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 +YearPlayerStats1992 Martin Crowe456 runs1996 Sanath Jayasuriya221 runs & 6 wickets1999 Lance Klusener281 runs & 17 wickets2003 Sachin Tendulkar673 runs & 2 wickets2007 Glenn McGrath26 wickets2011 Yuvraj Singh362 runs & 15 wickets2015 Mitchell Starc22 wickets2019 Kane Williamson578 runs2023 Virat Kohli765 runs & 1 wicket
Player of the match in Final YearPlayerStats1975 Clive Lloyd 1021979 Viv Richards 138*1983 Mohinder Amarnath 26 and 3/121987 David Boon 751992 Wasim Akram 33* and 3/491996 Aravinda de Silva 3/42 and 107*1999 Shane Warne 4/332003 Ricky Ponting 140*2007 Adam Gilchrist 1492011 MS Dhoni 91*2015 James Faulkner 3/362019 Ben Stokes 84*2023 Travis Head 1372027 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 runscorerWorld CupWinnerRuns1975 Glenn Turner3331979 Gordon Greenidge2531983 David Gower3841987 Graham Gooch4711992 Martin Crowe4561996 Sachin Tendulkar5231999 Rahul Dravid4612003 Sachin Tendulkar6732007 Matthew Hayden6592011 Tillakaratne Dilshan5002015 Martin Guptill5472019 Rohit Sharma6482023 Virat Kohli7652027 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 takerWorld CupWinnerWickets1975 Gary Gilmour 111979 Mike Hendrick101983 Roger Binny181987 Craig McDermott181992 Wasim Akram181996 Anil Kumble15 1999 Geoff Allott Shane Warne 20 202003 Chaminda Vaas23 2007 Glenn McGrath262011 Shahid Afridi Zaheer Khan21 212015 Mitchell Starc Trent Boult22 222019 Mitchell Starc 272023 Mohammed Shami 242027 2031
See also Cricket World Cup records History of the Cricket World Cup
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