Current Liverpool captain
Current club captain: Virgil van Dijk. Appointed 31 July 2023 after Jordan Henderson’s departure. Liverpool FC appointment announcement.
All-time Liverpool captains
Checked 26 October 2026 GMT (UK). The chronology below preserves 50 recorded captaincy spells; repeated and shared spells are separate entries.
| Captain | Spell |
|---|---|
| Andrew Hannah | 1892-1895 |
| Jimmy Ross | 1895-1897 |
| John McCartney | 1897-1898 |
| Harry Storer | 1898-1899 |
| Billy Dunlop | 1899-1900 |
| Alex Raisbeck | 1900-1909 |
| Arthur Goddard | 1909-1912 |
| Ephraim Longworth | 1912-1913 |
| Harry Lowe | 1913-1915 |
| Ephraim Longworth / Don Mackinlay | 1919-1920 |
| Ephraim Longworth | 1920-1922 |
| Don Mackinlay | 1922-1928 |
| Tom Bromilow | 1928-1929 |
| James Jackson | 1929-1931 |
| Tom Bradshaw | 1931-1934 |
| Ernie Blenkinsop / Tom Cooper | 1934-1935 |
| Ernie Blenkinsop | 1935-1936 |
| Ernie Blenkinsop / Tom Cooper | 1936-1937 |
| Tom Cooper | 1937-1939 |
| Matt Busby | 1939-1940 |
| Willie Fagan | 1945-1947 |
| Jack Balmer | 1947-1949 |
| Phil Taylor | 1949-1953 |
| Bill Jones | 1953-1954 |
| Laurie Hughes | 1954-1955 |
| Billy Liddell | 1955-1958 |
| Johnny Wheeler | 1958-1959 |
| Ronnie Moran | 1959-1960 |
| Dick White | 1960-1961 |
| Ron Yeats | 1961-1970 |
| Tommy Smith | 1970-1973 |
| Emlyn Hughes | 1973-1979 |
| Kenny Dalglish | 1979-1979 |
| Phil Thompson | 1979-1981 |
| Graeme Souness | 1982-1984 |
| Phil Neal | 1984-1985 |
| Alan Hansen | 1985-1988 |
| Ronnie Whelan | 1988-1989 |
| Alan Hansen | 1989-1990 |
| Ronnie Whelan / Glenn Hysén | 1990-1991 |
| Mark Wright | 1991-1993 |
| Ian Rush | 1993-1996 |
| John Barnes | 1996-1997 |
| Paul Ince | 1997-1999 |
| Jamie Redknapp | 1999-2002 |
| Sami Hyypia / Robbie Fowler | 2000-2001 |
| Sami Hyypia | 2002-2003 |
| Steven Gerrard | 2003-2015 |
| Jordan Henderson | 2015-2023 |
| Virgil van Dijk | 2023-Present |
How to read the chronology
This list follows recorded club captaincy spells. A player can appear more than once, and shared entries preserve the archive’s original chronology. Fifty entries does not mean fifty different people.
Club captain and match captain
The club captain holds an ongoing leadership role. Another player may wear the armband for an individual fixture when the captain is absent. This table is not a match-by-match captaincy log.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Liverpool’s current captain?
Virgil van Dijk is the club captain, appointed on 31 July 2023.
Who preceded Virgil van Dijk?
Jordan Henderson held the club captaincy from 2015 to 2023.
Why do some names appear twice?
Separate spells and shared captaincy periods are preserved as distinct chronology entries.