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Muttiah Muralitharan, who topped the CCR for the second consecutive year in 2001-02, bagged 144 out of his total tally of 149 points for bowling alone. It is the highest number of points won by a player in a single discipline since the inception of the CCR.
The only winner to find a place in the Top Ten the year after topping the Ratings is the South African Jacques Kallis. He secured the fifth position in 1999-00, a year after winning the Award for 1998-99.
Sanath Jayasuriya has the highest CEQ amongst the players who have won the Award since 1995-96. The CEQ (CEAT Efficiency Quotient) is computed by dividing the total number of points won by the combined total of Tests and One-day internationals played. Jayasuriya's CEQ in 1997-98, the year he won the Award, was 3.05.
Former West Indian wicketkeeper Courtney Browne holds the distinction of having won the highest number of points for fielding. He picked up 55 fielding points in 1995-96.
Marvan Atapattu enjoys the distinction of winning the maximum number of batting points. The silken touch artiste won 93 batting points in 2000-01.

Sanath Jayasuriya was the first winner to earn points from all three disciplines; batting, bowling and fielding. He picked up 84 batting points, 27 bowling points and 11 fielding points totop the Ratings in 1997-98.
The 113 points won by topper Jacques Kallis in 1998-99 were the most 'evenly' distributed across all three disciplines among the winners of the CEAT Award. He won 50 points for batting, 33 points for bowling and 30 points for fielding.
The player with the maximum number of appearances in the Top Ten from 1995 to 2002 is Sachin Tendulkar. He has appeared in the top five every year from 1996-97 onwards.
1998-99 provided the first instance of the same country winning both Awards. Jacques Kallis and South Africa won the individual and team prizes respectively, and three other South Africans made it to the final ten.
To Australia goes the credit of winning the CEAT Team of the Year Award by the highest margin. The Aussies, who won 10 consecutive Test matches and also pocketed cricket's ultimate prize; the World Cup in 1999-00, finished with a tally of 154 points, 53 ahead of the first runner-up South Africa. South Africa won in 1998-99 by the closest margin with 97 points; the South Africans were 12 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Australia.