BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award Winners: A Historical Overview

This compilation presents a historical record of the individuals who have received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. 1954 Sir Chris Chataway 1955 Gordon Pirie 1956 Jim Laker 1957 Dai Rees 1958 Ian Black 1959 John Surtees Athlete Chris Chataway (left) was the first Sports Personality of the Year. 1960 David Broome 1961 Sir Stirling Moss 1962 Anita Lonsbrough 1963 Dorothy Hyman 1964 Mary Rand 1965 Tommy Simpson 1966 Bobby Moore 1967 Sir Henry Cooper 1968 David Hemery 1969 Ann Jones Stirling Moss (left) received the award in his final year competing in Formula 1. 1970 Sir Henry Cooper 1971 HRH Princess Anne 1972 Dame Mary Peters 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart 1974 Sir Brendan Foster 1975 David Steele 1976 John Curry 1977 Virginia Wade 1978 Steve Ovett 1979 Lord Sebastian Coe Seb Coe was honored with the award one year prior to securing Olympic gold. 1980 Robin Cousins 1981 Lord Botham 1982 Daley Thompson 1983 Steve Cram 1984 Torvill and Dean 1985 Barry McGuigan 1986 Nigel Mansell 1987 Fatima Whitbread 1988 Steve Davis 1989 Sir Nick Faldo Elton John extended congratulations to Torvill and Dean for their achievement in 1984. 1990 Paul Gascoigne 1991 Liz McColgan 1992 Nigel Mansell 1993 Linford Christie 1994 Damon Hill 1995 Jonathan Edwards 1996 Damon Hill 1997 Greg Rusedski 1998 Michael Owen 1999 Lennox Lewis The renowned Muhammad Ali was present when Lennox Lewis claimed the award in 1999. 2000 Sir Steve Redgrave 2001 David Beckham 2002 Paula Radcliffe 2003 Jonny Wilkinson 2004 Dame Kelly Holmes 2005 Andrew Flintoff 2006 Zara Phillips 2007 Joe Calzaghe 2008 Sir Chris Hoy 2009 Ryan Giggs Paula Radcliffe, after winning the London Marathon, Commonwealth, and European gold in 2002, was subsequently named Sports Personality of the Year. 2010 Sir AP McCoy 2011 Mark Cavendish 2012 Sir Bradley Wiggins 2013 Sir Andy Murray 2014 Sir Lewis Hamilton 2015 Sir Andy Murray 2016 Sir Andy Murray 2017 Sir Mo Farah 2018 Geraint Thomas 2019 Ben Stokes Geraint Thomas received recognition in 2018 following his victory in the Tour de France. 2020 Sir Lewis Hamilton 2021 Emma Raducanu 2022 Beth Mead 2023 Mary Earps 2024 Keely Hodgkinson