Allan Border Medal - wikipedia Allan Border Medal Allan Border Medal Awarded for Most outstanding Australian cricketer of the year Country Australia Presented by Cricket Australia & Australian Cricketers ' Association Hosted by Michael Slater First awarded 2000 Currently held by Steve Smith ( 2018 ) Most awards Ricky Ponting ( 4 ) Michael Clarke ( 4 ) Television / radio coverage Network 9Gem The Allan Border Medal is considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian cricket. First awarded in 2000, the medal is named after former Australian captain Allan Border and recognises the most outstanding Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires. Votes are cast after each game on a 3 -- 2 -- 1 basis, with a weighting applied to give both One Day International and Test players an equal chance of winning the award. Contents 1 Award categories 2 Media 3 Allan Border Medallists 3.1 Multiple winners 4 Other awards 4.1 Test Player of the Year 4.1. 1 Multiple winners 4.2 One Day International Player of the Year 4.2. 1 Multiple winners 4.3 Twenty20 International Player of the Year 4.3. 1 Multiple winners 4.4 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year 4.5 State Player of the Year 4.5. 1 Multiple winners 4.6 Women 's International Cricketer of the Year ( Belinda Clark award ) 4.6. 1 Multiple winners 4.7 Female Domestic Player of the Year award 4.8 Betty Wilson Young Player of the Year award 5 References 6 External links Award categories The awards night also includes : Test Player of the Year, One Day International Player of the Year, Twenty20 International Player of the Year, Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year, State Player of the Year, Women 's International Cricketer of the Year ( the Belinda Clark award ), Female Domestic Player of the Year award and, Betty Wilson Young Player of the Year award New members of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame are also inducted on Allan Border Medal night. Media The award ceremony itself is a major publicity event and usually takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, towards the end of January or the start of February each year. The 2014 and 2017 ceremonies however, were both held in Sydney. The award ceremony itself is also broadcast live and screened on the digital channel GEM. Allan Border medallists Four cricketers have won the award more than once. Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke won the award four times, sharing the award in 2009. The other multiple winners are Shane Watson, David Warner and Steve Smith, who have won the award twice. Watson also has the highest vote count of 296, with a huge margin of 100 votes in 2011. 2000 : Glenn McGrath 2001 : Steve Waugh 2002 : Matthew Hayden 2003 : Adam Gilchrist 2004 : Ricky Ponting 2005 : Michael Clarke 2006 : Ricky Ponting 2007 : Ricky Ponting 2008 : Brett Lee 2009 : Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke 2010 : Shane Watson 2011 : Shane Watson 2012 : Michael Clarke 2013 : Michael Clarke 2014 : Mitchell Johnson 2015 : Steve Smith 2016 : David Warner 2017 : David Warner 2018 : Steve Smith Ref : No count - back is used in the Allan Border Medal. Multiple winners Wins Player Years Ricky Ponting 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 Michael Clarke 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013 Shane Watson 2010, 2011 David Warner 2016, 2017 Steve Smith 2015, 2018 Other awards On Allan Border Medal night there are also other awards announced such as the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year, One Day International Player of the Year, Test Player of the Year, Twenty20 International player of the year, State Player of the Year and Women 's International Cricketer of the Year. Shane Watson won a total of 7 awards which is the most by any player. He is the only player to have won in all formats and all five major awards. Three players won three major awards including the Allan Border Medal in the same year - Ricky Ponting in 2007, Shane Watson in 2011 and Steve Smith in 2015. Test Player of the Year 2000 : Glenn McGrath 2001 : Colin Miller 2002 : Matthew Hayden 2003 : Ricky Ponting 2004 : Ricky Ponting 2005 : Damien Martyn 2006 : Shane Warne 2007 : Ricky Ponting 2008 : Brett Lee 2009 : Michael Clarke 2010 : Simon Katich 2011 : Shane Watson 2012 : Michael Clarke 2013 : Michael Clarke 2014 : Michael Clarke 2015 : Steve Smith 2016 : David Warner 2017 : Mitchell Starc 2018 : Steve Smith Ref : Multiple winners Wins Player Years Michael Clarke 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 Ricky Ponting 2003, 2004, 2007 Steve Smith 2015, 2018 One Day International Player of the Year 2000 : Shane Warne 2001 : Glenn McGrath 2002 : Ricky Ponting 2003 : Adam Gilchrist 2004 : Adam Gilchrist 2005 : Andrew Symonds 2006 : Michael Hussey 2007 : Ricky Ponting 2008 : Matthew Hayden 2009 : Nathan Bracken 2010 : Shane Watson 2011 : Shane Watson 2012 : Shane Watson 2013 : Clint McKay 2014 : George Bailey 2015 : Steve Smith 2016 : Glenn Maxwell 2017 : David Warner 2018 : David Warner Ref : After counting in the 2006 One Day International Player of the Year award, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist all drew on 22 votes. On a count - back, the winner would have been Andrew Symonds but he was ruled ineligible because he was suspended for 2 One Day Matches for an off - field indiscretion. On a second count - back Michael Hussey was declared the winner. Multiple winners Wins Player Years Shane Watson 2010, 2011, 2012 Adam Gilchrist 2003, 2004 Ricky Ponting 2002, 2007 David Warner 2017, 2018 Twenty20 International Player of the Year 2011 : David Hussey 2012 : Shane Watson 2013 : Shane Watson 2014 : Aaron Finch 2015 : Glenn Maxwell 2016 : Not awarded 2017 : Shane Watson 2018 : Aaron Finch Ref : Not awarded due to only 1 T20I played in 2015. Multiple winners Wins Player Years Shane Watson 2012, 2013, 2017 Aaron Finch 2014, 2018 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year 2000 : Brett Lee 2001 : Nathan Bracken 2002 : Shane Watson 2003 : Nathan Hauritz 2004 : Shaun Tait 2005 : Mark Cosgrove 2006 : Dan Cullen 2007 : Ben Hilfenhaus 2008 : Luke Pomersbach 2009 : Phillip Hughes 2010 : John Hastings 2011 : Trent Copeland 2012 : David Warner 2013 : Joe Burns 2014 : Jordan Silk 2015 : Sean Abbott 2016 : Alex Ross 2017 : Hilton Cartwright 2018 : Jhye Richardson Ref : State Player of the Year 2000 : Darren Lehmann ( South Australia ) 2001 : Darren Lehmann ( South Australia ) 2002 : Darren Lehmann ( South Australia ) 2003 : Martin Love ( Queensland ) 2004 : Simon Katich ( New South Wales ) 2005 : Andy Bichel ( Queensland ) 2006 : Phil Jaques ( New South Wales ) 2007 : Chris Rogers ( Western Australia ) 2008 : Ashley Noffke ( Queensland ) 2009 : Michael Klinger ( South Australia ) 2010 : Michael Klinger ( South Australia ) 2011 : Usman Khawaja ( New South Wales ) 2012 : Rob Quiney ( Victoria ) 2013 : Phillip Hughes ( New South Wales ) 2014 : Cameron White ( Victoria ) 2015 : Jason Behrendorff ( Western Australia ) 2016 : Adam Voges ( Western Australia ) 2017 : Cameron White ( Victoria ) 2018 : George Bailey ( Tasmania ) Ref : Multiple winners Wins Player Years Darren Lehmann 2000, 2001, 2002 Michael Klinger 2009, 2010 Cameron White 2014, 2017 Women 's International Cricketer of the Year ( Belinda Clark award ) 2002 : Karen Rolton 2003 : Karen Rolton 2004 : Cathryn Fitzpatrick 2005 : Karen Rolton 2006 : Karen Rolton 2007 : Lisa Sthalekar 2008 : Lisa Sthalekar 2009 : Shelley Nitschke 2010 : Shelley Nitschke 2011 : Shelley Nitschke 2012 : Shelley Nitschke 2013 : Jess Cameron 2014 : Meg Lanning 2015 : Meg Lanning 2016 : Ellyse Perry 2017 : Meg Lanning 2018 : Ellyse Perry Ref : Multiple winners Wins Player Years Karen Rolton 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Shelley Nitschke 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Meg Lanning 2014, 2015, 2017 Lisa Sthalekar 2007, 2008 Ellyse Perry 2016, 2018 Female Domestic Player of the Year award 2017 : Meg Lanning ( Victoria ) 2018 : Beth Mooney ( Queensland ) Ref : Betty Wilson Young Player of the Year award Named in honour of Betty Wilson, one of Australia 's great all - rounders, it recognises a female cricketer who, prior to 5 December 2015, was aged under 25 and had played 10 or fewer matches. 2017 : Sophie Molineux 2018 : Georgia Redmayne Ref : References Jump up ^ Watson wins second Allan Border Medal Jump up ^ smith wins by second largest margin ^ Jump up to : `` Award winners ''. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2015. Jump up ^ 2 Jump up ^ Jolly, Laura ( 23 January 2017 ). `` Molineux wins Betty Wilson Award ''. cricket.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2017. 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Question: who has won the most allan border medals
Answer: Ricky Ponting