List of Captains for England in Tests
List of captains
Player | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | NR | W/L | %W | %L | %NR | % |
| James Lillywhite (ENG) | 1877-1877 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Lord Harris (ENG) | 1879-1884 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 66.66 |
| A Shaw (ENG) | 1881-1882 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| AN Hornby (ENG) | 1882-1884 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Hon.IFW Bligh (ENG) | 1882-1883 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| A Shrewsbury (ENG) | 1884-1887 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.500 | 71.42 | 28.57 | 0 | 71.42 |
| AG Steel (ENG) | 1886-1888 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.000 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 75 |
| WW Read (ENG) | 1888-1892 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| WG Grace (ENG) | 1888-1899 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.660 | 61.53 | 23.07 | 0 | 72.72 |
| CA Smith (ENG) | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| MP Bowden (ENG) | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| AE Stoddart (ENG) | 1893-1898 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 37.5 | 50 | 0 | 42.85 |
| Sir TC O'Brien (ENG) | 1896-1896 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Lord Hawke (ENG) | 1896-1899 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| AC MacLaren (ENG) | 1897-1909 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.360 | 18.18 | 50 | 0 | 26.66 |
| PF Warner (ENG) | 1903-1906 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
| Hon.FS Jackson (ENG) | 1905-1905 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 40 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RE Foster (ENG) | 1907-1907 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FL Fane (ENG) | 1907-1910 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
| AO Jones (ENG) | 1908-1908 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| HDG Leveson Gower (ENG) | 1910-1910 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 33.33 |
| JWHT Douglas (ENG) | 1911-1924 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.44 | 44.44 | 0 | 50 |
| CB Fry (ENG) | 1912-1912 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Lord Tennyson (ENG) | 1921-1921 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| FT Mann (ENG) | 1922-1923 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.000 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 66.66 |
| AER Gilligan (ENG) | 1924-1925 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.44 | 44.44 | 0 | 50 |
| AW Carr (ENG) | 1926-1929 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| APF Chapman (ENG) | 1926-1931 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.500 | 52.94 | 11.76 | 0 | 81.81 |
| RT Stanyforth (ENG) | 1927-1928 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 66.66 |
| GTS Stevens (ENG) | 1928-1928 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| RK Nunes (WI) | 1928-1930 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| JC White (ENG) | 1929-1929 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| AHH Gilligan (ENG) | 1930-1930 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Hon.FSG Calthorpe (ENG) | 1930-1930 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| ELG Hoad (WI) | 1930-1930 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| N Betancourt (WI) | 1930-1930 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| MP Fernandes (WI) | 1930-1930 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RES Wyatt (ENG) | 1930-1935 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.600 | 18.75 | 31.25 | 0 | 37.5 |
| GC Grant (WI) | 1930-1935 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.420 | 25 | 58.33 | 0 | 30 |
| DR Jardine (ENG) | 1931-1934 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9.000 | 60 | 6.66 | 0 | 90 |
| CF Walters (ENG) | 1934-1934 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| GOB Allen (ENG) | 1936-1948 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 36.36 | 45.45 | 0 | 44.44 |
| RWV Robins (ENG) | 1937-1937 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| WR Hammond (ENG) | 1938-1947 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.330 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 57.14 |
| RS Grant (WI) | 1939-1939 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| NWD Yardley (ENG) | 1947-1950 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.570 | 28.57 | 50 | 0 | 36.36 |
| K Cranston (ENG) | 1948-1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| GA Headley (WI) | 1948-1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| GE Gomez (WI) | 1948-1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| JDC Goddard (WI) | 1948-1957 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.140 | 36.36 | 31.81 | 0 | 53.33 |
| FG Mann (ENG) | 1948-1949 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FR Brown (ENG) | 1949-1951 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.830 | 33.33 | 40 | 0 | 45.45 |
| ND Howard (ENG) | 1951-1952 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| JB Stollmeyer (WI) | 1952-1955 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.750 | 23.07 | 30.76 | 0 | 42.85 |
| DB Carr (ENG) | 1952-1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hutton (ENG) | 1952-1955 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.750 | 47.82 | 17.39 | 0 | 73.33 |
| Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG) | 1954-1954 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 50 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| DS Atkinson (WI) | 1955-1956 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 42.85 | 42.85 | 0 | 50 |
| PBH May (ENG) | 1955-1961 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.000 | 48.78 | 24.39 | 0 | 66.66 |
| FCM Alexander (WI) | 1958-1960 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.750 | 38.88 | 22.22 | 0 | 63.63 |
| MC Cowdrey (ENG) | 1959-1969 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.000 | 29.62 | 14.81 | 0 | 66.66 |
| FMM Worrell (WI) | 1960-1963 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.000 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 73.07 |
| ER Dexter (ENG) | 1961-1964 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.280 | 30 | 23.33 | 0 | 56.25 |
| MJK Smith (ENG) | 1964-1966 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.660 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 62.5 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 1965-1972 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.900 | 23.07 | 25.64 | 0 | 47.36 |
| DB Close (ENG) | 1966-1967 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 85.71 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TW Graveney (ENG) | 1968-1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| R Illingworth (ENG) | 1969-1973 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.400 | 38.7 | 16.12 | 0 | 70.58 |
| AR Lewis (ENG) | 1972-1973 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | 33.33 |
| RB Kanhai (WI) | 1973-1974 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 23.07 | 23.07 | 0 | 50 |
| MH Denness (ENG) | 1974-1975 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.200 | 31.57 | 26.31 | 0 | 54.54 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 1974-1985 | 74 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.000 | 48.64 | 16.21 | 0 | 75 |
| JH Edrich (ENG) | 1975-1975 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| AW Greig (ENG) | 1975-1977 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.600 | 21.42 | 35.71 | 0 | 37.5 |
| JM Brearley (ENG) | 1977-1981 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.500 | 58.06 | 12.9 | 0 | 81.81 |
| G Boycott (ENG) | 1978-1978 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| AI Kallicharran (WI) | 1978-1979 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | 11.11 | 22.22 | 0 | 33.33 |
| DL Murray (WI) | 1979-1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| IT Botham (ENG) | 1980-1981 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1980-1991 | 50 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.370 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 77.14 |
| KWR Fletcher (ENG) | 1981-1982 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.28 | 14.28 | 0 | 50 |
| RGD Willis (ENG) | 1982-1984 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.400 | 38.88 | 27.77 | 0 | 58.33 |
| DI Gower (ENG) | 1982-1989 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.270 | 15.62 | 56.25 | 0 | 21.73 |
| MW Gatting (ENG) | 1986-1988 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0.400 | 8.69 | 21.73 | 0 | 28.57 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | 1988-1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| JE Emburey (ENG) | 1988-1988 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| CS Cowdrey (ENG) | 1988-1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 1988-1993 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.830 | 29.41 | 35.29 | 0 | 45.45 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 1990-1990 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| AJ Lamb (ENG) | 1990-1990 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| RB Richardson (WI) | 1992-1995 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.830 | 45.83 | 25 | 0 | 64.7 |
| AJ Stewart (ENG) | 1993-2001 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 26.66 | 53.33 | 0 | 33.33 |
| MA Atherton (ENG) | 1993-2001 | 54 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.610 | 24.07 | 38.88 | 0 | 38.23 |
| CA Walsh (WI) | 1994-1997 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.850 | 27.27 | 31.81 | 0 | 46.15 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 1997-2006 | 47 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.380 | 21.27 | 55.31 | 0 | 27.77 |
| N Hussain (ENG) | 1999-2003 | 45 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.130 | 37.77 | 33.33 | 0 | 53.12 |
| MA Butcher (ENG) | 1999-1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| JC Adams (WI) | 2000-2001 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 26.66 | 53.33 | 0 | 33.33 |
| CL Hooper (WI) | 2001-2002 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.360 | 18.18 | 50 | 0 | 26.66 |
| RD Jacobs (WI) | 2002-2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years
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]