Test matches

Most player-of-the-match awards

Player	Span	Mat	Awards
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2008	119	20
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL)	1992-2008	120	18
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1985-2002	104	17
SK Warne (Aus)	1992-2007	145	17
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	14
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2008	116	14
SR Waugh (Aus)	1985-2004	168	14
IT Botham (Eng)	1977-1992	102	12
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	12
Imran Khan (Pak)	1971-1992	88	11
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	11
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	11
GD McGrath (Aus)	1993-2007	124	11
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2008	147	11
AR Border (Aus)	1978-1994	156	11
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	10
ML Hayden (Aus)	1994-2008	94	10
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	10
A Kumble (India)	1990-2008	127	10
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	9
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	9
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	1992-2007	120	9
R Dravid (ICC/India)	1996-2008	122	9
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	8
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2008	73	8
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2008	95	8
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	8
JL Langer (Aus)	1993-2007	105	8
N Kapil Dev (India)	1978-1994	131	8
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2008	66	7
J Srinath (India)	1991-2002	67	7
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	1998-2007	79	7
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1993	82	7
GS Chappell (Aus)	1970-1984	87	7
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2008	96	7
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1993-2005	100	7
MA Taylor (Aus)	1989-1999	104	7
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2008	109	7
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	7
MA Atherton (Eng)	1989-2001	115	7
AJ Stewart (Eng)	1990-2003	133	7
DM Jones (Aus)	1984-1992	52	6
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2004	62	6
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	70	6
MJ Slater (Aus)	1993-2001	74	6
RJ Shastri (India)	1981-1992	80	6
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2008	81*	6
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2008	87	6
Waqar Younis (Pak)	1989-2003	87	6
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	6
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	6
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2008	104	6
SC Ganguly (India)	1996-2008	106	6
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	6
GF Lawson (Aus)	1980-1989	46	5
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)	1990-2003	52	5
SJ Harmison (Eng/ICC)	2002-2008	57	5
V Sehwag (ICC/India)	2001-2008	57	5
Harbhajan Singh (India)	1998-2008	66	5
Abdul Qadir (Pak)	1977-1990	67	5
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC)	1998-2007	67	5
GW Flower (Zim)	1992-2004	67	5
KJ Hughes (Aus)	1977-1984	70	5
CJ McDermott (Aus)	1984-1996	71	5
MP Vaughan (Eng)	1999-2008	77*	5
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	5
M Azharuddin (India)	1984-2000	99	5
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1982-1999	103	5
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	5
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	5
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1992	117	5
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	5
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	5
ME Waugh (Aus)	1991-2002	128	5

Match awards have only been a regular feature in Tests since the mid-1980s and the list is not complete for earlier matches

Records include the following recent matches:
India v South Africa at Kanpur, 3rd Test, Apr 11-13, 2008 [Test # 1873]
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, 2nd Test, Apr 3-6, 2008 [Test # 1872]
India v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 2nd Test, Apr 3-5, 2008 [Test # 1871]