Starfleet captains

AT: "xx" In the history of Starfleet, many officers have captained starships and/or held the rank of captain.

List of prime reality captains

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Robert Wesley

Senior captains

Starfleet flag officers sometimes retain or take command of a vessel. Most often, these officers hold the rank of commodore, but there have been instances of admirals operating as starship captains.

• Rear Admiral Kirk, James T. (USS Enterprise)
• Commodore Decker, Matt (USS Constellation)
• Commodore Wesley, Robert (USS Lexington)
• Fleet Captain Garth of Izar. (Garth's starship)

Captains

Jonathan Archer.

James T. Kirk.

Spock.

Hikaru Sulu.

Kathryn Janeway.

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Benjamin Sisko.

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Jean-Luc Picard.

William T. Riker.

The substantive rank of captain is typically held by officers captaining starships. Officers of this rank also sometimes serve in other capacities, such as in command of starbases or divisions of support personnel (such as JAG officers or members of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers), or as members of experimental engineering programs.

• Aguayo, Monico
• Amasov (USS Endeavour)
• April, Robert (USS Enterprise)
• Archer, Jonathan (Enterprise NX-01)
• Arnold, Richard (Warp Technologies Development Group)
• Bateson, Morgan (USS Bozeman)
• Bennet (Seventh Tactical Wing)
• Benteen, Erika (USS Lakota)
• Blackwood (USS Tombaugh)
• Bligh, W. (USS G'Mat)
• Braswell, Elizabeth
• Brody (Saratoga)
• Brownfield, Dick (Fleet Yards Operations)
• Chamberlin, Mandy (R & D)
• Chandra, Nensi
• Chess, Joe (Advanced Technologies Group)
• Clampett (USS Shepard)
• Clark, Margaret C.
• Conklin (USS Magellan)
• Curry, Daniel (Warp Technologies Development Group, Starfleet Operations)
• Cusak, Lisa (USS Olympia)
• Darson (USS Adelphi)
• Deighan, Drew (USS Intrepid)
• Decker, Willard (USS Enterprise)
• DeSoto, Robert (USS Hood)
• Diego
• Duvall (Shenandoah)
• Dwyer, John M. (Engineering Corps)
• Edwell
• Entebe (USS Ulysses)
• Esteban, J.T. (USS Grissom)
• Gardner (NX Program)
• Garrett, Rachel (USS Enterprise-C)
• Garrovick (USS Farragut)
• Garth
• Gleason (USS Zhukov)
• Gump, J. (USS Hispaniola)
• Hansen, Kurt
• Harriman, John (USS Enterprise-B)
• Harris (USS Excalibur)
• Hernandez, Erika (Columbia NX-02)
• Hutzel, Gary (Warp Technologies Development Group)
• Jacobson, Phillip
• James, Richard (Engineering Corps)
• Jameson, Mark (USS Gettysburg)
• Janeway, Kathryn (USS Voyager)
• Jefferies, W.M. (NX Program)
• Jellico, Edward (USS Cairo and USS Enterprise-D)
• Jennings (Republic)
• Jein, Gregory (Yard Engineer)
• Keel, Walker (USS Horatio)
• Keogh (USS Odyssey)
• Kirk, James T. (USS Enterprise and USS Enterprise-A)
• Krasnovsky
• La Forge, Silva (USS Hera)
• Laporin
• Legato, Robert (Warp Technologies Development Group)
• Loomis (AR-558)
• Lopez
• Louvois, Phillipa (Judge Advocate General, Sector 23, Starbase 173)
• Leyton (USS Okinawa)
• McKenzie, Richard (Engineering Corps)
• Maxwell, Benjamin (USS Rutledge and USS Phoenix)
• McCoullough
• Mees, James (Engineering Corps)
• Moore, Ronald D. (Warp Technologies Development Group)
• Narth (USS Ajax)
• Nesterowicz, John (Starfleet Academy)
• Neuss, Wendy (Warp Technologies Development Group)
• O'Shea (USS Huron)
• Paris, Owen (USS Al-Batani)
• Peets, Bill (Stellar Imaging Division)
• Peterson (USS Carolina)
• Picard, Jean-Luc (USS Stargazer, USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E)
• Pike, Christopher (USS Enterprise)
• Pressman, Erik (USS Pegasus)
• Priestly, J. (USS Gallico)
• Probert, Andrew (Engineering Corps)
• Ramart (Antares)
• Ramirez (USS Valiant)
• Ramirez, Carlos (Intrepid)
• Randolph, Joel (USS Yorktown)
• Ransom, Rudy (USS Equinox)
• Raymer (USS Destiny)
• Raymond (USS Tecumseh)
• Reynolds, Charlie (USS Centaur)
• Rice, Paul (USS Drake)
• Richardson
• Rifkin
• Riker, William T. (USS Enterprise-D and USS Titan)
• Rixx (USS Thomas Paine)
• Robau, R. (USS Kelvin)
• Robinson, A.G. (NX Program)
• Sanders (USS Malinche)
• Satelk
• Scott, Montgomery
• Scott, Tryla (USS Renegade)
• Shelby (USS Sutherland)
• Shumar, Bryce (USS Essex)
• Simmons, Adele (MD)
• Sisko, Benjamin (Deep Space 9, USS Defiant and USS Defiant)
• Solok (USS T'Kumbra)
• Sordal, Bob (Orbital Operations)
• Spock (USS Enterprise)
• Stadius
• Stiles (Earth-Romulan War)
• Stillwell
• Stone, Jason (USS Strata)
• Styles (USS Excelsior)
• Sulu, Hikaru (USS Excelsior)
• Swift, J. (USS Yosemite)
• Swofford, Quentin (USS Cortez)
• Taggert (USS Repulse)
• Telaka, L. Isao (USS Lantree)
• Terrell, Clark (USS Reliant)
• Thomas, Cari L. (Engineering Corps)
• Tracey, Ronald (USS Exeter)
• Varley, Donald (USS Yamato)
• Wong, Leslie (USS Cairo)
• White, Dana (Yard Engineer)
• Zaheva, Chantal (USS Brattain)
• Zimbata (USS Victory)
• Zimmerman, Herman (USS Yorktown)

Junior captains

Tim Watters

According to the rules of naval parlance, a person of any officer rank may be addressed as captain if they are assigned as sole commanding officer of any starship. Captains may also be awarded provisional (brevet) ranks or field promotions to be accorded the title of captain.

• Commander Riker, William T. (USS Hathaway, USS Excalibur, and USS Enterprise-D)
• Lieutenant Commander Data (USS Sutherland and USS Enterprise-D)
• Lieutenant Commander Dax, Jadzia (USS Defiant)
• Lieutenant Commander Piersall (USS Prometheus)
• Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk (USS Enterprise)
• Cadet Watters, Tim (USS Valiant)

Unnamed captains

Saratoga captain (2286)

More information about these individuals is contained in the separate articles referenced in the below list.

USS Defiant

See USS Defiant (NCC-1764) personnel for further information. (TOS: "The Tholian Web"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

USS Saratoga

See USS Saratoga personnel for further information. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

USS Saratoga

See USS Saratoga personnel for further information. (DS9: "Emissary")

Starfleet Command aide-de-camp.

See Unnamed Starfleet personnel for further information. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Starfleet Command briefing attendee.

See Unnamed Starfleet personnel for further information. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Enterprise-B launch spectator, 2293 (Star Trek Generations)

Female Starship captain.

An unknown female Starfleet captain commanded the starship that transported Benjamin and Jake Sisko to Deep Space 9 in 2369. (DS9: "Emissary")

List of alternate reality captains

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Captain Erika Hernandez in 2154

Captain Christopher Pike in 2258

Senior captain

Starfleet flag officers sometimes retain or take command of a vessel.

• Admiral Christopher Pike (USS Enterprise^[!])
• Admiral Alexander Marcus (USS Vengeance)

Captains

The substantive rank of captain is typically held by officers captaining starships. Officers of this rank also sometimes serve in other capacities, such as members of experimental engineering programs.

• Abbott, Frank (USS Bradbury)
• Archer, Jonathan (Enterprise NX-01)
• Brody (Saratoga)
• Duvall (Shenandoah)
• Gardner (NX Program)
• Hernandez, Erika (Columbia NX-02)
• Jefferies, W.M. (NX Program)
• Jennings (Republic)
• Kirk, James T. (USS Enterprise^[!])
• Pike, Christopher (USS Enterprise^[!])
• Ramirez, Carlos (Intrepid)
• Robau, R. (USS Kelvin)
• Robinson, A.G. (NX Program)
• Shumar, Bryce (USS Essex)
• Stiles (Earth-Romulan War)
• Stillwell

Junior captains

According to the rules of naval parlance, a person of any officer rank may be addressed as captain if they are assigned as sole commanding officer of any starship. Captains may also be awarded field promotions to be accorded the title of captain.

• Commander Spock (USS Enterprise^[!])
• Lieutenant Commander Kirk, George (USS Kelvin)
• Lieutenant Kirk, James (USS Enterprise^[!])

Unnamed captains

More information about these individuals is contained in the separate articles referenced in the below list.

Daystrom Conference Room secret meeting attendee.

See Unnamed Starfleet Personnel for further information. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

Starfleet Headquarters meeting attendee.

See Unnamed Starfleet personnel for further information. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

Starfleet Headquarters meeting attendee.

See Unnamed Starfleet personnel for further information. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

List of mirror universe captains

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Captain Maximilian Forrest in 2155

Captains

• Forrest, Maximilian (ISS Enterprise)
• Kirk, James T. (ISS Enterprise NCC-1701)
• Pike, Christopher (ISS Enterprise NCC-1701)
• Spock (ISS Enterprise NCC-1701)

De facto captain (not recognized by the Terran Empire)

• Archer, Jonathan (ISS Defiant)

Unnamed captain

ISS Avenger

See ISS Avenger personnel for further information. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

List of parallel universe captains

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Beverly Picard

A list of captains seen in alternate timelines and parallel universes:

Senior captain

In at least one parallel universe, starfleet flag officers sometimes retain or take command of a vessel.

• Admiral Riker, William T. (USS Enterprise -D)

Captains

• Braxton (USS Relativity and Aeon)
• Bateson, Morgan (USS Bozeman)
• Halloway, Thomas (USS Enterprise-D)
• Kim, Harry (USS Rhode Island)
• La Forge, Geordi (USS Challenger)
• Nog (USS Defiant)
• Picard, Beverly (USS Pasteur)
• Reed, Malcolm (Intrepid)
• Picard, Jean-Luc (USS Enterprise-D)
• Riker, William T. (USS Enterprise-D)
• T'Pol (Enterprise NX-01)
• Tucker, Trip (Enterprise NX-01)