Quick Facts
Biography
The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player of the year. It was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
The trophy is handcrafted by leading international crystal manufacturer Swarovski. The design features a red crystal cricket ball studded with over 4200 Swarovski crystal chantons, resting on a brass hand extended from a gold-plated base.
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain Sir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".
As of 2011, they are known as the LG ICC Awards.
Selection
The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.
Superlatives
| Superlative | ICC Player of The Year | ICC Test Player of The Year | ICC ODI Player of The Year | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player with most awards |  Ricky Ponting Mitchell Johnson | 2 |  Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2 | Ricky Ponting Kumar Sangakkara | 3 |
| Player with most nominations | Ricky Ponting Kumar Sangakkara | 3 |  Jacques Kallis Ricky Ponting | 3 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Yousuf | 3 | Ricky Ponting Mohammad Yousuf | 3 |
| Player with most nominations (without ever winning) | Hashim Amla | 3 | Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 2 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Yousuf | 3 | Mahela Jayawardene | 6 |
| Oldest winner | Sachin Tendulkar | 37 | Mohammad Yousuf | 33 | Matthew Hayden | 36 | Sachin Tendulkar | 37 |
| Youngest winner | Steven Smith | 26 | Dale Steyn | 25 | Virat Kohli | 23 | Virat Kohli | 23 |
List of Winners
2004 Winner: Rahul Dravid
Andrew Flintoff
Jacques Kallis
Ricky Ponting
Muttiah Muralitharan
2005 Winners: Jacques Kallis and 
Andrew Flintoff
- Glenn McGrath
- Adam Gilchrist
- Shane Warne
Inzamam-ul-Haq
2006 Winner: Ricky Ponting
- Mohammad Yousuf
- Kevin Pietersen
- Muttiah Muralitharan
2007 Winner: Ricky Ponting
- Mohammad Yousuf
Shivnarine Chanderpaul- Mahela Jayawardene
2008 Winner: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
- Dale Steyn
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Jacques Kallis
2009 Winner: Mitchell Johnson
Gautam Gambhir- Thilan Samaraweera
- Andrew Strauss
2010 Winner: Sachin Tendulkar
- Virender Sehwag
- Hashim Amla
- Dale Steyn
2011 Winner: Jonathan Trott
- Hashim Amla
- Alastair Cook
- Sachin Tendulkar
2012 Winner: Kumar Sangakkara
- Hashim Amla
- Michael Clarke
- Vernon Philander
2013 Winner: Michael Clarke
- Hashim Amla
- James Anderson
- Alastair Cook
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Kumar Sangakkara
2014 Winner: Mitchell Johnson
- AB de Villiers
- Angelo Mathews
- Kumar Sangakkara
2015 Winner: Steven Smith
2016
Winner: Ravichandran Ashwin