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 man2004 Matthew Hayden Herschelle Gibbs Ricky Ponting (c) Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Jacques Kallis Adam Gilchrist (wk) Chaminda Vaas Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Steve Harmison2005 Virender Sehwag Graeme Smith Jacques Kallis Inzamam-ul-Haq Andrew Flintoff Adam Gilchrist (wk) Chaminda Vaas Glenn McGrath Anil Kumble2006 Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid (c) Mohammad Yousuf Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Andrew Flintoff Shane Warne Makhaya Ntini Muttiah Muralitharan Brett Lee2007 Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting (c) Mohammad Yousuf Kevin Pietersen Michael Hussey Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Stuart Clark Mohammad Asif Muttiah Muralitharan Zaheer Khan2008 Graeme Smith (c) Virender Sehwag Mahela Jayawardene Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Pietersen Jacques Kallis Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Brett Lee Ryan Sidebottom Dale Steyn Stuart Clark2009 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 Singh2010 Virender Sehwag Simon Katich Sachin Tendulkar Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Graeme Swann James Anderson Dale Steyn Doug Bollinger2011 Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Jonathan Trott Sachin Tendulkar Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) AB de Villiers Jacques Kallis Stuart Broad Graeme Swann James Anderson Zaheer Khan2012 Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Matt Prior (wk) Saeed Ajmal Vernon Philander Dale Steyn AB de Villiers2013 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 Ashwin2014 David Warner Kane Williamson Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers (wk) Joe Root Angelo Mathews (c) Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Rangana Herath Tim Southee Ross Taylor2015 Alastair Cook (c) Kane Williamson Younis Khan Steve Smith Joe Root Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Trent Boult Yasir Shah Josh Hazlewood Ravichandran Ashwin2016 Joe Root Adam Voges Jonny Bairstow (wk) Ben Stokes Ravichandran Ashwin Rangana Herath Mitchell Starc Dale Steyn Steve Smith2017 Dean Elgar David Warner Virat Kohli (c) Steve Smith Cheteshwar Pujara Ben Stokes Quinton de Kock (wk) Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Kagiso Rabada James Anderson2018 Tom Latham Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Virat Kohli (c) Henry Nicholls Rishabh Pant (wk) Jason Holder Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Abbas2019 Mayank Agarwal Tom Latham Marnus Labuschagne Virat Kohli (c) Steve Smith Ben Stokes BJ Watling (wk) Pat Cummins Mitchell Starc Neil Wagner Nathan Lyon2021 Dimuth Karunaratne Rohit Sharma Joe Root Kane Williamson (c) Fawad Alam Rishabh Pant (wk)Ravichandran Ashwin Kyle Jamieson Hasan Ali Shaheen Afridi2022 Usman Khawaja Kraigg Brathwaite Babar Azam Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes (c)Pat Cummins Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon James Anderson2023 Usman Khawaja Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Joe Root Travis Head Ravindra Jadeja Alex Carey (wk) Pat Cummins (c) Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Stuart Broad2024 Yashasvi Jaiswal Ben Duckett Harry Brook Kamindu Mendis Jamie Smith (wk) Ravindra Jadeja Pat Cummins (c) Matt Henry Jasprit Bumrah2025 Travis Head KL Rahul Shubman Gill Temba Bavuma (c) Alex Carey (wk) 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:
# Player Team Appearances First XI 12th man Years 1 Dale Steyn 8 8 0 2 Kumar Sangakkara770 Kane Williamson Joe Root 3Jacques Kallis660 Stuart Broad Ravichandran Ashwin 4 24 Mitchell Starc 5 5 0Alastair Cook James Anderson AB de Villiers 4 1 5 Ricky Ponting 4 4 0 David Warner Pat Cummins Hashim Amla Ben Stokes Steve Smith 3 1 6 Michael Clarke 3 3 0 Marnus Labuschagne Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Shane Warne Nathan Lyon Graeme Swann MS Dhoni Virat Kohli Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Ravindra Jadeja Kagiso Rabada Muttiah Muralitharan Dimuth Karunaratne 7 Adam Gilchrist 2 2 0 Mitchell Johnson Glenn McGrath Usman Khawaja Travis Head Alex Carey Andrew Flintoff Kevin Pietersen Jonny Bairstow Rahul Dravid Cheteshwar Pujara Rishabh Pant Jasprit Bumrah Tom Latham Mohammad Yousuf Makhaya Ntini Vernon Philander Graeme Smith Rangana Herath Chaminda Vaas Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brian Lara Stuart Clark 1 1 Brett Lee Zaheer Khan 0 2
Appearances by nation Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total 5 4 6 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 5 1 4 5 1 3 60 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 1 45 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 3 4 41 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 5 4 2 1 3 1 1 3 38 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 21 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 17 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1
See also ICC Awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (Men's Cricketer of the Year) ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year David Shepherd Trophy (Umpire of the Year) ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
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