List of IIHF Women's World Championship Directorate award winners

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship is contested annually in non-Olympic years. The "top division" consists of the nine highest ranked countries. The event was first contested in 1990. It became an annual event (except in Olympic years), starting in 1997. After each event, the IIHF has handed out awards to the top participants. The awards for Most Valuable Player, Top Defenseman, Top Forward and Top Goaltender have been presented in some combination except after the 1997 tournament.

Canadian Hayley Wickenheiser has been named the top forward twice and most valuable player once at the Women's World Championships.

The IIHF directorate at each tournament is made up of one member from each of the participating member nations. These members vote on the awards, which are presented after the gold medal game of the tournament.^[1]

Year	Best Goalie	Best Defenceman	Best Forward	Most Valuable Player	Ref
1990	Kelly Dyer	Dawn McGuire	Riikka Nieminen	Dawn McGuire	^[2]
1992	Annica Åhlén	Geraldine Heaney	Cammi Granato	—
1994	Erin Whitten	Geraldine Heaney	Riikka Nieminen	—
1997	—	—	—	—
1999	Sami Jo Small	Kirsi Hänninen	Jenny Potter	—
2000	Sami Jo Small	Angela Ruggiero	Katja Riipi	—
2001	Kim St-Pierre	Karyn Bye	Jennifer Botterill	Jennifer Botterill
2003	Event cancelled due to SARS
2004	Kim St-Pierre	Angela Ruggiero	Jayna Hefford	Jennifer Botterill
2005	Chanda Gunn	Angela Ruggiero	Jayna Hefford	Krissy Wendell
2007	Noora Räty	Molly Engstrom	Hayley Wickenheiser	Hayley Wickenheiser	^[3]
2008	Noora Räty	Angela Ruggiero	Natalie Darwitz	Noora Räty	^[4]
2009	Charline Labonté	Jenni Hiirikoski	Hayley Wickenheiser	Carla MacLeod	^[5]
2011	Noora Räty	Meaghan Mikkelson	Monique Lamoureux-Kolls	Zuzana Tomčíková	^[6]^[7]
2012	Florence Schelling	Jenni Hiirikoski	Kelli Stack		^[8]
2013	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Jenni Hiirikoski	Marie-Philip Poulin	Marie-Philip Poulin	^[9]^[10]
2015	Nana Fujimoto	Jenni Hiirikoski	Hilary Knight	Hilary Knight	^[11]
2016	Emerance Maschmeyer	Jenni Hiirikoski	Hilary Knight	Hilary Knight	^[12]^[13]
2017	Noora Räty	Jenni Hiirikoski	Brianna Decker	Brianna Decker	^[14]^[15]
2019	Noora Räty	Jenni Hiirikoski	Kendall Coyne Schofield	Jenni Hiirikoski	^[16]^[17]
2020	Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic				^[18]
2021	Anni Keisala	Lee Stecklein	Mélodie Daoust	Mélodie Daoust	^[19]
2022	Nicole Hensley	Daniela Pejšová	Taylor Heise	Taylor Heise	^[20]
2023	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Caroline Harvey	Sarah Fillier	Sarah Fillier	^[21]

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