List of Philadelphia Flyers team captains

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams.
Since the franchise was established, the team has had 18 team captains, including Bobby Clarke, who led the Flyers to two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. Clarke served the longest single stint, 7 seasons, as Flyers team captain and 9 seasons total while Eric Lindros and Dave Poulin each served 6 seasons as team captain. Claude Giroux is the current team captain.
In the NHL, each team may select a captain. Along with the two alternate captains, they have the "privilege of discussing with the referee any questions relating to interpretation of rules which may arise during the progress of a game". Captains are required to wear the letter "C" on their uniform for identification, which is high.
==Key==
*	Stanley Cup (SC) winner (as Flyers team captain), Flyers Hall of Famer (FHOF) or Hockey Hall of Famer (HHOF)
#	Number of team captains
 	Replaced during the season
 	Traded during the season, no replacement named
==Team captains==
# 	Captain	Position 	Seasons 	Reason for end of captaincy 	Notes
 	 	Center 	1 (1967–68) 	Traded to the St. Louis Blues on June 11, 1968., retrieved 2011-05-08 	
 	* 	Defense 	5 (1968–73) 	Stepped aside in favor of Clarke in January 1973. 	FHOF 1993
 	* 	Center 	7 (1973–79) 	Became a playing assistant coach prior to the season and could not be team captain due to NHL rules. 	SC 1974SC 1975HHOF 1987FHOF 1988
 	 	Center 	2 (1979–81) 	Head coach Pat Quinn replaced him with Barber prior to the season. 	
 	* 	Left wing 	2 (1981–82) 	Clarke, no longer a playing assistant coach, reassumed the captaincy from him in December 1982. 	FHOF 1989HHOF 1990
 	* 	Center 	2 (1982–84) 	Retired to become the team's general manager on May 15, 1984. 	HHOF 1987FHOF 1988
 	* 	Center 	6 (1984–89) 	Stripped of captaincy in December 1989., retrieved 2011-05-08 	FHOF 2004
 	 	Center 	2 (1989–91) 	Traded to the St. Louis Blues on September 22, 1991., retrieved 2011-05-08 	
 	 	Right wing	1 (1991–92) 	Traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 19, 1992., retrieved 2011-05-08 	
 	 	– 	1 (1992–93) 	 	
10	 	Right wing	1 (1993–94) 	Stepped aside in favor of Lindros on September 6, 1994. 	
11	 	Center 	6 (1994–2000)	General manager Bob Clarke stripped him of the captaincy on March 27, 2000 after he criticized the team's medical staff.	
12	 	Defense 	3 (2000–01) 	Resigned captaincy on October 23, 2001. 	
13	 	Center 	4 (2001–06) 	Retired due to post-concussion syndrome on September 14, 2006. 	
14	 	Defense 	1 (2006) 	He was captain on an interim basis from January 29, 2006 through September 2006. 	
15	 	Center 	1 (2006–07) 	Traded to the Nashville Predators on February 15, 2007., retrieved 2011-05-08 	
16	 	Defense 	1 (2007–08) 	Signed with the Ottawa Senators on July 8, 2008., retrieved 2011-05-08 	
17	 	Center 	3 (2008–11) 	Traded to the Los Angeles Kings on June 23, 2011., retrieved 2011-06-23 	
18	 	Defense 	1 (2011–12) 	Traded contract to Arizona Coyotes in 2014 but hasn't played since 2011 due to post concussion syndrome 	
19	 	Center 	5 (2012-2022)	Traded to the Florida Panthers on March 19, 2022 	
==Notes==
* Keith Primeau suffered a concussion on October 25, 2005 in a game against the Montreal Canadiens and missed the rest of the season. On January 29, 2006, Hatcher was named interim team captain for the duration of Primeau's absence. He is officially counted as the 14th captain in franchise history.
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