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With four IPL titles under his belt, Mumbai Indians' captain Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain in IPL if we take only the IPL title victories into account.
| Name | No. of Titles | Team | Year |
| Rohit Sharma | 4 | Mumbai Indians | 2013,2015,2017,2019 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 2010,2011,2018 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2012,2014 |
| Shane Warne | 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 2008 |
| Adam Gilchrist | 1 | Deccan Chargers | 2009 |
| David Warner | 1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2016 |
Rohit Sharma is followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has led CSK in three IPL title victories. Gautam Gambhir ranks third having won the tournament twice for KKR. Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and David Warner have each won the IPL once for Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.
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It has been 11 years since the inaugural IPL, and only six IPL captains have been awarded the opportunity to lift the gem studded IPL Trophy.
| Year | Winners | Captain of the Winning Team |
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | Shane Warne |
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | Adam Gilchrist |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| 2011 | Chennai Super Kings | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| 2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Gautam Gambhir |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Gautam Gambhir |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | David Warner |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma |
Given above is an IPL winning captains list, who have led their teams to victory.
Below is a list of all the IPL captains ever ranked on the basis of the win percentages. Mahendra Singh Dhoni tops this list with most wins in IPL as captain - 104 and a win % of 60.11%.
| Player | Team Captained | Matches Played | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win% |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiants | 174 | 104 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 60.11 |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 104 | 60 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 58.65 |
| Gautam Gambhir | Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils | 129 | 71 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 55.03 |
| Murali Vijay | Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers | 74 | 35 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 47.29 |
| Shane Warne | Rajasthan Royals | 55 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 110 | 49 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 47.16 |
| Virender Sehwag | Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab | 53 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 52.83 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 51 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 58.82 |
| Rahul Dravid | Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore | 48 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 45.83 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers, Kings XI Punjab | 47 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 31.91 |
| Yuvraj Singh | Pune Warriors India, Kings XI Punjab | 43 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 48.83 |
| Sourav Ganguly | Pune Warriors India, Kolkata Knight Riders | 42 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 40.48 |
| George Bailey | Kings XI Punjab | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Delhi Daredevils, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Kings XI Punjab | 30 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Anil Kumble | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57.69 |
| Daniel Vettori | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 |
| Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore | 24 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39.13 |
| Harbhajan Singh | Mumbai Indians | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Kevin Pietersen | Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17.64 |
| David Warner | Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 47 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Jean Paul Duminy | Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36.12 |
| Brendon McCullum | Kolkata Knight Riders, Gujarat Lions | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21.43 |
| Steve Smith | Pune Warriors India, Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiant | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| David Hussey | Kings XI Punjab | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Cameron White | Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Aaron Finch | Pune Warriors India | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| V. V. S. Laxman | Deccan Chargers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| Ricky Ponting | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Angelo Mathews | Pune Warriors India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Shaun Pollock | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Darren Sammy | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| James Hopes | Delhi Daredevils | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Suresh Raina | Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Lions | 32 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Dwayne Bravo | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parthiv Patel | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Taylor | Pune Warriors India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Zaheer Khan | Delhi Daredevils | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 43.5 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Rising Pune Supergiants, Rajasthan Royals | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 43.75 |
| Kane Williamson | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 55.76 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Kings XI Punjab | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Delhi Capitals | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 56.25 |
| David Miller | Kings XI Punjab | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| Kieron Pollard | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
