| ICC Award for Best Men's Cricketer | |
|---|---|
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| Presented by | ICC |
| First award | 2004 |
| Final award | 2024 |
| Currently held by | |
| Most awards | (2 awards each) |
| Website | ICC Awards |
TheSir Garfield Sobers Trophy is aCricket trophy that is awarded annually by theInternational Cricket Council to the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. It is considered to be the most prestigious of the annualICC Awards and was first awarded in 2004 toRahul Dravid.
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captainSir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting ofRichie Benaud,Sunil Gavaskar andMichael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".[1]
The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of theTest-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.
| § | Indicates individual was shortlisted |
|---|
| Player | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2 (2006,2007) | |
| 2 (2009,2014) | |
| 2 (2017,2018) | |
| 1 (2004) | |
| 1 (2005) | |
| 1 (2005) | |
| 1 (2008) | |
| 1 (2010) | |
| 1 (2011) | |
| 1 (2012) | |
| 1 (2013) | |
| 1 (2015) | |
| 1 (2016) | |
| 1 (2019) | |
| 1 (2021) | |
| 1 (2022) | |
| 1 (2023) | |
| 1 (2024) |
| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 7 | |
| 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 |