Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for England in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
JE Root	2017-2022	64	27	26	0	11	0	1.03	42.18	40.62	-	17.18	-	50.94
AN Cook	2010-2016	59	24	22	0	13	0	1.09	40.67	37.28	-	22.03	-	52.17
MA Atherton	1993-2001	54	13	21	0	20	0	0.61	24.07	38.88	-	37.03	-	38.23
MP Vaughan	2003-2008	51	26	11	0	14	0	2.36	50.98	21.56	-	27.45	-	70.27
AJ Strauss	2006-2012	50	24	11	0	15	0	2.18	48.00	22.00	-	30.00	-	68.57
N Hussain	1999-2003	45	17	15	0	13	0	1.13	37.77	33.33	-	28.88	-	53.12
PBH May	1955-1961	41	20	10	0	11	0	2.00	48.78	24.39	-	26.82	-	66.66
BA Stokes	2020-2025	37	22	13	0	2	0	1.69	59.45	35.13	-	5.40	-	62.85
GA Gooch	1988-1993	34	10	12	0	12	0	0.83	29.41	35.29	-	35.29	-	45.45
DI Gower	1982-1989	32	5	18	0	9	0	0.27	15.62	56.25	-	28.12	-	21.73
JM Brearley	1977-1981	31	18	4	0	9	0	4.50	58.06	12.90	-	29.03	-	81.81
R Illingworth	1969-1973	31	12	5	0	14	0	2.40	38.70	16.12	-	45.16	-	70.58
ER Dexter	1961-1964	30	9	7	0	14	0	1.28	30.00	23.33	-	46.66	-	56.25
MC Cowdrey	1959-1969	27	8	4	0	15	0	2.00	29.62	14.81	-	55.55	-	66.66
MJK Smith	1964-1966	25	5	3	0	17	0	1.66	20.00	12.00	-	68.00	-	62.50
MW Gatting	1986-1988	23	2	5	0	16	0	0.40	8.69	21.73	-	69.56	-	28.57
L Hutton	1952-1955	23	11	4	0	8	0	2.75	47.82	17.39	-	34.78	-	73.33
AC MacLaren	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.36	18.18	50.00	-	31.81	-	26.66
WR Hammond	1938-1947	20	4	3	0	13	0	1.33	20.00	15.00	-	65.00	-	57.14
MH Denness	1974-1975	19	6	5	0	8	0	1.20	31.57	26.31	-	42.10	-	54.54
JWHT Douglas	1911-1924	18	8	8	0	2	0	1.00	44.44	44.44	-	11.11	-	50.00
RGD Willis	1982-1984	18	7	5	0	6	0	1.40	38.88	27.77	-	33.33	-	58.33
APF Chapman	1926-1931	17	9	2	0	6	0	4.50	52.94	11.76	-	35.29	-	81.81
RES Wyatt	1930-1935	16	3	5	0	8	0	0.60	18.75	31.25	-	50.00	-	37.50
FR Brown	1949-1951	15	5	6	0	4	0	0.83	33.33	40.00	-	26.66	-	45.45
DR Jardine	1931-1934	15	9	1	0	5	0	9.00	60.00	6.66	-	33.33	-	90.00
AJ Stewart	1993-2001	15	4	8	0	3	0	0.50	26.66	53.33	-	20.00	-	33.33
AW Greig	1975-1977	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.60	21.42	35.71	-	42.85	-	37.50
NWD Yardley	1947-1950	14	4	7	0	3	0	0.57	28.57	50.00	-	21.42	-	36.36
WG Grace	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.66	61.53	23.07	-	15.38	-	72.72
IT Botham	1980-1981	12	0	4	0	8	0	-	-	33.33	-	66.66	-	-
GOB Allen	1936-1948	11	4	5	0	2	0	0.80	36.36	45.45	-	18.18	-	44.44
A Flintoff	2006-2007	11	2	7	0	2	0	0.28	18.18	63.63	-	18.18	-	22.22
PF Warner	1903-1906	10	4	6	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	-	-	-	40.00
AER Gilligan	1924-1925	9	4	4	0	1	0	1.00	44.44	44.44	-	11.11	-	50.00
AR Lewis	1972-1973	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.50	12.50	25.00	-	62.50	-	33.33
AE Stoddart	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.75	37.50	50.00	-	12.50	-	42.85
DB Close	1966-1967	7	6	0	0	1	0	-	85.71	-	-	14.28	-	100.00
KWR Fletcher	1981-1982	7	1	1	0	5	0	1.00	14.28	14.28	-	71.42	-	50.00
FG Mann	1948-1949	7	2	0	0	5	0	-	28.57	-	-	71.42	-	100.00
A Shrewsbury	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.50	71.42	28.57	-	-	-	71.42
AW Carr	1926-1929	6	1	0	0	5	0	-	16.66	-	-	83.33	-	100.00
CB Fry	1912-1912	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	-	-	33.33	-	100.00
FL Fane	1907-1910	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	-	-	-	40.00
Hon.FS Jackson	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	-	-	60.00	-	100.00
FT Mann	1922-1923	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
OJ Pope	2024-2025	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
Hon.IFW Bligh	1882-1883	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
G Boycott	1978-1978	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
Hon.FSG Calthorpe	1930-1930	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
AHH Gilligan	1930-1930	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25.00	-	-	75.00	-	100.00
Lord Harris	1879-1884	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	-	25.00	-	66.66
Lord Hawke	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
ND Howard	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25.00	-	-	75.00	-	100.00
A Shaw	1881-1882	4	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
RT Stanyforth	1927-1928	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	-	25.00	-	66.66
AG Steel	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.00	75.00	25.00	-	-	-	75.00
JC White	1929-1929	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
RE Foster	1907-1907	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	66.66	-	100.00
AJ Lamb	1990-1990	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
HDG Leveson Gower	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
KP Pietersen	2008-2008	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
RWV Robins	1937-1937	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	66.66	-	100.00
Lord Tennyson	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	33.33	-	66.66	-	-
JE Emburey	1988-1988	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AN Hornby	1882-1884	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
AO Jones	1908-1908	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
James Lillywhite	1877-1877	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
WW Read	1888-1892	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
Rev.DS Sheppard	1954-1954	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
ME Trescothick	2004-2005	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
MP Bowden	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
MA Butcher	1999-1999	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
DB Carr	1952-1952	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
CS Cowdrey	1988-1988	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
K Cranston	1948-1948	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
JH Edrich	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
TW Graveney	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
Sir TC O'Brien	1896-1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
CA Smith	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
GTS Stevens	1928-1928	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
CF Walters	1934-1934	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-

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:

Bangladesh vs New Zealand Academy at Lincoln, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand , Dec 9-11, 1997 [First-class]