List of Surrey cricket captains

Since attaining first-class status, Surrey have named 38 official captains, including two who have been appointed twice: George Strachan in the late nineteenth century and Errol Holmes, who had spells either side of the Second World War.

• Years denotes the years for which the player was named as official club captain for Surrey.
• First denotes the date of the first match in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey.
• Last denotes the date of the last match in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey.
• FC denotes the number of first-class matches in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey.
• LA denotes the number of List A matches in which the player captained Surrey.
• T20 denotes the number of Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Surrey.
• Total denotes the total number of first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey.

Note: In the club's earliest years, match scorecards do not always identify which player captained the side.

No.	Name	Nationality	Years[1]	First	Last	FC	LA	T20	Total
1	Charles Hoare	England	1846–1850	20 May 1850[nb 1]	25 July 1850	5	–	–	5
2	Frederick Miller	England	1851–1857	28 September 1854	4 July 1867	54	–	–	54
3	Frederick Burbidge	England	1858–1865	30 July 1860	3 August 1865	17	–	–	17
4	Edward Dowson	England	1866	16 July 1863	30 July 1866	8	–	–	8
5	William Collyer	England	1867	30 May 1867	22 August 1867	10	–	–	10
6	Charles Calvert	England	1868	11 June 1868	27 August 1868	12	–	–	12
7	Swainson Akroyd	England	1869–1870	14 June 1869	20 June 1870	10	–	–	10
8	John Gregory	England	1871	25 August 1870	28 August 1871	18	–	–	18
9	George Strachan	England	1872–1875 1877–1878	13 May 1872	19 July 1880	54	–	–	54
10	Allen Chandler	England	1876	12 August 1875	21 August 1876	9	–	–	9
11	A. P. Lucas	England	1879	16 July 1874	27 July 1882	41	–	–	41
12	John Shuter	England	1880–1893	13 August 1877	21 June 1909	274	–	–	274
13	Kingsmill Key	England	1894–1899	31 July 1881	13 June 1904	288	–	–	288
14	Digby Jephson	England	1900–1902	10 May 1894	27 June 1904	165	–	–	165
15	Livingstone Walker	England	1903	23 August 1900	31 August 1903	57	–	–	57
In 1904, no club captain appointment was made.
16	Lord Dalmeny[nb 2]	England	1905–1907	6 August 1903	23 August 1908	94	–	–	94
17	H. D. G. Leveson-Gower	England	1908–1910	19 August 1895	23 June 1920	122	–	–	122
18	Morice Bird	England	1911–1913	21 June 1909	13 August 1921	127	–	–	127
19	Cyril Wilkinson	England	1914–1920	13 May 1909	25 May 1920	53	–	–	53
20	Percy Fender	England	1921–1931	1 May 1920	1 Jul 1936	343	–	–	343
21	Douglas Jardine	England	1932–1933	20 July 1921	29 July 1933	141	–	–	141
22	Errol Holmes	England	1934–1938 1947–1948	16 August 1924	22 June 1955	198	–	–	198
23	Monty Garland-Wells	England	1939	14 July 1928	30 August 1939	130	–	–	130
From 1940 to 1945, no club captain appointments were made due to the Second World War.
24	Nigel Harvie Bennett	England	1946	4 May 1946	4 September 1946	31	–	–	31
25	Michael Barton	England	1949–1951	5 May 1948	23 June 1954	110	–	–	110
26	Stuart Surridge	England	1952–1956	7 June 1947	10 October 1959	254	–	–	254
27	Peter May	England	1957–1962	19 July 1950	17 July 1963	208	–	–	208
28	Micky Stewart	England	1963–1972	14 July 1954	10 September 1972	498	75	–	573
29	John Edrich	England	1973–1977	3 September 1958	6 September 1978	410	149	–	559
30	Roger Knight	England	1978–1983	24 August 1968	2 September 1984	174	161	–	335
31	Geoff Howarth	New Zealand	1984–1985	5 June 1971	17 July 1985	188	170	–	358
32	Pat Pocock	England	1986	1 July 1964	13 September 1986	485	318	–	803
33	Ian Greig	England	1987–1991	25 April 1987	26 July 1992	157	118	–	275
34	Alec Stewart	England	1992–1996	8 August 1981	9 July 2003	266	321	–	587
35	Adam Hollioake	England	1997–2003	2 August 1992	31 August 2004	243	241	14	498
36	Jonathan Batty	England	2004	6 July 1997	23 September 2009	278	170	51	448
37	Mark Butcher[nb 3][nb 4]	England	2005–2009	28 July 1991	10 July 2009	182	188	13	383
38	Rory Hamilton-Brown[nb 5]	England	2010–2012	24 July 2005	17 June 2012	–	–	–	–
39	Graeme Smith[nb 6]	South Africa	2013–14	17 April 2013	18 May 2014	8	1	2	11
40	Gareth Batty	England	2015–2017	2015		–	–	–	–
41	Rory Burns[nb 7]	England	2018–	2018		–	–	–	–