Dale Steyn is the joint second fastest bowler ever to reach 400 Test wickets. SACricketmag.com looks at who is on the list.
FASTEST TO 400 TEST WICKETS
| Bowler | Opposition | Ground | Date | Matches |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) | Zimbabwe | Galle | 2002 | 72 |
| Dale Steyn (SA) | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2015 | 80 |
| Richard Hadlee (NZ) | India | Christchurch | 1990 | 80 |
| Anil Kumble (Ind) | Australia | Bangalore | 2004 | 85 |
| Glenn McGrath (Aus) | Pakistan | Sharjah | 2002 | 87 |
| Shane Warne (Aus) | England | The Oval | 2001 | 92 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 2000 | 96 |
| Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | West Indies | Roseau | 2011 | 96 |
| Curtly Ambrose (WI) | England | Leeds | 2000 | 97 |
| Shaun Pollock (SA) | India | Johannesburg | 2006 | 103 |
| James Anderson (Eng) | New Zealand | Leeds | 2015 | 104 |
| Courtney Walsh (WI) | Australia | Port of Spain | 1999 | 107 |
| Kapil Dev (Ind) | Australia | Perth | 1992 | 115 |
MOST CAREER WICKETS
| Bowler | Matches | Wkts | BBI | Aver | 10w/m |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 133 | 800 | 9-51 | 22.72 | 22 |
| Shane Warne | 145 | 708 | 8-71 | 25.41 | 10 |
| Anil Kumble | 132 | 619 | 10-74 | 29.65 | 8 |
| Glenn McGrath | 124 | 563 | 8-24 | 21.64 | 3 |
| Courtney Walsh | 132 | 519 | 7-37 | 24.44 | 3 |
| Kapil Dev | 131 | 434 | 9-83 | 29.64 | 2 |
| Richard Hadlee | 86 | 431 | 9-52 | 22.29 | 9 |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 421 | 7-87 | 23.11 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 102 | 416 | 8-84 | 32.32 | 5 |
| Wasim Akram | 104 | 414 | 7-119 | 23.62 | 5 |
| James Anderson | 106 | 406 | 7-43 | 29.73 | 2 |
| Curtly Ambrose | 98 | 405 | 8-45 | 20.99 | 3 |
| Dale Steyn | 80 | 402 | 7-51 | 22.65 | 5 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 101 | 390 | 7-37 | 28.82 | 4 |
