List of Indian Premier League captains

In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008. In the 14 seasons played, 50 players have captained their team in at least one match.
Mumbai Indians’s Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain in the IPL with 5 title wins. Mumbai Indians has a win-loss percentage of 58.65. Chennai Super Kings's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has 3 titles and has played the most matches as a captain and with second highest win–loss percentage among successful captains who have captained over 10 matches with win–loss percentage of 59.27 and Gautam Gambhir's with a win-loss percentage of 55.27 has 2 titles. Dhoni has played 162 matches, and won the most matches playing as a captain, with 100 and has lost the most matches playing as a captain with 64. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are the only players to captain three teams: the former has captained the Delhi Daredevils, the Kings XI Punjab and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, whereas Kane Williamson has captained Sunrisers Hyderabad.
James Hopes of the Daredevils has captained the most matches without registering a win; he led his team in three matches, two of which were lost and one ended with no result. Six players have captained the Daredevils, the Indians and the Warriors each; five players have captained the Kings XI and the Royal Challengers each; four players have captained the Deccan Chargers; three players have captained the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals each; whereas two players have captained the Super Kings and the Tuskers each.
The list includes those players who have captained their team in at least one IPL match. The list is initially organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by last name.