Australian cricket captains list: Which cricket team has had most number of Test captains?

Australian cricket captains list: A rich Australian Cricketing legacy has been witness to several captains over the years across all formats.

The Australian men’s Cricket team have been amongst the top Cricketing nations for quite some decades now. Having recently won the T20 World Cup in 2021 when it was least expected of them, the Aussies have time and again proved their fellow competing nations that they could write them off at their own peril, even if the side has been through the most tumultuous times in their rich Cricketing history.

The five-time 50-Over world champions continue to be one of the deadest sides in world Cricket producing some of the finest Cricketers with each successive generation.

The team has witnessed a dominating phase especially under the reigns of former skipper Steve Waugh (1999-2004) and then under Ricky Ponting (in both the ODIs and Tests) from 2004-2010.

Let’s have a look at the Australian men’s Cricket team captains list, starting with the Test format.

Australian cricket captains list in Test matches

Captain’s name	Tenure
DW Gregory	1877-1879
WL Murdoch	1880-1890
TP Horan	1885-1885
HH Massie	1885-1885
JM Blackham	1885-1894
HJH Scott	1886-1886
PS McDonnell	1887-1888
G Giffen	1894-1895
GHS Trott	1896-1898
J Darling	1899-1905
H Trumble	1902-1902
MA Noble	1903-1909
C Hill	1910-1912
SE Gregory	1912-1912
WW Armstrong	1920-1921
HL Collins	1921-1926
W Bardsley	1926-1926
J Ryder	1928-1929
WM Woodfull	1930-1934
VY Richardson	1935-1936
DG Bradman	1936-1948
WA Brown	1946-1946
AL Hassett	1949-1953
AR Morris	1951-1954
IWG Johnson	1954-1956
RR Lindwall	1956-1956
ID Craig	1957-1958
R Benaud	1958-1963
RN Harvey	1961-1961
RB Simpson	1964-1978
BC Booth	1965-1966
WM Lawry	1968-1971
BN Jarman	1968-1968
IM Chappell	1971-1975
GS Chappell	1975-1983
GN Yallop	1978-1979
KJ Hughes	1979-1984
AR Border	1984-1994
MA Taylor	1994-1999
SR Waugh	1999-2004
AC Gilchrist	2000-2004
RT Ponting	2004-2010
MJ Clarke	2011-2015
SR Watson	2013-2013
SPD Smith	2014-2021
TD Paine	2018-2021
PJ Cummins	2021-2022

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As far as teams with most number of Test captains are concerned, England is way ahead of the rest of the Test playing nations, with Australia taking up the second spot.

Team	No.of captains
England	81
Australia	47
West Indies	37
South Africa	37
Pakistan	34
India	34
New Zealand	30
Sri Lanka	17
Zimbabwe	12
Bangladesh	11
Afghanistan	6

Australian cricket captains in ODIs

Australia men’s Cricket side have had a total of 26 ODI captains till date.

Player	Span
WM Lawry	1971-1971
IM Chappell	1972-1975
GS Chappell	1975-1983
RB Simpson	1978-1978
GN Yallop	1979-1979
KJ Hughes	1979-1984
DW Hookes	1983-1983
AR Border	1985-1994
RJ Bright	1986-1986
GR Marsh	1987-1991
MA Taylor	1992-1997
IA Healy	1996-1997
SR Waugh	1997-2002
SK Warne	1998-1999
AC Gilchrist	2001-2007
RT Ponting	2002-2012
MEK Hussey	2006-2007
MJ Clarke	2008-2015
CL White	2011-2011
SR Watson	2012-2013
GJ Bailey	2013-2015
SPD Smith	2015-2018
DA Warner	2016-2016
AJ Finch	2017-2020
TD Paine	2018-2018
AT Carey	2021-2021

List of T20I Australian captains

Off the total 11 T20I captains Australia men’s side have had till date, Aaron Finch has led in 56* of them till date- the most by an Aussie in this format.

Player	Span
AJ Finch	2014-2021
GJ Bailey	2012-2014
MJ Clarke	2007-2010
RT Ponting	2005-2009
DA Warner	2016-2018
SPD Smith	2015-2016
MS Wade	2020-2021
CL White	2011-2011
AC Gilchrist	2007-2007
BJ Haddin	2009-2009
SR Watson	2016-2016