Most matches as captain
Player Span Mat Won Lost Tied Draw W/L %W %L
GC Smith 2003-2014 108 53 28 0 27 1.89 49.07 25.92
WJ Cronje 1994-2000 53 27 11 0 15 2.45 50.94 20.75
F du Plessis 2016-2020 36 18 15 0 3 1.2 50 41.66
SM Pollock 2000-2003 26 14 5 0 7 2.8 53.84 19.23
D Elgar 2017-2024 18 9 8 0 1 1.12 50 44.44
HW Taylor 1913-1924 18 1 10 0 7 0.1 5.55 55.55
KC Wessels 1992-1994 16 5 3 0 8 1.66 31.25 18.75
JE Cheetham 1952-1955 15 7 5 0 3 1.4 46.66 33.33
AD Nourse 1948-1951 15 1 9 0 5 0.11 6.66 60
HM Amla 2014-2016 14 4 4 0 6 1 28.57 28.57
DJ McGlew 1955-1962 14 4 6 0 4 0.66 28.57 42.85
TL Goddard 1963-1965 13 1 2 0 10 0.5 7.69 15.38
PW Sherwell 1906-1911 13 5 6 0 2 0.83 38.46 46.15
T Bavuma 2023-2025 12 11 0 0 1 - 91.66 0
HG Deane 1927-1931 12 2 4 0 6 0.5 16.66 33.33
A Melville 1938-1947 10 0 4 0 6 0 0 40
HF Wade 1935-1936 10 1 4 0 5 0.25 10 40
HB Cameron 1931-1932 9 2 5 0 2 0.4 22.22 55.55
PL van der Merwe 1965-1967 8 4 1 0 3 4 50 12.5
CB van Ryneveld 1956-1958 8 2 4 0 2 0.5 25 50
SJ Snooke 1910-1910 5 3 2 0 0 1.5 60 40
A Bacher 1970-1970 4 4 0 0 0 - 100 0
MV Boucher 2002-2002 4 2 2 0 0 1 50 50
Q de Kock 2020-2021 4 2 2 0 0 1 50 50
AK Markram 2024-2025 4 3 1 0 0 3 75 25
AB de Villiers 2016-2017 3 2 1 0 0 2 66.66 33.33
EA Halliwell 1896-1902 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 100
F Mitchell 1912-1912 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 100
LJ Tancred 1912-1912 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 66.66
M Bisset 1899-1899 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 100
N Brand 2024-2024 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 100
JH Kallis 2006-2009 2 1 1 0 0 1 50 50
WH Milton 1889-1892 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 100
AG Prince 2006-2006 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 100
JH Anderson 1902-1902 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 100
OR Dunell 1889-1889 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 100
G Kirsten 1998-1998 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
KA Maharaj 2025-2025 1 1 0 0 0 - 100 0
PWA Mulder 2025-2025 1 1 0 0 0 - 100 0
EP Nupen 1930-1930 1 1 0 0 0 - 100 0
AR Richards 1896-1896 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 100
HM Taberer 1902-1902 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v South Africa at Guwahati, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]
India v South Africa at Eden Gardens, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]
Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]
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