SL Best Bowling figures in Innings in TEST

SrPlayerOvBBIOppVenueDate
1 Muttiah Muralitharan 40.0 9/51 ZIM Kandy 04 Jan 2002
2 Muttiah Muralitharan 54.2 9/65 ENG London 27 Aug 1998
3 Rangana Herath 33.1 9/127 PAK Colombo 14 Aug 2014
4 Muttiah Muralitharan 16.2 8/46 WI Kandy 22 Jul 2005
5 Rangana Herath 23.0 8/63 ZIM Harare 06 Nov 2016
6 Muttiah Muralitharan 30.0 8/70 ENG Nottingham 02 Jun 2006
7 Muttiah Muralitharan 34.1 8/87 IND Colombo 29 Aug 2001
8 Muttiah Muralitharan 31.4 7/46 ENG Galle 02 Dec 2003
9 Rangana Herath 21.0 7/48 IND Galle 12 Aug 2015
10 Prabath Jayasuriya 23.0 7/52 IRE Galle 16 Apr 2023
11 Rangana Herath 18.1 7/64 AUS Colombo 13 Aug 2016
12 Chaminda Vaas 25.0 7/71 WI Colombo 29 Nov 2001
13 Muttiah Muralitharan 35.0 7/84 SA Galle 20 Jul 2000
14 Rangana Herath 36.0 7/89 BAN Colombo 16 Mar 2013
15 Muttiah Muralitharan 42.5 7/94 ZIM Kandy 07 Jan 1998
16 Muttiah Muralitharan 46.5 7/97 SA Colombo 04 Aug 2006
17 Muttiah Muralitharan 38.4 7/100 IND Delhi 10 Dec 2005
18 Ravindra Pushpakumara 35.4 7/116 ZIM Harare 26 Oct 1994
19 Chaminda Vaas 32.2 7/120 WI Colombo 29 Nov 2001
20 Lasith Embuldeniya 42.0 7/137 ENG Galle 22 Jan 2021
21 Muttiah Muralitharan 59.3 7/155 ENG London 27 Aug 1998
22 Rangana Herath 52.0 7/157 AUS Colombo 16 Sep 2011
23 Muttiah Muralitharan 10.4 6/18 BAN Colombo 12 Sep 2005
24 Chaminda Vaas 15.0 6/22 WI Kandy 22 Jul 2005
25 Muttiah Muralitharan 13.0 6/26 IND Colombo 23 Jul 2008