Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for The Ashes

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1993	28	13	6	0	9	0	2.160	46.42	21.42	0	32.14	0	68.42
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.360	18.18	50	0	31.81	0	26.66
DG Bradman (AUS)	1936-1948	19	11	3	0	5	0	3.660	57.89	15.78	0	26.31	0	78.57
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	19	8	6	0	5	0	1.330	42.1	31.57	0	26.31	0	57.14
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	18	5	4	0	9	0	1.250	27.77	22.22	0	50	0	55.55
IM Chappell (AUS)	1971-1975	16	7	4	0	5	0	1.750	43.75	25	0	31.25	0	63.63
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2015	16	7	7	0	2	0	1.000	43.75	43.75	0	12.5	0	50
MA Taylor (AUS)	1994-1999	16	9	4	0	3	0	2.250	56.25	25	0	18.75	0	69.23
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	15	4	9	0	2	0	0.440	26.66	60	0	13.33	0	30.76
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	15	11	1	0	3	0	11.000	73.33	6.66	0	20	0	91.66
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2015	15	6	7	0	2	0	0.850	40	46.66	0	13.33	0	46.15
MA Noble (AUS)	1903-1909	15	8	5	0	2	0	1.600	53.33	33.33	0	13.33	0	61.53
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2022	15	2	10	0	3	0	0.200	13.33	66.66	0	20	0	16.66
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	15	5	6	0	4	0	0.830	33.33	40	0	26.66	0	45.45
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1963	14	6	2	0	6	0	3.000	42.85	14.28	0	42.85	0	75
WG Grace (ENG)	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.660	61.53	23.07	0	15.38	0	72.72
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1961	13	3	6	0	4	0	0.500	23.07	46.15	0	30.76	0	33.33
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1921	12	4	8	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
DI Gower (ENG)	1985-1989	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.600	25	41.66	0	33.33	0	37.5
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1972	11	4	2	0	5	0	2.000	36.36	18.18	0	45.45	0	66.66
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	10	8	0	0	2	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1983	10	2	4	0	4	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2021-2025	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
ER Dexter (ENG)	1962-1964	10	1	2	0	7	0	0.500	10	20	0	70	0	33.33
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
L Hutton (ENG)	1953-1955	10	4	1	0	5	0	4.000	40	10	0	50	0	80
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2011	10	5	2	0	3	0	2.500	50	20	0	30	0	71.42
APF Chapman (ENG)	1926-1930	9	6	1	0	2	0	6.000	66.66	11.11	0	22.22	0	85.71
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1954-1956	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.500	22.22	44.44	0	33.33	0	33.33
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1971	9	1	2	0	6	0	0.500	11.11	22.22	0	66.66	0	33.33
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1882-1890	9	1	6	0	2	0	0.160	11.11	66.66	0	22.22	0	14.28
SPD Smith (AUS)	2017-2025	9	7	1	0	1	0	7.000	77.77	11.11	0	11.11	0	87.5
BA Stokes (ENG)	2023-2025	9	3	5	0	1	0	0.600	33.33	55.55	0	11.11	0	37.5
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2003	9	8	1	0	0	0	8.000	88.88	11.11	0	0	0	88.88
JM Blackham (AUS)	1885-1894	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
HL Collins (AUS)	1924-1926	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1993	8	0	5	0	3	0	0.000	0	62.5	0	37.5	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1947	8	1	3	0	4	0	0.330	12.5	37.5	0	50	0	25
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2003	8	2	6	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1966	8	2	0	0	6	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.750	37.5	50	0	12.5	0	42.85
GHS Trott (AUS)	1896-1898	8	5	3	0	0	0	1.660	62.5	37.5	0	0	0	62.5
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1961-1968	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1981-1981	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
PS McDonnell (AUS)	1887-1888	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1948	6	0	5	0	1	0	0.000	0	83.33	0	16.66	0	0
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1937	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1951	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2007	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1987	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1925	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
C Hill (AUS)	1911-1912	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1933	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
J Ryder (AUS)	1928-1929	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1966	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-1999	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
PF Warner (ENG)	1903-1904	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1983	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1930-1934	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1926	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
G Giffen (AUS)	1894-1895	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
Hon.IFW Bligh (ENG)	1882-1883	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
FL Fane (ENG)	1907-1908	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1975	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
HJH Scott (AUS)	1886-1886	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
W Bardsley (AUS)	1926-1926	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BC Booth (AUS)	1965-1966	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1981-1981	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Lord Harris (ENG)	1884-1884	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
TP Horan (AUS)	1885-1885	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AO Jones (ENG)	1908-1908	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
H Trumble (AUS)	1902-1902	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JH Edrich (ENG)	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AN Hornby (ENG)	1884-1884	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BN Jarman (AUS)	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1990-1990	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HH Massie (AUS)	1885-1885	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AR Morris (AUS)	1954-1954	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WW Read (ENG)	1888-1888	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
CF Walters (ENG)	1934-1934	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JC White (ENG)	1929-1929	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	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:

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]

England vs Australia at Brisbane, The Ashes 2nd Test, Dec 4-7, 2025 [Test # 2611]