This is a list of all field hockey players who have captained Indian national men's and women's field hockey team at the international level in Olympics. The list includes all Indian captains since the period of 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
| Name | Year | Rank | Venue | Birth | Death | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 20 March 1970 (aged 67) in New Delhi | |||||
| 1932 | 22 July 1909 in Faisalabad, Punjab (Pakistan) | 22 July 1959 (aged 50) in Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
| Dhyan Chand | 1936 | 3 December 1979 (aged 74) in Delhi | ||||
| 1948 | 3 June 1980 (aged 63) in Madras | |||||
| 1952 | 27 March 1978 (aged 56) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Balbir Singh Sr. | 1956 | 25 May 2020 (aged 96) in Mohali, Punjab | ||||
| 1960 | 20 December 2012 (aged 85) in Kolkata, West Bengal | |||||
| 1964 | 27 January 2022 (aged 90) in Una, Himachal Pradesh | |||||
| 1968 | 11 February 1936 in Peshawar, Pakistan 28 January 1932 in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan | Gurbux is alive Prithipal Singh- 20 May 1983 (aged 51) in Ludhiana | ||||
| 1972 | Alive | |||||
| 1976 | 7th Position | 1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, Punjab | Alive | |||
| 1980 | Alive | |||||
| 1984 | 5th Position | Alive | ||||
| 1988 | 6th Position | 8 May 1959 in Coorg, Karnataka | Alive | |||
| Pargat Singh[1] | 1992 | 7th Position | Alive | |||
| Pargat Singh[2] | 1996 | 8th Position | Alive | |||
| Ramandeep Singh[3] | 2000 | 7th Position | Alive[4] | |||
| 2004 | 7th Position | 25 November 1977 in Sundergarh, Odisha | Alive | |||
| Bharat Chetri[5] | 2012 | 12th Position | Alive | |||
| P. R. Sreejesh[6] | 2016 | 8th position | 8 May 1988 in Kochi, Kerala | Alive | ||
| 2020 | Alive |
| Name | Year | Rank | Venue | Birth | Death | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 4th position | Alive | ||||
| 2016 | 12th position | Alive | ||||
| 2020 | 4th position | Alive |