List of Gold Coast captains

Players who have played in, and who were nominated as captain for, at least one match for Gold Coast 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 Gary Ablett 2011-2016 #9 96 29 -0- 67
2 Nathan Bock 2012 #44 1 0 -0- 1
3 Tom Lynch 2017-2018 #19 7 0 -0- 7
4 Steven May 2017-2018 #17 13 1 -0- 12
5 Jarrod Witts 2020 #28 2 1 -0- 1
6 David Swallow 2021 #24 18 6 -0- 12

Season List

Season Captain(s) Match(es) Final(s) Round(s)
2011 AFL Season Gary Ablett 20 0 R02-R03, R05-R08, R10-R19, R21-R24
2012 AFL Season Gary Ablett 20 0 R01-R04, R07-R12, R14-R23
Nathan Bock 1 0 R06
2013 AFL Season Gary Ablett 21 0 R01-R12, R14, R16-R23
2014 AFL Season Gary Ablett 15 0 R01-R07, R09-R16
2015 AFL Season Gary Ablett 6 0 R01-R02, R14-R17
2016 AFL Season Gary Ablett 14 0 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R16
2017 AFL Season Tom Lynch 4 0 R05-R06, R18-R19
Steven May 3 0 R21-R23
2018 AFL Season Steven May 10 0 R08-R09, R15-R19, R21-R23
Tom Lynch 3 0 R12-R14
2020 AFL Season Jarrod Witts 2 0 R02, R12
2021 AFL Season David Swallow 18 0 R04-R11, R13-R14, R16-R23

Missing List

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

Season Round Opponent Date H/A Result
2011 AFL Season Round 4 Melbourne 17/04/2011 HOME LOSS MEL by 90
Round 20 Geelong 06/08/2011 AWAY LOSS GEE by 150
2012 AFL Season Round 5 North Melbourne 28/04/2012 AWAY LOSS NOR by 34
2013 AFL Season Round 15 Brisbane Lions 06/07/2013 AWAY LOSS BRI by 33
2014 AFL Season Round 17 Western Bulldogs 12/07/2014 AWAY LOSS BUL by 28
Round 18 Brisbane Lions 26/07/2014 AWAY LOSS BRI by 54
Round 19 St Kilda 02/08/2014 HOME WIN GCS by 53
Round 20 Carlton 09/08/2014 AWAY LOSS CAR by 39
Round 21 Port Adelaide 16/08/2014 HOME LOSS POR by 9
Round 22 Essendon 23/08/2014 AWAY LOSS ESS by 19
Round 23 West Coast 31/08/2014 HOME LOSS WCE by 52
2015 AFL Season Round 3 Geelong 19/04/2015 AWAY LOSS GEE by 9
Round 4 Greater Western Sydney 25/04/2015 AWAY LOSS GWS by 66
Round 5 Brisbane Lions 02/05/2015 HOME WIN GCS by 64
Round 6 Adelaide 09/05/2015 HOME LOSS ADE by 41
Round 7 West Coast 16/05/2015 AWAY LOSS WCE by 92
Round 8 Collingwood 23/05/2015 HOME LOSS COL by 69
Round 9 Hawthorn 30/05/2015 AWAY LOSS HAW by 53
Round 10 Sydney 06/06/2015 HOME LOSS SYD by 52
Round 11 Fremantle 13/06/2015 HOME LOSS FRE by 7
Round 13 Carlton 28/06/2015 AWAY LOSS CAR by 34
Round 18 West Coast 01/08/2015 HOME DRAW drawn
Round 19 Brisbane Lions 08/08/2015 AWAY WIN GCS by 14
Round 20 Richmond 16/08/2015 AWAY LOSS RIC by 83
Round 21 Essendon 22/08/2015 HOME WIN GCS by 2
Round 22 Port Adelaide 29/08/2015 HOME LOSS POR by 37
Round 23 Sydney 05/09/2015 AWAY LOSS SYD by 63
2016 AFL Season Round 9 Adelaide 21/05/2016 HOME LOSS ADE by 75
Round 17 Western Bulldogs 16/07/2016 AWAY LOSS BUL by 48
Round 18 Fremantle 23/07/2016 HOME WIN GCS by 24
Round 19 Melbourne 31/07/2016 AWAY LOSS MEL by 2
Round 20 Greater Western Sydney 06/08/2016 HOME LOSS GWS by 8
Round 21 Essendon 14/08/2016 AWAY LOSS ESS by 6
Round 22 Collingwood 20/08/2016 AWAY LOSS COL by 71
Round 23 Port Adelaide 27/08/2016 HOME LOSS POR by 23
2017 AFL Season Round 1 Brisbane Lions 25/03/2017 HOME LOSS BRI by 2
Round 2 Greater Western Sydney 01/04/2017 AWAY LOSS GWS by 102
Round 3 Hawthorn 09/04/2017 HOME WIN GCS by 86
Round 4 Carlton 15/04/2017 AWAY WIN GCS by 26
Round 7 Geelong 06/05/2017 HOME WIN GCS by 25
Round 8 Port Adelaide 14/05/2017 HOME LOSS POR by 72
Round 10 Melbourne 27/05/2017 AWAY LOSS MEL by 35
Round 11 West Coast 03/06/2017 HOME WIN GCS by 3
Round 12 Hawthorn 10/06/2017 AWAY WIN GCS by 16
Round 13 Carlton 17/06/2017 HOME LOSS CAR by 10
Round 14 St Kilda 25/06/2017 AWAY LOSS STK by 31
Round 15 North Melbourne 01/07/2017 HOME WIN GCS by 19
Round 16 Sydney 08/07/2017 AWAY LOSS SYD by 67
Round 17 Collingwood 15/07/2017 HOME LOSS COL by 15
Round 20 Fremantle 05/08/2017 AWAY LOSS FRE by 23
2018 AFL Season Round 1 North Melbourne 24/03/2018 HOME WIN GCS by 16
Round 2 Carlton 31/03/2018 AWAY WIN GCS by 34
Round 3 Fremantle 07/04/2018 HOME LOSS FRE by 28
Round 4 West Coast 14/04/2018 AWAY LOSS WCE by 80
Round 5 Brisbane Lions 22/04/2018 AWAY WIN GCS by 5
Round 6 Adelaide 28/04/2018 AWAY LOSS ADE by 48
Round 7 Western Bulldogs 05/05/2018 AWAY LOSS BUL by 9
Round 11 Geelong 02/06/2018 HOME LOSS GEE by 85
Round 20 Melbourne 05/08/2018 AWAY LOSS MEL by 96
2019 AFL Season Round 1 St Kilda 24/03/2019 AWAY LOSS STK by 1
Round 2 Fremantle 31/03/2019 HOME WIN GCS by 3
Round 3 Western Bulldogs 07/04/2019 AWAY WIN GCS by 5
Round 4 Carlton 14/04/2019 HOME WIN GCS by 2
Round 5 Adelaide 21/04/2019 AWAY LOSS ADE by 73
Round 6 Brisbane Lions 27/04/2019 HOME LOSS BRI by 49
Round 7 West Coast 04/05/2019 AWAY LOSS WCE by 23
Round 8 Melbourne 11/05/2019 HOME LOSS MEL by 1
Round 9 Port Adelaide 19/05/2019 AWAY LOSS POR by 38
Round 10 Geelong 25/05/2019 HOME LOSS GEE by 27
Round 11 Greater Western Sydney 01/06/2019 AWAY LOSS GWS by 83
Round 12 North Melbourne 08/06/2019 HOME LOSS NOR by 27
Round 13 St Kilda 15/06/2019 HOME LOSS STK by 4
Round 15 Sydney 29/06/2019 AWAY LOSS SYD by 42
Round 16 Richmond 06/07/2019 HOME LOSS RIC by 92
Round 17 Adelaide 13/07/2019 HOME LOSS ADE by 95
Round 18 Carlton 20/07/2019 AWAY LOSS CAR by 24
Round 19 Essendon 28/07/2019 HOME LOSS ESS by 10
Round 20 Collingwood 04/08/2019 AWAY LOSS COL by 69
Round 21 Brisbane Lions 10/08/2019 AWAY LOSS BRI by 91
Round 22 Hawthorn 18/08/2019 AWAY LOSS HAW by 70
Round 23 Greater Western Sydney 24/08/2019 HOME LOSS GWS by 72
2020 AFL Season Round 1 Port Adelaide 21/03/2020 HOME LOSS POR by 47
Round 3 Adelaide 21/06/2020 HOME WIN GCS by 53
Round 4 Fremantle 27/06/2020 HOME WIN GCS by 13
Round 5 Geelong 04/07/2020 AWAY LOSS GEE by 37
Round 6 Melbourne 11/07/2020 AWAY LOSS MEL by 17
Round 7 Sydney 18/07/2020 AWAY WIN GCS by 32
Round 8 Western Bulldogs 23/07/2020 HOME LOSS BUL by 5
Round 9 Greater Western Sydney 02/08/2020 HOME LOSS GWS by 26
Round 10 St Kilda 06/08/2020 HOME LOSS STK by 4
Round 11 Essendon 12/08/2020 HOME DRAW drawn
Round 13 Carlton 21/08/2020 HOME LOSS CAR by 33
Round 14 North Melbourne 30/08/2020 HOME WIN GCS by 63
Round 16 Brisbane Lions 09/09/2020 AWAY LOSS BRI by 45
Round 17 Collingwood 14/09/2020 AWAY LOSS COL by 22
Round 18 Hawthorn 20/09/2020 AWAY LOSS HAW by 51
2021 AFL Season Round 1 West Coast 21/03/2021 AWAY LOSS WCE by 25
Round 2 North Melbourne 27/03/2021 HOME WIN GCS by 59
Round 3 Adelaide 02/04/2021 AWAY LOSS ADE by 10
Round 15 North Melbourne 26/06/2021 AWAY LOSS NOR by 9
2022 AFL Season Round 1 West Coast 20/03/2022 AWAY WIN GCS by 27
Round 2 Melbourne 26/03/2022 HOME LOSS MEL by 13
Round 3 Greater Western Sydney 02/04/2022 AWAY LOSS GWS by 26
Round 4 Carlton 10/04/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 30
Round 5 St Kilda 16/04/2022 AWAY LOSS STK by 26
Round 6 Brisbane Lions 24/04/2022 HOME LOSS BRI by 52
Round 7 Collingwood 01/05/2022 AWAY LOSS COL by 25
Round 8 Sydney 07/05/2022 AWAY WIN GCS by 14
Round 9 Fremantle 15/05/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 36
Round 10 Western Bulldogs 21/05/2022 AWAY LOSS BUL by 19
Round 11 Hawthorn 28/05/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 67
Round 12 North Melbourne 04/06/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 62
Round 14 Adelaide 19/06/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 43
Round 15 Port Adelaide 26/06/2022 AWAY LOSS POR by 2
Round 16 Collingwood 02/07/2022 HOME LOSS COL by 5
Round 17 Richmond 09/07/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 2
Round 18 Essendon 17/07/2022 AWAY LOSS ESS by 48
Round 19 Brisbane Lions 23/07/2022 AWAY LOSS BRI by 17
Round 20 West Coast 31/07/2022 HOME WIN GCS by 3
Round 21 Hawthorn 06/08/2022 AWAY LOSS HAW by 7
Round 22 Geelong 13/08/2022 HOME LOSS GEE by 60
Round 23 North Melbourne 20/08/2022 AWAY WIN GCS by 67