| 0.95 (21-14-20-4) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v India at Chennai, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1775] |
| 1.32 (37.5-18-50-4) | CH Gayle | West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1747] |
| 1.32 (11.2-6-15-1) | CM Bandara | Sri Lanka v India at Chennai, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1775] |
| 1.34 (23-9-31-4) | GD McGrath | Australia v West Indies at Hobart, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1771] |
| 1.41 (12-7-17-2) | A Nel | South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1740] |
| 1.42 (21-11-30-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Centurion, 5th Test, 2004/05 [1736] |
| 1.44 (34-20-49-3) | GD McGrath | Australia v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1744] |
| 1.46 (15-6-22-6) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2005 [1757] |
| 1.50 (38-14-57-0) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1735] |
| 1.54 (22-8-34-3) | IK Pathan | India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1776] |
| 1.56 (41.4-19-65-5) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1733] |
| 1.63 (11-3-18-3) | SCG MacGill | Australia v West Indies at Hobart, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1771] |
| 1.67 (17.2-3-29-3) | A Nel | South Africa v Australia at Perth, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1777] |
| 1.70 (10-4-17-0) | A Symonds | Australia v West Indies at Hobart, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1771] |
| 1.71 (28-9-48-5) | SK Warne | Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1769] |
| 1.89 (13.1-3-25-5) | DB Powell | West Indies v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2005 [1757] |
| 1.90 (31-12-59-3) | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1733] |
| 1.91 (12-3-23-3) | SK Warne | Australia v ICC World XI at Sydney, Only Test, 2005/06 [1768] |
| 1.92 (26-10-50-2) | ML Nkala | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1733] |
| 1.92 (26-7-50-1) | RD King | West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1747] |
| 1.92 (27-11-52-2) | MF Maharoof | Sri Lanka v India at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, 2005/06 [1778] |
| 1.92 (28-11-54-2) | CD Collymore | West Indies v Australia at Hobart, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1771] |
| 1.93 (29-8-56-1) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2005 [1755] |
| 1.94 (12.5-4-25-0) | SJ Harmison | England v South Africa at Johannesburg, 4th Test, 2004/05 [1734] |
| 2.00 (12-6-24-3) | MJ Hoggard | England v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, 2nd Test, 2005 [1753] |
| 2.04 (22-6-45-1) | Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan v England at Lahore, 3rd Test, 2005/06 [1774] |
| 2.06 (31-7-64-1) | PJ Wiseman | New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1744] |
| 2.07 (27-9-56-2) | DL Vettori | New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1761] |
| 2.09 (31-11-65-1) | CH Gayle | West Indies v South Africa at St John's, 4th Test, 2004/05 [1750] |
| 2.10 (16.4-4-35-3) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2005 [1755] |
| 2.10 (10-1-21-3) | CS Martin | New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1759] |
| 2.11 (27-13-57-1) | GD McGrath | Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1779] |
| 2.11 (26-9-55-0) | Enamul Haque jnr | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1733] |
| 2.11 (26-5-55-0) | Harbhajan Singh | India v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1765] |
| 2.11 (17-5-36-1) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Cape Town, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1732] |
| 2.16 (18-5-39-3) | PT Collins | West Indies v South Africa at Guyana, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1745] |
| 2.17 (17-5-37-1) | T Panyangara | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2nd Test, 2004/05 [1735] |
| 2.23 (13-5-29-0) | RO Hinds | West Indies v South Africa at Guyana, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1745] |
| 2.26 (16.2-5-37-3) | SJ Harmison | England v Pakistan at Multan, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1770] |
| 2.28 (32-10-73-6) | HH Streak | Zimbabwe v India at Harare, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1767] |
| 2.28 (14-6-32-1) | NJ Astle | New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1739] |
| 2.29 (34-10-78-5) | A Flintoff | England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, 2005 [1763] |
| 2.30 (10-2-23-3) | M Ntini | South Africa v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, 1st Test, 2004/05 [1737] |
| 2.30 (10-4-23-0) | NW Bracken | Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1769] |
| 2.31 (19-6-44-4) | A Flintoff | England v South Africa at Centurion, 5th Test, 2004/05 [1736] |
| 2.33 (21-6-49-2) | AB de Villiers | South Africa v West Indies at St John's, 4th Test, 2004/05 [1750] |
| 2.35 (20-2-47-2) | Danish Kaneria | Pakistan v England at Lahore, 3rd Test, 2005/06 [1774] |
| 2.36 (11-3-26-1) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2005 [1757] |
| 2.37 (13.3-6-32-3) | B Lee | Australia v West Indies at Hobart, 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1771] |
| 2.38 (21-7-50-1) | NJ Astle | New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, 3rd Test, 2004/05 [1744] |
