The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a prestigious cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year.
Considered to be the most esteemed award of the annual ICC Awards, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is named after legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers.
A panel comprising Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Holding and Richie Benaud selected Sir Garfield Sobers’ name for the high-profile award after ICC asked them to select “an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award.”
The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy was first awarded to former India cricketer Rahul Dravid in 2004.
The winner of the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004). The academy features the current national team captains of the 10 Test-playing nations, 18 members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees, and as many as 28 prominent former players and cricket correspondents.
As per the rule, the award is shared in case of a tie in the voting process. The only time this award was shared was in 2005 when it was awarded to all-rounders Jacques Kallis of South Africa and England’s Andrew Flintoff.
Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli have bagged the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year award the most times. Three of them have won the award twice each.
Australia’s Pat Cummins won the previous Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in 2023. Get the full Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy winners list.
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy winners list: Know all ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year victor and nominees
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Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
|
2004 |
Rahul Dravid (India) |
Andrew Flintoff (England) Steve Harmison (England) Shane Warne (Australia) Jacques Kallis (South Africa) Brian Lara (West Indies) V.V.S. Laxman (India) Ricky Ponting (Australia) Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) Virender Sehwag (India) |
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2005 |
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) Andrew Flintoff (England) |
Glenn McGrath (Australia) Adam Gilchrist (Australia) Inzamam-ul-Haq ( Pakistan) Rahul Dravid (India) Shane Warne ( Australia) |
|
2006 |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) |
Andrew Flintoff (England) Rahul Dravid (India) Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) Younis Khan (Pakistan) Monty Panesar (England) Brett Lee (Australia) Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) Adam Gilchrist (Australia) Michael Hussey (Australia) Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) Shane Warne (Australia) |
|
2007 |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) |
Matthew Hayden (Australia) Michael Hussey (Australia) Jacques Kallis (South Africa) Glenn McGrath (Australia) Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) Kevin Pietersen (England) Shaun Pollock (South Africa) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) |
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2008 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) |
Dale Steyn (South Africa) Graeme Smith (South Africa) Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) |
|
2009 |
Mitchell Johnson (Australia) |
Gautam Gambhir (India) Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka) Andrew Strauss (England) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) MS Dhoni ( India) Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) Graham Onions (England) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) Harbhajan Singh (India) Graeme Smith (South Africa) Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) AB de Villiers (South Africa) |
|
2010 |
Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
MS Dhoni (India) Doug Bollinger (Australia) Michael Clarke (Australia) Ryan Harris (Australia) Mitchell Johnson (Australia) Jacques Kallis (South Africa) Morné Morkel (South Africa) Ricky Ponting (Australia) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) Dale Steyn (South Africa) Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) AB de Villiers (South Africa) Shane Watson (Australia) Virender Sehwag (India) Hashim Amla (South Africa) Graeme Swann (England) |
|
2011 |
Jonathan Trott (England) |
Ian Bell (England) Stuart Broad (England) Graeme Swann (England) Chris Tremlett (England) James Anderson (England) Shane Watson (Australia) Dale Steyn (South Africa) Alastair Cook (England) Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
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2012 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) Hashim Amla (South Africa) Stuart Broad (England) Michael Clarke (Australia) Alastair Cook (England) Virat Kohli (India) Vernon Philander (South Africa) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
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2013 |
Michael Clarke (Australia) |
Alastair Cook (England) James Anderson (England) Hashim Amla (South Africa) MS Dhoni (India) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
|
2014 |
Mitchell Johnson (Australia) |
AB de Villiers (South Africa) Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
|
2015 |
Steve Smith (Australia) |
- |
|
2016 |
Ravichandran Ashwin (India) |
- |
|
2017 |
Virat Kohli (India) |
- |
|
2018 |
Virat Kohli (India) |
- |
|
2019 |
Ben Stokes (England) |
- |
|
2021 |
Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) |
Joe Root (England) Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) Kane Williamson (New Zealand) |
|
2022 |
Babar Azam (Pakistan) |
Ben Stokes (England) Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) Tim Southee (New Zealand) |
|
2023 |
Pat Cummins (Australia) |
Travis Head (Australia) Virat Kohli (India) Ravindra Jadeja (India) Pat Cummins (Australia) |
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy: Wins by player
|
Player |
Winner |
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Ricky Ponting (Australia) |
2 (2006, 2007) |
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Mitchell Johnson (Australia) |
2 (2009, 2014) |
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Virat Kohli (India) |
2 (2017, 2018) |
|
Rahul Dravid (India) |
1 (2004) |
|
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) |
1 (2005) |
|
Andrew Flintoff (England) |
1 (2005) |
|
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) |
1 (2008) |
|
Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
1 (2010) |
|
Jonathan Trott (England) |
1 (2011) |
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Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
1 (2012) |
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Michael Clarke (Australia) |
1 (2013) |
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Steve Smith (Australia) |
1 (2015) |
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Ravichandran Ashwin (India) |
1 (2016) |
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Ben Stokes (England) |
1 (2019) |
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Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) |
1 (2021) |
|
Babar Azam (Pakistan) |
1 (2022) |
|
Pat Cummins (Australia) |
1 (2023) |
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy: Wins by country
|
Country |
Players |
Totals |
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Australia |
5 |
7 |
|
India |
4 |
5 |
|
England |
3 |
3 |
|
Pakistan |
2 |
2 |
|
South Africa |
1 |
1 |
|
West Indies |
1 |
1 |
|
Sri Lanka |
1 |
1 |
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