List of cricketers by number of international five-wicket hauls

In cricket, a five-wicket haul – also known as a five-for or fifer[3] – refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings.

The first officially recognised Test match took place on 15–19 March 1877 and was played between England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

[9] In December 2018 in the 2nd T20I against West Indies, Shakib became the eighth cricketer to take at least one five wicket-haul in all three formats who is currently at 15th position in this list.

[10] Players from all teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), have five-wicket hauls in a Test.

[16][17] three cricketers - Jim Laker,[18] Anil Kumble[19] and Ajaz Patel[20] hold the distinction of taking all 10 wickets in the innings.

[21] Of these, nine cricketers have taken two five-wicket hauls on their Test debut, including four from England, two from Australia and one each from India, South Africa and the West Indies.

Dennis Lillee recorded the first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, taking 5 wickets for 34 runs in 12 overs against Pakistan at Headingley in 1975.

[26] Umar Gul recorded the first five-wicket haul in T20Is, taking 5 wickets for 6 runs in 3 overs against New Zealand at The Oval in 2009.

Twelve players - Umar Gul, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Tim Southee, Imran Tahir, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Lungi Ngidi and Alzarri Joseph have taken at least one five-wicket haul in every format.

In the same match, two other players - Australian Anne Palmer and England's Mary Spear also recorded five-wicket hauls.

[39] Macpherson and Page are two of only five players to take a five-wicket haul during their WODI debut, the others being India's Purnima Choudhary, Laura Harper of England and Felicity Leydon-Davis from New Zealand.