| 0.90 (10-4-9-0) | A Flintoff | England v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd Test, 2001/02 [1596] |
| 1.00 (11-4-11-4) | SK Warne | Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1617] |
| 1.14 (58.3-26-67-5) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Galle, 3rd Test, 2001/02 [1585] |
| 1.15 (19-9-22-2) | A Flintoff | England v India at Lord's, 1st Test, 2002 [1610] |
| 1.20 (10-3-12-0) | CH Gayle | West Indies v New Zealand at Barbados, 1st Test, 2002 [1607] |
| 1.26 (15-9-19-5) | M Ntini | South Africa v Bangladesh at East London, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1619] |
| 1.27 (40-19-51-9) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2001/02 [1583] |
| 1.27 (23.3-10-30-5) | A Kumble | India v West Indies at Chennai, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1618] |
| 1.33 (12-4-16-0) | CL Hooper | West Indies v India at Guyana, 1st Test, 2001/02 [1598] |
| 1.40 (10-5-14-1) | J Srinath | India v West Indies at Chennai, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1618] |
| 1.45 (11-5-16-1) | J Srinath | India v West Indies at Mumbai, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1616] |
| 1.48 (29-10-43-5) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Galle, 3rd Test, 2001/02 [1585] |
| 1.50 (12-3-18-2) | TT Samaraweera | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2002 [1611] |
| 1.51 (17.1-7-26-5) | PT Collins | West Indies v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1630] |
| 1.51 (16.3-7-25-4) | JN Gillespie | Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, 2002/03 [1634] |
| 1.53 (15-4-23-2) | SB Bangar | India v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1631] |
| 1.53 (13-6-20-1) | Waqar Younis | Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1627] |
| 1.56 (16-7-25-2) | DR Tuffey | New Zealand v India at Wellington, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1631] |
| 1.61 (13-5-21-1) | CL Hooper | West Indies v New Zealand at Barbados, 1st Test, 2002 [1607] |
| 1.61 (21-11-34-1) | Manjural Islam | Bangladesh v West Indies at Chittagong, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1632] |
| 1.63 (30-12-49-2) | CE Cuffy | West Indies v India at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, 2001/02 [1599] |
| 1.63 (11-3-18-2) | W Jaffer | India v West Indies at St John's, 4th Test, 2001/02 [1602] |
| 1.64 (14-5-23-1) | SM Pollock | South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1635] |
| 1.69 (26-11-44-3) | M Dillon | West Indies v India at Chennai, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1618] |
| 1.72 (31.2-9-54-3) | M Dillon | West Indies v India at Mumbai, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1616] |
| 1.72 (11-6-19-2) | AJ Hall | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1624] |
| 1.75 (29-11-51-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 2nd Test, 2002/02 [1626] |
| 1.76 (25-3-44-2) | CL Hooper | West Indies v New Zealand at St George's, 2nd Test, 2002 [1608] |
| 1.76 (21-8-37-1) | Harbhajan Singh | India v West Indies at Mumbai, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1616] |
| 1.76 (17-5-30-2) | GD McGrath | Australia v England at Perth, 3rd Test, 2002/03 [1629] |
| 1.77 (20.2-8-36-3) | CJ Drum | New Zealand v England at Christchurch, 1st Test, 2001/02 [1594] |
| 1.77 (18-10-32-2) | NJ Astle | New Zealand v England at Christchurch, 1st Test, 2001/02 [1594] |
| 1.78 (14-6-25-1) | JN Gillespie | Australia v South Africa at Durban, 3rd Test, 2001/02 [1595] |
| 1.82 (45-19-82-0) | J Srinath | India v West Indies at St John's, 4th Test, 2001/02 [1602] |
| 1.88 (17-6-32-1) | VVS Laxman | India v West Indies at St John's, 4th Test, 2001/02 [1602] |
| 1.89 (19-5-36-2) | Danish Kaneria | Pakistan v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2001/02 [1584] |
| 1.89 (19-7-36-0) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Galle, 3rd Test, 2001/02 [1585] |
| 1.93 (29-13-56-3) | Harbhajan Singh | India v West Indies at Chennai, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1618] |
| 1.94 (17-4-33-2) | Harbhajan Singh | India v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1631] |
| 1.95 (21-6-41-2) | DB Powell | West Indies v New Zealand at Barbados, 1st Test, 2002 [1607] |
| 1.96 (16.5-4-33-3) | MJ Hoggard | England v India at Lord's, 1st Test, 2002 [1610] |
| 1.97 (36-12-71-2) | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, 1st Test, 2001/02 [1587] |
| 1.98 (19.4-6-39-5) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 1st Test, 2002 [1609] |
