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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