Recognizes the top performers in a single calendar year, and not correlated to our ratings which assess performances over longer term. Available for each year since the format origin.  Updated - 16th Nov 2025. Next Update- post 7th Jan 2026.
CRR Change Name Points Stats
4 Up 71 Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) flag Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) 453.13 M-5 | Wickets-27 | Avg-20 | SR-40 | ER-3.0
5 Down 3 Ravichandran Ashwin (India) flag Ravichandran Ashwin (India) 447.53 M-11 | Wickets-47 | Avg-27 | SR-43 | ER-3.8
6 Up 3 Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) flag Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 444.71 M-9 | Wickets-48 | Avg-32 | SR-60 | ER-3.2
7 Down 2 Ravindra Jadeja (India) flag Ravindra Jadeja (India) 432.88 M-12 | Wickets-48 | Avg-24 | SR-44 | ER-3.3
12 Up 15 Ajaz Patel (New Zealand) flag Ajaz Patel (New Zealand) 398.24 M-5 | Wickets-23 | Avg-28 | SR-44 | ER-3.8
16 New Shoaib Bashir (England) flag Shoaib Bashir (England) 384.30 M-15 | Wickets-49 | Avg-40 | SR-64 | ER-3.8
20 Down 19 Nathan Lyon (Australia) flag Nathan Lyon (Australia) 354.81 M-9 | Wickets-33 | Avg-23 | SR-49 | ER-2.8
21 New Tom Hartley (England) flag Tom Hartley (England) 346.20 M-5 | Wickets-22 | Avg-36 | SR-68 | ER-3.2
22 Up 63 Keshav Maharaj (South Africa) flag Keshav Maharaj (South Africa) 345.28 M-7 | Wickets-35 | Avg-19 | SR-42 | ER-2.8
23 Up 8 Noman Ali (Pakistan) flag Noman Ali (Pakistan) 335.76 M-2 | Wickets-20 | Avg-14 | SR-27 | ER-3.0
24 Up 17 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh) flag Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh) 331.37 M-10 | Wickets-31 | Avg-36 | SR-63 | ER-3.4
26 New Sajid Khan (Pakistan) flag Sajid Khan (Pakistan) 330.04 M-3 | Wickets-22 | Avg-24 | SR-35 | ER-4.1
29 New Kuldeep Yadav (India) flag Kuldeep Yadav (India) 308.42 M-5 | Wickets-22 | Avg-23 | SR-37 | ER-3.7
31 Down 20 Taijul Islam (Bangladesh) flag Taijul Islam (Bangladesh) 296.16 M-7 | Wickets-25 | Avg-36 | SR-62 | ER-3.4
32 New Washington Sundar (India) flag Washington Sundar (India) 274.75 M-4 | Wickets-19 | Avg-17 | SR-34 | ER-3.1
36 Up 23 Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) flag Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) 241.97 M-12 | Wickets-23 | Avg-36 | SR-58 | ER-3.7
40 Down 7 Jack Leach (England) flag Jack Leach (England) 219.04 M-4 | Wickets-18 | Avg-33 | SR-57 | ER-3.5
41 New Rehan Ahmed (England) flag Rehan Ahmed (England) 207.11 M-4 | Wickets-15 | Avg-37 | SR-54 | ER-4.0
42 Up 57 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) 190.84 M-5 | Wickets-13 | Avg-44 | SR-69 | ER-3.8
48 New Dane Piedt (South Africa) flag Dane Piedt (South Africa) 159.53 M-3 | Wickets-11 | Avg-31 | SR-55 | ER-3.4
53 New Neil Brand (South Africa) flag Neil Brand (South Africa) 143.41 M-2 | Wickets-8 | Avg-21 | SR-29 | ER-4.4
55 Down 12 Joe Root (England) flag Joe Root (England) 131.49 M-17 | Wickets-11 | Avg-51 | SR-87 | ER-3.5
61 Up 10 Jomel Warrican (West Indies) flag Jomel Warrican (West Indies) 106.39 M-2 | Wickets-8 | Avg-21 | SR-36 | ER-3.5
62 New Nishan Peiris (Sri Lanka) flag Nishan Peiris (Sri Lanka) 104.39 M-1 | Wickets-9 | Avg-23 | SR-34 | ER-4.0
63 Down 26 Salman Agha (Pakistan) flag Salman Agha (Pakistan) 102.89 M-7 | Wickets-6 | Avg-62 | SR-95 | ER-3.9
64 Up 5 Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka) flag Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka) 102.10 M-10 | Wickets-6 | Avg-46 | SR-79 | ER-3.5
67 New Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) flag Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) 92.75 M-12 | Wickets-7 | Avg-37 | SR-73 | ER-3.0
72 Down 60 Gudakesh Motie (West Indies) flag Gudakesh Motie (West Indies) 90.87 M-5 | Wickets-6 | Avg-58 | SR-105 | ER-3.3
73 New Zia-ur-Rehman (Afghanistan) flag Zia-ur-Rehman (Afghanistan) 88.46 M-3 | Wickets-8 | Avg-41 | SR-80 | ER-3.1
79 Down 21 Travis Head (Australia) flag Travis Head (Australia) 66.34 M-9 | Wickets-4 | Avg-26 | SR-45 | ER-3.5
80 Down 40 Andy McBrine (Ireland) flag Andy McBrine (Ireland) 64.59 M-2 | Wickets-7 | Avg-19 | SR-51 | ER-2.3
81 Down 47 Ramesh Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Ramesh Mendis (Sri Lanka) 62.98 M-1 | Wickets-6 | Avg-31 | SR-48 | ER-3.8
90 New Jacob Bethell (England) flag Jacob Bethell (England) 56.78 M-3 | Wickets-3 | Avg-26 | SR-31 | ER-5.0
91 Down 28 Axar Patel (India) flag Axar Patel (India) 56.70 M-2 | Wickets-5 | Avg-41 | SR-56 | ER-4.4
93 New Saim Ayub (Pakistan) flag Saim Ayub (Pakistan) 53.77 M-7 | Wickets-4 | Avg-35 | SR-37 | ER-5.6
95 New Kevin Sinclair (West Indies) flag Kevin Sinclair (West Indies) 50.96 M-2 | Wickets-4 | Avg-51 | SR-68 | ER-4.5
96 New Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) 50.74 M-9 | Wickets-3 | Avg-31 | SR-34 | ER-5.4
99 New Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa) flag Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa) 48.54 M-1 | Wickets-5 | Avg-11 | SR-19 | ER-3.4
100 Down 8 Zahir Khan (Afghanistan) flag Zahir Khan (Afghanistan) 47.63 M-2 | Wickets-5 | Avg-50 | SR-66 | ER-4.5
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