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
7 Down 2 Steven Smith (Australia) flag Steven Smith (Australia) 361.23 M-9 | Ct/St-22 | FPM-2.4
11 Up 1 Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) flag Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) 287.91 M-11 | Ct/St-18 | FPM-1.6
12 Up 2 Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka) flag Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka) 271.82 M-10 | Ct/St-18 | FPM-1.8
13 Up 8 Ollie Pope (England) flag Ollie Pope (England) 257.63 M-17 | Ct/St-25 | FPM-1.5
14 Up 68 Jason Holder (West Indies) flag Jason Holder (West Indies) 256.86 M-5 | Ct/St-9 | FPM-1.8
15 New Will Young (New Zealand) flag Will Young (New Zealand) 249.18 M-7 | Ct/St-12 | FPM-1.7
16 Up 59 Aiden Markram (South Africa) flag Aiden Markram (South Africa) 226.05 M-8 | Ct/St-16 | FPM-2.0
17 Down 11 Joe Root (England) flag Joe Root (England) 213.19 M-17 | Ct/St-24 | FPM-1.4
18 New Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) flag Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) 210.54 M-12 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-1.2
19 Up 21 Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) 206.06 M-9 | Ct/St-20 | FPM-2.2
20 Up 17 Harry Brook (England) flag Harry Brook (England) 202.07 M-12 | Ct/St-18 | FPM-1.5
21 Up 24 Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh) flag Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh) 201.07 M-8 | Ct/St-8 | FPM-1.0
22 Up 12 Marco Jansen (South Africa) flag Marco Jansen (South Africa) 200.37 M-4 | Ct/St-8 | FPM-2.0
23 New Tristan Stubbs (South Africa) flag Tristan Stubbs (South Africa) 189.39 M-8 | Ct/St-13 | FPM-1.6
24 Up 30 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh) flag Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh) 183.67 M-10 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-1.4
25 Up 1 KL Rahul (India) flag KL Rahul (India) 182.47 M-9 | Ct/St-13 | FPM-1.4
26 New Kavem Hodge (West Indies) flag Kavem Hodge (West Indies) 178.75 M-9 | Ct/St-11 | FPM-1.2
27 Up 70 Rohit Sharma (India) flag Rohit Sharma (India) 175.03 M-14 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-1.2
28 Up 14 Shubman Gill (India) flag Shubman Gill (India) 171.03 M-12 | Ct/St-11 | FPM-0.9
29 Up 20 Nishan Madushka (Sri Lanka) flag Nishan Madushka (Sri Lanka) 168.76 M-5 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-2.0
30 Up 59 Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) flag Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) 168.44 M-15 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-0.9
31 Up 17 Virat Kohli (India) flag Virat Kohli (India) 167.97 M-10 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-1.0
33 New Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) flag Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) 160.50 M-6 | Ct/St-9 | FPM-1.5
34 Up 4 Usman Khawaja (Australia) flag Usman Khawaja (Australia) 147.08 M-9 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-1.1
35 Down 25 Tom Latham (New Zealand) flag Tom Latham (New Zealand) 142.17 M-12 | Ct/St-12 | FPM-1.0
36 Up 40 Tim Southee (New Zealand) flag Tim Southee (New Zealand) 140.47 M-11 | Ct/St-13 | FPM-1.2
37 Up 14 Mitchell Marsh (Australia) flag Mitchell Marsh (Australia) 130.47 M-9 | Ct/St-6 | FPM-0.7
38 New Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) flag Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) 128.22 M-10 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-1.0
39 New Shadman Islam (Bangladesh) flag Shadman Islam (Bangladesh) 126.94 M-7 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-1.0
40 Up 31 Travis Head (Australia) flag Travis Head (Australia) 119.59 M-9 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-1.1
41 New Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) 118.98 M-9 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-1.1
42 Up 21 Alick Athanaze (West Indies) flag Alick Athanaze (West Indies) 118.70 M-9 | Ct/St-8 | FPM-0.9
43 New Wiaan Mulder (South Africa) flag Wiaan Mulder (South Africa) 115.44 M-5 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-1.4
44 Down 26 Ben Duckett (England) flag Ben Duckett (England) 112.60 M-17 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-0.8
45 Down 15 Ben Stokes (England) flag Ben Stokes (England) 109.56 M-13 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-0.8
46 New Brydon Carse (England) flag Brydon Carse (England) 104.17 M-5 | Ct/St-6 | FPM-1.2
48 New Aamer Jamal (Pakistan) flag Aamer Jamal (Pakistan) 102.25 M-5 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-0.6
50 Up 2 Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) flag Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) 94.44 M-9 | Ct/St-8 | FPM-0.9
51 Down 8 Zakir Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Zakir Hasan (Bangladesh) 94.35 M-8 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-0.9
52 New Gus Atkinson (England) flag Gus Atkinson (England) 91.68 M-11 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.5
53 New Justin Greaves (West Indies) flag Justin Greaves (West Indies) 91.60 M-4 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-1.3
54 Up 10 David Bedingham (South Africa) flag David Bedingham (South Africa) 91.44 M-10 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-0.7
55 Down 44 Zak Crawley (England) flag Zak Crawley (England) 89.19 M-14 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-0.7
56 Down 32 Cameron Green (Australia) flag Cameron Green (Australia) 89.10 M-4 | Ct/St-6 | FPM-1.5
58 Down 51 Salman Agha (Pakistan) flag Salman Agha (Pakistan) 86.20 M-7 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-1.0
59 No change Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan) flag Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan) 84.43 M-6 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.8
60 New Ryan Rickelton (South Africa) flag Ryan Rickelton (South Africa) 84.08 M-5 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-1.0
61 New Kevin Sinclair (West Indies) flag Kevin Sinclair (West Indies) 80.90 M-2 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-2.0
62 Down 37 Babar Azam (Pakistan) flag Babar Azam (Pakistan) 80.00 M-5 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.8
63 New Chris Woakes (England) flag Chris Woakes (England) 78.96 M-9 | Ct/St-9 | FPM-1.0
64 New Andy Balbirnie (Ireland) flag Andy Balbirnie (Ireland) 78.61 M-2 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-2.5
65 New Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) flag Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) 75.32 M-5 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.8
66 New Hasan Mahmud (Bangladesh) flag Hasan Mahmud (Bangladesh) 73.93 M-9 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.6
67 Down 23 Shan Masood (Pakistan) flag Shan Masood (Pakistan) 71.56 M-7 | Ct/St-6 | FPM-0.9
69 New Mitchell Starc (Australia) flag Mitchell Starc (Australia) 70.77 M-9 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.6
70 Up 23 Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) flag Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) 70.46 M-8 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.5
71 New Jasprit Bumrah (India) flag Jasprit Bumrah (India) 69.84 M-13 | Ct/St-8 | FPM-0.6
72 Up 26 Nathan Lyon (Australia) flag Nathan Lyon (Australia) 68.37 M-9 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.6
73 New Ajaz Patel (New Zealand) flag Ajaz Patel (New Zealand) 67.09 M-5 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-0.6
75 New Ruan de Swardt (South Africa) flag Ruan de Swardt (South Africa) 66.03 M-2 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-1.5
76 New Milan Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) flag Milan Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) 65.65 M-4 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-0.8
77 New Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Bangladesh) flag Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Bangladesh) 64.67 M-6 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.7
78 New Sarfaraz Khan (India) flag Sarfaraz Khan (India) 63.12 M-6 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-0.5
79 Up 12 Matt Henry (New Zealand) flag Matt Henry (New Zealand) 60.16 M-9 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.4
80 New Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) 60.13 M-5 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-0.6
81 New Keshav Maharaj (South Africa) flag Keshav Maharaj (South Africa) 59.12 M-7 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.6
82 New Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka) flag Lahiru Kumara (Sri Lanka) 58.78 M-7 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.7
83 Up 4 Josh Hazlewood (Australia) flag Josh Hazlewood (Australia) 58.55 M-7 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.7
84 New Jacob Bethell (England) flag Jacob Bethell (England) 55.38 M-3 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-1.3
85 New Ravichandran Ashwin (India) flag Ravichandran Ashwin (India) 53.96 M-11 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.4
86 Down 40 Devon Conway (New Zealand) flag Devon Conway (New Zealand) 53.85 M-9 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.6
87 New Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) flag Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) 53.82 M-9 | Ct/St-3 | FPM-0.3
88 New Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) flag Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) 53.43 M-10 | Ct/St-6 | FPM-0.6
89 New Rajat Patidar (India) flag Rajat Patidar (India) 52.81 M-3 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-1.3
90 New Raynard van Tonder (South Africa) flag Raynard van Tonder (South Africa) 52.22 M-2 | Ct/St-2 | FPM-1.0
91 New Devdutt Padikkal (India) flag Devdutt Padikkal (India) 49.97 M-2 | Ct/St-2 | FPM-1.0
92 New Will O�Rourke (New Zealand) flag Will O�Rourke (New Zealand) 49.84 M-10 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.5
93 Down 66 David Warner (Australia) flag David Warner (Australia) 49.04 M-1 | Ct/St-2 | FPM-2.0
94 New Jomel Warrican (West Indies) flag Jomel Warrican (West Indies) 48.82 M-2 | Ct/St-2 | FPM-1.0
95 Down 33 Neil Wagner (New Zealand) flag Neil Wagner (New Zealand) 48.82 M-1 | Ct/St-2 | FPM-2.0
96 New Saim Ayub (Pakistan) flag Saim Ayub (Pakistan) 46.98 M-7 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.6
97 New Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) flag Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) 46.89 M-12 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.4
98 Down 4 Mohammed Siraj (India) flag Mohammed Siraj (India) 43.39 M-13 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.4
99 Down 11 Ravindra Jadeja (India) flag Ravindra Jadeja (India) 43.23 M-12 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.4
100 Down 30 Tony de Zorzi (South Africa) flag Tony de Zorzi (South Africa) 42.61 M-8 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.6
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