Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests at SA: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2013	10	5	4	0	1	0	1.25	50.00	40.00	-	10.00	-	55.55
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1999	7	3	2	0	2	0	1.50	42.85	28.57	-	28.57	-	60.00
F du Plessis (SA)	2017-2020	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
DJ McGlew (SA)	1957-1962	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	66.66	-	100.00
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1958	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
D Elgar (SA)	2019-2022	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2006	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2003	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1957	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2002	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
RT Ponting (AUS)	2006-2009	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1962	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
RB Simpson (AUS)	1966-1967	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1966-1967	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1995	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-1992	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2023	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
AR Border (AUS)	1994-1994	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2023-2023	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2011	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
AN Cook (ENG)	2016-2016	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
Q de Kock (SA)	2021-2021	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2016	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MS Dhoni (IND)	2013-2013	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2006	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-1999	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2006	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2021-2021	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2018	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1970	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AD Mathews (SL)	2017-2017	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2013-2013	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
KL Rahul (IND)	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JE Root (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1994-1994	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1995-1995	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2019-2019	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2010-2010	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
DL Vettori (NZ)	2007-2007	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	2002-2002	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00

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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:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Pakistan vs West Indies at Lauderhill, Pakistan tour of West Indies 3rd T20I, Aug 3, 2025 [T20I # 3391]

Switzerland vs Estonia at Tallinn, Switzerland in Estonia 2nd T20I, Aug 3, 2025 [T20I # 3389]