Individual Most Matches As Captain

Australia vs other countries Tests Individual - Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
CH Lloyd (WI)	1975-1985	22	12	7	0	3	0	1.710	54.54	31.81	0	13.63	0	63.15
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.360	18.18	50	0	31.81	0	26.66
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2005-2014	19	5	11	0	3	0	0.450	26.31	57.89	0	15.78	0	31.25
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	18	11	4	0	3	0	2.750	61.11	22.22	0	16.66	0	73.33
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	15	4	9	0	2	0	0.440	26.66	60	0	13.33	0	30.76
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2015	15	6	7	0	2	0	0.850	40	46.66	0	13.33	0	46.15
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2022	15	2	10	0	3	0	0.200	13.33	66.66	0	20	0	16.66
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-2005	14	0	9	0	5	0	0.000	0	64.28	0	35.71	0	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2014	13	8	4	0	1	0	2.000	61.53	30.76	0	7.69	0	66.66
WG Grace (ENG)	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.660	61.53	23.07	0	15.38	0	72.72
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1961	13	3	6	0	4	0	0.500	23.07	46.15	0	30.76	0	33.33
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1921	12	4	8	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
DI Gower (ENG)	1985-1989	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.600	25	41.66	0	33.33	0	37.5
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1972	11	4	2	0	5	0	2.000	36.36	18.18	0	45.45	0	66.66
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1964-1969	11	2	7	0	2	0	0.280	18.18	63.63	0	18.18	0	22.22
IVA Richards (WI)	1984-1991	11	5	2	0	4	0	2.500	45.45	18.18	0	36.36	0	71.42
ER Dexter (ENG)	1962-1964	10	1	2	0	7	0	0.500	10	20	0	70	0	33.33
L Hutton (ENG)	1953-1955	10	4	1	0	5	0	4.000	40	10	0	50	0	80
V Kohli (IND)	2014-2020	10	3	4	0	3	0	0.750	30	40	0	30	0	42.85
GS Sobers (WI)	1965-1969	10	3	4	0	3	0	0.750	30	40	0	30	0	42.85
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2011	10	5	2	0	3	0	2.500	50	20	0	30	0	71.42
APF Chapman (ENG)	1926-1930	9	6	1	0	2	0	6.000	66.66	11.11	0	22.22	0	85.71
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2004	9	3	3	0	3	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1981	9	3	1	0	5	0	3.000	33.33	11.11	0	55.55	0	75
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1988	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.500	33.33	22.22	0	44.44	0	60
RB Richardson (WI)	1992-1995	9	3	3	0	3	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
BA Stokes (ENG)	2023-2025	9	3	5	0	1	0	0.600	33.33	55.55	0	11.11	0	37.5
M Azharuddin (IND)	1991-1998	8	2	5	0	1	0	0.400	25	62.5	0	12.5	0	28.57
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1993	8	0	5	0	3	0	0.000	0	62.5	0	37.5	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1947	8	1	3	0	4	0	0.330	12.5	37.5	0	50	0	25
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2003	8	2	6	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1990	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.500	37.5	25	0	37.5	0	60
BC Lara (WI)	1999-2003	8	3	5	0	0	0	0.600	37.5	62.5	0	0	0	37.5
RG Sharma (IND)	2023-2024	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.750	37.5	50	0	12.5	0	42.85
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1998	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	28.57	0	20
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2018	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
A Ranatunga (SL)	1989-1995	7	0	4	0	3	0	0.000	0	57.14	0	42.85	0	0
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
JV Coney (NZ)	1985-1986	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.000	50	16.66	0	33.33	0	75
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1974	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1961-1968	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.000	33.33	16.66	0	50	0	66.66
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1986	6	0	0	1	5	0	0.000	0	0	16.66	83.33	0	50
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2008	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1995-1999	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1948	6	0	5	0	1	0	0.000	0	83.33	0	16.66	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2001	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1937	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1948	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1977-1978	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1951	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1953	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2007	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1925	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1964	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
GC Grant (WI)	1930-1931	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1982	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1933	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2007-2013	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1973-1973	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2015-2016	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2014-2017	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2004-2010	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1976-1979	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
AD Nourse (SA)	1949-1950	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
PW Sherwell (SA)	1910-1911	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1966	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-1999	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1996-1997	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
PF Warner (ENG)	1903-1904	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
KC Wessels (SA)	1993-1994	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1983	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1961	5	1	2	1	1	0	0.500	20	40	20	20	0	37.5
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1930-1934	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Hon.IFW Bligh (ENG)	1882-1883	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2022-2024	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1926	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
MD Crowe (NZ)	1993-1993	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
CH Gayle (WI)	2008-2009	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1951-1952	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1977	4	0	1	0	3	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
Lord Harris (ENG)	1879-1884	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
AM Rahane (IND)	2017-2021	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
A Shaw (ENG)	1881-1882	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1957-1958	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2008-2010	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
DS Atkinson (WI)	1955-1955	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
Babar Azam (PAK)	2022-2022	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]