Top 10: Most Centuries as Captain in All Formats

Leading a cricket team is not an easy task. Some captains might come out with flying colours, while others might sink under immense captaincy pressure.

There have been some captains who have led their teams with excellence, along with displaying their sheer batting capabilities. Some notable captains, like Ricky Ponting and Virat Kohli, led their teams from the front and notched up remarkable centuries along the way.

On that note, here are the top 10 captains with the most centuries in all formats.

Most Centuries as Captain in All Formats

Player	Mat	Inns	100s	Runs	HS	Avg	50s
Virat Kohli (IND)	213	250	41	12883	254*	59.92	58
Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC)	324	376	41	15440	209	45.54	88
Graeme Smith (Afr/ICC/SA)	286	368	33	14878	277	43.12	77
Steve Smith (AUS)	116	147	23	6937	239	55.94	31
Michael Clarke (AUS)	139	171	19	7060	329*	47.38	25
Brian Lara (WI)	172	204	19	8410	400*	45.45	37
Mahela Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	186	205	18	7673	374	41.7	35
Kane Williamson (NZ)	206	227	18	9541	251	47.46	58
Allan Border (AUS)	271	319	17	11062	205	41.27	63
Steve Waugh (AUS)	163	172	17	6299	199	43.44	26
GS Chappell (AUS)	97	133	16	5927	235	51.99	31
Alastair Cook (ENG)	129	181	16	7372	263	43.36	40
Sourav Ganguly (Asia/IND)	196	218	16	7665	144	38.32	43
Babar Azam (PAK)	152	163	15	7029	196	47.17	54
Stephen Fleming (NZ)	303	348	15	11561	274*	35.68	69

Key insights from the above stats

41: India’s one of the most successful captain, Virat Kohli, and Australia’s World Cup winning captain, Ricky Ponting, share the joint record for the most centuries as captains in all formats. Both scored 41 hundreds for their respective teams.

15440: Ricky Ponting accumulated a staggering 15440 runs in 376 innings as a captain across formats. This is the highest tally of runs by a skipper in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is combined.

25: Out of Graeme Smith’s 33 hundreds, 25 alone came in the Test format. This is the most tons smashed by a skipper in the longer format.

22: Talking about ODI cricket, Ponting sits at the top with 21 tons to his name as captain. (Check out Ricky Ponting’s list of hundreds here.)

3: In the T20I format, Pakistan’s former captain Babar Azam holds the top spot with 3 centuries. (Check out Babar Azam’s list of centuries here.)

400: The West Indies’ prolific batter, Brian Lara, holds the record for the highest individual score by a skipper in Tests and international cricket. Lara scored an unbeaten 400 against England in a Test match in 2004. This is also the highest individual score by any player in Test cricket.

8: The number of captains from Australia who have notched up 10 or more hundreds in all formats.