Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
| ICC Award for Best Player | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | ICC |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Currently held by |
 Steven Smith |
| Official website | LG ICC Awards |
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".[1]
As of 2015, 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 | MS Dhoni |
2 | Ricky Ponting  Kumar Sangakkara |
3 |
| Player with most nominations | Ricky Ponting Kumar Sangakkara |
3 |  Jacques Kallis Ricky Ponting |
3 | Sachin Tendulkar  Mohammed Yousuf |
3 | Ricky Ponting Mohammed Yousuf |
3 |
| Player with most nominations (without ever winning) |
Hashim Amla |
3 | Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
2 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammed 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
2005
Winners: Jacques Kallis and 
Andrew Flintoff
2006
Winner: Ricky Ponting
2007
Winner: Ricky Ponting
2008
Winner: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
2009
Winner: Mitchell Johnson
2010
Winner: Sachin Tendulkar
2011
Winner: Jonathan Trott
2012
Winner: Kumar Sangakkara
2013
Winner: Michael Clarke
2014
Winner: Mitchell Johnson
2015
Winner: Steven Smith[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Inauguration of ICC Test Player of the Year trophy
- ↑ List of winners of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy – The Tribune, December 7, 2013
- ↑ "Nominees - LG ICC Awards 2014". LG ICC Awards. International Cricket Council. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Steven Smith claims top ICC awards