== Mænd ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! År || Vinder || Land
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|1988|| [[Veselin Vujović]]||  {{flag|Jugoslavien}}
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|1989|| [[Kang Jae-Won]] ||  {{flag|Sydkorea}}
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|1990 || [[Magnus Wislander]] ||  {{flag|Sverige}}
|-
|1991 
|align=center colspan="2" rowspan=3|''Ingen valgt''
|-
|1992 
|-
|1993 
|-
|1994|| [[Talant Dujshebaev]] || {{flag|Rusland}}
|-
|1995|| [[Jackson Richardson]] || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|1996|| [[Talant Dujshebaev]] || {{flag|Spanien}}
|-
|1997 ||[[Stéphane Stoecklin]] || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|1998 ||[[Daniel Stephan]]  || {{flag|Tyskland}}
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|1999 ||[[Rafael Guijosa]] || {{flag|Spanien}}
|-
|2000 ||[[Dragan Škrbić]]  || {{flag|Serbien og Montenegro}}
|-
|2001|| [[Yoon Kyung-Shin]]  || {{flag|Sydkorea}}
|-
|2002|| [[Bertrand Gille]] || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|2003 ||[[Ivano Balić]]  || {{flag|Kroatien}}
|-
|2004|| [[Henning Fritz]]  || {{flag|Tyskland}}
|-
|2005|| [[Arpad Šterbik]]  || {{flag|Serbien og Montenegro}}
|-
|2006 ||[[Ivano Balić]]  || {{flag|Kroatien}}
|-
|2007 ||[[Nikola Karabatić]]  || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|2008 ||[[Thierry Omeyer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/TheGame/WorldHandballAwards/PlayeroftheYearMen2009/tabid/99/Default.aspx|title=Player of the Year - Men 2008|date=|work=IHF|accessdate=7. december 2010}}</ref>  || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|2009 ||[[Sławomir Szmal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/TheGame/WorldHandballAwards/PlayeroftheYearMen2009/tabid/99/Default.aspx|title=Player of the Year - Men 2009|date=|work=IHF|accessdate=7. december 2010}}</ref> || {{flag|Polen}}
|-
|2010 ||[[Filip Jícha]]<ref name="ihf.info">{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionshipinSweden/News/NewsDetails/tabid/5188/Default.aspx?ID=536|title=Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010|date=|work=IHF|accessdate=13. januar 2011}}</ref> || {{flag|Tjekkiet}}
|-
|2011 ||[[Mikkel Hansen]]<ref name="ihf2011" /> || {{flag|Danmark}}
|-
|2012 ||[[Daniel Narcisse]]<ref name=winners2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info//MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=1393|title=Alexandra do Nascimento and Daniel Narcisse are GRUNDFOS World Handball Players of the Year 2012|publisher=International Handball Federation|date=8. januar 2013|accessdate=22. februar 2013}}</ref> || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|2013 ||[[Domagoj Duvnjak]]  || {{flag|Kroatien}}
|-
|2014
|[[Nikola Karabatić]]
|{{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|2015 ||[[Mikkel Hansen]] || {{flag|Danmark}}
|-
|2016 ||[[Nikola Karabatić]] || {{flag|Frankrig}}
|-
|2017
| align="center" colspan="2" |''Ikke tildelt''
|-
|2018 ||[[Mikkel Hansen]] || {{flag|Danmark}}
|-
|2019
|[[Niklas Landin Jacobsen]] 
|{{flag|Danmark}}
|-
|2020
| align="center" colspan="2" |''Ikke tildelt''
|-
|2021
|[[Niklas Landin Jacobsen]]
|{{flag|Danmark}}
|}<br />
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