He's been named the best rugby player in the world, been awarded the country's highest honour the Order of New Zealand, has been a role model to children, donated to charity, shown leadership skills like no other and to top it all off has his fixed-wing pilot's licence.
It's the kind of over-achieving that usually makes us a little nauseous but McCaw isn't arrogant or in love with himself.
He has never lost that shy and genuinely humble approach that we like to think is truly a Kiwi characteristic.
He said on television show Paul Henry yesterday he didn't expect to win.
