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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.

List of Cricketers of the Year

• 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, TM Moody, Saqlain Mushtaq
• 1999 - ID Austin, Darren Gough, Muttiah Muralitharan, Arjuna Ranatunga, Jonty Rhodes
• 1998 - MTG Elliott, SG Law, Glenn McGrath, MP Maynard, Graham Thorpe
• 1997 - Sanath Jayasuriya, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saeed Anwar, PV Simmons, Sachin Tendulkar
• 1996 - Dominic Cork, Aravinda de Silva, Andrew Fraser, Anil Kumble, Dermot Reeve
• 1995 - Brian Lara, Devon Malcolm, TA Munton, SJ Rhodes, Kepler Wessels
• 1994 - David Boon, Ian Healy, MG Hughes, Shane Warne, SL Watkin
• 1993 - NE Briers, MD Moxon, IDK Salisbury, Alec Stewart, Wasim Akram
• 1992 - Curtly Ambrose, Philip DeFreitas, Allan Donald, RB Richardson, Waqar Younis
• 1991 - Mike Atherton, Mohammed Azharuddin, AR Butcher, DL Haynes, Mark Waugh
• 1990 - SJ Cook, DM Jones, Jack Russell, Robin Smith, Mark Taylor
• 1989 - KJ Barnett, PJL Dujon, PA Neale, FD Stephenson, Steve Waugh
• 1988 - Jonathan Agnew, NA Foster, DP Hughes, PM Roebuck, Saleem Malik
• 1987 - JH Childs, Graeme Hick, Dilip Vengsarkar, Courtney Walsh, JJ Whitaker
• 1986 - P Bainbridge, RM Ellison, CJ McDermott, NV Radford, RT Robinson
• 1985 - Martin Crowe, HA Gomes, GW Humpage, J Simmons, S Wettimuny
• 1984 - Mohinder Amarnath, JV Coney, John Emburey, Mike Gatting, CL Smith
• 1983 - Imran Khan, TE Jesty, Alvin Kallicharran, Kapil Dev, Malcolm Marshall
• 1982 - TM Alderman, Allan Border, Richard Hadlee, Javed Miandad, RW Marsh
• 1981 - KJ Hughes, RD Jackman, Allan Lamb, CEB Rice, VAP van der Bijl
• 1980 - Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Graham Gooch, DW Randall, BC Rose
• 1979 - David Gower, JK Lever, CM Old, CT Radley, JN Shepherd
• 1978 - Ian Botham, M Hendrick, A Jones, KS McEwan, Bob Willis
• 1977 - Mike Brearley, CG Greenidge, Michael Holding, Vivian Richards, RW Taylor
• 1976 - Ian Chappell, PG Lee, RB McCosker, DS Steele, RA Woolmer
• 1975 - DL Amiss, MH Denness, N Gifford, Tony Greig, AME Roberts
• 1974 - KD Boyce, BE Congdon, KWR Fletcher, RC Fredericks, PJ Sainsbury
• 1973 - Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, RAL Massie, JA Snow, KR Stackpole
• 1972 - GG Arnold, BS Chandrasekhar, LR Gibbs, B Taylor, Zaheer Abbas
• 1971 - JD Bond, CH Lloyd, BW Luckhurst, GM Turner, RT Virgin
• 1970 - BF Butcher, APE Knott, Majid Khan, MJ Procter, DJ Shepherd
• 1969 - JG Binks, DM Green, BA Richards, DL Underwood, OS Wheatley
• 1968 - Asif Iqbal, Hanif Mohammad, K Higgs, JM Parks, MAK Pataudi
• 1967 - RW Barber, Basil D'Oliveira, C Milburn, JT Murray, SM Nurse
• 1966 - KC Bland, JH Edrich, RC Motz, PM Pollock, RG Pollock
• 1965 - G Boycott, PJP Burge, JA Flavell, GD McKenzie, RB Simpson
• 1964 - DB Close, CC Griffith, CC Hunte, RB Kanhai, Gary Sobers
• 1963 - D Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, PH Parfitt, PJ Sharpe, FJ Titmus
• 1962 - WE Alley, Richie Benaud, AK Davidson, WM Lawry, NC O'Neill
• 1961 - NAT Adcock, Ted Dexter, RA McLean, R Subba Row, JV Wilson
• 1960 - KF Barrington, DB Carr, R Illingworth, G Pullar, MJK Smith
• 1959 - HL Jackson, RE Marshall, CA Milton, JR Reid, D Shackleton
• 1958 - PJ Loader, AJW McIntyre, OG Smith, MJ Stewart, CL Walcott
• 1957 - D Brookes, JW Burke, MJ Hilton, GRA Langley, PE Richardson
• 1957 - DJ Insole, DJ McGlew, HJ Tayfield, FH Tyson
• 1956 - Colin Cowdrey, DJ Insole, DJ McGlew, HJ Tayfield, FH Tyson
• 1955 - B Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, WE Hollies, JB Statham, GE Tribe
• 1954 - RN Harvey, Tony Lock, KR Miller, Johnny Wardle, W Watson
• 1953 - H Gimblett, Tom Graveney, DS Sheppard, WS Surridge, Fred Trueman
• 1952 - R Appleyard, HE Dollery, Jim Laker, Peter May, EAB Rowan
• 1951 - Godfrey Evans, S Ramadhin, AL Valentine, ED Weekes, FMM Worrell
• 1950 - Trevor Bailey, RO Jenkins, JG Langridge, RT Simpson, B Sutcliffe
• 1949 - AL Hassett, WA Johnston, RR Lindwall, AR Morris, D Tallon
• 1948 - MP Donnelly, A Melville, AD Nourse, JDB Robertson, NWD Yardley
• 1947 - Alec Bedser, LB Fishlock, MH Mankad, TPB Smith, C Washbrook
• 1940 - LN Constantine, Bill Edrich, WW Keeton, WFF Price, AB Sellers
• 1939 - HT Bartlett, WA Brown, Denis Compton, K Farnes, A Wood
• 1938 - TWJ Goddard, J Hardstaff, Leonard Hutton, JH Parks, E Paynter
• 1937 - CJ Barnett, WH Copson, AR Gover, VM Merchant, TS Worthington
• 1936 - HB Cameron, ERT Holmes, B Mitchell, D Smith, AW Wellard
• 1935 - SJ McCabe, WJ O'Reilly, GAE Paine, WH Ponsford, CIJ Smith
• 1934 - AH Bakewell, GA Headley, MS Nichols, LF Townsend, CF Walters
• 1933 - WE Astill, FR Brown, AS Kennedy, CK Nayudu, Bill Voce
• 1932 - WE Bowes, CS Dempster, James Langridge, Nawab of Pataudi, H Verity
• 1931 - Donald Bradman, CV Grimmett, BH Lyon, IAR Peebles, MJL Turnbull
• 1930 - EH Bowley, KS Duleepsinhji, HGO Owen-Smith, RWV Robins, Bob Wyatt
• 1929 - LEG Ames, G Duckworth, M Leyland, SJ Staples, JC White
• 1928 - RC Blunt, C Hallows, Wally Hammond, Douglas Jardine, VWC Jupp
• 1927 - G Geary, Harold Larwood, J Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull
• 1926 - Jack Hobbs
• 1925 - RH Catterall, JCW MacBryan, HW Taylor, RK Tyldesley, WW Whysall
• 1924 - AER Gilligan, R Kilner, GG Macaulay, CH Parkin, MW Tate
• 1923 - Arthur Carr, AP Freeman, CWL Parker, CAG Russell, A Sandham
• 1922 - H Ashton, JL Bryan, JM Gregory, CG Macartney, EA McDonald
• 1921 - PF Warner
• 1920 - A Ducat, EH Hendren, P Holmes, H Sutcliffe, GE Tyldesley
• 1919 - PW Adams, APF Chapman, AC Gore, LP Hedges, NE Partridge
• 1918 - HL Calder, JDE Firth, CH Gibson, GA Rotherham, GTS Stevens
• 1915 - JWHT Douglas, PGH Fender, HTW Hardinge, DJ Knight, SG Smith
• 1914 - MW Booth, G Gunn, JW Hitch, AE Relf, LH Tennyson
• 1913 - J Wisden
• 1912 - FR Foster, JW Hearne, SP Kinneir, CP Mead, H Strudwick
• 1911 - HK Foster, A Hartley, CB Llewellyn, WC Smith, FE Woolley
• 1910 - W Bardsley, SF Barnes, DW Carr, AP Day, VS Ransford
• 1909 - W Brearley, Lord Hawke, JB Hobbs, A Marshal, JT Newstead
• 1908 - A Freeman, RO Schwarz, FA Tarrant, AEE Vogler, TG Wass
• 1907 - JN Crawford, A Fielder, EG Hayes, KL Hutchings, NA Knox
• 1906 - D Denton, WS Lees, GJ Thompson, J Vine, LG Wright
• 1905 - BJT Bosanquet, EA Halliwell, J Hallows, PA Perrin, RH Spooner
• 1904 - C Blythe, JR Gunn, AE Knight, W Mead, PF Warner
• 1903 - WW Armstrong, CJ Burnup, J Iremonger, JJ Kelly, VT Trumper
• 1902 - LC Braund, CP McGahey, F Mitchell, WG Quaife, JT Tyldesley
• 1901 - RE Foster, S Haigh, GH Hirst, HD Stratton, TL Taylor
• 1900 - J Darling, C Hill, AO Jones, MA Noble, RM Poore
• 1899 - J Briggs, JJ Ferris, WH Lockwood, GA Lohmann, R Peel, W Rhodes, W Storer, CL Townsend, AE Trott, CTB Turner, SMJ Woods
• 1898 - FG Bull, WR Cuttell, NF Druce, GL Jessop, JR Mason
• 1897 - SE Gregory, AFA Lilley, KS Ranjitsinhji, T Richardson, H Trumble
• 1896 - W. G. Grace
• 1895 - W Brockwell, JT Brown, CB Fry, TW Hayward, AC MacLaren
• 1894 - G Giffen, A Hearne, FS Jackson, GHS Trott, E Wainwright
• 1893 - HT Hewett, LCH Palairet, WW Read, SW Scott, AE Stoddart
• 1892 - W Attewell, JT Hearne, F Martin, AW Mold, JW Sharpe
• 1891 - JM Blackham, G MacGregor, R Pilling, M Sherwin, H Wood
• 1890 - R Abel, W Barnes, W Gunn, L Hall, R Henderson, JM Read, A Shrewsbury, FH Sugg, A Ward