List of Essendon Football Club captains

The following is a list of players who have captained the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW).

VFL/AFL

Seasons	Captain	Notes
1897–1900	George Stuckey	1897 premiership captain
1901–1902	Tod Collins	1901 premiership captain
1903–1904	Jim Anderson
1904	Hugh Gavin (stand-in)
1905	William Robinson
1906	Jack McKenzie
1907–1909	William Griffith
1910	Allan Belcher
1911	David Smith	1911 premiership captain
1912–1915	Allan Belcher	1912 premiership captain
1918	Fred Baring
1919	Allan Belcher
1920–1921	Percy Ogden
1922–1924	Syd Barker	1923 and 1924 premiership captain
1925–1928	Frank Maher
1929–1930	Norm Beckton
1931–1933	Garnet Campbell
1934–1935	Keith Forbes
1936–1937	Jack Baggott
1937	Keith Forbes (stand-in)
1938	Len Webster
1939–1950	Dick Reynolds	1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950 premiership captain
1951–1957	Bill Hutchison
1958–1964	Jack Clarke	1962 premiership captain
1965–1968	Ken Fraser	1965 premiership captain
1969	Don McKenzie
1970–1971	Barry Davis
1972–1975	Des Tuddenham
1976	Graham Moss
1977–1979	Ken Fletcher
1980–1981	Simon Madden
1982	Neale Daniher
1982	Ron Andrews (stand-in)
1983–1988	Terry Daniher	1984 and 1985 premiership captain
1989–1991	Tim Watson
1992–1995	Mark Thompson	1993 premiership captain
1996–1997	Gary O'Donnell
1998–2005	James Hird	2000 premiership captain
1999	Michael Long (stand-in)
2006–2009	Matthew Lloyd
2006	David Hille (stand-in)
2010–2016	Jobe Watson
2016	Brendon Goddard (stand-in)
2017–2022	Dyson Heppell
2023–	Zach Merrett

AFL Women's

Seasons	Captain(s)
S7 (2022)–	Steph Cain/Bonnie Toogood

Sources

• Essendon Football Club – club honours