World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year
Awarded for	Best Men's Sevens Player of the Year
Presented by	World Rugby
First awarded	2004
Currently held by	Rodrigo Isgro (2023)

The World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year is awarded by World Rugby each year. It was first awarded in 2004. The award is based in large part on the player’s performance over the course of the World Rugby Sevens Series, along with other Sevens tournaments during the year.

From 2004 until 2008 the award was called the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year. From 2009 until 2013, it was the IRB Sevens Player of the Year. Since 2014, following the International Rugby Board becoming World Rugby, the award has been titled the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year.

List of winners

Year	Winner	Country	Other nominees	Ref
2004	Simon Amor	England	Ben Gollings Lucio Lopez Fleming	[1][2][3]
2005	Orene Ai'i	New Zealand	Amasio Valence Neumi Nanuku	[4]
2006	Uale Mai	Samoa	Stefan Basson Mathew Tait
2007	Afeleke Pelenise	New Zealand	DJ Forbes Mikaele Pesamino
2008	DJ Forbes	New Zealand	Uale Mai Fabian Juries	[5][6]
2009	Ollie Phillips	England	Collins Injera H. Kayange Renfred Dazel	[7][8]
2010	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	Lolo Lui Alafoti Fa'osiliva Ben Gollings	[9]
2011	Cecil Afrika	South Africa	Tomasi Cama Jr. Tim Mikkelson	[10]
2012	Tomasi Cama	New Zealand	Frank Halai Mathew Turner	[11][12]
2013	Tim Mikkelson	New Zealand		[13]
2014	Samisoni Viriviri	Fiji	Tim Mikkelson Kyle Brown Tom Mitchell	[14]
2015	Werner Kok	South Africa	Seabelo Senatla Semi Kunatani	[15]
2016	Seabelo Senatla	South Africa	Osea Kolinisau Virimi Vakatawa	[16]
2017	Perry Baker	United States	Rosko Specman Jerry Tuwai	[17]
2018	Perry Baker	United States	Ben O'Donnell Jerry Tuwai	[18][19]
2019	Jerry Tuwai	Fiji	Stephen Tomasin Folau Niua	[20][21]
2020	No award			[22]
2021	Marcos Moneta	Argentina	Napolioni Bolaca Scott Curry Jiuta Wainiqolo	[23]
2022	Terry Kennedy	Ireland	Nick Malouf Kaminieli Rasaku Corey Toole	[24][25]
2023	Rodrigo Isgro	Argentina	Leroy Carter Marcos Moneta Akuila Rokolisoa	[26]

Winners with multiple nominations

Player	Wins	Nominations
Perry Baker	2 (2017, 2018)	2 (2017, 2018)
Jerry Tuwai	1 (2019)	3 (2017, 2018, 2019)
Tim Mikkelson	1 (2013)	3 (2011, 2013, 2014)
Seabelo Senatla	1 (2016)	2 (2015, 2016)
Tomasi Cama Jr.	1 (2012)	2 (2011, 2012)
Mikaele Pesamino	1 (2010)	2 (2007, 2010)
DJ Forbes	1 (2008)	2 (2007, 2008)
Uale Mai	1 (2006)	2 (2006, 2008)
Marcos Moneta	1 (2021)	2 (2021, 2023)

Explanatory notes

This section provides additional detail to the table above regarding the team and player accomplishments that season that helped the player win the Sevens Player of the Year award.

• 2010: Samoa won its first ever World Series title
• 2013: Tim Mikkelson was recognized as the Player of the Tournament at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
• 2014: Samisoni Viriviri led all players in tries scored with 52.
• 2015: Werner Kok led all players in tackles made.
• 2016: Seabelo Senatla led all players in tries scored with 66.
• 2017: Perry Baker led the World Series in several statistical categories — 57 tries, 76 clean breaks, and 285 points.
• 2018: Baker was the World Series leader in tries with 37 before missing the last three rounds to injury, returning to help the USA to its best-ever finish of sixth at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
• 2019: Tuwai was fifth in clean breaks with 34.
• 2021: Marcos Moneta lead Argentina to their first Rugby Bronze Olympic Medal and he ended being the tryman at that tournament. At the olympics he scored two tries in the memorable match between Argentina and South Africa where Gaston Revol was expelled and Argentina where playing with 6 players.
• 2022: Terry Kenneddy led Ireland to a bronze medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Other World Rugby Awards

See also

• World Rugby Sevens Series § Player awards by season

References

External links

• World Rugby Awards