Prior to 1862, captaincy was exercised informally by the imperator (leading scholar) of Rhetoric. From 1862, when games against external opposition began, the boys formally elected a captain for the first time. The captain was appointed by the Rector from 1923, after the introduction of boy prefects (since 1980, known as House Leaders)
1862-63 Edmund O’Kelly
1863-64 Joseph O’Donnell
1864-65 Joseph Lentaigne
1865-66 Henry Murray
1866-67 James Colgan
1867-68 Philip Skerrett
1868-69 Philip Downing
1869-70 Richard O’Reilly
1870-71 Richard O’Reilly
1871-72 Francis Moore
1872-73 Francis McCabe
1873-74 Henry Fagan
1874-75 Paul Brown
1875-76 William Ross
1876-77 Robert Power
1877-78 Matthew Murphy
1878-79 John Cloran
1879-80 Edward Hope
1880-81 Richard Crean
1881-82 Eugene Downing
1882-83 Francis Harney
1883-84 William Marum
1884-85 John O’Loghlin
1885-86 James Daly
1886-87 John Meldon
1886-87 Martin Hosty
1887-88 Robert Maunsell
1888-89 Joseph Molony
1889-90 Joseph Molony
1889-90 Thomas Ross
1890-91 Patrick Rath
1891-92 JamesMagee
1892-93 James Smith
1893-94 Stephen O’Brien Corkery
1894-95 Charles Hoey
1895-96 Gerald More O’Ferrall
1896-97 Dominick O’Connor
1896-97 Francis Christian
1897-98 James McKenna
1898-99 Joseph Boyd-Barrett
1899-00 John McCann
1900-01 Richard Smithwick
1901-02 David Horgan
1902-03 Joseph Mullin
1902-03 Patrick O’Connor
1903-04 Gerald Sheridan
1904-05 Gerald Sheridan
1905-06 John Dundon
1906-07 Laurence Conroy
1907-08 John Farrell
1908-09 John B. Minch
1909-10 Patrick F. Quinlan
1910-11 Roberto Moore
1911-12 Sidney Minch
1912-13 William Gubbins
1913-14 Richard Duggan
1914-15 Richard L. Rice
1914-15 John Keohane
1915-16 Richard Fitzgerald
1916-17 Patrick Fleury
1917-18 Patrick Fleury
1918-19 Michael Fleury
1919-20 William Lyons
1920-21 Alan O’Meara
1921-22 Francis Eardley
1922-23 Patrick Hennessy
1923-24 Thomas Walsh
1924-25 Richard Walsh
1925-26 James Egan
1926-27 James McMullen
1927-28 John Convery
1928-29 Patrick Clarke
1929-30 Valentine Moran
1930-31 Michael Sweetman
1931-32 Pierce Kent
1932-33 Michael Gallagher
1933-34 Terence Bradley
1934-35 Richard Sheehan
1935-36 Eoin O’Malley
1936-37 Patrick Keane
1937-38 Edward O’Hanlon
1938-39 Liam McKenna
1939-40 Thomas Finlay
1940-41 William O’Connell
1941-42 Brendan Murphy
1942-43 Padraig Boyd
1943-44 Patrick Power
1944-45 Timothy Healy
1945-46 James Healy
1946-47 Maurice Murray-Hayden
1947-48 John Bolger
1948-49 David Hegarty
1949-50 Joseph Dargan
1950-51 Bernard O’Beirne
1951-52 Patrick Cunningham
1952-53 Garrett Carton
1953-54 Francis Brennan
1954-55 Denis Tuohy
1955-56 Laurence Murphy
1956-57 Edward Kelly
1957-58 Brian Duffy
1958-59 Paul Kelly
1959-60 Daniel O’Keeffe
1960-61 John Humphreys
1961-62 Michael Courtney
1962-63 Declan Cunningham
1963-64 Paul Matthews
1964-65 Peter fullam
1965-66 Michael Boland
1966-67 John Sweeney
1967-68 Peter McKenna
1968-69 Peter Lenehan
1969-70 Thomas McCormack
1970-71 Thomas White
1971-72 Patrick McDonnell
1972-73 Peter Gray
1973-74 John Sheehan
1974-75 Fergal O’Driscoll
1975-76 Timothy Cronin
1976-77 Kieran Kelly
1977-78 Anthony O’Beirne
1978-79 Dara Fitzgerald
1979-80 Bryan Kelly
1980-81 Donal Sheehan
1981-82 Michael Moore
1982-83 Declan Murphy
1983-84 Adriaan Bartels
1984-85 John Stokes
1985-86 Karl Alexander
1986-87 Ross Finegan
1987-88 Bernard Murphy
1988-89 Patrick Spicer
1989-90 Joseph Costello
1990-91 Philip Byrne
1991-92 Brian Buckley
1992-93 Padhraic Moran
1993-94 Padraic Hogan
1994-95 Jack Purcell
1995-96 Joseph McVeigh
1996-97 Patrick O’Connor
1997-98 James McElwee
1998-99 Patrick Collins
1999-00 David Fagan
2000-01 Barry Culliton
2001-02 Eamonn Donoghue
2002-03 Robert Mahon
2003-04 Michael Boland
2004-05 Richard McElwee
2005-06 Timothy McNamara
2006-07 Jack Nolan
2007-08 James Lochrin
2008-09 Robert Timlin
2009-10 Tommy Browne
2010-11 Eoghan O’Coigligh
2011-12 Jack McDermott
2012-13 Ben Osborne
2013-14 Peter Stapleton
2014-15 Jack Gillespie
2015-16 Conor Slattery