Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995).
| Name | Sport | Number of titles |
|---|---|---|
| Krisztina Egerszegi | swimming | 7 |
| Katinka Hosszú | swimming | 7 |
| Tamás Darnyi | swimming | 5 |
| Ágnes Kovács | swimming | 4 |
| András Balczó | modern pentathlon | 3 |
| Krisztián Berki | artistic gymnastics | 3 |
| Andrea Gyarmati | swimming | 3 |
| Dániel Gyurta | swimming | 3 |
| Zoltán Magyar | gymnastics | 3 |
| Kornélia Méray | rowing | 3 |
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| Women
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| Year | Coach of the Year | President of the Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Sport | Winner | Sport | |
| 1985 | György Mezey |  football | – | – |
| 1986 | Tamás Széchy |  swimming | – | – |
| 1987 | Tamás Széchy (2) | swimming | – | – |
| 1988 | Tamás Széchy (3) | swimming | – | – |
| 1989 | Ferenc Török |  modern pentathlon | – | – |
| 1990 | Tamás Széchy (4) | swimming | – | – |
| 1991 | László Kiss | swimming | – | – |
| 1992 | László Kiss (2) | swimming | – | – |
| 1993 | László Kiss (3) | swimming | – | – |
| 1994 | Tamás Széchy (5) | swimming | – | – |
| 1995 | Róbert Ludasi |  canoe racing | Vilmos Vajda | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 1996 | László Kiss (4) | swimming | Tamás Széchy | swimming (MÚSZ) |
| 1997 | László Kiss (5) | swimming | Imre Szántó |  boxing (MÖSZ) |
| 1998 | Pál Németh |  athletics | Zoltán Angyal | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 1999 | László Kiss (6) | swimming | Dénes Kemény |  Men's water polo |
| 2000 | Nándor Sári | canoe racing | Dénes Kemény (2) | Men's water polo |
| 2001 | Katalin Rozsnyói | canoe racing | Zoltán Angyal (2) | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2002 | Katalin Rozsnyói (2) | canoe racing | Zoltán Angyal (3) | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2003 | Katalin Rozsnyói (3) | canoe racing | Dénes Kemény (3) | Men's water polo |
| 2004 | Katalin Rozsnyói (4) | canoe racing | Dénes Kemény (4) | Men's water polo |
| 2005 | Katalin Rozsnyói (5) | canoe racing | Tamás Faragó | Women's water polo |
| 2006 | Katalin Rozsnyói (6) | canoe racing | Zoltán Angyal (4) | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2007 | Zoltán Kuhárszky |  tennis | Zoltán Angyal (5) | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2008 | György Turi | swimming | Dénes Kemény (5) | Men's water polo |
| 2009 | Lajos Mocsai |  handball | Sándor Egervári | Men's U-20 football |
| 2010 | István Kovács |  artistic gymnastics | László Kiss | swimming (MÚSZ) |
| 2011 | Ferenc Csipes | canoe racing | Botond Storcz | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2012 | Sándor Széles | swimming | Lajos Mocsai | Men's handball |
| 2013 | Shane Tusup | swimming | Tibor Benedek | Men's water polo |
| 2014 | Shane Tusup (2) | swimming | Botond Storcz (2) | canoe racing (MKKSZ) |
| 2015 | Pál Dárdai | football | From 2015 merged with Coach of the Year awards. | |
| 2016 | Shane Tusup (3) | swimming | – | – |
| 2017 | Shane Tusup (4) | swimming | – | – |
| 2018 | Ákos Bánhidi and Zhang Jing |  short track speed skating | – | – |
| 2019 | Zsolt Varga | Men's water polo | – | – |
| 2020 | Marco Rossi | football | – | – |
| 2021 | András Decsi |  fencing | – | – |
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