| 5.5 (1.5-0-25-2) | AP Gurusinha | v India at Nagpur, 2nd Test, 1986/87 [1063] |
| 6.0 (2-0-4-2) | TM Dilshan | v Australia at Cairns, 2nd Test, 2004 [1706] |
| 6.0 (1-0-1-1) | ST Jayasuriya | v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 1st Test, 2002 [1609] |
| 6.0 (1-0-1-1) | ST Jayasuriya | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2004 [1698] |
| 8.0 (5.2-1-14-4) | M Muralitharan | v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test, 2007 [1838] |
| 9.0 (7.3-3-15-5) | M Muralitharan | v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2007 [1837] |
| 10.0 (10-1-39-6) | M Muralitharan | v South Africa at Durban, 1st Test, 2000/01 [1526] |
| 10.0 (3.2-0-32-2) | DPMD Jayawardene | v Pakistan at Galle, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1501] |
| 10.6 (10.4-4-18-6) | M Muralitharan | v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, 2005/06 [1764] |
| 11.6 (9.4-4-13-5) | M Muralitharan | v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Asia-Test, 2001/02 [1561] |
| 11.8 (9.5-2-20-5) | DNT Zoysa | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st Test, 2004 [1698] |
| 12.0 (6-1-32-3) | SL Malinga | v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, 2005/06 [1764] |
| 12.0 (4-1-10-2) | CRD Fernando | v Bangladesh at Chittagong (CDS), 1st Test, 2005/06 [1784] |
| 12.0 (4-0-17-2) | SMS Kaluperuma | v New Zealand at Kandy, 1st Test, 1983/84 [980] |
| 12.0 (2-0-7-1) | CRD Fernando | v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 2000/01 [1537] |
| 12.2 (16.2-4-46-8) | M Muralitharan | v West Indies at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2005 [1757] |
| 12.7 (8.3-0-24-4) | ST Jayasuriya | v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 2000/01 [1537] |
| 13.2 (11-2-60-5) | CRD Fernando | v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test, 2005/06 [1766] |
| 13.5 (9-1-25-4) | SL Malinga | v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test, 2007 [1838] |
| 14.0 (7-2-17-3) | ST Jayasuriya | v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2002 [1611] |
| 14.0 (2.2-0-9-1) | UDU Chandana | v Australia at Kandy, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1459] |
| 14.8 (14.5-6-28-6) | M Muralitharan | v Bangladesh at Kandy, 3rd Test, 2007 [1839] |
| 15.0 (15-6-22-6) | WPUJC Vaas | v West Indies at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2005 [1757] |
| 15.0 (12.3-0-64-5) | RAP Nissanka | v West Indies at Jamaica, 2nd Test, 2003 [1649] |
| 15.0 (5-2-10-2) | ST Jayasuriya | v South Africa at Centurion, 2nd Test, 1997/98 [1414] |
| 15.0 (5-1-23-2) | KR Pushpakumara | v New Zealand at Napier, 1st Test, 1994/95 [1292] |
| 15.0 (2.3-1-7-1) | PA de Silva | v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 1st Test, 2002 [1609] |
| 15.2 (12.4-1-41-5) | KR Pushpakumara | v West Indies at Kingstown, 2nd Test, 1996/97 [1371] |
| 15.2 (12.4-0-57-5) | HDPK Dharmasena | v India at Mumbai, 3rd Test, 1997/98 [1390] |
| 15.2 (10.1-4-16-4) | KJ Silva | v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 1996/97 [1334] |
| 16.8 (14-0-68-5) | ALF de Mel | v India at Madras, Only Test, 1982/83 [934] |
| 17.0 (14.1-4-34-5) | ST Jayasuriya | v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2004 [1710] |
| 17.5 (23.2-5-83-8) | JR Ratnayeke | v Pakistan at Sialkot, 2nd Test, 1985/86 [1027] |
| 17.5 (11.4-1-49-4) | TT Samaraweera | v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2002 [1611] |
| 17.8 (14.5-2-44-5) | AK Kuruppuarachchi | v Pakistan at Colombo (CCG), 2nd Test, 1985/86 [1041] |
| 18.0 (18-8-29-6) | WPUJC Vaas | v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2004 [1710] |
| 18.0 (12-2-27-4) | TCB Fernando | v Zimbabwe at Kandy, 2nd Test, 2001/02 [1583] |
| 18.0 (12-4-38-4) | HMRKB Herath | v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, 2005/06 [1764] |
| 18.0 (12-0-49-4) | CRD Fernando | v South Africa at Centurion, 2nd Test, 2002/02 [1626] |
| 18.0 (6-3-7-2) | AP Gurusinha | v England at Colombo (SSG), Only Test, 1992/93 [1219] |
| 18.0 (6-1-16-2) | CRD Fernando | v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test, 2007 [1838] |
| 18.0 (3-0-4-1) | ST Jayasuriya | v South Africa at Galle, 1st Test, 2000/01 [1504] |
| 18.0 (3-0-7-1) | ST Jayasuriya | v West Indies at Moratuwa, Only Test, 1993/94 [1239] |
| 18.0 (3-1-9-1) | ST Jayasuriya | v Pakistan at Peshawar, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1487] |
| 18.2 (12.1-3-31-4) | M Muralitharan | v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd Test, 2006/07 [1822] |
| 18.5 (12.2-3-29-4) | M Muralitharan | v England at Birmingham, 2nd Test, 2006 [1803] |
| 19.0 (12.4-3-40-4) | ST Jayasuriya | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 19.5 (13-5-35-4) | WRS de Silva | v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, 2002 [1611] |
| 19.5 (13-2-48-4) | CRD Fernando | v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, 2006 [1810] |
| 19.5 (6.3-3-7-2) | GP Wickramasinghe | v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 1997/98 [1418] |
