Sheffield Shield captains
| Name | Captaincy Period | Matches |
| CH Gibbs | 1877 | 1 |
| JE Gooden | 1880-1893 | 6 |
| W Slight | 1881 | 1 |
| AH Jarvis | 1886 | 1 |
| G Giffen | 1887-1898 | 37 |
| JJ Lyons | 1897-1898 | 5 |
| J Darling | 1898-1907 | 14 |
| A Jarvis | 1899 | 1 |
| JC Reedman | 1900-1906 | 9 |
| C Hill | 1902-1923 | 46 |
| N Claxton | 1906-1909 | 5 |
| DRA Gehrs | 1909-1920 | 6 |
| ER Mayne | 1910-1915 | 6 |
| GC Campbell | 1915 | 1 |
| HHM Bridgman | 1920 | 1 |
| DM Steele | 1920-1921 | 3 |
| A Smith | 1921-1922 | 3 |
| VY Richardson | 1921-1936 | 84 |
| CE Dolling | 1922-1923 | 3 |
| JT Murray | 1923 | 1 |
| PD Rundell | 1924 | 1 |
| CE Pellew | 1925 | 1 |
| AJ Richardson | 1926 | 1 |
| DE Pritchard | 1930 | 2 |
| CV Grimmett | 1933-1941 | 3 |
| DG Bradman | 1935-1947 | 43 |
| CW Walker | 1936-1940 | 4 |
| FC Bennett | 1945-1946 | 4 |
| PL Ridings | 1946-1957 | 80 |
| RA Hamence | 1950 | 1 |
| LD Duldig | 1953 | 1 |
| GB Hole | 1957-1958 | 4 |
| CJ Pinch | 1958-1960 | 18 |
| LE Favell | 1958-1970 | 95 |
| HJC Mutton | 1960 | 1 |
| JC Lill | 1961 | 2 |
| IM Chappell | 1970-1980 | 56 |
| KG Cunningham | 1971-1973 | 7 |
| AJ Woodcock | 1974-1977 | 8 |
| GJ Cosier | 1976 | 2 |
| RK Blewett | 1977-1979 | 20 |
| GR Attenborough | 1977 | 1 |
| BL Causby | 1979 | 2 |
| DW Hookes | 1979-1990 | 90 |
| RJ Inverarity | 1979-1981 | 8 |
| AA Mallett | 1980 | 2 |
| RM Hogg | 1980 | 1 |
| KJ Wright | 1982-1984 | 6 |
| WB Phillips | 1983-1987 | 2 |
| AMJ Hilditch | 1985-1991 | 15 |
| RJ Zadow | 1986 | 1 |
| PR Sleep | 1990 | 1 |
| JD Siddons | 1991-1998 | 73 |
| DS Lehmann | 1993-2007 | 59 |
| GS Blewett | 1998-2003 | 23 |
| TJ Nielsen | 1998-1999 | 3 |
| A Flower | 2004 | 1 |
| GA Manou | 2004-2009 | 25 |
| MTG Elliott | 2007 | 2 |
| NT Adcock | 2007-2008 | 7 |
| DJ Harris | 2009-2010 | 6 |
| M Klinger | 2010-2012 | 19 |
| DT Christian | 2011 | 2 |
| NM Lyon | 2012 | 1 |
| J Botha | 2012-2014 | 23 |
| PJ Hughes | 2014 | 1 |
| TM Head | 2015-2022 | 62 |
| CJ Ferguson | 2016-2018 | 3 |
| TLW Cooper | 2018 | 1 |
| JS Lehmann | 2018-2024 | 17 |
| AT Carey | 2019 | 2 |
| HJ Hunt | 2022-2023 | 6 |
| NA McSweeney* | 2024- |
*Current captain
Domestic One Day captains
| Name | Captaincy Period | Matches |
| LE Favell | 1969 | 1 |
| IM Chappell | 1970-1979 | 13 |
| KG Cunningham | 1971 | 1 |
| AJ Woodcock | 1976 | 1 |
| RK Blewett | 1978 | 2 |
| AA Mallett | 1980 | 1 |
| RJ Inverarity | 1981 | 3 |
| DW Hookes | 1981-1990 | 29 |
| KJ Wright | 1982-1984 | 2 |
| WB Phillips | 1983-1987 | 2 |
| AMJ Hilditch | 1990 | 2 |
| JD Siddons | 1991-1999 | 38 |
| TBA May | 1992 | 2 |
| TJ Nielsen | 1993 | 1 |
| GS Blewett | 1998-2003 | 22 |
| DS Lehmann | 1998-2007 | 51 |
| GA Manou | 2004-2010 | 27 |
| MTG Elliott | 2007 | 1 |
| NT Adcock | 2007-2008 | 9 |
| DJ Harris | 2009-2010 | 3 |
| M Klinger | 2010-2012 | 18 |
| DT Christian | 2011 | 1 |
| J Botha | 2012-2014 | 17 |
| TLW Cooper | 2014 | 4 |
| TM Head | 2015-2022 | 27 |
| CJ Ferguson | 2016-2017 | 11 |
| JS Lehmann | 2018-2023 | 16 |
| AT Carey | 2019-2022 | 2 |
| HJ Hunt | 2022-2023 | 2 |
| NA McSweeney* | 2024- |
*Current captain
Women's cricket captains
| Name | Captaincy period |
| M Wylie | 1931-1932 |
| Kath White | 1934-1935 |
| Sue Summers | 1936-1940 |
| Mavis Burke | 1946-1947 |
| Dot Laughton | 1947-1948 |
| Ruth Dow | 1948-1949 |
| June Ingham | 1949-1954 |
| Marjorie Adam | 1954-1958 |
| Barbara Orchard | 1958-1959 |
| Lola Cameron | 1959-1960 |
| Margaret Jude | 1960-1968 |
| Vicki Freer | 1962-1967 |
| Glenda Hurst | 1968-1967 |
| Wendy Blunsden | 1969-1974 |
| Jill Need | 1971-1980 |
| Vicki Freer | 1972-1976 |
| A Clarke | 1974-1975 |
| Jill Kennare | 1980-1984 |
| Wendy Piltz | 1985-1986 |
| Lyn Fullston | 1987-1991 |
| Andrea McCauley | 1991-1996 |
| Joanne Broadbent | 1996-1999 |
| Karen Rolton | 1999-2010 |
| Jo Wilson | 1999-1999 |
| Shelley Nitschke | 2006-2011 |
| Kris Britt | 2006-2006 |
| Emma Sampson | 2006-2006 |
| Alicia Dean | 2006-2006 |
| Lauren Ebsary | 2010-2015 |
| Julie Woerner | 2010-2011 |
| Tegan McPharlin | 2016-2018 |
| Megan Schutt | 2018-2022 |
| Tahlia McGrath | 2019-2020 |
| Jemma Barsby* | 2022- |
*Current captain
BBL captains
| Name | Captaincy period |
| Michael Klinger | 2011-2012 |
| Johan Botha | 2012-2015 |
| Brad Hodge | 2015-2017 |
| Travis Head | 2017-2024 |
| Peter Siddle | 2021-2023 |
| Matthew Short* | 2023- |
*Current captain
WBBL captains
| Name | Captaincy period |
| Lauren Ebsary | 2015-2016 |
| Tegan McPharlin | 2016-2017 |
| Suzie Bates | 2017-2021 |
| Tahlia McGrath* | 2021- |
*Current captain