who is the longest serving captain of a team in sports

5 players are tied for playing the most career seasons by a captain in the Premier League, with 8 seasons. The first three are Lewis Dunk, Virgil van Dijk and James Milner.

	NAME	SEAS	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	8	227	20,126	227	15	0.07	6	21	0	1	169	53	3	18,348	283	7
2	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	8	109	9,666	109	7	0.06	4	11	0	0	119	35	6	9,791	207	2
3	James Milner J. Milner	8	63	5,400	63	6	0.10	14	20	4	0	69	19	0	5,413	68	4
4	Hugo Lloris H. Lloris	8	260	23,218	260	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,357	0	0
5	Jordan Henderson J. Henderson	8	183	15,345	183	11	0.06	22	33	0	0	151	36	6	15,499	186	10
6	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	7	121	10,076	121	4	0.03	4	8	0	0	43	17	1	6,823	154	5
7	Jamaal Lascelles J. Lascelles	7	144	12,474	144	8	0.06	1	9	0	0	68	20	2	6,865	170	4
8	Azpilicueta	7	153	13,461	153	5	0.03	17	22	0	0	78	21	2	13,562	272	15
9	Mark Noble M. Noble	7	166	13,670	166	24	0.14	11	35	14	1	110	40	4	10,141	90	10
10	Jorginho	6	30	2,425	30	5	0.17	3	8	5	0	17	7	0	2,143	15	0
11	Kevin De Bruyne K. De Bruyne	6	52	4,319	52	15	0.29	28	43	2	1	156	54	8	3,584	241	10
12	Conor Coady C. Coady	6	154	13,777	154	5	0.03	0	5	0	0	20	7	1	8,302	31	2
13	Luka Milivojević L. Milivojević	6	123	10,630	123	22	0.18	5	27	17	3	140	49	5	7,970	52	1
14	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	6	130	11,644	130	6	0.05	3	9	0	0	90	27	4	6,618	183	8
15	Kasper Schmeichel K. Schmeichel	6	142	12,780	142	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5,220	0	0
16	Fernandinho	6	50	4,210	50	1	0.02	5	6	0	0	50	9	1	4,176	59	0
17	Harry Kane H. Kane	6	37	3,292	37	25	0.68	4	29	6	0	115	55	0	1,422	176	22
18	Jonjo Shelvey J. Shelvey	6	44	3,828	44	4	0.09	5	9	0	0	58	18	1	2,489	25	0
19	John McGinn J. McGinn	5	95	7,969	95	8	0.08	11	19	0	1	117	33	1	4,387	165	5
20	Bruno Fernandes B. Fernandes	5	110	9,699	110	29	0.26	29	58	9	2	292	107	10	8,204	345	29
21	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	5	86	7,651	86	3	0.03	3	6	0	0	50	13	2	4,656	174	2
22	Declan Rice D. Rice	5	103	9,270	103	7	0.07	6	13	1	0	92	25	6	7,055	118	1
23	James Ward-Prowse J. Ward-Prowse	5	124	11,088	124	28	0.23	16	44	9	12	166	80	6	9,063	90	0
24	Aaron Cresswell A. Cresswell	5	7	599	7	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	497	2	1
25	Tom Cairney T. Cairney	5	56	4,493	56	5	0.09	4	9	0	0	56	15	0	3,896	77	1