Years as Captain	Name	Portrait	Position	Nationality	Total Apps	Total Goals
1878-1882	Unknown
1882	E. Thomas
1882-1883	Unknown
c.1883-1887	Sam Black
c.1887-1890	Jack Powell		Full Back		4	0
1890-1892
1892-1893	Joe Cassidy		Forward		167	99
1893-1894	Unknown
c.1894	James McNaught		Half Back		157	12
1894-1896 Unknown
c.1896-1903	Harry Stafford		Full Back		200	1
1903-1904 Unknown
c.1904-1905	Jack Peddie		Forward		121	58
1905-1912	Charlie Roberts		Half Back		302	23
1912-1913	George Stacey		Full Back		270	9
1913	Dick Duckworth		Half Back		254	11
1914	George Hunter		Half Back		23	2
1914-1915	Patrick O'Connell		Half Back		35	2
1915-1919 No competitive Football was played due to World War 1
1919-1922	Unknown
c.1922-1928	Frank Barson		Half Back		152	4
1928-1931	Jack Wilson		Half Back		140	3
1931-1932	George McLachlan		Forward		116	4
1932	Louis Page		Forward		12	0
1932-1935 Unknown
c.1935-1939	James Brown		Half Back		110	1
1939-1945 No competitive Football was played due to World War 2
1945-1953	Johnny Carey		Full Back		344	18
1953-1954	Stan Pearson		Forward		343	149
1954-1955	Allenby Chilton		Half Back		391	3
1955-1958	Roger Byrne		Full Back		280	20
1958-1959	William Foulkes		Defender		688	9
1959-1960	Dennis Viollet		Forward		293	179
1960-1962	Maurice Setters		Half Back		194	14
1962-1964	Noel Cantwell*		Full Back		146	8
1964-1967	Denis Law *		Forward		404	237
1967-1973	Bobby Charlton		Forward		758	249
1973	George Graham		Midfield		46	2
1973-1975	Willie Morgan		Forward		296	34
1975-1982	Martin Buchan		Defender		456	4
1982	Ray Wilkins		Midfielder		194	10
1982-1994	Bryan Robson*		Midfielder		461	99
1994-1996	Steve Bruce*		Centre Half		414	51
1996-1997	Eric Cantona		Forward		185	82
1997-2005	Roy Keane		Midfield		480	51
2005-2011	Gary Neville		Defender		602	7
2011-2014	Nemanja Vidic		Defender		300	21
2014-2017	Wayne Rooney		Forward		559	253
2017-2018	Michael Carrick		Midfield		464	24
2018-2019	Antonio Valencia		Defender/Midfielder		339	25
2019	Ashley Young		Defender/Midfielder		261	19
2019-2023	*Harry Maguire		Defender
2023-Present	Bruno Fernandes		Midfielder

* Noel Cantwell co-captained with Denis Law 1964-1967.
* Steve Bruce Co-captained with Bryan Robson from seasons 1992 to 1994.
Harry Maguire Co-Captained with Bruno Fernandes.