Individual Most Matches As Captain - Australia

Most matches as captain for The Ashes - Australia

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AR Border	1985-1993	28	13	6	0	9	0	2.160	46.42	21.42	0	32.14	0	68.42
DG Bradman	1936-1948	19	11	3	0	5	0	3.660	57.89	15.78	0	26.31	0	78.57
RT Ponting	2005-2010	19	8	6	0	5	0	1.330	42.1	31.57	0	26.31	0	57.14
J Darling	1899-1905	18	5	4	0	9	0	1.250	27.77	22.22	0	50	0	55.55
IM Chappell	1971-1975	16	7	4	0	5	0	1.750	43.75	25	0	31.25	0	63.63
MJ Clarke	2011-2015	16	7	7	0	2	0	1.000	43.75	43.75	0	12.5	0	50
MA Taylor	1994-1999	16	9	4	0	3	0	2.250	56.25	25	0	18.75	0	69.23
MA Noble	1903-1909	15	8	5	0	2	0	1.600	53.33	33.33	0	13.33	0	61.53
WM Woodfull	1930-1934	15	5	6	0	4	0	0.830	33.33	40	0	26.66	0	45.45
R Benaud	1958-1963	14	6	2	0	6	0	3.000	42.85	14.28	0	42.85	0	75
WW Armstrong	1920-1921	10	8	0	0	2	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
GS Chappell	1977-1983	10	2	4	0	4	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
PJ Cummins	2021-2025	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
AL Hassett	1950-1953	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
SPD Smith	2017-2026	10	8	1	0	1	0	8.000	80	10	0	10	0	88.88
IWG Johnson	1954-1956	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.500	22.22	44.44	0	33.33	0	33.33
WM Lawry	1968-1971	9	1	2	0	6	0	0.500	11.11	22.22	0	66.66	0	33.33
WL Murdoch	1882-1890	9	1	6	0	2	0	0.160	11.11	66.66	0	22.22	0	14.28
SR Waugh	2001-2003	9	8	1	0	0	0	8.000	88.88	11.11	0	0	0	88.88
JM Blackham	1885-1894	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
HL Collins	1924-1926	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
RB Simpson	1964-1966	8	2	0	0	6	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
GHS Trott	1896-1898	8	5	3	0	0	0	1.660	62.5	37.5	0	0	0	62.5
KJ Hughes	1981-1981	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
PS McDonnell	1887-1888	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
GN Yallop	1978-1979	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
C Hill	1911-1912	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
TD Paine	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
J Ryder	1928-1929	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
G Giffen	1894-1895	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
SE Gregory	1912-1912	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
HJH Scott	1886-1886	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
W Bardsley	1926-1926	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BC Booth	1965-1966	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
TP Horan	1885-1885	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
H Trumble	1902-1902	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AC Gilchrist	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RN Harvey	1961-1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
BN Jarman	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
HH Massie	1885-1885	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AR Morris	1954-1954	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]