| ICC Award for Best Men's Test Cricketer of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best performance over year in Test cricket |
| Presented by | ICC |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Currently held by |  Usman Khawaja (1st award) |
| Most awards | Steve Smith (2 awards) |
| Website | ICC Awards |
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.
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.
| 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) |
| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 5 |
| England | 3 | 3 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 |
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