Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests in 2020s

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
BA Stokes (ENG)	2020-2026	42	23	17	0	2	0	1.350	54.76	40.47	0	4.76	0	57.5
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2021-2025	38	24	8	0	6	0	3.000	63.15	21.05	0	15.78	0	75
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2021-2025	34	10	17	0	7	0	0.580	29.41	50	0	20.58	0	37.03
JE Root (ENG)	2020-2022	28	10	11	0	7	0	0.900	35.71	39.28	0	25	0	47.61
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2020-2023	24	9	10	0	5	0	0.900	37.5	41.66	0	20.83	0	47.36
RG Sharma (IND)	2022-2024	24	12	9	0	3	0	1.330	50	37.5	0	12.5	0	57.14
Babar Azam (PAK)	2021-2023	20	10	6	0	4	0	1.660	50	30	0	20	0	62.5
TWM Latham (NZ)	2020-2025	18	10	7	0	1	0	1.420	55.55	38.88	0	5.55	0	58.82
D Elgar (SA)	2021-2024	16	8	7	0	1	0	1.140	50	43.75	0	6.25	0	53.33
Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)	2023-2025	16	6	9	0	1	0	0.660	37.5	56.25	0	6.25	0	40
V Kohli (IND)	2020-2022	15	7	7	0	1	0	1.000	46.66	46.66	0	6.66	0	50
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2020-2022	15	3	10	0	2	0	0.300	20	66.66	0	13.33	0	23.07
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2025	14	7	6	0	1	0	1.160	50	42.85	0	7.14	0	53.84
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2020-2025	14	2	10	0	2	0	0.200	14.28	71.42	0	14.28	0	16.66
Shan Masood (PAK)	2023-2025	14	4	10	0	0	0	0.400	28.57	71.42	0	0	0	28.57
TG Southee (NZ)	2022-2024	14	6	6	0	2	0	1.000	42.85	42.85	0	14.28	0	50
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2025	12	11	0	0	1	0	-	91.66	0	0	8.33	0	100
SPD Smith (AUS)	2021-2026	10	8	1	0	1	0	8.000	80	10	0	10	0	88.88
KS Williamson (NZ)	2020-2022	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
A Balbirnie (IRE)	2023-2025	9	3	6	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
RL Chase (WI)	2025-2025	8	0	7	0	1	0	0.000	0	87.5	0	12.5	0	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	8	4	3	0	1	0	1.330	50	37.5	0	12.5	0	57.14
Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG)	2023-2025	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
JO Holder (WI)	2020-2020	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
TD Paine (AUS)	2020-2021	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
OJ Pope (ENG)	2024-2025	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2022-2023	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2020-2020	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
Q de Kock (SA)	2020-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AK Markram (SA)	2024-2025	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
AM Rahane (IND)	2020-2021	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
SC Williams (ZIM)	2020-2021	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2022-2025	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
F du Plessis (SA)	2020-2020	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
KL Rahul (IND)	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2021-2021	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Asghar Afghan (AFG)	2021-2021	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
LD Chandimal (SL)	2021-2021	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)	2024-2024	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2020-2021	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MJ Santner (NZ)	2025-2025	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
J Campbell (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Litton Das (BAN)	2023-2023	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
KA Maharaj (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
PWA Mulder (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
RR Pant (IND)	2025-2025	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]