Individual Most Matches As Captain

New Zealand 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	17	5	5	0	7	0	1.000	29.41	29.41	0	41.17	0	50
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2013	13	8	1	0	4	0	8.000	61.53	7.69	0	30.76	0	88.88
A Ranatunga (SL)	1991-1998	12	4	3	0	5	0	1.330	33.33	25	0	41.66	0	57.14
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1965-1969	11	5	2	0	4	0	2.500	45.45	18.18	0	36.36	0	71.42
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	9	1	2	0	6	0	0.500	11.11	22.22	0	66.66	0	33.33
MS Dhoni (IND)	2009-2014	9	4	1	0	4	0	4.000	44.44	11.11	0	44.44	0	80
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	9	8	0	0	1	0	-	88.88	0	0	11.11	0	100
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1982	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.000	50	12.5	0	37.5	0	80
R Illingworth (ENG)	1969-1973	8	5	0	0	3	0	-	62.5	0	0	37.5	0	100
GS Sobers (WI)	1969-1972	8	1	1	0	6	0	1.000	12.5	12.5	0	75	0	50
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2024	8	6	2	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2004-2008	8	6	1	0	1	0	6.000	75	12.5	0	12.5	0	85.71
JE Cheetham (SA)	1953-1954	7	5	0	0	2	0	-	71.42	0	0	28.57	0	100
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2015	7	3	1	0	3	0	3.000	42.85	14.28	0	42.85	0	75
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1999	7	4	1	0	2	0	4.000	57.14	14.28	0	28.57	0	80
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1985-1993	7	4	2	0	1	0	2.000	57.14	28.57	0	14.28	0	66.66
V Kohli (IND)	2016-2021	7	4	3	0	0	0	1.330	57.14	42.85	0	0	0	57.14
PBH May (ENG)	1958-1959	7	5	0	0	2	0	-	71.42	0	0	28.57	0	100
IVA Richards (WI)	1985-1987	7	3	1	0	3	0	3.000	42.85	14.28	0	42.85	0	75
RGD Willis (ENG)	1983-1984	7	3	2	0	2	0	1.500	42.85	28.57	0	28.57	0	60
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1997	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
IM Chappell (AUS)	1973-1974	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.000	50	16.66	0	33.33	0	75
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1992	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1965-1965	6	2	0	0	4	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2002	6	2	3	0	1	0	0.660	33.33	50	0	16.66	0	40
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1969-1973	6	1	1	0	4	0	1.000	16.66	16.66	0	66.66	0	50
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2011-2016	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1976-1979	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2021	6	0	3	0	3	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1966	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2001	6	3	0	0	3	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1976	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2017	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
DJ McGlew (SA)	1961-1962	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
DJG Sammy (WI)	2012-2013	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015-2016	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
DS Atkinson (WI)	1956-1956	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1951	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1997-1998	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1976-1981	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AHH Gilligan (ENG)	1930-1930	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1933	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2012	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2019-2023	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2001-2004	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2015	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1984-1987	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2008-2008	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1956	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
CA Walsh (WI)	1995-1996	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1978	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
JM Brearley (ENG)	1978-1978	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2006-2006	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
RL Chase (WI)	2025-2025	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1963-1963	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SC Ganguly (IND)	2002-2003	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1964	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JO Holder (WI)	2017-2020	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2003	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
AH Kardar (PAK)	1955-1955	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1980	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2009-2009	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2013-2017	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2020	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2000	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
D Ramdin (WI)	2014-2014	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
RWV Robins (ENG)	1937-1937	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1994-1994	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2018-2018	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
RG Sharma (IND)	2024-2024	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2000	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1999-1999	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1988-1988	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1984-1984	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
MS Atapattu (SL)	2005-2005	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Babar Azam (PAK)	2022-2023	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HB Cameron (SA)	1932-1932	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
LD Chandimal (SL)	2018-2018	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2011	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2016-2016	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2024-2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MH Denness (ENG)	1975-1975	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DS de Silva (SL)	1983-1983	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
D Elgar (SA)	2022-2022	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2025-2025	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
CH Gayle (WI)	2008-2008	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1952-1952	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
CL Hooper (WI)	2002-2002	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1992-1992	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1955-1955	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Imran Khan (PAK)	1989-1989	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BC Lara (WI)	1999-1999	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2019-2019	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FG Mann (ENG)	1949-1949	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2020-2021	2	0	2	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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]