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 2024 Jasprit Bumrah Harry Brook Kamindu Mendis 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) Jasprit Bumrah 1 (2024)

Wins by country Country Players Total 6 7 6 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1

See also ICC Awards

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