This record has stood for more than 75 years now, the only wicketkeeper to make more than 50 stumping in Tests is Bert Oldfield. The little New South Welshman spent much of his long international career stretched from 1920-21 to 1936-37. He was keeping to the teasing leg spin of Clarrie Grimmett. Bert Oldfield ended up with 52 Test stumping, 28 of them off Grimmett’s bowling.

Bert Oldfield has the long held records of Most Stumpings in Tests
Bert Oldfield has the long-held record of Most Stumpings in Tests

Next come Godfrey Evans, with 46 stumpings, and then next Indian Syed Kirmani (38) and Adam Gilchrist (37), just ahead of the leading current keeper, MS Dhoni (36). The leader in one-day internationals is Kumar Sangakkara, with 85 stumpings, ten ahead of MS Dhoni and Romesh Kaluwitharana both at 75.

Most stumpings in career

Player

Mat

Inns

Dis

Ct

St

WAS Oldfield (Aus)

54

101

130

78

52

TG Evans (Eng)

91

175

219

173

46

SMH Kirmani (India)

88

151

198

160

38

AC Gilchrist (Aus)

96

191

416

379

37

MS Dhoni (India)

77

143

248

212

36

HAPW Jayawardene (SL)

52

90

129

97

32

IA Healy (Aus)

119

224

395

366

29

Wasim Bari (Pak)

81

146

228

201

27

RS Kaluwitharana (SL)

49

85

119

93

26

JM Blackham (Aus)

35

57

59

35

24

ATW Grout (Aus)

51

98

187

163

24

LEG Ames (Eng)

47

81

95

72

23

MV Boucher (ICC/SA)

147

281

555

532

23

AFA Lilley (Eng)

35

67

92

70

22

Kamran Akmal (Pak)

53

99

206

184

22

H Carter (Aus)

28

55

65

44

21

JJ Kelly (Aus)

36

67

63

43

20

KS More (India)

49

90

130

110

20

KC Sangakkara (SL)

117

90

151

131

20

Moin Khan (Pak)

69

118

147

127

20

APE Knott (Eng)

95

174

269

250

19

JHB Waite (SA)

50

92

141

124

17

PW Sherwell (SA)

13

24

36

20

16

NS Tamhane (India)

21

35

51

35

16

Imtiaz Ahmed (Pak)

41

64

90

74

16

FM Engineer (India)

46

83

82

66

16

G Duckworth (Eng)

24

43

60

45

15

GRA Langley (Aus)

26

51

98

83

15

AJ Stewart (Eng)

133

141

241

227

14

TA Ward (SA)

23

37

32

19

13

Saleem Yousuf (Pak)

32

58

104

91

13

MJ Prior (Eng)

72

132

220

207

13

HB Cameron (SA)

26

45

51

39

12

H Strudwick (Eng)

28

48

73

61

12

RC Russell (Eng)

54

96

165

153

12

RD Jacobs (WI)

65

122

219

207

12

RW Marsh (Aus)

96

182

355

343

12

PK Sen (India)

14

21

31

20

11

CL Walcott (WI)

44

30

38

27

11

Rashid Latif (Pak)

37

69

130

119

11

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