Captain Records

Top 10: Captains with Most Matches Wins in ICC Tournaments

Playing in ICC tournaments means dealing with an unimaginable amount of pressure and expectations. And if one is captaining a team, then everything just doubles up.

Then there’s player management, coming up with strategies and executing them on the field while obviously leading the team from the front. So adding all this makes a captain’s job tough.

Despite that, we have seen a few skippers going about business as usual while guiding their teams to victories in high-stakes ICC events.

On that note, let’s look at the top 10 captains with the most wins in ICC tournaments.

Most Wins by Captains in ICC Tournaments

Captain Matches Total Wins ODI WC T20 WC CT WTC Final
MS Dhoni (IND) 58 40 14 20 6
Ricky Ponting (AUS) 51 40 26 2 12
Rohit Sharma (IND) 31 27 10 12 5 0
Graeme Smith (SA) 42 26 11 11 4
Stephen Fleming (NZ) 40 24 16 8
Kane Williamson (NZ) 39 23 8 14 0 1
Eoin Morgan (ENG) 33 20 9 8 3
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 28 18 8 6 4
Brian Lara (WI) 29 18 7 11
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 26 17 6 10 1
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Highest Batting Average in ICC Tournaments

Most Sixes in ICC Tournaments

Most Fifties in ICC Tournaments

Most Fifties in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments

Most Centuries in ICC Tournaments

Most Centuries in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments

Most Wickets in ICC Tournaments

Most Wickets in in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments

Most Man of the Match Awards in ICC

Most Wins by Players in ICC Tournaments

Most Appearances in ICC Finals

Players with Most ICC Trophies

Key Insights

40: MS Dhoni and Ricky Ponting hold the t record for winning the most matches as captains in ICC tournaments. Both took their teams to 40 wins across three white-ball events.

38: Ponting’s 38 wins in ICC ODI events are the most by a captain. Australia emerged victorious in 26 ODI World Cup games and 12 Champions Trophy matches under Ponting’s tutelage. The former Australian skipper also tops the runs chart in these tournaments while captaining the side.

9: Dhoni won nine of the 40 games in the knockout stages. This is the most wins by a captain in ICC knockouts.

58: Dhoni has also captained in the most ICC matches. He Check MSD’s captaincy stats across formats.

10: During that period, Dhoni was at the helm of the Indian team for 10 ICC events, the most by a skipper. Ponting follows him with nine tournaments.