| 0.89 (29-15-26-2) | DL Vettori | New Zealand v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1715] |
| 1.08 (25-13-27-3) | GD McGrath | Australia v India at Nagpur, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1718] |
| 1.18 (16.5-6-20-2) | CH Gayle | West Indies v England at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1690] |
| 1.23 (11.2-5-14-2) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1688] |
| 1.26 (15-9-19-1) | HH Streak | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1684] |
| 1.38 (13-4-18-2) | JN Gillespie | Australia v Sri Lanka at Darwin, 1st Test, 2004 [1705] |
| 1.38 (18-5-25-2) | DT Hondo | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1684] |
| 1.51 (23.1-9-35-5) | Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1719] |
| 1.52 (11.5-2-18-1) | RO Hinds | West Indies v England at Jamaica, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1687] |
| 1.57 (22.5-9-36-3) | JDP Oram | New Zealand v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1715] |
| 1.60 (25-9-40-2) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, 1st Test, 2004 [1709] |
| 1.62 (24-7-39-0) | CD Collymore | West Indies v England at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1690] |
| 1.62 (16-3-26-1) | CD Collymore | West Indies v England at Barbados, 3rd Test, 2003/04 [1694] |
| 1.64 (17-7-28-5) | JEC Franklin | New Zealand v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1715] |
| 1.65 (17.3-7-29-1) | RO Hinds | West Indies v England at St John's, 4th Test, 2003/04 [1696] |
| 1.67 (26.2-11-44-4) | HH Streak | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1683] |
| 1.67 (18.3-6-31-5) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v Australia at Darwin, 1st Test, 2004 [1705] |
| 1.70 (24-7-41-1) | DR Tuffey | New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1689] |
| 1.80 (42-12-76-0) | M Kartik | India v South Africa at Kanpur, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1722] |
| 1.80 (21-9-38-3) | SK Warne | Australia v Pakistan at Perth, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1726] |
| 1.81 (16.3-6-30-5) | MS Kasprowicz | Australia v Pakistan at Perth, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1726] |
| 1.84 (13-4-24-0) | DNT Zoysa | Sri Lanka v Australia at Darwin, 1st Test, 2004 [1705] |
| 1.84 (24.2-10-45-6) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2004 [1698] |
| 1.85 (14-4-26-2) | TL Best | West Indies v England at Barbados, 3rd Test, 2003/04 [1694] |
| 1.90 (32-14-61-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1728] |
| 1.90 (11-3-21-1) | JDP Oram | New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 3rd Test, 2003/04 [1692] |
| 1.90 (11-4-21-1) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Australia at Darwin, 1st Test, 2004 [1705] |
| 1.92 (28-12-54-1) | GD McGrath | Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1729] |
| 1.94 (19-4-37-3) | JN Gillespie | Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1723] |
| 1.96 (60-20-118-7) | Danish Kaneria | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1719] |
| 2.00 (42-12-84-3) | Manjural Islam Rana | Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1715] |
| 2.00 (35-8-70-2) | JN Gillespie | Australia v India at Chennai, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1714] |
| 2.00 (25-10-50-2) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, 1st Test, 2004 [1709] |
| 2.00 (16-4-32-2) | Z de Bruyn | South Africa v India at Kolkata, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1724] |
| 2.00 (13-4-26-2) | DW Steyn | South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1730] |
| 2.00 (13-4-26-0) | Manjural Islam Rana | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1683] |
| 2.03 (29-7-59-0) | Z Khan | India v South Africa at Kanpur, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1722] |
| 2.03 (36.2-8-74-4) | SJ Harmison | England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, 2004 [1702] |
| 2.04 (23-8-47-2) | SK Warne | Australia v India at Nagpur, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1718] |
| 2.05 (19-6-39-0) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2004 [1698] |
| 2.06 (59.1-18-122-6) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1715] |
| 2.08 (12-4-25-1) | JN Gillespie | Australia v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1688] |
| 2.08 (23-5-48-4) | SM Pollock | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 2004 [1709] |
| 2.10 (10-0-21-0) | D Ganga | West Indies v South Africa at Centurion, 4th Test, 2003/04 [1682] |
| 2.10 (28.3-6-60-2) | JDP Oram | New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1689] |
| 2.10 (15.1-7-32-4) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1730] |
| 2.11 (26-6-55-6) | DJJ Bravo | West Indies v England at Manchester, 3rd Test, 2004 [1711] |
| 2.11 (26-9-55-4) | A Kumble | India v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1727] |
| 2.11 (26-7-55-0) | CD Collymore | West Indies v England at Jamaica, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1687] |
| 2.12 (57-11-121-4) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1683] |
