Most wickets taken in a Test match career (male)
- Who
- Muttiah Muralitharan
- What
- 800 total number
- Where
- Sri Lanka
- When
- 20 July 2010
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) is the leading Test match wicket-taker, with 800 wickets in 133 matches from 28 August 1992 to 22 July 2010.
Muralitharan reached 800 in the last day of his Test career before retirement, doing so against India.