Martin became the inaugural winner of the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal at the New Zealand Cricket awards at Auckland Museum last night.
Martin (36) became in Zimbabwe this month the fourth New Zealander to take 200 test wickets, after Hadlee (431), Dan Vettori (352) and Chris Cairns (218) - in a career which began at Bloemfontein in November 2000.
Martin has taken his wickets in 62 tests. Last season, he took 18 wickets in five tests against India and Pakistan, including reducing the powerful Indian batting line-up to 15 for five at Ahmedabad.
Martin also won the Winsor Cup as the country's best bowler in first-class cricket last season, beating fellow seamers Neil Wagner (Otago) and Northern Districts' Brent Arnel.
The Redpath Cup for best first-class batsman went to Central Districts opener Peter Ingram, who topped the Plunket Shield aggregates with 858 runs.
Test opener Brendon McCullum, who hit the 16th double century by a New Zealand batsman in a test at Hyderabad before Christmas, was the test player of the year, ahead of Martin and Vettori, while skipper Ross Taylor, who averaged 64 at the World Cup on the subcontinent, was named ODI player of the year, beating Martin Guptill and Tim Southee.
The domestic players of the year were Canterbury's Rob Nicol and Wellington's Sophie Devine; Sara McGlashan won international women's player of the year.
Southee was named twenty/20 player of the year and young player of the year went to Kings College's Simon Hickey, who helped his school win the Gillette Cup.
The Bert Sutcliffe Medal for outstanding services to cricket went to longtime Auckland groundsman Ces Renwick.
