# Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a Cricket trophy that is awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. It is considered to be the most prestigious of the annual ICC Awards and was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain Sir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".

## Selection

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 winners

Key :
| § | Indicates individual was shortlisted |
| Year | Winner | Team | Nominees | Notes |
| 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) | Also named Test Player of the Year |
| 2005 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | Glenn McGrath ( Australia)Adam Gilchrist ( Australia)Inzamam-ul-Haq ( Pakistan)Rahul Dravid ( India)Shane Warne ( Australia) | Also named Test Player of the Year and selected as 12th man for the ODI Team of the Year |
| 2005 | Andrew Flintoff | England | Glenn McGrath ( Australia)Adam Gilchrist ( Australia)Inzamam-ul-Haq ( Pakistan)Rahul Dravid ( India)Shane Warne ( Australia) | Also named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year |
| 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) | Also named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year |
| 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) | Also named captain of the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year |
| 2008 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | Dale Steyn ( South Africa) §Graeme Smith ( South Africa) §Mahela Jayawardene ( Sri Lanka) § | Also named in the Test Team of the Year |
| 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) | Also named in the Test Team of the Year |
| 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) § | Also named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year |
| 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) § | Also named in the Test Team of the Year |
| 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) | Also named Test Player of the Year, named People's Choice Award, named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year |
| 2013 | Michael Clarke | Australia | Alastair Cook ( England) §James Anderson ( England) §Hashim Amla ( South Africa) §MS Dhoni ( India) §Kumar Sangakkara ( Sri Lanka) § | Also named Test Player of the Year |
| 2014 | Mitchell Johnson | Australia | AB de Villiers ( South Africa) §Angelo Mathews ( Sri Lanka) §Kumar Sangakkara ( Sri Lanka) § | Also named Test Player of the Year |
| 2015 | Steve Smith | Australia | — | Also named Test Player of the Year and named in the ODI Team of the Year |
| 2016 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | — | Also named Test Player of the Year |
| 2017 | Virat Kohli | India | — | Also named captain of the Test Team of the Year, named ODI Player of the Year and captain of the ODI Team of the Year |
| 2018 | Virat Kohli | India | — | Also named Test Player of the Year, named captain of the Test Team of the Year, named ODI Player of the Year and captain of the ODI Team of the Year |
| 2019 | Ben Stokes | England | — | Also named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year |
| 2021 | Shaheen Afridi | Pakistan | Joe Root ( England) §Mohammad Rizwan ( Pakistan) §Kane Williamson ( New Zealand) § | Also named in the Test Team of the Year and T20I Team of the Year |
| 2022 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | Ben Stokes ( England) §Sikandar Raza ( Zimbabwe) §Tim Southee ( New Zealand) § | Also named in the Test Team of the Year, named ODI Player of the Year and captain of the ODI Team of the Year |
| 2023 | Pat Cummins | Australia | Travis Head ( Australia) §Virat Kohli ( India) §Ravindra Jadeja ( India) § | Also named captain of the Test Team of the Year |
| 2024 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | Harry Brook ( England) §Travis Head ( Australia) §Joe Root ( England) § | Also named the Test Cricketer of the Year, and named in the Test Team of the Year and T20I Team of the Year |

## Superlatives
### Wins by player

| Player | Winner |
| Ricky Ponting | 2 (2006, 2007) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 2 (2009, 2014) |
| Virat Kohli | 2 (2017, 2018) |
| Rahul Dravid | 1 (2004) |
| Jacques Kallis | 1 (2005) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 1 (2005) |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 1 (2008) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 (2010) |
| Jonathan Trott | 1 (2011) |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 1 (2012) |
| Michael Clarke | 1 (2013) |
| Steve Smith | 1 (2015) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 1 (2016) |
| Ben Stokes | 1 (2019) |
| Shaheen Afridi | 1 (2021) |
| Babar Azam | 1 (2022) |
| Pat Cummins | 1 (2023) |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 1 (2024) |

### Wins by country

| Country | Players | Total |
| Australia | 5 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 6 |
| England | 3 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 |
| West Indies | 1 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 |