Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for South Africa in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith	2003-2014	108	53	28	0	27	0	1.890	49.07	25.92	0	25	0	65.43
WJ Cronje	1994-2000	53	27	11	0	15	0	2.450	50.94	20.75	0	28.3	0	71.05
F du Plessis	2016-2020	36	18	15	0	3	0	1.200	50	41.66	0	8.33	0	54.54
SM Pollock	2000-2003	26	14	5	0	7	0	2.800	53.84	19.23	0	26.92	0	73.68
D Elgar	2017-2024	18	9	8	0	1	0	1.120	50	44.44	0	5.55	0	52.94
HW Taylor	1913-1924	18	1	10	0	7	0	0.100	5.55	55.55	0	38.88	0	9.09
KC Wessels	1992-1994	16	5	3	0	8	0	1.660	31.25	18.75	0	50	0	62.5
JE Cheetham	1952-1955	15	7	5	0	3	0	1.400	46.66	33.33	0	20	0	58.33
AD Nourse	1948-1951	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.110	6.66	60	0	33.33	0	10
HM Amla	2014-2016	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	42.85	0	50
DJ McGlew	1955-1962	14	4	6	0	4	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
TL Goddard	1963-1965	13	1	2	0	10	0	0.500	7.69	15.38	0	76.92	0	33.33
PW Sherwell	1906-1911	13	5	6	0	2	0	0.830	38.46	46.15	0	15.38	0	45.45
T Bavuma	2023-2025	12	11	0	0	1	0	-	91.66	0	0	8.33	0	100
HG Deane	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
A Melville	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
HF Wade	1935-1936	10	1	4	0	5	0	0.250	10	40	0	50	0	20
HB Cameron	1931-1932	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.400	22.22	55.55	0	22.22	0	28.57
PL van der Merwe	1965-1967	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.000	50	12.5	0	37.5	0	80
CB van Ryneveld	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
SJ Snooke	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
A Bacher	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MV Boucher	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Q de Kock	2020-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AK Markram	2024-2025	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
AB de Villiers	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
EA Halliwell	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
F Mitchell	1912-1912	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
LJ Tancred	1912-1912	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
M Bisset	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
N Brand	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JH Kallis	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WH Milton	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AG Prince	2006-2006	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JH Anderson	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
OR Dunell	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
G Kirsten	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KA Maharaj	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
PWA Mulder	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
EP Nupen	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AR Richards	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HM Taberer	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]