Most matches as captain

Most matches as captain in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L	%W	%L
MS Dhoni (IND)	2007-2018	332	178	120	6	15	1.48	53.61	36.14
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	2002-2012	324	220	77	2	13	2.85	67.9	23.76
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-2007	303	128	135	2	25	0.94	42.24	44.55
GC Smith (Afr/ICC/SA)	2003-2014	286	163	89	1	27	1.83	56.99	31.11
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1994	271	139	89	2	38	1.56	51.29	32.84
A Ranatunga (SL)	1988-1999	249	101	114	1	25	0.88	40.56	45.78
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	221	104	90	2	19	1.15	47.05	40.72
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2022	213	135	60	3	11	2.25	63.38	28.16
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2024	206	107	84	2	8	1.27	51.94	40.77
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2011-2022	198	118	67	4	0	1.76	59.59	33.83
SC Ganguly (Asia/IND)	1999-2005	196	97	79	0	15	1.22	49.48	40.3
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	191	126	46	1	15	2.73	65.96	24.08
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1992	187	89	67	1	26	1.32	47.59	35.82
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	2004-2013	186	101	67	2	8	1.5	54.3	36.02
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2007	172	69	85	0	11	0.81	40.11	49.41
WTS Porterfield (IRE)	2008-2019	172	76	84	2	0	0.9	44.18	48.83
SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-2004	163	108	44	3	7	2.45	66.25	26.99
CH Lloyd (WI)	1974-1985	158	100	30	1	26	3.33	63.29	18.98
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-2003	156	84	59	2	8	1.42	53.84	37.82
AD Mathews (SL)	2012-2021	156	68	75	1	6	0.9	43.58	48.07
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	155	94	44	0	15	2.13	60.64	28.38
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2008-2017	151	77	60	2	11	1.28	50.99	39.73
Babar Azam (PAK)	2019-2024	148	84	50	2	4	1.68	56.75	33.78
DL Vettori (NZ)	2004-2011	142	60	62	3	10	0.96	42.25	43.66
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2007-2015	139	86	41	1	7	2.09	61.87	29.49
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-2000	134	78	49	2	5	1.59	58.2	36.56
AJ Finch (AUS)	2014-2022	131	71	56	1	0	1.26	54.19	42.74
AN Cook (ENG)	2009-2016	129	60	53	1	13	1.13	46.51	41.08
DJG Sammy (WI)	2010-2016	128	54	59	2	10	0.91	42.18	46.09
RG Sharma (IND)	2017-2024	128	95	28	2	2	3.39	74.21	21.87
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2020	126	35	78	2	5	0.44	27.77	61.9
AB de Villiers (SA)	2012-2017	124	69	49	1	0	1.4	55.64	39.51
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)	2000-2007	124	74	39	3	7	1.89	59.67	31.45
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/PAK)	2001-2007	122	64	45	0	9	1.42	52.45	36.88
A Vala (PNG)	2016-2024	122	44	76	1	0	0.57	36.06	62.29
BB McCullum (NZ)	2008-2016	121	60	47	1	9	1.27	49.58	38.84
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2009-2023	120	47	72	0	0	0.65	39.16	60
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2009-2020	117	61	53	0	0	1.15	52.13	45.29
MA Taylor (AUS)	1992-1999	117	62	43	1	11	1.44	52.99	36.75
Asghar Afghan (AFG)	2015-2021	115	78	32	2	0	2.43	67.82	27.82
F du Plessis (SA/World)	2012-2020	115	70	40	1	3	1.75	60.86	34.78
MG Erasmus (NAM)	2019-2024	115	65	48	1	0	1.35	56.52	41.73
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	115	51	47	1	15	1.08	44.34	40.86
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	113	59	34	2	14	1.73	52.21	30.08
RB Richardson (WI)	1991-1996	111	57	42	3	7	1.35	51.35	37.83
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1987	108	43	40	1	22	1.07	39.81	37.03
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-2002	107	32	64	2	7	0.5	29.9	59.81
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2024	105	56	39	0	7	1.43	53.33	37.14
R Dravid (IND)	2000-2007	104	50	39	0	11	1.28	48.07	37.5
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-2003	101	45	42	0	13	1.07	44.55	41.58
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2015-2019	100	61	36	0	1	1.69	61	36
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	98	27	52	1	12	0.51	27.55	53.06
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	97	33	42	1	20	0.78	34.02	43.29
GS Chappell (AUS)	1975-1983	97	42	38	0	14	1.1	43.29	39.17
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1993	96	40	39	1	14	1.02	41.66	40.62
A Balbirnie (IRE)	2020-2024	95	29	60	1	0	0.48	30.52	63.15
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2011-2017	94	26	56	0	9	0.46	27.65	59.57
Zeeshan Maqsood (OMA)	2019-2024	91	50	38	2	0	1.31	54.94	41.75
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2010	90	26	49	1	8	0.53	28.88	54.44
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	90	42	33	0	12	1.27	46.66	36.66
MD Shanaka (SL)	2019-2023	89	45	41	2	0	1.09	50.56	46.06
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2004	89	22	58	0	6	0.37	24.71	65.16
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2004-2007	87	30	53	0	4	0.56	34.48	60.91
KJ Coetzer (SCOT)	2012-2022	86	46	37	2	0	1.24	53.48	43.02
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1976-1985	84	23	29	0	30	0.79	27.38	34.52
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	84	34	35	0	12	0.97	40.47	41.66
Shahid Afridi (ICC/PAK)	2009-2018	83	38	43	1	0	0.88	45.78	51.8
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2009-2012	82	45	26	0	7	1.73	54.87	31.7
MS Atapattu (SL)	2001-2006	81	43	33	0	4	1.3	53.08	40.74
JC Buttler (ENG)	2015-2024	80	40	37	0	0	1.08	50	46.25
E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2010-2016	80	20	60	0	0	0.33	25	75
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1987	80	13	54	0	9	0.24	16.25	67.5
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	2001-2011	80	28	50	0	0	0.56	35	62.5
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	79	47	30	0	0	1.56	59.49	37.97
P Utseya (ZIM)	2006-2010	78	23	53	2	0	0.43	29.48	67.94
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1984	77	25	36	1	11	0.69	32.46	46.75
RK Paudel (NEP)	2022-2024	74	39	32	1	0	1.21	52.7	43.24
A Flower (ZIM)	1993-2000	72	13	45	2	9	0.28	18.05	62.5
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-2003	71	27	35	0	7	0.77	38.02	49.29
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2011-2021	71	16	55	0	0	0.29	22.53	77.46
PW Borren (NED)	2010-2017	68	31	34	1	0	0.91	45.58	50
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	68	25	33	0	8	0.75	36.76	48.52
Ahmed Faiz (MAS)	2019-2024	67	39	25	1	0	1.56	58.2	37.31
SA Edwards (NED)	2022-2024	67	29	36	1	0	0.8	43.28	53.73
TWM Latham (NZ)	2017-2023	66	38	25	1	0	1.52	57.57	37.87
C Rubagumya (RWN)	2021-2024	66	15	49	0	0	0.3	22.72	74.24
T Bavuma (SA)	2021-2024	65	39	23	0	1	1.69	60	35.38
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2020-2024	65	29	31	0	1	0.93	44.61	47.69
CA Walsh (WI)	1994-1997	65	28	27	0	9	1.03	43.07	41.53
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2022	64	27	26	0	11	1.03	42.18	40.62
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2007-2019	64	38	24	1	1	1.58	59.37	37.5
Mohammad Nabi (AFG)	2013-2022	63	29	34	0	0	0.85	46.03	53.96
KA Pollard (WI)	2013-2022	63	26	32	0	0	0.81	41.26	50.79
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2007-2009	62	10	51	0	1	0.19	16.12	82.25
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1993	60	23	29	0	7	0.79	38.33	48.33
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	60	28	16	0	16	1.75	46.66	26.66
B Masaba (UGA)	2021-2024	60	45	12	0	0	3.75	75	20
Muhammad Waseem (UAE)	2023-2024	59	26	33	0	0	0.78	44.06	55.93
MD Patel (USA)	2021-2024	59	34	20	4	0	1.7	57.62	33.89
PM Seelaar (NED)	2018-2022	58	23	31	2	0	0.74	39.65	53.44
GJ Bailey (AUS)	2012-2015	57	30	23	1	0	1.3	52.63	40.35
LD Chandimal (SL)	2013-2021	57	23	28	0	5	0.82	40.35	49.12
Ahmed Raza (UAE)	2014-2022	56	32	23	1	0	1.39	57.14	41.07
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	56	33	13	0	9	2.53	58.92	23.21
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1989	56	15	31	1	9	0.48	26.78	55.35
Nizakat Khan (HKG)	2022-2024	56	29	24	1	0	1.2	51.78	42.85
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1992-2003	56	19	33	0	3	0.57	33.92	58.92
MNM Aslam (KUW)	2020-2024	55	33	20	1	0	1.65	60	36.36
RD Berrington (SCOT)	2018-2024	55	28	25	0	0	1.12	50.9	45.45
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2007-2011	55	28	23	1	0	1.21	50.9	41.81
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1993-1995	55	12	35	1	5	0.34	21.81	63.63
AR Patwa (TAN)	2021-2024	52	35	15	0	0	2.33	67.3	28.84
CW Perchard (JER)	2019-2024	52	34	17	1	0	2	65.38	32.69

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Ireland v South Africa at Abu Dhabi, 1st ODI, Oct 2, 2024 [ODI # 4780]

Nepal v Oman at King City (NW), 5th match, Oct 2, 2024 [T20I # 2889]

Namibia v United Arab Emirates at Windhoek, 4th match, Oct 2, 2024 [T20I # 2888]

South Korea v Indonesia at Incheon, 8th match, Oct 2, 2024 [T20I # 2887]

Japan v Philippines at Incheon, 7th match, Oct 2, 2024 [T20I # 2886]