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	1.880	54.83	29.03	0	16.12	0	65.38
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	31	19	4	0	8	0	4.750	61.29	12.9	0	25.8	0	82.6
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	29	17	6	0	6	0	2.830	58.62	20.68	0	20.68	0	73.91
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	28	8	11	0	9	0	0.720	28.57	39.28	0	32.14	0	42.1
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2016	28	16	7	0	5	0	2.280	57.14	25	0	17.85	0	69.56
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1961	26	16	4	0	6	0	4.000	61.53	15.38	0	23.07	0	80
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	23	7	8	0	8	0	0.870	30.43	34.78	0	34.78	0	46.66
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2003	23	11	6	0	6	0	1.830	47.82	26.08	0	26.08	0	64.7
R Illingworth (ENG)	1969-1973	23	9	5	0	9	0	1.800	39.13	21.73	0	39.13	0	64.28
BA Stokes (ENG)	2020-2025	22	15	5	0	2	0	3.000	68.18	22.72	0	9.09	0	75
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1989	20	3	12	0	5	0	0.250	15	60	0	25	0	20
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	19	12	0	0	7	0	-	63.15	0	0	36.84	0	100
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1993	18	9	4	0	5	0	2.250	50	22.22	0	27.77	0	69.23
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1968	17	7	4	0	6	0	1.750	41.17	23.52	0	35.29	0	63.63
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	15	3	3	0	9	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
ER Dexter (ENG)	1962-1964	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	42.85	0	50
CH Lloyd (WI)	1976-1984	14	9	0	0	5	0	-	64.28	0	0	35.71	0	100
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1899-1909	14	2	5	0	7	0	0.400	14.28	35.71	0	50	0	28.57
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1950	13	4	6	0	3	0	0.660	30.76	46.15	0	23.07	0	40
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.600	25	41.66	0	33.33	0	37.5
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	12	6	3	0	3	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	11	0	3	0	8	0	0.000	0	27.27	0	72.72	0	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1952-1954	11	4	1	0	6	0	4.000	36.36	9.09	0	54.54	0	80
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	11	6	2	0	3	0	3.000	54.54	18.18	0	27.27	0	75
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1930-1935	11	2	3	0	6	0	0.660	18.18	27.27	0	54.54	0	40
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2013-2015	10	2	6	0	2	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
WG Grace (ENG)	1888-1899	10	7	1	0	2	0	7.000	70	10	0	20	0	87.5
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1946	10	3	1	0	6	0	3.000	30	10	0	60	0	75
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2021	10	3	6	0	1	0	0.500	30	60	0	10	0	33.33
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
DG Bradman (AUS)	1938-1948	9	5	1	0	3	0	5.000	55.55	11.11	0	33.33	0	83.33
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.500	33.33	22.22	0	44.44	0	60
MS Dhoni (IND)	2011-2014	9	1	7	0	1	0	0.140	11.11	77.77	0	11.11	0	12.5
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	9	3	4	0	2	0	0.750	33.33	44.44	0	22.22	0	42.85
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1983	9	6	1	0	2	0	6.000	66.66	11.11	0	22.22	0	85.71
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1981	8	0	2	0	6	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1951	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.500	37.5	25	0	37.5	0	60
APF Chapman (ENG)	1926-1930	8	5	1	0	2	0	5.000	62.5	12.5	0	25	0	83.33
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1976	8	0	3	0	5	0	0.000	0	37.5	0	62.5	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
JR Reid (NZ)	1958-1965	8	0	7	0	1	0	0.000	0	87.5	0	12.5	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1966-1969	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-2001	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
DB Close (ENG)	1966-1967	7	6	0	0	1	0	-	85.71	0	0	14.28	0	100
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2023-2025	7	3	3	0	1	0	1.000	42.85	42.85	0	14.28	0	50
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	7	3	1	0	3	0	3.000	42.85	14.28	0	42.85	0	75
SP Fleming (NZ)	1999-2004	7	2	4	0	1	0	0.500	28.57	57.14	0	14.28	0	33.33
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1960	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1880-1890	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	28.57	0	20
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1966	7	3	2	0	2	0	1.500	42.85	28.57	0	28.57	0	60
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1996	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1929	6	1	0	0	5	0	-	16.66	0	0	83.33	0	100
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1980	6	0	3	0	3	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.000	33.33	16.66	0	50	0	66.66
JO Holder (WI)	2017-2020	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1981-1981	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1974	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1933	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
RB Richardson (WI)	1995-1995	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	6	3	2	0	1	0	1.500	50	33.33	0	16.66	0	60
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1921-1921	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1998	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
HG Deane (SA)	1929-1929	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1953-1953	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
Javed Burki (PAK)	1962-1962	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1992-1992	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2016	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
A Melville (SA)	1947-1947	5	0	3	0	2	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
MA Noble (AUS)	1909-1909	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
AD Nourse (SA)	1951-1951	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
Salman Butt (PAK)	2010-2010	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
HW Taylor (SA)	1924-1924	5	0	3	0	2	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1935	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
FMM Worrell (WI)	1963-1963	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
R Benaud (AUS)	1961-1961	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2022	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2002-2002	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1924	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1949-1949	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
VS Hazare (IND)	1952-1952	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1983	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2006-2006	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
AH Kardar (PAK)	1954-1954	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
BC Lara (WI)	2004-2004	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1968	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2015	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2016-2016	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
OJ Pope (ENG)	2024-2025	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	4	0	1	0	3	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100

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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]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]