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Most ODI Matches as Captain


Following is the list of ‘Most ODI Matches as Captain’:

most odi matches as captain

Player
Matches
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
Span
Win%
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)
230
165
51
2
12
2002-2012
76.14
SP Fleming (NZ)
218
98
106
1
13
1997-2007
48.04
MS Dhoni (INDIA)
200
110
74
5
11
2007-2018
59.52
A Ranatunga (SL)
193
89
95
1
8
1988-1999
48.37
AR Border (AUS)
178
107
67
1
3
1985-1994
61.42
M Azharuddin (INDIA)
174
90
76
2
6
1990-1999
54.16
GC Smith (Afr/SA)
150
92
51
1
6
2003-2011
64.23
SC Ganguly (Asia/INDIA)
147
76
66
0
5
1999-2005
53.52
Imran Khan (PAK)
139
75
59
1
4
1982-1992
55.92
WJ Cronje (SA)
138
99
35
1
3
1994-2000
73.7
M. Jayawardene (Asia/SL)
129
71
49
1
8
2004-2013
59.09
BC Lara (WI)
125
59
59
0
7
1994-2007
50
ST Jayasuriya (SL)
118
66
47
2
3
1998-2003
58.26
WTS Porterfield (IRE)
113
50
55
2
6
2008-2019
47.66
EJG Morgan (ENG)
111
68
35
2
6
2011-2019
65.71
Wasim Akram (PAK)
109
66
41
2
0
1993-2000
61.46
AD Mathews (SL)
106
49
51
1
5
2012-2018
49
SR Waugh (AUS)
106
67
35
3
1
1997-2002
65.23
IVA Richards (WI)
105
67
36
0
2
1980-1991
65.04
AB de Villiers (SA)
103
59
39
1
4
2012-2017
60.1
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)
97
60
33
3
1
2000-2005
64.06
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/PAK)
90
52
34
0
4
2002-2007
60.46
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)
87
45
39
2
1
2008-2015
53.48
RB Richardson (WI)
87
46
36
3
2
1991-1996
55.88
ADR Campbell (ZIM)
86
30
52
2
2
1996-2002
36.9
JO Holder (WI)
86
24
54
2
6
2015-2019
31.25
V Kohli (INDIA)
86
62
21
1
2
2013-2020
74.4
Mashrafe Mortaza (BDESH)
85
47
36
0
2
2010-2019
56.62
CH Lloyd (WI)
84
64
18
1
1
1975-1985
77.71
DL Vettori (NZ)
82
41
33
1
7
2004-2011
55.33
R Dravid (INDIA)
79
42
33
0
4
2000-2007
56
KS Williamson (NZ)
75
40
32
1
2
2012-2019
55.47
MJ Clarke (AUS)
74
50
21
0
3
2008-2015
70.42
N Kapil Dev (INDIA)
74
39
33
0
2
1982-1987
54.16
SR Tendulkar (INDIA)
73
23
43
1
6
1996-2000
35.07
SO Tikolo (KENYA)
73
27
44
0
2
2001-2011
38.02
AN Cook (ENG)
69
36
30
1
2
2010-2014
54.47
Habibul Bashar (BDESH)
69
29
40
0
0
2004-2007
42.02
HH Streak (ZIM)
68
18
47
0
3
2000-2004
27.69
P Utseya (ZIM)
68
20
47
1
0
2006-2010
30.14
MA Taylor (AUS)
67
36
30
1
0
1992-1997
54.47
MS Atapattu (SL)
63
35
27
0
1
2001-2006
56.45
E Chigumbura (ZIM)
62
18
44
0
0
2010-2016
29.03
Javed Miandad (PAK)
62
26
33
1
2
1980-1993
44.16
BB McCullum (NZ)
62
36
22
1
3
2009-2016
61.86
AJ Strauss (ENG)
62
27
33
1
1
2006-2011
45.08
Waqar Younis (PAK)
62
37
23
0
2
1993-2003
61.66
LRD Mendis (SL)
61
11
46
0
4
1982-1987
19.29
GP Howarth (NZ)
60
31
26
0
3
1980-1985
54.38
MP Vaughan (ENG)
60
32
22
2
4
2003-2007
58.92
Asghar Stanikzai (AFG)
56
31
21
1
3
2015-2019
59.43
N Hussain (ENG)
56
28
27
0
1
1997-2003
50.9
CH Gayle (WI)
53
17
30
0
6
2007-2010
36.17
A Flower (ZIM)
52
12
35
2
3
1993-2000
26.53
KC Wessels (SA)
52
20
30
0
2
1992-1994
40
DJG Sammy (WI)
51
19
30
1
1
2010-2013
39
SPD Smith (AUS)
51
25
23
0
3
2015-2018
52.08
GA Gooch (ENG)
50
24
23
0
3
1988-1993
51.06
Sarfraz Ahmed (PAK)
50
28
20
0
2
2015-2019
58.33
Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH)
50
23
26
0
1
2009-2017
46.93
GS Chappell (AUS)
49
21
25
0
3
1975-1983
45.65
CL Hooper (WI)
49
23
24
0
2
1997-2003
48.93
KJ Hughes (AUS)
49
21
23
1
4
1979-1984
47.77
KC Sangakkara (SL)
45
27
14
0
4
2009-2011
65.85
MD Crowe (NZ)
44
21
22
0
1
1990-1993
48.83
MA Atherton (ENG)
43
20
21
1
1
1994-1997
48.8
CA Walsh (WI)
43
22
20
0
1
1994-1997
52.38
Shoaib Malik (PAK)
41
25
16
0
0
2007-2019
60.97
AJ Stewart (ENG)
41
15
25
0
1
1992-2003
37.5
F du Plessis (SA)
39
28
10
0
1
2013-2019
73.68
Mohd. Ashraful (BDESH)
38
8
30
0
0
2007-2009
21.05
Shahid Afridi (PAK)
38
19
18
0
1
2009-2014
51.35
DJ Bravo (WI)
37
17
18
2
0
2007-2014
48.64
MW Gatting (ENG)
37
26
11
0
0
1986-1988
70.27
SM Gavaskar (INDIA)
37
14
21
0
2
1980-1985
40
Mushfiqur Rahim (BDESH)
37
11
24
0
2
2011-2014
31.42
KR Rutherford (NZ)
37
10
24
1
2
1993-1995
30
LK Germon (NZ)
36
15
19
2
0
1995-1997
44.44
AG Cremer (ZIM)
35
12
20
2
1
2016-2018
38.23
Moin Khan (PAK)
34
20
14
0
0
1995-2001
58.82
Saleem Malik (PAK)
34
21
11
2
0
1992-1995
64.7
BRM Taylor (ZIM)
34
9
25
0
0
2011-2015
26.47
DT Johnston (IRE)
32
14
15
1
2
2006-2010
48.33
IH Romaine (BMUDA)
32
6
26
0
0
2006-2009
18.75
Azhar Ali (PAK)
31
12
18
0
1
2015-2017
40
PW Borren (NL)
31
10
19
1
1
2010-2014
35
KJ Coetzer (SCOT)
31
16
14
1
0
2013-2019
53.22
AJ Finch (AUS)
31
18
13
0
0
2017-2020
58.06
JG Wright (NZ)
31
16
15
0
0
1983-1990
51.61
Khaled Mashud (BDESH)
30
4
24
0
2
2001-2006
14.28

The first player on the list is the former Australian captain Ricky Thomas Ponting. He captained his side in 230 ODI matches and recorded victory in 165 matches. 51 matches were lost, whereas 2 matches ended up in ties and 12 in no result.
With a total of 218 matches as captain, Stephen Fleming from New Zealand ranks second in the list. He won 98 matches as well as lost 106 matches within the time span of 10 (1997-2007) years. He ended up the cricketing career with 48.04%-win percentage.
Next is Mahendra Singh Dhoni on our list of most ODI matches as captain, who is the most successful captain till now. 
Most ODI Matches as Captain

 He captained the Indian side in 200 ODI matches, in which India won 110 matches, whereas 74 matches gone to the opposite side. His era spreads across 2007 to 2018. The amazing thing is that Dhoni is the only ODI captain of the world, who have witnessed 5 tied games.
In the 4th spot, it is Arjun Ranatunga from Sri Lanka. He captained the Sri Lankan side in 193 matches, in which SL won 89 and lost 95.
Most ODI Matches as Captain

 Further, 1 match ended in tie, whereas 8 games had no result. Ranatunga’s captaincy period spanned across 1988 to 1999 to finish with the win percentage of 48.37.
Now is the turn for Australian legendary Allen Border. He Captained his side in 178 matches, in which Australia won massive 107 matches. On the other hand, he lodged only 67 defeats under his record. Further, he led the Australian team from 1985 to 1994.

Next on the list is the Indian legend M Azharuddin. He led the Indian side in 174 international clashes and lodged victory in 90 matches. India lost 76 ODI matches under his captaincy, while 2 ended in tie. His rein period spread from 1990 to 1999.
This page was last updated on 11 May 2020.

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