List of Adelaide captains

Players who have played in, and who were nominated as captain for, at least one match for Adelaide in a VFL/AFL premiership. Click here for details on the elected leaders (e.g. captains-elect).

Captain List

No. Captain Season(s) Guernsey(s) Match(es) (W-D-L) Premiership(s)
1 Chris McDermott 1991-1994 #10 88 43 -1- 44
2 Tony McGuinness 1995-1996 #11 29 11 -0- 18
3 Mark Bickley 1997-2000 #26 87 46 -0- 41 1997, 1998
4 Mark Ricciuto 2001-2007 #32 141 83 -0- 58
5 Ben Hart 2005 #34 1 0 -0- 1
6 Simon Goodwin 2006-2010 #36 66 37 -0- 29
7 Andrew McLeod 2006-2007 #23 2 1 -0- 1
8 Tyson Edwards 2006-2009 #9 3 2 -0- 1
9 Nathan Bassett 2006 #8 1 0 -0- 1
10 Ben Rutten 2006 #25 1 1 -0- 0
11 Scott Stevens 2010 #27 1 0 -0- 1
12 Nathan van Berlo 2011-2013 #7 66 34 -0- 32
13 Scott Thompson 2013 #5 1 0 -0- 1
14 Patrick Dangerfield 2014 #32 1 0 -0- 1
15 Taylor Walker 2015-2018 #13 83 53 -1- 29
16 Rory Sloane 2020-2022 #9 34 10 -0- 24

Season List

Season Captain(s) Match(es) Final(s) Round(s)
1991 AFL Season Chris McDermott 21 0 R01-R07, R09-R21, R24
1992 AFL Season Chris McDermott 22 0 R01, R03-R16, R18-R24
1993 AFL Season Chris McDermott 23 3 R01-R02, R04-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF, PF
1994 AFL Season Chris McDermott 22 0 R01-R06, R08-R21, R23-R24
1995 AFL Season Tony McGuinness 11 0 R01-R05, R13-R18
1996 AFL Season Tony McGuinness 18 0 R01-R03, R05-R08, R12-R22
1997 AFL Season Mark Bickley 26 4 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF
1998 AFL Season Mark Bickley 23 4 R01-R18, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF
1999 AFL Season Mark Bickley 18 0 R01-R07, R11-R13, R15-R22
2000 AFL Season Mark Bickley 20 0 R01-R15, R18-R22
2001 AFL Season Mark Ricciuto 23 1 R01-R22, EF
2002 AFL Season Mark Ricciuto 22 3 R01, R04-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF
2003 AFL Season Mark Ricciuto 24 2 R01-R22, EF, SF
2004 AFL Season Mark Ricciuto 22 0 R01-R22
2005 AFL Season Mark Ricciuto 24 2 R01-R22, SF, PF
Ben Hart 1 1 QF
2006 AFL Season Mark Ricciuto 17 0 R01-R04, R07-R18, R20
Simon Goodwin 3 2 R05, QF, PF
Andrew McLeod 1 0 R06
Tyson Edwards 1 0 R19
Nathan Bassett 1 0 R21
Ben Rutten 1 0 R22
2007 AFL Season Simon Goodwin 3 0 R03, R09, R18
Andrew McLeod 1 0 R05
Mark Ricciuto 9 1 R10-R15, R21-R22, EF
2008 AFL Season Simon Goodwin 23 1 R01-R22, EF
2009 AFL Season Simon Goodwin 21 2 R01-R11, R15-R22, EF, SF
Tyson Edwards 2 0 R12, R14
2010 AFL Season Simon Goodwin 16 0 R01-R16
Scott Stevens 1 0 R19
2011 AFL Season Nathan van Berlo 22 0 R01, R03-R15, R17-R24
2012 AFL Season Nathan van Berlo 25 3 R01-R10, R12-R23, QF, SF, PF
2013 AFL Season Nathan van Berlo 19 0 R01-R03, R07-R12, R14-R23
Scott Thompson 1 0 R05
2014 AFL Season Patrick Dangerfield 1 0 R14
2015 AFL Season Taylor Walker 23 2 R01-R10, R12-R13, R15-R23, EF, SF
2016 AFL Season Taylor Walker 23 2 R01-R12, R14-R18, R20-R23, EF, SF
2017 AFL Season Taylor Walker 23 3 R02-R12, R14-R22, QF, PF, GF
2018 AFL Season Taylor Walker 14 0 R02-R06, R08, R12-R13, R15-R17, R19-R21
2020 AFL Season Rory Sloane 12 0 R01-R06, R12-R13, R15-R18
2021 AFL Season Rory Sloane 18 0 R01-R03, R08-R13, R15-R23
2022 AFL Season Rory Sloane 4 0 R01-R02, R04-R05

Missing List

This is a list of matches for which the (sole) nominated captain for Adelaide is unknown/undetermined.

Season Round Opponent Date H/A Result
1991 AFL Season Round 22 St Kilda 16/08/1991 HOME LOSS STK by 51
1995 AFL Season Round 6 Melbourne 05/05/1995 HOME WIN ADE by 8
Round 7 Richmond 12/05/1995 AWAY LOSS RIC by 14
Round 8 Fitzroy 20/05/1995 HOME LOSS FIT by 33
Round 9 Hawthorn 27/05/1995 HOME WIN ADE by 2
Round 10 Geelong 03/06/1995 AWAY LOSS GEE by 25
Round 11 Footscray 10/06/1995 HOME WIN ADE by 44
Round 12 Fremantle 24/06/1995 HOME WIN ADE by 21
Round 19 West Coast 13/08/1995 AWAY LOSS WCE by 135
Round 20 Sydney 19/08/1995 HOME LOSS SYD by 46
Round 21 Melbourne 25/08/1995 AWAY WIN ADE by 31
Round 22 Richmond 02/09/1995 HOME LOSS RIC by 37
1996 AFL Season Round 4 Essendon 20/04/1996 HOME WIN ADE by 96
Round 9 Footscray 25/05/1996 AWAY LOSS FOO by 40
Round 10 West Coast 09/06/1996 HOME LOSS WCE by 54
Round 11 Hawthorn 15/06/1996 AWAY LOSS HAW by 9
1998 AFL Season Round 19 Port Adelaide 09/08/1998 HOME WIN ADE by 74
Round 20 Geelong 15/08/1998 AWAY WIN ADE by 74
Round 21 North Melbourne 22/08/1998 HOME LOSS NOR by 13
1999 AFL Season Round 8 West Coast 16/05/1999 AWAY LOSS WCE by 54
Round 9 Richmond 22/05/1999 HOME LOSS RIC by 11
Round 10 Essendon 04/06/1999 HOME LOSS ESS by 48
Round 14 Geelong 04/07/1999 HOME WIN ADE by 63
2000 AFL Season Round 16 Western Bulldogs 25/06/2000 AWAY LOSS BUL by 61
Round 17 Collingwood 02/07/2000 HOME WIN ADE by 38
2002 AFL Season Round 2 Geelong 06/04/2002 HOME WIN ADE by 31
Round 3 Sydney 13/04/2002 HOME WIN ADE by 30
Round 20 Port Adelaide 18/08/2002 AWAY LOSS POR by 8
2007 AFL Season Round 1 Essendon 01/04/2007 HOME LOSS ESS by 31
Round 2 Western Bulldogs 08/04/2007 AWAY WIN ADE by 38
Round 4 Sydney 21/04/2007 HOME WIN ADE by 17
Round 6 Collingwood 05/05/2007 HOME LOSS COL by 24
Round 7 Brisbane Lions 12/05/2007 AWAY WIN ADE by 31
Round 8 Richmond 18/05/2007 HOME WIN ADE by 9
Round 16 Fremantle 21/07/2007 HOME LOSS FRE by 25
Round 17 Essendon 29/07/2007 AWAY LOSS ESS by 12
Round 19 Geelong 12/08/2007 AWAY LOSS GEE by 33
Round 20 Western Bulldogs 19/08/2007 HOME WIN ADE by 34
2009 AFL Season Round 13 Sydney 27/06/2009 HOME WIN ADE by 16
2010 AFL Season Round 17 Port Adelaide 25/07/2010 AWAY LOSS POR by 19
Round 18 Richmond 01/08/2010 AWAY LOSS RIC by 20
Round 20 Brisbane Lions 15/08/2010 AWAY WIN ADE by 7
Round 21 Collingwood 21/08/2010 AWAY LOSS COL by 3
Round 22 St Kilda 28/08/2010 HOME WIN ADE by 28
2013 AFL Season Round 4 Western Bulldogs 21/04/2013 HOME WIN ADE by 52
Round 6 Hawthorn 04/05/2013 HOME LOSS HAW by 11
2014 AFL Season Round 1 Geelong 20/03/2014 AWAY LOSS GEE by 38
Round 2 Port Adelaide 29/03/2014 AWAY LOSS POR by 54
Round 3 Sydney 05/04/2014 HOME LOSS SYD by 63
Round 4 St Kilda 13/04/2014 AWAY WIN ADE by 86
Round 5 Greater Western Sydney 20/04/2014 HOME WIN ADE by 65
Round 6 Western Bulldogs 27/04/2014 AWAY WIN ADE by 9
Round 7 Melbourne 03/05/2014 HOME LOSS MEL by 3
Round 9 Collingwood 15/05/2014 HOME WIN ADE by 21
Round 10 Carlton 25/05/2014 AWAY LOSS CAR by 5
Round 11 Gold Coast 01/06/2014 HOME WIN ADE by 32
Round 12 Fremantle 08/06/2014 AWAY LOSS FRE by 40
Round 13 North Melbourne 14/06/2014 HOME WIN ADE by 36
Round 15 Port Adelaide 29/06/2014 HOME WIN ADE by 23
Round 16 Greater Western Sydney 05/07/2014 AWAY WIN ADE by 68
Round 17 Hawthorn 11/07/2014 HOME LOSS HAW by 12
Round 18 Collingwood 27/07/2014 AWAY WIN ADE by 16
Round 19 West Coast 02/08/2014 HOME LOSS WCE by 31
Round 20 Brisbane Lions 10/08/2014 AWAY WIN ADE by 105
Round 21 Richmond 16/08/2014 HOME LOSS RIC by 10
Round 22 North Melbourne 23/08/2014 AWAY LOSS NOR by 7
Round 23 St Kilda 31/08/2014 HOME WIN ADE by 79
2016 AFL Season Round 19 Essendon 31/07/2016 HOME WIN ADE by 82
2017 AFL Season Round 1 Greater Western Sydney 26/03/2017 HOME WIN ADE by 56
Round 23 West Coast 27/08/2017 AWAY LOSS WCE by 29
2018 AFL Season Round 1 Essendon 23/03/2018 AWAY LOSS ESS by 12
Round 7 Carlton 05/05/2018 HOME WIN ADE by 55
Round 9 Western Bulldogs 18/05/2018 HOME WIN ADE by 37
Round 10 Melbourne 27/05/2018 AWAY LOSS MEL by 91
Round 11 Greater Western Sydney 03/06/2018 HOME LOSS GWS by 16
Round 18 Brisbane Lions 21/07/2018 AWAY WIN ADE by 5
Round 22 North Melbourne 19/08/2018 HOME WIN ADE by 9
Round 23 Carlton 25/08/2018 AWAY WIN ADE by 104
2019 AFL Season Round 1 Hawthorn 23/03/2019 HOME LOSS HAW by 32
Round 2 Sydney 29/03/2019 AWAY WIN ADE by 26
Round 3 Geelong 04/04/2019 HOME LOSS GEE by 24
Round 4 North Melbourne 13/04/2019 AWAY LOSS NOR by 12
Round 5 Gold Coast 21/04/2019 HOME WIN ADE by 73
Round 6 St Kilda 27/04/2019 AWAY WIN ADE by 29
Round 7 Fremantle 05/05/2019 HOME WIN ADE by 17
Round 8 Port Adelaide 11/05/2019 AWAY WIN ADE by 20
Round 9 Brisbane Lions 18/05/2019 AWAY LOSS BRI by 1
Round 10 West Coast 25/05/2019 HOME LOSS WCE by 12
Round 11 Melbourne 01/06/2019 AWAY WIN ADE by 2
Round 12 Greater Western Sydney 08/06/2019 HOME WIN ADE by 21
Round 13 Richmond 13/06/2019 HOME WIN ADE by 33
Round 15 Geelong 28/06/2019 AWAY LOSS GEE by 27
Round 16 Port Adelaide 06/07/2019 HOME LOSS POR by 57
Round 17 Gold Coast 13/07/2019 AWAY WIN ADE by 95
Round 18 Essendon 19/07/2019 HOME LOSS ESS by 21
Round 19 Carlton 27/07/2019 AWAY LOSS CAR by 27
Round 20 St Kilda 03/08/2019 HOME WIN ADE by 22
Round 21 West Coast 11/08/2019 AWAY LOSS WCE by 10
Round 22 Collingwood 17/08/2019 HOME LOSS COL by 66
Round 23 Western Bulldogs 25/08/2019 AWAY LOSS BUL by 34
2020 AFL Season Round 7 St Kilda 20/07/2020 HOME LOSS STK by 23
Round 8 Essendon 26/07/2020 HOME LOSS ESS by 3
Round 9 North Melbourne 01/08/2020 AWAY LOSS NOR by 69
Round 10 Melbourne 05/08/2020 HOME LOSS MEL by 51
Round 11 Collingwood 11/08/2020 HOME LOSS COL by 24
2021 AFL Season Round 4 North Melbourne 11/04/2021 AWAY WIN ADE by 41
Round 5 Fremantle 18/04/2021 HOME LOSS FRE by 12
Round 6 Hawthorn 25/04/2021 AWAY LOSS HAW by 3
Round 7 Greater Western Sydney 01/05/2021 HOME LOSS GWS by 67
2022 AFL Season Round 3 Port Adelaide 01/04/2022 HOME WIN ADE by 4
Round 6 Western Bulldogs 23/04/2022 AWAY WIN ADE by 1
Round 7 Greater Western Sydney 30/04/2022 HOME LOSS GWS by 59
Round 8 Carlton 08/05/2022 AWAY LOSS CAR by 48
Round 9 Brisbane Lions 14/05/2022 HOME LOSS BRI by 36
Round 10 St Kilda 21/05/2022 HOME LOSS STK by 21
Round 11 Geelong 28/05/2022 AWAY LOSS GEE by 42
Round 12 West Coast 04/06/2022 HOME WIN ADE by 31
Round 14 Gold Coast 19/06/2022 AWAY LOSS GCS by 43
Round 15 North Melbourne 26/06/2022 AWAY WIN ADE by 57
Round 16 Melbourne 02/07/2022 HOME LOSS MEL by 29
Round 17 Hawthorn 10/07/2022 AWAY LOSS HAW by 32
Round 18 Collingwood 16/07/2022 HOME LOSS COL by 5
Round 19 Sydney 23/07/2022 AWAY LOSS SYD by 33
Round 20 Carlton 30/07/2022 HOME WIN ADE by 29
Round 21 West Coast 07/08/2022 AWAY WIN ADE by 16
Round 22 North Melbourne 13/08/2022 HOME WIN ADE by 29
Round 23 Port Adelaide 20/08/2022 AWAY LOSS POR by 56