- Sri Lanka – 18 players
Sri Lanka has 18 different cricketers who have won ODI Man of the Match awards in a losing cause. Total 25 times happened when a Sri Lankan cricketer achieved this feat. There are total 5 cricketers who have earned it more than once in their ODI career. Here is the full list:
| Serial no. | Player | Man of the Match Awards |
| 1 | Aravinda de Silva | 3 |
| 2 | Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 |
| 3 | Asanka Gurusinha | 2 |
| 4 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 |
| 5 | Kumar Sangakkara | 2 |
| 6 | Marvan Atapattu | 1 |
| 7 | Akila Dananjaya | 1 |
| 8 | Roy Dias | 1 |
| 9 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 |
| 10 | Mahela Jayawardene | 1 |
| 11 | Roshan Mahanama | 1 |
| 12 | Lasith Malinga | 1 |
| 13 | Angelo Mathews | 1 |
| 14 | Duleep Mendis | 1 |
| 15 | Ravi Ratnayeke | 1 |
| 16 | Chamara Silva | 1 |
| 17 | Upul Tharanga | 1 |
| 18 | Hashan Tillakaratne | 1 |
(Note: Akila Dananjaya is the latest inclusion in this list)