The 55 Greatest BBC Sports Personality of the Year Winners of All Time

Britain's oldest sports award, voted by the public since 1954. Winning it says as much about the year as about the athlete.

1. 1
   Steve Redgrave

   Won in 2000 after a fifth consecutive Olympic gold.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Andy Murray

   Won three times, in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
   780pts
3. 3
   Damon Hill

   Won in 1994 and 1996.
   703pts
4. 4
   Paul Gascoigne

   Won in 1990 after his tears in the World Cup semi-final in Turin made him a national hero.
   700pts
5. 5
   Princess Anne

   Won in 1971 after taking the individual European Eventing Championship on Doublet, and later rode at the 1976 Olympics.
   645pts
6. 6
   Andrew Flintoff

   Won in 2005 after his all-round heroics helped England regain the Ashes in one of cricket's greatest series.
   612pts
7. 7
   David Broome

   Won in 1960, the year the show jumper won Olympic bronze in Rome on Sunsalve.
   612pts
8. 8
   Virginia Wade

   Won in 1977, the Queen's Silver Jubilee year, after winning Wimbledon in front of the monarch.
   575pts
9. 9
   Joe Calzaghe

   Won in 2007, the year he unified the super-middleweight titles by beating Mikkel Kessler in front of 50,000 in Cardiff.
   534pts
10. 10
    Gordon Pirie

    Won in 1955, a year before the distance runner set world records at 3,000 and 5,000 metres.
    534pts
11. 11
    Mark Cavendish

    Won in 2011.
    534pts
12. 12
    Chris Hoy

    Won in 2008 after three gold medals in Beijing.
    534pts
13. 13
    Jonny Wilkinson

    Won in 2003 after his extra-time drop goal won the Rugby World Cup final against Australia in Sydney.
    534pts
14. 14
    Emma Raducanu

    Won in 2021.
    534pts
15. 15
    Bradley Wiggins

    Won in 2012, the year he took the Tour de France and Olympic time-trial gold.
    534pts
16. 16
    Greg Rusedski

    Won in 1997, the year the big-serving left-hander reached the US Open final.
    534pts
17. 17
    Mary Earps

    Won in 2023 after winning the Golden Glove at the Women's World Cup, where England reached the final.
    489pts
18. 18
    Lennox Lewis

    Won in 1999, the year he became undisputed heavyweight champion of the world by beating Evander Holyfield.
    489pts
19. 19
    Tom Simpson

    Won in 1965 as the first British cyclist to become road race world champion, two years before his death on Mont Ventoux.
    489pts
20. 20
    Stirling Moss

    Won in 1961, a season of famous Formula One wins at Monaco and the Nürburgring in an outdated Lotus.
    489pts
21. 21
    Michael Owen

    Won in 1998 at eighteen after his slaloming goal against Argentina at the World Cup in France.
    489pts
22. 22
    Rory McIlroy

    Won in 2025, the year he completed the career Grand Slam at Augusta.
    437pts
23. 23
    Mo Farah

    Won in 2017.
    437pts
24. 24
    Dai Rees

    Won in 1957 after captaining Great Britain to its first Ryder Cup victory in twenty-four years at Lindrick.
    437pts
25. 25
    Fatima Whitbread

    Won in 1987 after winning the javelin world title in Rome, a year after setting a world record.
    379pts
26. 26
    John Surtees

    Won in 1959 as a motorcycle world champion, and later became the only man to win world titles on two and four wheels.
    379pts
27. 27
    Linford Christie

    Won in 1993, the year he added the world 100 metres title to his 1992 Olympic gold.
    379pts
28. 28
    Ann Jones

    Won in 1969 after beating Billie Jean King in the Wimbledon final to take the ladies' singles title.
    379pts
29. 29
    Nigel Mansell

    Won in 1986 and 1992.
    379pts
30. 30
    Geraint Thomas

    Won in 2018, the year he won the Tour de France.
    379pts
31. 31
    Mary Peters

    Won in 1972 after taking pentathlon gold at the Munich Olympics with a world record for Northern Ireland and Britain.
    379pts
32. 32
    Sebastian Coe

    Won in 1979 after setting world records at 800 metres, 1,500 metres and the mile within forty-one days.
    379pts
33. 33
    Henry Cooper

    The first two-time winner, in 1967 and 1970, the heavyweight famous for flooring a young Cassius Clay with 'Enry's 'Ammer.
    312pts
34. 34
    David Beckham

    Won in 2001.
    312pts
35. 35
    Mary Rand

    Won in 1964 after setting a world record in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics, Britain's first female athletics gold.
    312pts
36. 36
    Jackie Stewart

    Won in 1973, the year he secured his third Formula One world championship and retired from racing.
    312pts
37. 37
    Ian Botham

    Won in 1981 after single-handedly turning the Ashes at Headingley and Edgbaston in what became known as Botham's Ashes.
    312pts
38. 38
    Dorothy Hyman

    Won in 1963, a year after taking European 100 metres gold, the fastest British woman sprinter of her era.
    312pts
39. 39
    Jonathan Edwards

    Won in 1995 after breaking the triple jump world record twice in one afternoon at the Gothenburg World Championships.
    312pts
40. 40
    Ryan Giggs

    Won in 2009.
    312pts
41. 41
    Kelly Holmes

    Won in 2004 after winning both the 800 metres and 1,500 metres at the Athens Olympics.
    235pts
42. 42
    Zara Phillips

    Won in 2006 after taking the individual eventing world title at Aachen, thirty-five years after her mother Princess Anne won.
    235pts
43. 43
    Tony McCoy

    Won in 2010 as the first jockey to take the award, after finally winning the Grand National on Don't Push It.
    235pts
44. 44
    Steve Davis

    Won in 1988 at the height of his snooker dominance, during which he won six world championships.
    235pts
45. 45
    Ben Stokes

    Won in 2019.
    235pts
46. 46
    Steve Cram

    Won in 1983 after winning the first world championship 1,500 metres title in Helsinki.
    235pts
47. 47
    Beth Mead

    Won in 2022 after finishing top scorer and player of the tournament as England won Euro 2022.
    235pts
48. 48
    Paula Radcliffe

    Won in 2002 after setting a marathon world record in Chicago and winning Commonwealth and European titles on the track.
    235pts
49. 49
    Daley Thompson

    Won in 1982, between his two Olympic decathlon titles.
    146pts
50. 50
    Lewis Hamilton

    Won in 2014 and 2020.
    146pts
51. 51
    Brendan Foster

    Won in 1974 after a 3,000 metres world record and European 5,000 metres gold, and later founded the Great North Run.
    146pts
52. 52
    Keely Hodgkinson

    Won in 2024, the year she won Olympic 800 metres gold in Paris after silver in Tokyo.
    146pts
53. 53
    Bobby Moore

    Won in 1966, the year he captained England to the World Cup and lifted the trophy at Wembley.
    146pts
54. 54
    John Curry

    Won in 1976 after taking Olympic, world and European figure skating titles in the same season with balletic style.
    146pts
55. 55
    Nick Faldo

    Won in 1989 after his first Masters title at Augusta, on his way to six major championships.
    0pts

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