NM Lyon of Australia became the ninth spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five wicket hauls on 20 plus occasions. He also became the third Australian bowler to perform such a feat. The following table lists all the bowlers who have captured 20 plus five wicket hauls.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5+
1	Muralidaran	Srl	133	44039	18180	800	67
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	40705	17995	708	37
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	40850	18355	619	35
4	R Herath	Srl	093	25993	12157	433	34
5	R Ashwin	Ind	086	23089	10666	442	30
6	Harbhajan	Ind	103	28580	13537	417	25
7	CV Grimmett	Aus	037	14513	5231	216	21
8	NM Lyon	Aus	109	28199	13853	436	20
9	DL Vettori	NZl	113	28814	12441	362	20

No	Player	Team	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5+
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	40705	17995	708	37
2	CV Grimmett	Aus	037	14513	5231	216	21
3	NM Lyon	Aus	109	28199	13853	436	20

NM Lyon joined the elite list with his five for 90 against Sri Lanka in the just concluded test at Galle. All his 20 five fors are tabulated below

No	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	5-034	2	Srl	Galle	31 Aug 2011
2	5-068	2	Win	Trinidad	15 Apr 2012
3	7-094	2	Ind	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
4	5-050	3	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013
5	5-130	1	SAF	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014
6	5-134	2	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
7	7-152	4	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
8	8-050	1	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
9	5-092	2	Ind	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
10	6-082	3	Ban	Mirpur	27 Aug 2017
11	7-094	1	Ban	Chattogram	04 Sep 2017
12	6-060	3	Ban	Chattogram	04 Sep 2017
13	6-122	3	Ind	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
14	5-067	2	Ind	Perth	14 Dec 2018
15	6-049	4	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
16	5-069	3	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
17	5-068	2	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020
18	5-050	4	NZl	Sydney	03 Jan 2020
19	5-083	4	Pak	Lahore	21 Mar 2022
20	5-090	1	Srl	Galle	29 Jun 2022