List of Captains for England in Tests+ODIs+T20Is
List of captains
Player | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | NR | W/L | %W | %L | %NR | % |
| James Lillywhite | 1877-1877 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Lord Harris | 1879-1884 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 66.66 |
| A Shaw | 1881-1882 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| AN Hornby | 1882-1884 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Hon.IFW Bligh | 1882-1883 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| A Shrewsbury | 1884-1887 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.500 | 71.42 | 28.57 | 0 | 71.42 |
| AG Steel | 1886-1888 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.000 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 75 |
| WW Read | 1888-1892 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| WG Grace | 1888-1899 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.660 | 61.53 | 23.07 | 0 | 72.72 |
| CA Smith | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| MP Bowden | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| AE Stoddart | 1893-1898 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 37.5 | 50 | 0 | 42.85 |
| Sir TC O'Brien | 1896-1896 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Lord Hawke | 1896-1899 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| AC MacLaren | 1897-1909 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.360 | 18.18 | 50 | 0 | 26.66 |
| PF Warner | 1903-1906 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
| Hon.FS Jackson | 1905-1905 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 40 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RE Foster | 1907-1907 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FL Fane | 1907-1910 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
| AO Jones | 1908-1908 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| HDG Leveson Gower | 1910-1910 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 33.33 |
| JWHT Douglas | 1911-1924 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.44 | 44.44 | 0 | 50 |
| CB Fry | 1912-1912 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Lord Tennyson | 1921-1921 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| FT Mann | 1922-1923 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.000 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 66.66 |
| AER Gilligan | 1924-1925 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.44 | 44.44 | 0 | 50 |
| AW Carr | 1926-1929 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| APF Chapman | 1926-1931 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.500 | 52.94 | 11.76 | 0 | 81.81 |
| RT Stanyforth | 1927-1928 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 66.66 |
| GTS Stevens | 1928-1928 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| JC White | 1929-1929 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| AHH Gilligan | 1930-1930 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Hon.FSG Calthorpe | 1930-1930 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| RES Wyatt | 1930-1935 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.600 | 18.75 | 31.25 | 0 | 37.5 |
| DR Jardine | 1931-1934 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9.000 | 60 | 6.66 | 0 | 90 |
| CF Walters | 1934-1934 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| GOB Allen | 1936-1948 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 36.36 | 45.45 | 0 | 44.44 |
| RWV Robins | 1937-1937 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| WR Hammond | 1938-1947 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.330 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 57.14 |
| NWD Yardley | 1947-1950 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.570 | 28.57 | 50 | 0 | 36.36 |
| K Cranston | 1948-1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| FG Mann | 1948-1949 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FR Brown | 1949-1951 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.830 | 33.33 | 40 | 0 | 45.45 |
| ND Howard | 1951-1952 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| DB Carr | 1952-1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hutton | 1952-1955 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.750 | 47.82 | 17.39 | 0 | 73.33 |
| Rev.DS Sheppard | 1954-1954 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 50 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PBH May | 1955-1961 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.000 | 48.78 | 24.39 | 0 | 66.66 |
| MC Cowdrey | 1959-1969 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.000 | 29.62 | 14.81 | 0 | 66.66 |
| ER Dexter | 1961-1964 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.280 | 30 | 23.33 | 0 | 56.25 |
| MJK Smith | 1964-1966 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.660 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 62.5 |
| DB Close | 1966-1972 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.000 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 88.88 |
| TW Graveney | 1968-1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| R Illingworth | 1969-1973 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.160 | 38.23 | 17.64 | 2.94 | 68.42 |
| AR Lewis | 1972-1973 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | 33.33 |
| MH Denness | 1973-1975 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1.440 | 41.93 | 29.03 | 3.22 | 59.09 |
| JH Edrich | 1975-1975 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| AW Greig | 1975-1977 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.420 | 18.75 | 43.75 | 0 | 30 |
| APE Knott | 1976-1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Brearley | 1977-1981 | 56 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2.530 | 58.92 | 23.21 | 1.78 | 71.73 |
| G Boycott | 1977-1978 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.000 | 50 | 16.66 | 0 | 75 |
| RGD Willis | 1978-1984 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.270 | 48.93 | 38.29 | 0 | 56.09 |
| IT Botham | 1980-1981 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.440 | 19.04 | 42.85 | 0 | 30.76 |
| KWR Fletcher | 1981-1982 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.750 | 25 | 33.33 | 0 | 42.85 |
| DI Gower | 1982-1989 | 56 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.480 | 26.78 | 55.35 | 0 | 32.97 |
| N Gifford | 1985-1985 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| MW Gatting | 1986-1988 | 60 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1.750 | 46.66 | 26.66 | 0 | 63.63 |
| JE Emburey | 1987-1988 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 33.33 |
| CS Cowdrey | 1988-1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Gooch | 1988-1993 | 84 | 34 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0.970 | 40.47 | 41.66 | 3.57 | 49.27 |
| AJ Lamb | 1990-1990 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.160 | 14.28 | 85.71 | 0 | 14.28 |
| AJ Stewart | 1992-2003 | 56 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.570 | 33.92 | 58.92 | 1.78 | 36.53 |
| MA Atherton | 1993-2001 | 97 | 33 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0.780 | 34.02 | 43.29 | 1.03 | 44.07 |
| N Hussain | 1997-2003 | 101 | 45 | 42 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1.070 | 44.55 | 41.58 | 0.99 | 51.72 |
| AJ Hollioake | 1997-1999 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.750 | 42.85 | 57.14 | 0 | 42.85 |
| MA Butcher | 1999-1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| GP Thorpe | 2001-2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| ME Trescothick | 2001-2005 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| MP Vaughan | 2003-2008 | 113 | 59 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1.730 | 52.21 | 30.08 | 3.53 | 63.15 |
| A Flintoff | 2006-2007 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.350 | 24 | 68 | 0 | 26.08 |
| AJ Strauss | 2006-2012 | 115 | 51 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1.080 | 44.34 | 40.86 | 0.86 | 52.02 |
| PD Collingwood | 2007-2011 | 55 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.210 | 50.9 | 41.81 | 5.45 | 54.8 |
| KP Pietersen | 2008-2008 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.710 | 33.33 | 46.66 | 13.33 | 41.66 |
| AN Cook | 2009-2016 | 129 | 60 | 53 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1.130 | 46.51 | 41.08 | 1.55 | 53.07 |
| SCJ Broad | 2011-2014 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.810 | 43.33 | 53.33 | 3.33 | 44.82 |
| EJG Morgan | 2011-2022 | 198 | 118 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1.760 | 59.59 | 33.83 | 4.54 | 63.49 |
| GP Swann | 2011-2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 66.66 | 33.33 | 0 | 66.66 |
| JC Tredwell | 2013-2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
| JWA Taylor | 2015-2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
| JC Buttler | 2015-2025 | 96 | 44 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.910 | 45.83 | 50 | 4.16 | 47.82 |
| JE Root | 2017-2022 | 64 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.030 | 42.18 | 40.62 | 0 | 50.94 |
| BA Stokes | 2020-2026 | 45* | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.620 | 57.77 | 35.55 | 0 | 61.9 |
| MM Ali | 2020-2023 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.620 | 38.46 | 61.53 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Z Crawley | 2023-2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 50 | 0 | 50 | 100 |
| OJ Pope | 2024-2025 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.500 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 60 |
| PD Salt | 2024-2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| HC Brook | 2024-2025 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.220 | 50 | 40.9 | 9.09 | 55 |
| LS Livingstone | 2024-2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 33.33 |
| JG Bethell | 2025-2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live] >> 174/3 (41.0 ov, JG Bethell 79*, HC Brook 24*, BJ Webster 0/8) - Tea
Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]
Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]