ICC World Cup Awards: Player of the Final, Player of the Tournament, Golden Bat & Golden Ball Winners Of Every Edition

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ICC World Cup, the ODI cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council, has been held as a quadrennial event with the top cricketing nations from across the globe competing for the coveted title.

The ODI World Cup was founded in 1975 with eight teams battling in round-robin group stage followed by knock out round. Over the years, the tournament has seen the number of teams expand before being trimmed down to the current 10-team tournament and a 50-over format.

In the 13 editions of the Cricket World Cup, there have been several top performances, but only six teams have managed to win the trophy. However, many players who have had stand-out performances have bagged individual awards.

The best performer over the course of the World Cup is awarded the Player of the Tournament, while the best player in the summit clash receives a Player of the Final award. The top run-scorers and wicket-takers also bag the golden bat and ball awards respectively.

While most awards have been given since the inception of the tournament, the Player of the Tournament award was introduced from the 1992 edition to reward the best performance across matches in the tournament.

Also the golden bat award recipients have been unique since it's inception, while the golden ball awards have been shared by two players two times. The golden bat award list has been dominated by Indian players with five players representing the sub-continent nation bagging the award.

The golden ball, award for most wickets, have been bagged by Australian players the most. Australia have also win the World Cup trophy the most followed by India and West Indies.

The awards have been given post the completion of the ODI World Cup final during the presenation ceremony. Here is a look at all the ICC World Cup Awards from 1975 to 2023:

ICC ODI World Cup Player of the Match in Final Award Winners

Every ODI World Cup held so far has seen a different player of the match award recipient with Australian players bagging the award most as the award is mostly given to the team that has won the match so far. Here is a look at the CWC Final Man of the match winners:

ICC World Cup Player of the Tournament Award Winners

The player of the tournament, most commonly known as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) across sports is bagged by consistent performers over the course of the tournament. The award was first introduced in 1992. Here is a look at the CWC MVP so far:

ICC World Cup Golden Bat Winners List (Most Runs in the tournament)

Legendary Sachin Tendulkar is the only player that has bagged this award twice for finishing as the highest run-getter in a ODI World Cup tournament. This award has been given since 1975 with Indian players dominating the list: Here is the most run-scorers of CWC so far:

ICC World Cup Golden Ball Winners List (Most Wickets in the tournament)

Unlike the most runs, the most wicket-taker award has seen players share the trophy many times with Australia players dominating the list. Only two spinners have managed to get on this unique list. Here is a look at the highest wicket-takers in CWC over the years: