Cricket World Cup History: 5 players with the most Man of the Match awards in World Cups

#3 AB de Villiers (South Africa) - 5 times

AB de Villiers retired from International cricket in the year 2018.

AB de Villiers enjoyed a memorable cricketing career spanning 14 years which started from 2004 and lasted till 2018. He proved to be an undetachable part of South Africa’s 2007, 2011, and 2015 ICC World Cup squad. One of the most talented batsmen blessed with a wide array of strokes, AB de Villiers clinched five MoM awards.

His first award came during the 2007 World Cup courtesy of a mammoth 146-run knock against West Indies while in the 2011 World Cup, two centuries, one against West Indies and the other against Netherlands fetched him the award.

His monstrous innings of 162 runs from just 66 balls against West Indies in 2015 World Cup was the highlight of his career which also led South Africa to a massive 257-run win. In what was yet another quality knock during the same edition, de Villiers' 99 against UAE was also a worthy of an award.