Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for England in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
EJG Morgan	2011-2022	198	118	67	4	0	9	1.760	59.59	33.83	2.02	0	4.54	63.49
AN Cook	2009-2016	129	60	53	1	13	2	1.130	46.51	41.08	0.77	10.07	1.55	53.07
AJ Strauss	2006-2012	115	51	47	1	15	1	1.080	44.34	40.86	0.86	13.04	0.86	52.02
MP Vaughan	2003-2008	113	59	34	2	14	4	1.730	52.21	30.08	1.76	12.38	3.53	63.15
N Hussain	1997-2003	101	45	42	0	13	1	1.070	44.55	41.58	0	12.87	0.99	51.72
MA Atherton	1993-2001	97	33	42	1	20	1	0.780	34.02	43.29	1.03	20.61	1.03	44.07
JC Buttler	2015-2025	96	44	48	0	0	4	0.910	45.83	50	0	0	4.16	47.82
GA Gooch	1988-1993	84	34	35	0	12	3	0.970	40.47	41.66	0	14.28	3.57	49.27
JE Root	2017-2022	64	27	26	0	11	0	1.030	42.18	40.62	0	17.18	0	50.94
MW Gatting	1986-1988	60	28	16	0	16	0	1.750	46.66	26.66	0	26.66	0	63.63
JM Brearley	1977-1981	56	33	13	0	9	1	2.530	58.92	23.21	0	16.07	1.78	71.73
DI Gower	1982-1989	56	15	31	1	9	0	0.480	26.78	55.35	1.78	16.07	0	32.97
AJ Stewart	1992-2003	56	19	33	0	3	1	0.570	33.92	58.92	0	5.35	1.78	36.53
PD Collingwood	2007-2011	55	28	23	1	0	3	1.210	50.9	41.81	1.81	0	5.45	54.8
RGD Willis	1978-1984	47	23	18	0	6	0	1.270	48.93	38.29	0	12.76	0	56.09
BA Stokes	2020-2026	45	26	17	0	2	0	1.520	57.77	37.77	0	4.44	0	60.46
PBH May	1955-1961	41	20	10	0	11	0	2.000	48.78	24.39	0	26.82	0	66.66
R Illingworth	1969-1973	34	13	6	0	14	1	2.160	38.23	17.64	0	41.17	2.94	68.42
MH Denness	1973-1975	31	13	9	0	8	1	1.440	41.93	29.03	0	25.8	3.22	59.09
SCJ Broad	2011-2014	30	13	16	0	0	1	0.810	43.33	53.33	0	0	3.33	44.82
ER Dexter	1961-1964	30	9	7	0	14	0	1.280	30	23.33	0	46.66	0	56.25
HC Brook	2024-2026	28	16	10	0	0	2	1.600	57.14	35.71	0	0	7.14	61.53
MC Cowdrey	1959-1969	27	8	4	0	15	0	2.000	29.62	14.81	0	55.55	0	66.66
A Flintoff	2006-2007	25	6	17	0	2	0	0.350	24	68	0	8	0	26.08
MJK Smith	1964-1966	25	5	3	0	17	0	1.660	20	12	0	68	0	62.5
L Hutton	1952-1955	23	11	4	0	8	0	2.750	47.82	17.39	0	34.78	0	73.33
AC MacLaren	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.360	18.18	50	0	31.81	0	26.66
IT Botham	1980-1981	21	4	9	0	8	0	0.440	19.04	42.85	0	38.09	0	30.76
WR Hammond	1938-1947	20	4	3	0	13	0	1.330	20	15	0	65	0	57.14
JWHT Douglas	1911-1924	18	8	8	0	2	0	1.000	44.44	44.44	0	11.11	0	50
APF Chapman	1926-1931	17	9	2	0	6	0	4.500	52.94	11.76	0	35.29	0	81.81
AW Greig	1975-1977	16	3	7	0	6	0	0.420	18.75	43.75	0	37.5	0	30
RES Wyatt	1930-1935	16	3	5	0	8	0	0.600	18.75	31.25	0	50	0	37.5
FR Brown	1949-1951	15	5	6	0	4	0	0.830	33.33	40	0	26.66	0	45.45
DR Jardine	1931-1934	15	9	1	0	5	0	9.000	60	6.66	0	33.33	0	90
KP Pietersen	2008-2008	15	5	7	0	1	2	0.710	33.33	46.66	0	6.66	13.33	41.66
AJ Hollioake	1997-1999	14	6	8	0	0	0	0.750	42.85	57.14	0	0	0	42.85
NWD Yardley	1947-1950	14	4	7	0	3	0	0.570	28.57	50	0	21.42	0	36.36
MM Ali	2020-2023	13	5	8	0	0	0	0.620	38.46	61.53	0	0	0	38.46
WG Grace	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.660	61.53	23.07	0	15.38	0	72.72
KWR Fletcher	1981-1982	12	3	4	0	5	0	0.750	25	33.33	0	41.66	0	42.85
ME Trescothick	2001-2005	12	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
GOB Allen	1936-1948	11	4	5	0	2	0	0.800	36.36	45.45	0	18.18	0	44.44
DB Close	1966-1972	10	8	1	0	1	0	8.000	80	10	0	10	0	88.88
PF Warner	1903-1906	10	4	6	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
AER Gilligan	1924-1925	9	4	4	0	1	0	1.000	44.44	44.44	0	11.11	0	50
AR Lewis	1972-1973	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.500	12.5	25	0	62.5	0	33.33
AE Stoddart	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.750	37.5	50	0	12.5	0	42.85
AJ Lamb	1990-1990	7	1	6	0	0	0	0.160	14.28	85.71	0	0	0	14.28
FG Mann	1948-1949	7	2	0	0	5	0	-	28.57	0	0	71.42	0	100
A Shrewsbury	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
G Boycott	1977-1978	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.000	50	16.66	0	33.33	0	75
AW Carr	1926-1929	6	1	0	0	5	0	-	16.66	0	0	83.33	0	100
JE Emburey	1987-1988	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
CB Fry	1912-1912	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
FL Fane	1907-1910	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
Hon.FS Jackson	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
FT Mann	1922-1923	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
OJ Pope	2024-2025	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
Hon.IFW Bligh	1882-1883	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Hon.FSG Calthorpe	1930-1930	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AHH Gilligan	1930-1930	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
Lord Harris	1879-1884	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
Lord Hawke	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
ND Howard	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
A Shaw	1881-1882	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
RT Stanyforth	1927-1928	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
AG Steel	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
JC White	1929-1929	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
RE Foster	1907-1907	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
HDG Leveson Gower	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
LS Livingstone	2024-2024	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
RWV Robins	1937-1937	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
GP Swann	2011-2011	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Lord Tennyson	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
GP Thorpe	2001-2001	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JG Bethell	2025-2025	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Z Crawley	2023-2023	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	50	0	0	0	50	100
JH Edrich	1975-1975	2	0	1	0	0	1	0.000	0	50	0	0	50	0
N Gifford	1985-1985	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AN Hornby	1882-1884	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
AO Jones	1908-1908	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
James Lillywhite	1877-1877	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WW Read	1888-1892	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
PD Salt	2024-2024	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Rev.DS Sheppard	1954-1954	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MP Bowden	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MA Butcher	1999-1999	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
DB Carr	1952-1952	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
CS Cowdrey	1988-1988	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
K Cranston	1948-1948	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
TW Graveney	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
APE Knott	1976-1976	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Sir TC O'Brien	1896-1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
CA Smith	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GTS Stevens	1928-1928	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JWA Taylor	2015-2015	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0	0	0	0	100	-
JC Tredwell	2013-2013	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0	0	0	0	100	-
CF Walters	1934-1934	1	0	1	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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 3rd T20I, Feb 3, 2026 [T20I # 3683]

Sri Lanka vs England at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 2nd T20I, Feb 1, 2026 [T20I # 3682]

Sri Lanka vs England at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 1st T20I, Jan 30, 2026 [T20I # 3676]