# Player of the Series awards (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a Player of the Series or Player of the Tournament award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, series and tournament,

## Test
### Most Player of the Series awards

| Awards | Player | Team | Series | Career |
| 11 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 61 | 1992–2010 |
| 9 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 34 | 2011–present |
| 9 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 61 | 1995–2013 |
| 8 | Imran Khan | Pakistan | 28 | 1971–1992 |
| 8 | Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 33 | 1973–1990 |
| 8 | Shane Warne | Australia | 46 | 1992–2007 |
| 7 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 43 | 1985–2002 |
| 7 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 60 | 1994–2015 |
| 6 | Malcolm Marshall | West Indies | 21 | 1978–1991 |
| 6 | Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 27 | 1988–2000 |
| 6 | Steve Waugh | Australia | 54 | 1985–2004 |
| Last updated: 6 December 2021 |||||

## ODI
### Most Player of the Series awards

| Awards | Player | Team | Series | Career |
| 15 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 108 | 1989–2012 |
| 11 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 111 | 1989–2011 |
| 9 | Virat Kohli | India | 60 | 2008–present |
| 9 | Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 60 | 1996–2008 |
| 8 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 71 | 1999–present |
| 7 | Vivian Richards | West Indies | 40 | 1975–1991 |
| 7 | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 49 | 2008–2019 |
| 7 | Yuvraj Singh | India | 71 | 2000–2019 |
| 7 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 75 | 1992–2007 |
| 7 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 77 | 1995–2012 |
| 7 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | India | 80 | 2004–2019 |
| 7 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | | 2006–2021 |
| Last updated: 24 November 2022 |||||

## T20I
### Most Player of the Series awards

| Awards | Player | Team | Series | Career |
| 7 | Virat Kohli | India | 39 | 2010–2024 |
| 5 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 24 | 2016–present |
| 4 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 21 | 2015–present |
| 4 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 30 | 2012–present |
| 4 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 35 | 2006–present |
| 4 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 48 | 2006–present |
| 3 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 24 | 2012–present |
| 3 | David Warner | Australia | 35 | 2009–2024 |
| 3 | David Miller | South Africa | 38 | 2010–present |
| 3 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 42 | 2006–2018 |
| 3 | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 47 | 2006–present |
| Last updated: 1 July 2024 |||||

## All formats

Note: Players in bold are still active in international cricket.

### Most Player of the Series awards in international cricket

| Awards | Player | Team | Series | Tests | ODIs | T20Is |
| 21 | Virat Kohli | India | 163 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| 20 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 183 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 162 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 15 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 148 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | David Warner | Australia | 126 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 176 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 104 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 141 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 107 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 136 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 147 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 155 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Last updated: 15 November 2024 |||||||