# List of IIHF World Junior Championship Directorate award winners

The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. The 'Top Division' features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world. After each tournament, the Directorate of the IIHF selects the Best Goaltender, Best Defenceman, and Best Forward of the tournament. Winners of these awards, along with the countries they represent, are shown below from the first official tournament in 1977 until present.
| Year | Best Goaltender | Best Goaltender | Best Defenceman | Best Defenceman | Best Forward | Best Forward |
| 1977 | Jan Hrabák | Czechoslovakia | Viacheslav Fetisov | Soviet Union | Dale McCourt | Canada |
| 1978 | Alexander Tyznych | Soviet Union | Viacheslav Fetisov | Soviet Union | Wayne Gretzky | Canada |
| 1979 | Pelle Lindbergh | Sweden | Alexei Kasatonov | Soviet Union | Vladimir Krutov | Soviet Union |
| 1980 | Jari Paavola | Finland | Reijo Ruotsalainen | Finland | Vladimir Krutov | Soviet Union |
| 1981 | Lars Eriksson | Sweden | Miloslav Horava | Czechoslovakia | Patrik Sundström | Sweden |
| 1982 | Mike Moffat | Canada | Gord Kluzak | Canada | Petri Skriko | Finland |
| 1983 | Dominik Hašek | Czechoslovakia | Ilya Byakin | Soviet Union | Tomas Sandström | Sweden |
| 1984 | Alan Perry | United States | Alexei Gusarov | Soviet Union | Raimo Helminen | Finland |
| 1985 | Craig Billington | Canada | Vesa Salo | Finland | Michal Pivonka | Czechoslovakia |
| 1986 | Evgeny Belosheikin | Soviet Union | Mikhail Tatarinov | Soviet Union | Jim Sandlak | Canada |
| 1987 | Markus Ketterer | Finland | Calle Johansson | Sweden | Robert Kron | Czechoslovakia |
| 1988 | Jimmy Waite | Canada | Teppo Numminen | Finland | Alexander Mogilny | Soviet Union |
| 1989 | Alexei Ivashkin | Soviet Union | Ricard Persson | Sweden | Pavel Bure | Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Stéphane Fiset | Canada | Alexander Godynyuk | Soviet Union | Robert Reichel | Czechoslovakia |
| 1991 | Pauli Jaks | Switzerland | Jiří Šlégr | Czechoslovakia | Eric Lindros | Canada |
| 1992 | Mike Dunham | United States | Darius Kasparaitis | CIS | Michael Nylander | Sweden |
| 1993 | Manny Legacé | Canada | Janne Grönvall | Finland | Peter Forsberg | Sweden |
| 1994 | Jamie Storr | Canada | Kenny Jönsson | Sweden | Niklas Sundström | Sweden |
| 1995 | Yevgeni Tarasov | Russia | Bryan McCabe | Canada | Marty Murray | Canada |
| 1996 | José Théodore | Canada | Mattias Öhlund | Sweden | Jarome Iginla | Canada |
| 1997 | Marc Denis | Canada | Joe Corvo | United States | Alexei Morozov | Russia |
| 1998 | David Aebischer | Switzerland | Pavel Skrbek | Czech Republic | Olli Jokinen | Finland |
| 1999 | Roberto Luongo | Canada | Vitali Vishnevsky | Russia | Maxim Afinogenov | Russia |
| 2000 | Rick DiPietro | United States | Alex Riazantsev | Russia | Milan Kraft | Czech Republic |
| 2001 | Tomáš Duba | Czech Republic | Rostislav Klesla | Czech Republic | Pavel Brendl | Czech Republic |
| 2002 | Kari Lehtonen | Finland | Igor Knyazev | Russia | Mike Cammalleri | Canada |
| 2003 | Marc-André Fleury | Canada | Joni Pitkänen | Finland | Igor Grigorenko | Russia |
| 2004 | Al Montoya | United States | Sami Lepistö | Finland | Zach Parise | United States |
| 2005 | Marek Schwarz | Czech Republic | Dion Phaneuf | Canada | Alexander Ovechkin | Russia |
| 2006 | Tuukka Rask | Finland | Marc Staal | Canada | Evgeni Malkin | Russia |
| 2007 | Carey Price | Canada | Erik Johnson | United States | Alexei Cherepanov | Russia |
| 2008 | Steve Mason | Canada | Drew Doughty | Canada | Viktor Tikhonov | Russia |
| 2009 | Jacob Markström | Sweden | Erik Karlsson | Sweden | John Tavares | Canada |
| 2010 | Benjamin Conz | Switzerland | Alex Pietrangelo | Canada | Jordan Eberle | Canada |
| 2011 | Jack Campbell | United States | Ryan Ellis | Canada | Brayden Schenn | Canada |
| 2012 | Petr Mrázek | Czech Republic | Brandon Gormley | Canada | Yevgeni Kuznetsov | Russia |
| 2013 | John Gibson | United States | Jacob Trouba | United States | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Canada |
| 2014 | Oscar Dansk | Sweden | Rasmus Ristolainen | Finland | Filip Forsberg | Sweden |
| 2015 | Denis Godla | Slovakia | Vladislav Gavrikov | Russia | Max Domi | Canada |
| 2016 | Linus Söderström | Sweden | Zach Werenski | United States | Jesse Puljujärvi | Finland |
| 2017 | Felix Sandström | Sweden | Thomas Chabot | Canada | Kirill Kaprizov | Russia |
| 2018 | Filip Gustavsson | Sweden | Rasmus Dahlin | Sweden | Casey Mittelstadt | United States |
| 2019 | Pyotr Kochetkov | Russia | Alexander Romanov | Russia | Ryan Poehling | United States |
| 2020 | Joel Hofer | Canada | Rasmus Sandin | Sweden | Alexis Lafrenière | Canada |
| 2021 | Devon Levi | Canada | Topi Niemelä | Finland | Tim Stützle | Germany |
| 2022 | Jesper Wallstedt | Sweden | Kasper Puutio | Finland | Mason McTavish | Canada |
| 2023 | Adam Gajan | Slovakia | David Jiříček | Czech Republic | Connor Bedard | Canada |
| 2024 | Hugo Hävelid | Sweden | Axel Sandin Pellikka | Sweden | Cutter Gauthier | United States |
| 2025 | Petteri Rimpinen [fi] | Finland | Axel Sandin Pellikka | Sweden | Ryan Leonard | United States |

## Footnotes

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* ↑ "Tavares named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
* ↑ "Brayden Schenn sweeps honours". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
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* ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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