Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World

For the men's award, see Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.

The Wisden Women's Leading Cricketer in the World is an annual cricket award selected by the editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. It was established in 2015,^[1] to select the best female cricketer based upon their performances anywhere in the world in the previous calendar year.^[2] Prior to the establishment of this dedicated award, women were also eligible for inclusion in Wisden's Cricketers of the Year; two were selected, England's Claire Taylor in 2009 and Charlotte Edwards in 2014.^[3]

The inaugural recipient of the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World was Australian international cricketer Meg Lanning.^[4]

The most recent awardee is India's Smriti Mandhana.

Winners

Year	Image	Winner	Nationality	Notes	Ref(s)
2014		Meg Lanning	Australia	T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year (2014) Youngest player to captain Australia	[2][4]
2015		Suzie Bates	New Zealand	Player of the Tournament at the 2013 World Cup T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year (2013) Captain of both the One Day International and Twenty20 International teams since 2012	[5][6][7]
2016		Ellyse Perry	Australia		[8]
2017		Mithali Raj	India	Test and ODI captain since 2005; World Cup finalist; highest runscorer in ODIs	[9]
2018		Smriti Mandhana	India		[10]
2019		Ellyse Perry	Australia		[11]
2020		Beth Mooney	Australia	Player of the Tournament at T20 World Cup	[12]
2021		Lizelle Lee	South Africa		[13]
2022		Beth Mooney	Australia	Leading run-scorer and player of final at 2022 Commonwealth Games	[14]
2023		Nat Sciver-Brunt	England		[15]
2024		Smriti Mandhana	India		[16]

See also

• ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year