|
Captaincy Performances - Minimum Tests
Ordered By
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Tests
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
Toss
|
|
G C Smith
|
South Africa
|
2002-2014
|
109
|
53 (48.62%)
|
29 (26.61%)
|
27 (24.77%)
|
58 (53.21%)
|
|
A R Border
|
Australia
|
1978-1994
|
93
|
32 (34.41%)
|
22 (23.66%)
|
38 (40.86%)
|
47 (50.54%)
|
|
S P Fleming
|
New Zealand
|
1994-2008
|
80
|
28 (35.00%)
|
27 (33.75%)
|
25 (31.25%)
|
38 (47.50%)
|
|
R T Ponting
|
Australia
|
1995-2012
|
77
|
48 (62.34%)
|
16 (20.78%)
|
13 (16.88%)
|
37 (48.05%)
|
|
C H Lloyd
|
West Indies
|
1966-1984
|
74
|
36 (48.65%)
|
12 (16.22%)
|
26 (35.14%)
|
35 (47.30%)
|
|
V Kohli*
|
India
|
2011-
|
68
|
40 (58.82%)
|
17 (25.00%)
|
11 (16.18%)
|
31 (45.59%)
|
|
J E Root*
|
England
|
2012-
|
64
|
27 (42.19%)
|
26 (40.63%)
|
11 (17.19%)
|
38 (59.38%)
|
|
M S Dhoni
|
India
|
2005-2014
|
60
|
27 (45.00%)
|
18 (30.00%)
|
15 (25.00%)
|
27 (45.00%)
|
|
A N Cook
|
England
|
2006-2018
|
59
|
24 (40.68%)
|
22 (37.29%)
|
13 (22.03%)
|
28 (47.46%)
|
|
S R Waugh
|
Australia
|
1985-2004
|
57
|
41 (71.93%)
|
9 (15.79%)
|
7 (12.28%)
|
31 (54.39%)
|
|
A Ranatunga
|
Sri Lanka
|
1982-2000
|
56
|
12 (21.43%)
|
19 (33.93%)
|
25 (44.64%)
|
29 (51.79%)
|
|
Misbah-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
2001-2017
|
56
|
26 (46.43%)
|
19 (33.93%)
|
11 (19.64%)
|
29 (51.79%)
|
|
M A Atherton
|
England
|
1989-2001
|
54
|
13 (24.07%)
|
21 (38.89%)
|
20 (37.04%)
|
23 (42.59%)
|
|
W J Cronje
|
South Africa
|
1992-2000
|
53
|
27 (50.94%)
|
11 (20.75%)
|
15 (28.30%)
|
22 (41.51%)
|
|
M P Vaughan
|
England
|
1999-2008
|
51
|
26 (50.98%)
|
11 (21.57%)
|
14 (27.45%)
|
24 (47.06%)
|
|
A J Strauss
|
England
|
2004-2012
|
50
|
23 (46.00%)
|
11 (22.00%)
|
15 (30.00%)
|
28 (56.00%)
|
|
I V A Richards
|
West Indies
|
1974-1991
|
50
|
27 (54.00%)
|
8 (16.00%)
|
15 (30.00%)
|
23 (46.00%)
|
|
M A Taylor
|
Australia
|
1989-1999
|
50
|
26 (52.00%)
|
13 (26.00%)
|
11 (22.00%)
|
26 (52.00%)
|
|
S C Ganguly
|
India
|
1996-2008
|
49
|
21 (42.86%)
|
13 (26.53%)
|
15 (30.61%)
|
21 (42.86%)
|
|
G S Chappell
|
Australia
|
1970-1984
|
48
|
21 (43.75%)
|
13 (27.08%)
|
14 (29.17%)
|
29 (60.42%)
|
|
Imran Khan
|
Pakistan
|
1971-1992
|
48
|
14 (29.17%)
|
8 (16.67%)
|
26 (54.17%)
|
25 (52.08%)
|
|
B C Lara
|
West Indies
|
1990-2006
|
47
|
10 (21.28%)
|
26 (55.32%)
|
11 (23.40%)
|
20 (42.55%)
|
|
S M Gavaskar
|
India
|
1971-1987
|
47
|
9 (19.15%)
|
8 (17.02%)
|
30 (63.83%)
|
22 (46.81%)
|
|
M Azharuddin
|
India
|
1984-2000
|
47
|
14 (29.79%)
|
14 (29.79%)
|
19 (40.43%)
|
29 (61.70%)
|
|
M J Clarke
|
Australia
|
2004-2015
|
47
|
24 (51.06%)
|
16 (34.04%)
|
7 (14.89%)
|
24 (51.06%)
|
|
N Hussain
|
England
|
1990-2004
|
45
|
17 (37.78%)
|
15 (33.33%)
|
13 (28.89%)
|
19 (42.22%)
|
|
P B H May
|
England
|
1951-1961
|
41
|
20 (48.78%)
|
10 (24.39%)
|
11 (26.83%)
|
27 (65.85%)
|
|
Nawab of Pataudi Jr
|
India
|
1961-1975
|
40
|
9 (22.50%)
|
19 (47.50%)
|
12 (30.00%)
|
20 (50.00%)
|
|
K S Williamson*
|
New Zealand
|
2010-
|
40
|
22 (55.00%)
|
10 (25.00%)
|
8 (20.00%)
|
22 (55.00%)
|
|
G S A Sobers
|
West Indies
|
1954-1974
|
39
|
9 (23.08%)
|
10 (25.64%)
|
20 (51.28%)
|
27 (69.23%)
|
|
R B Simpson
|
Australia
|
1957-1978
|
39
|
12 (30.77%)
|
12 (30.77%)
|
15 (38.46%)
|
19 (48.72%)
|
|
S T Jayasuriya
|
Sri Lanka
|
1991-2007
|
38
|
18 (47.37%)
|
12 (31.58%)
|
8 (21.05%)
|
25 (65.79%)
|
|
D P M D Jayawardene
|
Sri Lanka
|
1997-2014
|
38
|
18 (47.37%)
|
12 (31.58%)
|
8 (21.05%)
|
21 (55.26%)
|
|
S P D Smith*
|
Australia
|
2010-
|
38
|
21 (55.26%)
|
10 (26.32%)
|
7 (18.42%)
|
18 (47.37%)
|
|
J O Holder*
|
West Indies
|
2014-
|
37
|
11 (29.73%)
|
21 (56.76%)
|
5 (13.51%)
|
22 (59.46%)
|
|
F du Plessis
|
South Africa
|
2012-2021
|
36
|
18 (50.00%)
|
15 (41.67%)
|
3 (8.33%)
|
16 (44.44%)
|
|
K C Brathwaite*
|
West Indies
|
2011-
|
36
|
8 (22.22%)
|
20 (55.56%)
|
7 (19.44%)
|
17 (47.22%)
|
|
A D Mathews*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2009-
|
34
|
13 (38.24%)
|
15 (44.12%)
|
6 (17.65%)
|
21 (61.76%)
|
|
G A Gooch
|
England
|
1975-1995
|
34
|
10 (29.41%)
|
12 (35.29%)
|
12 (35.29%)
|
16 (47.06%)
|
|
Kapil Dev
|
India
|
1978-1994
|
34
|
4 (11.76%)
|
7 (20.59%)
|
22 (64.71%)
|
15 (44.12%)
|
|
Javed Miandad
|
Pakistan
|
1976-1993
|
34
|
14 (41.18%)
|
6 (17.65%)
|
14 (41.18%)
|
12 (35.29%)
|
|
J R Reid
|
New Zealand
|
1949-1965
|
34
|
3 (8.82%)
|
18 (52.94%)
|
13 (38.24%)
|
16 (47.06%)
|
|
Mushfiqur Rahim*
|
Bangladesh
|
2005-
|
34
|
7 (20.59%)
|
18 (52.94%)
|
9 (26.47%)
|
16 (47.06%)
|
|
D L Vettori
|
New Zealand
|
1997-2014
|
32
|
6 (18.75%)
|
16 (50.00%)
|
10 (31.25%)
|
17 (53.13%)
|
|
D I Gower
|
England
|
1978-1992
|
32
|
5 (15.63%)
|
18 (56.25%)
|
9 (28.13%)
|
14 (43.75%)
|
|
R Illingworth
|
England
|
1958-1973
|
31
|
12 (38.71%)
|
5 (16.13%)
|
14 (45.16%)
|
15 (48.39%)
|
|
J M Brearley
|
England
|
1976-1981
|
31
|
18 (58.06%)
|
4 (12.90%)
|
9 (29.03%)
|
13 (41.94%)
|
|
B B McCullum
|
New Zealand
|
2004-2016
|
31
|
11 (35.48%)
|
11 (35.48%)
|
9 (29.03%)
|
12 (38.71%)
|
|
Inzamam-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
1992-2007
|
31
|
11 (35.48%)
|
10 (32.26%)
|
9 (29.03%)
|
15 (48.39%)
|
|
D J G Sammy
|
West Indies
|
2007-2013
|
30
|
8 (26.67%)
|
12 (40.00%)
|
10 (33.33%)
|
14 (46.67%)
|
|
E R Dexter
|
England
|
1958-1968
|
30
|
9 (30.00%)
|
7 (23.33%)
|
14 (46.67%)
|
13 (43.33%)
|
|
I M Chappell
|
Australia
|
1964-1980
|
30
|
15 (50.00%)
|
5 (16.67%)
|
10 (33.33%)
|
17 (56.67%)
|
|
G P Howarth
|
New Zealand
|
1975-1985
|
30
|
11 (36.67%)
|
7 (23.33%)
|
12 (40.00%)
|
17 (56.67%)
|
|
D Karunaratne*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2012-
|
30
|
12 (40.00%)
|
12 (40.00%)
|
6 (20.00%)
|
17 (56.67%)
|
|
B A Stokes*
|
England
|
2013-
|
29
|
17 (58.62%)
|
11 (37.93%)
|
1 (3.45%)
|
16 (55.17%)
|
|
P J Cummins*
|
Australia
|
2011-
|
29
|
17 (58.62%)
|
6 (20.69%)
|
5 (17.24%)
|
15 (51.72%)
|
|
K J Hughes
|
Australia
|
1977-1984
|
28
|
4 (14.29%)
|
13 (46.43%)
|
11 (39.29%)
|
13 (46.43%)
|
|
R Benaud
|
Australia
|
1952-1964
|
28
|
12 (42.86%)
|
4 (14.29%)
|
11 (39.29%)
|
11 (39.29%)
|
|
M C Cowdrey
|
England
|
1954-1975
|
27
|
8 (29.63%)
|
4 (14.81%)
|
15 (55.56%)
|
17 (62.96%)
|
|
S M Pollock
|
South Africa
|
1995-2008
|
26
|
14 (53.85%)
|
5 (19.23%)
|
7 (26.92%)
|
9 (34.62%)
|
|
R Dravid
|
India
|
1996-2012
|
25
|
8 (32.00%)
|
6 (24.00%)
|
11 (44.00%)
|
15 (60.00%)
|
|
W M Woodfull
|
Australia
|
1926-1934
|
25
|
14 (56.00%)
|
7 (28.00%)
|
4 (16.00%)
|
12 (48.00%)
|
|
S R Tendulkar
|
India
|
1989-2013
|
25
|
4 (16.00%)
|
9 (36.00%)
|
12 (48.00%)
|
15 (60.00%)
|
|
M J K Smith
|
England
|
1958-1972
|
25
|
5 (20.00%)
|
3 (12.00%)
|
17 (68.00%)
|
10 (40.00%)
|
|
Wasim Akram
|
Pakistan
|
1985-2002
|
25
|
12 (48.00%)
|
8 (32.00%)
|
5 (20.00%)
|
8 (32.00%)
|
|
W M Lawry
|
Australia
|
1961-1971
|
25
|
9 (36.00%)
|
8 (32.00%)
|
8 (32.00%)
|
8 (32.00%)
|
|
A L Hassett
|
Australia
|
1938-1953
|
24
|
14 (58.33%)
|
4 (16.67%)
|
6 (25.00%)
|
18 (75.00%)
|
|
D G Bradman
|
Australia
|
1928-1948
|
24
|
15 (62.50%)
|
3 (12.50%)
|
6 (25.00%)
|
10 (41.67%)
|
|
R B Richardson
|
West Indies
|
1983-1995
|
24
|
11 (45.83%)
|
6 (25.00%)
|
7 (29.17%)
|
12 (50.00%)
|
|
L Hutton
|
England
|
1937-1955
|
23
|
11 (47.83%)
|
4 (17.39%)
|
8 (34.78%)
|
7 (30.43%)
|
|
M W Gatting
|
England
|
1978-1995
|
23
|
2 (8.70%)
|
5 (21.74%)
|
16 (69.57%)
|
14 (60.87%)
|
|
A H Kardar
|
Pakistan
|
1946-1958
|
23
|
6 (26.09%)
|
6 (26.09%)
|
11 (47.83%)
|
10 (43.48%)
|
|
T D Paine
|
Australia
|
2010-2021
|
23
|
11 (47.83%)
|
8 (34.78%)
|
4 (17.39%)
|
12 (52.17%)
|
|
A C MacLaren
|
England
|
1894-1909
|
22
|
4 (18.18%)
|
11 (50.00%)
|
7 (31.82%)
|
11 (50.00%)
|
|
C L Hooper
|
West Indies
|
1987-2002
|
22
|
4 (18.18%)
|
11 (50.00%)
|
7 (31.82%)
|
15 (68.18%)
|
|
B S Bedi
|
India
|
1966-1979
|
22
|
6 (27.27%)
|
11 (50.00%)
|
5 (22.73%)
|
13 (59.09%)
|
|
J D C Goddard
|
West Indies
|
1948-1957
|
22
|
8 (36.36%)
|
7 (31.82%)
|
7 (31.82%)
|
12 (54.55%)
|
|
C A Walsh
|
West Indies
|
1984-2001
|
22
|
6 (27.27%)
|
7 (31.82%)
|
9 (40.91%)
|
13 (59.09%)
|
|
H H Streak
|
Zimbabwe
|
1993-2005
|
21
|
4 (19.05%)
|
11 (52.38%)
|
6 (28.57%)
|
13 (61.90%)
|
|
J Darling
|
Australia
|
1894-1905
|
21
|
7 (33.33%)
|
4 (19.05%)
|
10 (47.62%)
|
7 (33.33%)
|
|
A D R Campbell
|
Zimbabwe
|
1992-2002
|
21
|
2 (9.52%)
|
12 (57.14%)
|
7 (33.33%)
|
15 (71.43%)
|
|
R G Sharma*
|
India
|
2013-
|
21
|
12 (57.14%)
|
7 (33.33%)
|
2 (9.52%)
|
8 (38.10%)
|
|
Babar Azam*
|
Pakistan
|
2016-
|
20
|
10 (50.00%)
|
6 (30.00%)
|
4 (20.00%)
|
6 (30.00%)
|
|
A Flower
|
Zimbabwe
|
1992-2002
|
20
|
1 (5.00%)
|
10 (50.00%)
|
9 (45.00%)
|
10 (50.00%)
|
|
W R Hammond
|
England
|
1927-1947
|
20
|
4 (20.00%)
|
3 (15.00%)
|
13 (65.00%)
|
11 (55.00%)
|
|
C H Gayle
|
West Indies
|
2000-2014
|
20
|
3 (15.00%)
|
9 (45.00%)
|
8 (40.00%)
|
8 (40.00%)
|
|
No. of Records = 86
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