Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World

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The Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award was introduced in 2004 to complement the long-standing Wisden Cricketer of the Year awards, which are still given to five players each year.

The accolade is awarded by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to the player who has made the most dominant performances in the year before the publication of each year's almanack (roughly early in the calendar year preceding publication to early in the calendar year of publication). Unlike the Wisden Cricketer of the Year awards, the distinction of Leading Cricketer of the World can be given to the same player more than once.

For the 2007 edition, a panel of experts was employed to select the leading cricketer for each year from 1900 to 2002, with the exception of the years of the two World Wars.

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Year Player Country
2007 Jacques Kallis South Africa
2006 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka
2005 Andrew Flintoff England
2004 Shane Warne Australia
2003 Ricky Ponting Australia
2002 Matthew Hayden Australia
2001 Glenn McGrath Australia
2000 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka
1999 Steve Waugh Australia
1998 Sachin Tendulkar India
1997 Shane Warne Australia
1996 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka
1995 Brian Lara West Indies
1994 Brian Lara West Indies
1993 Shane Warne Australia
1992 Wasim Akram Pakistan
1991 Curtly Ambrose West Indies
1990 Graham Gooch England
1989 Allan Border Australia
1988 Malcolm Marshall West Indies
1987 Martin Crowe New Zealand
1986 Malcolm Marshall West Indies
1985 Sir Richard Hadlee New Zealand
1984 Joel Garner West Indies
1983 Kapil Dev India
1982 Imran Khan Pakistan
1981 Sir Ian Botham England
1980 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies
1979 Greg Chappell Australia
1978 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies
1977 Dennis Lillee Australia
1976 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies
1975 Clive Lloyd West Indies
1974 Jeff Thomson Australia
1973 Barry Richards South Africa
1972 Dennis Lillee Australia
1973 Mike Procter South Africa
1970 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1969 Graeme Pollock South Africa
1968 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1967 Graeme Pollock South Africa
1966 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1965 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1964 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1963 Fred Trueman England
1962 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1961 Alan Davidson Australia
1960 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1959 Richie Benaud Australia
1958 Sir Garfield Sobers West Indies
1957 Peter May England
1956 Jim Laker England
1955 Frank Tyson England
1954 Clyde Walcott West Indies
1953 Alec Bedser England
1952 Sir Len Hutton England
1951 Keith Miller Australia
1950 Sir Frank Worrell West Indies
1949 Sir Len Hutton England
1948 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1947 Denis Compton England
1946 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1939 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1938 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1937 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1936 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1935 Stan McCabe Australia
1934 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1933 Harold Larwood England
1932 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1931 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1930 Sir Don Bradman Australia
1929 Wally Hammond England
1928 Tich Freeman England
1927 Bill Ponsford Australia
1926 Charlie Macartney Australia
1925 Sir Jack Hobbs England
1924 Maurice Tate England
1923 Patsy Hendren England
1922 Sir Jack Hobbs England
1921 Charlie Macartney Australia
1920 Herbie Collins Australia
1919 Jack Gregory Australia
1914 Sir Jack Hobbs England
1913 Sydney Barnes England
1912 Sydney Barnes England
1911 Victor Trumper Australia
1910 Aubrey Faulkner South Africa
1909 Wilfred Rhodes England
1908 Monty Noble Australia
1907 Bert Vogler South Africa
1906 George Hirst England
1905 Stanley Jackson England
1904 Bernard Bosanquet England
1903 C B Fry England
1902 Victor Trumper Australia
1901 C B Fry England
1900 K S Ranjitsinhji England

Bradman won the award in ten years and Sobers in eight. No other player has won it more than three times.

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