List of United States men's national soccer team captains

The following table includes players who have captained the United States men's national soccer team (featuring all caps, goals and assists or goalkeeper wins and shutouts) from April 16, 1989, through January 20, 2024, a game with Slovenia. Values come from U.S. Soccer Federation Media Guide.

All other Captain amounts from 1916 to 1988 are based on extensive research of game film, match statistics and match lineups found on numerous websites,[1][2][3][4] which have been able to place a captain with every FIFA USMNT Match.

USMNT captains

Rank Player Captain POS GP GS G/GK-W A/GK-SO Years
1 Carlos Bocanegra 64 D 110 105 14 8 2001–2012
2 Tony Meola 55 GK 100 97 37 32 1988–2002
3 Michael Bradley 48 M 141 134 17 22 2006–
4 Claudio Reyna 46 M 112 94 8 19 1994–2006
5 Mike Windischmann 40 D 50 46 0 0 1984–1990
6 John Harkes 30 M 90 89 6 11 1987–2000
7 Kasey Keller 25 GK 102 99 53 47 1990–2007
8 Thomas Dooley 23 D/M 81 76 7 3 1992–1999
9 Clint Dempsey 20 F 140 122 57 20 2004–2017
10 Landon Donovan 19 M/F 157 142 57 58 2000–2014
Marcelo Balboa 19 D 127 117 13 4 1988–2000
Christian Pulisic 19 M/F 64 28 10 8 2016–
13 Peter Vermes 14 F 66 58 11 3 1988–1997
14 Walter Bahr 13 M 19 19 1 0 1948–1957
15 Rick Davis 12 M 35 35 7 0 1977–1988
Werner Roth 12 D 15 15 0 0 1972–1975
17 Adolph Bachmeier 11 M 15 15 0 0 1959–1969
Jeff Agoos 11 D 134 124 4 8 1988–2003
Tyler Adams 11 M 36 1 1 0 2017-
20 Tim Howard 10 GK 120 118 61 42 2002–2017
Tim Ream 10 D 55 1 1 2 2010–
22 Earnie Stewart 9 M/F 101 77 17 10 1990–2004
Steve Pecher 9 D 17 17 0 0 1976–1980
Wil Trapp 9 D 11 9 0 0 2015-
25 Al Trost 8 M 14 14 1 0 1973–1978
Walker Zimmerman 8 D 42 3 2 0 2017–
27 Jozy Altidore 7 F 109 93 41 13 2007–
DaMarcus Beasley 7 M/D 123 98 17 13 2001–2017
Harry Keough 7 D 19 19 1 0 1949–1957
30 Brad Friedel 5 GK 82 80 27 24 1992–2004
Eddie Pope 5 D 82 82 8 0 1996–2006
Jimmy Conrad 5 D 28 23 1 0 2005–2010
Manuel Martin 5 D 10 10 0 0 1947–1949
Pablo Mastroeni 5 M 65 56 0 2 2001–2009
Paul Caligiuri 5 D 110 93 5 4 1984–1997
Mike Ivanow 5 GK 10 9 3 3 1973–1975
Tom Florie 5 F 8 8 2 0 1925–1934
Aaron Long 5 D 4 4 0 0 2018-
Zack Steffen 5 GK 12 11 6 5 2018-
40 Andy Straden 4 F 4 4 3 0 1924
Willy Roy 4 F 20 20 9 0 1965–1973
Kevin Crow 4 D 13 11 0 0 1984–1988
Francis Ryan 4 M 4 4 1 0 1928–1936
Brian McBride 4 F 95 76 30 10 1993-2006
Mike Flater 4 F 15 14 0 0 1975–1977
Cobi Jones 4 M/F 164 109 15 22 1992–2004
Bob Kehoe 4 D 4 4 0 0 1965
Clint Mathis 4 F 46 30 12 9 1998–2005
Chris Armas 4 M 66 61 2 4 1998–2005
Dave D'Errico 4 D/M 19 18 0 0 1974–1977
Glenn Myernick 4 M 10 10 0 0 1977–1979
Matt Turner 4 GK 37 0 0 0 2021-
53 Eric Eichmann 3 M 29 16 4 0 1986–1993
Fernando Clavijo 3 D 61 55 0 1 1990–1994
Steve Cherundolo 3 D 87 83 2 10 1999–2012
John Dubienny 3 M 3 3 0 0 1937
Brad Guzan 3 GK 58 50 30 18 2006–
Hugo Perez 3 M 73 66 13 8 1984–1994
Tab Ramos 3 M 81 70 8 14 1988–2000
Alejandro Bedoya 3 M 65 55 2 11 2010–2017
Brian Quinn 3 M 48 41 1 2 1991–1994
Weston McKennie 3 M 49 11 3 0 2017–
63 Zenon Snylyk 2 M 6 5 0 0 1956–1963
Tom Kain 2 M 5 5 0 0 1986–1987
Chris Henderson 2 M 79 3 0 0 1990–2001
Jeff Durgan 2 D 7 7 1 0 1983–1985
Alex Skotarek 2 D 10 10 0 0 1975–1976
John Doyle 2 D 53 49 3 2 1987–1994
Charlie McCully 2 F 11 11 0 0 1973–1975
Jack Swithenby 2 F 2 0 0 0 1885-86
Thomas Swords 2 F 2 2 0 0 1916
Steve Trittschuh 2 D 37 31 2 0 1987–1995
Eric Wynalda 2 F 106 90 34 16 1990–2000
Archie Stark 2 M/F 2 2 4 0 1925
Eddie Murphy 2 F 18 17 5 0 1955–1969
Danny Califf 2 D 23 18 1 0 2002-2009
Brian Ching 2 F 45 30 11 5 2003-2010
Eddie Lewis 2 M/F 82 57 10 16 1996-2008
Jermaine Jones 2 M 69 64 4 8 2010-2017
Oguchi Onyewu 2 D 69 62 6 3 2004-2014
Sebastian Lletget 2 M 17 4 2 0 2017-
Paul Arriola 2 M 36 26 6 4 2016-
83 Mark Dodd 1 GK 15 13 4 7 1988-1997
Alexi Lalas 1 D 96 87 9 11 1991–1998
Omar Gonzalez 1 D 51 44 3 0 2010–
Graham Zusi 1 M/D 51 37 5 6 2012–2017
DeAndre Yedlin 1 D 59 35 0 7 2014–
Danny Williams 1 M 23 15 2 0 2011–2017
Kyle Beckerman 1 M 58 46 1 2 2007–2016
Dax McCarty 1 M 8 3 0 0 2009–2017
Dominic Kinnear 1 M 54 9 0 0 1990–1993
Jonathan Bornstein 1 D 38 32 2 0 2007–2011
Frankie Hejduk 1 D 85 64 7 2 1996–2009
Carlos Llamosa 1 D 29 23 0 2 1998–2002
Richie Williams 1 M 20 11 0 0 1998–2002
Boris Bandov 1 M 33 33 2 0 1976–1983
Bob Gansler 1 D 5 5 0 0 1968
Edward McIlvenny 1 M 3 3 0 0 1950
George Moorhouse 1 D 7 7 0 0 1926–1934
Eric Lichaj 1 D 15 10 1 1 2010-
Bruce Murray 1 F 85 76 21 6 1985–1993
Kellyn Acosta 1 M 58 2 0 0 2016-
Sean Johnson 1 GK 13 0 21 6 2011–
Miles Robinson 1 D 28 3 21 6 2019–

References

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  2. ^ "U.S. Soccer Media Guides".
  3. ^ "Captain America! Players that captained USA during a World Cup". FOX Sports. October 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "QUIZ: CAN YOU NAME THE USMNT CAPTAINS SINCE 1989?p". US Soccer. April 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Captains's Armband". United States National Soccer Team Players. May 19, 2009.