List of West Coast captains

Players who have played in, and who were nominated as captain for, at least one match for West 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 Ross Glendinning 1987-1988 #4 40 22 -0- 18
2 Murray Rance 1989 #23 17 6 -0- 11
3 Steve Malaxos 1990 #8 22 15 -1- 6
4 John Worsfold 1991-1998 #24 134 89 -1- 44 1992, 1994
5 Guy McKenna 1998-2000 #17 37 18 -1- 18
6 Ben Cousins 2001-2005 #9 100 51 -2- 47
7 Drew Banfield 2003 #6 1 1 -0- 0
8 Chris Judd 2004-2007 #3 48 35 -0- 13 2006
9 Chad Fletcher 2005 #7 1 1 -0- 0
10 Andrew Embley 2006 #32 2 2 -0- 0
11 Dean Cox 2006-2010 #20 3 1 -0- 2
12 Darren Glass 2007-2014 #23 126 58 -0- 68
13 Daniel Chick 2007 #17 1 1 -0- 0
14 Beau Waters 2010-2012 #8 5 1 -0- 4
15 Shannon Hurn 2012-2019 #25, #50 118 80 -1- 37 2018
16 Luke Shuey 2020-2022 #13 37 11 -0- 26

Season List

Season Captain(s) Match(es) Final(s) Round(s)
1987 VFL Season Ross Glendinning 21 0 R01-R04, R06-R22
1988 VFL Season Ross Glendinning 19 1 R01-R06, R09-R13, R15-R16, R18-R22, EF
1989 VFL Season Murray Rance 17 0 R01-R07, R10, R14-R22
1990 AFL Season Steve Malaxos 22 2 R03-R22, QF, QF(R)
1991 AFL Season John Worsfold 21 4 R01-R02, R04-R07, R10-R13, R17, R19-R24, QF, SF, PF, GF
1992 AFL Season John Worsfold 22 3 R02-R10, R12-R15, R18-R22, R24, EF, SF, GF
1993 AFL Season John Worsfold 19 2 R01-R04, R06-R14, R16-R18, R22, EF, SF
1994 AFL Season John Worsfold 19 3 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14, R16-R17, R21-R22, QF, PF, GF
1995 AFL Season John Worsfold 20 2 R01-R02, R07-R22, QF, SF
1996 AFL Season John Worsfold 2 0 R01-R02
1997 AFL Season John Worsfold 14 2 R03-R08, R11-R13, R17, R20-R21, QF, SF
1998 AFL Season John Worsfold 17 0 R01-R05, R07-R10, R12-R13, R15-R17, R19-R20, R22
Guy McKenna 5 0 R06, R11, R14, R18, R21
1999 AFL Season Guy McKenna 23 2 R01-R16, R18-R22, QF, SF
2000 AFL Season Guy McKenna 9 0 R01-R03, R06-R08, R12, R14, R22
2001 AFL Season Ben Cousins 14 0 R01-R02, R10-R11, R13-R22
2002 AFL Season Ben Cousins 23 1 R01-R22, EF
2003 AFL Season Ben Cousins 22 1 R01-R06, R08-R22, EF
Drew Banfield 1 0 R07
2004 AFL Season Ben Cousins 17 1 R01-R15, R22, EF
Chris Judd 6 0 R16-R21
2005 AFL Season Ben Cousins 24 3 R01, R03-R22, QF, PF, GF
Chad Fletcher 1 0 R02
2006 AFL Season Chris Judd 23 4 R01-R09, R13-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF
Andrew Embley 2 0 R10-R11
Dean Cox 1 0 R12
2007 AFL Season Chris Judd 19 1 R01-R11, R14-R19, R21, QF
Darren Glass 3 1 R12-R13, SF
Daniel Chick 1 0 R22
2008 AFL Season Darren Glass 21 0 R01-R16, R18-R22
Dean Cox 1 0 R17
2009 AFL Season Darren Glass 22 0 R01-R22
2010 AFL Season Darren Glass 8 0 R01-R08
Beau Waters 2 0 R10, R12
Dean Cox 1 0 R21
2011 AFL Season Darren Glass 24 3 R01-R04, R06-R14, R16-R20, R22-R24, QF, SF, PF
2012 AFL Season Darren Glass 20 2 R01, R04-R06, R08-R10, R12-R18, R20-R23, EF, SF
Shannon Hurn 1 0 R02
Beau Waters 3 0 R03, R07, R19
2013 AFL Season Darren Glass 20 0 R01-R10, R13-R17, R19-R23
2014 AFL Season Darren Glass 8 0 R01-R03, R05, R07-R08, R10, R12
2015 AFL Season Shannon Hurn 25 3 R01-R12, R14-R23, QF, PF, GF
2016 AFL Season Shannon Hurn 23 1 R01-R13, R15-R23, EF
2017 AFL Season Shannon Hurn 23 2 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R23, EF, SF
2018 AFL Season Shannon Hurn 25 3 R01-R11, R13-R23, QF, PF, GF
2019 AFL Season Shannon Hurn 21 2 R01-R11, R14-R17, R20-R23, EF, SF
2020 AFL Season Luke Shuey 13 1 R01-R05, R08-R09, R11-R15, EF
2021 AFL Season Luke Shuey 7 0 R03, R15-R18, R22-R23
2022 AFL Season Luke Shuey 17 0 R02, R05-R07, R10-R12, R14-R23

Missing List

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

Season Round Opponent Date H/A Result
1987 VFL Season Round 5 Hawthorn 25/04/1987 AWAY WIN WCE by 12
1988 VFL Season Round 7 St Kilda 13/05/1988 HOME WIN WCE by 76
Round 8 Hawthorn 22/05/1988 HOME LOSS HAW by 53
Round 14 Essendon 02/07/1988 AWAY LOSS ESS by 27
Round 17 Fitzroy 22/07/1988 AWAY LOSS FIT by 70
1989 VFL Season Round 8 Melbourne 21/05/1989 HOME LOSS MEL by 2
Round 9 St Kilda 27/05/1989 AWAY LOSS STK by 35
Round 11 Collingwood 11/06/1989 HOME LOSS COL by 35
Round 12 Footscray 16/06/1989 HOME WIN WCE by 28
Round 13 Carlton 24/06/1989 AWAY LOSS CAR by 23
1990 AFL Season Round 1 Collingwood 01/04/1990 HOME WIN WCE by 46
Round 2 St Kilda 07/04/1990 AWAY LOSS STK by 58
Semi Final Melbourne 22/09/1990 HOME WIN WCE by 30
Preliminary Final Essendon 29/09/1990 AWAY LOSS ESS by 63
1991 AFL Season Round 8 Essendon 11/05/1991 AWAY WIN WCE by 7
Round 9 Fitzroy 19/05/1991 HOME WIN WCE by 99
Round 14 Carlton 22/06/1991 AWAY LOSS CAR by 3
Round 15 St Kilda 30/06/1991 HOME WIN WCE by 44
Round 16 Melbourne 06/07/1991 AWAY WIN WCE by 24
1992 AFL Season Round 16 Melbourne 03/07/1992 HOME WIN WCE by 22
Round 17 Sydney 12/07/1992 HOME WIN WCE by 53
Round 23 Footscray 23/08/1992 AWAY LOSS FOO by 30
1993 AFL Season Round 19 Brisbane Bears 08/08/1993 AWAY WIN WCE by 60
Round 20 Hawthorn 15/08/1993 HOME WIN WCE by 22
Round 21 Footscray 21/08/1993 AWAY LOSS FOO by 42
1994 AFL Season Round 13 Collingwood 19/06/1994 AWAY LOSS COL by 37
Round 15 St Kilda 01/07/1994 HOME WIN WCE by 79
Round 18 Richmond 24/07/1994 HOME WIN WCE by 48
Round 19 Fitzroy 31/07/1994 AWAY WIN WCE by 66
Round 20 Hawthorn 06/08/1994 AWAY LOSS HAW by 46
Round 24 Footscray 04/09/1994 HOME WIN WCE by 71
1995 AFL Season Round 3 North Melbourne 15/04/1995 HOME WIN WCE by 48
Round 4 Adelaide 23/04/1995 AWAY LOSS ADE by 10
Round 5 Melbourne 29/04/1995 HOME WIN WCE by 16
Round 6 Carlton 06/05/1995 AWAY LOSS CAR by 23
1996 AFL Season Round 3 Essendon 14/04/1996 AWAY LOSS ESS by 59
Round 4 Geelong 21/04/1996 HOME LOSS GEE by 18
Round 5 Carlton 27/04/1996 AWAY LOSS CAR by 1
Round 6 Melbourne 04/05/1996 AWAY WIN WCE by 106
Round 7 North Melbourne 12/05/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 67
Round 8 Sydney 18/05/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 36
Round 9 Hawthorn 25/05/1996 AWAY WIN WCE by 34
Round 10 Adelaide 09/06/1996 AWAY WIN WCE by 54
Round 11 Collingwood 16/06/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 53
Round 12 St Kilda 23/06/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 33
Round 13 Footscray 30/06/1996 AWAY WIN WCE by 12
Round 14 Richmond 06/07/1996 AWAY WIN WCE by 17
Round 15 Fitzroy 12/07/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 68
Round 16 Fremantle 21/07/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 34
Round 17 Brisbane Bears 27/07/1996 AWAY LOSS BRB by 47
Round 18 Essendon 04/08/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 6
Round 19 Geelong 10/08/1996 AWAY LOSS GEE by 45
Round 20 Carlton 18/08/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 59
Round 21 Melbourne 25/08/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 73
Round 22 Sydney 31/08/1996 AWAY LOSS SYD by 35
Qualifying Final Carlton 07/09/1996 HOME WIN WCE by 55
Semi Final Essendon 14/09/1996 HOME LOSS ESS by 77
1997 AFL Season Round 1 Sydney 29/03/1997 HOME WIN WCE by 41
Round 2 Geelong 05/04/1997 AWAY LOSS GEE by 6
Round 9 Essendon 25/05/1997 HOME WIN WCE by 25
Round 10 North Melbourne 31/05/1997 AWAY LOSS NOR by 45
Round 14 Adelaide 04/07/1997 AWAY LOSS ADE by 75
Round 15 Port Adelaide 13/07/1997 HOME WIN WCE by 18
Round 16 Sydney 19/07/1997 AWAY LOSS SYD by 37
Round 18 Fremantle 03/08/1997 AWAY WIN WCE by 33
Round 19 Hawthorn 09/08/1997 AWAY WIN WCE by 21
Round 22 Brisbane Lions 29/08/1997 HOME WIN WCE by 39
1998 AFL Season Qualifying Final Western Bulldogs 06/09/1998 AWAY LOSS BUL by 70
1999 AFL Season Round 17 Brisbane Lions 25/07/1999 AWAY LOSS BRI by 100
2000 AFL Season Round 4 Adelaide 01/04/2000 HOME WIN WCE by 114
Round 5 Geelong 09/04/2000 AWAY LOSS GEE by 81
Round 9 Richmond 06/05/2000 AWAY LOSS RIC by 9
Round 10 Hawthorn 12/05/2000 HOME WIN WCE by 30
Round 11 Collingwood 21/05/2000 AWAY WIN WCE by 36
Round 13 Brisbane Lions 03/06/2000 AWAY LOSS BRI by 84
Round 15 Essendon 17/06/2000 AWAY LOSS ESS by 32
Round 16 Kangaroos 25/06/2000 HOME LOSS KAN by 61
Round 17 Sydney 02/07/2000 AWAY LOSS SYD by 71
Round 18 St Kilda 08/07/2000 HOME WIN WCE by 86
Round 19 Adelaide 14/07/2000 AWAY LOSS ADE by 17
Round 20 Geelong 22/07/2000 HOME LOSS GEE by 30
Round 21 Fremantle 30/07/2000 AWAY LOSS FRE by 1
2001 AFL Season Round 3 St Kilda 15/04/2001 AWAY WIN WCE by 18
Round 4 Fremantle 21/04/2001 AWAY WIN WCE by 24
Round 5 Richmond 27/04/2001 HOME LOSS RIC by 39
Round 6 Essendon 06/05/2001 AWAY LOSS ESS by 88
Round 7 Port Adelaide 13/05/2001 HOME LOSS POR by 71
Round 8 Hawthorn 19/05/2001 AWAY LOSS HAW by 80
Round 9 Western Bulldogs 26/05/2001 HOME LOSS BUL by 48
Round 12 Collingwood 22/06/2001 AWAY LOSS COL by 81
2007 AFL Season Round 20 Richmond 18/08/2007 HOME WIN WCE by 31
2010 AFL Season Round 9 St Kilda 23/05/2010 HOME LOSS STK by 35
Round 11 Geelong 05/06/2010 HOME LOSS GEE by 24
Round 13 Western Bulldogs 20/06/2010 HOME LOSS BUL by 60
Round 14 Collingwood 03/07/2010 AWAY LOSS COL by 83
Round 15 Adelaide 10/07/2010 HOME LOSS ADE by 22
Round 16 Essendon 17/07/2010 AWAY WIN WCE by 32
Round 17 Carlton 24/07/2010 HOME LOSS CAR by 26
Round 18 Fremantle 01/08/2010 AWAY LOSS FRE by 75
Round 19 Brisbane Lions 07/08/2010 HOME LOSS BRI by 5
Round 20 Port Adelaide 14/08/2010 AWAY LOSS POR by 1
Round 22 Geelong 28/08/2010 AWAY LOSS GEE by 44
2011 AFL Season Round 21 Melbourne 14/08/2011 AWAY WIN WCE by 48
2013 AFL Season Round 11 St Kilda 09/06/2013 AWAY WIN WCE by 4
Round 18 Western Bulldogs 28/07/2013 AWAY LOSS BUL by 22
2014 AFL Season Round 4 Geelong 12/04/2014 AWAY LOSS GEE by 75
Round 6 Carlton 26/04/2014 AWAY LOSS CAR by 3
Round 11 North Melbourne 01/06/2014 HOME LOSS NOR by 38
Round 13 Gold Coast 14/06/2014 HOME WIN WCE by 3
Round 14 St Kilda 22/06/2014 AWAY WIN WCE by 33
Round 15 Fremantle 28/06/2014 AWAY LOSS FRE by 7
Round 16 Sydney 06/07/2014 HOME LOSS SYD by 28
Round 17 Brisbane Lions 12/07/2014 AWAY WIN WCE by 12
Round 18 Richmond 25/07/2014 HOME LOSS RIC by 17
Round 19 Adelaide 02/08/2014 AWAY WIN WCE by 31
Round 20 Collingwood 10/08/2014 HOME WIN WCE by 60
Round 21 Essendon 16/08/2014 AWAY LOSS ESS by 3
Round 22 Melbourne 23/08/2014 HOME WIN WCE by 66
Round 23 Gold Coast 31/08/2014 AWAY WIN WCE by 52
2017 AFL Season Round 15 Western Bulldogs 01/07/2017 AWAY WIN WCE by 7
2019 AFL Season Round 12 Sydney 09/06/2019 AWAY LOSS SYD by 45
Round 18 Melbourne 21/07/2019 AWAY WIN WCE by 13
Round 19 North Melbourne 27/07/2019 HOME WIN WCE by 49
2020 AFL Season Round 6 Adelaide 11/07/2020 HOME WIN WCE by 33
Round 7 Fremantle 19/07/2020 AWAY WIN WCE by 30
Round 16 Western Bulldogs 06/09/2020 AWAY LOSS BUL by 2
Round 17 St Kilda 10/09/2020 AWAY WIN WCE by 15
Round 18 North Melbourne 17/09/2020 AWAY WIN WCE by 15
2021 AFL Season Round 1 Gold Coast 21/03/2021 HOME WIN WCE by 25
Round 2 Western Bulldogs 28/03/2021 AWAY LOSS BUL by 7
Round 4 St Kilda 10/04/2021 AWAY LOSS STK by 20
Round 5 Collingwood 16/04/2021 HOME WIN WCE by 27
Round 6 Geelong 24/04/2021 AWAY LOSS GEE by 97
Round 7 Fremantle 02/05/2021 HOME WIN WCE by 59
Round 8 Hawthorn 09/05/2021 AWAY WIN WCE by 38
Round 9 Adelaide 16/05/2021 HOME WIN WCE by 30
Round 10 Greater Western Sydney 23/05/2021 AWAY LOSS GWS by 16
Round 11 Essendon 29/05/2021 HOME LOSS ESS by 16
Round 12 Carlton 06/06/2021 AWAY WIN WCE by 22
Round 13 Richmond 13/06/2021 HOME WIN WCE by 4
Round 19 St Kilda 24/07/2021 HOME WIN WCE by 8
Round 20 Collingwood 31/07/2021 AWAY LOSS COL by 45
Round 21 Melbourne 09/08/2021 HOME LOSS MEL by 9
2022 AFL Season Round 1 Gold Coast 20/03/2022 HOME LOSS GCS by 27
Round 3 Fremantle 03/04/2022 HOME LOSS FRE by 55
Round 4 Collingwood 09/04/2022 AWAY WIN WCE by 13
Round 8 Brisbane Lions 07/05/2022 AWAY LOSS BRI by 75
Round 9 Melbourne 15/05/2022 HOME LOSS MEL by 74