ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year


The ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year is an annual award presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best One Day International cricketer. It is one of the annual ICC Awards.

ICC Award for Best Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Presented byICC
First awarded2004
Currently held byPakistan Babar Azam
Most awardsSouth Africa AB de Villiers
India Virat Kohli
(3 Awards)
WebsiteICC Awards

SelectionEdit

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 the Test-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.

List of winnersEdit

Year Winner Shortlisted
2004   Andrew Flintoff
2005   Kevin Pietersen[1]
2006   Michael Hussey
2007   Matthew Hayden[2]
2008   MS Dhoni[3]
2009
2010   AB de Villiers
2011   Kumar Sangakkara
2012   Virat Kohli
2013   Kumar Sangakkara
2014   AB de Villiers
2015 -
2016   Quinton de Kock[4] -
2017   Virat Kohli[5][6] -
2018 -
2019   Rohit Sharma -
2021   Babar Azam

SuperlativesEdit

Wins by playerEdit

Player Winner
  AB de Villiers 3 (2010, 2014, 2015)
  Virat Kohli 3 (2012, 2017, 2018)
  MS Dhoni 2 (2008, 2009)
  Kumar Sangakkara 2 (2011, 2013)
  Andrew Flintoff 1 (2004)
  Kevin Pietersen 1 (2005)
  Michael Hussey 1 (2006)
  Matthew Hayden 1 (2007)
  Quinton de Kock 1 (2016)
  Rohit Sharma 1 (2019)
  Babar Azam 1 (2021)

Wins by countryEdit

Country Players Total
  India 3 6
  South Africa 2 4
  England 2 2
  Australia 2 2
  Sri Lanka 1 2
  Pakistan 1 1

ReferencesEdit

  1. "rediff.com:ICC Awards 2005". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "Ricky Ponting is ICC Cricketer of the Year". Herald Sun. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  3. "Chanderpaul tops list of ICC award winners". Australia: ABC News. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. "De Kock named ODI Cricketer of the Year". Sport. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. "Kohli Named ICC Cricketer of the Year; Also Bags ODI Cricketer Award". News18. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. "Kohli clean sweep of three major ICC awards".
  7. "Nominees for ICC Men's ODI Player of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

External linksEdit

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