Most player-of-the-match awards
Player Span Mat Awards
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 1995-2013 166 23
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 19
Wasim Akram (PAK) 1985-2002 104 17
SK Warne (AUS) 1992-2007 145 17
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2015 134 16
RT Ponting (AUS) 1995-2012 168 16
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 98 14
SR Waugh (AUS) 1985-2004 168 14
SR Tendulkar (IND) 1989-2013 200 14
SPD Smith (AUS) 2010-2025 117 13
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1997-2014 149 13
JE Root (ENG) 2012-2025 153 13
IT Botham (ENG) 1977-1992 102 12
GC Smith (ICC/SA) 2002-2014 117 12
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2006 131 12
Imran Khan (PAK) 1971-1992 88 11
PA de Silva (SL) 1984-2002 93 11
HMRKB Herath (SL) 1999-2018 93 11
KS Williamson (NZ) 2010-2024 105 11
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 108 11
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2014 113 11
GD McGrath (AUS) 1993-2007 124 11
AR Border (AUS) 1978-1994 156 11
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2015 164 11
R Dravid (ICC/IND) 1996-2012 164 11
RA Jadeja (IND) 2012-2025 80 10
MD Marshall (WI) 1978-1991 81 10
ML Hayden (AUS) 1994-2009 103 10
KP Pietersen (ENG) 2005-2014 104 10
R Ashwin (IND) 2011-2024 106 10
BA Stokes (ENG) 2013-2025 111 10
Younis Khan (PAK) 2000-2017 118 10
IVA Richards (WI) 1974-1991 121 10
V Kohli (IND) 2011-2025 123 10
A Kumble (IND) 1990-2008 132 10
SCJ Broad (ENG) 2007-2023 167 10
TM Head (AUS) 2018-2025 57 9
MG Johnson (AUS) 2007-2015 73 9
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 86 9
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2019 93 9
GA Gooch (ENG) 1975-1995 118 9
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK) 1992-2007 120 9
AN Cook (ENG) 2006-2018 161 9
VD Philander (SA) 2011-2020 64 8
K Rabada (SA) 2015-2025 71 8
AA Donald (SA) 1992-2002 72 8
G Kirsten (SA) 1993-2004 101 8
CH Gayle (WI) 2000-2014 103 8
V Sehwag (ICC/IND) 2001-2013 104 8
JL Langer (AUS) 1993-2007 105 8
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 2007-2022 112 8
DA Warner (AUS) 2011-2024 112 8
N Kapil Dev (IND) 1978-1994 131 8
JM Anderson (ENG) 2003-2024 188 8
J Srinath (IND) 1991-2002 67 7
MEK Hussey (AUS) 2005-2013 79 7
JG Wright (NZ) 1978-1993 82 7
GS Chappell (AUS) 1970-1984 87 7
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 1998-2010 90 7
AC Gilchrist (AUS) 1999-2008 96 7
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) 2005-2025 97* 7
GP Thorpe (ENG) 1993-2005 100 7
MA Taylor (AUS) 1989-1999 104 7
SP Fleming (NZ) 1994-2008 111 7
MA Atherton (ENG) 1989-2001 115 7
MJ Clarke (AUS) 2004-2015 115 7
AJ Stewart (ENG) 1990-2003 133 7
DM Jones (AUS) 1984-1992 52 6
GP Swann (ENG) 2008-2013 60 6
CL Cairns (NZ) 1989-2004 62 6
MM Ali (ENG) 2014-2023 68 6
PJ Cummins (AUS) 2011-2025 68 6
DJ Cullinan (SA) 1993-2001 70 6
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 2007-2024 71 6
MJ Slater (AUS) 1993-2001 74 6
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC) 1998-2009 79 6
RJ Shastri (IND) 1981-1992 80 6
UT Khawaja (AUS) 2011-2025 81 6
Waqar Younis (PAK) 1989-2003 87 6
HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2008 90 6
KC Brathwaite (WI) 2011-2025 98 6
FDM Karunaratne (SL) 2012-2025 100 6
M Ntini (SA) 1998-2009 101 6
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2002 102 6
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 1998-2015 103 6
CA Pujara (IND) 2010-2023 103 6
CG Greenidge (WI) 1974-1991 108 6
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 1994-2009 111 6
SC Ganguly (IND) 1996-2008 113 6
HM Amla (SA) 2004-2019 124 6
VVS Laxman (IND) 1996-2012 134 6
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL) 2022-2025 21* 5
HC Brook (ENG) 2022-2025 25 5
GF Lawson (AUS) 1980-1989 46 5
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK) 1990-2003 52 5
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC) 2002-2009 63 5
Abdul Qadir (PAK) 1977-1990 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 82 5
D Elgar (SA) 2012-2024 86 5
Z Khan (IND) 2000-2014 92 5
A Ranatunga (SL) 1982-2000 93 5
M Azharuddin (IND) 1984-2000 99 5
JM Bairstow (ENG) 2012-2024 100 5
BB McCullum (NZ) 2004-2016 101 5
Saleem Malik (PAK) 1982-1999 103 5
TG Southee (NZ) 2008-2024 107 5
CH Lloyd (WI) 1966-1985 110 5
AB de Villiers (SA) 2004-2018 114 5
DL Haynes (WI) 1978-1994 116 5
DI Gower (ENG) 1978-1992 117 5
Javed Miandad (PAK) 1976-1993 124 5
SM Gavaskar (IND) 1971-1987 125 5
ME Waugh (AUS) 1991-2002 128 5
NM Lyon (AUS) 2011-2025 137 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:
England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Only Test, May 22-24, 2025 [Test # 2584]
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chattogram, 2nd Test, Apr 28-30, 2025 [Test # 2583]
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Sylhet, 1st Test, Apr 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2582]