First-Class Most Catches per Match in a Career

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(Qualification: 100 matches or more)

Please see the notes at the end of the list regarding the treatment of catches that were, or may have been, taken as wicket-keeper.

Ct M
1.79185103RP Carpenter1855-1876
1.74188108VE Walker1856-1877
1.60275171SPD Smith2007/08-2023/24
1.57231147PSP Handscomb2011/12-2024
1.55329212H Trumble1887/88-1903/04
1.52400262M van Jaarsveld1994/95-2011/12
1.51195129JM Gregory1919-1928/29
1.49152102LJ Koen1987/88-2001/02
1.48697469PM Walker1956-1972
1.48381257RB Simpson1952/53-1977/78
1.48595401GRJ Roope1964-1986
1.46241165GC Smith1999/00-2014
1.46391267R Clarke2002-2021
1.45217149CT Bancroft2013/14-2024
1.43143100RC Tinley1847-1874
1.42558391ME Trescothick1993-2019
1.41238168JM Kemp1996/97-2014/15
1.40376267WS Surridge1939-1959/60
1.39693497J Tunnicliffe1891-1907
1.38156113PNF Mansell1936/37-1961/62
1.38350253MA Taylor1985/86-1998/99
1.37788574JG Langridge1928-1955
1.37340247SP Fleming1991/92-2007/08
1.35146108DF Whatmore1975/76-1988/89
1.35140103MD Haysman1982/83-1993/94
1.35218161NC Johnson1989/90-2004/05
1.34706526GA Hick1983/84-2008
1.34283211AC Voges2002/03-2017
1.33301225DKH Mitchell2005-2021
1.33151113MK Pandey2008/09-2023/24
1.32300227A Lyth2007-2024
1.31228173B Mitchell1925/26-1949/50
1.31262200RA Harper1979/80-1996/97
1.31158120CB Lambert1983/84-2004
1.30261200DP Fulton1992-2006
1.30140107AB de Villiers2003/04-2017/18
1.30250192LRPL Taylor2002/03-2021/22
1.30163125LR Johnson2003/04-2022/23
1.29820634WR Hammond1920-1951
1.29219169Sultan Rana1969/70-1986/87
1.29366283D Byas1986-2002
1.29308237DPMD Jayawardene1995-2014
1.29196151OP Rayner2006-2019
1.28206160JD Siddons1984/85-1999/00
1.28246192DJ Hussey2002/03-2014/15
1.27831654GAR Lock1946-1970/71
1.27127100GF Archer1992-1999
1.27189148TMN Sampath2004/05-2023/24
1.26173137RE Foster1897-1912
1.26546431LC Braund1896-1920
1.26126100V Sivaramakrishnan1973/74-1989/90
1.25618493PJ Sharpe1956-1976
1.25255204DP Ostler1990-2003
1.25268214ML Love1992/93-2008/09
1.25131104BMTT Mendis2000/01-2016/17
1.24144116TM Adams1836-1858
1.24186150DJ Marsh1993/94-2009/10
1.24417336MJ Di Venuto1991/92-2012
1.24124100AJA Gray2004/05-2013/14
1.24196157Farhad Hossain2004/05-2023/24
1.24155125DM de Silva2010/11-2023/24
1.23369300EM Grace1862-1896
1.23452365AE Trott1892/93-1911
1.23254205KS Duleepsinhji1924-1932
1.23597485KJ Grieves1945/46-1964
1.23136110BL Hutton1998-2007
1.23300243LPC Silva1996/97-2023/24
1.23265214SG Borthwick2009-2024
1.22675553J Seymour1900-1926
1.22760620CA Milton1948-1974
1.22260212JD Carr1983-1996
1.22452368ME Waugh1985/86-2003/04
1.22166135P Dogra2001/02-2023/24
1.21203167WR Hillyer1835-1853
1.21124102BAG Murray1958/59-1972/73
1.21292240NV Knight1991-2006
1.21316261BC Lara1987/88-2007/08
1.20567469AO Jones1892-1914
1.20412342A Townsend1948-1960
1.20233193MCJ Ball1988-2006
1.20404336CJ Adams1988-2008
1.20130108HHM de Zoysa2003/04-2016/17
1.20137114CJ Jordan2007-2019
1.19635530MJ Stewart1954-1972
1.18120101V Subramanya1959/60-1969/70
1.18309261IM Chappell1961/62-1979/80
1.18140118AS Polonowita1997/98-2007/08
1.18346292RS Dravid1990/91-2011/12
1.18228192V Chopra2006-2020
1.17330281EJ Barlow1959/60-1982/83
1.17376321GS Chappell1966/67-1983/84
1.17122104KR Brown1984-1998
1.17158134V Sibanda2001/02-2018/19
1.17175149TWM Latham2010/11-2023/24
1.16192165JV Coney1970/71-1986/87
1.16148127AJ Kourie1970/71-1988/89
1.16241207PV Simmons1982/83-2000/01
1.16157135V Rathour1988/89-2002/03
1.16207177CL White2000/01-2018/19
1.16139119MJ Guptill2005/06-2022/23
1.15181157J Caesar1849-1867
1.15337293GA Lohmann1884-1897/98
1.15391339JR Mason1893-1919
1.15190165Ali Zia1974/75-1992/93
1.15146126Usman Arshad2000/01-2018/19
1.15300260W Jaffer1996/97-2019/20
1.15118102DJ Mitchell2011/12-2023/24
1.14158138GN Foster1903-1931
1.14209183VY Richardson1918/19-1937/38
1.14151132NS Mitchell-Innes1931-1949
1.14419365JT Ikin1938-1964
1.14271236AL Wadekar1958/59-1974/75
1.14186162AS Chopra1997/98-2012/13
1.14150131JM How2000/01-2014/15
1.14350306PD Collingwood1996-2018
1.14170148JA Raval2008/09-2023/24
1.13133117LN Constantine1921/22-1945
1.13312276HM Barnard1952-1966
1.13127112BA Davis1959/60-1970/71
1.13564498PH Parfitt1956-1973/74
1.13144127RB McCosker1973/74-1983/84
1.13332292VP Terry1978-1996
1.13142125A Jacobs1997/98-2012/13
1.13165145Shoaib Khan1999/00-2017/18
1.12233208E Willsher1850-1875
1.12170151JM Prodger1956-1967
1.12500446DB Carr1945-1968
1.12251223RJ Inverarity1962/63-1984/85
1.12163145MRJ Veletta1983/84-1994/95
1.12117104Imran Butt2012/13-2023/24
1.12239212JE Root2010-2024
1.11123110Masood Anwar1977/78-1994/95
1.11169152GFJ Liebenberg1989/90-2004/05
1.11408367SG Law1988/89-2009
1.11253227WL Madsen2003/04-2024
1.10233210J Grundy1850-1869
1.10129117TS Pearson1872-1891
1.10162146LOS Poidevin1895/96-1908
1.10422383DW Richardson1952-1967
1.10147133R Miller1961-1968
1.10594538ASM Oakman1947-1968
1.10199180JJ Crowe1977/78-1991/92
1.10253229RJ Maru1980-1998
1.10375339CL Hooper1983/84-2004
1.10217197HH Dippenaar1995/96-2011/12
1.10114103NR Parlane1996/97-2011/12
1.10196177JC Tredwell2001-2017
1.09169154J Wisden1845-1863
1.09548500JV Wilson1946-1963
1.09546500DS Steele1963-1984
1.09414379JF Steele1970-1986
1.09113103MA Vermeulen1997/98-2014/15
1.09118108RR Rossouw2007/08-2019
1.09244222DS Smith1998/99-2022
1.09386352AN Cook2003-2023
1.08227209TS Fishwick1896-1909
1.08602557PGH Fender1910-1936
1.08367339BA Richards1964/65-1982/83
1.08297273MEK Hussey1994/95-2012/13
1.08110101DAS Gunaratne2008/09-2023/24
1.08174160JA Burns2010/11-2023/24
1.07406378H Whitehead1898-1922
1.07454424AC MacLaren1890-1922/23
1.07151140HSTL Hendry1918/19-1935/36
1.07274256MJ Edwards1960-1974
1.07166155BM McMillan1984/85-1999/00
1.07230214MTG Elliott1992/93-2007/08
1.07178166WMB Perera1996/97-2011/12
1.07350325VS Solanki1995-2015
1.07203188MJ Clarke1999/00-2015
1.07165153J Allenby2006-2017
1.07179167AG Puttick2000/01-2017/18
1.07117109SK Raina2002/03-2018/19
1.07146136WTS Porterfield2006-2019
1.07111103HG Kuhn2004/05-2022/23
1.07181169CN Ackermann2010/11-2024
1.06599560EG Hayes1896-1926
1.06111104WR Endean1945/46-1964
1.06368346JS Pressdee1949-1969/70
1.06108101IJ Brayshaw1960/61-1977/78
1.06141133KA McKenzie1966/67-1986/87
1.06120113DN Crookes1989/90-2004/05
1.06171161Wajahatullah Wasti1994/95-2009/10
1.06127119WI Jefferson2000-2012
1.06309289RT Ponting1992/93-2013
1.06243229Younis Khan1998/99-2017/18
1.06116109TLW Cooper2008/09-2020/21
1.06200188AM Rahane2007/08-2023/24
1.05105100J Jackson1855-1867
1.05143136G Wootton1861-1873
1.05263250CL McCool1939/40-1960
1.05405383GS Sobers1952/53-1974
1.05133126JFM Morrison1965/66-1983/84
1.05189179CPS Chauhan1967/68-1984/85
1.05107101NM Kulkarni1994/95-2007/08
1.04176169CJ Kortright1893-1907
1.04873834WG Grace1865-1908
1.04290277RO Butcher1974-1990
1.04350334N Hussain1987-2004
1.04112107TC Smith2005-2016
1.04196187J Mubarak1999/00-2016/17
1.04145139HDRL Thirimanne2008/09-2023
1.031017978FE Woolley1906-1938
1.03439426A Mitchell1922-1947
1.03573556DC Morgan1950-1969
1.03812786DB Close1949-1986
1.03153148N Shahid1989-2004
1.03234227Ijaz Ahmed1989/90-2010/11
1.03277267VVS Laxman1992/93-2012/13
1.03192186MS Sinclair1995/96-2012/13
1.03265257JH Kallis1993/94-2013/14
1.03159154FL Reifer1991/92-2013/14
1.03113109WJ Durston2002-2016
1.03175169MHW Papps1998/99-2017/18
1.03200193LA Dawson2007-2024
1.03217210SR Harmer2009/10-2024
1.02201196G Griffith1856-1872
1.02146142EG Wynyard1878-1912
1.02275269WW Armstrong1898/99-1921/22
1.02396387AC Revill1946-1960
1.02151147RM Cowper1959/60-1969/70
1.02115112D Bestall1971/72-1987/88
1.02111108MV Narasimha Rao1971/72-1988/89
1.02128125ADR Campbell1990/91-2002/03
1.02211206HGJM Kulatunga1990/91-2012/13
1.02290284DL Maddy1994-2013
1.02127124M Pushpakumara1999/00-2013/14
1.02152148MK Tiwary2004/05-2023/24
1.01369363EDR Eagar1935-1958
1.01366359MA Lynch1977-1997
1.01185183A Flintoff1995-2009
1.01164162PG Fulton2000/01-2016/17
1.01146144RR Hendricks2006/07-2022/23
1.00303303RR Relf1905-1933
1.00310308BO Allen1932-1951
1.00302300RW Hooker1956-1969
1.00496496AS Brown1953-1976
1.00190189ED Solkar1965/66-1980/81
1.00389389BW Luckhurst1958-1985
1.00105104Gursharan Singh1981/82-1994/95
1.00136136RS Mahanama1984/85-1998/99
1.00206205JP Maher1993/94-2007/08
1.00296295ML Hayden1991/92-2008/09
1.00131131TG McIntosh1998/99-2013/14
1.00141141Shahid Yousuf2002/03-2019/20
1.00147146MH Wessels2004-2021
1.00112112SMSM Senanayake2006/07-2022/23
1.00113112TA Copeland2009/10-2022/23
1.00126125Shuvagata Hom2009/10-2023/24
1.00104104MG Bracewell2010/11-2023/24
1.00183183CDJ Dent2010-2024

Notes:
The record for RP Carpenter excludes 3 catches in 3 matches when keeping wicket but includes 58 catches in 35 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for VE Walker includes 38 catches in 37 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for PSP Handscomb excludes 64 catches in 26 matches when keeping wicket but includes 1 catch in 1 match in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for H Trumble includes 1 catch in 1 match in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for RB Simpson excludes 2 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for GRJ Roope excludes 8 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for CT Bancroft excludes 10 catches in 4 matches when keeping wicket
The record for RC Tinley includes 12 catches in 16 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for ME Trescothick excludes 2 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for J Tunnicliffe excludes 1 catch in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for GA Hick excludes 3 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for DP Fulton excludes 5 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for AB de Villiers excludes 135 catches in 34 matches when keeping wicket
The record for LR Johnson excludes 2 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for Sultan Rana excludes 8 catches in 3 matches when keeping wicket
The record for TMN Sampath excludes 14 catches in 6 matches when keeping wicket but includes 1 catch in 1 match in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for RE Foster excludes 5 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for DP Ostler excludes 4 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for BMTT Mendis excludes 2 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for TM Adams includes 28 catches in 41 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for EM Grace includes 25 catches in 14 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for AE Trott includes 10 catches in 10 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for KS Duleepsinhji excludes 2 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for KJ Grieves excludes 10 catches in 5 matches when keeping wicket
The record for WR Hillyer includes 51 catches in 63 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for BC Lara excludes 4 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for AO Jones excludes 13 catches in 3 matches when keeping wicket
The record for HHM de Zoysa excludes 4 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for IM Chappell excludes 3 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for RS Dravid excludes 7 catches in 6 matches when keeping wicket
The record for EJ Barlow excludes 5 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for KR Brown excludes 344 catches in 143 matches when keeping wicket
The record for TWM Latham excludes 40 catches in 9 matches when keeping wicket
The record for V Rathour excludes 29 catches in 11 matches when keeping wicket
The record for J Caesar includes 36 catches in 37 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for Usman Arshad excludes 4 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for GN Foster excludes 2 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket but includes 3 catches in 2 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for VY Richardson excludes 3 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for AL Wadekar includes 2 catches in 1 match in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for PD Collingwood excludes 2 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for LN Constantine includes 1 catch in 2 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for A Jacobs excludes 51 catches in 19 matches when keeping wicket
The record for Shoaib Khan excludes 8 catches in 3 matches when keeping wicket
The record for E Willsher includes 36 catches in 59 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for MRJ Veletta excludes 31 catches in 6 matches when keeping wicket
The record for Imran Butt excludes 6 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for JE Root excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for GFJ Liebenberg excludes 17 catches in 10 matches when keeping wicket
The record for WL Madsen excludes 19 catches in 3 matches when keeping wicket
The record for J Grundy includes 52 catches in 88 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for TS Pearson excludes 1 catch in 1 match when keeping wicket but includes 6 catches in 4 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for LOS Poidevin includes 1 catch in 3 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for RJ Maru excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for NR Parlane excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for J Wisden includes 21 catches in 33 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for JV Wilson excludes 1 catch in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for TS Fishwick excludes 4 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for MEK Hussey excludes 10 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for H Whitehead excludes 3 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket but includes 1 catch in 2 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for AG Puttick excludes 24 catches in 6 matches when keeping wicket
The record for HG Kuhn excludes 271 catches in 86 matches when keeping wicket
The record for EG Hayes excludes 8 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for WR Endean excludes 47 catches in 30 matches when keeping wicket
The record for JS Pressdee excludes 3 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for Wajahatullah Wasti excludes 4 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for J Jackson includes 7 catches in 15 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for G Wootton includes 30 catches in 50 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for CJ Kortright includes 1 catch in 1 match in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for WG Grace excludes 3 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for FE Woolley excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for DB Close excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for MS Sinclair excludes 12 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for MHW Papps excludes 57 catches in 19 matches when keeping wicket
The record for G Griffith excludes 1 catch in 2 matches when keeping wicket but includes 44 catches in 45 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for EG Wynyard excludes 16 catches in 8 matches when keeping wicket but includes 5 catches in 4 matches in which it is not known whether he kept wicket
The record for D Bestall excludes 1 catch in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for ADR Campbell excludes 5 catches in 4 matches when keeping wicket
The record for M Pushpakumara excludes 6 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for MA Lynch excludes 1 catch as wicket-keeper
The record for BW Luckhurst excludes 3 catches as wicket-keeper
The record for JP Maher excludes 5 catches in 1 match when keeping wicket
The record for Shahid Yousuf excludes 9 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for MH Wessels excludes 192 catches in 78 matches when keeping wicket
The record for MG Bracewell excludes 5 catches in 2 matches when keeping wicket
The record for CDJ Dent excludes 1 catch in 1 match when keeping wicket

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