Individual Most Matches As Captain - England

Most matches as captain for The Ashes - England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AC MacLaren	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.360	18.18	50	0	31.81	0	26.66
MA Atherton	1993-2001	15	4	9	0	2	0	0.440	26.66	60	0	13.33	0	30.76
JM Brearley	1977-1981	15	11	1	0	3	0	11.000	73.33	6.66	0	20	0	91.66
AN Cook	2013-2015	15	6	7	0	2	0	0.850	40	46.66	0	13.33	0	46.15
JE Root	2017-2022	15	2	10	0	3	0	0.200	13.33	66.66	0	20	0	16.66
WG Grace	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.660	61.53	23.07	0	15.38	0	72.72
PBH May	1956-1961	13	3	6	0	4	0	0.500	23.07	46.15	0	30.76	0	33.33
JWHT Douglas	1911-1921	12	4	8	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
DI Gower	1985-1989	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.600	25	41.66	0	33.33	0	37.5
R Illingworth	1970-1972	11	4	2	0	5	0	2.000	36.36	18.18	0	45.45	0	66.66
ER Dexter	1962-1964	10	1	2	0	7	0	0.500	10	20	0	70	0	33.33
L Hutton	1953-1955	10	4	1	0	5	0	4.000	40	10	0	50	0	80
BA Stokes	2023-2026	10	3	6	0	1	0	0.500	30	60	0	10	0	33.33
AJ Strauss	2009-2011	10	5	2	0	3	0	2.500	50	20	0	30	0	71.42
APF Chapman	1926-1930	9	6	1	0	2	0	6.000	66.66	11.11	0	22.22	0	85.71
GA Gooch	1990-1993	8	0	5	0	3	0	0.000	0	62.5	0	37.5	0	0
WR Hammond	1938-1947	8	1	3	0	4	0	0.330	12.5	37.5	0	50	0	25
N Hussain	2001-2003	8	2	6	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
AE Stoddart	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.750	37.5	50	0	12.5	0	42.85
A Shrewsbury	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
MC Cowdrey	1961-1968	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
MH Denness	1974-1975	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.250	16.66	66.66	0	16.66	0	20
NWD Yardley	1947-1948	6	0	5	0	1	0	0.000	0	83.33	0	16.66	0	0
GOB Allen	1936-1937	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
FR Brown	1950-1951	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
A Flintoff	2006-2007	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MW Gatting	1986-1987	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
AER Gilligan	1924-1925	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
Hon.FS Jackson	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
DR Jardine	1932-1933	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
MJK Smith	1965-1966	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
AJ Stewart	1998-1999	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
MP Vaughan	2005-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
PF Warner	1903-1904	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
RGD Willis	1982-1983	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
RES Wyatt	1930-1934	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AW Carr	1926-1926	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AG Steel	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
Hon.IFW Bligh	1882-1883	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
FL Fane	1907-1908	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
CB Fry	1912-1912	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
AW Greig	1975-1975	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Lord Tennyson	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
IT Botham	1981-1981	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Lord Harris	1884-1884	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
AO Jones	1908-1908	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JH Edrich	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TW Graveney	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AN Hornby	1884-1884	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AJ Lamb	1990-1990	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WW Read	1888-1888	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
CF Walters	1934-1934	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JC White	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:

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]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]