Most Seasons As Captain
The most seasons as a VFL/AFL club captain since 1897. Games as captain are the games a club captain played in the seasons he was captain: an injured captain's missed games are not counted, an acting captain is not credited, and when a season lists two captains (co-captains, or a change during the season) both are credited.
597 results
Clubs | ||||||||||
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FootscrayFootscray | 14 | 220 | 81 | 1 | 138 | 37.0 | 0 | 1957 | 1970 | |
EssendonEssendon | 12 | 223 | 158 | 5 | 60 | 72.0 | 4 | 1939 | 1950 | |
GeelongGeelong | 11 | 241 | 161 | 1 | 79 | 67.0 | 1 | 2012 | 2022 | |
CarltonCarlton | 11 | 226 | 139 | 2 | 85 | 61.9 | 2 | 1987 | 1997 | |
St KildaSt Kilda | 11 | 221 | 109 | 5 | 107 | 50.5 | 0 | 2005 | 2016 | |
South MelbourneSouth Melbourne | 11 | 158 | 55 | 2 | 101 | 35.4 | 0 | 1961 | 1971 | |
BrisbaneBrisbane | 10 | 210 | 129 | 1 | 80 | 61.7 | 3 | 1997 | 2006 | |
SydneySydney | 10 | 182 | 81 | 2 | 99 | 45.1 | 0 | 1993 | 2002 | |
North MelbourneNorth Melbourne | 10 | 158 | 91 | 1 | 66 | 57.9 | 0 | 1979 | 1988 | |
Collingwood, Richmond, HawthornCollingwood, Richmond, Hawthorn | 10 | 136 | 81 | 3 | 52 | 60.7 | 2 | 1914 | 1926 | |
Scott Pendlebury, still playing | CollingwoodCollingwood | 9 | 187 | 99 | 1 | 87 | 53.2 | 0 | 2014 | 2022 |
North Melbourne, KangaroosNorth Melbourne, Kangaroos | 9 | 184 | 124 | 0 | 60 | 67.4 | 2 | 1993 | 2001 | |
RichmondRichmond | 9 | 182 | 112 | 1 | 69 | 61.8 | 3 | 2013 | 2021 | |
FremantleFremantle | 9 | 182 | 98 | 0 | 84 | 53.8 | 0 | 2007 | 2015 | |
St KildaSt Kilda | 9 | 177 | 75 | 2 | 100 | 42.9 | 0 | 1987 | 1995 | |
MelbourneMelbourne | 9 | 169 | 81 | 0 | 88 | 47.9 | 0 | 2000 | 2008 | |
RichmondRichmond | 9 | 168 | 114 | 2 | 52 | 68.5 | 2 | 1932 | 1940 | |
RichmondRichmond | 9 | 159 | 101 | 2 | 56 | 64.2 | 1 | 1941 | 1949 | |
CollingwoodCollingwood | 9 | 155 | 70 | 0 | 85 | 45.2 | 0 | 1999 | 2007 | |
HawthornHawthorn | 9 | 148 | 74 | 1 | 73 | 50.3 | 1 | 1960 | 1968 | |
Collingwood, EssendonCollingwood, Essendon | 9 | 142 | 86 | 0 | 56 | 60.6 | 0 | 1966 | 1976 | |
GeelongGeelong | 9 | 141 | 85 | 3 | 53 | 61.3 | 1 | 1932 | 1940 | |
GeelongGeelong | 9 | 137 | 55 | 1 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | 1901 | 1909 | |
St Kilda, FootscraySt Kilda, Footscray | 9 | 122 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 50.4 | 0 | 1922 | 1934 | |
Patrick Cripps, still playing | CarltonCarlton | 8 | 174 | 80 | 2 | 92 | 46.6 | 0 | 2019 | 2026 |
CarltonCarlton | 8 | 166 | 114 | 3 | 49 | 69.6 | 3 | 1963 | 1974 | |
GWSGWS | 8 | 157 | 66 | 3 | 88 | 43.0 | 0 | 2012 | 2019 | |
FitzroyFitzroy | 8 | 157 | 45 | 0 | 112 | 28.7 | 0 | 1963 | 1972 | |
GWSGWS | 8 | 148 | 71 | 3 | 74 | 49.0 | 0 | 2012 | 2019 | |
CollingwoodCollingwood | 8 | 144 | 111 | 2 | 31 | 77.8 | 4 | 1927 | 1934 | |
West CoastWest Coast | 8 | 134 | 89 | 1 | 44 | 66.8 | 2 | 1991 | 1998 | |
EssendonEssendon | 8 | 128 | 81 | 1 | 46 | 63.7 | 1 | 1998 | 2005 | |
South MelbourneSouth Melbourne | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1938 | 1945 | |
Marcus Bontempelli, still playing | Western BulldogsWestern Bulldogs | 7 | 155 | 92 | 0 | 63 | 59.4 | 0 | 2020 | 2026 |
Max Gawn, still playing | MelbourneMelbourne | 7 | 151 | 87 | 1 | 63 | 57.9 | 1 | 2020 | 2026 |
West Coast, CarltonWest Coast, Carlton | 7 | 147 | 84 | 1 | 62 | 57.5 | 1 | 2006 | 2012 | |
AdelaideAdelaide | 7 | 141 | 83 | 0 | 58 | 58.9 | 0 | 2001 | 2007 | |
Footscray, Western BulldogsFootscray, Western Bulldogs | 7 | 139 | 74 | 3 | 62 | 54.3 | 0 | 1994 | 2000 | |
SydneySydney | 7 | 131 | 62 | 2 | 67 | 48.1 | 0 | 1986 | 1992 | |
BrisbaneBrisbane | 7 | 128 | 59 | 3 | 66 | 47.3 | 0 | 2007 | 2013 | |
FootscrayFootscray | 7 | 127 | 68 | 1 | 58 | 53.9 | 0 | 1943 | 1950 | |
West CoastWest Coast | 7 | 125 | 58 | 0 | 67 | 46.4 | 0 | 2008 | 2014 | |
Brisbane BearsBrisbane Bears | 7 | 125 | 42 | 2 | 81 | 34.4 | 0 | 1990 | 1996 | |
CollingwoodCollingwood | 7 | 123 | 74 | 3 | 46 | 61.4 | 1 | 1987 | 1993 | |
EssendonEssendon | 7 | 121 | 82 | 2 | 37 | 68.6 | 1 | 1958 | 1964 | |
EssendonEssendon | 7 | 121 | 70 | 1 | 50 | 58.3 | 0 | 1951 | 1957 | |
MelbourneMelbourne | 7 | 117 | 42 | 0 | 75 | 35.9 | 0 | 1981 | 1987 | |
MelbourneMelbourne | 7 | 107 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 50.0 | 0 | 1991 | 1997 | |
EssendonEssendon | 7 | 106 | 50 | 2 | 54 | 48.1 | 0 | 2010 | 2016 | |
SydneySydney | 6 | 140 | 94 | 2 | 44 | 67.9 | 1 | 2011 | 2016 |