Player of The Year
The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season. Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over the season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions.
| Season | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 1975–76 | Ian Chappell (SA), Greg Chappell (QLD) |
| 1976–77 | Richie Robinson (VIC) |
| 1977–78 | David Ogilvie (QLD) |
| 1978–79 | Peter Sleep (SA) |
| 1979–80 | Ian Chappell (SA) |
| 1980–81 | Greg Chappell (QLD) |
| 1981–82 | Kepler Wessels (QLD) |
| 1982–83 | Kim Hughes (WA) |
| 1983–84 | Brian Davison (TAS), John Dyson (NSW) |
| 1984–85 | David Boon (TAS) |
| 1985–86 | Allan Border (QLD) |
| 1986–87 | Craig McDermott (QLD) |
| 1987–88 | Dirk Tazelaar (QLD), Mark Waugh (NSW) |
| 1988–89 | Tim May (SA) |
| 1989–90 | Mark Waugh (NSW) |
| 1990–91 | Stuart Law (QLD) |
| 1991–92 | Tony Dodemaide (VIC) |
| 1992–93 | Jamie Siddons (SA) |
| 1993–94 | Matthew Hayden (QLD) |
| 1994–95 | Dean Jones (VIC) |
| 1995–96 | Matthew Elliott (VIC) |
| 1996–97 | Andy Bichel (QLD) |
| 1997–98 | Dene Hills (TAS) |
| 1998–99 | Matthew Elliott (VIC) |
| 1999-00 | Darren Lehmann (SA) |
| 2000–01 | Jamie Cox (TAS) |
| 2001–02 | Brad Hodge (VIC), Jimmy Maher (QLD) |
| 2002–03 | Clinton Perren (QLD) |
| 2003–04 | Matthew Elliott (VIC) |
| 2004–05 | Michael Bevan (TAS) |
| 2005–06 | Andy Bichel (QLD) |
| 2006–07 | Chris Rogers (WA) |
| 2007–08 | Simon Katich (NSW) |
| 2008–09 | Phillip Hughes (NSW) |
| 2009–10 | Chris Hartley (QLD) |
| 2010–11 | James Hopes (QLD) |
| 2011–12 | Jackson Bird (Tas) |
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Famous quotes containing the words player of, player and/or year:
“The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)
“There has been in our time a lack of reliance on language and a lack of experimentation which are frightening to anyone who sees them as symptoms. We know the phenomenon of stage-fright: it holds the player shivering, incapable of speech or action. Perhaps there is an audience-fright which the play can feel, which leaves him with these incapacities.”
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)
“They tapped at my eyelids and touched my lips with an invitation to grief.
But it was no reason I had to go because they had to go.
Now up, my knee, to keep on top of another year of snow.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)