Healy's dismissals have been taken in a Test career which began, also in Pakistan, on 15 September 1988 at National Stadium, Karachi. Rameez Raja was his first victim. Healy has appeared in 104 Tests since his debut, missing only one during that time.
While Healy now holds the world record for total dismissals, he still needs 12 catches to equal Marsh's world record of 341. His 25 stumpings are fifth on that all-time list (Bert Oldfield first with 52), and realistically he will probably only gain one more place on this list when he catches Wasim Bari (27).
Healy's ratio of 3.43 dismissals per Test ranks eleventh among keepers with 50 or more career dismissals. Marsh averaged 3.70 per Test while the leader on this table is the West Indies' Courtney Browne (4.62 in 13 Tests).
Test Wicketkeepers - Most Dismissals
(to 5 October 1998. Min: 100 dismissals)
Tests Ct St Total
IA Healy (Aus) 104 331 25 356
RM Marsh (Aus) 96 343 12 355
PJL Dujon (WI) 79 265 5 270 #
APE Knott (Eng) 95 250 19 269
Wasim Bari (Pak) 81 201 27 227
TG Evans (Eng) 91 173 46 219
SMH Kirmani (Ind) 88 160 38 198
DL Murray (WI) 62 181 8 189
ATW Grout (Aus) 51 163 24 187
IDS Smith (NZ) 63 168 8 176
RW Taylor (Eng) 57 167 7 174
RC Russell (Eng) 54 153 12 165
DJ Richardson (RSA) 42 150 2 152
AJ Stewart (Eng) 81 144 7 151 #
JHB Waite (RSA) 50 124 17 141
WAS Oldfield (Aus) 54 78 52 130
KS More (Ind) 49 110 20 130
JM Parks (Eng) 43 101 11 112 #
Salim Yousuf (Pak) 32 91 13 104
# The following players took catches while not keeping wicket:
Stewart (33), Dujon (2), Parks (2).
These catches are included in the above totals.