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
Denotes players who are still active in Test matches
Player
(in italic text)		 Indicates players who were nominated to be the ICC Test Player of the Year for that year
Player
(in bold text)		 Indicates the player who was awarded ICC Test Player of the Year honours for that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected
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) (2) Jacques Kallis (2) Brian Lara (2) Inzamam-ul-Haq Andrew Flintoff Adam Gilchrist (wk) (2) Shane Warne (2) Chaminda Vaas (2) Glenn McGrath Anil Kumble
2006[3] Matthew Hayden (2) Michael Hussey Ricky Ponting (3) Rahul Dravid (c) (2) Mohammad Yousuf Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Andrew Flintoff (2) Shane Warne (3) Makhaya Ntini Muttiah Muralitharan Glenn McGrath (2) Brett Lee
2007[4] Matthew Hayden (3) Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting (c) (4) Mohammad Yousuf (2) Kevin Pietersen Michael Hussey (2) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (2) Stuart Clark Makhaya Ntini (2) Mohammad Asif Muttiah Muralitharan (2) Zaheer Khan
2008[5] Graeme Smith (c) (2) Virender Sehwag (2) Mahela Jayawardene Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Pietersen (2) Jacques Kallis (3) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (3) Brett Lee (2) Ryan Sidebottom Dale Steyn Muttiah Muralitharan (3) Stuart Clark (2)
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 (2) Harbhajan Singh
2010[7][8] Virender Sehwag (3) Simon Katich Sachin Tendulkar (2) Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara (4) Jacques Kallis (4) MS Dhoni (c/wk) (2) Graeme Swann James Anderson Dale Steyn (3) Doug Bollinger
2011[9] Alastair Cook Hashim Amla (2) Jonathan Trott Sachin Tendulkar (3) Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) (5) AB de Villiers (2) Jacques Kallis (5) Stuart Broad (2) Graeme Swann (2) Dale Steyn (4) James Anderson (2) Zaheer Khan (2)
2012[10] Alastair Cook (2) Hashim Amla (3) Kumar Sangakkara (6) Jacques Kallis (6) Michael Clarke (c) (2) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2) Matt Prior (wk) Stuart Broad (3) Saeed Ajmal Vernon Philander Dale Steyn (5) AB de Villiers (3)
2013[11] Alastair Cook (c) (3) Cheteshwar Pujara Hashim Amla (4) Michael Clarke (3) Michael Hussey (3) AB de Villiers (4) MS Dhoni (wk) (3) Graeme Swann (3) Dale Steyn (6) James Anderson (3) Vernon Philander (2) Ravichandran Ashwin
2014[12][13] David Warner Kane Williamson Kumar Sangakkara (7) AB de Villiers (wk) (5) Joe Root Angelo Mathews (c) Mitchell Johnson (2) Stuart Broad (4) Dale Steyn (7) Rangana Herath Tim Southee Ross Taylor
2015[14] David Warner (2) Alastair Cook (c) (4) Kane Williamson (2) Younis Khan Steve Smith Joe Root (2) Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Stuart Broad (5) Trent Boult Yasir Shah Josh Hazlewood Ravichandran Ashwin (2)
2016[15] David Warner (3) Alastair Cook (c) (5) Kane Williamson (3) Joe Root (3) Adam Voges Jonny Bairstow (wk) Ben Stokes Ravichandran Ashwin (3) Rangana Herath (2) Mitchell Starc Dale Steyn (8) Steve Smith (2)
2017[16] Dean Elgar David Warner (4) Virat Kohli (c) Steve Smith (3) Cheteshwar Pujara (2) Ben Stokes (2) Quinton de Kock (wk) Ravichandran Ashwin (4) Mitchell Starc (2) Kagiso Rabada James Anderson (4)
2018[17] Tom Latham Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson (4) Virat Kohli (c) (2) Henry Nicholls Rishabh Pant (wk) Jason Holder Kagiso Rabada (2) Nathan Lyon Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Abbas
2019[18] Mayank Agarwal Tom Latham (2) Marnus Labuschagne Virat Kohli (c) (3) Steve Smith (4) Ben Stokes (3) BJ Watling (wk) Pat Cummins Mitchell Starc (3) Neil Wagner Nathan Lyon (2)

Multiple selections
Player Total First XI 12th man
Dale Steyn880
Kumar Sangakkara770
Jacques Kallis660
Stuart Broad550
Alastair Cook550
AB de Villiers541
Ricky Ponting440
David Warner440
James Anderson440
Kane Williamson440
Hashim Amla440
Steve Smith431
Ravichandran Ashwin422
Michael Clarke330
Matthew Hayden330
Michael Hussey330
Mitchell Starc330
Shane Warne330
Joe Root330
Ben Stokes330
Graeme Swann330
MS Dhoni330
Virat Kohli330
Virender Sehwag330
Sachin Tendulkar330
Muttiah Muralitharan330
Adam Gilchrist220
Mitchell Johnson220
Nathan Lyon220
Glenn McGrath220
Andrew Flintoff220
Kevin Pietersen220
Rahul Dravid220
Cheteshwar Pujara220
Tom Latham220
Mohammad Yousuf220
Makhaya Ntini220
Vernon Philander220
Kagiso Rabada220
Graeme Smith220
Rangana Herath220
Chaminda Vaas220
Shivnarine Chanderpaul220
Brian Lara220
Stuart Clark211
Brett Lee211
Zaheer Khan202

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

See also

References
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