ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

This article is about the award for players. For the team rankings, see ICC Test Championship.

The ICC Men's Test Team of the Year is an honour awarded each year by the International Cricket Council. It recognises the top cricket players from around the world in the Test format of the game. The team does not actually compete, but exists solely as an honorary entity.

ICC Men's Test Team of Year

Winners

Players marked bold won the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year in that respective year:

Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 12th man
2004[1] Matthew Hayden Herschelle Gibbs Ricky Ponting (c) Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Jacques Kallis Adam Gilchrist (wk) Chaminda Vaas Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Steve Harmison
2005[2] Virender Sehwag Graeme Smith Jacques Kallis Inzamam-ul-Haq Andrew Flintoff Adam Gilchrist (wk) Chaminda Vaas Glenn McGrath Anil Kumble
2006[3] Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid (c) Mohammad Yousuf Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Andrew Flintoff Shane Warne Makhaya Ntini Muttiah Muralitharan Brett Lee
2007[4] Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting (c) Mohammad Yousuf Kevin Pietersen Michael Hussey Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Stuart Clark Mohammad Asif Muttiah Muralitharan Zaheer Khan
2008[5] Graeme Smith (c) Virender Sehwag Mahela Jayawardene Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Pietersen Jacques Kallis Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Brett Lee Ryan Sidebottom Dale Steyn Stuart Clark
2009[6] Gautam Gambhir Andrew Strauss AB de Villiers Sachin Tendulkar Thilan Samaraweera Michael Clarke MS Dhoni (c/wk) Shakib Al Hasan Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Dale Steyn Harbhajan Singh
2010[7][8] Virender Sehwag Simon Katich Sachin Tendulkar Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Graeme Swann James Anderson Dale Steyn Doug Bollinger
2011[9] Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Jonathan Trott Sachin Tendulkar Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) AB de Villiers Jacques Kallis Stuart Broad Graeme Swann James Anderson Zaheer Khan
2012[10] Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Matt Prior (wk) Saeed Ajmal Vernon Philander Dale Steyn AB de Villiers
2013[11] Alastair Cook (c) Cheteshwar Pujara Hashim Amla Michael Clarke Michael Hussey AB de Villiers MS Dhoni (wk) Graeme Swann Dale Steyn James Anderson Vernon Philander Ravichandran Ashwin
2014[12][13] David Warner Kane Williamson Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers (wk) Joe Root Angelo Mathews (c) Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Rangana Herath Tim Southee Ross Taylor
2015[14] Alastair Cook (c) Kane Williamson Younis Khan Steve Smith Joe Root Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Trent Boult Yasir Shah Josh Hazlewood Ravichandran Ashwin
2016[15] Joe Root Adam Voges Jonny Bairstow (wk) Ben Stokes Ravichandran Ashwin Rangana Herath Mitchell Starc Dale Steyn Steve Smith
2017[16] Dean Elgar David Warner Virat Kohli (c) Steve Smith Cheteshwar Pujara Ben Stokes Quinton de Kock (wk) Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Kagiso Rabada James Anderson
2018[17] Tom Latham Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Virat Kohli (c) Henry Nicholls Rishabh Pant (wk) Jason Holder Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Abbas
2019[18] Mayank Agarwal Tom Latham Marnus Labuschagne Virat Kohli (c) Steve Smith Ben Stokes BJ Watling (wk) Pat Cummins Mitchell Starc Neil Wagner Nathan Lyon
2021[19] Dimuth Karunaratne Rohit Sharma Joe Root Kane Williamson (c) Fawad Alam Rishabh Pant (wk) Ravichandran Ashwin Kyle Jamieson Hasan Ali Shaheen Afridi
2022[20] Usman Khawaja Kraigg Brathwaite Babar Azam Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes (c) Pat Cummins Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon James Anderson
2023[21] Usman Khawaja Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Joe Root Travis Head Ravindra Jadeja Alex Carey (wk) Pat Cummins (c) Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Stuart Broad
2024[22] Yashasvi Jaiswal Ben Duckett Harry Brook Kamindu Mendis Jamie Smith (wk) Ravindra Jadeja Pat Cummins (c) Matt Henry Jasprit Bumrah

Superlatives

Players marked bold are still active in Test matches and years marked bold indicate they won the ICC Test Player of the Year in that respective year:

# Player Team Appearances First XI 12th man Years
1 Dale Steyn  South Africa 8 8 0 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
2 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 7 7 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Kane Williamson  New Zealand 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
3 Jacques Kallis  South Africa 6 6 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Stuart Broad  England 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023
Joe Root  England 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024
Ravichandran Ashwin  India 4 2 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023
4 Alastair Cook  England 5 5 0 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
James Anderson 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022
AB de Villiers  South Africa 4 1 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
5 Ricky Ponting  Australia 4 4 0 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
David Warner 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hashim Amla  South Africa 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Ben Stokes  England 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
Steve Smith  Australia 3 1 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Mitchell Starc 4 0 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
Pat Cummins 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
6 Michael Clarke 3 3 0 2009, 2012, 2013
Marnus Labuschagne 2019, 2021, 2022
Matthew Hayden 2004, 2006, 2007
Michael Hussey 2006, 2007, 2013
Shane Warne 2004, 2005, 2006
Nathan Lyon 2018, 2019, 2022
Graeme Swann  England 2010, 2011, 2013
MS Dhoni  India 2009, 2010, 2013
Virat Kohli 2017, 2018, 2019
Virender Sehwag 2005, 2008, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar 2009, 2010, 2011
Kagiso Rabada  South Africa 2017, 2018, 2022
Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka 2006, 2007, 2008
Dimuth Karunaratne  Sri Lanka 2018, 2021, 2023
7 Adam Gilchrist  Australia 2 2 0 2004, 2005
Mitchell Johnson 2009, 2014
Glenn McGrath 2005, 2006
Andrew Flintoff  England 2005, 2006
Kevin Pietersen 2007, 2008
Jonny Bairstow 2016, 2022
Rahul Dravid  India 2004, 2006
Cheteshwar Pujara 2013, 2017
Rishabh Pant 2021, 2022
Tom Latham  New Zealand 2018, 2019
Mohammad Yousuf  Pakistan 2006, 2007
Makhaya Ntini  South Africa 2006, 2007
Vernon Philander 2012, 2013
Graeme Smith 2005, 2008
Rangana Herath  Sri Lanka 2014, 2016
Chaminda Vaas 2004, 2005
Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 2008, 2012
Brian Lara 2004, 2005
Usman Khawaja  Australia 2022, 2023
Jasprit Bumrah  India 2018, 2024
Ravindra Jadeja 2023, 2024
Stuart Clark  Australia 1 1 2007, 2008
Brett Lee 2006, 2008
Zaheer Khan  India 0 2 2007, 2011

Appearances by nation

Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
 Australia 5 4 6 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 5 1 4 5 1 57
 England 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 44
 India 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 3 37
 South Africa 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 5 4 2 1 3 1 1 35
 Sri Lanka 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 21
 New Zealand 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 17
 Pakistan 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 13
 West Indies 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Bangladesh 1 1

See also

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