Cricket World Cup awards

File:ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy.jpg

The Cricket World Cup Trophy.

At the end of each ICC Cricket World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

Awards summary

There are currently four post-tournament awards:

• the Golden Bat Award (currently termed "ICC Golden Bat") for top run scorer, first awarded in 1975;
• the Golden Ball Award (currently termed "ICC Golden Ball") for top wicket getter, first awarded in 1975;
• the Player of the tournament Award (currently termed "ICC Player of the tournament") for outstanding performance in the entire World Cup tournament, first awarded in 1992;
• the Player of the match in Final Award (currently termed "ICC Player of the match in Final") for outstanding player in World Cup finals, first awarded in 1975;

Player of the tournament

Year	Player	Stats
1992	Template:Flagicon Martin Crowe	456 runs
1996	Template:Flagicon Sanath Jayasuriya	221 runs & 6 wickets
1999	Template:Flagicon Lance Klusener	281 runs & 17 wickets
2003	Template:Flagicon Sachin Tendulkar	673 runs & 2 wickets
2007	Template:Flagicon Glenn McGrath	26 wickets
2011	Template:Flagicon Yuvraj Singh	362 runs & 15 wickets
2015	Template:Flagicon Mitchell Starc	22 wickets
2019	Template:Flagicon Kane Williamson	578 runs & 2 wickets
2023	Template:Flagicon Virat Kohli	765 runs & 1 wicket

Player of the match in Final

Year	Player	Stats
1975	Template:Flagicon Clive Lloyd	102
1979	Template:Flagicon Viv Richards	138*
1983	Template:Flagicon Mohinder Amarnath	26 and 3/12
1987	Template:Flagicon David Boon	75
1992	Template:Flagicon Wasim Akram	33* and 3/49
1996	Template:Flagicon Aravinda de Silva	3/42 and 107*
1999	Template:Flagicon Shane Warne	4/33
2003	Template:Flagicon Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Template:Flagicon Adam Gilchrist	149
2011	MS Dhoni	91*
2015	Template:Flagicon James Faulkner	3/36
2019	Template:Flagicon Ben Stokes	84*
2023	Template:Flagicon Travis Head	137
2027
2031

Golden Bat

The Golden Bat Award goes to the top run scorer of the ICC World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the run scorers, the first time an award was given was in 1975. If there is more than one player with the same number of runs both of them are awarded with the Golden Bat. India is the only country whose players have won the Golden Bat a record 5 times (Sachin Tendulkar in 1996 & 2003, Rahul Dravid in 1999, Rohit Sharma in 2019 and Virat Kohli in 2023).

Top runscorer

World Cup	Winner	Runs
1975	Template:Flagicon Glenn Turner	333
1979	Template:Flagicon Gordon Greenidge	253
1983	Template:Flagicon David Gower	384
1987	Template:Flagicon Graham Gooch	471
1992	Template:Flagicon Martin Crowe	456
1996	Template:Flagicon Sachin Tendulkar	523
1999	Template:Flagicon Rahul Dravid	461
2003	Template:Flagicon Sachin Tendulkar	673
2007	Template:Flagicon Matthew Hayden	659
2011	Template:Flagicon Tillakaratne Dilshan	500
2015	Template:Flagicon Martin Guptill	547
2019	Template:Flagicon Rohit Sharma	648
2023	Template:Flagicon Virat Kohli	765
2027
2031

Golden Ball

The Golden Ball Award goes to the top wicket taker of the ICC World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the wicket takers, the first time an award was given was in 1975.

If there is more than one player with the same number of wickets both of them are awarded with the Golden Ball.

Top wicket taker

World Cup	Winner	Wickets
1975	Template:Flagicon Gary Gilmour	11
1979	Template:Flagicon Mike Hendrick	10
1983	Template:Flagicon Roger Binny	18
1987	Template:Flagicon Craig McDermott	18
1992	Template:Flagicon Wasim Akram	18
1996	Template:Flagicon Anil Kumble	15
1999	Template:Flagicon Geoff Allott Template:Flagicon Shane Warne	20 20
2003	Template:Flagicon Chaminda Vaas	23
2007	Template:Flagicon Glenn McGrath	26
2011	Template:Flagicon Zaheer Khan Template:Flagicon Shahid Afridi	21 21
2015	Template:Flagicon Mitchell Starc Template:Flagicon Trent Boult	22 22
2019	Template:Flagicon Mitchell Starc	27
2023	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Shami	24
2027
2031

See also

• Cricket World Cup records
• History of the Cricket World Cup