Individual Most Matches As Captain

England 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	%
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1993	29	13	6	0	10	0	2.160	44.82	20.68	0	34.48	0	68.42
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	21	8	6	0	7	0	1.330	38.09	28.57	0	33.33	0	57.14
DG Bradman (AUS)	1936-1948	19	11	3	0	5	0	3.660	57.89	15.78	0	26.31	0	78.57
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	19	8	6	0	5	0	1.330	42.1	31.57	0	26.31	0	57.14
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	19	13	3	0	3	0	4.330	68.42	15.78	0	15.78	0	81.25
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	18	5	4	0	9	0	1.250	27.77	22.22	0	50	0	55.55
V Kohli (IND)	2016-2021	18	10	6	0	2	0	1.660	55.55	33.33	0	11.11	0	62.5
CH Lloyd (WI)	1976-1984	18	11	0	0	7	0	-	61.11	0	0	38.88	0	100
IM Chappell (AUS)	1971-1975	16	7	4	0	5	0	1.750	43.75	25	0	31.25	0	63.63
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2015	16	7	7	0	2	0	1.000	43.75	43.75	0	12.5	0	50
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1880-1890	16	5	7	0	4	0	0.710	31.25	43.75	0	25	0	41.66
MA Taylor (AUS)	1994-1999	16	9	4	0	3	0	2.250	56.25	25	0	18.75	0	69.23
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1983	15	6	4	0	5	0	1.500	40	26.66	0	33.33	0	60
WJ Cronje (SA)	1995-2000	15	4	3	0	8	0	1.330	26.66	20	0	53.33	0	57.14
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2014	15	3	9	0	3	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
MA Noble (AUS)	1903-1909	15	8	5	0	2	0	1.600	53.33	33.33	0	13.33	0	61.53
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1924	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.110	6.66	60	0	33.33	0	10
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	15	5	6	0	4	0	0.830	33.33	40	0	26.66	0	45.45
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1963	14	6	2	0	6	0	3.000	42.85	14.28	0	42.85	0	75
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1981-1985	14	2	3	0	9	0	0.660	14.28	21.42	0	64.28	0	40
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	14	3	8	0	3	0	0.370	21.42	57.14	0	21.42	0	27.27
JR Reid (NZ)	1958-1965	13	0	11	0	2	0	0.000	0	84.61	0	15.38	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1966-1969	13	3	4	0	6	0	0.750	23.07	30.76	0	46.15	0	42.85
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-2004	11	3	6	0	2	0	0.500	27.27	54.54	0	18.18	0	33.33
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1957	11	5	4	0	2	0	1.250	45.45	36.36	0	18.18	0	55.55
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	11	3	4	0	4	0	0.750	27.27	36.36	0	36.36	0	42.85
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	10	8	0	0	2	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2021-2025	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
A Melville (SA)	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2012-2016	10	7	2	0	1	0	3.500	70	20	0	10	0	77.77
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1951	10	1	5	0	4	0	0.200	10	50	0	40	0	16.66
RB Richardson (WI)	1994-1995	10	5	3	0	2	0	1.660	50	30	0	20	0	62.5
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1996	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.500	33.33	22.22	0	44.44	0	60
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1952	9	1	4	0	4	0	0.250	11.11	44.44	0	44.44	0	20
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1954-1956	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.500	22.22	44.44	0	33.33	0	33.33
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1971	9	1	2	0	6	0	0.500	11.11	22.22	0	66.66	0	33.33
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2003	9	8	1	0	0	0	8.000	88.88	11.11	0	0	0	88.88
JM Blackham (AUS)	1885-1894	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
HL Collins (AUS)	1924-1926	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
JO Holder (WI)	2017-2020	8	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1987-1992	8	3	1	0	4	0	3.000	37.5	12.5	0	50	0	75
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2012	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.500	37.5	25	0	37.5	0	60
RB Kanhai (WI)	1973-1974	8	3	1	0	4	0	3.000	37.5	12.5	0	50	0	75
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1960	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1964-1967	8	0	3	0	5	0	0.000	0	37.5	0	62.5	0	0
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1907	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1966	8	2	0	0	6	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
SPD Smith (AUS)	2017-2025	8	7	0	0	1	0	-	87.5	0	0	12.5	0	100
GHS Trott (AUS)	1896-1898	8	5	3	0	0	0	1.660	62.5	37.5	0	0	0	62.5
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2019-2024	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	28.57	0	20
F du Plessis (SA)	2017-2020	7	2	5	0	0	0	0.400	28.57	71.42	0	0	0	28.57
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2002	7	2	1	0	4	0	2.000	28.57	14.28	0	57.14	0	66.66
CH Gayle (WI)	2009-2009	7	1	2	0	4	0	0.500	14.28	28.57	0	57.14	0	33.33
GC Grant (WI)	1933-1935	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1947-1951	7	0	1	0	6	0	0.000	0	14.28	0	85.71	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1984	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2005-2006	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
TC Lowry (NZ)	1930-1931	7	0	2	0	5	0	0.000	0	28.57	0	71.42	0	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2015	7	1	3	0	3	0	0.330	14.28	42.85	0	42.85	0	25
KS Williamson (NZ)	2018-2022	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	42.85	0	50
MG Burgess (NZ)	1978-1978	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2007	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.000	33.33	16.66	0	50	0	66.66
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
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2001-2002	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
PS McDonnell (AUS)	1887-1888	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
DL Vettori (NZ)	2008-2008	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1977-1978	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1960	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1977	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1975	5	0	3	0	2	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1961-1962	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
GT Dowling (NZ)	1969-1971	5	0	3	0	2	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
C Hill (AUS)	1911-1912	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
Javed Burki (PAK)	1962-1962	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
TWM Latham (NZ)	2021-2024	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2016	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
ML Page (NZ)	1933-1937	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
J Ryder (AUS)	1928-1929	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
RG Sharma (IND)	2024-2024	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1954-1954	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
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
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
G Giffen (AUS)	1894-1895	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AH Kardar (PAK)	1954-1954	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
CK Nayudu (IND)	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
RK Nunes (WI)	1928-1930	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
Salman Butt (PAK)	2010-2010	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2010-2010	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	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:

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]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]