Fielding Most Catches Career

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Most catches

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	107	87	4	0.813
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	54	104	76	4	0.73
IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1976	45	86	62	4	0.72
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	60	107	52	3	0.485
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	49	93	51	4	0.548
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1979	32	61	45	3	0.737
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	62	110	45	2	0.409
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1977	22	40	42	4	1.05
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	38	72	42	3	0.583
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1977	46	85	42	3	0.494
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	53	100	42	2	0.42
CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1980	48	92	37	2	0.402
IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1976	33	62	36	3	0.58
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	21	37	35	3	0.945
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	35	67	35	2	0.522
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1979	22	42	33	3	0.785
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	47	90	32	2	0.355
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1979	59	110	31	3	0.281
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	34	60	30	3	0.5
GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1977	30	54	28	2	0.518
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	30	59	28	2	0.474
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	36	64	27	4	0.421
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1974	26	50	26	2	0.52
MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	33	62	26	2	0.419
MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1975	27	48	25	2	0.52
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1973-1979	29	51	25	3	0.49
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1976	28	53	25	2	0.471
JM Parker (NZ)	1973-1979	30	53	25	3	0.471
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	25	47	24	3	0.51
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1971-1977	21	38	23	3	0.605
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	25	42	23	2	0.547
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1980	21	42	23	2	0.547
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	33	60	23	2	0.383
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1979	25	44	22	2	0.5
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	36	68	22	2	0.323
JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1976	37	70	22	2	0.314
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1978	41	76	22	2	0.289
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1979	51	95	22	2	0.231
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	18	33	21	4	0.636
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1979	33	61	21	3	0.344
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	17	31	20	2	0.645
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	23	43	20	2	0.465
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	32	56	20	2	0.357
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	39	74	20	2	0.27
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	42	75	20	2	0.266
DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	45	80	20	2	0.25
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	17	30	19	3	0.633
DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1979	26	49	18	2	0.367
RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1974	18	34	17	3	0.5
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1977	21	37	17	3	0.459
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1973	25	46	17	3	0.369
LR Gibbs (WI)	1971-1976	29	57	17	3	0.298
G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	44	79	17	2	0.215
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	48	85	17	1	0.2
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1977	14	27	15	4	0.555
BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1976	20	34	15	3	0.441
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1980	20	35	15	2	0.428
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	47	15	2	0.319
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	32	57	15	2	0.263
VA Holder (WI)	1971-1979	37	68	15	1	0.22
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	15	27	14	2	0.518
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	16	29	14	3	0.482
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1979	18	31	14	3	0.451
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	17	31	14	4	0.451
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	18	34	14	2	0.411
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1974	21	39	14	2	0.358
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	46	14	2	0.304
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	26	48	14	2	0.291
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	26	48	14	2	0.291
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1979	34	64	14	1	0.218
DF Whatmore (AUS)	1979-1979	7	11	13	4	1.181
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1977-1978	12	22	13	3	0.59
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1979	14	26	12	2	0.461
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	64	12	1	0.187
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1977-1979	4	8	11	5	1.375
D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1975	9	18	11	3	0.611
RB Simpson (AUS)	1977-1978	10	18	11	2	0.611
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1978	15	29	11	2	0.379
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	17	31	11	2	0.354
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	8	13	10	3	0.769
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	19	36	10	2	0.277
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	24	45	10	1	0.222
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	9	9	2	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1974-1979	7	13	9	3	0.692
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	9	14	9	2	0.642
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1971	9	17	9	2	0.529
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1976	14	24	9	2	0.375
IC Davis (AUS)	1973-1977	15	28	9	2	0.321
PM Toohey (AUS)	1977-1980	15	28	9	2	0.321
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	23	40	9	1	0.225
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	25	47	9	1	0.191
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1978	27	47	9	2	0.191
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1980	35	68	9	2	0.132
EJ Barlow (SA)	1970-1970	4	8	8	3	1
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	4	8	8	2	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1979	5	10	8	2	0.8
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1980	14	24	8	2	0.333
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1976-1979	15	25	8	2	0.32
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	15	28	8	1	0.285
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1977	16	28	8	1	0.285

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All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]