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.
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, 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, M Hendrick, A Jones, KS McEwan, Bob Willis
- 1977 - Mike Brearley, Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding, Vivian Richards, RW Taylor
- 1976 - Ian Chappell, PG Lee, RB McCosker, DS Steele, RA Woolmer
- 1975 - DL Amiss, Mike Denness, N Gifford, Tony Greig, AME Roberts
- 1974 - KD Boyce, BE Congdon, Keith Fletcher, RC Fredericks, PJ Sainsbury
- 1973 - Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, RAL Massie, JA Snow, Keith Stackpole
- 1972 - GG Arnold, BS Chandrasekhar, LR Gibbs, B Taylor, Zaheer Abbas
- 1971 - JD Bond, Clive Lloyd, BW Luckhurst, GM Turner, RT Virgin
- 1970 - BF Butcher, APE Knott, Majid Khan, Mike Procter, DJ Shepherd
- 1969 - JG Binks, DM Green, Barry Richards, Derek 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, John Edrich, RC Motz, Peter Pollock, Graeme Pollock
- 1965 - Geoffrey Boycott, PJP Burge, JA Flavell, GD McKenzie, RB Simpson
- 1964 - Brian Close, CC Griffith, CC Hunte, RB Kanhai, Gary Sobers
- 1963 - D Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, PH Parfitt, PJ Sharpe, FJ Titmus
- 1962 - Bill Alley, Richie Benaud, AK Davidson, Bill Lawry, NC O'Neill
- 1961 - NAT Adcock, Ted Dexter, RA McLean, Raman Subba Row, JV Wilson
- 1960 - Ken Barrington, Donald Carr, Ray 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, Frank Tyson
- 1955 - B Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, WE Hollies, JB Statham, GE Tribe
- 1954 - RN Harvey, Tony Lock, Keith Miller, Johnny Wardle, W Watson
- 1953 - H Gimblett, Tom Graveney, David Sheppard, WS Surridge, Fred Trueman
- 1952 - R Appleyard, HE Dollery, Jim Laker, Peter May, EAB Rowan
- 1951 - Godfrey Evans, S Ramadhin, AL Valentine, Everton Weekes, Frank 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, Bill 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, Hedley Verity
- 1931 - Donald Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, BH Lyon, IAR Peebles, MJL Turnbull
- 1930 - EH Bowley, KS Duleepsinhji, HGO Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt
- 1929 - Les Ames, G Duckworth, M Leyland, SJ Staples, Jack 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 - Arthur 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 - Plum Warner
- 1920 - A Ducat, EH Hendren, P Holmes, Herbert Sutcliffe, GE Tyldesley
- 1919 - PW Adams, Percy Chapman, AC Gore, LP Hedges, NE Partridge
- 1918 - HL Calder, JDE Firth, CH Gibson, GA Rotherham, Greville Stevens
- 1915 - Johnny Douglas, Percy Fender, HTW Hardinge, DJ Knight, SG Smith
- 1914 - MW Booth, G Gunn, JW Hitch, AE Relf, Lionel Tennyson
- 1913 - John 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, Jack 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, Plum Warner
- 1903 - WW Armstrong, CJ Burnup, J Iremonger, JJ Kelly, VT Trumper
- 1902 - LC Braund, CP McGahey, F Mitchell, WG Quaife, JT Tyldesley
- 1901 - Tip Foster, S Haigh, GH Hirst, HD Stratton, TL Taylor
- 1900 - J Darling, C Hill, Arthur Jones, MA Noble, RM Poore
- 1899 - J Briggs, JJ Ferris, WH Lockwood, 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 - WG Grace
- 1895 - W Brockwell, JT Brown, CB Fry, TW Hayward, Archie MacLaren
- 1894 - G Giffen, A Hearne, FS Jackson, GHS Trott, E Wainwright
- 1893 - HT Hewett, LCH Palairet, Walter Read, SW Scott, Andrew 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, Arthur Shrewsbury, FH Sugg, A Ward
- 1889 - GA Lohmann
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