9 - England's Stuart Broad is the 9th fastest bowler to take 500 wickets. He took 140 matches to reach the feat
8 - His partner James Anderson is next in this tally. Anderson scalped 500 wickets in 129 matches
7 - West Indies' Courtney Walsh is joint seventh-ranked along with Anderson. He took 129 matches to 500 wickets too
6 - Australia's Nathan Lyon ranks sixth now. He took the 500 wickets in 123 games
5 - Another Aussie Glenn McGrath is 5th in this list. He took 110 matches to reach the feat
4 - Aussie great Shane Warne ranks 4th now. He took 108 games to scalp 500 wickets
3 - Indian icon Anil Kumble ranks 3rd. Kumble needed 105 matches to reach 500 Test wickets
2 - Spin wizard Ravichandran Ashwin stands in 2nd place now. Ashwin took the 500th wicket in his 98th match
1 - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan holds the top spot. Muralidaran got to 500 Test wickets in 87 games
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