Most dismissals in career

Most dismissals in career in FC

Most dismissals

Player	Span	Mat	Dis	Ct	St
RW Taylor	1960-1988	639	1649	1473	176
JT Murray	1952-1975	635	1527	1268	259
H Strudwick	1902-1927	674	1495	1237	258
APE Knott	1964-1985	511	1344	1211	133
RC Russell	1981-2004	465	1320	1192	128
FH Huish	1895-1914	497	1310	933	377
B Taylor	1949-1973	572	1295	1084	211
SJ Rhodes	1981-2004	440	1263	1139	124
D Hunter	1888-1909	552	1263	913	350
HR Butt	1890-1912	550	1231	955	276
JH Board	1891-1915	525	1206	851	355
Harry Elliott	1920-1947	532	1206	903	303
JM Parks	1949-1976	739	1181	1087	94
R Booth	1951-1970	468	1126	948	178
LEG Ames	1926-1951	593	1121	703	418
CMW Read	1997-2017	349	1104	1051	53
DL Bairstow	1970-1990	459	1099	961	138
G Duckworth	1923-1947	504	1096	753	343
HW Stephenson	1948-1964	463	1080	746	334
JG Binks	1955-1975	502	1071	895	176
TG Evans	1939-1967	465	1066	816	250
A Long	1960-1980	452	1046	922	124
GO Dawkes	1937-1961	482	1041	894	147
RW Tolchard	1965-1983	483	1041	914	127
WL Cornford	1921-1947	496	1018	676	342
FE Woolley	1906-1938	978	1018	1018	0
TW Oates	1897-1925	434	993	761	232
WFF Price	1926-1947	402	991	668	323
PA Nixon	1989-2011	355	956	889	67
WK Hegg	1986-2005	348	951	857	94
Kamran Akmal	1997-2020	249	937	871	66
EW Jones	1961-1983	405	933	840	93
BN French	1976-1995	360	917	817	100
AFA Lilley	1891-1911	416	911	714	197
KV Andrew	1952-1966	390	904	723	181
JS Foster	2000-2018	289	901	839	62
A Wood	1927-1948	420	886	631	255
A Dolphin	1905-1927	449	882	609	273
WG Grace	1865-1908	870	881	876	5
EJ Smith	1904-1930	496	878	722	156
RW Marsh	1968-1984	257	869	803	66
EW Pooley	1861-1883	370	854	496	358
DL Murray	1960-1981	367	848	740	108
M Sherwin	1876-1896	328	836	611	225
RJ Blakey	1985-2003	348	835	778	57
HR Murrell	1899-1926	378	834	565	269
GAR Lock	1946-1971	654	831	831	0
Wasim Bari	1964-1984	286	828	684	144
WT Luckes	1924-1949	365	827	587	240
BJ Meyer	1957-1971	406	826	707	119
FM Engineer	1958-1976	335	824	704	120
WR Hammond	1920-1951	634	823	820	3
EWJ Brooks	1925-1939	359	821	725	96
DB Close	1949-1986	786	814	813	1
AC Gilchrist	1992-2008	190	811	756	55

Figures also include catches made as a fielder

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v England at Perth, 1st Test, Nov 21-22, 2025 [Test # 2608]

Canterbury v Northern Districts at Rangiora, Plunket Shield 3rd match, Nov 18-21, 2025 [First-class]

Wellington v Otago at Wellington, Plunket Shield 2nd match, Nov 18-21, 2025 [First-class]