List of Leicestershire cricket captains

Leicestershire County Cricket Club was officially founded on 25 March 1879. Leicestershire's team was elevated to first-class status in 1894 and the club joined the County Championship in 1895. It is one of eighteen county teams in England and Wales that play first-class cricket. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures except if unavailable.[1]

• Charles de Trafford (1894–1906)
• Arthur Hazlerigg senior (1907–1910)
• John Shields (1911–1913)
• Cecil Wood (1914, 1919–1920)
• Aubrey Sharp (1921)
• Gustavus Fowke (1922–1927)
• Eddie Dawson (1928–1929, 1931, 1933)
• John de Lisle (1930)
• Charles Packe (1932)
• Arthur Hazlerigg junior (1934)
• Ewart Astill (1935)
• Stewie Dempster (1936–1938)
• Michael Packe (1939)
• Les Berry (1946–1948)
• Stuart Symington (1949)
• Charles Palmer (1950–1957)
• Willie Watson (1958–1961)
• David Kirby (1962)
• Maurice Hallam (1963–1965, 1968)
• Tony Lock (1966–1967)
• Ray Illingworth (1969–1978)
• Ken Higgs (1979)
• Brian Davison (1980)
• Roger Tolchard (1981–1983)
• David Gower (1984–1986, 1988–1989)
• Peter Willey (1987)
• Nigel Briers (1990–1995)
• James Whitaker (1996–1999)
• Vince Wells (1999–2002)
• Phillip DeFreitas (2003–2004)
• Hylton Ackerman (2005)
• Jeremy Snape (2006–2007)
• Paul Nixon (2007–2010)
• Matthew Hoggard (2010–2012)
• Ramnaresh Sarwan (2013-2014)
• Mark Cosgrove (2015-2017)
• Michael Carberry (2018)
• Paul Horton (2018-2019)