List of Indian Premier League captains

Rohit Sharma unveils new Adidas collection in November 2016
Rohit Sharma holds the record of the most IPL titles as a player (6) as well as holds the record of 5 IPL titles, Jointly Most by any captain in IPL.
MS Dhoni holds the record of most matches, Most wins, highest win percentage, Most playoffs, Most finals as a captain in the IPL.

In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities.[1][2] The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India,[3] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008.[4][5]

In the 18 seasons played till 2025, 72 players have captained their team in at least one match.[6] Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings's MS Dhoni are the most successful captains with five IPL titles each.[7][8] Dhoni also holds the records for most matches (229) and most wins (134) as a captain.[9][6] Shreyas Iyer, Mahela Jayawardene, Ajinkya Rahane, Kumar Sangakkara, and Steven Smith are the only players to have captained three different teams,[10][6] with Iyer being the only captain to have led three different sides to the finals of the IPL.[11] Kolkata Knight Riders is the only team to have won IPL with different captains.[12]

Key

Symbol Meaning
First Year of the first IPL match as a captain
Last Year of latest IPL match as a captain
Matches Number of matches as a captain
Team(s) Team(s) for which the player has played as captain in at least one match
Won Number of games won
Lost Number of games lost
Tied Number of games tied
NR Number of games with no result
Win% The percentage of games won by that captain[a]
[†] Players who captained their sides in the 2025 season

Captains

The list includes those players who have captained an IPL team in at least one IPL match. The list is organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by the date of first match as captain[b].

Indian Premier League captains[6][7]
Player Nationality[c] First Last Matches Team(s) Won Lost Tied NR Win% Titles
Mahendra Singh Dhoni[†]  India 2008 2025 235 Chennai Super Kings
Rising Pune Supergiant 		136 97 0 2 57.87 5
Rohit Sharma  India 2013 2023 158 Mumbai Indians 87 67 4 0 55.06 5
Virat Kohli  India 2011 2023 143 Royal Challengers Bangalore 66 70 3 4 46.15
Gautam Gambhir  India 2009 2018 129 Delhi Daredevils
Kolkata Knight Riders 		71 57 1 0 55.03 2
Shreyas Iyer[†]  India 2018 2025 87 Delhi Capitals
Kolkata Knight Riders
Punjab Kings 		48 35 2 2 55.17 1
David Warner  Australia 2013 2023 83 Delhi Capitals
Sunrisers Hyderabad 		40 41 2 0 48.19 1
Adam Gilchrist  Australia 2008 2013 74 Deccan Chargers
Kings XI Punjab 		35 39 0 0 47.29 1
Sanju Samson[†]  India 2021 2025 67 Rajasthan Royals 33 32 1 1 49.25
K. L. Rahul  India 2020 2023 64 Kings XI Punjab
Lucknow Super Giants 		31 31 2 0 48.43
Hardik Pandya[†]  India 2022 2025 60 Gujarat Titans
Mumbai Indians 		35 25 0 0 58.33 1
Rishabh Pant[†]  India 2021 2025 57 Delhi Capitals
Lucknow Super Giants 		29 27 1 0 50.87
Shane Warne  Australia 2008 2011 55 Rajasthan Royals 30 24 1 0 54.55 1
Virender Sehwag  India 2008 2015 53 Delhi Daredevils
Kings XI Punjab 		28 24 1 0 52.83
Sachin Tendulkar  India 2008 2011 51 Mumbai Indians 30 21 0 0 58.82
Rahul Dravid  India 2008 2013 48 Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore 		22 26 0 0 45.83
Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 2010 2013 47 Kings XI Punjab
Deccan Chargers
Sunrisers Hyderabad 		15 30 2 0 34.04
Kane Williamson  New Zealand 2018 2022 46 Sunrisers Hyderabad 22 23 1 0 47.83
Faf du Plessis[†]  South Africa 2022 2025 44 Delhi Capitals
Royal Challengers Bangalore 		22 22 0 0 50.00
Yuvraj Singh  India 2008 2011 43 Kings XI Punjab
Pune Warriors India 		21 21 0 1 50.00
Dinesh Karthik  India 2010 2020 43 Delhi Daredevils
Kolkata Knight Riders 		21 21 1 0 50.00
Steven Smith  Australia 2012 2020 43 Pune Warriors India
Rising Pune Supergiant
Rajasthan Royals 		25 17 0 1 58.13
Saurav Ganguly  India 2008 2012 42 Kolkata Knight Riders
Pune Warriors India 		17 25 0 0 40.47
Ajinkya Rahane[†]  India 2017 2025 38 Kolkata Knight Riders
Rajasthan Royals
Rising Pune Supergiant 		14 23 0 1 36.84
Suresh Raina  India 2010 2019 34
  • Chennai Super Kings
  • Gujarat Lions
 14 18 2 0 41.17
Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka 2010 2013 30 Kings XI Punjab
Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Delhi Daredevils 		10 19 1 0 35.00
George Bailey  Australia 2014 2015 30 Kings XI Punjab 14 16 0 0 46.66
Pat Cummins[†]  Australia 2024 2025 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 15 14 0 1 50.00
Ravichandran Ashwin  India 2018 2019 28 Kings XI Punjab 12 16 0 0 42.85
Shikhar Dhawan  India 2014 2024 27 Sunrisers Hyderabad
Punjab Kings 		10 17 0 0 37.03
Shubman Gill[†]  India 2024 2025 27 Gujarat Titans 14 13 0 0 51.85
Anil Kumble  India 2009 2010 26 Royal Challengers Bangalore 15 11 0 0 57.69
Shane Watson  Australia 2008 2017 24 Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore 		8 13 2 1 39.13
Eoin Morgan  England 2020 2021 24 Kolkata Knight Riders 11 12 1 0 45.83
Zaheer Khan  India 2016 2017 23 Delhi Daredevils 10 13 0 0 43.47
Daniel Vettori  New Zealand 2011 2012 22 Royal Challengers Bangalore 12 10 0 0 54.54
Harbhajan Singh  India 2008 2012 20 Mumbai Indians 10 10 0 0 50.00
Ruturaj Gaikwad[†]  India 2024 2025 19 Chennai Super Kings 8 11 0 0 42.10
Kevin Pietersen  England 2009 2014 17 Delhi Daredevils
Royal Challengers Bangalore 		3 14 0 0 17.64
JP Duminy  South Africa 2015 2016 16 Delhi Daredevils 6 9 0 1 40.00
Brendon McCullum  New Zealand 2009 2016 14 Kolkata Knight Riders
Gujarat Lions 		3 10 1 0 25.00
Glenn Maxwell  Australia 2017 2017 14 Kings XI Punjab 7 7 0 0 50.00
Mayank Agarwal  India 2021 2022 14 Punjab Kings 7 7 0 0 50.00
Nitish Rana  India 2023 2023 14 Kolkata Knight Riders 6 8 0 0 42.86
Aiden Markram  South Africa 2023 2023 13 Sunrisers Hyderabad 4 9 0 0 30.77
Axar Patel[†]  India 2024 2025 13 Delhi Capitals 5 6 1 0 38.46
Rajat Patidar[†]  India 2025 2025 13 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 10 3 0 0 76.92 1
Cameron White  Australia 2011 2013 12 Deccan Chargers
Sunrisers Hyderabad 		7 5 0 0 58.33
David Hussey  Australia 2012 2013 12 Kings XI Punjab | 6 6 0 0 50.00
Sam Curran  England 2023 2024 11 Punjab Kings 5 6 0 0 45.45
Aaron Finch  Australia 2013 2013 10 Pune Warriors India 2 8 0 0 20.00
Murali Vijay  India 2016 2016 8 Kings XI Punjab 3 5 0 0 37.50
Bhuvneshwar Kumar  India 2019 2023 8 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2 6 0 0 28.57
Ravindra Jadeja  India 2022 2022 8 Chennai Super Kings 2 6 0 0 25.00
Riyan Parag[†]  India 2025 2025 8 Rajasthan Royals 2 6 0 0 25.00
V. V. S. Laxman  India 2008 2008 6 Deccan Chargers 1 5 0 0 16.66
Ricky Ponting  Australia 2013 2013 6 Mumbai Indians 3 3 0 0 50.00
David Miller  South Africa 2016 2016 6 Kings XI Punjab 1 5 0 0 16.66
Kieron Pollard  West Indies 2019 2021 6 Mumbai Indians 4 2 0 0 66.66
Krunal Pandya  India 2023 2023 6 Lucknow Super Giants 3 2 0 1 50.00
Angelo Mathews  Sri Lanka 2013 2013 5 Pune Warriors India 1 4 0 0 20.00
Shaun Pollock  South Africa 2008 2008 4 Mumbai Indians 3 1 0 0 75.00
Darren Sammy  West Indies 2014 2014 4 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2 2 0 0 50.00
James Hopes  Australia 2011 2011 3 Delhi Daredevils 0 2 0 1 0.00
Karun Nair  India 2017 2017 3 Delhi Daredevils 2 1 0 0 66.66
Jitesh Sharma[†]  India 2024 2025 3 Punjab Kings
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 		1 2 0 0 33.33
Rashid Khan  Afghanistan 2022 2023 2 Gujarat Titans 1 1 0 0 50.00
Suryakumar Yadav[†]  India 2023 2025 2 Mumbai Indians 1 1 0 0 50.00
Dwayne Bravo  West Indies 2010 2010 1 Mumbai Indians 0 1 0 0 0.00
Parthiv Patel  India 2011 2011 1 Kochi Tuskers Kerala 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ross Taylor  New Zealand 2013 2013 1 Pune Warriors India 1 0 0 0 100.00
Manish Pandey  India 2021 2021 1 Sunrisers Hyderabad 0 1 0 0 0.00

Notes

† denotes players who captained their sides in the 2025 season.

  1. ^ Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  2. ^ These statistics do not cover the games played in other tournaments such as the Champions League Twenty20, the British Asian Cup or the 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders tour of Australia
  3. ^ Represents the primary nationality as per ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

References

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