Most Wickets in Test for New Zealand: From Sir RJ Hadlee to Henry Vivian

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Sir RJ Hadlee tops the list of New Zealand's highest wicket-takers in TESTs, with a record 431 wickets in 86 matches at an economy of 2.63. Tim Southee follows with 391 wickets in 107 matches, including a best of 7/64. Daniel Vettori is third, claiming 361 wickets in 112 matches, while legends like Trent Boult (317 wickets) and Neil Wagner (260 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in New Zealand's TEST success over the years. Here is the list of New Zealand players with the most wickets in TEST history.

#	Player	Matches	Inn	Runs	Wickets	Best	Economy
1	Sir RJ Hadlee	86	150	9,611	431	9/52	2.63
2	Tim Southee	107	203	11,832	391	7/64	3.02
3	Daniel Vettori	112	185	12,330	361	7/87	2.58
4	Trent Boult	78	149	8,717	317	6/30	3.00
5	Neil Wagner	64	122	7,169	260	7/39	3.13
6	Chris Martin	71	126	7,878	233	6/26	3.37
7	Chris Cairns	62	104	6,410	218	7/27	3.28
8	Danny Morrison	48	76	5,549	160	7/89	3.30
9	BL Cairns	43	72	4,280	130	7/74	2.41
10	Ewen Chatfield	43	73	3,958	123	6/73	2.29
11	Matt Henry	30	59	3,581	120	7/23	3.18
12	Richard Collinge	35	62	3,393	116	6/63	2.64
13	BR Taylor	30	53	2,953	111	7/74	2.79
14	John Bracewell	41	67	3,653	102	6/32	2.60
15	Richard Motz	32	55	3,148	100	6/63	2.68
16	Simon Doull	32	51	2,872	98	7/65	2.84
17	Dion Nash	32	53	2,649	93	6/27	2.56
18	Shane Bond	18	32	1,922	87	6/51	3.41
19	Hedley Howarth	30	50	3,178	86	5/34	2.15
20	AY Patel	21	37	2,487	85	10/119	3.25
21	JR Reid	58	72	2,835	85	6/60	2.20
22	James Franklin	31	54	2,786	82	6/119	3.50
23	Kyle Jamieson	19	36	1,579	80	6/48	2.66
24	Daryl Tuffey	26	45	2,445	77	6/54	3.00
25	Dipak Patel	37	53	3,154	75	6/50	2.86
26	Mitchell Santner	30	51	2,526	74	7/53	2.83
27	Stephen Boock	30	48	2,564	74	7/87	2.33
28	Doug Bracewell	28	51	2,873	74	6/40	3.33
29	IE O'Brien	22	37	2,429	73	6/75	3.31
30	Dayle Hadlee	26	44	2,389	71	4/30	2.93
31	Anthony MacGibbon	26	37	2,160	70	5/64	2.29
32	JS Patel	24	42	3,078	65	5/110	3.16
33	Frank Cameron	19	35	1,849	62	5/34	2.42
34	Paul Wiseman	25	45	2,903	61	5/82	3.07
35	Jacob Oram	33	55	1,983	60	4/41	2.39
36	Bevan Congdon	61	66	2,154	59	5/65	2.29
37	Martin Snedden	25	41	2,199	58	5/68	2.76
38	Ish Sodhi	21	38	2,500	58	6/86	3.71
39	SB O'Connor	19	34	1,724	53	5/51	2.82
40	Robert Cunis	20	38	1,887	51	6/76	2.66
41	Nathan Astle	81	94	2,143	51	3/27	2.26
42	Mark Craig	15	29	2,326	50	7/94	3.80
43	Colin de Grandhomme	29	53	1,615	49	6/41	2.39
44	Jack Alabaster	21	32	1,863	49	4/46	2.80
45	John Cowie	9	13	969	45	6/40	2.86
46	Kyle Mills	19	31	1,453	44	4/16	3.00
47	RW Blair	19	28	1,515	43	4/85	2.57
48	W Watson	15	25	1,387	40	6/78	2.38
49	Victor Pollard	32	49	1,853	40	3/3	2.51
50	Gary Troup	15	26	1,454	39	6/95	2.74
51	W O'Rourke	10	18	893	36	5/34	3.76
52	ML Su'a	13	22	1,377	36	5/73	2.90
53	BW Yuile	17	26	1,213	34	4/43	2.51
54	HB Cave	19	25	1,467	34	4/21	2.16
55	Thomas Burtt	10	14	1,170	33	6/162	2.70
56	Glenn Phillips	15	19	963	31	5/45	3.60
57	Kane Williamson	105	67	1,207	30	4/44	3.36
58	JA Hayes	15	19	1,217	30	4/36	2.72
59	Chris Pringle	14	22	1,389	30	7/52	2.79
60	MN Hart	14	22	1,438	29	5/77	2.79
61	Craig McMillan	55	50	1,257	28	3/48	3.01
62	Alexander Moir	17	19	1,418	28	6/155	3.21
63	Jeremy Coney	52	53	966	27	3/28	2.04
64	Gavin Larsen	8	14	689	24	3/57	2.10
65	GA Bartlett	10	18	792	24	6/38	2.68
66	Ian Butler	8	14	884	24	6/46	3.87
67	Michael Bracewell	8	16	1,003	24	4/75	3.88
68	Mark Gillespie	5	8	631	22	6/113	4.36
69	Scott Styris	29	36	1,015	20	3/28	3.10
70	Shane Thomson	19	26	953	19	3/63	2.87
71	Geoffrey Allott	10	16	1,111	19	4/74	3.29
72	DR O'Sullivan	11	15	1,224	18	5/148	2.67
73	HT Davis	5	9	499	17	5/63	2.96
74	MB Owens	8	12	585	17	4/99	3.26
75	Henry Vivian	7	10	633	17	4/58	2.89

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