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

Winners

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 Matthew Hayden Herschelle Gibbs Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Jacques Kallis Adam Gilchrist Chaminda Vaas Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Steve Harmison
2005 Virender Sehwag Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Jacques Kallis Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Andrew Flintoff Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Chaminda Vaas Glenn McGrath Anil Kumble
2006 Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid Mohammad Yousuf Kumar Sangakkara Andrew Flintoff Shane Warne Makhaya Ntini Muttiah Muralitharan Glenn McGrath Brett Lee
2007 Matthew Hayden Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Mohammad Yousuf Kevin Pietersen Michael Hussey Kumar Sangakkara Stuart Clark Makhaya Ntini Mohammad Asif Muttiah Muralitharan Zaheer Khan
2008 Graeme Smith Virender Sehwag Mahela Jayawardene Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Pietersen Jacques Kallis Kumar Sangakkara Brett Lee Ryan Sidebottom Dale Steyn Muttiah Muralitharan Stuart Clark
2009 Gautam Gambhir Andrew Strauss AB de Villiers Sachin Tendulkar Thilan Samaraweera Michael Clarke MS Dhoni Shakib Al Hasan Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Dale Steyn Harbhajan Singh
2010 Virender Sehwag Simon Katich Sachin Tendulkar Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis MS Dhoni Graeme Swann James Anderson Dale Steyn Doug Bollinger
2011 Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Jonathan Trott Sachin Tendulkar Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers Jacques Kallis Stuart Broad Graeme Swann Dale Steyn James Anderson Zaheer Khan
2012 Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke Shivnarine Chanderpaul Matt Prior Stuart Broad Saeed Ajmal Vernon Philander Dale Steyn AB de Villiers
2013 Alastair Cook Cheteshwar Pujara Hashim Amla Michael Clarke Michael Hussey AB de Villiers MS Dhoni Graeme Swann Dale Steyn James Anderson Vernon Philander Ravichandran Ashwin
2014 David Warner Kane Williamson Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers Joe Root Angelo Mathews Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Dale Steyn Rangana Herath Tim Southee Ross Taylor
2015 David Warner Alastair Cook Kane Williamson Younis Khan Steve Smith Joe Root Sarfaraz Ahmed Stuart Broad Trent Boult Yasir Shah Josh Hazlewood Ravichandran Ashwin
2016 David Warner Alastair Cook Kane Williamson Joe Root Adam Voges Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes Ravichandran Ashwin Rangana Herath Mitchell Starc Dale Steyn Steve Smith
2017 Dean Elgar David Warner Virat Kohli Steve Smith Cheteshwar Pujara Ben Stokes Quinton de Kock Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Kagiso Rabada James Anderson
2018 Tom Latham Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Virat Kohli Henry Nicholls Rishabh Pant Jason Holder Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Abbas
2019 Mayank Agarwal Tom Latham Marnus Labuschagne Virat Kohli Steve Smith Ben Stokes BJ Watling Pat Cummins Mitchell Starc Neil Wagner Nathan Lyon
2021 Dimuth Karunaratne Rohit Sharma Marnus Labuschagne Joe Root Kane Williamson Fawad Alam Rishabh Pant Ravichandran Ashwin Kyle Jamieson Hasan Ali Shaheen Afridi
2022 Usman Khawaja Kraigg Brathwaite Marnus Labuschagne Babar Azam Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes Rishabh Pant Pat Cummins Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon James Anderson
2023 Usman Khawaja Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Joe Root Travis Head Ravindra Jadeja Alex Carey Pat Cummins Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Stuart Broad
2024 Yashasvi Jaiswal Ben Duckett Kane Williamson Joe Root Harry Brook Kamindu Mendis Jamie Smith Ravindra Jadeja Pat Cummins Matt Henry Jasprit Bumrah
2025 Travis Head KL Rahul Shubman Gill Joe Root Temba Bavuma Alex Carey Ravindra Jadeja Marco Jansen Mitchell Starc Simon Harmer Mohammed Siraj

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:
#PlayerTeamAppearancesFirst XI12th manYears
1Dale Steyn880
2Kumar Sangakkara770
2Kane Williamson770
2Joe Root770
3Jacques Kallis660
3Stuart Broad660
3Ravichandran Ashwin642
4Mitchell Starc550
4Alastair Cook550
4James Anderson550
4AB de Villiers541
5Ricky Ponting440
5David Warner440
5Pat Cummins440
5Hashim Amla440
5Ben Stokes440
5Steve Smith431
6Michael Clarke330
6Marnus Labuschagne330
6Matthew Hayden330
6Michael Hussey330
6Shane Warne330
6Nathan Lyon330
6Graeme Swann330
6MS Dhoni330
6Virat Kohli330
6Virender Sehwag330
6Sachin Tendulkar330
6Ravindra Jadeja330
6Kagiso Rabada330
6Muttiah Muralitharan330
6Dimuth Karunaratne330
7Adam Gilchrist220
7Mitchell Johnson220
7Glenn McGrath220
7Usman Khawaja220
7Travis Head220
7Alex Carey220
7Andrew Flintoff220
7Kevin Pietersen220
7Jonny Bairstow220
7Rahul Dravid220
7Cheteshwar Pujara220
7Rishabh Pant220
7Jasprit Bumrah220
7Tom Latham220
7Mohammad Yousuf220
7Makhaya Ntini220
7Vernon Philander220
7Graeme Smith220
7Rangana Herath220
7Chaminda Vaas220
7Shivnarine Chanderpaul220
7Brian Lara220
7Stuart Clark211
7Brett Lee211
7Zaheer Khan202