List of Richmond Football Club captains

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Toby Nankervis (pictured here in 2017) is the current captain of Richmond Toby Nankervis 2017.2.jpg
Toby Nankervis (pictured here in 2017) is the current captain of Richmond

This is a list of all captains of the Richmond Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

DatesCaptain(s)Notes
1908 Charlie Pannam
1909 Dick Condon
John Lawson
1910 Billy Schmidt
1911 Len Incigneri
1912 Ted Ohlson
1913 Hugh James
1914 Charlie Ricketts
1914–1916 Bill Thomas
1917 Percy Maybury
1918 Clarrie Hall
1919 Bill Thomas
1920–1925 Dan Minogue 1920 Premiership Captain
1921 Premiership Captain
1926 Mel Morris
1927–1928 Alan Geddes
1929 Cyril Lilburne
1930 Alan Geddes
1931 Maurie Hunter
1932–1940 Percy Bentley 1932 Premiership Captain
1934 Premiership Captain
1941–1949 Jack Dyer 1943 Premiership Captain
1950–1951 Bill Morris
1952–1957 Des Rowe
1958–1959 Roy Wright
1960–1962 Ron Branton
1963–1966 Neville Crowe
1967 Fred Swift 1967 Premiership Captain
1968–1971 Roger Dean 1969 Premiership Captain
1972–1975 Royce Hart 1973 Premiership Captain
1974 Premiership Captain
1976–1977 Francis Bourke
1978 Kevin Sheedy
1979 Kevin Bartlett
1980 Bruce Monteath 1980 Premiership Captain
1981 Bryan Wood
1982 David Cloke
1983–1984 Barry Rowlings
1985–1987 Mark Lee
1988–1992 Dale Weightman
1993 Jeff Hogg
1994–1996 Tony Free
1997–2000 Matthew Knights
2001–2004 Wayne Campbell
2005–2008 Kane Johnson
2009–2012 Chris Newman
2013–2021 Trent Cotchin 2017 Premiership Captain
2019 Premiership Captain
2020 Premiership Captain
2022–2023 Dylan Grimes
Toby Nankervis
Co-captains
2024–Toby Nankervis

AFL Women's

DatesCaptain(s)Notes
2020present Katie Brennan Inaugural captain

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