a great leader does not need to score goals,win title or anything.in fact what a captain should do is keep inspiring and motivate the players to be enthusiastic all the time.in short,a captain can be called as part time coach for me.for current epl i would vote steven gerrard.he has the qualities there.he's active on the pitch,assists and score goals and that motivates the other players alot.when he passes,everyone seems to follow the flow and keep it nice n tidy passes.not every captain can be like this.as many ppl here said,henry is influential but have to disagree that he's a good captain.when u see vieira the formar captain of arsenal,u'll see the father of the team.same to manchester united's former captain roy keane.every argument,he's there.most of the tackles,he commit that.

truely said,captain like vieira,gerrard and roy keane are hardly can be found.truely a leader with passion and motivation.