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
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
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
27 Up 35 Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka) flag Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka) 317.66 M-7 | Wickets-29 | Avg-23 | SR-42 | ER-3.2
29 New Kuldeep Yadav (India) flag Kuldeep Yadav (India) 308.42 M-5 | Wickets-22 | Avg-23 | SR-37 | ER-3.7
30 Down 27 Mitchell Starc (Australia) flag Mitchell Starc (Australia) 301.65 M-9 | Wickets-31 | Avg-31 | SR-51 | ER-3.6
31 Down 20 Taijul Islam (Bangladesh) flag Taijul Islam (Bangladesh) 296.16 M-7 | Wickets-25 | Avg-36 | SR-62 | ER-3.4
33 Up 23 Marco Jansen (South Africa) flag Marco Jansen (South Africa) 274.35 M-4 | Wickets-22 | Avg-17 | SR-27 | ER-3.8
40 Down 7 Jack Leach (England) flag Jack Leach (England) 219.04 M-4 | Wickets-18 | Avg-33 | SR-57 | ER-3.5
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
53 New Neil Brand (South Africa) flag Neil Brand (South Africa) 143.41 M-2 | Wickets-8 | Avg-21 | SR-29 | ER-4.4
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
67 New Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) flag Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) 92.75 M-12 | Wickets-7 | Avg-37 | SR-73 | ER-3.0
69 Down 19 Nandre Burger (South Africa) flag Nandre Burger (South Africa) 92.31 M-2 | Wickets-7 | Avg-22 | SR-32 | ER-4.2
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
86 Down 38 Shoriful Islam (Bangladesh) flag Shoriful Islam (Bangladesh) 58.88 M-3 | Wickets-6 | Avg-49 | SR-94 | ER-3.1
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
94 New Richard Ngarava (Zimbabwe) flag Richard Ngarava (Zimbabwe) 51.84 M-1 | Wickets-4 | Avg-27 | SR-33 | ER-4.8
98 Down 56 Mir Hamza (Pakistan) flag Mir Hamza (Pakistan) 49.30 M-2 | Wickets-4 | Avg-40 | SR-80 | ER-3.0
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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