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).
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
|