List of IIHF World Under 20 Championship Directorate award winners

The International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championship (also known as the World Junior Hockey Championship, WJHC) 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 Goalie, 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 (1977) until present.
Year	Best Goalie 	Best Goalie	Best Defenceman 	Best Defenceman	Best Forward 	Best Forward	Note
1977	Jan Hrabák 	 	Viacheslav Fetisov 	 	Dale McCourt 	 	Podnieks, p. 20.
1978	Alexander Tyznych 	 	Viacheslav Fetisov 	 	Wayne Gretzky 	 	Podnieks, p. 35.
1979	Pelle Lindbergh 	 	Alexei Kasatonov 	 	Vladimir Krutov 	 	Podnieks, p. 51.
1980	Jari Paavola 	 	Reijo Ruotsalainen 	 	Vladimir Krutov 	 	Podnieks, p. 63.
1981	Lars Eriksson 	 	Miloslav Horava 	 	Patrik Sundström 	 	Podnieks, p. 76.
1982	Mike Moffat 	 	Gord Kluzak 	 	Petri Skriko 	 	Podnieks, p. 90.
1983	Dominik Hašek 	 	Ilya Byakin 	 	Tomas Sandström 	 	Podnieks, p. 106.
1984	Alan Perry 	 	Alexei Gusarov 	 	Raimo Helminen 	 	Podnieks, p. 121.
1985	Craig Billington 	 	Vesa Salo 	 	Michal Pivonka 	 	Podnieks, p. 135.
1986	Evgeny Belosheikin	 	Mikhail Tatarinov 	 	Jim Sandlak 	 	Podnieks, p. 150.
1987	Markus Ketterer 	 	Calle Johansson 	 	Robert Kron 	 	Podnieks, p. 165.
1988	Jimmy Waite 	 	Teppo Numminen 	 	Alexander Mogilny 	 	Podnieks, p. 180.
1989	Alexei Ivashkin 	 	Ricard Persson 	 	Pavel Bure 	 	Podnieks, p. 194.
1990	Stéphane Fiset 	 	Alexander Godynyuk 	 	Robert Reichel 	 	Podnieks, p. 207.
1991	Pauli Jaks 	 	Jiří Šlégr 	 	Eric Lindros 	 	Podnieks, p. 222.
1992	Mike Dunham 	 	Darius Kasparaitis 	 	Michael Nylander 	 	Podnieks, p. 238.
1993	Manny Legacé 	 	Janne Grönvall 	 	Peter Forsberg 	 	Podnieks, p. 253.
1994	Jamie Storr 	 	Kenny Jönsson 	 	Niklas Sundström 	 	Podnieks, p. 269.
1995	Yevgeni Tarasov 	 	Bryan McCabe 	 	Marty Murray 	 	Podnieks, p. 282.
1996	José Théodore 	 	Mattias Öhlund 	 	Jarome Iginla 	 	Podnieks, p. 297.
1997	Marc Denis 	 	Joe Corvo 	 	Alexei Morozov 	 	Podnieks, p. 312.
1998	David Aebischer 	 	Pavel Skrbek 	 	Olli Jokinen 	 	Podnieks, p. 328.
1999	Roberto Luongo 	 	Vitali Vishnevsky 	 	Maxim Afinogenov 	 	
2000	Rick DiPietro 	 	Alexander Riazantsev	 	Milan Kraft 	 	
2001	Tomáš Duba 	 	Rostislav Klesla 	 	Pavel Brendl 	 	
2002	Kari Lehtonen 	 	Igor Knyazev 	 	Mike Cammalleri 	 	
2003	Marc-André Fleury 	 	Joni Pitkänen 	 	Igor Grigorenko 	 	
2004	Al Montoya 	 	Sami Lepistö 	 	Zach Parise 	 	
2005	Marek Schwarz 	 	Dion Phaneuf 	 	Alexander Ovechkin 	 	
2006	Tuukka Rask 	 	Marc Staal 	 	Evgeni Malkin 	 	
2007	Carey Price 	 	Erik Johnson 	 	Alexei Cherepanov 	 	
2008	Steve Mason 	 	Drew Doughty 	 	Viktor Tikhonov 	 	
2009	Jacob Markström 	 	Erik Karlsson 	 	John Tavares 	 	
2010	Benjamin Conz 	 	Alex Pietrangelo 	 	Jordan Eberle 	 	
2011	Jack Campbell 	 	Ryan Ellis 	 	Brayden Schenn 	 	
2012	Petr Mrázek 	 	Brandon Gormley 	 	Yevgeni Kuznetsov 	 	
2013	John Gibson 	 	Jacob Trouba 	 	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	 	
2014	Oscar Dansk 	 	Rasmus Ristolainen 	 	Filip Forsberg 	 	
2015	Denis Godla 	 	Vladislav Gavrikov 	 	Max Domi 	 	
2016	Linus Söderström 	 	Zach Werenski 	 	Jesse Puljujärvi 	 	
2017	Felix Sandström 	 	Thomas Chabot 	 	Kirill Kaprizov 	 	
2018	Filip Gustavsson 	 	Rasmus Dahlin 	 	Casey Mittelstadt 	 	
2019	Pyotr Kochetkov 	 	Alexander Romanov 	 	Ryan Poehling 	 	
2020	Joel Hofer 	 	Rasmus Sandin 	 	Alexis Lafrenière 	 	
2021	Devon Levi 	 	Topi Niemelä 	 	Tim Stützle 	 	
2022	Jesper Wallstedt 	 	Kasper Puutio 	 	Mason McTavish 	 	IIHF
==Footnotes==
==References==
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Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
IIHF World Under 20 Championship
Category:Trophies and awards
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