Records
Test matches
Individual records (captains, players, umpires)
Most player-of-the-series awards

Most player-of-the-series awards in Tests

Most player-of-the-series awards
Player
Span
Mat
Series
Awards
R Ashwin (IND)
2011-20241064411
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)
1992-20101336111
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)
1995-2013166619
Imran Khan (PAK)
1971-199288288
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)
1973-199086338
SK Warne (AUS)
1992-2007145468
Wasim Akram (PAK)
1985-2002104437
S Chanderpaul (WI)
1994-2015164607
MD Marshall (WI)
1978-199181216
CEL Ambrose (WI)
1988-200098276
JE Root (ENG)
2012-2025158536
SR Waugh (AUS)
1985-2004168546
Yasir Shah (PAK)
2014-202248245
AJ Strauss (ENG)
2004-2012100295
GA Gooch (ENG)
1975-1995118345
MJ Clarke (AUS)
2004-2015115385
Waqar Younis (PAK)
1989-200387385
DA Warner (AUS)
2011-2024112385
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)
2001-2013104395
SPD Smith (AUS)
2010-2025119415
DW Steyn (SA)
2004-201993415
GD McGrath (AUS)
1993-2007124425
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
2007-202471445
HMRKB Herath (SL)
1999-201893475
JM Anderson (ENG)
2003-2024188685
SR Tendulkar (IND)
1989-2013200745
HC Brook (ENG)
2022-202530144
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)
1998-200979254
AA Donald (SA)
1992-200272284
MA Atherton (ENG)
1989-2001115314
HH Streak (ZIM)
1993-200565334
ML Hayden (AUS)
1994-2009103344
D Elgar (SA)
2012-202486384
N Kapil Dev (IND)
1978-1994131384
BC Lara (ICC/WI)
1990-2006131394
M Ntini (SA)
1998-2009101394
AB de Villiers (SA)
2004-2018114414
PA de Silva (SL)
1984-200293434
BA Stokes (ENG)
2013-2025115434
GC Smith (ICC/SA)
2002-2014117444
Harbhajan Singh (IND)
1998-2015103474
FDM Karunaratne (SL)
2012-2025100494
Younis Khan (PAK)
2000-2017118494
A Kumble (IND)
1990-2008132514
KS Williamson (NZ)
2010-2024105544
KC Sangakkara (SL)
2000-2015134564
AD Mathews (SL)
2009-2025119574
RT Ponting (AUS)
1995-2012168594
R Dravid (ICC/IND)
1996-2012164604
GF Lawson (AUS)
1980-198946153
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)
2009-201435163
MA Butcher (ENG)
1997-200471203
JJ Bumrah (IND)
2018-202548213
MJ Henry (NZ)
2015-202532253
PJ Cummins (AUS)
2011-202571273
VD Philander (SA)
2011-202064293
AC Gilchrist (AUS)
1999-200896303
K Rabada (SA)
2015-202571313
IT Botham (ENG)
1977-1992102323
DI Gower (ENG)
1978-1992117323
RR Sarwan (WI)
2000-201187323
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)
2016-202554353
M Azharuddin (IND)
1984-200099373
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)
1998-201090383
Z Khan (IND)
2000-201492413
SC Ganguly (IND)
1996-2008113453
V Kohli (IND)
2011-2025123463
AN Cook (ENG)
2006-2018161473
KAJ Roach (WI)
2009-202585473
I Sharma (IND)
2007-2021105473
HM Amla (SA)
2004-2019124483
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK)
1992-2007120523
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)
1997-2014113523
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)
1997-2014149603
Series awards have only been a regular feature in Tests since the mid-1980s and the list is not complete for earlier matches
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

England v India at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]