| 1.00 (40-21-40-3) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 2003/04 [1675] |
| 1.33 (24-6-32-1) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1672] |
| 1.33 (18-8-24-3) | MJ Hoggard | England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, 1st Test, 2003 [1646] |
| 1.38 (18-7-25-0) | GD McGrath | Australia v West Indies at Barbados, 3rd Test, 2002/03 [1643] |
| 1.40 (22-6-31-2) | OAC Banks | West Indies v Sri Lanka at Jamaica, 2nd Test, 2003 [1649] |
| 1.45 (31.4-15-46-7) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1670] |
| 1.47 (21-9-31-3) | JN Gillespie | Australia v West Indies at Barbados, 3rd Test, 2002/03 [1643] |
| 1.50 (56-24-84-2) | DL Vettori | New Zealand v India at Mohali, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1662] |
| 1.50 (40-18-60-4) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1672] |
| 1.53 (13-6-20-3) | GD McGrath | Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, 1st Test, 2003 [1650] |
| 1.60 (21.5-9-35-5) | SJ Harmison | England v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1665] |
| 1.61 (13-4-21-2) | SCG MacGill | Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, 1st Test, 2003 [1650] |
| 1.64 (35.1-11-58-2) | A Kumble | India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1660] |
| 1.65 (29-7-48-0) | M Dillon | West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, 1st Test, 2003 [1648] |
| 1.67 (34-13-57-2) | M Dillon | West Indies v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1669] |
| 1.70 (37-15-63-2) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v England at Chittagong, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1667] |
| 1.73 (26.3-7-46-2) | PR Adams | South Africa v England at Nottingham, 3rd Test, 2003 [1654] |
| 1.78 (23-6-41-3) | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1665] |
| 1.78 (28-9-50-3) | JN Gillespie | Australia v West Indies at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1639] |
| 1.80 (10-4-18-3) | AJ Hall | South Africa v England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 2003 [1653] |
| 1.80 (36-18-65-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Nottingham, 3rd Test, 2003 [1654] |
| 1.82 (23-7-42-3) | A Flintoff | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1670] |
| 1.84 (27.4-10-51-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 2003 [1651] |
| 1.84 (13-2-24-0) | UDU Chandana | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1670] |
| 1.85 (27-11-50-2) | MP Bicknell | England v South Africa at Leeds, 4th Test, 2003 [1656] |
| 1.86 (15-6-28-2) | CD Collymore | West Indies v Sri Lanka at Jamaica, 2nd Test, 2003 [1649] |
| 1.87 (34.1-11-64-4) | HH Streak | Zimbabwe v England at Chester-le-Street, 2nd Test, 2003 [1647] |
| 1.88 (20.1-7-38-3) | JH Kallis | South Africa v England at Leeds, 4th Test, 2003 [1656] |
| 1.90 (14.4-5-28-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 2003 [1653] |
| 1.91 (24-9-46-1) | DR Tuffey | New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1677] |
| 1.95 (37.2-13-73-6) | RW Price | Zimbabwe v West Indies at Harare, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1668] |
| 1.95 (23-6-45-4) | SM Pollock | South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, 2nd Test, 2002/03 [1637] |
| 1.96 (19.2-6-38-0) | CH Gayle | West Indies v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1668] |
| 2.00 (23-8-46-1) | Khaled Mahmud | Bangladesh v England at Chittagong, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1667] |
| 2.00 (21-6-42-2) | Khaled Mahmud | Bangladesh v Pakistan at Peshawar, 2nd Test, 2003 [1657] |
| 2.00 (11-2-22-1) | SM Pollock | South Africa v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 1st Test, 2003 [1640] |
| 2.03 (17.4-7-36-5) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v Pakistan at Multan, 3rd Test, 2003 [1658] |
| 2.03 (25.3-9-52-3) | JN Gillespie | Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1661] |
| 2.04 (21-6-43-1) | GJ Batty | England v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1665] |
| 2.05 (33.1-10-68-2) | Danish Kaneria | Pakistan v South Africa at Faisalabad, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1666] |
| 2.05 (18-3-37-0) | JH Kallis | South Africa v Pakistan at Lahore, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1664] |
| 2.06 (37.2-7-77-6) | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, 2nd Test, 2003 [1642] |
| 2.06 (30-13-62-1) | JDP Oram | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), 1st Test, 2003 [1641] |
| 2.08 (12-2-25-1) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1670] |
| 2.09 (11-3-23-3) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v West Indies at Jamaica, 2nd Test, 2003 [1649] |
| 2.09 (31-12-65-4) | JN Gillespie | Australia v India at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1671] |
| 2.10 (32.5-9-69-4) | AF Giles | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1670] |
| 2.10 (19-7-40-1) | SB Styris | New Zealand v India at Mohali, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1662] |
| 2.13 (23-8-49-2) | GB Hogg | Australia v Zimbabwe at Sydney, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1663] |
| 2.13 (30-12-64-1) | Mohammad Sami | Pakistan v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1677] |
