Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy


The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player 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, including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations, members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees, and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents. In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.

Superlatives

List of winners

§Indicates individual was shortlisted