List of Durham cricket captains
was officially founded on 23 May 1882. Durham's team was elevated to first-class status in 1992 when the club joined the County Championship. 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.
- A. A. W. Mewburn
- J. A. Pease
- A. B. Crosby
- W. F. Whitwell
- R. H. Mallett
- R. Bousfield
- J. F. Whitwell
- E. W. Elliot
- T. Coulson
- C. Y. Adamson
- E. B. Proud
- T. Kinch
- H. Brooks
- H. C. Ferens
- T. K. Dobson
- D. C. H. Townsend
- R. B. Proud
- D. W. Hardy
- H. J. Bailey
- R. Inglis
- B. R. Lander
- N. A. Riddell
- D. A. Graveney
- P. Bainbridge
- M. A. Roseberry
- D. C. Boon
- N. J. Speak
- J. J. B. Lewis
- M. E. K. Hussey
- D. M. Benkenstein
- W. R. Smith
- P. Mustard
- P. D. Collingwood
- C. T. Bancroft
