Indian legendary spinner Anil Kumble tops the list of most test wickets for India. In the 237 innings, he took 619 wickets at an economy of 2.69. His best bowling figures in an inning were 10/74 and his best bowling figures of the match were 14/149. He is followed by Right-arm off-break bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. In an ongoing career of 94 matches, he took 474 wickets at an economy of 2.76. His best bowling figures in an inning were 7/59 and his best bowling figures of the match were 13/140. Former Indian captain Kapil Dev is ranked 3rd on the list. In the 227 innings, Kapil took 434 wickets at an economy of 2.78. His best bowling figures in an inning were 9/83 and his best bowling figures of the match were 11/146.
| S No. | Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Economy |
| 1 | Anil Kumble | 132 | 236 | 6808.2 | 1576 | 619 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 2.69 |
| 2 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 92 | 174 | 4095.3 | 846 | 474 | 7/59 | c | 2.76 |
| 3 | Kapil Dev | 131 | 227 | 4623.2 | 1060 | 434 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 2.78 |
| 4 | Harbhajan Singh | 103 | 190 | 4763.2 | 871 | 417 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 2.84 |
| 5 | Ishant Sharma | 105 | 188 | 3193.2 | 640 | 311 | 7/74 | 10/108 | 3.15 |
| 6 | Zaheer Khan | 92 | 165 | 3130.5 | 624 | 311 | 7/87 | 10/149 | 3.27 |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja | 65 | 124 | 2660.4 | 659 | 268 | 7/42 | 10/110 | 2.44 |
| 8 | Bishan Singh Bedi | 67 | 118 | – | 1096 | 266 | 7/98 | 10/194 | 2.14 |
| 9 | Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | 58 | 97 | – | 584 | 242 | 8/79 | 12/104 | 2.7 |
| 10 | Javagal Srinath | 67 | 121 | 2517.2 | 599 | 236 | 8/86 | 13/132 | 2.85 |
| 1 | Mohammed Shami | 64 | 122 | 1919.1 | 364 | 229 | 6/56 | 9/118 | 3.3 |
| 12 | Erapalli Prasanna | 49 | 86 | – | 602 | 189 | 8/76 | 11/140 | 2.4 |
| 13 | Umesh Yadav | 57 | 112 | 1496.3 | 245 | 170 | 6/88 | 10/133 | 3.51 |
| 14 | Vinoo Mankad | 44 | 70 | – | 777 | 162 | 8/52 | 13/131 | 2.13 |
| 15 | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 57 | 96 | – | 696 | 156 | 8/72 | 12/152 | 2.27 |
| 16 | Ravi Shastri | 80 | 125 | 2625.1 | 657 | 151 | 5/75 | 8/179 | 2.35 |
| 17 | Subash Gupte | 36 | 61 | 1880.4 | 608 | 149 | 9/102 | 10/223 | 2.34 |
| 18 | Jasprit Bumrah | 30 | 58 | 1044.4 | 254 | 128 | 6/27 | 9/86 | 2.69 |
| 19 | Dilip Doshi | 33 | 55 | 1553.4 | 456 | 114 | 6/102 | 8/103 | 2.25 |
| 20 | Pragyan Ojha | 24 | 48 | 1272.1 | 298 | 113 | 6/47 | 10/89 | 2.68 |
| 21 | Karsan Ghavri | 39 | 69 | – | 233 | 109 | 5/33 | 7/120 | 3.11 |
| 22 | N Yadav | 35 | 61 | 1393.2 | 339 | 102 | 5/76 | 8/118 | 2.56 |
| 23 | Irfan Pathan | 29 | 54 | 980.4 | 212 | 100 | 7/59 | 12/126 | 3.28 |
| 24 | Venkatesh Prasad | 33 | 58 | 1173.3 | 275 | 96 | 6/33 | 10/153 | 2.86 |
| 25 | Manoj Prabhakar | 39 | 68 | 1245.5 | 274 | 96 | 6/132 | 6/92 | 2.87 |
| 26 | Venkatapathy Raju | 28 | 51 | 1267 | 362 | 93 | 6/12 | 11/125 | 2.25 |
| 27 | Bapu Nadkarni | 41 | 65 | – | 665 | 88 | 6/43 | 11/122 | 1.67 |
| 28 | Maninder Singh | 35 | 52 | 1369.4 | 359 | 88 | 7/27 | 10/107 | 2.4 |
| 29 | S Sreesanth | 27 | 50 | 903.1 | 162 | 87 | 5/40 | 8/99 | 3.62 |
| 30 | Amit Mishra | 22 | 40 | 850.3 | 123 | 76 | 5/71 | 7/72 | 3.19 |
FAQs
1. Which Indian bowler has taken the most test wickets?
Indian leg spinner Anil Kumblr has taken the most test wickets for India. In 236 innings he took 619 wickets at an economy of 2.69
2. Which Indian bowler from the list has the best economy?
Indian bowler Bapu Nadkarni from the list has the best economy of 1.67.
3. Which Indian pacer has the most test wickets?
Former Indian captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev has the most test wickets as a pacer. In the 227 innings, he took 434 wickets.
4. Which Indian bowler has the best bowling figures in a test match?
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has the best bowling figures in test by an Indian. He has the figures of 15/217.
