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ICC Award for Best Men's Test Cricketer of the Year
Awarded for	Best performance over year in Test cricket
Presented by	ICC
First awarded	2004
Last awarded	2023
Currently held by	Usman Khawaja (1st award)
Most awards	Steve Smith (2 awards)
Website	ICC Awards

The ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year is an annual award, presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best Test cricketer over the year in question. It is one of the annual ICC Awards.

Selection

The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.

List of Winners

Year	Winner	Also Nominated
2004	Rahul Dravid	Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison Ricky Ponting Matthew Hayden Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Jacques Kallis Brian Lara VVS Laxman Virender Sehwag Muttiah Muralitharan
2005	Jacques Kallis	Inzamam-ul-Haq Adam Gilchrist Glenn McGrath Shane Warne
2006	Ricky Ponting	Mohammad Yousuf Mike Hussey Mahela Jayawardene Shane Warne
2007	Mohammad Yousuf	Ricky Ponting Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Mohammad Asif
2008	Dale Steyn	Shivnarine Chanderpaul Mahela Jayawardene Jacques Kallis
2009	Gautam Gambhir	Mitchell Johnson Thilan Samaraweera Andrew Strauss
2010	Virender Sehwag	Sachin Tendulkar Hashim Amla Dale Steyn
2011	Alastair Cook	—
2012	Kumar Sangakkara	—
2013	Michael Clarke	—
2014	Mitchell Johnson	—
2015	Steve Smith	—
2016	Ravichandran Ashwin	—
2017	Steve Smith	—
2018	Virat Kohli	—
2019	Pat Cummins	—
2021	Joe Root	Ravichandran Ashwin Kyle Jamieson Dimuth Karunaratne
2022	Ben Stokes	Jonny Bairstow Usman Khawaja Kagiso Rabada
2023	Usman Khawaja	Travis Head Ravichandran Ashwin Joe Root

Wins by player

Player	Winner
Steve Smith	2 (2015, 2017)
Rahul Dravid	1 (2004)
Jacques Kallis	1 (2005)
Ricky Ponting	1 (2006)
Mohammad Yousuf	1 (2007)
Dale Steyn	1 (2008)
Gautam Gambhir	1 (2009)
Virender Sehwag	1 (2010)
Alastair Cook	1 (2011)
Kumar Sangakkara	1 (2012)
Michael Clarke	1 (2013)
Mitchell Johnson	1 (2014)
Ravichandran Ashwin	1 (2016)
Virat Kohli	1 (2018)
Pat Cummins	1 (2019)
Joe Root	1 (2021)
Ben Stokes	1 (2022)
Usman Khawaja	1 (2023)

Wins by country

Country	Players	Total
Australia	6	7
India	5	5
England	3	3
South Africa	2	2
Pakistan	1	1
Sri Lanka	1	1

See also

• ICC Awards

References

1. "ICC awards: Steve Smith wins cricketer and Test cricketer award". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
2. "Ashwin named ICC Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
3. "Steve Smith claims ICC Test top gong for 2017". ABC News. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
4. "Kohli clean sweep of three major ICC awards".
5. "Cummins winner of this award".
6. "Nominees for ICC Men's Test Player of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
7. "ICC Men's Test Player of the Year 2022 nominees revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
8. "ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year revealed". Retrieved 25 January 2024.

• International Cricket Council awards and rankings
• Awards established in 2004