Most 5 Wicket Hauls in ODI
Waqar Younis leads the charts for the most five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket, having accomplished 13 such feats across 262 matches. Trailing behind is Muttiah Muralitharan with 10 five-wicket hauls, closely followed by Mitchell Starc with 9.
Check out the list of players with most five wicket hauls in ODI format.
| Sr. | Player | Team | Mat | Overs | 5w | 3w | WK | Runs | Best | Avg | Eco | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 262 | 2116.2 | 13 | 40 | 416 | 9919 | 7/36 | 23.84 | 4.68 | |
| 2 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 350 | 3135.1 | 10 | 58 | 534 | 12326 | 7/30 | 23.08 | 3.93 | |
| 3 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | 111 | 953 | 9 | 26 | 220 | 4892 | 6/28 | 22.23 | 5.13 | |
| 4 | Brett Lee | Australia | 221 | 1864.1 | 9 | 46 | 380 | 8877 | 5/22 | 23.36 | 4.76 | |
| 5 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 398 | 2945 | 9 | 33 | 395 | 13632 | 7/12 | 34.51 | 4.62 | |
| 6 | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 226 | 1822.4 | 8 | 37 | 338 | 9760 | 6/38 | 28.87 | 5.35 | |
| 7 | Glenn McGrath | Australia | 250 | 2161.4 | 7 | 38 | 381 | 8391 | 7/15 | 22.02 | 3.88 | |
| 8 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | 104 | 939 | 6 | 22 | 197 | 4642 | 7/34 | 23.56 | 4.94 | |
| 9 | Lance Klusener | South Africa | 171 | 1222.4 | 6 | 11 | 192 | 5751 | 6/49 | 29.95 | 4.70 | |
| 10 | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 169 | 1461.4 | 6 | 42 | 288 | 6275 | 5/20 | 21.78 | 4.29 | |
| 11 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 356 | 3031 | 6 | 70 | 502 | 11812 | 5/15 | 23.52 | 3.89 | |
| 12 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 93 | 745.3 | 5 | 17 | 156 | 3787 | 6/43 | 24.27 | 5.07 | |
| 13 | Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 115 | 1030.2 | 5 | 13 | 158 | 3407 | 5/25 | 21.56 | 3.30 | |
| 14 | Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 303 | 2618.4 | 5 | 43 | 393 | 9631 | 6/35 | 24.50 | 3.67 | |
| 15 | Bilal Khan | Oman | 46 | 398 | 4 | 11 | 97 | 2016 | 5/31 | 20.78 | 5.06 |
