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.
Players marked bold won the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year in that respective year:
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 |
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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 | |
3 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 6 | 6 | 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 | |
Stuart Broad | England | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023 | ||||
Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023 | ||||
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 | ||
Joe Root | England | 5 | 0 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||||
Pat Cummins | Australia | 2019, 2022, 2023 | ||||
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 | ||||
Stuart Clark | 1 | 1 | 2007, 2008 | |||
Brett Lee | 2006, 2008 | |||||
Zaheer Khan | India | 0 | 2 | 2007, 2011 |
Country | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
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Australia | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 56 | |
England | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 40 | |
South Africa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | ||||
India | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||
Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||||
New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||||
West Indies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Bangladesh | 1 | 1 |