List of England national football team captains

England's men's and women's captains, Harry Kane (left, pictured in 2023) and Leah Williamson (right, pictured at a 2022 friendly)

Elizabeth II presents the Jules Rimet Trophy to England captain Bobby Moore, 1966; Moore is the only captain to lead England to a World Cup victory, and has the record for being the youngest men's captain (for a period he was, officially, the absolute youngest captain). England captain Leah Williamson stands at the back of her team to be presented with the 2022 Women's Euro trophy by William, Duke of Cambridge; Williamson, the incumbent permanent women's captain, is the only captain to lead England to a Euro victory and the only captain to lead the women's team to an international title.

154 people have officially served as captains of the England national football teams. The current captains are Harry Kane (men's) and Leah Williamson (women's).

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, also against Scotland, and was the first international captain to win a match. Having previously played for Scotland against England,[1] this was his only international appearance for England. Morten remains England's oldest captain.

The first unofficial women's international match was contested by England and France in 1920, with the Dick, Kerr Ladies "England" side captained by Alice Kell.[2] The England women's team was authorised in 1972 by the Women's Football Association (WFA), originally unaffiliated with the Football Association (FA), and had Sheila Parker as its first captain. The official England women's first international match was played against Scotland on 18 November 1972, in anticipation of the centenary of the equivalent men's match. Parker remained in her role for four years before being left out of the 1976 British Home Championship; her replacement, Carol Thomas (née McCune), was only 20 when she took the armband,[3] and retained it for nearly a decade. Women's players between 1972 and 1993 were not all officially recognised until 2022; there were also several prior to 1972, who were not sanctioned and are not recognised. Thomas is England's youngest official captain under the WFA; Keira Walsh is England's youngest official captain under the FA; Carol Wilson and Casey Stoney unofficially served as captains when younger than Thomas and Walsh.[a]

Billy Wright set the record for most captaincies of his country in 1959, with 90. Bobby Moore, who remains England's youngest men's captain and the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, sharing the record with Wright. Steph Houghton has the record for captaincies of the women's team, and outright fourth-most caps as captain (72) behind Wright and Moore, and Kane. Seven male players were captain in their only international cap, the last of these being in 1925.

Several women's matches have seen two players start as co-captains.[5][6] The most players known to wear the captain's armband for England in one match is four, which has happened twice. On 3 June 2003, Michael Owen started as captain before Emile Heskey took over at half time, Phil Neville replaced him in the sixty-first minute, and Jamie Carragher was handed the armband in the eighty-seventh.[7][8] On 30 November 2021, Millie Bright started as captain before Ellen White took over at half time, Keira Walsh replaced her in the sixtieth minute, and Alex Greenwood took the armband in the seventy-first.[9][10]

## Men's team

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### Captain chronology

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* Bold indicates current captain
* Italics indicates still-active players
* Source unless specified:[11]

Tenure  | Incumbent  | Reserve captains[b]

|
|

1872–1874  |  | Cuthbert Ottaway |
1873  | Alexander Morten |
1875  |  | Charles W. Alcock |
1876  | Hubert Heron |
1877  | William Rawson |
1878–1879  | Arthur Cursham |
1879  | Henry Wace |
1880  | Charles Wollaston |
1880  | Francis Sparks |
1881  | Jack Hunter |
1881–1887  | Norman Bailey | Charles Bambridge, Jack Hudson, Percy Walters
1888  |  | Tinsley Lindley |
1889–1890  |  | Percy Walters | Jack Brodie
1890  |  | Arthur Walters |
1891  | Tinsley Lindley |
1891  |  | John Goodall |
1891  |  | Billy Moon |
1892  | Arthur Dunn |
1893  | George Cotterill | Bob Holmes
1894  |  | Bob Holmes |
1894  | John Goodall |
1895  | Bob Holmes |
1895  |  | Charles Wreford-Brown[c] |
1895  |  | R. Cunliffe Gosling[c] |
1896–1901  |  | G. O. Smith[d][e] | Charles Wreford-Brown, William Oakley, Ernest Needham
1902  |  | R. E. Foster |
1902  |  | Frank Forman |
1902  |  | Steve Bloomer[f] |
1903  |  | Howard Spencer |
1903–1904  |  | Bob Crompton |
1905  | Stan Harris |
1905  |  | Howard Spencer |
1906  | Stan Harris |
1907  | Bob Crompton |
1908–1910  |  | Vivian Woodward | Bob Crompton
1910–1914  | Bob Crompton | Vivian Woodward
1914–1918: World War I
1919  | Arthur Knight |
1920  |  | Jesse Pennington |
1920  | Joe McCall |
1921  |  | Charlie Buchan |
1921  |  | Arthur Grimsdell |
1921  | Ephraim Longworth |
1921–1922  | George Wilson | Max Woosnam
1922–1923  | Arthur Grimsdell |
1923–1924  | George Wilson | Charlie Buchan, Basil Patchitt, Graham Doggart, Frank Moss
1924  | Sam Wadsworth |
1924–1925  | Alfred Bower |
1925–1926  | Sam Wadsworth | Billy Walker, Claude Ashton, Tommy Lucas
1927  | Alfred Bower |
1927  | Jack Hill | Fred Kean
1928  | Roy Goodall |
1928–1929  | Willis Edwards |
1929  | Jack Hill |
1929  | Willis Edwards |
1930  |  | David Jack |
1930–1931  | Roy Goodall | Alf Strange
1931–1933  | Ernie Blenkinsop | David Jack, Billy Walker
1933  | Roy Goodall |
1934  |  | Tom Cooper |
1934–1939  |  | Eddie Hapgood | Jack Barker, George Male, Sam Barkas, Stan Cullis
1939–1945: World War II
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, Mick Channon
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
2000  | 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, Gareth Barry
2014–2017  |  | Wayne Rooney | Gary Cahill, Joe Hart, Phil Jagielka, James Milner, Chris Smalling, Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane
2017–2018  |  | Jordan Henderson | Gary Cahill, Joe Hart, Harry Kane, Eric Dier
2018–present  |  | Harry Kane | Jordan Henderson,[13] Gary Cahill, Eric Dier, Raheem Sterling,[14] Harry Maguire, Kieran Trippier, Marcus Rashford,[15] Kyle Walker,[16] Declan Rice[17]

### Captains by tournament

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* Bold indicates tournament winners
* Italics indicates tournament hosts
* Source:[18]

Player  | Tournament(s)[g]

|

Billy Wright |

* 1950 FIFA World Cup
* 1954 FIFA World Cup
* 1958 FIFA World Cup

Johnny Haynes |

* 1962 FIFA World Cup

Bobby Moore |

* 1966 FIFA World Cup
* UEFA Euro 1968
* 1970 FIFA World Cup

Kevin Keegan |

* UEFA Euro 1980

Mick Mills |

* 1982 FIFA World Cup

Bryan Robson |

* 1986 FIFA World Cup
* UEFA Euro 1988
* 1990 FIFA World Cup

Gary Lineker |

* UEFA Euro 1992

Tony Adams |

* UEFA Euro 1996

Alan Shearer |

* 1998 FIFA World Cup
* UEFA Euro 2000

David Beckham |

* 2002 FIFA World Cup
* UEFA Euro 2004
* 2006 FIFA World Cup

Steven Gerrard |

* 2010 FIFA World Cup
* UEFA Euro 2012
* 2014 FIFA World Cup

Wayne Rooney |

* UEFA Euro 2016

Harry Kane |

* 2018 FIFA World Cup
* 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
* UEFA Euro 2020
* 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
* 2022–23 UEFA Nations League
* 2022 FIFA World Cup
* UEFA Euro 2024

## Women's team

[edit]

### Captain chronology

[edit]

* Bold indicates current captain
* Italics indicates still-active players
* indicates player was captain for matches under the Women's Football Association[h]

Tenure  | Incumbent  | Reserve captains[b]

|
|

1972–1976  | Sheila Parker[23] |
1976–  |  | Carol Thomas (née McCune)[3] |
1983: WFA becomes a "County Association" of The Football Association[24]
–1985  | Carol Thomas (née McCune)[3] |
1985–  |  | Debbie Bampton[21] |
1990–  | Gillian Coultard[5][21] |
1993: The team becomes incorporated into The Football Association[25]
–1997  | Debbie Bampton[5] |
–2000  | Gillian Coultard[5] |
2000–2001  | Mo Marley[5][26] |
2001–2002  |  | Tara Proctor[27] | Karen Walker,[6] Faye White[6]
2002–2003  |  | Karen Walker[6][28] | Mary Phillip[6]
2002–2012  |  | Faye White[6][29][30] | Mary Phillip,[6] Kelly Smith,[31] Fara Williams,[6][32] Casey Stoney,[6][33] Rachel Yankey[34]
2012–2014  |  | Casey Stoney[35] | Rachel Yankey,[33] Alex Scott,[36] Steph Houghton,[33] Fara Williams,[33] Laura Bassett[33]
2014–2022  |  | Steph Houghton[37] | Fara Williams,[33] Karen Bardsley,[33] Jordan Nobbs,[38][39] Jill Scott,[33] Ellen White,[33] Laura Bassett,[33] Lucy Bronze,[40] Keira Walsh,[41] Toni Duggan,[33] Millie Bright,[42][43] Leah Williamson[42]
2022–present  |  | Leah Williamson | Millie Bright,[44] Ellen White,[45] Steph Houghton,[46][i] Alex Greenwood,[47] Mary Earps,[48] Keira Walsh[49]

### Captains by tournament

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* Bold indicates tournament winners
* Italics indicates tournament hosts

Player  | Tournament(s)[g]

|

Carol Thomas (née McCune) |

* 1979 European Competition for Women's Football[50]
* 1981 Mundialito[50]
* 1984 European Competition for Women's Football[50]
* 1984 Mundialito
* 1985 Mundialito[50]

Debbie Bampton |

* 1987 European Competition for Women's Football[50]
* 1988 Mundialito

Gillian Coultard |

* UEFA Women's Euro 1995[51][5]

Debbie Bampton |

* 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup[5][52]

Gillian Coultard
Mo Marley |

* UEFA Women's Euro 2001[26][53]

Tara Proctor
Faye White |

* UEFA Women's Euro 2005[6]
* 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup[6]
* UEFA Women's Euro 2009[6]
* 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup[33]

Casey Stoney |

* UEFA Women's Euro 2013[33]

Steph Houghton |

* 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[33]
* UEFA Women's Euro 2017[33]
* 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup[33]

Leah Williamson |

* UEFA Women's Euro 2022[43]
* 2023 Women's Finalissima

Millie Bright[j] |

* 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
* 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

## Captains by appearances as captain

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Figures include all recognised matches up to match played 16 July 2024. Only confirmed captaincies of named captains are counted.

The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy.

* Bold indicates permanent captain of England
* Italics indicates still-active players
* Sources unless specified:[k][11]

#  | Player  | England career  | Caps as captain  | Total caps  | First captaincy

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|
|

1 | Billy Wright | 1946–1959 | 90 | 105 | 9 October 1948
1 | Bobby Moore | 1962–1973 | 90 | 108 | 29 May 1963
3 | Harry Kane | 2015–present | 74 | 98 | 10 June 2017
4 | Steph Houghton | 2007–2022 | 72[54] | 121 | 17 January 2014
5 | Bryan Robson | 1980–1991 | 65 | 90 | 17 November 1982
6 | David Beckham | 1996–2009 | 59 | 115 | 15 November 2000
7 | Carol Thomas (née McCune) | 1976–1985 | 49–51[l] | 56[l] | 22 May 1976
8 | Faye White | 1997–2012 | 48[58] | 90 | 7 March 2002
9 | Gillian Coultard | 1981–2000 | 38+[m] | 119 | 25 November 1990
9 | Steven Gerrard | 2000–2014 | 38 | 114 | 31 March 2004
11 | Alan Shearer | 1992–2000 | 34 | 63 | 1 September 1996
11 | John Terry | 2003–2012 | 34 | 78 | 16 August 2006
13 | Kevin Keegan | 1972–1982 | 31 | 63 | 24 March 1976
14 | Leah Williamson | 2018–present | 27[59] | 48 | 17 September 2021
15 | Debbie Bampton | 1978–1997 | 26+[m] | 95 | 22 September 1985
16 | Wayne Rooney | 2003–2018 | 23 | 120 | 14 November 2009
16 | Emlyn Hughes | 1969–1980 | 23 | 62 | 11 March 1974
18 | Bob Crompton | 1902–1914 | 22 | 41 | 2 March 1903
18 | Johnny Haynes | 1954–1962 | 22 | 56 | 15 May 1960
20 | Eddie Hapgood | 1933–1939 | 20 | 30 | 14 November 1934
21 | David Platt | 1989–1996 | 19 | 62 | 17 February 1993
21 | Casey Stoney | 2000–2017 | 19 | 130 | 7 March 2009[n]
21 | Millie Bright | 2016–present | 19 | 81 | 13 April 2021
24 | Gary Lineker | 1984–1992 | 18 | 80 | 12 September 1990
25 | Mary Phillip | 1995–2008 | 17+[m] | 65 | 17 May 2003
26 | Norman Bailey | 1878–1887 | 15 | 19 | 12 March 1881
26 | Jimmy Armfield | 1959–1966 | 15 | 43 | 28 September 1961
26 | Peter Shilton | 1970–1990 | 15 | 125 | 25 May 1982
26 | Tony Adams | 1987–2000 | 15 | 66 | 12 October 1994
30 | Viv Woodward | 1903–1911 | 14 | 23 | 15 February 1908
31 | G. O. Smith | 1893–1901 | 13–16[d][e] | 20 | 4 April 1896
31 | George Hardwick | 1946–1948 | 13 | 13 | 28 September 1946
33 | Roy Goodall | 1926–1933 | 12 | 25 | 31 March 1928
34 | Sheila Parker | 1972–1983 | 11 | 33[61] | 18 November 1972
34 | Fara Williams | 2001–2019 | 11 | 172 | 5 March 2009
36 | Ray Wilkins | 1976–1986 | 10 | 84 | 22 September 1982
36 | Stuart Pearce | 1987–1999 | 10 | 78 | 8 June 1991
38 | Jordan Henderson | 2010–present | 9 | 81 | 8 October 2016
39 | Jack Hill | 1925–1929 | 8 | 11 | 2 April 1927
39 | Gerry Francis | 1974–1976 | 8 | 12 | 3 September 1975
39 | Mick Mills | 1972–1982 | 8 | 42 | 13 May 1978
39 | Michael Owen | 1998–2008 | 8 | 89 | 17 April 2002
39 | Frank Lampard | 1999–2014 | 8 | 106 | 9 February 2011
44 | George Wilson | 1921–1924 | 7 | 12 | 22 October 1921
44 | Terry Butcher | 1980–1990 | 7 | 77 | 12 November 1986
44 | Paul Ince | 1992–2000 | 7 | 53 | 9 June 1993
44 | Rio Ferdinand | 1997–2011 | 7 | 81 | 26 March 2008
44 | Eric Dier | 2015–2022 | 7 | 49 | 10 November 2017
49 | George Male | 1934–1939 | 6 | 19 | 18 November 1936
49 | Alan Ball | 1965–1975 | 6 | 72 | 12 March 1975
49 | Phil Thompson | 1976–1982 | 6 | 42 | 22 November 1979
52 | Percy Walters | 1885–1890 | 5 | 13 | 13 March 1886
52 | Willis Edwards | 1926–1929 | 5 | 16 | 22 October 1928
52 | Ronnie Clayton | 1955–1960 | 5 | 35 | 17 October 1959
52 | Mo Marley | 1995–2001 | 5 | 41 | 4 June 2000
52 | Gary Cahill | 2010–2018 | 5 | 61 | 9 October 2015
52 | Jill Scott | 2006–2022 | 5 | 161 | 27 October 2015
52 | Lucy Bronze | 2013–present | 5 | 124 | 1 March 2018
52 | Harry Maguire | 2017–present | 5 | 63 | 7 September 2019
60 | Tinsley Lindley | 1886–1891 | 4 | 13 | 4 February 1888
60 | Stanley Harris | 1904–1906 | 4 | 6 | 25 February 1905
60 | Sam Wadsworth | 1922–1926 | 4 | 9 | 22 October 1924
60 | David Jack | 1924–1932 | 4 | 9 | 5 April 1930
60 | Ernie Blenkinsop | 1928–1933 | 4 | 26 | 9 December 1931
60 | Thomas Cooper | 1927–1934 | 4 | 15 | 14 April 1934
60 | Martin Peters | 1966–1974 | 4 | 67 | 19 May 1971
60 | Tara Proctor | 1995–2002 | 4 | 20 | 30 June 2001
60 | Kelly Smith | 1995–2014 | 4 | 117 | 28 September 2008
69 | Robert Holmes | 1888–1895 | 3 | 7 | 13 March 1893
69 | Howard Spencer | 1897–1905 | 3 | 6 | 14 February 1903
69 | Arthur Grimsdell | 1920–1923 | 3 | 6 | 9 April 1921
69 | Alfred Bower[o] | 1923–1927 | 3 | 5 | 8 December 1924
69 | Billy Walker | 1920–1932 | 3 | 18 | 21 May 1925
69 | Alfred Strange | 1930–1933 | 3 | 20 | 14 May 1931
69 | Sam Barkas | 1936–1937 | 3 | 18 | 23 October 1937
69 | Alf Ramsey | 1948–1953 | 3 | 32 | 15 November 1950
69 | Ron Flowers | 1955–1966 | 3 | 49 | 27 May 1964
69 | Bobby Charlton | 1958–1970 | 3 | 106 | 15 January 1969
69 | David V. Watson | 1974–1982 | 3 | 65 | 24 April 1981
69 | Sol Campbell | 1996–2007 | 3 | 73 | 24 May 1998
69 | Karen Walker | 1988–2003 | 3 | 83 | 24 February 2002
69 | Ellen White | 2010–2022 | 3 | 113 | 1 July 2017
69 | Keira Walsh | 2017–present | 3 | 77 | 4 September 2018
69 | Mary Earps | 2017–present | 3 | 50 | 1 July 2023
85 | Cuthbert Ottaway | 1872–1874 | 2 | 2 | 30 November 1872
85 | Charles Bambridge | 1879–1887 | 2 | 18 | 18 February 1882
85 | John Goodall | 1888–1898 | 2 | 14 | 7 February 1891
85 | Arthur Dunn | 1883–1892 | 2 | 4 | 15 March 1892
85 | George Cotterill | 1891–1893 | 2 | 4 | 25 February 1893
85 | Charles Wreford-Brown | 1889–1898 | 2 or 3[c] | 4 | 18 March 1895
85 | Jesse Pennington | 1907–1920 | 2 | 25 | 15 March 1920
85 | Charlie Buchan | 1913–1924 | 2 | 6 | 14 March 1921
85 | Basil Patchitt | 1923 | 2 | 2 | 21 May 1923
85 | Frank Swift | 1946–1949 | 2 | 19 | 16 May 1948
85 | Mick Channon | 1972–1977 | 2 | 46 | 28 May 1976
85 | Rachel Yankey | 1997–2013 | 2 | 129 | 29 July 2010[34]
85 | Laura Bassett | 2003–2017 | 2 | 63 | 7 March 2014
85 | Jordan Nobbs | 2013–present | 2 | 71 | 11 March 2015
85 | Joe Hart | 2008–2017 | 2 | 75 | 13 November 2015
85 | Raheem Sterling | 2012–2022 | 2 | 82 | 7 June 2019
85  | Kieran Trippier | 2017–present  | 2 | 54  | 8 October 2020
85 | Alex Greenwood | 2014–present | 2 | 93 | 19 February 2023
85 | Kyle Walker | 2011–present | 2 | 90 | 20 November 2023
103 | Alexander Morten | 1873 | 1 | 1 | 8 March 1873
103 | Charles W. Alcock | 1875 | 1 | 1 | 6 March 1875[p]
103 | Hubert Heron | 1873–1878 | 1 | 5 | 4 March 1876
103 | William Rawson | 1875–1877 | 1 | 2 | 3 March 1877
103 | Arthur Cursham | 1880–1884 | 1 or 2[q] | 6 | 2 March 1878
103 | Henry Wace | 1878–1879 | 1 or 2[q] | 3 | 5 April 1879
103 | Charles Wollaston | 1874–1880 | 1 | 4 | 13 March 1880
103 | Francis Sparks | 1879–1880 | 1 | 3 | 15 March 1880
103 | Jack Hunter | 1878–1882 | 1 | 7 | 26 February 1881
103 | John Hudson | 1883 | 1 | 1 | 24 February 1883
103 | John Brodie | 1889–1891 | 1 | 3 | 2 March 1889
103 | Arthur Walters | 1885–1890 | 1 | 9 | 5 April 1890
103 | Billy Moon | 1888–1885 | 1 | 7 | 6 April 1891
103 | R. Cunliffe Gosling | 1892–1895 | 1 or 2[c] | 5 | 6 April 1895
103 | William Oakley | 1895–1901 | 1 | 16 | 9 March 1901
103 | Ernest Needham | 1894–1902 | 1 | 16 | 18 March 1901
103 | Reginald Foster | 1900–1902 | 1 | 5 | 3 March 1902
103 | Frank Forman | 1898–1903 | 1 | 9 | 22 March 1902
103 | Stephen Bloomer | 1895–1907 | 1 or 2[f] | 23 | 3 May 1902[f]
103 | Arthur Knight | 1919 | 1 | 1 | 25 October 1919
103 | Joseph McCall | 1913–1920 | 1 | 5 | 23 October 1920
103 | Ephraim Longworth | 1920–1923 | 1 | 5 | 21 May 1921
103 | Max Woosnam | 1922 | 1 | 1 | 13 March 1922
103 | Graham Doggart | 1923 | 1 | 1 | 1 November 1923
103 | Frank Moss | 1924 | 1 | 5 | 12 April 1924
103 | Claude Ashton[r] | 1925 | 1 | 1 | 24 October 1925
103 | Tommy Lucas | 1921–1926 | 1 | 3 | 24 May 1926
103 | Fred Kean | 1923–1929 | 1 | 9 | 21 May 1927
103 | Jack Barker | 1934–1936 | 1 | 11 | 17 October 1936
103 | Stan Cullis | 1937–1939 | 1 | 12 | 24 May 1939
103 | Alan Mullery | 1964–1971 | 1 | 35 | 3 February 1971
103 | Colin Bell | 1968–1975 | 1 | 48 | 23 May 1972
103 | Trevor Cherry | 1976–1980 | 1 | 27 | 31 May 1980
103 | Ray Clemence | 1972–1983 | 1 | 61 | 12 May 1981
103 | Phil Neal | 1976–1983 | 1 | 50 | 2 June 1982
103 | Peter Beardsley | 1986–1996 | 1 | 59 | 13 February 1988
103 | Mark Wright | 1984–1996 | 1 | 45 | 21 May 1991
103 | David Seaman | 1988–2003 | 1 | 75 | 10 September 1997
103 | Martin Keown | 1992–2002 | 1 | 43 | 11 September 2000
103 | Gareth Barry | 2000–2012 | 1 | 53 | 29 March 2011
103 | Scott Parker | 2003–2013 | 1 | 11 | 29 February 2012
103 | Ashley Cole | 2001–2014 | 1 | 107 | 29 May 2013[s]
103 | Alex Scott | 2004–2017 | 1 | 140 | 31 October 2013
103 | Karen Bardsley | 2005–2022 | 1 | 81 | 9 March 2015
103 | Phil Jagielka | 2008–2016 | 1 | 40 | 12 October 2015
103 | James Milner | 2009–2016 | 1 | 61 | 29 March 2016
103 | Chris Smalling | 2011–2017 | 1 | 31 | 27 May 2016
103 | Toni Duggan | 2012–present | 1 | 76 | 8 November 2018[t]
103 | Fabian Delph | 2014–2019 | 1 | 20 | 15 November 2018
103 | Marcus Rashford | 2016–present | 1 | 60 | 6 June 2021
103 | Declan Rice | 2019–present | 1 | 58 | 26 March 2024[u]

## Captains by age

[edit]

* Bold indicates permanent captain of England (not necessarily at time of the relevant match/es)

### Youngest captains

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Players who started as captain at under 25 years of age.[66]

#  | Player  | Date of birth  | First captaincy  | Age  | #W | #M

|
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|
|
|

Age 20
1 | Carol Thomas (née McCune)[v] | (1955-06-05)5 June 1955  | 22 May 1976  | 20 years, 11 months and 17 days  | 1  | –
Age 21
2 | Keira Walsh | (1997-04-08)8 April 1997  | 4 September 2018  | 21 years, 4 months and 27 days  | 2  | –
Age 22
3  | Bobby Moore | (1941-04-12)12 April 1941  | 29 May 1963  | 22 years, 1 month and 17 days  | –  | 1
4  | Jordan Nobbs | (1992-12-08)8 December 1992  | 11 March 2015  | 22 years, 3 months and 3 days  | 3  | –
5  | Tinsley Lindley | (1865-10-27)27 October 1865  | 4 February 1888  | 22 years, 3 months and 8 days  | –  | 2
6  | Michael Owen | (1979-12-14)14 December 1979  | 17 April 2002  | 22 years, 4 months and 3 days  | –  | 3
7  | Cuthbert Ottaway | (1850-07-20)20 July 1850  | 30 November 1872  | 22 years, 4 months and 10 days  | –  | 4
8  | Jack Hudson | (1860-10-11)11 October 1860  | 24 February 1883  | 22 years, 4 months and 13 days  | –  | 5
9  | William Rawson | (1854-10-14)14 October 1854  | 3 March 1877  | 22 years, 4 months and 17 days  | –  | 6
10  | Percy Walters | (1863-09-30)30 September 1863  | 13 March 1886  | 22 years, 5 months and 13 days  | –  | 7
11  | Stan Cullis | (1916-10-25)25 October 1916  | 24 May 1939  | 22 years, 6 months and 29 days  | –  | 8
12  | Basil Patchitt | (1900-08-08)8 August 1900  | 21 May 1923  | 22 years, 9 months and 13 days  | –  | 9
13  | Billy Moon | (1868-06-07)7 June 1868  | 4 April 1891  | 22 years, 9 months and 28 days  | –  | 10
Age 23
14  | G. O. Smith | (1872-11-25)25 November 1872  | 4 April 1896  | 23 years, 4 months and 10 days  | –  | 11
15  | Bob Crompton | (1879-09-26)26 September 1879  | 2 March 1903  | 23 years, 5 months and 4 days  | –  | 12
16  | Charles Bambridge | (1858-07-30)30 July 1858  | 18 February 1882  | 23 years, 6 months and 19 days  | –  | 13
17 | Marcus Rashford | (1997-10-31)31 October 1997  | 6 June 2021  | 23 years, 7 months and 6 days[w] | –  | 14
18  | Stan Harris | (1881-07-19)19 July 1881  | 25 February 1905  | 23 years, 7 months and 6 days[w] | –  | 15
19  | Norman Bailey | (1857-07-23)23 July 1857  | 12 March 1881  | 23 years, 7 months and 17 days  | –  | 16
20  | Sol Campbell | (1974-09-18)18 September 1974  | 29 May 1998  | 23 years, 8 months and 11 days  | –  | 17
21  | Gerry Francis | (1951-12-06)6 December 1951  | 3 September 1975  | 23 years, 8 months and 28 days  | –  | 18
22  | Eric Dier | (1994-01-15)15 January 1994  | 10 November 2017  | 23 years, 9 months and 26 days  | –  | 19
23  | Steven Gerrard | (1980-05-30)30 May 1980  | 31 March 2004  | 23 years, 10 months and 1 day  | –  | 20
24  | Harry Kane | (1993-07-28)28 July 1993  | 10 June 2017  | 23 years, 10 months and 13 days  | –  | 21
25 | R. E. Foster | (1878-04-16)16 April 1878  | 3 March 1902  | 23 years, 10 months and 15 days  | –  | 22
26 | Debbie Bampton[v] | (1961-10-07)7 October 1961  | 22 September 1985  | 23 years, 11 months and 15 days  | 4  | –
Age 24
27  | Wayne Rooney | (1985-10-24)24 October 1985  | 14 November 2009  | 24 years and 21 days  | –  | 23
28  | Faye White | (1978-02-02)2 February 1978  | 7 March 2002  | 24 years, 1 month and 5 days[x] | 5  | –
29  | Hubert Heron | (1852-01-30)30 January 1852  | 4 March 1876  | 24 years, 1 month and 4 days[x] | –  | 24
30 | Leah Williamson | (1997-03-29)29 March 1997  | 17 September 2021  | 24 years, 5 months and 19 days  | 6  | –
31  | Raheem Sterling | (1994-12-08)8 December 1994  | 6 June 2019  | 24 years, 5 months and 29 days  | –  | 25
32  | Billy Wright | (1924-02-06)6 February 1924  | 9 October 1948  | 24 years, 8 months and 3 days  | –  | 26
33  | Claude Ashton | (1901-02-19)19 February 1901  | 24 October 1925  | 24 years, 8 months and 5 days  | –  | 27
34  | Francis Sparks | (1855-07-04)4 July 1855  | 15 March 1880  | 24 years, 8 months and 11 days  | –  | 28
35  | George Cotterill | (1868-04-04)4 April 1868  | 25 February 1893  | 24 years, 10 months and 21 days  | –  | 29
36 | Sheila Parker[v][y] | 1947  | 18 November 1972  | ~24 years and 11 months[z] | 7  | –
37  | Arthur Cursham | (1853-03-14)14 March 1853  | 2 March 1878  | 24 years, 11 months and 16 days  | –  | 30

### Oldest captains

[edit]

Players who started as captain at over 35 years of age.[68]

#  | Player  | Date of birth  | Last captaincy  | Age  | #W | #M

|
|
|
|
|
|

Age 41+
1 | Alexander Morten | 1831 or 1832[69] | 8 March 1873  | 41 or 42[69] | –  | 1
Age 40
2  | Peter Shilton | (1949-09-18)18 September 1949  | 7 July 1990  | 40 years, 9 months and 19 days  | –  | 2
Age 36
3  | Gillian Coultard | (1963-07-22)22 July 1963  | 13 May 2000  | 36 years, 9 months and 21 days  | 1  | –
4  | Jesse Pennington | (1883-08-23)23 August 1883  | 10 April 1920  | 36 years, 7 months and 18 days  | –  | 3
5  | Frank Lampard | (1978-06-20)20 June 1978  | 24 June 2014  | 36 years and 4 days  | –  | 4
Age 35
6  | Debbie Bampton | (1961-10-07)7 October 1961  | 11 May 1997  | 35 years, 7 months and 4 days  | 2  | –
7  | Billy Wright | (1924-02-06)6 February 1924  | 28 May 1959  | 35 years, 3 months and 22 days  | –  | 5
8  | Billy Walker | (1897-10-29)29 October 1897  | 7 December 1932  | 35 years, 1 month and 8 days  | –  | 6
9  | Stuart Pearce | (1962-04-24)24 April 1962  | 24 May 1997  | 35 years and 1 month  | –  | 7

## Others

[edit]

### Disputed captains

[edit]

These players may have officially captained England, but sources are either uncertain or differ.

Player  | England career  | Caps as captain  | Total caps

|
|
|

Harry Daft | 1889–1892 | 1 or 0[70] | 5
Vaughan Lodge | 1894–1896 | 0 or 1[d] | 5
George Raikes | 1895–1896 | 0 or 1[d] | 4

### Unofficial captains

[edit]

The following players have never been named, i.e. started a match as, captain, but were given the armband partway through a match after that game's captain was either sent off or substituted. As records for such mid-game changes are not often kept, this list may be incomplete:

Player  | England career  | Date

|
|

Gareth Southgate | 1995–2004 | 25 May 2001[71]
Robbie Fowler | 1996–2002 | 27 March 2002[72]
Danny Mills | 2001–2004 | 12 February 2003[73]
Emile Heskey | 1999–2010 | 3 June 2003[7]
Phil Neville | 1996–2007 | 3 June 2003[7]
Jamie Carragher | 1999–2010 | 3 June 2003[7]
David James | 1997–2010 | 28 May 2005[74]
Gary Neville | 1995–2007 | 1 July 2006[75]
Joleon Lescott | 2007–2013 | 26 May 2012[76]
Michael Carrick | 2001–2015 | 15 August 2012[77]
Georgia Stanway | 2018–present | 15 November 2022[78]
Rachel Daly | 2016–present | 19 February 2023[79]
Katie Zelem | 2021–present | 19 February 2023[80]
John Stones | 2014–present | 23 March 2024[81][82]

### Amateurs

[edit]

Main articles: England national amateur football team and Great Britain men's Olympic football team

For a period after the introduction of professionalism, the England team split into two teams that represented the nation internationally, one only including amateur players. This or other amateur English teams also represented Great Britain at the Olympics, when known as "England" in certain early competitions.[aa]

Amateur men's teams that have represented England internationally  Tenure  | Incumbent  | Team

|
|

1900 | Henry Haslam | Upton Park[83]
1908 |  | Vivian Woodward | England amateurs[84]

### Captains of other non-official teams

[edit]

Before the men's and women's teams each became officially associated, different teams represented them in international tournaments.

Men's teams[85] Tenure  | Incumbent  | Team

|
|

1870–1871  |  | Charles W. Alcock | England (representative)
Women's teams  Tenure  | Incumbent  | Team

|
|

1920  |  | Alice Kell | Dick, Kerr Ladies[2][86][87]
1925  |  | Florrie Redford
1933  |  | Ethel Audaer | Terry's Ladies[88][89]
1953  |  | Stella Briggs | Dick, Kerr Ladies[90]
1957–1966  |  | Doris Ashley | Manchester Corinthians/Nomad/All Stars Ladies[21][91][92][93][94][95]
1960  |  | Margaret Griffiths
1969–1970  |  | Sue Lopez | British Independents[50][ab]
1971  |  | Carol Wilson

* Bold indicates tournament winners

Non-official England women's teams' tournament record  Player  | Tournament(s)[g]

|

Doris Ashley |

* 1957 European Cup[93]
* 1960 Torneo Internacional De Futbol Femenino[91][97]

Margaret Griffiths |

* 1960 Torneo Internacional De Futbol Femenino[91][97]

Sue Lopez |

* 1969 European Competition for Women's Football[50]
* 1970 Women's World Cup[98]

Carol Wilson |

* 1971 Women's World Cup[50]

### Non-official captains by appearances as captain

[edit]

The following players have never captained England officially, but have started a match as named captain of a team representing England, with the match and/or team not officially recognised:

Only known, confirmed, non-official caps as captain are included.

Player  | England career  | Caps as captain  | First captaincy  | Ref(s)

|
|
|
|

Alice Kell | 1920 | 8+ | ~April 1920  | [ac]
Doris Ashley | 1957–1966 | 5+ | 2 November 1957  | [93][99]
Carol Wilson | 1971 | 4 | 2 June 1971  | [50]
Sue Lopez | 1969–1970 | 2+ | 1 November 1969  | [50]
Florrie Redford | 1925 | 1+ | ~June 1925  | [87]
Margaret Griffiths | 1960 | 1+ | April 1960  | [91]
Stella Briggs | 1952–1953 | 1+ | 23 July 1953  | [90]
Stanley Briggs | 1899 | 1 | 23 November 1899  | [100]
Ethel Audaer | 1933 | 1 | 9 August 1933  | [88]

### Others by age

[edit]

* Bold indicates permanent captain of England (not necessarily at time of the relevant match/es)

Unofficial young captaincies

Player  | Date of birth  | First unofficial captaincy  | Age

|
|
|

Age 18
Carol Wilson[v] | June 1952  | 2 June 1971[ad] | ~18 years and 11 months
Age 20
Casey Stoney | (1982-05-13)13 May 1982  | 25 February 2003[n] | 20 years, 9 months and 12 days
Age 21
Alice Kell | (1898-06-24)24 June 1898  | ~April 1920[ac] | ~21 years and 9 months
Age 23
Georgia Stanway | (1999-01-03)3 January 1999  | 15 November 2022  | 23 years, 10 months and 12 days
Age 24
Sue Lopez[v] | (1945-09-01)1 September 1945  | 1 November 1969[ad] | 24 years and 2 months

Unofficial old captaincies

Player  | Date of birth  | Last unofficial captaincy  | Age

|
|
|

Doris Ashley | ~1923[99][102] | 17 July 1966[92] | ~42

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ In 2004, after the unofficial captaincies of Wilson (1971) and Stoney (2003), and after Thomas' WFA career as captain (1976–85), The Guardian named Bobby Moore as "still the youngest ever England captain".[4]
2. ^ a b Reserve captains are players that have taken the captain's armband on a one-off match basis when the incumbent permanent captain is unavailable. Unlike unofficial captaincies the player is given the responsibility prior to the game and is officially recognised by the FA as having officially captained England, whereas unofficial captains receive the armband part way through a match due to the substitution or the receiving of a red card by the captain.[12]
3. ^ a b c d Sources differ concerning the captaincy for England vs Wales, 12 March 1894. It was either Charles Wreford-Brown or Cunliffe Gosling.
4. ^ a b c d The captaincy for England vs Ireland, 7 March 1896 is disputed between G. O. Smith (13 confirmed captaincies), and George Raikes and Vaughan Lodge, neither of whom had captained England in another match.
5. ^ a b The match on 16 March 1896 may have been captained by Gilbert (G. O.) Smith.
6. ^ a b c Bloomer captained two successive games in 1902, with the first, on 5 April 1902, seeing the 1902 Ibrox disaster occur. This match was, afterwards, declared null and void by the Football Association.
7. ^ a b c Tournaments for which the player has been officially named as captain, not including tournaments where they have stepped up as a reserve captain or have been otherwise substituted for a match/es. Only tournaments at continental scale or wider.
8. ^ The Women's Football Association fielded their first England team in 1972, and was the governing body of women's football in England until the Football Association incorporated the team in 1993, marking a change in the formal organisation of it.[19] Few of the international matches contested by the team were considered official.[20] In 2019, women's sports history researcher Jean Williams found that "many of the games before 1993 were not recognised as official internationals, [...] and, though recognised by the FA with a virtual cap as representative games, many women players do not have more than one or two caps for their country as a result."[21] The WFA had so little funding that one woman hand-stitched caps for players.[21] The FA announced in 2022 that it would seek to recognise all former women's internationals.[22]
9. ^ Houghton was named a vice-captain but did not wear the armband under Williamson.
10. ^ Vice-captain Bright was formally interim captain for the tournament due to a long term injury to Leah Williamson.
11. ^ Women's matches (Englandfootballonline.com indices):[50][5][6][33][43]
12. ^ a b Contemporary to the end of her career, the Guinness Book of Records listed Thomas with 49 caps as captain from 56 overall international caps,[55] which it repeated in every edition through 1990.[56] When Thomas was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2021, they reported 51 caps as captain, still from 56 international caps.[57] Thomas has stated that the only match she did not captain between first taking the armband and retiring was a 17 August 1985 game against Wales.[21]
13. ^ a b c Some teamsheets from the appropriate period are unavailable, incomplete, or do not indicate captain.
14. ^ a b Casey Stoney was first handed the captain's armband on an unofficial basis on 25 February 2003 (age 20) when captain Karen Walker was substituted off;[60] this captaincy is not counted as she was not named/did not start as captain. She first made an appearance as a named captain, starting the match as captain (as reserve for Faye White), on 7 March 2009 (age 26).
15. ^ Alfred Bower was the last amateur player to captain England.
16. ^ Alcock had earlier captained England in the officially-unrecognised representative matches.
17. ^ a b Sources differ concerning the captaincy for England vs Wales, 18 January 1879. It was either Arthur Cursham or Henry Wace.
18. ^ Claude Ashton was the last player to be appointed captain for his solitary England appearance.
19. ^ Cole was never a formal reserve or vice captain, but started with the armband as a gesture to celebrate his 100th cap. The match was actually Cole's 102nd cap, and there was reported surprise that he accepted the offer, as he had previously scorned the captaincy.[62]
20. ^ Duggan took the place of captain Steph Houghton so that Houghton could defer her 100th England cap by a match to play it at home rather than away. Other recent stand-in captains were unavailable — Keira Walsh was injured,[63] Lucy Bronze also did not travel, and Jordan Nobbs was an unused substitute[64] — and manager Phil Neville said Duggan's importance in the team was cause for her selection.[65]
21. ^ Captained amidst injury absences and on the occasion of his 50th cap.[17]
22. ^ a b c d e WFA era
23. ^ a b There are more shorter months between Rashford's birthday and his captain debut than there are for Harris; though the same number of months in age, as these months are shorter, Rashford is younger in days.
24. ^ a b As 1876 was a leap year and January is a longer month, while Heron may seem to have been younger than White in number of months and days, he would have been a day older when accounting for the length of the months.
25. ^ The FA announced in 2022 that it would award caps to the 1972 first official women's team, including captain Parker.[22]
26. ^ Parker was appointed captain in 1972 aged 24.[61] She was 74 on 31 December 2021.[67] Provided she was 24 at the time of her first match on 18 November 1972, Parker must have been born in November or December 1947.
27. ^ Most of the time, the Amateurs were known as "England Amateurs". Those captains, as well as those representing teams known as "Great Britain", including recent Great Britain Olympic; past United Kingdom; and all British Universiade teams, are not included.
28. ^ Women were banned from top flight football in England until 1972, with the early pseudo-international British Independents teams specifically disavowed and blacklisted.[96]
29. ^ a b Kell was captain for the England-France series in 1920 (four in England, four in France). The third match was played at Hyde Road in Manchester[2] on 6 May 1920.[101]
30. ^ a b Wilson and Lopez' captaincies, which were not authorised and occurred while women's football was still banned in England, are not recognised by any official body.

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