Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests at AUS: Sydney Cricket Ground

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1994	11	4	1	0	6	0	4.000	36.36	9.09	0	54.54	0	80
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	7	7	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GS Chappell (AUS)	1976-1983	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.000	50	16.66	0	33.33	0	75
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2004	6	4	1	0	1	0	4.000	66.66	16.66	0	16.66	0	80
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015-2026	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
MA Taylor (AUS)	1995-1999	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1931-1933	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
R Benaud (AUS)	1959-1963	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
DG Bradman (AUS)	1936-1947	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
IM Chappell (AUS)	1971-1975	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2022-2025	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1921	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
AL Hassett (AUS)	1951-1953	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
C Hill (AUS)	1910-1912	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1971	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1897-1902	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1882-1883	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
MA Noble (AUS)	1903-1908	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1885-1887	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
JM Blackham (AUS)	1885-1894	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1980	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
CH Lloyd (WI)	1976-1985	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
PS McDonnell (AUS)	1887-1888	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2021	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1978	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2005-2009	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Hon.IFW Bligh (ENG)	1883-1883	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
HL Collins (AUS)	1924-1925	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
ER Dexter (ENG)	1963-1963	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1987-1988	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1925	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1964	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
GC Grant (WI)	1931-1931	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
L Hutton (ENG)	1954-1955	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Imran Khan (PAK)	1984-1990	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1933	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
V Kohli (IND)	2015-2019	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2005-2010	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2022	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
A Shaw (ENG)	1882-1882	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
PW Sherwell (SA)	1910-1911	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1969-1969	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1894-1895	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
GHS Trott (AUS)	1897-1898	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
PF Warner (ENG)	1903-1904	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1947	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1995	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-1992	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
BC Booth (AUS)	1966-1966	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FR Brown (ENG)	1951-1951	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2025-2025	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1931	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
APF Chapman (ENG)	1928-1928	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JE Cheetham (SA)	1953-1953	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1985-1985	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1974-1974	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AN Cook (ENG)	2014-2014	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1998	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
J Darling (AUS)	1901-1901	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2012-2012	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
D Elgar (SA)	2023-2023	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
FL Fane (ENG)	1907-1907	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2007-2007	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2004-2004	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1981-1981	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
G Giffen (AUS)	1895-1895	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JDC Goddard (WI)	1951-1951	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1991-1991	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
WG Grace (ENG)	1892-1892	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1946	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JO Holder (WI)	2016-2016	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1984-1984	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	2003-2003	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1973-1973	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2013-2013	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1955-1955	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AO Jones (ENG)	1908-1908	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1986	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
A Kumble (IND)	2008-2008	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TWM Latham (NZ)	2020-2020	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HH Massie (AUS)	1885-1885	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2017-2017	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1954-1954	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1977-1977	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1968-1968	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AM Rahane (IND)	2021-2021	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
WW Read (ENG)	1888-1888	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
IVA Richards (WI)	1989-1989	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1993-1993	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
J Ryder (AUS)	1928-1928	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0

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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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

India vs Australia at Sydney, Australia vs India 5th Test, Jan 3-5, 2025 [Test # 2575]

Pakistan vs Australia at Sydney, Pakistan in Australia 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2024 [Test # 2521]