| |
Player |
Position |
Clubs while captain |
Total Caps |
Goals |
Caps as Captain |
| 1. |
Cuthbert Ottaway |
Forward |
Oxford University |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, November 30, 1872 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 07, 1874 |
| 2. |
Alexander Morten |
Keeper |
Crystal Palace |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 08, 1873 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 08, 1873 |
| 3. |
Charles Alcock |
Forward |
Wanderers |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 06, 1875 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 06, 1875 |
| 4. |
Hubert Heron |
Forward |
Uxbridge, Wanderers |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 04, 1876 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 04, 1876 |
| 5. |
William Rawson |
Defender |
Oxford University |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 03, 1877 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 03, 1877 |
| 6. |
Arthur Cursham |
Forward |
Notts County |
6 |
2 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 02, 1878 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, January 18, 1879 |
| 7. |
Henry Wace |
Forward |
Wanderers |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, April 05, 1879 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 05, 1879 |
| 8. |
Charles Wollaston |
Forward |
Wanderers |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 13, 1880 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 13, 1880 |
| 9. |
Francis Sparks |
Forward |
Herts Rangers |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 15, 1880 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, March 15, 1880 |
| 10. |
John Hunter |
Half-back |
Sheffield Heeley |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 26, 1881 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, February 26, 1881 |
| 11. |
Norman Bailey |
Half-back |
Clapham Rovers |
19 |
2 |
15 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 26, 1881 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 19, 1887 |
| 12. |
Charles Bambridge |
Left Wing |
Swifts, Corinthians |
18 |
12 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 18, 1882 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, February 05, 1887 |
| 13. |
John Hudson |
Half-back |
Sheffield Wednesday |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 24, 1883 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, February 24, 1883 |
| 14. |
Percy Walters |
Full-back |
Oxford Uni, Old Carthusians |
13 |
0 |
5 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 13, 1886 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 05, 1890 |
| 15. |
Tinsley Lindley |
Forward |
Cambridge Uni, Nottingham Forest |
13 |
15 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 04, 1888 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 07, 1891 |
| 16. |
John Brodie |
Forward |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 02, 1889 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 02, 1889 |
| 17. |
James Forrest |
Half-back |
Blackburn Rovers |
11 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 15, 1890 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 15, 1890 |
| 18. |
John Goodall |
Forward |
Preston North End |
14 |
12 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 07, 1891 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 07, 1894 |
| 19. |
William Moon |
Keeper |
Old Westminsters |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Monday, April 06, 1891 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, April 06, 1891 |
| 20. |
Arthur Dunn |
Forward |
Old Etonians |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 05, 1892 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 02, 1892 |
| 21. |
Harry Daft |
Left Wing |
Notts County |
5 |
3 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 05, 1892 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 05, 1892 |
| 22. |
George Cotterill |
Forward |
Old Brightonians |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 25, 1893 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 01, 1893 |
| 23. |
Robert Holmes |
Defender |
Preston North End |
7 |
0 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 13, 1893 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 09, 1895 |
| 24. |
Robert Gosling |
Inside Forward |
Old Etonians |
5 |
2 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 12, 1894 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 06, 1895 |
| 25. |
Charles Wreford-Brown |
Half-back |
Old Carthusians |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 18, 1895 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 02, 1898 |
| 26. |
Gilbert Smith |
Forward |
Old Carthusians, Corinthians |
20 |
12 |
15 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 07, 1896 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 30, 1901 |
| 27. |
William Oakley |
Full-back |
Corinthians |
16 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 09, 1901 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 09, 1901 |
| 28. |
Ernest Needham |
Left half |
Sheffield United |
16 |
3 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 18, 1901 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, March 18, 1901 |
| 29. |
Reginald Foster |
Forward |
Corinthians |
5 |
3 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 03, 1902 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, March 03, 1902 |
| 30. |
Frank Forman |
Half-back |
Nottingham Forest |
9 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 22, 1902 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, March 22, 1902 |
| 31. |
Stephen Bloomer |
Forward |
Derby County, Middlesbrough |
23 |
28 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, May 03, 1902 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 03, 1902 |
| 32. |
Howard Spencer |
Full-back |
Aston Villa |
6 |
0 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 14, 1903 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 01, 1905 |
| 33. |
Robert Crompton |
Full-back |
Blackburn Rovers |
41 |
0 |
22 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 02, 1903 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 04, 1914 |
| 34. |
Stanley Harris |
Forward |
Old Westminsters |
6 |
2 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 25, 1905 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 07, 1906 |
| 35. |
Vivian Woodward |
Forward |
Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea |
23 |
29 |
14 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, February 15, 1908 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, March 13, 1911 |
| 36. |
Arthur Knight |
Full-back |
Portsmouth |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 25, 1919 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, October 25, 1919 |
| 37. |
Jesse Pennington |
Full-back |
West Bromwich Albion |
25 |
0 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 15, 1920 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 10, 1920 |
| 38. |
Joseph McCall |
Centre-half |
Preston North End |
5 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 23, 1920 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, October 23, 1920 |
| 39. |
Charles Buchan |
Forward |
Sunderland |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 14, 1921 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, May 10, 1923 |
| 40. |
Arthur Grimsdell |
Half-back |
Tottenham Hotspur |
6 |
0 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Tuesday, April 19, 1921 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, March 05, 1923 |
| 41. |
Ephraim Longworth |
Full-back |
Liverpool |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, May 21, 1921 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 21, 1921 |
| 42. |
George Wilson |
Centre-half |
Sheffield Wednesday |
12 |
0 |
7 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 22, 1921 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 17, 1924 |
| 43. |
Maxwell Woosnam |
Centre-half |
Manchester City |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Monday, March 13, 1922 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, March 13, 1922 |
| 44. |
Basil Patchitt |
Defender |
Corinthians |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Monday, May 21, 1923 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, May 24, 1923 |
| 45. |
Graham Doggart |
Forward |
Corinthians |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Thursday, November 01, 1923 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, November 01, 1923 |
| 46. |
Frank Moss |
Half-back |
Aston Villa |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, April 12, 1924 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 12, 1924 |
| 47. |
Samuel Wadsworth |
Left back |
Huddersfield Town |
9 |
0 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, October 22, 1924 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, October 20, 1926 |
| 48. |
Alfred Bower |
Full-back |
Corinthians |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Monday, December 08, 1924 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, February 12, 1927 |
| 49. |
William Walker |
Forward |
Aston Villa |
18 |
9 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Thursday, May 21, 1925 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, December 07, 1932 |
| 50. |
Claude Ashton |
Forward |
Corinthians |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 24, 1925 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, October 24, 1925 |
| 51. |
Thomas Lucas |
Full-back |
Liverpool |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Monday, May 24, 1926 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, May 24, 1926 |
| 52. |
John Hill |
Half-back |
Burnley, Newcastle United |
11 |
6 |
8 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, April 02, 1927 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, May 15, 1929 |
| 53. |
Frederick Kean |
Half-back |
Sheffield Wednesday |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, May 21, 1927 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 21, 1927 |
| 54. |
Roy Goodall |
Full-back |
Huddersfield Town |
25 |
0 |
12 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, March 31, 1928 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, December 06, 1933 |
| 55. |
Willis Edwards |
Half-back |
Leeds United |
16 |
0 |
5 |
| First game as captain: Monday, October 22, 1928 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, November 20, 1929 |
| 56. |
David Jack |
Forward |
Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal |
9 |
3 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, April 05, 1930 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, November 16, 1932 |
| 57. |
Alfred Strange |
Half-back |
Sheffield Wednesday |
20 |
0 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Thursday, May 14, 1931 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, November 18, 1931 |
| 58. |
Ernest Blenkinsop |
Full-back |
Sheffield Wednesday |
26 |
0 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, December 09, 1931 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 01, 1933 |
| 59. |
Thomas Cooper |
Full-back |
Derby County |
15 |
0 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, April 14, 1934 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, September 29, 1934 |
| 60. |
Eddie Hapgood |
Left back |
Arsenal |
30 |
0 |
21 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, November 14, 1934 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, May 18, 1939 |
| 61. |
Jack Barker |
Centre-half |
Derby County |
11 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 17, 1936 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, October 17, 1936 |
| 62. |
George Male |
Right back |
Arsenal |
19 |
0 |
6 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, November 18, 1936 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, May 20, 1937 |
| 63. |
Samuel Barkas |
Defender |
Manchester City |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 23, 1937 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, December 01, 1937 |
| 64. |
Stan Cullis |
Centre-half |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
12 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, May 24, 1939 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, May 24, 1939 |
| 65. |
George Hardwick |
Left back |
Middlesbrough |
13 |
0 |
13 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, September 28, 1946 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, April 10, 1948 |
| 66. |
Frank Swift |
Keeper |
Manchester City |
19 |
0 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Sunday, May 16, 1948 |
| Last game as captain: Sunday, September 26, 1948 |
| 67. |
Billy Wright |
Half-back |
Wolves |
105 |
3 |
90 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 09, 1948 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, May 28, 1959 |
| 68. |
Alf Ramsey |
Right back |
Tottenham |
32 |
3 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, November 15, 1950 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 19, 1951 |
| 69. |
Ronnie Clayton |
Right-half |
Blackburn Rovers |
35 |
0 |
5 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, October 17, 1959 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, May 11, 1960 |
| 70. |
Johnny Haynes |
Forward |
Fulham |
56 |
18 |
22 |
| First game as captain: Sunday, May 15, 1960 |
| Last game as captain: Sunday, June 10, 1962 |
| 71. |
Jimmy Armfield |
Full-back |
Blackpool |
43 |
0 |
15 |
| First game as captain: Thursday, September 28, 1961 |
| Last game as captain: Sunday, June 26, 1966 |
| 72. |
Bobby Moore |
Centre back |
West Ham United |
108 |
2 |
90 |
| First game as captain: Monday, May 20, 1963 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, November 14, 1973 |
| 73. |
Ron Flowers |
Wing-half |
Wolves |
49 |
10 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, May 27, 1964 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, December 09, 1964 |
| 74. |
Bobby Charlton |
Forward |
Manchester United |
106 |
49 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, January 15, 1969 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, April 21, 1970 |
| 75. |
Alan Mullery |
Midfield |
Tottenham |
35 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, February 03, 1971 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, February 03, 1971 |
| 76. |
Martin Peters |
Midfield |
West Ham/Tottenham |
67 |
20 |
4 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, May 19, 1971 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, April 03, 1974 |
| 77. |
Colin Bell |
Midfield |
Manchester City |
48 |
9 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Tuesday, May 23, 1972 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, May 23, 1972 |
| 78. |
Emlyn Hughes |
Defender |
Liverpool/Wolves |
62 |
1 |
23 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, May 11, 1974 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, May 20, 1980 |
| 79. |
Alan Ball |
Midfield |
Arsenal |
72 |
8 |
6 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, March 12, 1975 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 24, 1975 |
| 80. |
Gerry Francis |
Midfield |
QPR |
12 |
3 |
8 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, September 03, 1975 |
| Last game as captain: Sunday, June 13, 1976 |
| 81. |
Kevin Keegan |
Forward |
Liverpool/Hamburg/Southampton |
63 |
21 |
31 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, March 24, 1976 |
| Last game as captain: Thursday, June 03, 1982 |
| 82. |
Mick Channon |
Forward |
Southampton |
46 |
21 |
2 |
| First game as captain: Friday, May 28, 1976 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 28, 1977 |
| 83. |
Mick Mills |
Full-back |
Ipswich Town |
42 |
0 |
8 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, May 13, 1978 |
| Last game as captain: Monday, July 05, 1982 |
| 84. |
Phil Thompson |
Centre-half |
Liverpool |
42 |
1 |
6 |
| First game as captain: Thursday, November 22, 1979 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, April 27, 1982 |
| 85. |
Trevor Cherry |
Ful-back |
Leeds United |
27 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, May 31, 1980 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 31, 1980 |
| 86. |
Dave Watson |
Centre-half |
Southampton |
65 |
4 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, April 29, 1981 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 23, 1981 |
| 87. |
Ray Clemence |
Keeper |
Liverpool |
61 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Tuesday, May 12, 1981 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, May 12, 1981 |
| 88. |
Peter Shilton |
Keeper |
Nott'm Forest/Southampton/Derby |
125 |
0 |
15 |
| First game as captain: Tuesday, May 25, 1982 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, July 07, 1990 |
| 89. |
Phil Neal |
Full-back |
Liverpool |
50 |
5 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, June 02, 1982 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, June 02, 1982 |
| 90. |
Ray Wilkins |
Midfield |
Manchester United/AC Milan |
84 |
3 |
10 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, September 22, 1982 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 24, 1986 |
| 91. |
Bryan Robson |
Midfield |
Manchester United |
90 |
26 |
65 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, November 17, 1982 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, March 27, 1991 |
| 92. |
Terry Butcher |
Centre-half |
Glasgow Rangers |
77 |
3 |
7 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, November 12, 1986 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, July 04, 1990 |
| 93. |
Peter Beardsley |
Forward |
Liverpool |
59 |
9 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, February 17, 1988 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, February 17, 1988 |
| 94. |
Gary Lineker |
Forward |
Tottenham |
80 |
48 |
18 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, September 12, 1990 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, June 17, 1992 |
| 95. |
Mark Wright |
Centre-half |
Derby County |
45 |
1 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Tuesday, May 21, 1991 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, May 21, 1991 |
| 96. |
Stuart Pearce |
Left back |
Nott'm Forest |
78 |
4 |
10 |
| First game as captain: Saturday, June 08, 1991 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 24, 1997 |
| 97. |
David Platt |
Midfield |
Juventus/Sampdoria/Arsenal |
62 |
27 |
19 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, February 17, 1993 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 18, 1996 |
| 98. |
Paul Ince |
Midfield |
Man Utd/Inter Milan/Liverpool |
54 |
2 |
7 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, June 09, 1993 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 |
| 99. |
Tony Adams |
Centre-half |
Arsenal |
66 |
5 |
15 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, October 12, 1994 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, October 07, 2000 |
| 100. |
Alan Shearer |
Forward |
Newcastle Utd |
63 |
30 |
34 |
| First game as captain: Sunday, September 01, 1996 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 |
| 101. |
David Seaman |
Keeper |
Arsenal |
76 |
0 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 |
| 102. |
Sol Campbell |
Centre-half |
Tottenham/Arsenal |
73 |
1 |
3 |
| First game as captain: Friday, May 29, 1998 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
| 103. |
Martin Keown |
Centre-half |
Arsenal |
43 |
2 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 |
| 104. |
David Beckham |
Midfield |
Manchester United/Real Madrid/Los Angles Galaxy |
102 |
17 |
59 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 |
| Last game as captain: Saturday, July 01, 2006 |
| 105. |
Michael Owen |
Forward |
Liverpool/Real Madrid |
88 |
40 |
8 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
| 106. |
Steven Gerrard |
Midfield |
Liverpool |
67 |
13 |
7 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| Last game as captain: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| 107. |
John Terry |
Centre-half |
Chelsea |
44 |
4 |
14 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
| 108. |
Rio Ferdinand |
Centre-half |
Manchester United |
68 |
2 |
1 |
| First game as captain: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| Last game as captain: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
