BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year

BET Awards for Sportswoman of the Year
Angel Reese is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2001
Currently held by	Angel Reese (2025)
Most wins	Serena Williams (16)
Most nominations	Serena Williams (23)
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The BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year is given to the best and most successful black female athlete of the previous year. The award was originally titled Best Female Athlete, but was later changed to its current title in 2010. Serena Williams holds the records in this category for most wins (16) and most nominations (23).

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Sportswoman	Ref
2001
	Serena Williams	[1]
	Laila Ali
	Lisa Leslie
	Venus Williams
2002
	Serena Williams	[2]
	Laila Ali
	Lisa Leslie
	Vonetta Flowers
	Venus Williams
2003
	Serena Williams	[3]
	Laila Ali
	Lisa Leslie
	Sheryl Swoopes
	Venus Williams
2004
	Serena Williams	[4]
	Laila Ali
	Cheryl Ford
	Lisa Leslie
	Venus Williams
2005
	Serena Williams	[5]
	Laila Ali
	Gail Devers
	Lisa Leslie
	Venus Williams
2006
	Venus Williams	[6]
	Chamique Holdsclaw
	Lisa Leslie
	Sheryl Swoopes
	Serena Williams
2007
	Serena Williams	[7]
	Swin Cash
	Tamika Catchings
	Gail Devers
	Lisa Leslie
2008
	Candace Parker	[8]
	Tamika Catchings
	Cheryl Ford
	Serena Williams
	Venus Williams
2009
	Serena Williams	[9]
	Tamika Catchings
	Lisa Leslie
	Candace Parker
	Venus Williams

2010s

Year	Sportswoman	Ref
2010
	Serena Williams	[10]
	Tamika Catchings
	Vanessa James
	Candace Parker
	Venus Williams
2011
	Serena Williams	[11]
	Tamika Catchings
	Candice Dupree
	Maya Moore
	Venus Williams
2012
	Serena Williams	[12]
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
	Brittney Griner
	Candace Parker
	Venus Williams
2013
	Gabrielle Douglas	[13]
	Brittney Griner
	Candace Parker
	Serena Williams
	Venus Williams
2014
	Serena Williams	[14]
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
	Brittney Griner
	Lolo Jones
	Venus Williams
2015
	Serena Williams	[15]
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
	Brittney Griner
	Candace Parker
	Venus Williams
2016
	Serena Williams	[16]
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
	Gabrielle Douglas
	Venus Williams
	Cheyenne Woods
2017
	Serena Williams	[17]
	Simone Biles
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
	Gabrielle Douglas
	Venus Williams
2018
	Serena Williams	[18]
	Elana Meyers Taylor
	Candace Parker
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
	Venus Williams
2019
	Serena Williams	[19]
	Allyson Felix
	Candace Parker
	Naomi Osaka
	Simone Biles

2020s

Year	Sportswoman	Ref
2020
	Simone Biles	[20]
	Ajeé Wilson
	Claressa Shields
	Coco Gauff
	Naomi Osaka
	Serena Williams
2021
	Naomi Osaka	[21]
	A'ja Wilson
	Candace Parker
	Claressa Shields
	Serena Williams
	Skylar Diggins-Smith
2022
	Naomi Osaka	[22]
	Brittney Griner
	Candace Parker
	Serena Williams
	Sha'Carri Richardson
	Simone Biles
2023
	Angel Reese
	Alexis Morris
	Allyson Felix
	Candace Parker
	Naomi Osaka
	Serena Williams
	Sha'Carri Richardson
2024
	Angel Reese
	A'ja Wilson
	Coco Gauff
	Flau'jae Johnson
	Juju Watkins
	Naomi Osaka
	Sha'Carri Richardson
	Simone Biles

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

16 wins

• Serena Williams

2 wins

• Naomi Osaka

2 wins

• Angel Reese

Nominations

23 nominations Serena Williams 17 nominations Venus Williams 11 nominations Candace Parker 8 nominations Lisa Leslie 7 nominations Skylar Diggins-Smith 6 nominations Naomi Osaka

5 nominations Tamika Catchings Brittney Griner Laila Ali Simone Biles 3 nominations Gabrielle Douglas Sheryl Swoopes 2 nominations Gail Devers Cheryl Ford

See also

• BET Award for Sportsman of the Year

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