List of Yorkshire cricket captains

Yorkshire County Cricket Club was officially founded on 8 January 1863 and its team was elevated to first-class status in the same year. It is one of eighteen county teams in England and Wales that play first-class cricket. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures except if unavailable.

• 1863–1872 Roger Iddison – champions 1867, 1870; shared 1869 (note that these titles are unofficial)
• 1873–1873 Joseph Rowbotham
• 1874–1874 Luke Greenwood
• 1875–1875 Joseph Rowbotham (second term)
• 1876–1877 Ephraim Lockwood
• 1878–1882 Tom Emmett
• 1883–1910 Lord Hawke – champions 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1908
• 1911–1911 Everard Radcliffe
• 1912–1918 Archibald White – champions 1912
• 1919–1921 Cecil Burton – champions 1919
• 1922–1924 Geoffrey Wilson – champions 1922, 1923, 1924
• 1925–1927 Arthur Lupton – champions 1925
• 1928–1929 Sir William Worsley
• 1930–1930 Alan Barber
• 1931–1932 Frank Greenwood – champions 1931, 1932
• 1933–1947 Brian Sellers – champions 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946
• 1948–1955 Norman Yardley – shared title 1949
• 1956–1957 Billy Sutcliffe
• 1958–1959 Ronnie Burnet – champions 1959
• 1960–1962 Vic Wilson – champions 1960, 1962
• 1963–1970 Brian Close – champions 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968
• 1971–1978 Geoff Boycott
• 1979–1980 John Hampshire
• 1981–1982 Chris Old
• 1982–1983 Ray Illingworth
• 1984–1986 David Bairstow
• 1987–1989 Phil Carrick
• 1990–1995 Martyn Moxon
• 1996–2001 David Byas – champions 2001
• 2002–2002 Darren Lehmann
• 2003–2003 Anthony McGrath
• 2004–2006 Craig White
• 2007–2008 Darren Gough
• 2009–2009 Anthony McGrath (second term)
• 2010–2016 Andrew Gale – champions 2014, 2015
• 2017-2018 Gary Ballance
• 2018–2022 Steven Patterson
• 2023–2024 Shan Masood
• 2025 - present Jonny Bairstow

See also

• List of Yorkshire County Cricket Club players

Notes