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–present Shan Masood