ODI cricket in its 49 years history has produced legendary bowlers like Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath, Joel Garner, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shaun Pollock, Waqar Younis, Shane Bond, Curtley Ambrose, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah etc who all were and are match-winners for their respective teams.

All these bowlers won a lot of matches on their own and took plenty of wickets in winning causes. And here is the list of most wickets, four-fers and best bowling averages in winning causes in ODI cricket.

Most ODI wickets in winning causes - 

368 - Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, 202 Matches)

326 - Wasim Akram (Pakistan, 199 Matches)

301 - Glenn McGrath (Australia, 171 Matches)

297 - Brett Lee (Australia, 153 Matches)

290 - Shaun Pollock (South Africa, 191 Matches)

278 - Waqar Younis (Pakistan, 149 Matches)

277 - Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, 218 Matches)

228 - Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka, 168 Matches)

222 - Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, 233 Matches)

215 - Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, 107 Matches) 

Most Four-fers in winning causes in ODI cricket -

22 - Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

21 - Waqar Younis (Pakistan)

20 - Brett Lee (Australia)

18 - Wasim Akram (Pakistan)

15 - Glenn McGrath (Australia)

15 - Mitchell Starc (Australia)

13 - Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

12 - James Anderson (England)

12 - Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

12 - Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 

Best bowling averages in winning causes in ODI cricket (Min 150 wickets) -

15.84 - Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan, 188 wickets)

17.94 - Glenn McGrath (Australia, 301 wickets)

18.23 - Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, 368 wickets)

18.26 - Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan, 154 wickets)

18.47 - James Anderson (England, 177 wickets)

18.76 - Waqar Younis (Pakistan, 278 wickets)

18.86 - Wasim Akram (Pakistan, 326 wickets)

19.05 - Allan Donald (South Africa, 195 wickets)

19.54 - Makhaya Ntini (South Africa, 190 wickets) 

19.67 - Shaun Pollock (South Africa, 290 wickets)