South Africa Records

Test Matches Records

Keeping Most Dismissals Career

Most dismissals for South Africa in Tests

Most dismissals

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dismissed	Ct	St	Max Dis Inns	Dis/Inn
MV Boucher	1997-2012	146	279	553	530	23	6 (6ct 0st)	1.982
Q de Kock	2014-2021	54	98	232	221	11	6 (6ct 0st)	2.367
DJ Richardson	1992-1998	42	77	152	150	2	5 (5ct 0st)	1.974
JHB Waite	1951-1965	50	92	141	124	17	4 (4ct 0st)	1.532
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	114	45	106	101	5	6 (6ct 0st)	2.355
K Verreynne	2021-2025	27	46	90	80	10	5 (5ct 0st)	1.956
DT Lindsay	1963-1970	19	28	56	54	2	6 (6ct 0st)	2
HB Cameron	1927-1935	26	45	51	39	12	4 (2ct 2st)	1.133
PW Sherwell	1906-1911	13	24	36	20	16	3 (3ct 0st)	1.5
TA Ward	1912-1924	23	37	32	19	13	3 (3ct 0st)	0.864
WW Wade	1938-1950	11	18	17	15	2	3 (3ct 0st)	0.944
DJ Vilas	2015-2016	6	10	13	13	-	4 (4ct 0st)	1.3
H Klaasen	2019-2023	4	5	12	10	2	4 (3ct 1st)	2.4
EA Halliwell	1892-1902	8	13	12	10	2	2 (2ct 0st)	0.923
RE Grieveson	1939-1939	2	4	10	7	3	3 (3ct 0st)	2.5
GM Fullerton	1947-1951	7	7	8	6	2	4 (3ct 1st)	1.142
T Campbell	1910-1912	5	9	8	7	1	2 (2ct 0st)	0.888
TL Tsolekile	2004-2004	3	5	6	6	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.2
C Fortuin	2024-2024	2	4	5	3	2	3 (2ct 1st)	1.25
D Gamsy	1970-1970	2	4	5	5	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.25
JD Lindsay	1947-1947	3	6	5	4	1	2 (1ct 1st)	0.833
WR Endean	1951-1958	28	2	3	3	-	2 (2ct 0st)	1.5
EA van der Merwe	1929-1936	2	3	3	3	-	2 (2ct 0st)	1
M Bisset	1899-1910	3	4	3	2	1	1 (1ct 0st)	0.75
F Nicholson	1935-1936	4	6	3	3	-	2 (2ct 0st)	0.5
FW Smith	1889-1896	3	3	2	2	-	2 (2ct 0st)	0.666

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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:

Surrey vs Leicestershire at Guildford, One-Day Cup Group A, Aug 6, 2025 [List A]

Middlesex vs Somerset at Radlett, One-Day Cup Group B, Aug 6, 2025 [List A]

SLC Blues vs SLC Greens at Colombo (SSC), SLC T20 League 1st Match, Aug 7, 2025 [Twenty20]