This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained the West Indies cricket team at official international level in at least one match. The West Indies became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926 at the same time as India and New Zealand. It played its first test match in 1928 against England at Lord's. Their first game against other opposition came in 1930/31 when they played Australia.

In the mid-1980s there were two rebel West Indian tours to South Africa, which was at that time banned from official competition because of the apartheid régime then in force there. None of the matches from the rebel tours were recognised as official Test matches and all players who toured South Africa at the time were banned from official international cricket matches for life. The captains of those West Indies sides are listed below.

Prior to becoming a member of the ICC, the first combined West Indies team was formed in 1884Canada Cricket online – scroll to "West Indies 1886 tour to Canada" and toured Canada and the United States in 1886 under the captaincies of Charles Guy Austin Wyatt of DemeraraThe Development of West Indies Cricket Google Books results pages 22 and 23 and Laurence Fyfe of JamaicaCanada Cricket online – scroll to "The first West Indies cricket tour" (also vice captain under Wyatt). In a return tour by the United States in 1888, the combined West Indian team was captained by Edward Wright.West Indies versus the Gentlemen of the United States of America 1888Cricket Archive: Edward Wright Combined West Indian teams have played more regular first-class cricket under the name "West Indies" since 1897 usually against amateur sides touring from England, such as Lord Brackley's XI or RA Bennett's XI, but from 1912 onwards the MCC also played on tour against the West Indies. The West Indies also toured England in 1900, 1906 and 1923 with the opposition usually being various English first-class and minor county sides. Other opposition during these tours included amateur sides, the MCC, an England XI (once) and Scotland and Ireland (once each). Some of the matches played on the various West Indies tours of England were deemed not to be first-class matches. During this time (1897 to 1926) the various West Indies captains were Aucher Warner, Stanley Sproston (non-first-class matches only), Harold Austin, Clement King, Alfred Harrigan, Edwin Moulder, William Sherlock, Percy Tarilton, Malcolm Austin and Karl Nunes

Men's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the West Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies falls into three eras – The period of white captaincy Rise to become the dominant Test nation Slide from Test domination. The table of results is complete up to the second Test match for the West Indies in the 2026 Pakistani tour of the West Indies. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed for a minor proportion in a series.

+West Indian Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn 1 Karl Nunes 1928 England England 3 0 3 0 1929/30† England West Indies 1 0 0 1 Total 4 0 3 1 2 Teddy Hoad 1929/30† England West Indies 1 0 0 1 3 Nelson Betancourt 1929/30† England West Indies 1 0 1 0 4 Maurice Fernandes 1929/30† England West Indies 1 1 0 0 5 Jackie Grant1 1930/1 Australia Australia 5 1 4 0 1933 England England 3 0 2 1 1934/5 England West Indies 4 2 1 1 Total 12 3 7 2 6 Rolph Grant1 1939 England England 3 0 1 2 7 George Headley 1947/8† England West Indies 1 0 0 1 8 Gerry Gomez 1947/8† England West Indies 1 0 0 1 9 John Goddard 1947/8 England West Indies 2 2 0 0 1948/9 India India 5 1 0 4 1950 England England 4 3 1 0 1951/2 Australia Australia 4 1 3 0 1951/2 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1 1957 England England 5 0 3 2 Total 22 8 7 7 10 Jeffrey Stollmeyer 1951/2† Australia Australia 1 0 1 0 1952/3 India West Indies 5 1 0 4 1953/4 England West Indies 5 2 2 1 1954/5† Australia West Indies 2 0 1 1 Total 13 3 4 6 11 Denis Atkinson 1954/5 Australia West Indies 3 0 2 1 1955/6 New Zealand New Zealand 4 3 1 0 Total 7 3 3 1 12 Gerry Alexander 1957/8 Pakistan West Indies 5 3 1 1 1958/9 India India 5 3 0 2 1958/9 Pakistan Pakistan 3 1 2 0 1959/60 England West Indies 5 0 1 4 Total 18 7 4 7 13 Frank Worrell 1960/1 Australia Australia 5 1 2 22 1961/2 India West Indies 5 5 0 0 1963 England England 5 3 1 1 Total 15 9 3 32 14 Garfield Sobers3 1964/5 Australia West Indies 5 2 1 2 1966 England England 5 3 1 1 1966/7 India India 3 2 0 1 1967/8 England West Indies 5 0 1 4 1968/9 Australia Australia 5 1 3 1 1968/9 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 1 1 1969 England England 3 0 2 1 1970/1 India West Indies 5 0 1 4 1971/2 New Zealand West Indies 5 0 0 5 Total 39 9 10 20 15 Rohan Kanhai 1972/3 Australia West Indies 5 0 2 3 1973 England England 3 2 0 1 1973/4 England West Indies 5 1 1 3 Total 13 3 3 7 16 Clive Lloyd 1974/5 India India 5 3 2 0 1974/5 Pakistan Pakistan 2 0 0 2 1975/6 Australia Australia 6 1 5 0 1975/6 India West Indies 4 2 1 1 1976 England England 5 3 0 2 1976/7 Pakistan West Indies 5 2 1 2 1977/8† Australia West Indies 2 2 0 0 1979/80 Australia Australia 2 2 0 0 1979/80 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1980 England England 4 1 0 3 1980/1 Pakistan Pakistan 4 1 0 3 1980/1 England West Indies 4 2 0 2 1981/2 Australia Australia 3 1 1 1 1982/3 India West Indies 5 2 0 3 1983/4 India India 6 3 0 3 1983/4 Australia West Indies 4 3 0 1 1984 England England 5 5 0 0 1984/5 Australia Australia 5 3 1 1 Total 74 36 12 26 17 Alvin Kallicharran 1977/8 Australia West Indies 3 1 1 1 1978/9 India India 6 0 1 5 Total 9 1 2 6 18 Deryck Murray 1979/80† Australia Australia 1 0 0 1 19 Viv Richards 1980† England England 1 0 0 1 1983/4 Australia West Indies 1 0 0 1 1984/5 New Zealand West Indies 4 2 0 2 1985/6 England West Indies 5 5 0 0 1986/7 Pakistan Pakistan 3 1 1 1 1986/7 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 1 1 1987/8 India India 4 1 1 2 1987/8 Pakistan West Indies 2 1 0 1 1988 England England 5 4 0 1 1988/9 Australia Australia 5 3 1 1 1988/9 India West Indies 4 3 0 1 1989/90 England West Indies 3 2 1 0 1990/1 Australia West Indies 5 2 1 2 1991 England England 5 2 2 1 Total 50 27 8 15 20 Gordon Greenidge 1987/8† Pakistan West Indies 1 0 1 0 21 Desmond Haynes 1989/90† England West Indies 1 0 0 1 1990/1 Pakistan Pakistan 3 1 1 1 Total 4 1 1 2 22 Richie Richardson 1991/2 South Africa West Indies 1 1 0 0 1992/3 Australia Australia 5 2 1 2 1992/3 Pakistan West Indies 3 2 0 1 1993/4 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 1993/4 England West Indies 4 3 1 0 1994/5 Australia West Indies 4 1 2 1 1995 England England 6 2 2 2 Total 24 11 6 7 23 Courtney Walsh 1993/4† England West Indies 1 0 0 1 1994/5 India India 3 1 1 1 1994/5 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1 1995/6 New Zealand West Indies 2 1 0 1 1996/7 Australia Australia 5 2 3 0 1996/7 India West Indies 4 0 0 4 1996/7 Sri Lanka West Indies 2 1 0 1 1997/8 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 3 0 Total 22 6 7 9 24 Brian Lara 1996/7† India West Indies 1 1 0 0 1997/8 England West Indies 6 3 1 2 1998/9 South Africa South Africa 5 0 5 0 1998/9 Australia West Indies 4 2 2 0 1999/2000 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0 2002/3 Australia West Indies 4 1 3 0 2003 Sri Lanka West Indies 2 1 0 1 2003/4 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 2003/4 South Africa South Africa 4 0 3 1 2003/4 England West Indies 4 0 3 1 2004 Bangladesh West Indies 2 1 0 1 2004 England England 4 0 4 0 2006 India West Indies 4 0 1 3 2006/7 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 2 1 Total 47 10 26 11 25 Jimmy Adams 1999/2000 Zimbabwe West Indies 2 2 0 0 1999/2000 Pakistan West Indies 3 1 0 2 2000 England England 5 1 3 1 2000/1 Australia Australia 5 0 5 0 Total 15 4 8 3 26 Carl Hooper 2000/1 South Africa West Indies 5 1 2 2 2001 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 2001/2 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 2001/2 Pakistan Sharjah 2 0 2 0 2001/2 India West Indies 5 2 1 2 2002 New Zealand West Indies 2 0 1 1 2002/3 India India 3 0 2 1 Total 22 4 11 7 27 Ridley Jacobs 2002/3 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 28 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 2004/5 South Africa West Indies 4 0 2 2 2004/5 Pakistan West Indies 2 1 1 0 2005 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 2005/6 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 2005/6 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 2 1 Total 14 1 10 3 29 Ramnaresh Sarwan 2007 England England 2 0 1 1 2008 Australia West Indies 2 0 1 1 Total 4 0 2 2 30 Daren Ganga 2007† England England 2 0 2 0 31 Chris Gayle 2007/8 South Africa South Africa 2 1 1 0 2007/8 Sri Lanka West Indies 2 1 1 0 2008† Australia West Indies 1 0 1 0 2008/09 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 0 2 2008/09 England West Indies 5 1 0 4 2009 England England 2 0 2 0 2009/10 Australia Australia 3 0 2 1 2010 South Africa West Indies 3 0 2 1 Total 20 3 9 8 32 Dwayne Bravo 2007/8† South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0 33 Floyd Reifer 2009 Bangladesh West Indies 2 0 2 0 34 Darren Sammy 2010/11 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 2011 Pakistan West Indies 2 1 1 0 2011 India West Indies 3 0 1 2 2011 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2011 India India 3 0 2 1 2011/12 Australia West Indies 3 0 2 1 2012 England England 3 0 2 1 2012 New Zealand West Indies 2 2 0 0 2012/13 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 2012/13 Zimbabwe West Indies 2 2 0 0 2013/14 India India 2 0 2 0 2013/14 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 2 1 Total 30 8 12 10 35 Denesh Ramdin 2014 New Zealand West Indies 3 1 2 0 2014 Bangladesh West Indies 2 2 0 0 2014/15 South Africa South Africa 3 0 2 1 2014/15 England West Indies 3 1 1 1 2015 Australia West Indies 2 0 2 0 Total 13 4 7 2 36 Jason Holder 2015/16 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 2015/16 Australia Australia 3 0 2 1 2016 India West Indies 4 0 2 2 2016 Pakistan UAE 3 1 2 0 2016/17 Pakistan West Indies 3 1 2 0 2017 England England 3 1 2 0 2017 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 2017/18 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2018 Sri Lanka West Indies 3 1 1 1 2018 Bangladesh West Indies 2 2 0 0 2018/19 India India 1 0 1 0 2018/19 England West Indies 2 2 0 0 2019 India West Indies 2 0 2 0 2019/20 Afghanistan India 1 1 0 0 2020 England England 3 1 2 0 2020/21 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0 Total 37 11 21 5 37 Kraigg Brathwaite 2017/18† New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2018/19† India India 1 0 1 0 2018/19 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0 2018/19† England West Indies 1 0 1 0 2020/21 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 2020/21 Sri Lanka West Indies 2 0 0 2 2021 South Africa West Indies 2 0 2 0 2021 Pakistan West Indies 2 1 1 0 2021/22 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 2021/22 England West Indies 3 1 0 2 2022 Bangladesh West Indies 2 2 0 0 2022/23 Australia Australia 2 0 2 0 2022/23 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 2022/23 South Africa South Africa 2 0 2 0 2023 India West Indies 2 0 1 1 2023/24 Australia Australia 2 1 1 0 2024 England England 3 0 3 0 2024 South Africa West Indies 2 0 1 1 2024/25 Bangladesh West Indies 2 1 1 0 2024/25 Pakistan Pakistan 2 1 1 0 Total 39 10 22 7 38 Roston Chase 2025 Australia West Indies 3 0 3 0 2025/26 India India 2 0 2 0 2025/26 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2026 Sri Lanka West Indies 2 1 0 1 2026 Pakistan West Indies 2 1 1 0 Total 12 2 8 2 Grand total 596 187 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Notes: 1 Jackie and Rolph Grant were brothers 2 Includes one tie 3 Garfield Sobers also captained the Rest of the World team in England in 1970 and in Australia in 1971/2. These series were arranged to replace planned tours of those countries by South Africa, which were cancelled because of the apartheid policies followed by the South African government of the time.

Men's ODI captains

This is a complete list of every man who has captained the West Indies in at least one One Day International. It is complete up to third and final match for the West Indies in the 2026-27 West Indian tour of India.