Dale Steyn, a South African cricketer, has taken 29 five-wicket hauls in international cricket. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm fast bowler, Steyn reached 300 Test wickets in fewer matches than any other South African bowler. He was named the ICC's Test Player of the Year in 2008, and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 2013.

Steyn made his Test debut in 2004 against England at the St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 2006, against New Zealand at the SuperSport Park, Centurion. In November 2007 against the same team at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time. He has repeated this feat twice more: against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2008, and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium in 2013. Steyn's career-best figures for an innings are 7 wickets for 51 runs against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, in February 2010. He has taken ten or more wickets in a match on five occasions. As of 2015, he has taken the most number five-wicket hauls for South Africa.

Steyn made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the African XI in the first match of the 2005 Afro-Asia Cup, against the Asian XI at the SuperSport Park, Centurion. His first ODI five-wicket haul came during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, against India, a match which South Africa won at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. His career-best bowling in ODI cricket is 6 wickets for 39 runs against Pakistan at the St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, in November 2013.

Making his first Twenty20 International (T20I) appearance in 2006, Steyn has yet to take a five-wicket haul in the format. His best performance in T20I is 4 wickets for 9 runs, against the West Indies at the St George's Oval, in December 2007. As of 2015, he is joint eighth—with Harbhajan Singh—overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.

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Symbol Meaning Date Day the Test started or ODI held Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs Runs conceded Wkts Number of wickets taken Econ Runs conceded per over Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul Result Result for the South Africa team One of two five-wicket hauls by Steyn in a match 10 wickets or more taken in the match Steyn was selected as man of the match

Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Dale SteynNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 SuperSport Park, Centurion Stephen Fleming Scott Styris Brendon McCullum Daniel Vettori Chris Martin Won 2 P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene Farveez Maharoof Chaminda Vaas Muttiah Muralitharan Lost 3 National Stadium, Karachi Mohammad Hafeez Salman Butt Younus Khan Abdur Rehman Umar Gul Won 4 1 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Craig Cumming Shane Bond Jacob Oram Brendon McCullum Chris Martin Won 5 2 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Craig Cumming Scott Styris Brendon McCullum Iain O'Brien Chris Martin Won 6 SuperSport Park, Centurion Lou Vincent Michael Papps Stephen Fleming Brendon McCullum Mark Gillespie Iain O'Brien Won 7 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Brenton Parchment Marlon Samuels Dwayne Bravo Darren Sammy Daren Powell Fidel Edwards Won 8 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Harbhajan Singh R. P. Singh S. Sreesanth Won 9 OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein Imrul Kayes Shakib Al Hasan Naeem Islam Mashrafe Mortaza Shahadat Hossain Won 10 1 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Simon Katich Michael Hussey Brett Lee Mitchell Johnson Nathan Hauritz Won 11 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Matthew Hayden Simon Katich Michael Clarke Andrew Symonds Peter Siddle Won 12 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Andrew Strauss Ian Bell Matt Prior Graeme Swann Ryan Sidebottom Won 13 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Murali Vijay Sachin Tendulkar Subramaniam Badrinath Wriddhiman Saha Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Amit Mishra Won 14 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Shivnarine Chanderpaul Narsingh Deonarine Shane Shillingford Sulieman Benn Nelon Pascal Won 15 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Virender Sehwag Murali Vijay Rahul Dravid VVS Laxman Mahendra Singh Dhoni Harbhajan Singh Lost 16 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Virender Sehwag Cheteshwar Pujara MS Dhoni Harbhajan Singh Ishant Sharma Drawn 17 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Tillakaratne Dilshan Angelo Mathews Dinesh Chandimal Thisara Perera Chanaka Welegedara Lost 18 Kennington Oval, London Jonathan Trott Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Graeme Swann Won 19 St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth Martin Guptill Kane Williamson Doug Bracewell Neil Wagner Jeetan Patel Won 20 1 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mohammad Hafeez Nasir Jamshed Younus Khan Sarfraz Ahmed Saeed Ajmal Rahat Ali Won 21 2 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Nasir Jamshed Misbah-ul-Haq Asad Shafiq Umar Gul Junaid Khan Won 22 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Murali Vijay Cheteshwar Pujara Rohit Sharma MS Dhoni Zaheer Khan Ishant Sharma Won 23 Galle International Stadium, Galle align=center Kaushal Silva Mahela Jayawardhane Lahiru Thirimanne Dinesh Chandimal Dilruwan Perera Won 24 Harare Sports Club, Harare Vusi Sibanda Sean Williams Richmond Mutumbami Tendai Chatara John Nyumbu Won 25 SuperSport Park, Centurion Leon Johnson Marlon Samuels Shivnarine Chanderpaul Denesh Ramdin Jerome Taylor Sheldon Cottrell Won 26 SuperSport Park, Centurion Tom Latham Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Henry Nicholls Mitchell Santner Won

One Day Internationals + Five-wicket haul in One Day Internationals by Dale SteynNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Gautam Gambhir Yusuf Pathan Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel Won 2 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Sohaib Maqsood Misbah-ul-Haq Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal Saeed Ajmal Won 3 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Nasir Jamshed Mohammad Hafeez Umar Akmal Shahid Afridi Bilawal Bhatti Saeed Ajmal Lost

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