# List of Indian Premier League captains

In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008.
In the 17 seasons played till 2024, 70 players have captained their team in at least one match. Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings's MS Dhoni are the most successful captains with five IPL titles each. Dhoni also holds the records for most matches (226) and most wins (133) as a captain. Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, and Steven Smith are the only players to have captained three different teams. Shreyas Iyer is the only captain to have led two different sides to the finals of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders is the only team to have won IPL with different captains.

## 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 |
| | Players who captained their sides in the 2024 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..
Indian Premier League captains :
| Player | Nationality | First | Last | Matches | Team(s) | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win% | Titles |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | India | 2008 | 2023 | 226 | Chennai Super Kings Rising Pune Supergiant | 133 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 58.84 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Shreyas Iyer | India | 2018 | 2024 | 69 | Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders | 37 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 53.62 | 1 |
| K. L. Rahul | India | 2020 | 2023 | 64 | Kings XI Punjab Lucknow Super Giants | 31 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 48.43 | |
| Sanju Samson | India | 2021 | 2024 | 57 | Rajasthan Royals | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| 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 | |
| Hardik Pandya | India | 2022 | 2024 | 45 | Gujarat Titans Mumbai Indians | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.77 | 1 |
| 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 | |
| Rishabh Pant | India | 2021 | 2024 | 42 | Delhi Capitals | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 53.57 | |
| Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 2022 | 2023 | 39 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 48.71 | |
| Suresh Raina | India | 2010 | 2019 | 34 | Chennai Super KingsGujarat Lions | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 44.11 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Anil Kumble | India | 2009 | 2010 | 26 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57.69 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | India | 2017 | 2019 | 25 | Rajasthan Royals Rising Pune Supergiant | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| 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 | 47.91 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pat Cummins | Australia | 2024 | 2024 | 14 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | India | 2024 | 2024 | 14 | Chennai Super Kings | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Aiden Markram | South Africa | 2023 | 2023 | 13 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30.77 | |
| 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 | |
| Shubman Gill | India | 2024 | 2024 | 12 | Gujarat Titans | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 2022 | 2023 | 2 | Gujarat Titans | 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 | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India | 2023 | 2023 | 1 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Jitesh Sharma | India | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | Punjab Kings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |