Cricket World Cup awards

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

Player of the match in Final

Year	Player	Stats
1975	Clive Lloyd	102
1979	Viv Richards	138*
1983	Mohinder Amarnath	26 and 3/12
1987	David Boon	75
1992	Wasim Akram	33* and 3/49
1996	Aravinda de Silva	3/42 and 107*
1999	Shane Warne	4/33
2003	Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Adam Gilchrist	149
2011	MS Dhoni	91*
2015	James Faulkner	3/36
2019	Ben Stokes	84*
2023	Travis Head	137
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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	Glenn Turner	333
1979	Gordon Greenidge	253
1983	David Gower	384
1987	Graham Gooch	471
1992	Martin Crowe	456
1996	Sachin Tendulkar	523
1999	Rahul Dravid	461
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	673
2007	Matthew Hayden	659
2011	Tillakaratne Dilshan	500
2015	Martin Guptill	547
2019	Rohit Sharma	648
2023	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	Gary Gilmour	11
1979	Mike Hendrick	10
1983	Roger Binny	18
1987	Craig McDermott	18
1992	Wasim Akram	18
1996	Anil Kumble	15
1999	Geoff Allott Shane Warne	20 20
2003	Chaminda Vaas	23
2007	Glenn McGrath	26
2011	Zaheer Khan Shahid Afridi	21 21
2015	Mitchell Starc Trent Boult	22 22
2019	Mitchell Starc	27
2023	Mohammed Shami	24
2027
2031

See also

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