| Matches | Matches as captain | Matches as non-captain | Batting average as captain | Batting average as non-captain | Difference | Bowling average as captain | Bowling average as non-captain | Difference | |||
| James Lillywhite | 1877-1877 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | — | — | 15.75 | — | — | |
| Lord Harris | 1879-1884 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| A Shaw | 1881-1882 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3.25 | 10.75 | 38 | 20.9 | 17.1 | |
| AN Hornby | 1882-1884 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.75 | 3 | 0.75 | — | 0 | — | |
| Hon.IFW Bligh | 1882-1883 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10.33 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| A Shrewsbury | 1884-1887 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 34.7 | 35.76 | -1.06 | — | — | — | |
| AG Steel | 1886-1888 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 14.5 | 41.69 | -27.19 | 18.28 | 21.68 | -3.4 | |
| WW Read | 1888-1892 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 19.33 | 28.78 | -9.45 | — | — | — | |
| WG Grace | 1888-1899 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 28.33 | 38.69 | -10.36 | 54 | 18.28 | 35.72 | |
| CA Smith | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 8.71 | — | — | |
| MP Bowden | 1889-1889 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | |
| AE Stoddart | 1893-1898 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 31.33 | 40.46 | -9.13 | 31.5 | — | — | |
| Sir TC O’Brien | 1896-1896 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16.5 | 4.33 | 12.17 | — | — | — | |
| Lord Hawke | 1896-1899 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | -10 | — | — | — | |
| AC MacLaren | 1897-1909 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 35.03 | 32.29 | 2.74 | — | — | — | |
| PF Warner | 1903-1906 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 17.78 | 40.57 | -22.79 | — | — | — | |
| Hon.FS Jackson | 1905-1905 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 70.28 | 41.95 | 28.33 | 15.46 | 54.36 | -38.9 | |
| RE Foster | 1907-1907 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23.2 | 60.75 | -37.55 | — | — | — | |
| FL Fane | 1907-1910 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 22.55 | 28.17 | -5.62 | — | — | — | |
| AO Jones | 1908-1908 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 13.11 | 3.89 | — | 44.33 | — | |
| HDG Leveson Gower | 1910-1910 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23.75 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| JWHT Douglas | 1911-1924 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 29.4 | 28 | 1.4 | 30.91 | 42.75 | -11.84 | |
| CB Fry | 1912-1912 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 34.1 | -9.1 | — | — | — | |
| Hon.LH Tennyson | 1921-1921 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 24.37 | 25.63 | — | — | — | |
| FT Mann | 1922-1923 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 35.12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| AER Gilligan | 1924-1925 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 14.1 | 22.66 | -8.56 | 31.14 | 22.77 | 8.37 | |
| AW Carr | 1926-1929 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12.66 | 22.11 | -9.45 | — | — | — | |
| APF Chapman | 1926-1931 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 26.04 | 37.5 | -11.46 | — | — | — | |
| RT Stanyforth | 1927-1928 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.6 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| GTS Stevens | 1928-1928 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 15.5 | 15.46 | 0.04 | — | 31.85 | — | |
| JC White | 1929-1929 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 21.33 | 17.5 | 3.83 | 50.14 | 29.28 | 20.86 | |
| AHH Gilligan | 1930-1930 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17.75 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hon.FSG Calthorpe | 1930-1930 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18.42 | — | — | 91 | — | — | |
| RES Wyatt | 1930-1935 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 32.81 | 31.02 | 1.79 | 39.66 | 33.66 | 6 | |
| DR Jardine | 1931-1934 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 50 | 44.6 | 5.4 | — | — | — | |
| CF Walters | 1934-1934 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 31.5 | 55.46 | -23.96 | — | — | — | |
| GOB Allen | 1936-1948 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 16.93 | 31.93 | -15 | 25.26 | 33.79 | -8.53 | |
| RWV Robins | 1937-1937 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 22.75 | 27.42 | -4.67 | 21.62 | 28.3 | -6.68 | |
| WR Hammond | 1938-1947 | 85 | 20 | 65 | 55.23 | 59.48 | -4.25 | 77 | 36.33 | 40.67 | |
| NWD Yardley | 1947-1950 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 22.66 | 33.5 | -10.84 | 33.8 | 33.54 | 0.26 | |
| K Cranston | 1948-1948 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16.58 | -11.58 | 66 | 23.58 | 42.42 | |
| FG Mann | 1948-1949 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 37.6 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| FR Brown | 1949-1951 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 24.23 | 28.12 | -3.89 | 30.76 | 31.66 | -0.9 | |
| ND Howard | 1951-1952 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17.2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| DB Carr | 1952-1952 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22.5 | 45 | -22.5 | 42 | — | — | |
| L Hutton | 1952-1955 | 79 | 23 | 56 | 52.14 | 58.47 | -6.33 | 45 | 93.5 | -48.5 | |
| DS Sheppard | 1954-1954 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 38.68 | -13.68 | — | — | — | |
| PBH May | 1955-1961 | 66 | 41 | 25 | 54.03 | 36.42 | 17.61 | — | — | — | |
| MC Cowdrey | 1959-1969 | 114 | 27 | 87 | 38.11 | 46.16 | -8.05 | — | — | — | |
| ER Dexter | 1961-1964 | 62 | 30 | 32 | 53.93 | 42.34 | 11.59 | 41.69 | 28.18 | 13.51 | |
| MJK Smith | 1964-1966 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 32.75 | 30.75 | 2 | — | 25 | — | |
| DB Close | 1966-1967 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 22.33 | 26.38 | -4.05 | 21.54 | 42.14 | -20.6 | |
| TW Graveney | 1968-1968 | 79 | 1 | 78 | 39 | 44.48 | -5.48 | — | 167 | — | |
| R Illingworth | 1969-1973 | 61 | 31 | 30 | 28.62 | 16.11 | 12.51 | 35.96 | 27.78 | 8.18 | |
| AR Lewis | 1972-1973 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 37.75 | 2 | 35.75 | — | — | — | |
| MH Denness | 1974-1975 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 42.14 | 34.78 | 7.36 | — | — | — | |
| JH Edrich | 1975-1975 | 77 | 1 | 76 | 83 | 43.2 | 39.8 | — | — | — | |
| AW Greig | 1975-1977 | 58 | 14 | 44 | 38.04 | 41.32 | -3.28 | 42.37 | 30.11 | 12.26 | |
| JM Brearley | 1977-1981 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 22.48 | 24.28 | -1.8 | — | — | — | |
| G Boycott | 1978-1978 | 108 | 4 | 104 | 36.14 | 48.22 | -12.08 | — | 54.57 | — | |
| IT Botham | 1980-1981 | 102 | 12 | 90 | 13.14 | 36.74 | -23.6 | 33.08 | 27.93 | 5.15 | |
| KWR Fletcher | 1981-1982 | 59 | 7 | 52 | 37.12 | 40.2 | -3.08 | 20 | 173 | -153 | |
| RGD Willis | 1982-1984 | 90 | 18 | 72 | 12 | 11.34 | 0.66 | 21.59 | 26.31 | -4.72 | |
| DI Gower | 1982-1989 | 117 | 32 | 85 | 43.59 | 44.5 | -0.91 | — | 7 | — | |
| MW Gatting | 1986-1988 | 79 | 23 | 56 | 44.05 | 32.21 | 11.84 | 75 | 83.5 | -8.5 | |
| JE Emburey | 1988-1988 | 64 | 2 | 62 | 11.5 | 23.15 | -11.65 | 133 | 37.76 | 95.24 | |
| CS Cowdrey | 1988-1988 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 19.2 | -16.7 | — | 72 | — | |
| GA Gooch | 1988-1993 | 118 | 34 | 84 | 58.72 | 35.93 | 22.79 | 42.25 | 48.73 | -6.48 | |
| AJ Lamb | 1990-1990 | 79 | 3 | 76 | 41.16 | 35.84 | 5.32 | — | 23 | — | |
| AJ Stewart | 1993-2001 | 133 | 15 | 118 | 39.22 | 39.59 | -0.37 | — | — | — | |
| MA Atherton | 1993-2001 | 115 | 54 | 61 | 40.58 | 35.25 | 5.33 | 20 | 282 | -262 | |
| N Hussain | 1999-2003 | 96 | 45 | 51 | 36.04 | 38.1 | -2.06 | — | — | — | |
| MA Butcher | 1999-1999 | 71 | 1 | 70 | 7 | 35.03 | -28.03 | — | 35.2 | — | |
| MP Vaughan | 2003-2008 | 82 | 51 | 31 | 36.02 | 50.98 | -14.96 | 225 | 67.2 | 157.8 | |
| ME Trescothick | 2004-2005 | 76 | 2 | 74 | 71.5 | 42.93 | 28.57 | — | 155 | — | |
| A Flintoff | 2006-2007 | 79 | 11 | 68 | 33.23 | 31.53 | 1.7 | 34.44 | 32.49 | 1.95 | |
| AJ Strauss | 2006-2012 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 40.76 | 41.04 | -0.28 | — | — | — | |
| KP Pietersen | 2008-2008 | 104 | 3 | 101 | 52.4 | 47.13 | 5.27 | — | 88.5 | — | |
| AN Cook | 2010-2016 | 161 | 59 | 102 | 46.57 | 44.6 | 1.97 | 6 | — | — | |
| JE Root | 2017-2020 | 92 | 39 | 53 | 42.92 | 52.8 | -9.88 | 52.38 | 48.06 | 4.32 |
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