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# Sports Personality of the Year

A focus on sporting achievement

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- [Sports Personality of the Year 2025 Shortlist](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sports-personality-spoty-2025-shortlist/) - A shortlist of the six contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 has now been announced. It is as follows: Chloe Kelly (Football) Hannah Hampton (Football) Lando Norris (Formula One) Rory McIlroy (Golf) Luke Littler (Darts) Ellie Kildunne (Rugby Union) England teammates Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton played pivotal roles
- [Tommy Simpson 1965](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/tommy-simpson-1965/) - In 1965, cyclist Thomas 'Tommy' Simpson was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, or Sportsview Personality of the Year, as it was still known at the time. He was the first cyclist to win the award and would be the last until Chris (later Sir Chris) Hoy in 2008. Simpson took the accolade ahead
- [Stirling Moss 1961](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/stirling-moss-1961/) - Few would argue that Stirling Moss, who won 16 Grands Prix in a Formula One career lasting a decade, was the best driver never to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. In fact, he finished second four years running, in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958 and third three years running, in 1959, 1960 and
- [Mary Rand 1964](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/mary-rand-1964/) - In 1964, athlete Mary Rand (née Bignal) was voted Sportsview Personality of the Year or, in other words, BBC Sports Personality of the Year, in recogmition of her becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track-and-field. Speedway rider Barry Briggs finished second in the poll of readers of the 'Radio
- [John Surtees 1959](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/john-surtees-1959/) - Surrey-born John Surtees has the distinction of being the only person ever to have won the Grand Prix World Championship, now the MotoGP World Championship, and the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. However, in 1959, it was after a dominant season on two wheels that he was voted Sportsview Personality of the Year, as BBC
- [Jim Laker 1956](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/jim-laker-1956/) - In 1956, Yorkshire-born cricketer James Charles 'Jim' Laker won Sports Review of the Year, better known nowadays as BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), in recognition of his exemplary performance in the Ashes series. A right-arm offbreak bowler, Laker took a record 46 wickets in the five-match series – which England eventually won 2-1,
- [David Hemery 1968](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/david-hemery-1968/) - In 1968, athlete David Hemery was voted BBC Personality of the Year after winning the gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the Summer Olympics. Indeed, in the final, at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City on October 15, Hemery ran 48.12 second, beating his nearest pursuers – Gerhard Hennige of West Germany and
- [Ian Black 1958](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/ian-black-1958/) - In 1958, 17-year-old swimmer Ian Black became, and remains, the youngest winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) after an exemplary year in which he won six major championship medals, four of them gold. Black topped the public poll ahead of two footballers, Bobby (later Sir Bobby) Charlton of Manchester United and
- [Gordon Pirie 1955](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/gordon-pirie-1955/) - Born in Leeds on February 10, 1931, Gordon Pirie has the distinction of being the first full-time athlete in Britain, at a time when athletes received no government or independent funding. Pirie was renowned for his high-intensity, daily training schedule, reportedly covering 200 miles or more every week, but he also to took a systematic
- [David Broom 1960](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/david-broom-1960/) - The Games of the XVII Olympiad were held in Rome, Italy between August 25 and September 11, 1960, such that the results were fresh in the minds of readers of the 'Radio Times' when they voted for Sportsview Personality of the Year. In fact, the first three in the public poll were medallists, of one
- [Dorothy Hyman 1963](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/dorothy-hyman-1963/) - In 1963, athlete Dorothy Hyman was voted Sportsview Personality of the Year or, in other words, BBC Personality of the Year, largely in recognition of her achievements at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia in late 1962. Hyman topped the poll ahead of swimmer Bobby McGregor, who broke the world record
- [Christopher Chataway 1954](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/christopher-chataway-1954/) - In 1954, athlete Christopher Chataway won the inaugural BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, or Sports Review of the Year, as it was known at the time. Fellow athlete Roger Bannister finished second in the public postal vote, ahead of pioneering equestrian Patricia Smythe, who had became a household name in the years following
- [Bobby Moore 1966](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/bobby-moore-1966/) - Not altogether surprisingly, the 1966 FIFA World Cup, hosted and won by England, after a memorable final against West Germany at Wembley Stadium in London, had a major influence on the result of Sportsview Personality of the Year, or BBC Sports Personality of the Year, as the award is known nowadays. England captain Bobby Moore,
- [Ann Jones 1969](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/ann-jones-1969/) - In 1969, tennis player Ann Jones was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of golfer Tony Jacklin, who won the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, thereby becoming the first Briton since 1951 to do so, Manchester United footballer George Best, and Jackie Stewart, who won the Formula One World Drivers'
- [Anita Lonsbrough 1962](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/anita-lonsbrough-1962/) - In 1962, Anita Lonsbrough became the first woman to feature on the roll of honour for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, or Sportsview Personality of the Year, as the award was still known at the time. By that stage of her career, Yorkshire-born Lonsbrough, 21, was already an Olympic gold-medallist, having won the women's
- [Dai Rees 1957](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/dai-rees-1957/) - In 1957, Welsh golfer David James 'Dai' Rees was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. A leading British golfer on either side of World War II – he finished in the top ten in the Open Championship seven times between 1946 and 1961 – Rees was recognised, specifically, for his role as playing captain
- [Steve Ovett 1978](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/steve-ovett-1978/) - In 1978, middle-distance runner Steve Ovett was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), ahead of decathlete Daley Thompson and cricketer Ian Botham. As rightly pointed out by presenter Frank Bough, he became the first of his kind to receive the accolade since Christopher Chataway won the inaugural SPOTY Award back in 1954. During
- [Sir Jackie Stewart 1973](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sir-jackie-stewart-1973/) - Sir Jackie Stewart was awarded a knighthood for services to motor racing in the 2001 Birthday Honours and described the accolade as "more important than my first win or winning a world championship". 'The Flying Scot', as he was known in his heyday, was one of the most successful Formula One drivers in history. In
- [Sir Henry Cooper 1970 & 1967](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sir-henry-cooper-1970-1967/) - Sir Henry Cooper, who was knighted for services to boxing in the 2000 New Years Honours, was a hugely popular figure inside and outside the boxing ring. He remains the first and, at the time of writing, only boxer to be knighted and was the first person to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the
- [Sir Brendan Foster 1974](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sir-brendan-foster-1974/) - Born in Hebburn, County Durham on January 12, 1948, Sir Brendan Foster was knighted for services to international and national sport in North East England in the 2020 Birthday Honours. However, the best part of half a century earlier, Foster was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), beating boxer John Conteh and
- [Princess Anne 1971](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/princess-anne-1971/) - In 1971, Princess Anne – who received the title Princess Royal from her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1987 – was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), beating footballer George Best and rugby union player Barry John in a poll of 'Radio Times' readers. Her Royal Highness, 21, became the first member of
- [John Curry 1976](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/john-curry-1976/) - In 1976, figure skater John Curry was presented with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award by Lord Mountbatten, having finished ahead of racing driver James Hunt and swimmer David Wilkie. Hunt had won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, while Wilkie had won the gold medal in the 200-metres breaststroke at the 1976
- [Mary Peters 1972](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/mary-peters-1972/) - In 1972, athlete Mary Peters was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) by readers of the 'Radio Times', beating footballer Gordon Banks and equestrian Richard Meade to the coveted prize after winning the gold medal in the pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Accepting the SPOTY trophy from the 1971 winner,
- [David Steele 1975](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/david-steele-1975/) - In 1975, cricketer David Steele, who became an unlikely hero for England in the losing Ashes series that year, was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year by Radio Times readers, ahead of athlete Alan Pascoe and swimmer David Wilkie. Accepting the trophy from Michael Morris, Baron Killanin, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),
- [Virginia Wade 1977](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/virginia-wade-1977/) - In 1977, the year in which Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Silver Jubilee, Virginia Wade was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), beating cricketer Geoffrey Boycott and motorcycle racer Barry Sheene into second and third place, respectively, in a poll of readers of the 'Radio Times'. Accepting the trophy from Prince Michael of
- [Sebastian Coe 1979](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sebastian-coe-1979/) - In 1979, athlete Sebasian Coe was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of cricketer Ian Botham and footballer Kevin Keegan. In his acceptance speech, he said, "I'd just like to thank everybody who voted and bought their copy of the 'Radio Times'," and also referred to "great help from Mr. [George] Gandy [Director
- [Torvill and Dean 1984](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/torvill-and-dean-1984/) - In 1984, for the first time in the 30-year history of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the coveted prize went not to one person, but to two people. Those two people were, of course, figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who beat athlete Sebastian Coe and snooker player Steve Davis in the
- [Steve Davis 1988](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/steve-davis-1988/) - In 1998, snooker player rounded off a memorable year by beating swimmer Adrian Moorhouse and golfer Sandy Lyle to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) Award in a poll of 'Radio Times' readers. In so doing, he became the first and, at the time of writing, only snooker player to lift the coveted
- [Steve Cram 1983](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/steve-cram-1983/) - In 1983, athlete Steve Cram was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and decathlete Daley Thompson. Capitalising on the absence of his two main middle-distance rivals, compatriots Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, through injury, Cram had won gold medals in the 1,500 metres at both
- [Sir Nick Faldo 1989](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sir-nick-faldo-1989/) - Knighted for services to golf in the 2009 Birthday Honours, Sir Nick Faldo made his final competitive appearance at The Open Championship at St. Andrews, Scotland in 2015, by which time he has amassed 41 professional wins, including six major championships. Faldo won The Open three times, at Muirfield in 1987, at St. Andrews in
- [Robin Cousins 1980](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/robin-cousins-1980/) - In 1980, figure skater Robin Cousins was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), beating athletes Sebastian Coe and Daley Thompson in the public vote, after winning the men's singles at the European Figure Skating Championships on Gothenburg, Sweden in January and a gold medal in the same event at the Winter Olympics in
- [Ian Botham 1981](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/ian-botham-1981/) - Former cricketer Ian Botham received a knighthood for his services to charity and cricket in the 2007 Birthday Honours and a life peerage in 2020, becoming Baron Botham, of Ravensworth in the County of North Yorkshire. However, back in his playing days, in 1981, he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year after an
- [Fatima Whitbread 1987](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/fatima-whitbread-1987/) - In 1987, javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) , beating snooker player Steve Davis and golfer Ian Woosnam in the public poll. Accepting the coveted trophy from Colin Cowdrey, she said simply, "I feel very proud amd honoured...." After a series of near misses in major championships –
- [Daley Thompson 1982](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/daley-thompson-1982/) - In 1982, decathlete Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, universally known as Daley Thompson, was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of snooker player Alex Higgins and athlete Steve Cram. Never one to shy away from controversy, Thompson turned up at the awards ceremony dressed more casually than might have been expected and, having received
- [Paul Gascoigne 1990](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/paul-gascoigne-1990/) - In 1990, footballer Paul Gascoigne was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of snooker player Stephen Hendry and cricketer Graham Gooch. He thus became the first footballer to win the coveted prize since World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore in 1966. Accepting the trophy from another World Cup winner, Sir Bobby Charlton, Gascoigne said,
- [Barry McGuigan 1985](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/barry-mcguigan-1985/) - In 1985, boxer Barry McGuigan was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY), beating cricketer Ian Botham and Steve Cram into second and third place, respectively, in the public vote. Born Finbar McGuigan in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland – hence his nickname 'The Clones Cyclone' – the 24-year-old had taken out British
- [Sir Steve Redgrave 2000](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/sir-steve-redgrave-2000/) - Sir Steve Redgrave, who was knighted for services to rowing in the 2001 New Years Honours, once famously said, "Anyone who sees me go anywhere near a boat again, ever, you’ve got my permission to shoot me.” He issued that proclamation shortly after winning a gold medal, alongside Matthew Pinsent, in the coxless pair competition
- [Nigel Mansell 1986 and 1992](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/nigel-mansell-1986-and-1992/) - Nigel Mansell has the distinction of being the first Formula One driver to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) twice. On the first occasion, in 1986, he beat javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread and footballer Kenny Dalglish in the public vote after narrowly missing out on the Formula One World Drivers' Championship.After accepting
- [Michael Owen 1998](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/michael-owen-1998/) - In 1998, following an extraordinary year, footballer Michael Owen was named BBC Sports Personality of Year, beating heptathlete Denise Lewis and sprinter Iwan Thomas by the proverbial country mile in the public vote. Accepting the trophy from host Des Lynam, Owen, 18, said, "It's been a great year for me. This really has topped it
- [Liz McColgan 1991](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/liz-mccolgan-1991/) - In 1991, middle- and long-distance runner Liz McColgan was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of rubgy player Will Carling and footballer Gary Lineker, whose award was accepted by Tottenham Hotspur teammate Gary Mabbutt. Accepting the trophy from Michel Checklet, Director General of the BBC, she said, "Just like to say that I'm
- [Linford Christie 1993](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/linford-christie-1993/) - In 1993, sprinter Linford Christie was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of fellow athlete Sally Gunnell and racing driver Nigel Mansell. Presenting Christie with the trophy, host Peter Dimmock made reference to the fact that the Jamaican-born athlete had finished runner-up, behind Nigel Mansell, the previous year, saying quietly, "A year late,
- [Lennox Lewis 1999](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/lennox-lewis-1999/) - In 1999, boxer Lennox Lewis was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, beating footballer David Beckham into second place and athlete Colin Jackson into third. After picking up the trophy, he said, ""It's a a great honour to be able to achieve my goal. I'd like to thank the team behind me. I'd like
- [Greg Rusedski 1997](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/greg-rusedski-1997/) - Tennis player Greg Rusedski was born in Montreal, Canada on September 6, 1973 but, having won his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles title, the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island in 1993, as a Canadian national, he opted for British citizenship, courtesy of his English-born mother, in 1995. His decision was
- [Jonathan Edwards 1995](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/jonathan-edwards-1995/) - Born in London on May 18, 1966, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards was, by his own admission, "a very late developer". However, having failed to qualify for two consecutive Summer Olympics, in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992, in 1995 he enjoyed a true annus mirabilis. In June, at the European Cup, Edwards jumped an
- [David Beckham 2001](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/david-beckham-2001/) - At the time of writing, Sir David Beckham, 50, has recently been awarded a knighthood for services to sport and charity in King Charles' Birthday Honours List. That decision has proved divisive but, the best part of a quarter of a century ago, in his playing days, his election as BBC Sports Personality of the
- [Damon Hill 1996 & 1994](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/damon-hill-1996-1994/) - Damon Hill is, of course, the son of Graham Hill, who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1962 and 1968. Indeed, Hill Jr. himself was Formula One World Champion in 1996 and has the distinction of being one of just a handful of sportspeople to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- [2023 Mary Earps](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/mary-earps-2023/) - England goalkeeper Mary Earps was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2023, ahead of cricketer Stuart Broad and heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, with jockey Frankie Dettori, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett and golfer Rory McIlroy also shortlisted for the award. Nottingham-born Earps made her full international debut for the Lionesses in their final qualifying
- [2024 Keely Hodgkinson](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/keely-hodgkinson-2024/) - In 2024, Keely Hodgkinson became the fourth successive woman to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year after Emma Raducanu (2021), Beth Mead (2022) and Mary Earps (2023). After an annus mirabilis over 800 metres, which culminated in a convincing victory over Tsige Duguma at the Stade de France, Paris to win her first
- [2008 Sir Chris Hoy](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2008-sir-chris-hoy/) - Sir Chris Hoy was knighted for services to sport in the 2009 New Years Honours but, in a memorable year, was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008. Edinburgh-born Hoy had been the subject of a media campaign in his native Scotland but, nonetheless, polled nearly 40% of the public vote, to beat
- [2010 Sir Anthony McCoy](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2010-sir-anthony-mccoy/) - Sir Anthony McCoy was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours, having won the National Hunt Jockeys' Championship 20 years in a row prior to his retirement, with 4,358 winners to his name, the previous April. However, in 2010, he finally won the Grand National, after 14 previous unsuccessful attempts, and was promoted to favouritism
- [2006 Zara Phillips](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2006-zara-phillips/) - In 2006, Zara Phillips became the second member of her family to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, following in the footsteps of her mother, the Princess Royal, who received the same accolade after winning the European Eventing Championships at Burghley on her horse, Doublet, back in 1971. Phillips, herself, became individual European
- [2002 Paula Radcliffe](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2002-paula-radcliffe/) - In 2002, long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe comfortably justified favouritism to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, finishing some way ahead of footballer David Beckham, jockey Tony McCoy, boxer Lennox Lewis and rugby union player Jonny Wilkinson in the public phone poll. In so doing, she became to first woman since middle-distance runner
- [2009 - Ryan Giggs](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2009-ryan-giggs/) - In 2009, footballer Ryan Giggs was a shock winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, beating racing driver Jensen Button, who was odds-on favourite with the bookmakers, into second place and heptathlete Jessica Ennis into third in the public vote. Giggs became just the fifth footballer, after Bobby Moore (1966), Paul Gascoigne (1990),
- [2012 Sir Bradley Wiggins](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2012-sir-bradley-wiggins/) - Belgian-born Sir Bradley Wiggins was knighted for services to cycling in the 2013 New Years Honours but, shortly beforehand, was voted 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Wiggins, then 32, beat 11 other nominees – headed by heptathlete Jessica Ennis and tennis player Andy Murray – to the much sought-after title, having become the
- [2017 - Sir Mo Farah](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2017-sir-mo-farah/) - Born Hussein Abdi Kahin in what is now Somaliland, Sir Mohamed Farah, universally known as Sir Mo Farah, was knighted for services to athletics in the 2017 New Years Honours. He was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017, beating motorcycle racer Jonathan Rea into second place and paralympian Jonnie Peacock into a
- [2005 Andrew Flintoff](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2005-andrew-flintoff/) - In 2005, cricketer Andrew Flintoff was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, beating ytachtswoman Ellen MacArthur into second place and footballer Steven Gerrard into third from a shortlist that also included fellow cricketer Michael Vaughan, boxer Ricky Hatton and tennis player Andy Murray. Flintoff was presented with the trophy by Ian Botham – the
- [2004 Dame Kelly Holmes](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2004-dame-kelly-holmes/) - Former middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes was created Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for service to atheletics in the 2005 New Year Honours but, beforehand, had also been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2004. Kent-born Holmes, then 34, beat rower Matthew Pinsent into second place and cricketer Andrew Flintoff
- [2007 Joe Calzaghe](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2007-joe-calzaghe/) - In 2007, boxer Joe Calzaghe was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, thereby becoming the first Welsh sportsperson since showjumper David Broome in 1960 to win the award. Calzaghe beat the bookmakers' favourite, racing driver Lewis Hamilton, into second place and fellow pugilist Ricky Hatton into third, with tennis player Andy Murray, athletes Christine
- [2011 Mark Cavendish](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2011-mark-cavendish/) - In 2011, Mark Cavendish was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, thereby becoming just the third cyclist, after Tommy Simpson in 1965 and Sir Chris Hoy in 2008, to win the award. Cavendish, 26, beat golfer Darren Clarke into a distant second place and long-distance runner Mo Farah into third in the public vote.
- [2003 Jonny Wilkinson](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2003-jonny-wilkinson/) - In 2003, as widely anticipated, England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, beating his national captain Martin Johnson into second place and athlete Paul Radcliffe into third. Accepting the trophy from the Princess Royal, herself a former winner, he said, "I am not the most comfortable when I am in
- [2021 Emma Raducanu](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2021-emma-raducanu/) - Thanks in no small part to victory in the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York City, teenage tennis player Emma Raducanu was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2021. Raducanu, then 18, beat diver Tom Daley and swimmer Adama Peaty to the title, with footballer Raheem Sterling, boxer Tyson fury and paralympian
- [2014 & 2020 Sir Lewis Hamilton](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2014-2020-sir-lewis-hamilton/) - Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was knighted for services to motorsports in the 2021 New Year Honours, is one of the few sportspeople to have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award more than once. He first did so in 2014 when, at the age of 29, he won the Formula One World Drivers'
- [2019 Ben Stokes](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2019-ben-stokes/) - In 2019, as widely anticipated, England cricketer Ben Stokes was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ahead of racing driver Lewis Hamilton and athlete Dina Asher-Smith. Also on the shortlist were footballer Raheem Sterling, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and rugby union player Alun Wyn Jones. New Zealand-born Stokes, then 28, became the first cricketer
- [2022 Beth Mead](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2022-beth-mead/) - In 2022, England and Arsenal forward Beth Mead was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, thereby becoming the first female footballer to win the prestigious award. Mead, then 27, topped the public poll ahead of cricketer Ben Stokes and curler Eve Muirhead, with snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan, gymnast Jessica Gadirova and athlete Jake Wightman
- [2018 Geraint Thomas](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2018-geraint-thomas/) - The 2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was won by cyclist Geraint Thomas, who beat racing driver Lewis Hamilton and footballer Harry Kane in the public vote to lift the coveted trophy. Kane had been favourite to win the award after captaining England to their first World Cup semi-final since 1990 and winning
- [2013 2015 & 2016 - Sir Andy Murray](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/2013-2015-2016-sir-andy-murray/) - Sir Andy Murray, who was awarded a knighthood for services to tennis and charity in the 2016 New Year Honours list, has the distinction of being the only sportsperson to have been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on three separate occasions. Glasgow-born Murray first did so in 2013, the year in which, at

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- [BBC Sports Personality of the Year](https://sportspersonalityoftheyear.co.uk/bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year/) - BBC Sports Personality of the Year Winners (1954–2025) Year Winner Sport 1954 Sir Chris Chataway Athletics 1955 Gordon Pirie Athletics 1956 Jim Laker Cricket 1957 Dai Rees Golf 1958 Ian Black Athletics 1959 John Surtees Motorcycle Racing 1960 David Broome Equestrianism 1961 Stirling Moss Formula 1 1962 Anita Lonsbrough Swimming 1963 Dorothy Hyman Athletics 1964
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