Wisden Cricketer of the Year

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year is an award given annually by the Wisden yearbook. Usually, five players are named each year, although this was not always the case in the early years – Jack Hobbs and W. G. Grace being among those to be honoured individually. Also, a player may receive the award only once in his career, although again this was not always the case in former years – Hobbs was named in both 1909 and 1926.

The award is based primarily, although not exclusively, on the players' 'influence on the previous English season'. From 2000 to 2003 the award was made based on all cricket around the world, but this ended in 2004 when the Wisden Leading Cricketer of the World award was introduced.

List of Cricketers of the Year

• 2005 – Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison, Robert Key, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick
• 2004 – Chris Adams, Andrew Flintoff, Ian Harvey, Gary Kirsten, Graeme Smith
• 2003 – Matthew Hayden, Adam Hollioake, Nasser Hussain, Shaun Pollock, Michael Vaughan
• 2002 – Andy Flower, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, V.V.S. Laxman, Damien Martyn
• 2001 – Mark Alleyne, Martin Bicknell, Andrew Caddick, Justin Langer, Darren Lehmann
• 2000 – Chris Cairns, Rahul Dravid, Lance Klusener, Tom Moody, Saqlain Mushtaq
• 1999 – Ian Austin, Darren Gough, Muttiah Muralitharan, Arjuna Ranatunga, Jonty Rhodes
• 1998 – Matthew Elliott, Stuart Law, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Maynard, Graham Thorpe
• 1997 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saeed Anwar, Phil Simmons, Sachin Tendulkar
• 1996 – Dominic Cork, Aravinda de Silva, Angus Fraser, Anil Kumble, Dermot Reeve
• 1995 – Brian Lara, Devon Malcolm, Tim Munton, Steve Rhodes, Kepler Wessels
• 1994 – David Boon, Ian Healy, Merv Hughes, Shane Warne, Steve Watkin
• 1993 – Nigel Briers, Martyn Moxon, Ian Salisbury, Alec Stewart, Wasim Akram
• 1992 – Curtly Ambrose, Philip DeFreitas, Allan Donald, Richie Richardson, Waqar Younis
• 1991 – Mike Atherton, Mohammed Azharuddin, Alan Butcher, Desmond Haynes, Mark Waugh
• 1990 – Jimmy Cook, Dean Jones, Jack Russell, Robin Smith, Mark Taylor
• 1989 – Kim Barnett, Jeff Dujon, Phil Neale, Franklyn Stephenson, Steve Waugh
• 1988 – Jonathan Agnew, Neil Foster, David Hughes, Peter Roebuck, Saleem Malik
• 1987 – John Childs, Graeme Hick, Dilip Vengsarkar, Courtney Walsh, John Whitaker
• 1986 – Phil Bainbridge, Richard Ellison, Craig McDermott, Neal Radford, Tim Robinson
• 1985 – Martin Crowe, Larry Gomes, Geoff Humpage, Jack Simmons, Sidath Wettimuny
• 1984 – Mohinder Amarnath, Jeremy Coney, John Emburey, Mike Gatting, Chris Smith
• 1983 – Imran Khan, Trevor Jesty, Alvin Kallicharran, Kapil Dev, Malcolm Marshall
• 1982 – Terry Alderman, Allan Border, Richard Hadlee, Javed Miandad, Rod Marsh
• 1981 – Kim Hughes, Robin Jackman, Allan Lamb, Clive Rice, Pieter van der Bijl
• 1980 – Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Graham Gooch, Derek Randall, Brian Rose
• 1979 – David Gower, John Lever, Chris Old, Clive Radley, John Shepherd
• 1978 – Ian Botham, Mike Hendrick, A Jones, KS McEwan, Bob Willis
• 1977 – Mike Brearley, Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding, Vivian Richards, Bob Taylor
• 1976 – Ian Chappell, PG Lee, RB McCosker, David Steele, Bob Woolmer
• 1975 – Dennis Amiss, Mike Denness, Norman Gifford, Tony Greig, Andy Roberts
• 1974 – KD Boyce, BE Congdon, Keith Fletcher, RC Fredericks, PJ Sainsbury
• 1973 – Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, RAL Massie, John Snow, Keith Stackpole
• 1972 – Geoff Arnold, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Lance Gibbs, B Taylor, Zaheer Abbas
• 1971 – JD Bond, Clive Lloyd, Brian Luckhurst, Glenn Turner, Roy Virgin
• 1970 – BF Butcher, Allan Knott, Majid Khan, Mike Procter, David Shepherd
• 1969 – JG Binks, DM Green, Barry Richards, Derek Underwood, Ossie Wheatley
• 1968 – Asif Iqbal, Hanif Mohammad, Ken Higgs, JM Parks, MAK Pataudi
• 1967 – Bob Barber, Basil D'Oliveira, Colin Milburn, JT Murray, SM Nurse
• 1966 – KC Bland, John Edrich, RC Motz, Peter Pollock, Graeme Pollock
• 1965 – Geoffrey Boycott, PJP Burge, Jack Flavell, GD McKenzie, Bob Simpson
• 1964 – Brian Close, Charlie Griffith, Conrad Hunte, Rohan Kanhai, Gary Sobers
• 1963 – Don Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, Peter Parfitt, PJ Sharpe, Fred Titmus
• 1962 – Bill Alley, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Bill Lawry, NC O'Neill
• 1961 – Neil Adcock, Ted Dexter, RA McLean, Raman Subba Row, JV Wilson
• 1960 – Ken Barrington, Donald Carr, Ray Illingworth, Geoff Pullar, MJK Smith
• 1959 – HL Jackson, RE Marshall, CA Milton, JR Reid, Derek Shackleton
• 1958 – Peter Loader, Arthur McIntyre, OG Smith, MJ Stewart, Clyde Walcott
• 1957 – Dennis Brookes, JW Burke, MJ Hilton, GRA Langley, PE Richardson
• 1957 – Colin Cowdrey, Doug Insole, DJ McGlew, Hugh Tayfield, Frank Tyson
• 1955 – Bruce Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, Eric Hollies, Brian Statham, GE Tribe
• 1954 – Neil Harvey, Tony Lock, Keith Miller, Johnny Wardle, Willie Watson
• 1953 – Harold Gimblett, Tom Graveney, David Sheppard, Stuart Surridge, Fred Trueman
• 1952 – R Appleyard, HE Dollery, Jim Laker, Peter May, Eric Rowan
• 1951 – Godfrey Evans, Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell
• 1950 – Trevor Bailey, Roly Jenkins, JG Langridge, RT Simpson, B Sutcliffe
• 1949 – Lindsay Hassett, WA Johnston, RR Lindwall, AR Morris, Don Tallon
• 1948 – MP Donnelly, A Melville, AD Nourse, JDB Robertson, NWD Yardley
• 1947 – Alec Bedser, LB Fishlock, MH Mankad, TPB Smith, Cyril Washbrook
• 1940 – Learie Constantine, Bill Edrich, WW Keeton, WFF Price, AB Sellers
• 1939 – HT Bartlett, WA Brown, Denis Compton, Kenneth Farnes, A Wood
• 1938 – Tom Goddard, J Hardstaff, Leonard Hutton, JH Parks, Eddie Paynter
• 1937 – Charlie Barnett, Bill Copson, Alf Gover, VM Merchant, TS Worthington
• 1936 – HB Cameron, ERT Holmes, Bruce Mitchell, D Smith, AW Wellard
• 1935 – Stan McCabe, WJ O'Reilly, GAE Paine, Bill Ponsford, CIJ Smith
• 1934 – Fred Bakewell, George Headley, MS Nichols, LF Townsend, CF Walters
• 1933 – WE Astill, FR Brown, Alec Kennedy, CK Nayudu, Bill Voce
• 1932 – WE Bowes, CS Dempster, James Langridge, Nawab of Pataudi, snr, Hedley Verity
• 1931 – Donald Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, BH Lyon, IAR Peebles, Maurice Turnbull
• 1930 – Ted Bowley, KS Duleepsinhji, HGO Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt
• 1929 – Leslie Ames, George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland, SJ Staples, Jack White
• 1928 – RC Blunt, C Hallows, Wally Hammond, Douglas Jardine, VWC Jupp
• 1927 – George Geary, Harold Larwood, Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull
• 1926 – Jack Hobbs
• 1925 – RH Catterall, JCW MacBryan, HW Taylor, RK Tyldesley, WW Whysall
• 1924 – Arthur Gilligan, Roy Kilner, George Macaulay, Cecil Parkin, Maurice Tate
• 1923 – Arthur Carr, Tich Freeman, CWL Parker, CAG Russell, Andy Sandham
• 1922 – H Ashton, JL Bryan, Jack Gregory, Charlie Macartney, Ted McDonald
• 1921 – Plum Warner
• 1920 – A Ducat, EH Hendren, Percy Holmes, Herbert Sutcliffe, Ernest Tyldesley
• 1919 – PW Adams, Percy Chapman, AC Gore, LP Hedges, NE Partridge
• 1918 – HL Calder, JDE Firth, CH Gibson, GA Rotherham, Greville Stevens
• 1915 – JWHT Douglas, Percy Fender, HTW Hardinge, DJ Knight, SG Smith
• 1914 – Major Booth, George Gunn, JW Hitch, Albert Relf, Lionel Tennyson
• 1913 – John Wisden
• 1912 – Frank Foster, JW Hearne, SP Kinneir, Phil Mead, Herbert Strudwick
• 1911 – HK Foster, A Hartley, Charlie Llewellyn, WC Smith, FE Woolley
• 1910 – Warren Bardsley, Sydney Barnes, Douglas Carr, AP Day, VS Ransford
• 1909 – Walter Brearley, Lord Hawke, Jack Hobbs, A Marshal, JT Newstead
• 1908 – Albert Hallam, Reginald Schwarz, Frank Tarrant, Bert Vogler, Thomas Wass
• 1907 – JN Crawford, Arthur Fielder, Ernie Hayes, Kenneth Hutchings, Neville Knox
• 1906 – David Denton, WS Lees, George Thompson, Joe Vine, LG Wright
• 1905 – BJT Bosanquet, EA Halliwell, J Hallows, Percy Perrin, Reggie Spooner
• 1904 – C Blythe, JR Gunn, AE Knight, Walter Mead, Plum Warner
• 1903 – Warwick Armstrong, CJ Burnup, James Iremonger, JJ Kelly, Victor Trumper
• 1902 – Len Braund, Charlie McGahey, F Mitchell, WG Quaife, Johnny Tyldesley
• 1901 – Tip Foster, Schofield Haigh, GH Hirst, HD Stratton, TL Taylor
• 1900 – Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Arthur Jones, Monty Noble, Robert Poore
• 1899 – Wilfred Rhodes, William Storer, Charlie Townsend, Albert Trott, William Lockwood
• 1898 – FG Bull, WR Cuttell, NF Druce, Gilbert Jessop, JR Mason
• 1897 – SE Gregory, Dick Lilley, KS Ranjitsinhji, Tom Richardson, Hugh Trumble
• 1896 – WG Grace
• 1895 – Bill Brockwell, JT Brown, CB Fry, TW Hayward, Archie MacLaren
• 1894 – George Giffen, Alec Hearne, FS Jackson, GHS Trott, Edward Wainwright
• 1893 – HT Hewett, LCH Palairet, Walter Read, SW Scott, Andrew Stoddart
• 1892 – William Attewell, JT Hearne, F Martin, AW Mold, John Sharpe
• 1891 – Jack Blackham, Gregor MacGregor, Dick Pilling, M Sherwin, H Wood
• 1890 – Bobby Abel, Billy Barnes, Billy Gunn, L Hall, R Henderson, JM Read, Arthur Shrewsbury, Frank Sugg, A Ward
• 1889 – George_Lohmann, Johnny Briggs, John Ferris, CTB Turner, Sammy Woods, Bobby Peel