| 0.60 (15-11-9-0) | SD Anurasiri | v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), 3rd Test, 1985/86 [1043] |
| 0.68 (14.4-9-10-3) | KJ Silva | v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, 1996/97 [1333] |
| 0.70 (10-8-7-0) | A Ranatunga | v India at Colombo (SSG), 1st Test, 1985/86 [1023] |
| 0.79 (29-18-23-5) | M Muralitharan | v Zimbabwe at Kandy, 1st Test, 1997/98 [1394] |
| 0.95 (21-14-20-4) | WPUJC Vaas | v India at Chennai, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1775] |
| 1.00 (40-21-40-3) | M Muralitharan | v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 2003/04 [1675] |
| 1.12 (16-5-18-0) | A Ranatunga | v New Zealand at Colombo (CCG), 3rd Test, 1983/84 [985] |
| 1.14 (58.3-26-67-5) | M Muralitharan | v Zimbabwe at Galle, 3rd Test, 2001/02 [1585] |
| 1.16 (24-9-28-2) | M Muralitharan | v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, 1996/97 [1333] |
| 1.23 (11.2-5-14-2) | WPUJC Vaas | v Australia at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1688] |
| 1.23 (38-13-47-4) | MRCN Bandaratilleke | v New Zealand at Galle, 2nd Test, 1997/98 [1416] |
| 1.26 (15-9-19-2) | AP Gurusinha | v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 3rd Test, 1991/92 [1182] |
| 1.27 (40-19-51-9) | M Muralitharan | v Zimbabwe at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2001/02 [1583] |
| 1.28 (17.5-6-23-1) | RS Kalpage | v South Africa at Moratuwa, 1st Test, 1993/94 [1232] |
| 1.32 (11.2-6-15-1) | CM Bandara | v India at Chennai, 1st Test, 2005/06 [1775] |
| 1.33 (24-6-32-1) | ST Jayasuriya | v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1672] |
| 1.33 (12-6-16-0) | WPUJC Vaas | v South Africa at Galle, 1st Test, 2000/01 [1504] |
| 1.35 (34-15-46-2) | KPJ Warnaweera | v New Zealand at Moratuwa, 1st Test, 1992/93 [1203] |
| 1.37 (19.4-9-27-3) | KJ Silva | v Zimbabwe at Kandy, 1st Test, 1997/98 [1394] |
| 1.43 (23-9-33-0) | M Muralitharan | v New Zealand at Galle, 2nd Test, 1997/98 [1416] |
| 1.43 (23.4-13-34-5) | M Muralitharan | v West Indies at St Johns, 1st Test, 1996/97 [1369] |
| 1.44 (54.3-14-79-3) | M Muralitharan | v England at Galle, 1st Test, 2000/01 [1530] |
| 1.45 (31.4-15-46-7) | M Muralitharan | v England at Galle, 1st Test, 2003/04 [1670] |
| 1.46 (15-6-22-6) | WPUJC Vaas | v West Indies at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2005 [1757] |
| 1.47 (29.5-11-44-3) | M Muralitharan | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 1.48 (29-10-43-5) | ST Jayasuriya | v Zimbabwe at Galle, 3rd Test, 2001/02 [1585] |
| 1.50 (40-18-60-4) | M Muralitharan | v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2003/04 [1672] |
| 1.50 (31.2-13-47-3) | KIW Wijegunawardene | v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 3rd Test, 1991/92 [1182] |
| 1.50 (24-6-36-2) | D Hettiarachchi | v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 2000/01 [1537] |
| 1.50 (12-3-18-2) | TT Samaraweera | v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2002 [1611] |
| 1.50 (12-5-18-0) | EAR de Silva | v India at Colombo (SSG), 1st Test, 1985/86 [1023] |
| 1.50 (10-6-15-0) | ST Jayasuriya | v India at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 1997/98 [1376] |
| 1.54 (50-20-77-2) | M Muralitharan | v New Zealand at Dunedin, 2nd Test, 1994/95 [1293] |
| 1.57 (10.1-4-16-4) | KJ Silva | v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 1996/97 [1334] |
| 1.57 (19-4-30-2) | DNT Zoysa | v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 1999/00 [1499] |
| 1.58 (24-10-38-2) | GRA de Silva | v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2nd Test, 1981/82 [925] |
| 1.59 (18.5-7-30-3) | PA de Silva | v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 1997/98 [1418] |
| 1.60 (25-9-40-2) | ST Jayasuriya | v South Africa at Galle, 1st Test, 2004 [1709] |
| 1.60 (10-2-16-0) | CPH Ramanayake | v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd Test, 1991/92 [1179] |
| 1.61 (18-10-29-0) | UC Hathurusingha | v Pakistan at Peshawar, 1st Test, 1995/96 [1304] |
| 1.61 (34-11-55-2) | SD Anurasiri | v New Zealand at Moratuwa, 1st Test, 1992/93 [1203] |
| 1.64 (17.4-8-29-2) | JR Ratnayeke | v Pakistan at Colombo (CCG), 2nd Test, 1985/86 [1041] |
| 1.67 (24.3-8-41-3) | M Muralitharan | v India at Galle, 1st Test, 2001 [1555] |
| 1.67 (18.3-6-31-5) | WPUJC Vaas | v Australia at Darwin, 1st Test, 2004 [1705] |
| 1.68 (25-9-42-5) | CRD Fernando | v India at Galle, 1st Test, 2001 [1555] |
| 1.69 (13-4-22-3) | DNT Zoysa | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 1.69 (23-7-39-2) | WPUJC Vaas | v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2000/01 [1532] |
| 1.71 (14-6-24-2) | DNT Zoysa | v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2001/02 [1581] |
| 1.72 (18-7-31-1) | GP Wickramasinghe | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
