PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year

The PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Award, given yearly since 1972 by professional wrestling magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes the best face professional wrestler of the year as voted by readers of the magazine. Sting and John Cena have won this award a record four times, while Rob Van Dam was the only wrestler to win the award while competing as a heel.
==Award winners and runners-up==
Year	Winner 	First runner-up 	Second runner-up 	Third runner-up
1972	Jack Brisco / Fred Curry	. 	. 	.
1973	Chief Jay Strongbow 	. 	. 	.
1974	Billy Robinson 	. 	. 	.
1975	Mil Máscaras 	. 	. 	.
1976	Wahoo McDaniel 	Chief Jay Strongbow 	Mr. Wrestling II 	Ivan Putski
1977	André the Giant 	Dusty Rhodes 	Bob Backlund 	Mil Máscaras
1978	Dusty Rhodes 	André the Giant 	Ricky Steamboat 	Bob Backlund
1979	Dusty Rhodes 	André the Giant 	Ivan Putski 	Mr. Wrestling II
1980	Mr. Wrestling II 	Dusty Rhodes 	André the Giant 	Bruno Sammartino
1981	Tommy Rich 	Bob Backlund 	André the Giant 	Dusty Rhodes
1982	André the Giant 	Tommy Rich 	Hulk Hogan 	Dusty Rhodes
1983	Jimmy Snuka 	Dusty Rhodes 	David Von Erich 	The Junkyard Dog
1984	Kerry Von Erich 	Hulk Hogan 	Dusty Rhodes 	Sgt. Slaughter
1985	Hulk Hogan 	Magnum T.A. 	Kerry Von Erich 	Tito Santana
1986	Roddy Piper 	Hulk Hogan 	Ricky Morton 	Nikita Koloff
1987	Dusty Rhodes 	Hulk Hogan 	Randy Savage 	Nikita Koloff
1988	Randy Savage 	Hulk Hogan 	Sting 	Lex Luger
1989	Hulk Hogan 	Ric Flair 	Sting 	The Ultimate Warrior
1990	Hulk Hogan 	Sting 	The Ultimate Warrior	Lex Luger
1991	Sting 	Hulk Hogan 	Sid Justice 	The Steiner Brothers
(Rick and Scott Steiner)
1992	Sting 	The Ultimate Warrior	The Undertaker 	Ron Simmons
1993	Lex Luger 	Sting 	Bret Hart 	Dustin Rhodes
1994	Sting 	Bret Hart 	The Undertaker 	Hulk Hogan
1995	Shawn Michaels 	Sting 	The Undertaker 	Hulk Hogan
1996	Shawn Michaels 	Randy Savage 	Sycho Sid 	The Undertaker
1997	Sting 	Steve Austin 	Ric Flair 	Diamond Dallas Page
1998	Steve Austin 	Goldberg 	The Rock 	Diamond Dallas Page
1999	The Rock 	Steve Austin 	Goldberg 	Mankind
2000	The Rock 	Rob Van Dam 	Chris Jericho 	Goldberg
2001	Rob Van Dam 	The Rock 	Chris Jericho 	Kurt Angle
2002	Rob Van Dam 	Hulk Hogan 	Booker T 	The Rock
2003	Kurt Angle 	Steve Austin 	Rob Van Dam 	Rey Mysterio
2004	John Cena 	Chris Benoit 	Shawn Michaels 	Eugene
2005	John Cena 	Batista 	A.J. Styles 	Rey Mysterio
2006	Samoa Joe 	John Cena 	Rey Mysterio 	Sting
2007	John Cena 	The Undertaker 	Sting 	CM Punk
2008	Jeff Hardy 	Shawn Michaels 	Samoa Joe 	The Undertaker
2009	Jeff Hardy 	John Cena 	Sting 	The Undertaker
2010	Randy Orton 	John Cena 	Rob Van Dam 	Daniel Bryan
2011	CM Punk 	John Cena 	Sting 	Randy Orton
2012	John Cena 	Sheamus 	Randy Orton 	Jeff Hardy
2011	Daniel Bryan 	John Cena 	CM Punk 	Dolph Ziggler
2012	John Cena 	Sheamus 	Randy Orton 	Jeff Hardy
2013	Daniel Bryan 	John Cena 	CM Punk 	Dolph Ziggler
2014	Dean Ambrose 	Daniel Bryan 	John Cena 	The Usos
2015	Dean Ambrose 	Brock Lesnar 	Finn Bálor 	Shinsuke Nakamura
2016	Shinsuke Nakamura 	Dean Ambrose 	Bayley 	Enzo and Cass
2017	A.J. Styles 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	Braun Strowman 	Kazuchika Okada
2018	A.J. Styles 	Seth Rollins 	Becky Lynch 	Ronda Rousey
2019	Becky Lynch 	Jon Moxley 	Kofi Kingston 	Johnny Gargano
2020	Orange Cassidy 	Jon Moxley 	Drew McIntyre 	Keith Lee
2021	CM Punk 	Adam Page 	Big E 	Bianca Belair
2022	Jon Moxley 	 	 	
==See also==
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
*WWE
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Category:Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
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