List of England national football team captains
List of captains
Table:
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Player

England career

Caps as captain

Total caps

First captaincy

1
Billy Wright
1946–1959
90
105
9 October 1948

1
Bobby Moore
1962–1973
90
108
29 May 1963

3
Bryan Robson
1980–1991
65
90
17 November 1982

4
David Beckham
1996–2009
59
115
15 November 2000

5
Steven Gerrard
2000–2014
38
114
31 March 2004

6
Alan Shearer
1992–2000
34
63
1 September 1996

6
John Terry
2003–2012
34
78
16 August 2006

8
Kevin Keegan
1972–1982
31
63
24 March 1976

9
Wayne Rooney
2003–2018
23
120
14 November 2009

9
Emlyn Hughes
1969–1980
23
62
11 March 1974

10
Bob Crompton
1902–1914
22
41
2 March 1903

10
Johnny Haynes
1954–1962
22
56
15 May 1960

12
Eddie Hapgood
1933–1939
20
30
14 November 1934

13
David Platt
1989–1996
19
62
17 February 1993

15
Gary Lineker
1984–1992
18
80
12 September 1990

16
Norman Bailey
1878–1887
15
19
12 March 1881

16
Jimmy Armfield
1959–1966
15
43
28 September 1961

16
Peter Shilton
1970–1990
15
125
25 May 1982

16
Tony Adams
1987–2000
15
66
12 October 1994

16
Harry Kane
2015-present
15
35
10 June 2017

21
Viv Woodward
1903–1911
14
23
15 February 1908

22
G. O. Smith
1893–1901
13
20
4 April 1896

22
George Hardwick
1946–1948
13
13
28 September 1946

24
Roy Goodall
1926–1933
12
25
31 March 1928

25
Ray Wilkins
1976–1986
10
84
22 September 1982

25
Stuart Pearce
1987–1999
10
78
8 June 1991

27
Jack Hill
1925–1929
8
11
2 April 1927

27
Gerry Francis
1974–1976
8
12
3 September 1975

27
Mick Mills
1972–1982
8
42
13 May 1978

27
Michael Owen
1998–2008
8
89
17 April 2002

27
Frank Lampard
1999–2014
8
106
9 February 2011

32
George Wilson
1921–1924
7
12
22 October 1921

32
Terry Butcher
1980–1990
7
77
12 November 1986

32
Paul Ince
1992–2000
7
53
9 June 1993

32
Rio Ferdinand
1997–2011
7
81
26 March 2008

36
George Male
1934–1939
6
19
18 November 1936

36
Alan Ball
1965–1975
6
72
12 March 1975

36
Phil Thompson
1976–1982
6
42
22 November 1979

36
Jordan Henderson
2010-present
6
48
11 October 2016

40
Percy Walters
1885–1890
5
13
13 March 1886

40
Willis Edwards
1926–1929
5
16
22 October 1928

40
Ronnie Clayton
1955–1960
5
35
17 October 1959

40
Gary Cahill
2010–present
5
61
9 October 2015

40
Eric Dier
2015-present
5
38
10 November 2017

45
Tinsley Lindley
1886–1891
4
13
4 February 1888

45
Stanley Harris
1904–1906
4
6
25 February 1905

45
Sam Wadsworth
1922–1926
4
9
22 October 1924

45
David Jack
1924–1932
4
9
5 April 1930

45
Ernie Blenkinsop
1928–1933
4
26
9 December 1931

45
Thomas Cooper
1927–1934
4
15
14 April 1934

45
Martin Peters
1966–1974
4
67
19 May 1971

52
Robert Holmes
1888–1895
3
7
13 March 1893

52
Howard Spencer
1897–1905
3
6
14 February 1903

52
Arthur Grimsdell
1920–1923
3
6
9 April 1921

52
Alfred Bower[1]
1923–1927
3
5
8 December 1924

52
Billy Walker
1920–1932
3
18
21 May 1925

52
Alfred Strange
1930–1933
3
20
14 May 1931

52
Sam Barkas
1936–1937
3
18
23 October 1937

52
Alf Ramsey
1948–1953
3
32
15 November 1950

52
Ron Flowers
1955–1966
3
49
27 May 1964

52
Bobby Charlton
1958–1970
3
106
15 January 1969

52
David V. Watson
1974–1982
3
65
24 April 1981

52
Sol Campbell
1996–2007
3
73
24 May 1998

64
Cuthbert Ottaway
1872–1874
2
2
30 November 1872

64
Charles Bambridge
1879–1887
2
18
18 February 1882

64
John Goodall
1888–1898
2
14
7 February 1891

64
Arthur Dunn
1883–1892
2
4
15 March 1892

64
George Cotterill
1891–1893
2
4
25 February 1893

64
Charles Wreford-Brown
1889–1898
2 or 3[2]
4
18 March 1895

64
Jesse Pennington
1907–1920
2
25
15 March 1920

64
Charlie Buchan
1913–1924
2
6
14 March 1921

64
Basil Patchitt
1923
2
2
21 May 1923

64
Frank Swift
1946–1949
2
19
16 May 1948

64
Mick Channon
1972–1977
2
46
28 May 1976

64
Joe Hart
2008-2017
2
75
13 November 2015

76
Alexander Morten
1873
1
1
8 March 1873

76
C. W. Alcock
1875
1
1
6 March 1875

76
Hubert Heron
1873–1878
1
5
4 March 1876

76
William Rawson
1875–1877
1
2
3 March 1877

76
Arthur Cursham
1880–1884
1 or 2[3]
6
2 March 1878

76
Henry Wace
1878–1879
1 or 2[3]
3
5 April 1879

76
Charles Wollaston
1874–1880
1
4
13 March 1880

76
Francis Sparks
1879–1880
1
3
15 March 1880

76
Jack Hunter
1878–1882
1
7
26 February 1881

76
John Hudson
1883
1
1
24 February 1883

76
John Brodie
1889–1891
1
3
2 March 1889

76
Billy Moon
1888–1885
1
7
6 April 1891

76
R. Cunliffe Gosling
1892–1895
1 or 2[2]
5
6 April 1895

76
William Oakley
1895–1901
1
16
9 March 1901

76
Ernest Needham
1894–1902
1
16
18 March 1901

76
Reginald Foster
1900–1902
1
5
3 March 1902

76
Frank Forman
1898–1903
1
9
22 March 1902

76
Stephen Bloomer
1895–1907
1
23
3 May 1902

76
Arthur Knight
1919
1
1
25 October 1919

76
Joseph McCall
1913–1920
1
5
23 October 1920

76
Ephraim Longworth
1920–1923
1
5
21 May 1921

76
Max Woosnam
1922
1
1
13 March 1922

76
Graham Doggart
1923
1
1
1 November 1923

76
Frank Moss
1924
1
5
12 April 1924

76
Claude Ashton[4]
1925
1
1
24 October 1925

76
Tommy Lucas
1921–1926
1
3
24 May 1926

76
Fred Kean
1923–1929
1
9
21 May 1927

76
Jack Barker
1934–1936
1
11
17 October 1936

76
Stan Cullis
1937–1939
1
12
24 May 1939

76
Alan Mullery
1964–1971
1
35
3 February 1971

76
Colin Bell
1968–1975
1
48
23 May 1972

76
Trevor Cherry
1976–1980
1
27
31 May 1980

76
Ray Clemence
1972–1983
1
61
12 May 1981

76
Phil Neal
1976–1983
1
50
2 June 1982

76
Peter Beardsley
1986–1996
1
59
13 February 1988

76
Mark Wright
1984–1996
1
45
21 May 1991

76
David Seaman
1988–2003
1
75
10 September 1997

76
Martin Keown
1992–2002
1
43
11 September 2000

76
Gareth Barry
2000–2012
1
53
29 March 2011

76
Scott Parker
2003–2013
1
11
29 February 2012

76
Phil Jagielka
2008–present
1
40
12 October 2015

76
James Milner
2009-present
1
61
29 March 2016

76
Chris Smalling
2011-present
1
31
27 May 2016

76
Fabian Delph
2014-present
1
18
15 November 2018

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