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List of England national football team captains

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This article lists all the captains of the England national men's football team.

The first England captain was Cuthbert Ottaway: he captained England in the first ever international match, against Scotland on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain England on just one further occasion, the third international match, on 7 March 1874, against the same opposition. Alexander Morten captained England in their first international on home soil, 8 March 1873 vs Scotland, and was the first international captain to win a match. This was his only international appearance.

Since then, Billy Wright went on to set the record for most captaincies of his country, with 90. Bobby Moore, who remains the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, and shares the record with Wright.

List of Captains

Figures include all recognised matches up to 24 June 2014. The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy. Only confirmed captaincies are counted.

# Player England career Caps as captain Total caps First captaincy
1 Billy Wright 1946–1959 90 105 1948-10-09
1 Bobby Moore 1962–1973 90 108 1963-05-29
3 Bryan Robson 1980–1991 65 90 1982-11-17
4 David Beckham 1996–2009 59 115 2000-11-15
5 Steven Gerrard 2000–2014 40 114 2004-03-31
6 Alan Shearer 1992–2000 34 63 1996-09-01
6 John Terry 2003–2012 34 72 2006-08-16
8 Kevin Keegan 1972–1982 31 63 1976-03-24
9 Emlyn Hughes 1969–1980 23 62 1974-03-11
10 Bob Crompton 1902–1914 22 41 1903-03-02
10 Johnny Haynes 1954–1962 22 56 1960-05-15
12 Eddie Hapgood 1933–1939 20 30 1934-11-14
13 David Platt 1989–1996 19 62 1993-02-17
14 Gary Lineker 1984–1992 18 80 1990-09-12
15 Norman Bailey 1878–1887 15 19 1881-03-12
15 Jimmy Armfield 1959–1966 15 43 1961-09-28
15 Peter Shilton 1970–1990 15 125 1982-05-25
15 Tony Adams 1987–2000 15 66 1994-10-12
19 Viv Woodward 1903–1911 14 23 1908-02-15
20 G. O. Smith 1893–1901 13 20 1896-04-04
20 George Hardwick 1946–1948 13 13 1946-09-28
22 Roy Goodall 1926–1933 12 25 1928-03-31
23 Ray Wilkins 1976–1986 10 84 1982-09-22
23 Stuart Pearce 1987–1999 10 78 1991-06-08
25 Michael Owen 1998–2008 9 89 2002-04-17
26 Jack Hill 1925–1929 8 11 1927-04-02
26 Mick Mills 1972–1982 8 42 1978-05-13
26 Gerry Francis 1974-1976 8 12 1975-09-03
29 George Wilson 1921–1924 7 12 1921-10-22
29 Terry Butcher 1980–1990 7 77 1986-11-12
29 Paul Ince 1992–2000 7 53 1993-06-09
29 Rio Ferdinand 1997–2011 7 81 2008-03-26
33 George Male 1934–1939 6 19 1936-11-18
33 Alan Ball 1965–1975 6 72 1975-03-12
33 Phil Thompson 1976–1982 6 42 1979-11-22
36 Percy Walters 1885–1890 5 13 1886-03-13
36 Willis Edwards 1926–1929 5 16 1928-10-22
36 Ronnie Clayton 1955–1960 5 35 1959-10-17
39 Tinsley Lindley 1886–1891 4 13 1888-02-04
39 Stanley Harris 1904–1906 4 6 1905-02-25
39 Sam Wadsworth 1922–1926 4 9 1924-10-22
39 David Jack 1924–1932 4 9 1930-04-05
39 Ernie Blenkinsop 1928–1933 4 26 1931-12-09
39 Thomas Cooper 1927–1934 4 15 1934-04-14
39 Martin Peters 1966–1974 4 67 1971-05-19
45 Robert Holmes 1888–1895 3 7 1893-03-13
45 Howard Spencer 1897–1905 3 6 1903-02-14
45 Arthur Grimsdell 1920–1923 3 6 1921-04-09
45 Alfred Bower[1] 1923–1927 3 5 1924-12-08
45 Billy Walker 1920–1932 3 18 1925-05-21
45 Alfred Strange 1930–1933 3 20 1931-05-14
45 Sam Barkas 1936–1937 3 18 1937-10-23
45 Alf Ramsey 1948–1953 3 32 1950-11-15
45 Ron Flowers 1955–1966 3 49 1964-05-27
45 Bobby Charlton 1958–1970 3 106 1969-01-15
45 David V. Watson 1974–1982 3 65 1981-04-24
45 Sol Campbell 1996–2007 3 70 1998-05-24
45 Frank Lampard 1999–2014 3 103 2011-02-09
57 Cuthbert Ottaway 1872–1874 2 2 1872-11-30
57 Charles Bambridge 1879–1887 2 18 1882-02-18
57 John Goodall 1888–1898 2 14 1891-03-07
57 Arthur Dunn 1883–1892 2 4 1892-03-15
57 George Cotterill 1891–1893 2 4 1893-02-25
57 Charles Wreford-Brown 1889–1898 2 or 3[2] 4 1895-03-18
57 Jesse Pennington 1907–1920 2 25 1920-03-15
57 Charlie Buchan 1913–1924 2 6 1921-03-14
57 Basil Patchitt 1923 2 2 1923-05-21
57 Frank Swift 1946–1949 2 19 1948-05-16
57 Mick Channon 1972–1977 2 46 1976-05-28
23 Wayne Rooney 2003–present 10 103 2009-11-14
69 Alexander Morten 1873 1 1 1873-03-08
69 C. W. Alcock 1875 1 1 1875-03-06
69 Hubert Heron 1873–1878 1 5 1876-03-04
69 William Rawson 1875–1877 1 2 1877-03-03
69 Arthur Cursham 1880–1884 1 or 2[3] 6 1878-03-02
69 Henry Wace 1878–1879 1 or 2[3] 3 1879-04-05
69 Charles Wollaston 1874–1880 1 4 1880-03-13
69 Francis Sparks 1879–1880 1 3 1880-03-15
69 Jack Hunter 1878–1882 1 7 1881-02-26
69 John Hudson 1883 1 1 1883-02-24
69 John Brodie 1889–1891 1 3 1889-03-02
69 Billy Moon 1888-1885 1 7 1891-04-06
69 R. Cunliffe Gosling 1892–1895 1 or 2[2] 5 1895-04-06
69 William Oakley 1895–1901 1 16 1901-03-09
69 Ernest Needham 1894–1902 1 16 1901-03-18
69 Reginald Foster 1900–1902 1 5 1902-03-03
69 Frank Forman 1898–1903 1 9 1902-03-22
69 Stephen Bloomer 1895–1907 1 23 1902-05-03
69 Arthur Knight 1919 1 1 1919-10-25
69 Joseph McCall 1913–1920 1 5 1920-10-23
69 Ephraim Longworth 1920–1923 1 5 1921-05-21
69 Max Woosnam 1922 1 1 1922-03-13
69 Graham Doggart 1923 1 1 1923-11-01
69 Frank Moss 1924 1 5 1924-04-12
69 Claude Ashton[4] 1925 1 1 1925-10-24
69 Tommy Lucas 1921–1926 1 3 1926-05-24
69 Fred Kean 1923–1929 1 9 1927-05-21
69 Jack Barker 1934–1936 1 11 1936-10-17
69 Stan Cullis 1937–1939 1 12 1939-05-24
69 Alan Mullery 1964–1971 1 35 1971-02-03
69 Colin Bell 1968–1975 1 48 1972-05-23
69 Trevor Cherry 1976–1980 1 27 1980-05-31
69 Ray Clemence 1972–1983 1 61 1981-05-12
69 Phil Neal 1976–1983 1 50 1982-06-02
69 Peter Beardsley 1986–1996 1 59 1988-02-13
69 Mark Wright 1984–1996 1 43 1991-05-21
69 David Seaman 1988–2003 1 75 1997-09-10
69 Martin Keown 1992–2002 1 43 2000-10-11
69 Gareth Barry 2000–2012 1 52 2011-03-29
69 Scott Parker 2003–2013 1 11 2012-02-29
69 Phil Jagielka 2008–Present 1 38 2015-10-12

Disputed captaincies

Player England career Caps as captain Total caps
Harry Daft 1889–1892 1 or 0[5] 5
Vaughan Lodge 1894–1896 0 or 1[6] 5
George Raikes 1895–1896 0 or 1[6] 4

Post-War Captains

Tenure Incumbent Others used when incumbent unavailable
1946–1948 George Hardwick Frank Swift
1948–1959 Billy Wright Alf Ramsey
1959–1960 Ronnie Clayton
1960–1962 Johnny Haynes Jimmy Armfield
1962–1964 Jimmy Armfield Bobby Moore
1964–1973 Bobby Moore Ron Flowers, Jimmy Armfield, Bobby Charlton, Alan Mullery, Martin Peters, Colin Bell
1974 Emlyn Hughes
1975 Alan Ball
1975–1976 Gerry Francis Kevin Keegan
1976–1982 Kevin Keegan Emlyn Hughes, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Trevor Cherry, Ray Clemence, Peter Shilton
1982–1991 Bryan Robson Ray Wilkins, Peter Shilton, Terry Butcher, Peter Beardsley
1990–1992 Gary Lineker Mark Wright, Stuart Pearce
1992–1993 Stuart Pearce Paul Ince, David Platt
1993–1995 David Platt Paul Ince, Tony Adams
1995-1996 Tony Adams Alan Shearer
1996–2000 Alan Shearer Stuart Pearce, Paul Ince, David Seaman, Tony Adams, Sol Campbell, Martin Keown,
2000–2006 David Beckham Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard
2006–2010 John Terry Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, David Beckham
2010–2011 Rio Ferdinand Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Gareth Barry
2011–2012 John Terry Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Scott Parker
2012–2014 Steven Gerrard Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole
2014– Wayne Rooney Gary Cahill, Joe Hart, Phil Jagielka

Unofficial captaincies

Players who have received the captain's armband during the course of a game are not considered by the Football Association as being official England captains.[7] However, the following players - who have never officially captained England - have worn the captain's armband during the course of a match when the official captain and vice-captain have been sent off or substituted:

Footnotes

  1. ^ Alfred Bower was the last amateur player to captain England
  2. ^ a b Sources differ concerning the captaincy for England vs Wales, 12 March 1894. It was either Charles Wreford-Brown or Cunliffe Gosling
  3. ^ a b Sources differ concerning the captaincy for England vs Wales, 18 January 1879. It was either Arthur Cursham or Henry Wace
  4. ^ Claude Ashton was the last player to be appointed captain for his solitary England appearance
  5. ^ Ireland 0 - England 2; 5 March 1892 (Match summary)
  6. ^ a b The captaincy for England vs Ireland, 7 March 1896 is disputed between GO Smith (13 confirmed captaincies), and George Raikes and Vaughan Lodge, neither of whom had captained England in another match.
  7. ^ "England's Captains - Index". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  8. ^ "England Match No. 787 - Italy - 27 March 2002 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  9. ^ "England Match No. 799 - Australia - 12 February 2003 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  10. ^ a b c "England Match No. 803 - Serbia & Montenegro - 3 June 2003 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  11. ^ "England Match No. 827 - USA - 28 May 2005 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  12. ^ "England Match No. 842 - Portugal - 1 July 2006 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  13. ^ "England Match No. 893 - France - 17 November 2010 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  14. ^ "England Match No. 904 - Norway - 26 May 2012 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. ^ "England Match No. 910 - Italy - 15 August 2012 - Match Summary and Report". Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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