List of Big Bash League captains

In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities.[1][2] The Big Bash League (BBL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Australia, which has been held annually since its first season in 2011–12.[3] In the fifteen seasons played, 67 players have captained their team in at least one match.[4]

Moises Henriques, from the Sydney Sixers, has played the most matches as a captain, leading the team in 120 matches.[4] There have been eight non-Australian captains in the BBL: three from New Zealand, South Africa, and the West Indies each, and one from the Netherlands.[4] Eight players have captained more than one team in their BBL career.[4]

This list includes those players who have captained their team in at least one BBL match. It is sorted by the date each player first took over captaincy. These statistics do not cover matches played in other tournaments such as the Champions League Twenty20. Players who captained a team during the 2025–26 season are highlighted in bold.

Key

Symbol Meaning
First Year of the first BBL match as a captain
Last Year of latest BBL match as a captain
Mat Number of matches as a captain
Team(s) Team(s) for which the player has played as captain in at least one match
Won Number of games won
Lost Number of games lost
Tied Number of games tied
NR Number of games with no result
W % Percentage of games won to those captained[N 1]

List of BBL captains

As of 11 January 2026
Big Bash League captains
Player[4] Nationality First Last Mat Team(s) Won Lost Tied NR W %
James Hopes  Australia 2011 2015 24 Brisbane Heat[5] 9 15 0 0 37.50
Brad Haddin  Australia 2011 2016 10 Sydney Sixers[6] 5 5 0 0 50.00
Cameron White  Australia 2011 2018 32 Melbourne Stars[7]
Melbourne Renegades
18 13 1 0 57.81
David Warner  Australia 2011 2026 20 Sydney Thunder[8] 9 10 0 1 47.36
Michael Klinger  Australia 2011 2019 16 Adelaide Strikers[9]
Perth Scorchers
8 8 0 0 50.00
Andrew McDonald  Australia 2011 2012 7 Melbourne Renegades[10] 2 5 0 0 28.57
Xavier Doherty  Australia 2011 2012 8 Hobart Hurricanes[11] 5 3 0 0 62.50
Marcus North  Australia 2011 2014 10 Perth Scorchers[12]
Sydney Sixers
6 4 0 0 60.00
Steve Smith  Australia 2011 2014 11 Sydney Sixers 8 2 1 0 77.27
Peter Forrest  Australia 2011 2012 6 Brisbane Heat 3 3 0 0 50.00
Daniel Smith  Australia 2011 2012 6 Sydney Thunder 1 5 0 0 16.66
Shane Warne  Australia 2012 2013 6 Melbourne Stars 3 3 0 0 50.00
Aaron Finch  Australia 2012 2023 79 Melbourne Renegades 35 44 0 0 47.30
Chris Rogers  Australia 2012 2012 6 Sydney Thunder 0 6 0 0 0.00
George Bailey  Australia 2012 2018 29 Hobart Hurricanes 14 14 0 1 50.00
Simon Katich  Australia 2012 2014 20 Perth Scorchers 12 7 1 0 62.50
Johan Botha  South Africa 2012 2018 31 Adelaide Strikers
Sydney Sixers
16 13 0 2 55.17
Chris Gayle  West Indies 2013 2013 2 Sydney Thunder 0 2 0 0 0.00
Ben Rohrer  Australia 2013 2016 7 Melbourne Renegades
Sydney Thunder
3 4 0 0 42.85
Moises Henriques  Australia 2013 2026 124 Sydney Sixers 71 44 3 6 61.44
Tim Paine  Australia 2013 2017 25 Hobart Hurricanes 9 16 0 0 36.00
Chris Hartley  Australia 2013 2015 4 Brisbane Heat
Sydney Thunder
2 1 0 1 66.66
James Faulkner  Australia 2013 2013 1 Melbourne Stars 0 1 0 0 0.00
Michael Hussey  Australia 2013 2016 23 Sydney Thunder 9 14 0 0 39.13
Daniel Vettori  New Zealand 2013 2013 1 Brisbane Heat 0 1 0 0 0.00
Phillip Hughes  Australia 2014 2014 2 Adelaide Strikers 0 2 0 0 0.00
Adam Voges  Australia 2014 2018 31 Perth Scorchers 21 10 0 0 67.74
Brad Hodge  Australia 2014 2017 18 Adelaide Strikers
Melbourne Stars
11 7 0 0 61.11
Nic Maddinson  Australia 2015 2023 29 Melbourne Stars
Sydney Sixers
Melbourne Renegades
6 22 0 0 20.68
David Hussey  Australia 2015 2017 19 Melbourne Stars 10 9 0 0 52.63
Chris Lynn  Australia 2015 2022 50 Brisbane Heat 21 28 0 1 42.00
Shane Watson  Australia 2016 2019 31 Sydney Thunder 13 17 0 1 43.33
Brendon McCullum  New Zealand 2016 2018 18 Brisbane Heat 8 9 1 0 47.22
Joe Burns  Australia 2017 2017 1 Brisbane Heat 1 0 0 0 100.00
John Hastings  Australia 2017 2018 10 Melbourne Stars 2 8 0 0 20.00
Travis Head  Australia 2017 2023 28 Adelaide Strikers 17 11 0 0 60.71
Dwayne Bravo  West Indies 2018 2018 3 Melbourne Renegades 2 1 0 0 66.66
Colin Ingram  South Africa 2018 2019 14 Adelaide Strikers 5 9 0 0 35.71
Mitchell Marsh  Australia 2018 2020 20 Perth Scorchers 6 14 0 0 30.00
Tom Cooper  Netherlands 2018 2019 8 Melbourne Renegades 4 4 0 0 50.00
Glenn Maxwell  Australia 2018 2024 65 Melbourne Stars 34 30 0 1 52.30
Ashton Turner  Australia 2018 2026 78 Perth Scorchers 50 26 0 2 65.78
Matthew Wade  Australia 2018 2023 52 Hobart Hurricanes 24 27 0 1 46.15
Callum Ferguson  Australia 2019 2021 32 Sydney Thunder 16 14 1 1 50.00
Ben McDermott  Australia 2019 2026 8 Hobart Hurricanes 4 3 0 1 57.14
Alex Carey  Australia 2019 2021 16 Adelaide Strikers 7 8 0 1 43.75
Daniel Hughes  Australia 2020 2022 15 Sydney Sixers 10 5 0 0 66.66
Daniel Christian  Australia 2020 2020 5 Melbourne Renegades 2 3 0 0 40.00
Peter Handscomb  Australia 2020 2022 14 Melbourne Stars
Hobart Hurricanes
7 7 0 0 50.00
Peter Siddle  Australia 2020 2023 27 Adelaide Strikers 12 15 0 0 44.44
Shaun Marsh  Australia 2020 2020 1 Melbourne Renegades 0 1 0 0 0.00
Jimmy Peirson  Australia 2020 2023 25 Brisbane Heat 9 15 0 1 36.00
Chris Green  Australia 2021 2025 32 Sydney Thunder 13 18 0 1 40.62
Kane Richardson  Australia 2021 2022 1 Melbourne Renegades 1 1 0 1 33.33
Jason Sangha  Australia 2022 2022 6 Sydney Thunder 3 3 0 0 50.00
Adam Zampa  Australia 2022 2023 15 Melbourne Stars 4 11 0 0 26.66
Usman Khawaja  Australia 2022 2026 14 Sydney Thunder
Brisbane Heat
10 4 0 0 71.42
Nathan Ellis  Australia 2022 2026 30 Hobart Hurricanes 20 10 0 0 66.66
Matthew Short  Australia 2023 2026 28 Adelaide Strikers 13 15 0 0 46.42
Colin Munro  New Zealand 2023 2025 11 Brisbane Heat 7 4 0 0 63.63
Marcus Stoinis  Australia 2023 2026 20 Melbourne Stars 10 10 0 0 50.00
Aaron Hardie  Australia 2023 2024 8 Perth Scorchers 4 4 0 0 50.00
Will Sutherland  Australia 2023 2026 21 Melbourne Renegades 9 12 0 0 42.85
Nathan McSweeney  Australia 2024 2026 8 Brisbane Heat 4 4 0 0 50.00
Mitchell Swepson  Australia 2024 2025 2 Brisbane Heat 1 1 0 0 50.00
Alex Ross  Australia 2024 2025 3 Adelaide Strikers 1 2 0 0 33.33
Xavier Bartlett  Australia 2025 2025 3 Brisbane Heat 1 2 0 0 33.33

Notes

  1. ^ Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

References

  1. ^ Cricket Australia; Frank Pyke; Ken Davis (8 March 2010). Cutting Edge Cricket. Human Kinetics. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7360-7902-0. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ Ken Davis; Neil Buszard (5 April 2011). Cricket: 99.94 Tips to Improve Your Game. Human Kinetics. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7360-9078-0. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ^ "New look and feel for freshly formed Big Bash teams". ESPNcricinfo. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Records / Big Bash League / Most matches as captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  5. ^ "List of Captains for Brisbane Heat in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  6. ^ "List of Captains for Sydney Sixers in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  7. ^ "List of Captains for Melbourne Stars in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  8. ^ "List of Captains for Sydney Thunder in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  9. ^ "List of Captains for Adelaide Strikers in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  10. ^ "List of Captains for Melbourne Renegades in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  11. ^ "List of Captains for Hobart Hurricanes in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  12. ^ "List of Captains for Perth Scorchers in T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.