Captain Records — IPL 2026

Name: CricketStudio canonical ball-by-ball aggregate · IPL 2026
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Every captain who has led an IPL 2026 fixture, ranked by win rate (sample-size disciplined).

Rajat Patidar leads IPL 2026 captain records with 67% win rate (15 matches as captain · 10W 5L · Royal Challengers Bengaluru).

Top 12

Rank	Win rate	Subject	Detail
#1	67%	Rajat Patidar · RCB	15 matches as captain · 10W 5L · Royal Challengers Bengaluru Show 10 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over — W vs GT · home RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over — W vs GT · home SRH vs RCB · 2026-05-22 · over — L vs SRH · away RCB vs KKR · 2026-05-13 · over — W vs KKR · home RCB vs MI · 2026-05-10 · over — W vs MI · home LSG vs RCB · 2026-05-07 · over — L vs LSG · away GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over — L vs GT · away DC vs RCB · 2026-04-27 · over — W vs DC · away RCB vs GT · 2026-04-24 · over — W vs GT · home RCB vs DC · 2026-04-18 · over — L vs DC · home
#2	63%	Shubman Gill · GT	16 matches as captain · 10W 6L · Gujarat Titans Show 10 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over — L vs RCB · away RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over — W vs RR · away RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over — L vs RCB · away GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over — W vs CSK · home KKR vs GT · 2026-05-16 · over — L vs KKR · away GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over — W vs SRH · home RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over — W vs RR · away GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over — W vs PBKS · home GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over — W vs RCB · home GT vs CSK · 2026-04-26 · over — W vs CSK · home
#3	63%	Pat Cummins · SRH	8 matches as captain · 5W 3L · Sunrisers Hyderabad Show 8 events SRH vs RR · 2026-05-27 · over — L vs RR · home SRH vs RCB · 2026-05-22 · over — W vs RCB · home CSK vs SRH · 2026-05-18 · over — W vs CSK · away GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over — L vs GT · away SRH vs PBKS · 2026-05-06 · over — W vs PBKS · home SRH vs KKR · 2026-05-03 · over — L vs KKR · home MI vs SRH · 2026-04-29 · over — W vs MI · away RR vs SRH · 2026-04-25 · over — W vs RR · away
#4	57%	Riyan Parag · RR	14 matches as captain · 8W 6L · Rajasthan Royals Show 10 events RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over — L vs GT · home SRH vs RR · 2026-05-27 · over — W vs SRH · away MI vs RR · 2026-05-24 · over — W vs MI · away DC vs RR · 2026-05-17 · over — L vs DC · away RR vs DC · 2026-05-01 · over — L vs DC · home PBKS vs RR · 2026-04-28 · over — W vs PBKS · away RR vs SRH · 2026-04-25 · over — L vs SRH · home LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over — W vs LSG · away KKR vs RR · 2026-04-19 · over — L vs KKR · away SRH vs RR · 2026-04-13 · over — L vs SRH · away
#5	57%	Ishan Kishan · SRH	7 matches as captain · 4W 3L · Sunrisers Hyderabad Show 7 events SRH vs DC · 2026-04-21 · over — W vs DC · home SRH vs CSK · 2026-04-18 · over — W vs CSK · home SRH vs RR · 2026-04-13 · over — W vs RR · home PBKS vs SRH · 2026-04-11 · over — L vs PBKS · away SRH vs LSG · 2026-04-05 · over — L vs LSG · home KKR vs SRH · 2026-04-02 · over — W vs KKR · away RCB vs SRH · 2026-03-28 · over — L vs RCB · away
#6	54%	Shreyas Iyer · PBKS	13 matches as captain · 7W 6L · Punjab Kings Show 10 events LSG vs PBKS · 2026-05-23 · over — W vs LSG · away PBKS vs RCB · 2026-05-17 · over — L vs RCB · home PBKS vs MI · 2026-05-14 · over — L vs MI · home PBKS vs DC · 2026-05-11 · over — L vs DC · home SRH vs PBKS · 2026-05-06 · over — L vs SRH · away GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over — L vs GT · away PBKS vs RR · 2026-04-28 · over — L vs RR · home DC vs PBKS · 2026-04-25 · over — W vs DC · away PBKS vs LSG · 2026-04-19 · over — W vs LSG · home MI vs PBKS · 2026-04-16 · over — W vs MI · away
#7	50%	Axar Patel · DC	14 matches as captain · 7W 7L · Delhi Capitals Show 10 events KKR vs DC · 2026-05-24 · over — W vs KKR · away DC vs RR · 2026-05-17 · over — W vs RR · home PBKS vs DC · 2026-05-11 · over — W vs PBKS · away DC vs KKR · 2026-05-08 · over — L vs KKR · home DC vs CSK · 2026-05-05 · over — L vs CSK · home RR vs DC · 2026-05-01 · over — W vs RR · away DC vs RCB · 2026-04-27 · over — L vs RCB · home DC vs PBKS · 2026-04-25 · over — L vs PBKS · home SRH vs DC · 2026-04-21 · over — L vs SRH · away RCB vs DC · 2026-04-18 · over — W vs RCB · away
#8	46%	Ajinkya Rahane · KKR	13 matches as captain · 6W 7L · Kolkata Knight Riders Show 10 events KKR vs DC · 2026-05-24 · over — L vs DC · home KKR vs MI · 2026-05-20 · over — W vs MI · home KKR vs GT · 2026-05-16 · over — W vs GT · home RCB vs KKR · 2026-05-13 · over — L vs RCB · away DC vs KKR · 2026-05-08 · over — W vs DC · away SRH vs KKR · 2026-05-03 · over — W vs SRH · away LSG vs KKR · 2026-04-26 · over — W vs LSG · away KKR vs RR · 2026-04-19 · over — W vs RR · home GT vs KKR · 2026-04-17 · over — L vs GT · away CSK vs KKR · 2026-04-14 · over — L vs CSK · away
#9	43%	Ruturaj Gaikwad · CSK	14 matches as captain · 6W 8L · Chennai Super Kings Show 10 events GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over — L vs GT · away CSK vs SRH · 2026-05-18 · over — L vs SRH · home LSG vs CSK · 2026-05-15 · over — L vs LSG · away CSK vs LSG · 2026-05-10 · over — W vs LSG · home DC vs CSK · 2026-05-05 · over — W vs DC · away CSK vs MI · 2026-05-02 · over — W vs MI · home GT vs CSK · 2026-04-26 · over — L vs GT · away MI vs CSK · 2026-04-23 · over — W vs MI · away SRH vs CSK · 2026-04-18 · over — L vs SRH · away CSK vs KKR · 2026-04-14 · over — W vs KKR · home
#10	33%	Suryakumar Yadav · MI	3 matches as captain · 1W 2L · Mumbai Indians Show 3 events RCB vs MI · 2026-05-10 · over — L vs RCB · away MI vs LSG · 2026-05-04 · over — W vs LSG · home DC vs MI · 2026-04-04 · over — L vs DC · away
#11	29%	Rishabh Pant · LSG	14 matches as captain · 4W 10L · Lucknow Super Giants Show 10 events LSG vs PBKS · 2026-05-23 · over — L vs PBKS · home RR vs LSG · 2026-05-19 · over — L vs RR · away LSG vs CSK · 2026-05-15 · over — W vs CSK · home CSK vs LSG · 2026-05-10 · over — L vs CSK · away LSG vs RCB · 2026-05-07 · over — W vs RCB · home MI vs LSG · 2026-05-04 · over — L vs MI · away LSG vs KKR · 2026-04-26 · over — L vs KKR · home LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over — L vs RR · home PBKS vs LSG · 2026-04-19 · over — L vs PBKS · away RCB vs LSG · 2026-04-15 · over — L vs RCB · away
#12	20%	Hardik Pandya · MI	10 matches as captain · 2W 8L · Mumbai Indians Show 10 events MI vs RR · 2026-05-24 · over — L vs RR · home KKR vs MI · 2026-05-20 · over — L vs KKR · away CSK vs MI · 2026-05-02 · over — L vs CSK · away MI vs SRH · 2026-04-29 · over — L vs SRH · home MI vs CSK · 2026-04-23 · over — L vs CSK · home GT vs MI · 2026-04-20 · over — W vs GT · away MI vs PBKS · 2026-04-16 · over — L vs PBKS · home MI vs RCB · 2026-04-12 · over — L vs RCB · home RR vs MI · 2026-04-07 · over — L vs RR · away MI vs KKR · 2026-03-29 · over — W vs KKR · home