Glamorgan County Cricket Club was officially founded on 6 July 1888. Glamorgan's team was elevated to first-class status in May 1921 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.^[1]

• Norman Riches (1921, 1929)
• Tom Whittington (1922–1923)
• Johnnie Clay (1924–1927, 1929, 1946)
• Trevor Arnott (1928)
• Maurice Turnbull (1930–1939)
• Wilf Wooller (1947–1960)
• Ossie Wheatley (1961–1966)
• Tony Lewis (1967–1972)
• Majid Khan (1973–1976)
• Alan Jones (1974, 1976–1978)
• Robin Hobbs (1979)
• Malcolm Nash (1980–1981)
• Javed Miandad (1982)
• Barry Lloyd (1982)
• Mike Selvey (1983–1984)
• Rodney Ontong (1984–1986)
• Hugh Morris (1986–1989, 1993–1995)
• Alan Butcher (1989–1992)
• Matthew Maynard (1992, 1996–2000)
• Steve James (2001–2003)
• Robert Croft (2003–2006)
• David Hemp (2006–2008)
• Jamie Dalrymple (2009–2010)
• Alviro Petersen (2011)
• Mark Wallace (2012–2013)
• Jacques Rudolph (2014-2017)
• Michael Hogan (2017-2018)
• Chris Cooke (2019 - 2021)
• David Lloyd (2021 to date)