ICC Test Team of the Year

The ICC 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.

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

ICC World Test XI

Winners

Players marked bold won the ICC Test Player 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 Ricky Ponting (c) Jacques Kallis Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Andrew Flintoff Adam Gilchrist (wk) Shane Warne 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 Glenn McGrath Brett Lee
2007[4] Matthew Hayden Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting (c) Mohammad Yousuf Kevin Pietersen Michael Hussey Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Stuart Clark Makhaya Ntini 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 Muttiah Muralitharan 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 MS Dhoni (c/wk) 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 Dale Steyn James Anderson Zaheer Khan
2012[10] Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Matt Prior (wk) Stuart Broad 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] David Warner Alastair Cook (c) Kane Williamson Younis Khan Steve Smith Joe Root Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Stuart Broad Trent Boult Yasir Shah Josh Hazlewood Ravichandran Ashwin
2016[15] David Warner Alastair Cook (c) Kane Williamson 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

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
3 Jacques Kallis  South Africa 6 6 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
4 Stuart Broad  England 5 5 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Alastair Cook  England 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
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  Australia 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
James Anderson  England 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
Kane Williamson  New Zealand 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Hashim Amla  South Africa 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Steve Smith  Australia 3 1 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Ravichandran Ashwin  India 2 2 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
6 Michael Clarke  Australia 3 3 0 2009, 2012, 2013
Matthew Hayden  Australia 2004, 2006, 2007
Michael Hussey  Australia 2006, 2007, 2013
Mitchell Starc  Australia 2016, 2017, 2019
Shane Warne  Australia 2004, 2005, 2006
Joe Root  England 2014, 2015, 2016
Ben Stokes  England 2016, 2017, 2019
Graeme Swann  England 2010, 2011, 2013
MS Dhoni  India 2009, 2010, 2013
Virat Kohli  India 2017, 2018, 2019
Virender Sehwag  India 2005, 2008, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar  India 2009, 2010, 2011
Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka 2006, 2007, 2008
7 Adam Gilchrist  Australia 2 2 0 2004, 2005
Mitchell Johnson  Australia 2009, 2014
Nathan Lyon  Australia 2018, 2019
Glenn McGrath  Australia 2005, 2006
Andrew Flintoff  England 2005, 2006
Kevin Pietersen  England 2007, 2008
Rahul Dravid  India 2004, 2006
Cheteshwar Pujara  India 2013, 2017
Tom Latham  New Zealand 2018, 2019
Mohammad Yousuf  Pakistan 2006, 2007
Makhaya Ntini  South Africa 2006, 2007
Vernon Philander  South Africa 2012, 2013
Kagiso Rabada  South Africa 2017, 2018
Graeme Smith  South Africa 2005, 2008
Rangana Herath  Sri Lanka 2014, 2016
Chaminda Vaas  Sri Lanka 2004, 2005
Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 2008, 2012
Brian Lara  West Indies 2004, 2005
Stuart Clark  Australia 1 1 2007, 2008
Brett Lee  Australia 2006, 2008
Zaheer Khan  India 0 2 2007, 2011

Appearances by nation
Country2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Total
 Australia54642221223431546
 England11122225332342134
 South Africa2211323454213134
 India1211143231133228
 Sri Lanka11223111131118
 New Zealand3213312
 Pakistan1121319
 West Indies111115
 Bangladesh11

See also

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