Stats & Records
🏏 International Records (Tests, ODIs, T20Is)
- 538 matches played (all as wicket-keeper) – most by any wicket‑keeper
- 332 international matches captained – most ever
- 17,266 international runs – second most by a wicket‑keeper
- 4,876 Test runs – most by an Indian wicket‑keeper
- 183* – highest ODI score by a wicket‑keeper
- 224 – only Test double-century by an Indian wicket‑keeper (vs Australia, 2013)
- 229 ODI sixes, 359 total international sixes – among top six overall
- 84 ODI not-outs – most in ODI history
- Second most ODI wins as captain (110); second-most matches captained (200)
- Most stumpings in ODIs (123)
- All-format stumpings: 195, most in cricket history
- International dismissals: 829 total (catches + stumpings)
- Fastest stumping in cricket: 0.08 seconds (vs Keemo Paul, 2018) Most T20I stumpings (34) and dismissals in a T20I innings (5)
- Most T20I matches as captain (72)
- Most catches in a Test career by an Indian keeper (256 catches, 38 stumpings)
International & Domestic Achievements
- Only captain to win all three ICC White-ball trophies: T20 WC (2007), ODI WC (2011), Champions Trophy (2013)
- Led India to ICC Test #1 ranking (Test Mace) in 2010–11
- First Indian wicket-keeper to save a review via DRS? (Not officially documented but known for few DRS misses saved.)
IPL & Franchise Records
- 278 IPL matches played (most ever)
- 212 matches captained in IPL with ~60.95% win rate
- Five IPL titles: 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023
- Most IPL wicket-keeper dismissals: 201 (153 catches, 47 stumpings)
- Fastest 200 dismissals in IPL eclipsed on 7 May 2025
- CSK runs: 4,715 runs with 252 sixes for Chennai Super Kings
- Seasons with strike rate >120, including 220.55 in 2024