World Rugby Player of the Year

World Rugby Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards.[1] It was called the IRB International Player of the Year, and it is sometimes colloquially referred to as the IRB World Player of the Year. From 2007 until 2014, it was the IRB Player of the Year. Since 2014, following the International Rugby Board becoming World Rugby, the award has been titled the World Rugby Player of the Year.[2] The award is presented to honour "the achievements of those involved at the highest level of the world game on the field".[1] The first World Rugby Player of the Year award was presented in London in 2001.[2] The winner receives a trophy at an annual awards ceremony.[3] The voting panel select a list of nominees who can then be voted for by players, coaches, media representatives and the public via Twitter. Informed by the vote, the panel then select the winner.[4] As of 2017 the voting panel comprises John Smit, George Gregan, Maggie Alphonsi, Clive Woodward, Brian O'Driscoll, Agustín Pichot, Richie McCaw and Fabien Galthié.[5]

World Rugby Player of the Year
Awarded for"the achievements of those involved at the highest level of the world game on the field"[1]
LocationMonaco (2018)
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2001
Currently held byPieter-Steph du Toit (RSA)
Websitewww.worldrugby.org/awards/past-winners

The inaugural winner of the award was Irish hooker Keith Wood who is considered one of the greatest Ireland and British and Irish Lions players.[6][7][8] New Zealanders (also known as All Blacks) dominate the list of winners having received the award on ten occasions. Two All Blacks have won the award three times – flanker Richie McCaw (2006, 2009 and 2010) and fly-half Dan Carter (2005, 2012 and 2015). Fly-half is the most successful position with seven wins, followed by flanker with five. As of 2018, twelve of the eighteen recipients represent southern hemisphere teams. The winner of the World Rugby Player of the Year for 2018 is Ireland's Jonathan Sexton.[9]

List of winners and nominees
Year Image Winner Country Position Other nominees Ref(s)
2001 Keith Wood  Ireland Hooker  Australia – George Gregan (Scrum-half)
 Australia – George Smith (Flanker)
 England – Jonny Wilkinson (Fly-half)
 Ireland – Brian O'Driscoll (Centre)		 [10][11]
2002 Fabien Galthié  France Scrum-half  England – Jason Robinson (Wing)
 Ireland – Brian O'Driscoll (Centre)
 New Zealand – Richie McCaw (Flanker)
 South Africa – Joe van Niekerk (Flanker)		 [12][13]
2003 Jonny Wilkinson  England Fly-half  Australia – Phil Waugh (Flanker)
 England – Steve Thompson (Hooker)
 France – Imanol Harinordoquy (Number 8)
 New Zealand – Richie McCaw (Flanker)		 [14][15]
2004 Schalk Burger  South Africa Flanker  Australia – Matt Giteau (Centre)
 France – Serge Betsen (Flanker)
 Ireland – Gordon D'Arcy (Centre)
 South Africa – Marius Joubert (Centre)		 [16]
2005 Dan Carter  New Zealand Fly-half  New Zealand – Richie McCaw (Flanker)
 New Zealand – Tana Umaga (Centre)
 South Africa – Bryan Habana (Wing)
 South Africa – Victor Matfield (Lock)		 [17][18]
2006 Richie McCaw  New Zealand Flanker  Australia – Chris Latham (Full-back)
 Ireland – Paul O'Connell (Lock)
 New Zealand – Dan Carter (Fly-half)
 South Africa – Fourie du Preez (Scrum-half)		 [19][20]
2007 Bryan Habana  South Africa Wing  Argentina – Felipe Contepomi (Centre)
 Argentina – Juan Martín Hernández (Fly-half)
 France – Yannick Jauzion (Centre)
 New Zealand – Richie McCaw (Flanker)		 [21]
2008 Shane Williams  Wales Wing  Italy – Sergio Parisse (Number 8)
 New Zealand – Dan Carter (Fly-half)
 Scotland – Mike Blair (Scrum-half)
 Wales – Ryan Jones (Number 8)		 [22]
2009 Richie McCaw  New Zealand Flanker  Australia – Matt Giteau (Fly-half)
 England – Tom Croft (Flanker)
 Ireland – Jamie Heaslip (Number 8)
 Ireland – Brian O'Driscoll (Centre)
 South Africa – Fourie du Preez (Scrum-half)
 South Africa – François Steyn (Centre)		 [10][19]
2010 Richie McCaw  New Zealand Flanker  Australia – Kurtley Beale (Centre)
 Australia – David Pocock (Flanker)
 France – Imanol Harinordoquy (Number 8)
 New Zealand – Mils Muliaina (Full-back)
 South Africa – Victor Matfield (Lock)		 [19]
2011 Thierry Dusautoir  France Flanker  Australia – Will Genia (Scrum-half)
 Australia – David Pocock (Flanker)
 New Zealand – Jerome Kaino (Flanker)
 New Zealand – Ma'a Nonu (Centre)
 New Zealand – Piri Weepu (Scrum-half)		 [12][23]
2012 Dan Carter  New Zealand Fly-half  England – Owen Farrell (Fly-half)
 France – Frédéric Michalak (Fly-half)
 New Zealand – Richie McCaw (Flanker)		 [17]
2013 Kieran Read  New Zealand Number 8  Italy – Sergio Parisse (Number 8)
 New Zealand – Ben Smith (Full-back)
 South Africa – Eben Etzebeth (Lock)
 Wales – Leigh Halfpenny (Full-back)		 [24]
2014 Brodie Retallick  New Zealand Lock  Ireland – Jonathan Sexton (Fly-half)
 New Zealand – Julian Savea (Wing)
 South Africa – Willie le Roux (Full-back)
 South Africa – Duane Vermeulen (Number 8)		 [25]
2015 Dan Carter  New Zealand Fly-half  Australia – Michael Hooper (Flanker)
 Australia – David Pocock (Flanker)
 New Zealand – Julian Savea (Wing)
 Scotland – Greig Laidlaw (Scrum-half)
 Wales – Alun Wyn Jones (Lock)		 [26]
2016 Beauden Barrett  New Zealand Fly-half  England – Owen Farrell (Fly-half)
 England – Maro Itoje (Lock)
 England – Billy Vunipola (Number 8)
 Ireland – Jamie Heaslip (Number 8)
 New Zealand – Dane Coles (Hooker)		 [27][28]
2017 Beauden Barrett  New Zealand Fly-half  Australia – Israel Folau (Full-back)
 England – Owen Farrell (Fly-half)
 England – Maro Itoje (Lock)
 New Zealand – Rieko Ioane (Wing)		 [29][30]
2018 Jonathan Sexton  Ireland Fly-half  New Zealand – Beauden Barrett (Fly-half)
 New Zealand – Rieko Ioane (Wing)
 South Africa – Faf de Klerk (Scrum-half)
 South Africa – Malcolm Marx (Hooker)		 [9]
2019 Pieter-Steph du Toit  South Africa Flanker  England – Tom Curry (Flanker)
 New Zealand – Ardie Savea (Flanker)
 South Africa – Cheslin Kolbe (Wing)
 United States – Joe Taufete'e (Hooker)
 Wales – Alun Wyn Jones (Lock)

Statistics
Correct as of the 2019 award

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