Most Wickets in ODI

Leading wicket taker in one day internationals (ODIs) is Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan. As of March 2013, he has the highest aggregate with 534 wickets, and also achieved 10 five-wicket hauls.

Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram become the first bolwers reached 300 one day wickets in October 1996. He was also the first player to reach 400 and 500 wicket feats.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi are the only players to have scored more than 8,000 runs and 300+ wickets in ODIs.

List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in ODI cricket history.

Bowler	Wkts	Mat	Avg	Econ	BBI	4s	5s
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)	534	350	23.08	3.93	7/30	15	10
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)	502	356	23.53	3.90	5/15	17	6
Waqar Younis (Pakistan)	416	262	23.84	4.69	7/36	14	13
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)	400	322	27.54	4.19	8/19	9	4
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	395	398	34.51	4.63	7/12	4	9
Shaun Pollock (South Africa)	393	303	24.51	3.68	6/35	12	5
Glenn McGrath (Australia)	381	250	22.02	3.88	7/15	9	7
Brett Lee (Australia)	380	221	23.36	4.76	5/22	14	9
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)	338	226	28.88	5.35	6/38	11	8
Anil Kumble (India)	337	271	30.90	4.31	6/12	8	2
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	323	445	36.75	4.79	6/29	8	4
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)	317	247	29.53	4.47	5/29	10	4
Javagal Srinath (India)	315	229	28.09	4.45	5/23	7	3
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)	305	295	31.72	4.13	5/7	8	2

300+ ODI Wickets by Team

S#	Country	No. of bowlers
1	Sri Lanka	4
2	Pakistan	3
3	India	2
4	Australia	2
5	Bangladesh	1
6	New Zealand	1
7	South Africa	1

See also:
• Most Wickets in Test matches
• Most Wickets in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)