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Most dismissals in a series
| Rank | Player | Player | Mat | Inns | Dismissed | Ct | St | Max Dis Inns | Dis/Inn | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | SAR Silva | SAR Silva (SL) | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 6 (6ct 0st) | 3.666 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985 |
🥈 2 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | - | 5 (5ct 0st) | 3 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2013/14 |
🥉 3 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 3 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2016/17 |
🥉 3 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | - | 5 (5ct 0st) | 2.5 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1990/91 |
5 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 3 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 (5ct 1st) | 2.333 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 |
6 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 (5ct 0st) | 3.25 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 |
6 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2.166 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 |
6 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 (2ct 2st) | 2.166 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 |
9 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 (3ct 1st) | 2.75 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09 |
9 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 (4ct 1st) | 2.75 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 |
9 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.833 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 |
9 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 (2ct 2st) | 1.833 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 |
9 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.833 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 |
14 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 3.333 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2022 |
14 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | - | 5 (5ct 0st) | 2.5 | Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2020/21 |
14 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 (3ct 1st) | 2.5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 |
14 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2.5 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2025 |
14 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | - | 5 (5ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002 |
14 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.666 | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 |
20 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 (3ct 2st) | 2.25 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2017/18 |
20 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2.25 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19 |
20 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 2.25 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2019/20 |
20 | MDKJ Perera | MDKJ Perera (SL) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2.25 | Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2015/16 |
20 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2.25 | Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 2001/02 |
20 | RG de Alwis | RG de Alwis (SL) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.8 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1983/84 |
20 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.8 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2017/18 |
20 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies), 2018 |
20 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012 |
20 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.5 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 |
20 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 |
20 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 |
32 | PB Dassanayake | PB Dassanayake (SL) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 (5ct 0st) | 4 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1994/95 |
32 | RG de Alwis | RG de Alwis (SL) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2.666 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 |
32 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | - | 5 (5ct 0st) | 2.666 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 |
32 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2024 |
32 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017 |
32 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 2 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2017/18 |
32 | CI Dunusinghe | CI Dunusinghe (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95 |
32 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06 |
32 | HM Goonatilleke | HM Goonatilleke (SL) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 (3ct 1st) | 1.6 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1981/82 |
32 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.333 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19 |
32 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.333 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 |
32 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.333 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 |
44 | MDKJ Perera | MDKJ Perera (SL) | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 3.5 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016 |
44 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2.333 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2020/21 |
44 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.75 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 |
44 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.75 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2002 |
44 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.75 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006 |
44 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 (4ct 0st) | 1.75 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2011 |
44 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 (2ct 2st) | 1.75 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98 |
44 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 (3ct 1st) | 1.75 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003 |
44 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.75 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2023/24 |
44 | AGD Wickremasinghe | AGD Wickremasinghe (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.75 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992/93 |
44 | CI Dunusinghe | CI Dunusinghe (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.4 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96 |
44 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.4 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 |
44 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.4 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011 |
44 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.4 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2005/06 |
44 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 (1ct 1st) | 1.166 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 |
44 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.166 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 (1ct 3st) | 3 | Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004 |
60 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 3 | Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004 |
60 | PB Dassanayake | PB Dassanayake (SL) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 (2ct 0st) | 2 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994 |
60 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03 |
60 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.5 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 |
60 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.5 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022 |
60 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 (1ct 2st) | 1.5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.5 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 1997 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.5 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 |
60 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2016 |
60 | PB Dassanayake | PB Dassanayake (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 (1ct 3st) | 1.2 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.2 | Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1995/96 |
60 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 |
75 | S Samarawickrama | S Samarawickrama (SL) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2.5 | Afghanistan in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2023/24 |
75 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2.5 | Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1989/90 |
75 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.666 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2018/19 |
75 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.666 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2021/22 |
75 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 1.666 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997 |
75 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2015/16 |
75 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.25 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018 |
75 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.25 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021 |
75 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 |
75 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 (1ct 1st) | 1.25 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999 |
75 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2024/25 |
75 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.25 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005/06 |
75 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 (1ct 2st) | 1 | Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 1998/99 |
88 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 4 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1994/95 |
88 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014 |
88 | KNM Fernando | KNM Fernando (SL) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2024 |
88 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 (4ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2007/08 |
88 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014 |
88 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 2 | Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1998 |
88 | MDKJ Perera | MDKJ Perera (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 (2ct 1st) | 2 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 |
88 | N Dickwella | N Dickwella (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.333 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2019 |
88 | HAPW Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.333 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia), 2007/08 |
88 | RS Kaluwitharana | RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.333 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97 |
88 | S Samarawickrama | S Samarawickrama (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.333 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023 |
88 | SAR Silva | SAR Silva (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.333 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1985/86 |
88 | LD Chandimal | LD Chandimal (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 (3ct 1st) | 1 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12 |
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All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper.