Test Most Catches per Match in a Career
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(Qualification: 10 matches or more)
The figure of catches excludes those taken when keeping wicket - see notes at the end of the list for more details.
Ct | M | |||
1.96 | 53 | 27 | ED Solkar | 1969/70-1976/77 |
1.77 | 110 | 62 | RB Simpson | 1957/58-1977/78 |
1.72 | 38 | 22 | WG Grace | 1880-1899 |
1.72 | 31 | 18 | JT Ikin | 1946-1955 |
1.71 | 65 | 38 | DJG Sammy | 2007-2013/14 |
1.69 | 39 | 23 | LC Braund | 1901/02-1907/08 |
1.67 | 183 | 109 | SPD Smith | 2010-2023/24 |
1.66 | 35 | 21 | GRJ Roope | 1972/73-1978 |
1.61 | 21 | 13 | BAG Murray | 1967/68-1970/71 |
1.60 | 16 | 10 | CT Bancroft | 2017/18-2019 |
1.55 | 28 | 18 | GA Lohmann | 1886-1896 |
1.55 | 28 | 18 | LN Constantine | 1928-1939 |
1.54 | 37 | 24 | JM Gregory | 1920/21-1928/29 |
1.54 | 54 | 35 | BA Young | 1993/94-1998/99 |
1.54 | 171 | 111 | SP Fleming | 1993/94-2007/08 |
1.52 | 26 | 17 | NV Knight | 1995-2001 |
1.50 | 15 | 10 | AG Fairfax | 1928/29-1930/31 |
1.50 | 87 | 58 | AW Greig | 1972-1977 |
1.50 | 157 | 104 | MA Taylor | 1988/89-1998/99 |
1.50 | 15 | 10 | AS Chopra | 2003/04-2004/05 |
1.50 | 30 | 20 | PSP Handscomb | 2016/17-2022/23 |
1.50 | 15 | 10 | RRS Cornwall | 2019-2023 |
1.47 | 34 | 23 | SS Das | 2000/01-2001/02 |
1.45 | 163 | 112 | LRPL Taylor | 2007/08-2021/22 |
1.44 | 36 | 25 | RA Harper | 1983/84-1993/94 |
1.44 | 169 | 117 | GC Smith | 2001/02-2013/14 |
1.43 | 23 | 16 | Soumya Sarkar | 2014/15-2020/21 |
1.43 | 33 | 23 | DJ Mitchell | 2019/20-2023/24 |
1.41 | 17 | 12 | PJ Sharpe | 1963-1969 |
1.41 | 181 | 128 | ME Waugh | 1990/91-2002/03 |
1.41 | 17 | 12 | PWA Mulder | 2018/19-2022/23 |
1.40 | 45 | 32 | H Trumble | 1890-1903/04 |
1.40 | 38 | 27 | WR Endean | 1951-1957/58 |
1.40 | 105 | 75 | IM Chappell | 1964/65-1979/80 |
1.40 | 122 | 87 | GS Chappell | 1970/71-1983/84 |
1.39 | 95 | 68 | PD Collingwood | 2003/04-2010/11 |
1.38 | 90 | 65 | GA Hick | 1991-2000/01 |
1.37 | 205 | 149 | DPMD Jayawardene | 1997-2014 |
1.37 | 193 | 140 | JE Root | 2012/13-2023/24 |
1.34 | 121 | 90 | AB de Villiers | 2004/05-2017/18 |
1.33 | 20 | 15 | AEE Vogler | 1905/06-1910/11 |
1.33 | 56 | 42 | B Mitchell | 1929-1948/49 |
1.33 | 52 | 39 | JM Brearley | 1976-1981 |
1.33 | 20 | 15 | RS Morton | 2005-2008 |
1.33 | 24 | 18 | EJM Cowan | 2011/12-2013 |
1.33 | 16 | 12 | Agha Salman | 2022-2023/24 |
1.32 | 81 | 61 | BKG Mendis | 2015/16-2023/24 |
1.31 | 71 | 54 | DM de Silva | 2016-2023/24 |
1.29 | 110 | 85 | WR Hammond | 1927/28-1946/47 |
1.28 | 49 | 38 | BM McMillan | 1992/93-1998 |
1.28 | 210 | 164 | RS Dravid | 1996-2011/12 |
1.28 | 18 | 14 | KD Petersen | 2021-2023/24 |
1.27 | 23 | 18 | SK Raina | 2010-2014/15 |
1.27 | 23 | 18 | HE van der Dussen | 2019/20-2022/23 |
1.26 | 29 | 23 | A Shrewsbury | 1881/82-1893 |
1.26 | 24 | 19 | VY Richardson | 1924/25-1935/36 |
1.25 | 15 | 12 | AO Jones | 1899-1909 |
1.25 | 83 | 66 | IR Redpath | 1963/64-1975/76 |
1.25 | 95 | 76 | ME Trescothick | 2000-2006 |
1.25 | 164 | 131 | BC Lara | 1990/91-2006/07 |
1.24 | 46 | 37 | AL Wadekar | 1966/67-1974 |
1.24 | 128 | 103 | ML Hayden | 1993/94-2008/09 |
1.23 | 32 | 26 | APF Chapman | 1924-1930/31 |
1.23 | 64 | 52 | JV Coney | 1973/74-1986/87 |
1.22 | 88 | 72 | HP Tillakaratne | 1989/90-2003/04 |
1.22 | 44 | 36 | SD Hope | 2014/15-2021/22 |
1.21 | 121 | 100 | AJ Strauss | 2004-2012 |
1.21 | 17 | 14 | DG Brownlie | 2011/12-2013 |
1.20 | 59 | 49 | GAR Lock | 1952-1967/68 |
1.20 | 200 | 166 | JH Kallis | 1995/96-2013/14 |
1.20 | 102 | 85 | AM Rahane | 2012/13-2023 |
1.18 | 13 | 11 | J Worrall | 1884/85-1899 |
1.18 | 26 | 22 | DR Jardine | 1928-1933/34 |
1.17 | 48 | 41 | TL Goddard | 1955-1969/70 |
1.17 | 109 | 93 | GS Sobers | 1953/54-1973/74 |
1.17 | 120 | 102 | IT Botham | 1977-1992 |
1.17 | 139 | 118 | Younis Khan | 1999/00-2016/17 |
1.16 | 21 | 18 | GB Hole | 1950/51-1954/55 |
1.16 | 35 | 30 | EJ Barlow | 1961/62-1969/70 |
1.16 | 21 | 18 | Mohammad Wasim | 1996/97-2000 |
1.16 | 196 | 168 | RT Ponting | 1995/96-2012/13 |
1.16 | 134 | 115 | MJ Clarke | 2004/05-2015 |
1.15 | 15 | 13 | PNF Mansell | 1951-1955 |
1.15 | 51 | 44 | RP Arnold | 1996/97-2004 |
1.15 | 15 | 13 | J Mubarak | 2002-2015 |
1.15 | 23 | 20 | JC Buttler | 2014-2021/22 |
1.14 | 16 | 14 | FA Iredale | 1894/95-1899 |
1.14 | 16 | 14 | V Sibanda | 2003/04-2014/15 |
1.13 | 17 | 15 | AJ Watkins | 1948-1952 |
1.13 | 42 | 37 | PH Parfitt | 1961/62-1972 |
1.13 | 50 | 44 | Z Crawley | 2019/20-2023/24 |
1.12 | 115 | 102 | CL Hooper | 1987/88-2002/03 |
1.10 | 21 | 19 | E Jones | 1894/95-1902/03 |
1.10 | 32 | 29 | S Abid Ali | 1967/68-1974/75 |
1.10 | 33 | 30 | HJ Howarth | 1969-1976/77 |
1.10 | 21 | 19 | CM Spearman | 1995/96-2000/01 |
1.10 | 53 | 48 | KL Rahul | 2014/15-2023/24 |
1.10 | 31 | 28 | CD Green | 2020/21-2023/24 |
1.09 | 47 | 43 | KR Stackpole | 1965/66-1973/74 |
1.09 | 24 | 22 | DB Close | 1949-1976 |
1.09 | 57 | 52 | AL Logie | 1982/83-1991 |
1.08 | 13 | 12 | JN Crawford | 1905/06-1907/08 |
1.08 | 27 | 25 | CL Vincent | 1927/28-1935 |
1.08 | 13 | 12 | CS Serjeant | 1977-1977/78 |
1.08 | 25 | 23 | PG Fulton | 2005/06-2014 |
1.08 | 175 | 161 | AN Cook | 2005/06-2018 |
1.08 | 87 | 80 | TWM Latham | 2013/14-2023/24 |
1.07 | 14 | 13 | AE Relf | 1903/04-1913/14 |
1.07 | 14 | 13 | PGH Fender | 1920/21-1929 |
1.07 | 15 | 14 | AG Chipperfield | 1934-1938 |
1.07 | 14 | 13 | SG Barnes | 1938-1948 |
1.07 | 15 | 14 | A Turner | 1975-1976/77 |
1.07 | 56 | 52 | RS Mahanama | 1985/86-1997/98 |
1.07 | 14 | 13 | M Kaif | 1999/00-2006 |
1.07 | 85 | 79 | MEK Hussey | 2005/06-2012/13 |
1.07 | 15 | 14 | SS Iyer | 2021/22-2023/24 |
1.06 | 53 | 50 | MJK Smith | 1958-1972 |
1.06 | 105 | 99 | M Azharuddin | 1984/85-1999/00 |
1.06 | 50 | 47 | MJ Guptill | 2008/09-2016/17 |
1.06 | 92 | 86 | D Elgar | 2012/13-2023/24 |
1.05 | 41 | 39 | SJ McCabe | 1930-1938 |
1.05 | 20 | 19 | RG Archer | 1952/53-1956/57 |
1.05 | 120 | 114 | MC Cowdrey | 1954/55-1974/75 |
1.05 | 62 | 59 | RC Fredericks | 1968/69-1976/77 |
1.05 | 41 | 39 | JJ Crowe | 1982/83-1989/90 |
1.05 | 105 | 100 | GP Thorpe | 1993-2005 |
1.05 | 19 | 18 | MD Bell | 1998/99-2007/08 |
1.05 | 42 | 40 | OJD Pope | 2018-2023/24 |
1.04 | 22 | 21 | W Mathias | 1955/56-1962 |
1.04 | 90 | 86 | RB Richardson | 1983/84-1995 |
1.04 | 94 | 90 | HH Gibbs | 1996/97-2007/08 |
1.03 | 60 | 58 | W Rhodes | 1899-1929/30 |
1.03 | 65 | 63 | R Benaud | 1951/52-1963/64 |
1.03 | 65 | 63 | Majid Khan | 1964/65-1982/83 |
1.03 | 106 | 102 | BA Stokes | 2013/14-2023/24 |
1.02 | 49 | 48 | ED Weekes | 1947/48-1957/58 |
1.02 | 42 | 41 | GM Turner | 1968/69-1982/83 |
1.02 | 36 | 35 | AC Hudson | 1991/92-1997/98 |
1.02 | 41 | 40 | DJ Bravo | 2004-2010/11 |
1.01 | 80 | 79 | TW Graveney | 1951-1969 |
1.01 | 60 | 59 | RG Sharma | 2013/14-2023/24 |
1.00 | 12 | 12 | SP Jones | 1881/82-1887/88 |
1.00 | 13 | 13 | R Abel | 1888-1902 |
1.00 | 11 | 11 | FR Foster | 1911/12-1912 |
1.00 | 15 | 15 | G Gunn | 1907/08-1929/30 |
1.00 | 14 | 14 | CL McCool | 1945/46-1949/50 |
1.00 | 22 | 22 | FR Brown | 1931-1953 |
1.00 | 39 | 39 | WJ Edrich | 1938-1954/55 |
1.00 | 26 | 26 | RF Surti | 1960/61-1969/70 |
1.00 | 28 | 28 | MH Denness | 1969-1975 |
1.00 | 10 | 10 | MD Moxon | 1986-1989 |
1.00 | 121 | 121 | IVA Richards | 1974/75-1991 |
1.00 | 156 | 156 | AR Border | 1978/79-1993/94 |
1.00 | 26 | 26 | PV Simmons | 1987/88-1997/98 |
1.00 | 11 | 11 | BA Murphy | 1999/00-2001/02 |
1.00 | 60 | 60 | ADR Campbell | 1992/93-2002/03 |
1.00 | 14 | 14 | SM Warnapura | 2007-2009 |
1.00 | 135 | 134 | VVS Laxman | 1996/97-2011/12 |
1.00 | 40 | 40 | Imran Farhat | 2000/01-2012/13 |
1.00 | 44 | 44 | Taufeeq Umar | 2001/02-2014/15 |
1.00 | 10 | 10 | KDK Vithanage | 2012/13-2015/16 |
1.00 | 12 | 12 | JDS Neesham | 2013/14-2016/17 |
1.00 | 17 | 17 | KK Jennings | 2016/17-2018/19 |
1.00 | 77 | 77 | Asad Shafiq | 2010/11-2020 |
1.00 | 23 | 23 | JA Burns | 2014/15-2020/21 |
1.00 | 37 | 37 | AK Markram | 2017/18-2023/24 |
1.00 | 13 | 13 | M Jansen | 2021/22-2023/24 |
Notes:
The record for WG Grace excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for WR Endean excludes 3 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for PD Collingwood excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for AB de Villiers excludes 101 catches in 24 matches when keeping wicket
The record for BKG Mendis excludes 12 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for HP Tillakaratne excludes 34 catches in 11 matches when keeping wicket
The record for SD Hope excludes 9 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for Mohammad Wasim excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for JC Buttler excludes 130 catches in 37 matches when keeping wicket
The record for KL Rahul excludes 9 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for TWM Latham excludes 8 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for OJD Pope excludes 12 catches in 3 matches when keeping wicket
The record for Majid Khan excludes 5 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for IVA Richards excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for Taufeeq Umar excludes 4 catches as wicket-keeper
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