ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

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

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Winners

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

YearNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6No. 7No. 8No. 9No. 10No. 1112th 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 Dale Steyn 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

Superlatives

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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:

#PlayerTeamAppearancesFirst XI12th manYears
1Dale Steyn  South Africa8802008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
2Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka772006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
3Jacques Kallis  South Africa662004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Stuart Broad  England2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023
Kane Williamson  New Zealand2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin  India422013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023
4Alastair Cook  England5502011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
James Anderson2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022
AB de Villiers  South Africa412009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Joe Root  England502014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023
5Ricky Ponting  Australia4402004, 2005, 2006, 2007
David Warner2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hashim Amla  South Africa2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Ben Stokes  England2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
Steve Smith  Australia312015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Mitchell Starc402016, 2017, 2019, 2023
6Michael Clarke3302009, 2012, 2013
Marnus Labuschagne2019, 2021, 2022
Matthew Hayden2004, 2006, 2007
Michael Hussey2006, 2007, 2013
Shane Warne2004, 2005, 2006
Nathan Lyon2018, 2019, 2022
Graeme Swann  England2010, 2011, 2013
MS Dhoni  India2009, 2010, 2013
Virat Kohli2017, 2018, 2019
Virender Sehwag2005, 2008, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar2009, 2010, 2011
Kagiso Rabada  South Africa2017, 2018, 2022
Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka2006, 2007, 2008
Pat Cummins  Australia2019, 2022, 2023
Dimuth Karunaratne  Sri Lanka2018, 2021, 2023
7Adam Gilchrist  Australia2202004, 2005
Mitchell Johnson2009, 2014
Glenn McGrath2005, 2006
Andrew Flintoff  England2005, 2006
Kevin Pietersen2007, 2008
Jonny Bairstow2016, 2022
Rahul Dravid  India2004, 2006
Cheteshwar Pujara2013, 2017
Rishabh Pant2021, 2022
Tom Latham  New Zealand2018, 2019
Mohammad Yousuf  Pakistan2006, 2007
Makhaya Ntini  South Africa2006, 2007
Vernon Philander2012, 2013
Graeme Smith2005, 2008
Rangana Herath  Sri Lanka2014, 2016
Chaminda Vaas2004, 2005
Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies2008, 2012
Brian Lara2004, 2005
Usman Khawaja  Australia2022, 2023
Stuart Clark112007, 2008
Brett Lee2006, 2008
Zaheer Khan  India022007, 2011

Appearances by nation

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Country2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202120222023Total
 Australia54642221223431514556
 England11122225332342113240
 South Africa22113234542131135
 India1211143231133231234
 Sri Lanka1122311113111120
 New Zealand321332115
 Pakistan1121313113
 West Indies1111116
 Bangladesh11

See also

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References

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