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

Player Span Mat Series Awards
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 61 11
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 1995-2013 162 59 9
Imran Khan (Pak) 1971-1992 88 28 8
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 86 33 8
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-2007 145 46 8
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2002 104 43 7
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2013 148 54 7
MD Marshall (WI) 1978-1991 81 21 6
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 98 27 6
SR Waugh (Aus) 1985-2004 168 54 6
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2004-2012 100 29 5
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2004-2013 92 31 5
GA Gooch (Eng) 1975-1995 118 34 5
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1989-2003 87 38 5
V Sehwag (ICC/India) 2001-2013 104 39 5
GD McGrath (Aus) 1993-2007 124 42 5
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2013 198 73 5
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC) 1998-2009 79 25 4
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2013 65 26 4
AA Donald (SA) 1992-2002 72 28 4
MA Atherton (Eng) 1989-2001 115 31 4
HH Streak (Zim) 1993-2005 65 33 4
ML Hayden (Aus) 1994-2009 103 34 4
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 131 38 4
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2006 131 39 4
M Ntini (SA) 1998-2009 101 39 4
GC Smith (ICC/SA) 2002-2013 110 41 4
PA de Silva (SL) 1984-2002 93 43 4
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2013 101 45 4
A Kumble (India) 1990-2008 132 51 4
RT Ponting (Aus) 1995-2012 168 59 4
R Dravid (ICC/India) 1996-2012 164 60 4
R Ashwin (India) 2011-2013 16 5 3
Saeed Ajmal (Pak) 2009-2013 26 12 3
GF Lawson (Aus) 1980-1989 46 15 3
MA Butcher (Eng) 1997-2004 71 20 3
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 1999-2008 96 30 3
IT Botham (Eng) 1977-1992 102 32 3
DI Gower (Eng) 1978-1992 117 32 3
RR Sarwan (WI) 2000-2011 87 32 3
M Azharuddin (India) 1984-2000 99 37 3
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 1998-2010 90 38 3
Z Khan (India) 2000-2012 88 39 3
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2008 113 45 3
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2013 117 48 3
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2012 112 51 3
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak) 1992-2007 120 52 3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1997-2013 138 55 3

Series 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 New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089]
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]

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Wasim Akram is the only bowler to take ten wickets in a Test match three times in defeats - it happened in Dunedin in 1985, in Melbourne in 1990 and in Antigua in 2000. Six bowlers - including Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori and Saeed Ajmal - have done this twice.

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