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.
Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison Ricky Ponting Matthew Hayden Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Jacques Kallis Brian Lara VVS Laxman Virender Sehwag Muttiah Muralitharan Inzamam-ul-Haq Adam Gilchrist Glenn McGrath Shane Warne Mohammad Yousuf Mike Hussey Mahela Jayawardene Shane Warne Ricky Ponting Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Mohammad Asif Shivnarine Chanderpaul Mahela Jayawardene Jacques Kallis Mitchell Johnson Thilan Samaraweera Andrew Strauss Sachin Tendulkar Hashim Amla Dale Steyn