Individual Most Matches As Captain

South Africa 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	%
V Kohli (IND)	2015-2022	12	8	3	0	1	0	2.660	66.66	25	0	8.33	0	72.72
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2009	12	8	3	0	1	0	2.660	66.66	25	0	8.33	0	72.72
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	12	4	5	0	3	0	0.800	33.33	41.66	0	25	0	44.44
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1953	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1957	10	5	4	0	1	0	1.250	50	40	0	10	0	55.55
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2006	9	1	5	0	3	0	0.200	11.11	55.55	0	33.33	0	16.66
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	9	0	8	0	1	0	0.000	0	88.88	0	11.11	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1967	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.500	22.22	44.44	0	33.33	0	33.33
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1996	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.500	12.5	25	0	62.5	0	33.33
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2013	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1964	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2020	8	6	2	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	8	1	1	0	6	0	1.000	12.5	12.5	0	75	0	50
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	8	2	5	0	1	0	0.400	25	62.5	0	12.5	0	28.57
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2002	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	28.57	0	20
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2010-2013	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	28.57	0	20
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2012	7	1	3	0	3	0	0.330	14.28	42.85	0	42.85	0	25
AR Border (AUS)	1993-1994	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2021-2024	6	0	5	0	1	0	0.000	0	83.33	0	16.66	0	0
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1913-1924	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2003	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2018	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1998	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.000	50	16.66	0	33.33	0	75
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2002	6	5	1	0	0	0	5.000	83.33	16.66	0	0	0	83.33
FR Brown (ENG)	1951-1951	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
APF Chapman (ENG)	1930-1931	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1960	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2010	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1939	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
C Hill (AUS)	1910-1911	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
FT Mann (ENG)	1922-1923	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2017	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1993-1998	5	0	3	0	2	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
VY Richardson (AUS)	1935-1936	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-1998	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
PF Warner (ENG)	1906-1906	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
KS Williamson (NZ)	2016-2017	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1931-1932	5	5	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1935-1935	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1947	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-1993	4	0	1	0	3	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2005-2005	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2015-2016	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2022-2025	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2004	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
Lord Hawke (ENG)	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2003-2007	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2019-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1970	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2008-2008	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2015-2017	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1994-1995	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
Shan Masood (PAK)	2024-2025	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
RT Stanyforth (ENG)	1927-1928	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
MS Atapattu (SL)	2002-2004	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
J Darling (AUS)	1902-1902	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
TM Dilshan (SL)	2011-2012	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2007	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
RE Foster (ENG)	1907-1907	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
HDG Leveson Gower (ENG)	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
DJ Nash (NZ)	1999-1999	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1954	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
D Ramdin (WI)	2014-2015	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1997-1997	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2018-2019	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2012-2012	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
JC White (ENG)	1929-1929	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
Babar Azam (PAK)	2021-2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AW Carr (ENG)	1929-1929	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2025-2025	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FL Fane (ENG)	1910-1910	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
A Flower (ZIM)	1995-1999	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2006	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Khaled Mahmud (BAN)	2003-2003	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2008-2008	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2018-2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
TWM Latham (NZ)	2022-2022	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2013	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2022-2022	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
ML Page (NZ)	1932-1932	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RG Sharma (IND)	2023-2024	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2007-2007	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2024-2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HH Streak (ZIM)	2001-2001	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1954-1954	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
T Taibu (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2007-2007	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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]