Most Man Of The Match Awards In The ICC T20 World Cup History: The ICC T20 World Cup 2026, jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is scheduled to start from February 7. Team India will enter this tournament as the defending champion. Till now T20 World has been organized 9 times, in which three countries have won the title twice. The countries that have achieved this feat are India, England and West Indies. The Indian team will set out to create history by becoming the first team to win its third T20 World Cup title in its own hosting. The most important thing in this will be the performance of the players, who will make the team win with their strong play and will win the Man of the Match award for themselves. However, Virat Kohli tops the list of players who have won Man of the Match (MOTM) most number of times in the history of T20 World Cup. Apart from them, we will tell you here which players are named in the top-4.

Top-4 players who won the most MOTM in T20 World Cup

Virat Kohli has won maximum 8 MOTMs

Virat Kohli is at the top in the list of players who have won the Man of the Match award the most number of times in the T20 World Cup. Virat participated in the T20 World Cup a total of 7 times from 2012 to 2024. During this period, he played a total of 35 matches, in which he won the Man of the Match award maximum 8 times.

Gayle, Watson, Jayawardene and Zampa are at number two.

In the list of players who have won the Man of the Match award the most number of times in the T20 World Cup, four players are present at second place. This includes the names of Chris Gayle of West Indies, Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka and Shane Watson and Adam Zampa of Australia. All of them have received MOTM award 5 times each. Gayle has won this award after playing 33 matches, Jayawardene 31 matches, Watson 24 matches and Zampa 21 matches.

Only four players are present at number three

In the list of players who have won the Man of the Match award the most number of times in the T20 World Cup, only four players are present at the third position. This includes the names of South Africa’s AB de Villiers (30 matches), Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan (35 matches), Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi (34 matches) and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (43 matches). All of them have won MOTM award 4 times.

6 players are present at number four

In the list of players who have won the Man of the Match award the most number of times in the T20 World Cup, there are 6 players present at fourth place. All these players have won MOTM award 3-3 times. These include Sri Lanka’s Asalanka (16 matches), India’s R. The names of Ashwin (24 matches), England’s Jos Buttler (35 matches), Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (18 matches), Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews (32 matches) and England’s Kevin Pietersen (15 matches) are included.