In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman.

Pakistan's Umar Gul became the first bowler to achieve this feat after he took his first five-wicket haul in T20I in June 2009 since he took his first five-wicket haul in ODI in September 2003 and in Test in April 2004.

In 2018, India's Kuldeep Yadav became the only player who has taken a five-wicket haul in all three formats in the same year, receiving his T20I and ODI five-wicket haul in July against England and in October he took the five-wicket haul in Test against West Indies.

Men's international cricket As of February 2026, 14 male players have taken five-wicket hauls in all three international formats.

A player name in bold text indicates that the player is still an active international cricketer.

Sl. Bowler Tests ODIs T20Is Total Refs First 5W-haul 5WI First 5W-haul 5WI First 5W-haul 5WI5WI 1 Umar Gul 5/31 v (5 Apr 2004) 4 5/17 v (13 Sep 2003) 2 5/6 v (13 Jun 2009) 2 8 2 Tim Southee 5/55 v (22 Mar 2008) 15 5/33 v (22 Jan 2011) 3 5/18 v (26 Dec 2010) 220 3 Lasith Malinga 5/80 v (4 Apr 2005) 3 5/34 v (15 Jun 2010) 8 5/31 v (1 Oct 2012) 2 13 4 Ajantha Mendis 6/99 v (4 Feb 2014) 4 6/13 v (6 Jul 2008) 3 6/8 v (18 Sep 2012) 2 9 5 Imran Tahir 5/32 v (23 Oct 2013) 2 5/45 v (27 Feb 2015) 3 5/24 v (17 Feb 2017) 2 7 6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/82 v (9 Jul 2014) 4 5/42 (3 Sep 2017) 1 5/24 v (18 Feb 2018) 2 7 7 Kuldeep Yadav 5/57 v (4 Oct 2018) 5 6/25 v (12 Jul 2018) 2 5/24 v (3 Jul 2018) 29 8 Shakib Al Hasan 7/36 v (17 Oct 2008) 19 5/47 v (7 Nov 2015) 4 5/20 v (20 Dec 2018) 225 9 Rashid Khan 5/82 v (15 Mar 2019) 5 6/43 v (17 Mar 2017) 7 5/3 v (10 Mar 2017) 2 14 10 Jason Holder 5/30 v (30 Oct 2016) 8 5/27 v (2 Jul 2017) 2 5/27 v (30 Jan 2022) 1 11 11 Lungi Ngidi 6/39 v (13 Jan 2018) 3 6/58 v (4 Mar 2020) 2 5/39 v (27 Jul 2022) 1 6 12 Alzarri Joseph 5/81 v (28 Feb 2023) 2 5/56 v (27 Sep 2017) 1 5/40 v (28 Mar 2023) 1 4 13 Hasan Ali 5/45 v (16 Nov 2018) 6 5/52 v (22 Jan 2017) 4 5/30 v (28 May 2025) 1 11 14 Dushmantha Chameera 5/47 v (18 Dec 2015) 1 5/16 v (28 May 2021) 1 5/24 v (3 Feb 2026) 1 3

Women's international cricket As of April 2026, only four women have achieved a five-wicket-haul in all three international formats.

A player name in bold text indicates that the player is still an active international cricketer.

Sl. Bowler Tests ODIs T20Is Refs First 5W-haul 5WI First 5W-haul 5WI First 5W-haul 5WI 1 Jhulan Goswami 5/25 v (22 Nov 2005) 3 5/16 v (7 Dec 2005) 2 5/11 v (23 Mar 2012) 1 2 Jenny Gunn 5/19 v (14 Aug 2014) 1 5/31 v (15 July 2010) 2 5/18 v (22 Oct 2013) 1 3 Ashleigh Gardner 8/66 v (22 Jun 2023) 1 5/30 v (11 Dec 2024) 1 5/12 v (11 Feb 2023) 1 4 Deepti Sharma 5/7 v (14 Dec 2023) 1 6/20 v (19 Feb 2016) 4 5/19 v (25 Apr 2026) 2 Women's Test, ODI and T20I hauls.

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