| Rank |
Rating |
Name |
Nat. |
Career Best Rating |
| 1 |
844 |
D.W. Steyn |
 |
897 v India, 03/04/2008 |
| 2 |
830 |
M. Muralidaran |
 |
920 v Bangladesh, 11/07/2007 |
| 3 |
792 |
M.G. Johnson |
 |
825 v England, 08/07/2009 |
| 4 |
741 |
M. Ntini |
|
863 v India, 26/12/2006 |
| 5 |
735 |
S.R. Clark |
|
863 v West Indies, 12/06/2008 |
| 5 |
735 |
Harbhajan Singh |
 |
765 v New Zealand, 12/12/2002 |
| 7 |
674 |
J.M. Anderson |
 |
710 v Australia, 30/07/2009 |
| 8 |
669 |
P.L. Harris |
|
669 v Australia, 19/03/2009 |
| 9 |
650 |
Zaheer Khan |
|
689 v Pakistan, 26/11/2007 |
| 10 |
627 |
B. Lee |
|
811 v West Indies, 30/05/2008 |
|
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