 10-Jan-1999 (SR-12 | ER-2.3) |
591 |
1
|
Pieter Seelaar (Netherlands)
|
40.39 |
3 Wickets for 53 Runs in 2nd inns for Netherlands vs India at Delhi on 09-Mar-2011 (SR-20 | ER-5.3) |
593 |
1
|
Zaheer Khan (India)
|
40.38 |
4 Wickets for 45 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Zimbabwe at Colombo on 14-Sep-2002 (SR-15 | ER-4.5) |
599 |
1
|
Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand)
|
40.27 |
4 Wickets for 20 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs South Africa at Paarl on 19-Jan-2013 (SR-15 | ER-2.0) |
600 |
1
|
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
|
40.27 |
5 Wickets for 50 Runs in 2nd inns for Bangladesh vs India at Mirpur on 18-Jun-2015 (SR-11 | ER-5.4) |
607 |
1
|
Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka)
|
40.19 |
5 Wickets for 40 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs India at Colombo on 12-Sep-2023 (SR-12 | ER-4.0) |
608 |
1
|
Ian Bradshaw (West Indies)
|
40.15 |
3 Wickets for 30 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs India at Ahmedabad on 26-Oct-2006 (SR-20 | ER-3.0) |
611 |
1
|
Brad Hogg (Australia)
|
40.10 |
4 Wickets for 49 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs India at Nagpur on 14-Oct-2007 (SR-15 | ER-4.9) |
612 |
1
|
Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
|
40.08 |
5 Wickets for 26 Runs in 2nd inns for Sri Lanka vs South Africa at Colombo on 22-Aug-2004 (SR-10 | ER-3.3) |
613 |
1
|
Lonwabo Tsotsobe (South Africa)
|
40.07 |
4 Wickets for 22 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 26-Jul-2013 (SR-11 | ER-3.1) |
614 |
1
|
Keith Arthurton (West Indies)
|
40.07 |
4 Wickets for 44 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs South Africa at Bloemfontein on 05-Feb-1999 (SR-9 | ER-7.1) |
624 |
1
|
Mitchell Santner (New Zealand)
|
39.95 |
5 Wickets for 59 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs Netherlands at Hyderabad on 09-Oct-2023 (SR-12 | ER-5.9) |
632 |
1
|
Mohammad Hussain (Pakistan)
|
39.86 |
4 Wickets for 33 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs India at Dhaka on 16-Jan-1998 (SR-15 | ER-3.3) |
633 |
1
|
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
|
39.84 |
4 Wickets for 24 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah on 04-Feb-1993 (SR-15 | ER-2.4) |
643 |
1
|
James Franklin (New Zealand)
|
39.78 |
3 Wickets for 74 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs Australia at St George's on 20-Apr-2007 (SR-16 | ER-9.3) |
648 |
1
|
Brad Hogg (Australia)
|
39.70 |
5 Wickets for 32 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne on 14-Jan-2005 (SR-12 | ER-3.2) |
654 |
1
|
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
|
39.59 |
4 Wickets for 18 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs West Indies at Kingstown on 30-Mar-1993 (SR-11 | ER-2.4) |
655 |
1
|
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
|
39.59 |
5 Wickets for 42 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs Pakistan at Sharjah on 28-Aug-2012 (SR-12 | ER-4.2) |
672 |
1
|
Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
|
39.39 |
4 Wickets for 28 Runs in 1st inns for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Wellington on 03-Feb-2001 (SR-14 | ER-3.1) |
684 |
1
|
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
|
39.30 |
4 Wickets for 25 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Australia at Melbourne on 16-Jan-1997 (SR-15 | ER-2.5) |
685 |
1
|
Wahab Riaz (Pakistan)
|
39.26 |
3 Wickets for 82 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs England at Nottingham on 03-Jun-2019 (SR-20 | ER-8.2) |
688 |
1
|
Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan)
|
39.20 |
4 Wickets for 33 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs South Africa at Centurion on 15-Mar-2013 (SR-11 | ER-4.7) |
693 |
1
|
Nathan Bracken (Australia)
|
39.13 |
4 Wickets for 29 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs India at Mumbai on 01-Nov-2003 (SR-15 | ER-2.9) |
697 |
1
|
Sulieman Benn (West Indies)
|
39.09 |
4 Wickets for 38 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 06-Feb-2011 (SR-15 | ER-3.8) |
703 |
1
|
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
|
39.02 |
4 Wickets for 33 Runs in 2nd inns for Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 11-Feb-2010 (SR-15 | ER-3.3) |
713 |
1
|
Sulieman Benn (West Indies)
|
38.91 |
4 Wickets for 18 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs Bangladesh at Mirpur on 04-Mar-2011 (SR-8 | ER-3.5) |
715 |
1
|
Zaheer Khan (India)
|
38.87 |
4 Wickets for 42 Runs in 1st inns for India vs New Zealand at Centurion on 14-Mar-2003 (SR-12 | ER-5.3) |
726 |
1
|
Mohammad Amir (Pakistan)
|
38.76 |
3 Wickets for 47 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs India at Manchester on 16-Jun-2019 (SR-20 | ER-4.7) |
728 |
1
|
Keith Arthurton (West Indies)
|
38.75 |
4 Wickets for 56 Runs in 1st inns for West Indies vs South Africa at Gqeberha on 30-Jan-1999 (SR-15 | ER-5.6) |
735 |
1
|
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
|
38.70 |
5 Wickets for 36 Runs in 1st inns for Bangladesh vs India at Mirpur on 04-Dec-2022 (SR-12 | ER-3.6) |
740 |
1
|
Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)
|
38.65 |
5 Wickets for 48 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 29-Jun-2008 (SR-12 | ER-4.8) |
741 |
1
|
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
|
38.65 |
4 Wickets for 82 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs England at Leeds on 19-May-2019 (SR-15 | ER-8.2) |
742 |
1
|
Corey Anderson (U.S.A.)
|
38.64 |
5 Wickets for 63 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs India at Auckland on 25-Jan-2014 (SR-12 | ER-6.3) |
758 |
1
|
Kuldeep Yadav (India)
|
38.52 |
4 Wickets for 6 Runs in 1st inns for India vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 27-Jul-2023 (SR-5 | ER-2.0) |
764 |
1
|
James Faulkner (Australia)
|
38.49 |
4 Wickets for 38 Runs in 1st inns for Australia vs Sri Lanka at Colombo on 21-Aug-2016 (SR-15 | ER-3.8) |
765 |
1
|
Zaheer Khan (India)
|
38.49 |
4 Wickets for 21 Runs in 1st inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Dambula on 20-Aug-2008 (SR-14 | ER-2.3) |
781 |
1
|
Kuldeep Yadav (India)
|
38.30 |
4 Wickets for 45 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on 26-Jan-2019 (SR-15 | ER-4.5) |
789 |
1
|
Zaheer Khan (India)
|
38.20 |
5 Wickets for 42 Runs in 1st inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Margao on 14-Feb-2007 (SR-12 | ER-4.2) |
790 |
1
|
Imad Wasim (Pakistan)
|
38.19 |
5 Wickets for 14 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Ireland at Malahide on 18-Aug-2016 (SR-7 | ER-2.5) |
798 |
1
|
Samit Patel (England)
|
38.04 |
5 Wickets for 41 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs South Africa at London on 29-Aug-2008 (SR-12 | ER-4.2) |
800 |
1
|
Nathan Bracken (Australia)
|
38.04 |
4 Wickets for 30 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 12-Feb-2006 (SR-9 | ER-5.0) |
809 |
1
|
Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
|
37.94 |
4 Wickets for 19 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad on 21-Feb-2011 (SR-14 | ER-2.0) |
811 |
1
|
Lonwabo Tsotsobe (South Africa)
|
37.92 |
4 Wickets for 50 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs Australia at Perth on 30-Jan-2009 (SR-14 | ER-5.6) |
814 |
1
|
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
|
37.91 |
4 Wickets for 47 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs South Africa at Cape Town on 19-Dec-2024 (SR-12 | ER-5.9) |
816 |
1
|
Sam Curran (England)
|
37.90 |
4 Wickets for 29 Runs in 2nd inns for England vs Bangladesh at Mirpur on 03-Mar-2023 (SR-10 | ER-4.4) |
820 |
1
|
Kuldeep Yadav (India)
|
37.86 |
4 Wickets for 39 Runs in 1st inns for India vs New Zealand at Napier on 23-Jan-2019 (SR-15 | ER-3.9) |
821 |
1
|
Usman Shinwari (Pakistan)
|
37.84 |
5 Wickets for 34 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah on 23-Oct-2017 (SR-8 | ER-4.9) |
823 |
1
|
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
|
37.84 |
4 Wickets for 40 Runs in 2nd inns for New Zealand vs Australia at Cairns on 06-Sep-2022 (SR-15 | ER-4.0) |
824 |
1
|
Ravindra Jadeja (India)
|
37.83 |
4 Wickets for 28 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs England at Cardiff on 27-Aug-2014 (SR-11 | ER-4.0) |
830 |
1
|
Pedro Collins (West Indies)
|
37.76 |
3 Wickets for 8 Runs in 2nd inns for West Indies vs Australia at Brisbane on 21-Jan-2005 (SR-8 | ER-2.0) |
835 |
1
|
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
|
37.73 |
4 Wickets for 25 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs Australia at Perth on 02-Jan-1989 (SR-12 | ER-3.1) |
845 |
1
|
Sufiyan Muqeem (Pakistan)
|
37.63 |
4 Wickets for 52 Runs in 2nd inns for Pakistan vs South Africa at Johannesburg on 22-Dec-2024 (SR-12 | ER-6.5) |
852 |
1
|
Yuvraj Singh (India)
|
37.54 |
4 Wickets for 6 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg on 23-Feb-2003 (SR-7 | ER-1.3) |
856 |
1
|
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
|
37.49 |
4 Wickets for 55 Runs in 2nd inns for Australia vs Sri Lanka at London on 15-Jun-2019 (SR-15 | ER-5.5) |
865 |
1
|
Shoriful Islam (Bangladesh)
|
37.42 |
4 Wickets for 34 Runs in 1st inns for Bangladesh vs West Indies at Georgetown on 10-Jul-2022 (SR-12 | ER-4.3) |
870 |
1
|
Usman Shinwari (Pakistan)
|
37.36 |
4 Wickets for 49 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs Australia at Dubai on 31-Mar-2019 (SR-15 | ER-4.9) |
873 |
1
|
Junaid Khan (Pakistan)
|
37.34 |
4 Wickets for 19 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs Bangladesh at Abu Dhabi on 26-Sep-2018 (SR-14 | ER-2.1) |
882 |
1
|
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
|
37.29 |
4 Wickets for 35 Runs in 1st inns for Pakistan vs India at Pallekele on 02-Sep-2023 (SR-15 | ER-3.5) |
888 |
1
|
Nicky Boje (South Africa)
|
37.24 |
4 Wickets for 25 Runs in 2nd inns for South Africa vs Pakistan at Colombo on 08-Jul-2000 (SR-15 | ER-2.5) |
890 |
1
|
Brian Vitori (Zimbabwe)
|
37.23 |
5 Wickets for 20 Runs in 1st inns for Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh at Harare on 14-Aug-2011 (SR-11 | ER-2.1) |
892 |
1
|
Nadeem Ahmed (Hong Kong)
|
37.23 |
4 Wickets for 51 Runs in 1st inns for Hong Kong vs Pakistan at Karachi on 24-Jun-2008 (SR-14 | ER-5.7) |
903 |
1
|
Zaheer Khan (India)
|
37.15 |
3 Wickets for 14 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Kenya at Durban on 20-Mar-2003 (SR-19 | ER-1.5) |
904 |
1
|
Phil Tufnell (England)
|
37.14 |
4 Wickets for 22 Runs in 1st inns for England vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 20-Feb-1997 (SR-15 | ER-2.2) |
910 |
1
|
Irfan Pathan (India)
|
37.09 |
4 Wickets for 32 Runs in 2nd inns for India vs Sri Lanka at Mirpur on 13-Mar-2012 (SR-12 | ER-3.9) |
911 |
1
|
James Franklin (New Zealand)
|
37.08 |
5 Wickets for 42 Runs in 1st inns for New Zealand vs England at Chester-le-Street on 29-Jun-2004 (SR-12 | ER-4.2) |
Listing top 1,000 individual match performances as per our scorecards. Each scored using contextual logic—factoring in opposition strength, match pressure, conditions, game importance etc. The list is scientifically based, so some lesser-known performances may outrank legendary ones. No manual adjustments are made; everything is merit-based. Updated - 31st Jul 2025.