| ICC Award for Best Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an emerging player |
| Presented by | ICC |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Currently held by |  Kamindu Mendis |
| Website | ICC Awards |
The ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year is an annual award presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best young cricketer. It is one of the annual ICC Awards.
Players eligible for this award must be under 30 years of age at the start of the voting period and have played no more than 5 Tests and/or 10 ODIs before that date, but can only win it one time.
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.
| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
 England | 4 | 4 |
 Australia | 4 | 4 |
 India | 3 | 3 |
 West Indies | 2 | 2 |
 South Africa | 2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 |
 Bangladesh | 1 | 1 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 |
 Pakistan | 1 | 1 |
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