Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests held in England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2021	31	17	9	0	5	0	1.88	54.83	29.03	-	16.12	-	65.38
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	31	19	4	0	8	0	4.75	61.29	12.90	-	25.80	-	82.60
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	29	17	6	0	6	0	2.83	58.62	20.68	-	20.68	-	73.91
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	28	8	11	0	9	0	0.72	28.57	39.28	-	32.14	-	42.10
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2016	28	16	7	0	5	0	2.28	57.14	25.00	-	17.85	-	69.56
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1961	26	16	4	0	6	0	4.00	61.53	15.38	-	23.07	-	80.00
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	23	7	8	0	8	0	0.87	30.43	34.78	-	34.78	-	46.66
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2003	23	11	6	0	6	0	1.83	47.82	26.08	-	26.08	-	64.70
R Illingworth (ENG)	1969-1973	23	9	5	0	9	0	1.80	39.13	21.73	-	39.13	-	64.28
BA Stokes (ENG)	2020-2025	22	15	5	0	2	0	3.00	68.18	22.72	-	9.09	-	75.00
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1989	20	3	12	0	5	0	0.25	15.00	60.00	-	25.00	-	20.00
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	19	12	0	0	7	0	-	63.15	-	-	36.84	-	100.00
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1993	18	9	4	0	5	0	2.25	50.00	22.22	-	27.77	-	69.23
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1968	17	7	4	0	6	0	1.75	41.17	23.52	-	35.29	-	63.63
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	15	3	3	0	9	0	1.00	20.00	20.00	-	60.00	-	50.00
ER Dexter (ENG)	1962-1964	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.00	28.57	28.57	-	42.85	-	50.00
CH Lloyd (WI)	1976-1984	14	9	0	0	5	0	-	64.28	-	-	35.71	-	100.00
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1899-1909	14	2	5	0	7	0	0.40	14.28	35.71	-	50.00	-	28.57
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1950	13	4	6	0	3	0	0.66	30.76	46.15	-	23.07	-	40.00
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.60	25.00	41.66	-	33.33	-	37.50
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	12	6	3	0	3	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	-	25.00	-	66.66
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	11	0	3	0	8	0	-	-	27.27	-	72.72	-	-
L Hutton (ENG)	1952-1954	11	4	1	0	6	0	4.00	36.36	9.09	-	54.54	-	80.00
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	11	6	2	0	3	0	3.00	54.54	18.18	-	27.27	-	75.00
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1930-1935	11	2	3	0	6	0	0.66	18.18	27.27	-	54.54	-	40.00
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2013-2015	10	2	6	0	2	0	0.33	20.00	60.00	-	20.00	-	25.00
WG Grace (ENG)	1888-1899	10	7	1	0	2	0	7.00	70.00	10.00	-	20.00	-	87.50
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1946	10	3	1	0	6	0	3.00	30.00	10.00	-	60.00	-	75.00
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2021	10	3	6	0	1	0	0.50	30.00	60.00	-	10.00	-	33.33
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
DG Bradman (AUS)	1938-1948	9	5	1	0	3	0	5.00	55.55	11.11	-	33.33	-	83.33
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.50	33.33	22.22	-	44.44	-	60.00
MS Dhoni (IND)	2011-2014	9	1	7	0	1	0	0.14	11.11	77.77	-	11.11	-	12.50
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	9	3	4	0	2	0	0.75	33.33	44.44	-	22.22	-	42.85
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1983	9	6	1	0	2	0	6.00	66.66	11.11	-	22.22	-	85.71
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1981	8	0	2	0	6	0	-	-	25.00	-	75.00	-	-
FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1951	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.50	37.50	25.00	-	37.50	-	60.00
APF Chapman (ENG)	1926-1930	8	5	1	0	2	0	5.00	62.50	12.50	-	25.00	-	83.33
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1976	8	0	3	0	5	0	-	-	37.50	-	62.50	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
JR Reid (NZ)	1958-1965	8	0	7	0	1	0	-	-	87.50	-	12.50	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1966-1969	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.00	37.50	37.50	-	25.00	-	50.00
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-2001	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.00	37.50	37.50	-	25.00	-	50.00
DB Close (ENG)	1966-1967	7	6	0	0	1	0	-	85.71	-	-	14.28	-	100.00
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2023-2025	7	3	3	0	1	0	1.00	42.85	42.85	-	14.28	-	50.00
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	7	3	1	0	3	0	3.00	42.85	14.28	-	42.85	-	75.00
SP Fleming (NZ)	1999-2004	7	2	4	0	1	0	0.50	28.57	57.14	-	14.28	-	33.33
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1960	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.66	28.57	42.85	-	28.57	-	40.00
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1880-1890	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.25	14.28	57.14	-	28.57	-	20.00
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1966	7	3	2	0	2	0	1.50	42.85	28.57	-	28.57	-	60.00
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1996	6	0	2	0	4	0	-	-	33.33	-	66.66	-	-
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1929	6	1	0	0	5	0	-	16.66	-	-	83.33	-	100.00
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1980	6	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	-	-	33.33	-	100.00
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.00	33.33	16.66	-	50.00	-	66.66
JO Holder (WI)	2017-2020	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1981-1981	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.33	16.66	50.00	-	33.33	-	25.00
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1974	6	0	1	0	5	0	-	-	16.66	-	83.33	-	-
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1933	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
RB Richardson (WI)	1995-1995	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	6	3	2	0	1	0	1.50	50.00	33.33	-	16.66	-	60.00
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.33	16.66	50.00	-	33.33	-	25.00
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.33	20.00	60.00	-	20.00	-	25.00
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1921-1921	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60.00	-	-	40.00	-	100.00
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1998	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	-	40.00	-	33.33
HG Deane (SA)	1929-1929	5	0	2	0	3	0	-	-	40.00	-	60.00	-	-
AL Hassett (AUS)	1953-1953	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	20.00	-	80.00	-	-
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	-	-	60.00	-	100.00
Javed Burki (PAK)	1962-1962	5	0	4	0	1	0	-	-	80.00	-	20.00	-	-
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1992-1992	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	-	40.00	-	33.33
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2016	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	-	40.00	-	33.33
A Melville (SA)	1947-1947	5	0	3	0	2	0	-	-	60.00	-	40.00	-	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1909-1909	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
AD Nourse (SA)	1951-1951	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.33	20.00	60.00	-	20.00	-	25.00
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.00	40.00	40.00	-	20.00	-	50.00
Salman Butt (PAK)	2010-2010	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	-	-	-	40.00
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.00	40.00	40.00	-	20.00	-	50.00
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20.00	-	-	80.00	-	100.00
HW Taylor (SA)	1924-1924	5	0	3	0	2	0	-	-	60.00	-	40.00	-	-
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1935	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20.00	-	-	80.00	-	100.00
FMM Worrell (WI)	1963-1963	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.00	60.00	20.00	-	20.00	-	75.00
R Benaud (AUS)	1961-1961	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2022	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.33	25.00	75.00	-	-	-	25.00
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	2002-2002	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1924	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75.00	-	-	25.00	-	100.00
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1949-1949	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
VS Hazare (IND)	1952-1952	4	0	3	0	1	0	-	-	75.00	-	25.00	-	-
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1983	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.33	25.00	75.00	-	-	-	25.00
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2006-2006	4	0	3	0	1	0	-	-	75.00	-	25.00	-	-
AH Kardar (PAK)	1954-1954	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
BC Lara (WI)	2004-2004	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1968	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2015	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.33	25.00	75.00	-	-	-	25.00
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2016-2016	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
OJ Pope (ENG)	2024-2025	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.00	75.00	25.00	-	-	-	75.00
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	-	25.00	-	75.00	-	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	4	4	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:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

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

Somerset vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, County Championship Division One 55th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class]