The LG ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg in South Africa before the semi-finals of 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Nominations were announced in Mumbai in early September while shortlist was announced on 15 September. These awards were given on the performance of the players between 13 August 2008 and 24 August 2009 and were presented in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations. It takes into account performances by players and officials during this period for the game.

International Cricket Council has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its sixth year. The previous ones were held in London, Sydney, Mumbai, Johannesburg and Dubai. ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.

• Player of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• Test Player of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (India)
• ODI Player of the Year: MS Dhoni (India)
• Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Peter Siddle (Australia)
• Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Claire Taylor (England)
• Associate Player of the year: William Porterfield (Ireland)
• Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand national cricket team

• World Test XI: Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Thilan Samaraweera (SL), Michael Clarke (Aus), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA)

• World one-day XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Martin Guptill (NZ), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Nuwan Kulasekara (SL), Shoaib Malik (Pak), Umar Gul (Pak), 12th man: Thilan Thushara (SL)