In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. 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. In the fifteen seasons played, 67 players have captained their team in at least one match.
Moises Henriques, from the Sydney Sixers, has played the most matches as a captain, leading the team in 120 matches. 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. Eight players have captained more than one team in their BBL career.
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 MeaningFirstYear of the first BBL match as a captainLastYear of latest BBL match as a captainMatNumber of matches as a captainTeam(s)Team(s) for which the player has played as captain in at least one matchWonNumber of games wonLostNumber of games lostTiedNumber of games tiedNRNumber of games with no resultW %Percentage of games won to those captained
List of BBL captains
+Big Bash League captains Player Nationality First Last Mat Team(s) Won Lost Tied NR W % 2011 2015 Brisbane Heat 2011 2016 Sydney Sixers 2011 2018 Melbourne StarsMelbourne Renegades 2011 2026 Sydney Thunder 2011 2019 Adelaide StrikersPerth Scorchers 2011 2012 Melbourne Renegades 2011 2012 Hobart Hurricanes 2011 201410 Perth ScorchersSydney Sixers 2011 2014 Sydney Sixers 2011 2012 Brisbane Heat 2011 2012 Sydney Thunder 2012 2013 Melbourne Stars 2012 2023 Melbourne Renegades 2012 2012 Sydney Thunder 2012 2018 Hobart Hurricanes 2012 2014 Perth Scorchers 2012 2018 Adelaide Strikers Sydney Sixers 2013 2013 Sydney Thunder 2013 2016 Melbourne RenegadesSydney Thunder 2013 2026 Sydney Sixers 2013 2017 Hobart Hurricanes 2013 2015 Brisbane HeatSydney Thunder 2013 2013 Melbourne Stars 2013 2016 Sydney Thunder 2013 2013 Brisbane Heat 2014 2014 Adelaide Strikers 2014 2018 Perth Scorchers 2014 2017 Adelaide StrikersMelbourne Stars 2015 2023 Melbourne StarsSydney SixersMelbourne Renegades 2015 2017 Melbourne Stars 2015 2022 Brisbane Heat 2016 2019 Sydney Thunder 2016 2018 Brisbane Heat 2017 2017 Brisbane Heat 2017 2018 Melbourne Stars 2017 2023 Adelaide Strikers 2018 2018 Melbourne Renegades 2018 2019 Adelaide Strikers 2018 2020 Perth Scorchers 2018 2019 Melbourne Renegades 2018 2024 Melbourne Stars 2018 2026 Perth Scorchers 2018 2023 Hobart Hurricanes 2019 2021 Sydney Thunder 2019 2026 Hobart Hurricanes 2019 2021 Adelaide Strikers 2020 2022 Sydney Sixers 2020 2020 Melbourne Renegades 2020 2022 Melbourne StarsHobart Hurricanes 2020 2023 Adelaide Strikers 2020 2020 Melbourne Renegades 2020 2023 Brisbane Heat 2021 2025 Sydney Thunder 2021 2022 Melbourne Renegades 2022 2022 Sydney Thunder 2022 2023 Melbourne Stars 2022 2026 Sydney ThunderBrisbane Heat 2022 2026 Hobart Hurricanes 2023 2026 Adelaide Strikers 2023 2025 Brisbane Heat 2023 2026 Melbourne Stars 2023 2024 Perth Scorchers 2023 2026 Melbourne Renegades 2024 2026 Brisbane Heat 2024 2025 Brisbane Heat 2024 2025 Adelaide Strikers 2025 2025 Brisbane Heat
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