| Captain | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 230 | 165 | 51 | 2 | 12 | 71.73 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 200 | 110 | 74 | 5 | 11 | 55.00 |
| Allan Border (AUS) | 178 | 107 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 60.11 |
| Hansie Cronje (SA) | 138 | 99 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 71.73 |
| Stephen Fleming (NZ) | 218 | 98 | 106 | 1 | 13 | 44.95 |
| Graeme Smith (SA) | 150 | 92 | 51 | 1 | 6 | 61.33 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (IND) | 174 | 90 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 51.72 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) | 193 | 89 | 95 | 1 | 8 | 46.11 |
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 147 | 76 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 51.70 |
| Eoin Morgan (ENG) | 126 | 76 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 60.31 |
Overall, 25 captains have won 50 or more matches in ODIs, with four skippers each from Australia, India, and South Africa.
Namibia’s Gerhard Erasmus is the only captain from associate nations to win more than 30 ODIs.
Ricky Ponting is the most successful captain in ODI cricket, leading Australia to 165 wins in 230 matches.
Ponting’s 230 matches are also the most by a captain in ODIs, followed by Stephen Fleming (218) and MS Dhoni (200).
Clive Lloyd’s win percentage of 76.19 is the highest among captains who’ve led in at least 50 ODIs.
Lloyd and Ponting are the two captains to lead their teams to two ODI World Cup wins each.
Ponting has also won the most matches in the ODI World Cup as a skipper, guiding Australia to 26 victories in 29 games.
Ponting is also the most successful captain in the Champions Trophy, having won the tournament twice, the only skipper to achieve this feat, along with 12 wins in 26 matches.
Ponting led Australia to 21 consecutive wins between January and May 2003, the most by a captain in ODIs.
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Stephen Fleming is the only skipper to lose more than 100 matches in ODIs, having suffered 106 defeats for New Zealand.
MS Dhoni is the only captain to feature in five tied matches in ODI cricket. Here is a list of all tied matches in ODI World Cup.
Ponting has also won the most ODIs as a player, having featured in 262 victories in his 375-match career.
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