Top 10 Cricket Wicket Keepers in the World

Adam Gilchrist: 

Without a question, one of the greatest batsmen and wicketkeepers in the world is Adam Gilchrist. Prior to Adam Gilchrist, wicketkeepers were usually strong, physically fit people who played between seven and eight in the position. Gilchrist has since altered both that and the public's image of wicketkeepers. He changed the game of wicketkeeping forever, across all cricket formats. Gilchrist ushered in a new era of cricket with his devastating swing. Every club seeks a gloveman who is proficient as well as a batsman who can routinely score over 100 runs. Others try to meet the standard that Gilchrist set.
With his outstanding record, Gilchrist stands head and shoulders above all other wicketkeepers worldwide. In just 96 games, he amassed an incredible total of 416 Test dismissals. He also holds the record for most test runs (5570) at a 47.60 average, and the highest number of runs scored without a wicket by a wicketkeeper batsman in test cricket history (204). In One Day Internationals, Gilchrist has also taken a world record 472 wickets and amassed 9,619 runs at an incredible strike rate of 96.94, with a career-high 172 not outs.
Gilchrist also set records for the fastest 100, 200, and 300 wickets in test cricket history. No other wicketkeeper has ever accomplished these feats. In both ODI and test formats, no one has ever scored as many runs so quickly as he did. In the 2007 World Cup final match against Sri Lanka, he amassed the greatest innings of any batsman or wicketkeeper in the history of the tournament with 149 runs. Gilchrist is acknowledged for his outstanding ability to lead and his several game-winning efforts to the Australian cricket team. As one of the greatest players of all time, Gilchrist retired.



Mark Boucher:

With some of the most remarkable records in wicketkeeping history, Mark Boucher is considered the greatest wicketkeeper in the world. With 998 overall wicketkeeper dismissals, including the most in Test cricket, Boucher presently owns the record. Boucher reached the 500-catch mark in Test cricket in November 2011. He finished with 532 catches, 23 stumpings, and 555 test dismissals. He still holds the record for the most catches made by a wicketkeeper as of right now. With 424 ODI dismissals, he is third on the list of wicketkeepers with the most dismissals. But his agility and technique behind the stumps made him stand out right once, and he won over many cricket fans.
For South Africa, Mark Boucher has amassed 5,515 runs in 147 Test matches, including 35 fifty-scores and five hundreds. 26 fifty-six and a century were among the 4686 runs that Mark Boucher scored in 295 One-Day Internationals. Boucher had the kind of exceptional winning mindset that says a game isn't finished until the last ball is struck. His strong competitive spirit and calm demeanor helped him win a lot of games for South Africa when things got tough. His outstanding unbeaten fifty-score in the last ODI series encounter against Australia in Johannesburg in March 2006, which enabled his team to win with 438, stands out as his most memorable performance. Against Zimbabwe in 2006, Boucher became the second-fastest South African to achieve a century in an ODI, behind Devilliers. 



Mahendra Singh Dhoni:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is regarded as one of the best captains in the world as well as a superb cricket player and wicketkeeper. With 294 wickets in Test matches—256 catches and 38 stumpings—Dhoni is the seventh most successful wicketkeeper of all time. He is third among gloveman in ODIs with 444 dismissals in 350 games, which includes 321 catches and 123 stumpings. He is also the first Indian wicketkeeper to score 4,000 runs in a test match and the only wicketkeeper-batsman to record a double-century in the history of Indian Test cricket. In the history of One-Day International cricket, M. S. Dhoni's match-winning 183-run innings (with 15 fours, 10 sixes, and a 126.20 strike rate) against Sri Lanka in 2005 remains the highest score by a wicketkeeper.
In the history of ODI cricket, Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper to have more than 100 successful stumpings. In one-day internationals, he is the first Indian wicketkeeper to have more than 300 catches. In the history of ODI cricket, he is the only wicketkeeper batsman to score more than 10,000 runs at an average of over fifty. One of the world's best finishers, MS Dhoni, has helped India win a lot of One-Day International matches by batting all the way to the end and getting his team across the finish line. With 4,876 in 90 Tests, 10,773 in 350 ODIs, and 1,617 in 98 T20 Internationals, he amassed more than 15,000 runs for India.



Kumar Sangakkara:

Because of his unparalleled consistency, Kumar Sangakkara is one of the best wicketkeepers and batsmen that Sri Lanka has ever produced. He played test and one-day cricket for Sri Lanka, keeping wickets with incredible talent and unrelenting devotion. In addition to changing the nature of batting, Sangakkara gave his team much more than just a wicketkeeper. Along with his outstanding hitting, Sangakkara caused the most dismissals of any keeper in the ODI format with 482 (383 catches and 99 stumpings). By 2008, he had amassed 6,127 runs at an average of 55.19 from 90 Test matches, 73 of which he had played as wicketkeeper.
Kumar Sangakkara batted with the perfect balance of skill, technique, and effort. In test cricket, he has an outstanding average of over 43 against all sides. His ODI stats (14000 runs in 404 games) reveal his versatility and brilliance as a batter. With his 319 and 105 against Bangladesh in 2014, he helped set a record for the most international runs in a calendar year. He became his country's most prolific run scorer ever, with double hundreds coming off his bat with ease. Sangakkara has an incredibly high total Test average of 57.40.



Moin Khan:

Talented right-handed batter Moin Khan is primarily the wicketkeeper and batsman for the Pakistani squad. Moin became one of the top catchers with the ball behind the stumps. Moin was an excellent middle order batsman who was always willing to change the game to suit the circumstances. When Pakistan lost early wickets, he kept the innings together and, when he came into bat towards the end of the innings, he hit the big shots. In 69 test matches, Moin Khan amassed 2741 runs at an average of 28.55, including four centuries and fifteen half-centuries. His highest score of 137 was also accompanied by 128 catches and 20 stumpings.
More than any other Pakistani wicketkeeper in ODI history, he participated in 219 matches and amassed 3266 runs with 12 fifties and a career-high score of 72 not out. He also recorded 214 catches and 73 total stumps. He was even more successful with his fast feet and creativity in one-day cricket, when he scored against all pace attacks. In the semi-final of the 1992 World Cup, Pakistan needed to score nine runs off of eight balls against New Zealand. Moin Khan helped Pakistan defeat England in the final by hitting a six to put the score at three runs in seven balls. He also added a boundary.
Additionally, he played a crucial role for the Pakistani team at the 1999 World Cup. Moin had a stunning cameo, destroying the bowling attack of Australia. His analysis was ruined when he hit Glenn McGrath with three sixes. He also smacked two fours his route to an unbeaten 31 off just 12 deliveries. Of course, the tournament was great for him personally. He amassed 242 runs at an average of 34.57 in nine games, with a career-high 63 against South Africa. That was a very good wicketkeeper's performance.