Keeping Most Dismissals Career

Most Dismissals Held in South Africa for Tests

Most dismissals

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dismissed	Ct	St	Max Dis Inns	Dis/Inn
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	75	145	309	301	8	6 (6ct 0st)	2.131
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	31	58	142	140	2	6 (6ct 0st)	2.448
JHB Waite (SA)	1953-1965	22	42	84	71	13	4 (4ct 0st)	2
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	66	29	81	78	3	6 (6ct 0st)	2.793
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	22	40	78	77	1	5 (5ct 0st)	1.95
K Verreynne (SA)	2022-2025	10	20	44	40	4	5 (5ct 0st)	2.2
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	10	18	40	40	0	6 (6ct 0st)	2.222
HB Taber (AUS)	1966-1970	9	16	38	35	3	5 (5ct 0st)	2.375
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2009-2014	8	15	33	32	1	5 (4ct 1st)	2.2
TG Evans (ENG)	1948-1957	8	16	30	23	7	4 (4ct 0st)	1.875
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2004	9	17	30	29	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.764
H Strudwick (ENG)	1910-1914	10	18	29	22	7	4 (2ct 2st)	1.611
RC Russell (ENG)	1995-1996	5	7	27	25	2	6 (6ct 0st)	3.857
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2013-2019	6	11	27	26	1	5 (5ct 0st)	2.454
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2002-2006	6	12	26	24	2	4 (4ct 0st)	2.166
AE Dick (NZ)	1961-1962	5	9	23	21	2	4 (4ct 0st)	2.555
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2019	5	7	22	21	1	6 (6ct 0st)	3.142
RA Saggers (AUS)	1949-1950	5	9	21	13	8	4 (1ct 3st)	2.333
TA Ward (SA)	1913-1923	13	24	20	12	8	3 (2ct 1st)	0.833
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	8	9	19	18	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2.111
ATW Grout (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	19	16	3	6 (6ct 0st)	2.111
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	7	13	19	19	0	5 (5ct 0st)	1.461
WW Wade (SA)	1938-1950	11	18	17	15	2	3 (3ct 0st)	0.944
HB Cameron (SA)	1927-1931	10	19	17	13	4	3 (2ct 1st)	0.894
N Dickwella (SL)	2019-2021	4	7	16	16	0	4 (4ct 0st)	2.285
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2018	4	8	16	15	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2007	5	9	16	15	1	3 (3ct 0st)	1.777
D Ramdin (WI)	2007-2015	6	9	16	15	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.777
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	16	16	0	4 (4ct 0st)	1.6
IA Healy (AUS)	1994-1997	6	11	16	16	0	5 (5ct 0st)	1.454
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1998-2001	4	7	15	11	4	5 (5ct 0st)	2.142
BB McCullum (NZ)	2006-2013	7	8	15	14	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.875
J Da Silva (WI)	2023-2023	2	4	14	14	0	7 (7ct 0st)	3.5
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-1997	3	6	14	14	0	5 (5ct 0st)	2.333
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-2000	10	7	14	13	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2
JC Buttler (ENG)	2019-2020	4	8	14	14	0	3 (3ct 0st)	1.75
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2024-2025	2	4	13	13	0	6 (6ct 0st)	3.25
RR Pant (IND)	2021-2022	3	6	13	13	0	4 (4ct 0st)	2.166
AC Parore (NZ)	1994-2000	6	11	13	13	0	4 (4ct 0st)	1.181
WAS Oldfield (AUS)	1921-1936	6	12	13	5	8	3 (1ct 2st)	1.083
MJ Prior (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	12	12	0	4 (4ct 0st)	1.714
EA Halliwell (SA)	1892-1902	8	13	12	10	2	2 (2ct 0st)	0.923
BJ Watling (NZ)	2013-2016	4	5	11	11	0	3 (3ct 0st)	2.2
KS More (IND)	1992-1993	4	8	11	11	0	3 (3ct 0st)	1.375
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1906	5	10	11	9	2	3 (3ct 0st)	1.1
JH Board (ENG)	1899-1906	6	11	11	8	3	2 (2ct 0st)	1
WP Saha (IND)	2018-2018	1	2	10	10	0	5 (5ct 0st)	5
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	4	10	7	3	3 (3ct 0st)	2.5
PA Patel (IND)	2018-2018	2	4	10	10	0	4 (4ct 0st)	2.5
Moin Khan (PAK)	1995-1998	4	6	10	9	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.666
LEG Ames (ENG)	1938-1939	5	9	10	8	2	3 (3ct 0st)	1.111
Litton Das (BAN)	2017-2022	4	7	9	7	2	4 (3ct 1st)	1.285
RT Stanyforth (ENG)	1927-1928	4	8	9	7	2	3 (3ct 0st)	1.125
FLH Mooney (NZ)	1953-1954	5	9	9	8	1	2 (2ct 0st)	1
KL Rahul (IND)	2018-2024	7	3	8	8	0	3 (3ct 0st)	2.666
H Klaasen (SA)	2023-2023	2	4	8	7	1	3 (3ct 0st)	2
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	9	4	8	8	0	3 (3ct 0st)	2
G Duckworth (ENG)	1930-1931	3	5	8	8	0	4 (4ct 0st)	1.6
JJ Kelly (AUS)	1902-1902	3	6	8	4	4	3 (0ct 3st)	1.333
G Brown (ENG)	1922-1923	4	8	8	7	1	2 (2ct 0st)	1
JM Parks (ENG)	1964-1965	5	10	8	8	0	2 (2ct 0st)	0.8
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2012	8	4	7	7	0	3 (3ct 0st)	1.75
T Campbell (SA)	1910-1910	4	8	7	7	0	2 (2ct 0st)	0.875
KD Karthik (IND)	2007-2007	1	2	5	5	0	3 (3ct 0st)	2.5
DJ Vilas (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	5	5	0	4 (4ct 0st)	2.5
GM Fullerton (SA)	1950-1950	2	3	5	4	1	4 (3ct 1st)	1.666
H Carter (AUS)	1921-1921	2	4	5	2	3	2 (1ct 1st)	1.25
D Gamsy (SA)	1970-1970	2	4	5	5	0	3 (3ct 0st)	1.25
SC Griffith (ENG)	1949-1949	2	4	5	5	0	3 (3ct 0st)	1.25
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2022	6	2	4	3	1	2 (2ct 0st)	2
Rashid Latif (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	4	4	0	3 (3ct 0st)	2
D Dasgupta (IND)	2001-2001	2	4	4	4	0	2 (2ct 0st)	1
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2002-2002	2	2	3	3	0	3 (3ct 0st)	1.5
TL Tsolekile (SA)	2004-2004	1	2	3	3	0	2 (2ct 0st)	1.5
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1910	3	4	3	2	1	1 (1ct 0st)	0.75
W Farrimond (ENG)	1931-1931	2	4	3	1	2	2 (0ct 2st)	0.75
F Nicholson (SA)	1935-1936	4	6	3	3	0	2 (2ct 0st)	0.5
JK Silva (SL)	2011-2017	4	1	2	2	0	2 (2ct 0st)	2
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2005-2017	3	1	2	2	0	2 (2ct 0st)	2
FW Smith (SA)	1889-1896	3	3	2	2	0	2 (2ct 0st)	0.666
HR Butt (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	2	1	1	1 (1ct 0st)	0.333
MP Bowden (ENG)	1889-1889	2	0	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)	-
WL Murdoch (ENG)	1892-1892	1	0	1	0	1	1 (0ct 1st)	-
A Flower (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	1	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)	1
GB Street (ENG)	1923-1923	1	1	1	0	1	1 (0ct 1st)	1
EA van der Merwe (SA)	1936-1936	1	1	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)	1
LJ Moon (ENG)	1906-1906	4	2	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)	0.5
T Taibu (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	2	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)	0.5
NC Tufnell (ENG)	1910-1910	1	2	1	0	1	1 (0ct 1st)	0.5
H Wood (ENG)	1889-1892	3	6	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)	0.166
Harry Elliott (ENG)	1928-1928	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

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Innings refers to when the player was the designated keeper.
All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Pakistan at Cape Town, South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2576]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Centurion, South Africa vs Pakistan 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2024 [Test # 2572]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Gqeberha, South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Dec 5-9, 2024 [Test # 2566]