Ricky Ponting of Australia played most matches as the captain in World Cup. He is also the most successful captain in terms of winning percentage. He played 29 matches as a captain and won 92.85% matches. Australia won 2 world cup titles under his captainship.
Top ten captains (in terms of number of matches) complete list in world cup is as follows:
| Most Matches as Captain in World Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Team | Matches | Win | Loss | Tied | NR | % |
| Ricky Ponting (2003-11) | AUS | 29 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92.85 |
| SP Fleming (1999-2007) | NZ | 27 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 61.53 |
| M Azharuddin (1992-99) | IND | 23 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 45.45 |
| Imran Khan (1983-92) | PAK | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63.63 |
| CH Lloyd (1975-83) | WI | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.23 |
| GC Smith (2007-11) | SA | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 64.70 |
| AR Border (1987-92) | AUS | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68.75 |
| WJ Cronje (1996-99) | SA | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76.66 |
| Kapil Dev (1983-87) | IND | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73.33 |
| Wasim Akram (1996-99) | PAK | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
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