World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year

World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year
Awarded for	Best Women's Sevens Player of the Year
Sponsored by	HSBC
Date	2013;12 years ago (2013)
Presented by	World Rugby
First award	2013
Currently held by	Jorja Miller (2025)
Website	World Rugby Awards

The World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year is awarded annually at the World Rugby Awards by World Rugby. The award is based on the player's performance during the Women's SVNS tournament along with other international sevens tournaments during the year.

Winners and nominees

Year	Image	Winning player	Other nominees	Ref(s)
2013		Kayla McAlister	Jennifer Kish Kelly van Harskamp	[1]
2014	—	Emilee Cherry	Charlotte Caslick Sarah Hirini Kayla McAlister	[2] [3]
2015		Portia Woodman	Charlotte Caslick Sarah Hirini Nadezhda Kudinova	[4]
2016		Charlotte Caslick	Emily Scarratt Portia Woodman	[5] [6]
2017	—	Michaela Blyde	Ghislaine Landry Ruby Tui	[7] [8]
2018	—	Michaela Blyde	Sarah Hirini Portia Woodman	[9]
2019		Ruby Tui	Sarah Hirini Tyla Nathan-Wong	[10] [11]
2021		Anne-Cécile Ciofani	Sarah Hirini Alowesi Nakoci Reapi Uluinisau	[12]
2022		Charlotte Caslick	Maddison Levi Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe Faith Nathan	[13] [14]
2023		Tyla Nathan-Wong	Michaela Blyde Maddison Levi Reapi Ulunisau	[15]
2024	—	Maddison Levi	Michaela Blyde Jorja Miller	[16] [17] [18]
2025	—	Jorja Miller		[19]

Winners with multiple nominations

Player	Wins	Nominations
Michaela Blyde	2 (2017, 2018)	3 (2017, 2018, 2023)
Charlotte Caslick	2 (2016, 2022)	4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2022)
Tyla Nathan-Wong	1 (2023)	2 (2023, 2019)
Portia Woodman	1 (2015)	2 (2015, 2018)
Kayla McAlister	1 (2013)	2 (2013, 2014)

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