First-class matches Cricket – Most catches in career
First-class matches
Most catches
Most catches in career
Rank | Player | Span | Mat | Dis | Ct | St |
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🥇 1 | RW Taylor | 1960-1988 | 639 | 1649 | 1473 | 176 |
🥈 2 | JT Murray | 1952-1975 | 635 | 1527 | 1268 | 259 |
🥉 3 | H Strudwick | 1902-1927 | 674 | 1495 | 1237 | 258 |
4 | APE Knott | 1964-1985 | 511 | 1344 | 1211 | 133 |
5 | RC Russell | 1981-2004 | 465 | 1320 | 1192 | 128 |
6 | SJ Rhodes | 1981-2004 | 440 | 1263 | 1139 | 124 |
7 | JM Parks | 1949-1976 | 739 | 1181 | 1087 | 94 |
8 | B Taylor | 1949-1973 | 572 | 1295 | 1084 | 211 |
9 | CMW Read | 1997-2017 | 349 | 1104 | 1051 | 53 |
10 | FE Woolley | 1906-1938 | 978 | 1018 | 1018 | 0 |
11 | DL Bairstow | 1970-1990 | 459 | 1099 | 961 | 138 |
12 | HR Butt | 1890-1912 | 550 | 1231 | 955 | 276 |
13 | R Booth | 1951-1970 | 468 | 1126 | 948 | 178 |
14 | FH Huish | 1895-1914 | 497 | 1310 | 933 | 377 |
15 | A Long | 1960-1980 | 452 | 1046 | 922 | 124 |
16 | RW Tolchard | 1965-1983 | 483 | 1041 | 914 | 127 |
17 | D Hunter | 1888-1909 | 552 | 1263 | 913 | 350 |
18 | Harry Elliott | 1920-1947 | 532 | 1206 | 903 | 303 |
19 | JG Binks | 1955-1975 | 502 | 1071 | 895 | 176 |
20 | GO Dawkes | 1937-1961 | 482 | 1041 | 894 | 147 |
21 | PA Nixon | 1989-2011 | 355 | 956 | 889 | 67 |
22 | WG Grace | 1865-1908 | 870 | 881 | 876 | 5 |
23 | Kamran Akmal | 1997-2020 | 249 | 937 | 871 | 66 |
24 | WK Hegg | 1986-2005 | 348 | 951 | 857 | 94 |
25 | JH Board | 1891-1915 | 525 | 1206 | 851 | 355 |
26 | EW Jones | 1961-1983 | 405 | 933 | 840 | 93 |
27 | JS Foster | 2000-2018 | 289 | 901 | 839 | 62 |
28 | GAR Lock | 1946-1971 | 654 | 831 | 831 | 0 |
29 | WR Hammond | 1920-1951 | 634 | 823 | 820 | 3 |
30 | BN French | 1976-1995 | 360 | 917 | 817 | 100 |
31 | TG Evans | 1939-1967 | 465 | 1066 | 816 | 250 |
32 | DB Close | 1949-1986 | 786 | 814 | 813 | 1 |
33 | RW Marsh | 1968-1984 | 257 | 869 | 803 | 66 |
34 | JG Langridge | 1928-1955 | 574 | 788 | 788 | 0 |
35 | RJ Blakey | 1985-2003 | 348 | 835 | 778 | 57 |
36 | W Rhodes | 1898-1930 | 1110 | 765 | 765 | 0 |
37 | TW Oates | 1897-1925 | 434 | 993 | 761 | 232 |
38 | CA Milton | 1948-1974 | 620 | 760 | 760 | 0 |
39 | EH Hendren | 1907-1937 | 833 | 759 | 759 | 0 |
40 | AC Gilchrist | 1992-2008 | 190 | 811 | 756 | 55 |
41 | G Duckworth | 1923-1947 | 504 | 1096 | 753 | 343 |
42 | HW Stephenson | 1948-1964 | 463 | 1080 | 746 | 334 |
43 | DL Murray | 1960-1981 | 367 | 848 | 740 | 108 |
44 | EWJ Brooks | 1925-1939 | 359 | 821 | 725 | 96 |
45 | KV Andrew | 1952-1966 | 390 | 904 | 723 | 181 |
46 | EJ Smith | 1904-1930 | 496 | 878 | 722 | 156 |
47 | AJ Stewart | 1981-2003 | 447 | 753 | 721 | 32 |
48 | AC Smith | 1958-1974 | 428 | 776 | 715 | 61 |
49 | AFA Lilley | 1891-1911 | 416 | 911 | 714 | 197 |
50 | MV Boucher | 1995-2012 | 212 | 749 | 712 | 37 |
51 | GA Hick | 1983-2008 | 526 | 709 | 709 | 0 |
52 | JA Simpson | 2009-2025 | 225 | 748 | 708 | 40 |
53 | MA Wallace | 1999-2016 | 264 | 763 | 707 | 56 |
53 | BJ Meyer | 1957-1971 | 406 | 826 | 707 | 119 |
55 | FM Engineer | 1958-1976 | 335 | 824 | 704 | 120 |
56 | RJ Turner | 1988-2005 | 250 | 753 | 703 | 50 |
56 | LEG Ames | 1926-1951 | 593 | 1121 | 703 | 418 |
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Figures also include catches made as a fielder