| # | Player | Mat | Inn | Best | Wickets | 5-fer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JM Anderson | 188 | 350 | 7/42 | 704 | 32 |
| 2 | IT Botham | 102 | 168 | 8/34 | 383 | 27 |
| 3 | SF Barnes | 27 | 50 | 9/103 | 189 | 24 |
| 4 | Stuart Broad | 167 | 309 | 8/15 | 604 | 20 |
| 5 | Fred Trueman | 67 | 127 | 8/31 | 307 | 17 |
| 6 | GP Swann | 60 | 109 | 6/65 | 255 | 17 |
| 7 | Derek Underwood | 86 | 151 | 8/51 | 297 | 17 |
| 8 | RGD Willis | 90 | 165 | 8/43 | 325 | 16 |
| 9 | AV Bedser | 51 | 92 | 7/44 | 236 | 15 |
| 10 | Angus Fraser | 46 | 79 | 8/53 | 177 | 13 |
| 11 | Andy Caddick | 62 | 105 | 7/46 | 234 | 13 |
| 12 | MS Panesar | 50 | 85 | 6/37 | 167 | 12 |
| 13 | Thomas Richardson | 14 | 24 | 8/94 | 88 | 11 |
| 14 | George Lohmann | 18 | 36 | 9/28 | 112 | 9 |
| 15 | Colin Blythe | 19 | 37 | 8/59 | 100 | 9 |
| 16 | John Briggs | 33 | 49 | 8/11 | 118 | 9 |
| 17 | Darren Gough | 58 | 95 | 6/42 | 229 | 9 |
| 18 | James Laker | 46 | 86 | 10/53 | 193 | 9 |
| 19 | GAR Lock | 49 | 88 | 7/35 | 174 | 9 |
| 20 | JB Statham | 70 | 129 | 7/39 | 252 | 9 |
| 21 | John Snow | 49 | 93 | 7/40 | 202 | 8 |
| 22 | SJ Harmison | 62 | 113 | 7/12 | 222 | 8 |
| 23 | Maurice Tate | 39 | 68 | 6/42 | 155 | 7 |
| 24 | MJ Hoggard | 67 | 122 | 7/61 | 248 | 7 |
| 25 | Fred Titmus | 53 | 90 | 7/79 | 153 | 7 |
| 26 | William Bowes | 15 | 29 | 6/33 | 68 | 6 |
| 27 | Geoffrey Arnold | 34 | 61 | 6/45 | 115 | 6 |
| 28 | Douglas Wright | 34 | 59 | 7/105 | 108 | 6 |
| 29 | Graham Dilley | 41 | 65 | 6/38 | 138 | 6 |
| 30 | W Rhodes | 58 | 90 | 8/68 | 127 | 6 |
| 31 | AW Greig | 58 | 93 | 8/86 | 141 | 6 |
| 32 | John Emburey | 64 | 103 | 7/78 | 147 | 6 |
| 33 | William Lockwood | 12 | 18 | 7/71 | 43 | 5 |
| 34 | William Hollies | 13 | 22 | 7/50 | 44 | 5 |
| 35 | Alfred Freeman | 12 | 22 | 7/71 | 66 | 5 |
| 36 | GOB Allen | 25 | 45 | 7/80 | 81 | 5 |
| 37 | Ryan Sidebottom | 22 | 36 | 7/47 | 79 | 5 |
| 38 | Robert Peel | 20 | 35 | 7/31 | 101 | 5 |
| 39 | Neil Foster | 29 | 47 | 8/107 | 88 | 5 |
| 40 | Steven Finn | 36 | 66 | 6/79 | 125 | 5 |
| 41 | Mark Wood | 37 | 69 | 6/37 | 119 | 5 |
| 42 | John Wardle | 28 | 52 | 7/36 | 102 | 5 |
| 43 | Dominic Cork | 37 | 62 | 7/43 | 131 | 5 |
| 44 | Devon Malcolm | 40 | 72 | 9/57 | 128 | 5 |
| 45 | Jack Leach | 39 | 67 | 5/66 | 142 | 5 |
| 46 | Trevor Bailey | 61 | 95 | 7/34 | 132 | 5 |
| 47 | Chris Woakes | 57 | 109 | 6/17 | 181 | 5 |
| 48 | Hedley Verity | 40 | 73 | 8/43 | 144 | 5 |
| 49 | Phil Tufnell | 42 | 70 | 7/47 | 121 | 5 |
| 50 | AF Giles | 54 | 88 | 5/57 | 143 | 5 |
| 51 | Moeen Ali | 68 | 119 | 6/53 | 204 | 5 |
| 52 | W Bates | 15 | 23 | 7/28 | 50 | 4 |
| 53 | FR Foster | 11 | 19 | 6/91 | 45 | 4 |
| 54 | JT Hearne | 12 | 20 | 6/41 | 49 | 4 |
| 55 | FH Tyson | 17 | 29 | 7/27 | 76 | 4 |
| 56 | G Geary | 14 | 22 | 7/70 | 46 | 4 |
| 57 | NGB Cook | 15 | 25 | 6/65 | 52 | 4 |
| 58 | R Tattersall | 16 | 29 | 7/52 | 58 | 4 |
| 59 | H Larwood | 21 | 36 | 6/32 | 78 | 4 |
| 60 | Frank Woolley | 64 | 87 | 7/76 | 83 | 4 |
| 61 | CM Old | 46 | 81 | 7/50 | 143 | 4 |
| 62 | PAJ DeFreitas | 44 | 76 | 7/70 | 140 | 4 |
| 63 | David Allen | 39 | 65 | 5/30 | 122 | 4 |
| 64 | Ben Stokes | 110 | 160 | 6/22 | 210 | 4 |
| 65 | AAP Atkinson | 11 | 21 | 7/45 | 52 | 3 |
| 66 | JN Crawford | 12 | 23 | 5/48 | 39 | 3 |
| 67 | RM Ellison | 11 | 20 | 6/77 | 35 | 3 |
| 68 | W Barnes | 21 | 28 | 6/28 | 51 | 3 |
| 69 | RG Barlow | 17 | 26 | 7/40 | 34 | 3 |
| 70 | Jofra Archer | 13 | 24 | 6/45 | 42 | 3 |
| 71 | SP Jones | 18 | 33 | 6/53 | 59 | 3 |
| 72 | Ian Peebles | 13 | 20 | 6/63 | 45 | 3 |
| 73 | Shoaib Bashir | 15 | 25 | 5/41 | 49 | 3 |
| 74 | Ollie Robinson | 20 | 37 | 5/49 | 76 | 3 |
| 75 | Leonard Braund | 23 | 38 | 8/81 | 47 | 3 |