BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
Sports personality of the year trophy.jpg
Awarded forExcellence in sporting achievement
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by BBC Sport
Formerly calledSportsview Personality of the Year
First awarded30 December 1954;70 years ago (1954-12-30)
Most recent winner Keely Hodgkinson (2024; athletics)
Website Official website

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The winner is selected from a predetermined shortlist. The most recent award-winner is 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson, who won the 2024 award.

Contents

History

Sports Personality of the Year was created by Paul Fox, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show Sportsview . The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of Sportsview, and was presented by Peter Dimmock. [1] For the first show, votes were sent by postcard, and rules presented in a Radio Times article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the Sportsview programme since April. Approximately 14,500 votes were cast, and Christopher Chataway beat Roger Bannister to win the inaugural BBC Sportsview's Personality of the Year Award. [2]

Nomination procedure

The shortlist is announced a few weeks before the award ceremony, and the winner is determined on the night by a public telephone and on-line vote. Prior to 2012, a panel of 30 sports journalists each submitted a list of 10 contenders. From these contenders a shortlist of ten nominees was determined. This method was criticized following the selection of an all-male shortlist in 2011. The selection process for contenders was changed for the 2012 and subsequent awards by the introduction of an expert panel. The panel produces a shortlist that reflects UK sporting achievements on the national and/or international stage, represents the breadth and depth of UK sports and takes into account 'impact' within and beyond the sport or sporting achievement in question.

Winners

Five people have won the award more than once: tennis player Andy Murray is the only person to have won three times and the only person to have won in consecutive years, while boxer Henry Cooper and Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell, Lewis Hamilton and Damon Hill have each won twice. [3]

Princess Anne (1971) and her daughter Zara Phillips (2006) are the only award-winners to be members of the same family. The oldest recipient of the award is Dai Rees, who won in 1957 aged 44. Ian Black, who won the following year, aged 17, is the youngest winner. [3] Torvill and Dean, who won in 1984, are the only non-individual winners of the award, so in the 66 years of the award there have been 67 recipients; of these 14 have been female. [4] 17 sporting disciplines have been represented; athletics has the highest representation, with 17 recipients. Counting Torvill and Dean separately, there have been 48 English winners of the award, six Scottish, [5] five Welsh, [6] three Northern Irish, [7] [8] and one Manx.

Awards by year

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winners
EditionYearWinnerSportSecondSportThirdSportRef.
1st1954Flag of England.svg  Christopher Chataway  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Roger Bannister  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Pat Smythe  (ENG) Show jumping [9]
2nd1955Flag of England.svg  Gordon Pirie  (ENG) Athletics No record [10] No record [10] [6]
3rd1956Flag of England.svg  Jim Laker  (ENG) Cricket No record [10] No record [10] [11]
4th1957Flag of Wales (1953-1959).svg  Dai Rees  (WAL) Golf Flag of England.svg  Stirling Moss  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Derek Ibbotson  (ENG) Athletics [6] [12]
5th1958Flag of Scotland.svg  Ian Black  (SCO) Swimming Flag of England.svg  Bobby Charlton  (ENG) Football Flag of England.svg  Nat Lofthouse  (ENG) Football [13]
6th1959Flag of England.svg  John Surtees  (ENG) Motorcycle racing Flag of England.svg  Bobby Charlton  (ENG) Football Flag of Scotland.svg  Ian Black  (SCO) Swimming [14]
7th1960Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  David Broome  (WAL) Show jumping Flag of England.svg  Don Thompson  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Anita Lonsbrough  (ENG) Swimming [15]
8th1961Flag of England.svg  Stirling Moss  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Billy Walker  (ENG) Boxing Flag of England.svg  Angela Mortimer  (ENG) Tennis [16]
9th1962Flag of England.svg  Anita Lonsbrough  (ENG) Swimming Flag of England.svg  Dorothy Hyman  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Linda Ludgrove  (ENG) Swimming [17]
10th1963Flag of England.svg  Dorothy Hyman  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Scotland.svg  Bobby McGregor  (SCO) Swimming Flag of Scotland.svg  Jim Clark  (SCO) Formula One [18]
11th1964Flag of England.svg  Mary Rand  (ENG) Athletics Flag of New Zealand.svg  Barry Briggs  (NZL) Speedway Flag of England.svg  Ann Packer  (ENG) Athletics [19]
12th1965Flag of England.svg  Tom Simpson  (ENG) Cycling Flag of Scotland.svg  Jim Clark  (SCO) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Marion Coakes  (ENG) Show jumping [20]
13th1966Flag of England.svg  Bobby Moore  (ENG) Football Flag of New Zealand.svg  Barry Briggs  (NZL) Speedway Flag of England.svg  Geoff Hurst  (ENG) Football [21]
14th1967Flag of England.svg  Henry Cooper  (ENG) Boxing Flag of England.svg  Beryl Burton  (ENG) Cycling Flag of England.svg  Harvey Smith  (ENG) Show jumping [22]
15th1968Flag of England.svg  David Hemery  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Graham Hill  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Marion Coakes  (ENG) Show jumping [23]
16th1969Flag of England.svg  Ann Jones  (ENG) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Tony Jacklin  (ENG) Golf Ulster Banner.svg  George Best  (NIR) Football [24]
17th1970Flag of England.svg  Henry Cooper  (ENG) Boxing Flag of England.svg  Tony Jacklin  (ENG) Golf Flag of England.svg  Bobby Moore  (ENG) Football [25]
18th1971Flag of England.svg  Princess Anne  (ENG) Eventing Ulster Banner.svg  George Best  (NIR) Football Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Barry John  (WAL) Rugby union [26]
19th1972Ulster Banner.svg  Mary Peters  (NIR) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Gordon Banks  (ENG) Football Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Richard Meade  (WAL) Eventing [7]
20th1973Flag of Scotland.svg  Jackie Stewart  (SCO) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Roger Taylor  (ENG) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Paddy McMahon  (ENG) Show jumping [5]
21st1974Flag of England.svg  Brendan Foster  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  John Conteh  (ENG) Boxing Ulster Banner.svg  Willie John McBride  (NIR) Rugby union [27]
22nd1975Flag of England.svg  David Steele  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Alan Pascoe  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Scotland.svg  David Wilkie  (SCO) Swimming [28]
23rd1976Flag of England.svg  John Curry  (ENG) Figure skating Flag of England.svg  James Hunt  (ENG) Formula One Flag of Scotland.svg  David Wilkie  (SCO) Swimming [29]
24th1977Flag of England.svg  Virginia Wade  (ENG) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Geoffrey Boycott  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Barry Sheene  (ENG) Motorcycle racing [30]
25th1978Flag of England.svg  Steve Ovett  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Daley Thompson  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Ian Botham  (ENG) Cricket [31]
26th1979Flag of England.svg  Sebastian Coe  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Ian Botham  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Kevin Keegan  (ENG) Football [30]
27th1980Flag of England.svg  Robin Cousins  (ENG) Figure skating Flag of England.svg  Sebastian Coe  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Daley Thompson  (ENG) Athletics [29]
28th1981Flag of England.svg  Ian Botham  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG) Snooker Flag of England.svg  Sebastian Coe  (ENG) Athletics [30]
29th1982Flag of England.svg  Daley Thompson  (ENG) Athletics Ulster Banner.svg  Alex Higgins  (NIR) Snooker Flag of England.svg  Steve Cram  (ENG) Athletics [30]
30th1983Flag of England.svg  Steve Cram  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Torvill and Dean [nb 1]  (ENG) Figure skating Flag of England.svg  Daley Thompson  (ENG) Athletics [32]
31st1984Flag of England.svg  Torvill and Dean [nb 1]  (ENG) Figure skating Flag of England.svg  Sebastian Coe  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG) Snooker [33]
32nd1985Ulster Banner.svg  Barry McGuigan  (NIR) Boxing Flag of England.svg  Ian Botham  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Steve Cram  (ENG) Athletics [30]
33rd1986Flag of England.svg  Nigel Mansell  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Fatima Whitbread  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Scotland.svg  Kenny Dalglish  (SCO) Football [34]
34th1987Flag of England.svg  Fatima Whitbread  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG) Snooker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ian Woosnam  (WAL) Golf [35]
35th1988Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG) Snooker Flag of England.svg  Adrian Moorhouse  (ENG) Swimming Flag of Scotland.svg  Sandy Lyle  (SCO) Golf [36]
36th1989Flag of England.svg  Nick Faldo  (ENG) Golf Flag of England.svg  Frank Bruno  (ENG) Boxing Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG) Snooker [30]
37th1990Flag of England.svg  Paul Gascoigne  (ENG) Football Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO) Snooker Flag of England.svg  Graham Gooch  (ENG) Cricket [37]
38th1991 [nb 2] Flag of Scotland.svg  Liz McColgan  (SCO) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Will Carling  (ENG) Rugby union Flag of England.svg  Gary Lineker  (ENG) Football [5]
39th1992Flag of England.svg  Nigel Mansell  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Linford Christie  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Sally Gunnell  (ENG) Athletics [40]
40th1993Flag of England.svg  Linford Christie  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Sally Gunnell  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Nigel Mansell  (ENG) CART [41]
41st1994Flag of England.svg  Damon Hill  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Sally Gunnell  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Colin Jackson  (WAL) Athletics [42]
42nd1995Flag of England.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Frank Bruno  (ENG) Boxing Flag of Scotland.svg  Colin McRae  (SCO) Rallying [43]
43rd1996 [nb 3] Flag of England.svg  Damon Hill  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Steve Redgrave  (ENG) Rowing Flag of Italy.svg  Frankie Dettori  (ITA) Horse racing [46]
44th1997Flag of England.svg  Greg Rusedski  (ENG) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Tim Henman  (ENG) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Steve Redgrave  (ENG) Rowing [47]
45th1998Flag of England.svg  Michael Owen  (ENG) Football Flag of England.svg  Denise Lewis  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Iwan Thomas  (WAL) Athletics [29]
46th1999Flag of England.svg  Lennox Lewis  (ENG) Boxing Flag of England.svg  David Beckham  (ENG) Football Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Colin Jackson  (WAL) Athletics [48]
47th2000Flag of England.svg  Steve Redgrave  (ENG) Rowing Flag of England.svg  Denise Lewis  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Tanni Grey-Thompson  (WAL) Athletics [49]
48th2001Flag of England.svg  David Beckham  (ENG) Football Flag of England.svg  Ellen MacArthur  (ENG) Sailing Flag of England.svg  Michael Owen  (ENG) Football [50]
49th2002Flag of England.svg  Paula Radcliffe  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  David Beckham  (ENG) Football Ulster Banner.svg  Tony McCoy  (NIR) Horse racing [51]
50th2003Flag of England.svg  Jonny Wilkinson  (ENG) Rugby union Flag of England.svg  Martin Johnson  (ENG) Rugby union Flag of England.svg  Paula Radcliffe  (ENG) Athletics [52]
51st2004Flag of England.svg  Kelly Holmes  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Matthew Pinsent  (ENG) Rowing Flag of England.svg  Andrew Flintoff  (ENG) Cricket [53]
52nd2005Flag of England.svg  Andrew Flintoff  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Ellen MacArthur  (ENG) Sailing Flag of England.svg  Steven Gerrard  (ENG) Football [54]
53rd2006Flag of England.svg  Zara Phillips  (ENG) Eventing Ulster Banner.svg  Darren Clarke  (NIR) Golf Flag of England.svg  Beth Tweddle  (ENG) Gymnastics [55]
54th2007Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Joe Calzaghe  (WAL) Boxing Flag of England.svg  Lewis Hamilton  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Ricky Hatton  (ENG) Boxing [56]
55th 2008 Flag of Scotland.svg  Chris Hoy  (SCO) Cycling Flag of England.svg  Lewis Hamilton  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Rebecca Adlington  (ENG) Swimming [57]
56th 2009 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Giggs  (WAL) Football Flag of England.svg  Jenson Button  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Jessica Ennis  (ENG) Athletics [58]
57th 2010 Ulster Banner.svg  Tony McCoy  (NIR) Horse racing Flag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG) Darts Flag of England.svg  Jessica Ennis  (ENG) Athletics [59]
58th 2011 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Mark Cavendish  (IOM) Cycling Ulster Banner.svg  Darren Clarke  (NIR) Golf Flag of England.svg  Mo Farah  (ENG) Athletics [60]
59th 2012 Flag of England.svg  Bradley Wiggins  (ENG) Cycling Flag of England.svg  Jessica Ennis  (ENG) Athletics Flag of Scotland.svg  Andy Murray  (SCO) Tennis [61]
60th 2013 Flag of Scotland.svg  Andy Murray  (SCO) Tennis Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Leigh Halfpenny  (WAL) Rugby union Ulster Banner.svg  Tony McCoy  (NIR) Horse racing [62]
61st 2014 Flag of England.svg  Lewis Hamilton  (ENG) Formula One Ulster Banner.svg  Rory McIlroy  (NIR) Golf Flag of England.svg  Jo Pavey  (ENG) Athletics [63]
62nd 2015 Flag of Scotland.svg  Andy Murray  (SCO) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Kevin Sinfield  (ENG) Rugby league Flag of England.svg  Jessica Ennis-Hill  (ENG) Athletics [64]
63rd 2016 Flag of Scotland.svg  Andy Murray  (SCO) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Alistair Brownlee  (ENG) Triathlon Flag of England.svg  Nick Skelton  (ENG) Show jumping [65]
64th 2017 Flag of England.svg  Mo Farah  (ENG) Athletics Ulster Banner.svg  Jonathan Rea  (NIR) Motorcycle racing Flag of England.svg  Jonnie Peacock  (ENG) Athletics [66]
65th 2018 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Geraint Thomas  (WAL) Cycling Flag of England.svg  Lewis Hamilton  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Harry Kane  (ENG) Football [67]
66th 2019 Flag of England.svg  Ben Stokes  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Lewis Hamilton  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Dina Asher-Smith  (ENG) Athletics [68]
67th 2020 Flag of England.svg  Lewis Hamilton  (ENG) Formula One Flag of England.svg  Jordan Henderson  (ENG) Football Flag of England.svg  Hollie Doyle  (ENG) Horse racing [69]
68th 2021 Flag of England.svg  Emma Raducanu  (ENG) Tennis Flag of England.svg  Tom Daley  (ENG) Diving Flag of England.svg  Adam Peaty  (ENG) Swimming [70]
69th 2022 Flag of England.svg  Beth Mead  (ENG) Football Flag of England.svg  Ben Stokes  (ENG) Cricket Flag of Scotland.svg  Eve Muirhead  (SCO) Curling [71]
70th 2023 Flag of England.svg  Mary Earps  (ENG) Football Flag of England.svg  Stuart Broad  (ENG) Cricket Flag of England.svg  Katarina Johnson-Thompson  (ENG) Athletics [72]
71st 2024 Flag of England.svg  Keely Hodgkinson  (ENG) Athletics Flag of England.svg  Luke Littler  (ENG) Darts Flag of England.svg  Joe Root  (ENG) Cricket [73]

By sport

This table lists the total number of awards won by the winner's sport.

Accurate up to and including the 2024 award.

Winners by sport
SportFirst place(s)Second place(s)Third place(s)Total placing(s)
Athletics 19142154
Formula One 89118
Football 771024
Tennis 72211
Cricket 55414
Boxing 54110
Cycling 5106
Figure skating 3 [nb 1] 1 [nb 1] 04
Golf 2529
Swimming 22711
Eventing 2013
Snooker 1427
Rugby union 1326
Rowing 1214
Motorcycle racing 1113
Show jumping 1067
Horse racing 1045
Sailing 0202
Darts 0202
Speedway 0202
Diving 0101
Rugby league 0101
Triathlon 0101
CART 0011
Curling 0011
Gymnastics 0011
Rallying 0011
Total716969209

By number of awards

The below table lists all people who have finished in the top three places more than once.

RecipientFirst place(s)Second place(s)Third place(s)Total placings(s)
Andy Murray 3014
Lewis Hamilton 2406
Nigel Mansell 2013
Henry Cooper 2002
Damon Hill 2002
Steve Davis 1225
Ian Botham 1214
Sebastian Coe 1214
David Beckham 1203
Daley Thompson 1124
Steve Redgrave 1113
Linford Christie 1102
Dorothy Hyman 1102
Stirling Moss 1102
Ben Stokes 1102
Torvill and Dean 1102
Fatima Whitbread 1102
Steve Cram 1023
Tony McCoy 1023
Ian Black 1012
Mo Farah 1012
Andrew Flintoff 1012
Anita Lonsbrough 1012
Bobby Moore 1012
Michael Owen 1012
Paula Radcliffe 1012
Sally Gunnell 0213
Barry Briggs 0202
Frank Bruno 0202
Darren Clarke 0202
Bobby Charlton 0202
Tony Jacklin 0202
Denise Lewis 0202
Ellen MacArthur 0202
Jessica Ennis-Hill 0134
George Best 0112
Jim Clark 0112
Marion Coakes 0022
Colin Jackson 0022
David Wilkie 0022

By gender

This table lists the total number of awards won by the winner's gender. The figure-skating couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are counted as a single mixed-gender winner.

Accurate up-to and including the 2024 award.

Winners by gender
GenderFirst place(s)Second place(s)Third place(s)Total placing(s)
Male545849161
Female16102046
Mixed1102
Total716969209

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Torvill and Dean are the figure skating pair Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. For the summary tables they are treated as one winner of the award. [18]
  2. In 1991 Bob Nudd received the most votes—more than 100,000—following a campaign in the Angling Times . [38] However the BBC deemed an organised vote to be against the rules. [39]
  3. In 1996, Justin Fashanu received a large number of votes following a campaign in Gay Times . However the BBC deemed this to be against the rules and disqualified him from the award. [44] [45]

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