| Bowler |
Runs Given |
Wickets Taken |
Bowling Average |
| Joel Garner (West Indies) |
2752 |
146 |
18.85 |
| Dennis Lillee (Australia) |
2145 |
103 |
20.83 |
| Michael Holding (West Indies) |
3034 |
142 |
21.37 |
| Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) |
3407 |
158 |
21.56 |
| Allan Donald (South Africa) |
5926 |
272 |
21.79 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) |
6275 |
288 |
21.79 |
| Glenn McGrath (Australia) |
6909 |
314 |
22.00 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) |
8103 |
366 |
22.14 |
| Brett Lee (Australia) |
4124 |
186 |
22.17 |
| Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) |
4183 |
183 |
22.86 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) |
4286 |
186 |
23.04 |
| Wasim Akram (Pakistan) |
11812 |
502 |
23.53 |
| Waqar Younis (Pakistan) |
9920 |
416 |
23.85 |
| Christopher Pringle (New Zealand) |
2459 |
103 |
23.87 |
| Jason Gillespie (Australia) |
3208 |
134 |
23.94 |
| Curtely Ambrose (West Indies) |
5429 |
225 |
24.13 |
| Shaun Pollock (South Africa) |
7656 |
317 |
24.15 |
| Craig McDermott (Australia) |
5018 |
203 |
24.72 |
| Darren Gough (England) |
5666 |
224 |
25.29 |
| Damien Fleming (Australia) |
3402 |
134 |
25.39 |
