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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox award
| name        = BBC World Sport Star of the Year
| former name = BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
| presenter   = [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]]
| country     = United Kingdom
| year        = {{Start date and age|1960}}
| holder      = [[Armand Duplantis]] (2024)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
}}
The '''BBC World Sport Star of the Year''' (formerly known as the '''BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year'''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4514838.stm|title=Warne lands BBC Overseas accolade|date=11 December 2005|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061224012759/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4514838.stm| archive-date=24 December 2006| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/45712150|title=BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018: Nominees to be revealed live on the night|date=2 October 2018|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 December 2018|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811221115/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/45712150|url-status=live}}</ref>) is an award presented at the annual [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] award ceremony. The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport in that year.

==History==
The Overseas Personality award was first presented in 1960, six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced. The first recipient of the award was Australian [[Middle distance track event|middle distance]] runner [[Herb Elliott]].<ref name="stats">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7659905.stm|title=Sports Personality facts and figures|publisher=BBC|date=9 October 2008|access-date=3 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217122029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7659905.stm| archive-date= 17 December 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> Since then, the award has been presented to 53 sportspersons. Swiss tennis player [[Roger Federer]] has won the award four times. American boxer [[Muhammad Ali]] and Jamaican [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] [[Usain Bolt]] have both won the award three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/other-sport/2007/12/10/joe-calzaghe-named-sports-personality-of-the-year-55578-20228911/ |title=Joe Calzaghe named Sports Personality of the Year |date=10 December 2007 |work=[[Daily Post (Wales)|Daily Post]] |access-date=10 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513051548/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/other-sport/2007/12/10/joe-calzaghe-named-sports-personality-of-the-year-55578-20228911/ |archive-date=13 May 2008 }}</ref> The award has been shared on three occasions—by [[Ron Clarke]] and [[Gary Player]] in 1965, [[Eusébio]] and [[Garfield Sobers]] in 1966, and [[Evander Holyfield]] and [[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]] in 1996.<ref name="Fifty facts">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/11_november/20/spoty_50_facts.shtml|title=50th Sports Personality of the Year: Facts and figures|date=11 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 February 2009|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107034654/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/11_november/20/spoty_50_facts.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The husband-and-wife skating duo of [[Oleg Protopopov]] and [[Ludmila Belousova]] are the only pair to have won the award, doing so in 1968.<ref name="propotov"/> Belousova was the first woman to become Overseas Personality—she was also the oldest, aged 33. [[George T. D. Moore|George Moore]] is the oldest recipient of the award, winning in 1967 aged 44. The youngest recipient of the award is [[Nadia Comăneci]], who won in 1976 at age 15. [[Boris Becker]], who was 18 when he won in 1985, is the youngest male to have won.<ref name="Fifty facts"/>

Twenty-seven countries have been represented by the award winners as of 2024. United States sportspersons have won the award the most times, having had nineteen recipients, two of whom shared the award. Another US-born sportsperson received the award while representing Sweden. Three cricketers have received the award -- [[Garfield Sobers]] of Barbados, [[Brian Lara]] of Trinidad and Tobago (both of whom played for the [[West Indies cricket team]]), and [[Shane Warne]] of Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/apr/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview4 |title=Batting on |access-date=4 January 2009 |author=Mike Selvey |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 April 2004 |location=London |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403120849/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/apr/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/6574317.stm|title=Legend Lara to end Windies career|access-date=4 January 2009|author=Martin Gough|publisher=BBC|date=19 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090204140647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/6574317.stm| archive-date=4 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> Fourteen sporting disciplines have been represented; tennis has the highest representation, with fifteen recipients.

Only one winner has ever been stripped of the award – US cyclist [[Lance Armstrong]], whose 2003 award was rescinded following the UCI's 2012 decision to strip him of his titles and ban him for life from the sport.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/bbc-strip-lance-armstrong-of-award-8423732.html | work = [[Evening Standard]] | location = London | access-date = 27 March 2013 | date = 18 December 2012 | title = BBC strip Lance Armstrong of award | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222945/http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/bbc-strip-lance-armstrong-of-award-8423732.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2018, the award was renamed BBC World Sport Star of the Year. Along with the change of name, votes could be cast from outside of the UK for the first time.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

==Nomination procedure==
The award was decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist voted for their top two choices; their first preference was awarded two points, and their second preference was awarded one point. The winning sportsperson had the most total points. In the case of a points tie, the sportsperson chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner. If this is also a tie the award is shared.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7735134.stm|title=Sports Personality voting & judging: Terms & conditions|date=18 November 2008|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090118025110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7735134.stm| archive-date= 18 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> In 2015 the public voted for this award.

==Winners==
===By year===
{{plainlist|
* {{color box|#dddddd|{{dagger}}}} Denotes joint winners.
* {{color box|#dddddd|{{double dagger}}}} Denotes a winning couple.
}}
[[File:R federer.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Roger Federer]] received the award a record four times]]
[[File:Herb Elliott 1960c.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Herb Elliott]], the first recipient]]
[[File:Pelé Mar del Plata 1965.PNG|thumb|upright|[[Pelé]] received the award in 1970 after winning a record third FIFA World Cup]]
{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image1=Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg|image2=Usain Bolt portrait.jpg|width=167|caption2=[[Muhammad Ali]] (top) and [[Usain Bolt]] (bottom) received the award three times.}}
[[File:Greg Norman 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Greg Norman]] received the award two times]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-G0313-0017-001, Ludmilla Beloussowa, Oleg Protopopow.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Oleg Protopopov]] and [[Ludmila Belousova]], joint recipients of the award in 1968, are also husband and wife.]]
[[File:Evander Holyfield.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Evander Holyfield]], who shared the award with [[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]] in 1996]]
[[File:Хабиб Нурмагомедов-2. 12.9.2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Mixed martial artist [[Khabib Nurmagomedov]] won the award in 2020]]
[[File:Armand Duplantis(cropped) Budapest 2023.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Armand Duplantis]] is the latest winner of this award (2024).]]
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable" style="width:50%;"
|+BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year winners
|-
!scope=col|Year
!scope=col|Nationality
!scope=col|Winner
!scope=col|Sport
!scope=col class="unsortable"|Note
|-
|align=center|1960
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Herb|Elliott}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/sports_personality/1039150.stm|title=Protopopov and who?|publisher=BBC|date=25 November 2000|first=Robin|last=Scott-Elliot|access-date=10 January 2009|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112045007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/sports_personality/1039150.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1961
| {{Flagu|Soviet Union}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Valeriy|Brumel}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|align=center|1962
| {{flagu|Canada|1957}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Donald|Jackson|Donald Jackson (figure skater)}}
| [[Figure skating]] || align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|align=center|1963
| {{Flagu|France}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}
| [[Cycle sport|Cycling]] || align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|align=center|1964
| {{flagu|Ethiopia|1897}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Abebe|Bikila}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|1965
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Ron|Clarke}} <sup>{{dagger}}</sup>
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Facts50">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/11_november/20/spoty_50_facts.shtml|title=50th Sports Personality of the Year|work=BBC Press Office|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 January 2009|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107034654/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/11_november/20/spoty_50_facts.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|South Africa|1928}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Gary|Player}} <sup>{{dagger}}</sup>
| [[Golf]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Facts50"/>
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|1966
| {{Flagu|Portugal}}
!scope=row| [[Eusébio]] <sup>{{dagger}}</sup>
| [[Association football|Football]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Facts50"/>
|-
| {{Flagu|Barbados}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Garfield|Sobers}} <sup>{{dagger}}</sup>
| [[Cricket]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Facts50"/>
|-
|align=center|1967
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|George|Moore|George T. D. Moore}}
| [[Horse racing]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|1968
| {{Flagu|Soviet Union}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Oleg|Protopopov}} <sup>{{double dagger}}</sup>
| [[Figure skating]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
| {{Flagu|Soviet Union}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Ludmila|Belousova}} <sup>{{double dagger}}</sup>
| [[Figure skating]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov"/>
|-
|align=center|1969
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Rod|Laver}}
| [[Tennis]]  || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222728.stm|title=Past winners: 1968–1972: 1969 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213110411/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222728.stm| archive-date=13 December 2007| url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1970
| {{flagu|Brazil|1968}}
!scope=row| [[Pelé]]
| [[Association football|Football]] || align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|align=center|1971
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Lee|Trevino}}
| [[Golf]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222728.stm|title=Past winners: 1968–1972: 1971 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213110411/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222728.stm| archive-date=13 December 2007| url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1972
| {{Flagu|Soviet Union}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Olga|Korbut}}
| [[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090101/SPORT/173059104/1122|title=Comaneci's perfection|last=Philip|first=Robert|date=1 January 2009|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|publisher=[[Mubadala Development Company]]|access-date=15 January 2009|archive-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722210022/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/comanecis-perfection|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1973
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}} (1/3)
| [[Boxing]] ||align=center|<ref name="stats" />
|-
|align=center|1974
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}} (2/3)
| [[Boxing]] ||align=center|<ref name="stats" />
|-
|align=center|1975
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Arthur|Ashe}}
| [[Tennis]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222690.stm|title=Past winners: 1973–1977: 1975 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071214030050/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222690.stm| archive-date=14 December 2007| url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1976
| {{flagu|Romania|1965}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Nadia|Comăneci}}
| [[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=244046|title=Top Five: Teenage Sensations|first=Marc|last=Dodd|work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]]|date=1 August 2008|access-date=11 January 2009|archive-date=20 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920003808/http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/extra/244046-top-five-teenage-sensations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1977
| {{Flagu|Austria}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Niki|Lauda}}
| [[Formula One]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222690.stm|title=Past winners: 1973–1977: 1977 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071214030050/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/past_winners/3222690.stm| archive-date=14 December 2007| url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1978
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}} (3/3)
| [[Boxing]] ||align=center|<ref name="stats" />
|-
|align=center|1979
| {{Flagu|Sweden}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Björn|Borg}}
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpooltennis.co.uk/tournament_news/article.asp?article=34|title=Bjorn Borg returns to grass at Liverpool|access-date=4 January 2009|publisher=[[Liverpool International Tennis Tournament|Liverpool International Tennis]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123190938/http://www.liverpooltennis.co.uk/tournament_news/article.asp?article=34|archive-date=23 November 2007}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1980
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Jack|Nicklaus}}
| [[Golf]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222688.stm|title=Past winners: 1978–1982: 1980 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090101075740/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222688.stm| archive-date= 1 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1981
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Chris|Evert}}
| [[Tennis]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222688.stm|title=Past winners: 1978–1982: 1981 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090101075740/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222688.stm| archive-date= 1 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1982
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Jimmy|Connors}}
| [[Tennis]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222688.stm|title=Past winners: 1978–1982: 1982 Winner|date=27 November 2003|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090101075740/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222688.stm| archive-date= 1 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1983
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Carl|Lewis}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222686.stm |title=Past winners: 1983–1987: 1983 Winner |date=27 November 2003 |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214010343/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_2003/3222686.stm |archive-date=14 December 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1984
| {{Flagu|Spain}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Seve|Ballesteros}}
| [[Golf]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7772192.stm|title=Sprinter Bolt wins Overseas award|date=14 December 2008|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081218105436/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7772192.stm| archive-date=18 December 2008| url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1985
| {{flagu|West Germany}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Boris|Becker}}
| [[Tennis]] || style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Facts50"/>
|-
|align=center|1986
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Greg|Norman}} (1/2)
| [[Golf]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2327609/Gary-Lineker%27s-dog-days-now-a-distant-memory.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831044359/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2327609/Gary-Lineker%27s-dog-days-now-a-distant-memory.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2008|title=Gary Lineker's dog days now a distant memory|last=Philip|first=Robert|date=5 December 2007|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=13 January 2009 | location=London}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1987
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Martina|Navratilova}}
| [[Tennis]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3310727.stm|title=Navratilova given lifetime honour|access-date=4 January 2009|publisher=BBC|date=14 December 2003|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801150224/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3310727.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1988
| {{flagu|West Germany}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Steffi|Graf}}
| [[Tennis]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsofworld.com/tennis/australian-open/1988-special-events-and-records.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070702205315/http://www.sportsofworld.com/tennis/australian-open/1988-special-events-and-records.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2007 |title=Special events and records at the 1988 Australian Open Tennis Tournament |publisher=Compare Infobase |access-date=13 January 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1989
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Mike|Tyson}}
| [[Boxing]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/men/sports_60/67_mike_tyson.html|title=Mike Tyson|publisher=IGN|access-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104104722/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/men/sports_60/67_mike_tyson.html|archive-date=4 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1990
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Mal|Meninga}}
| [[Rugby league]] || align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|align=center|1991
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Mike|Powell|Mike Powell (athlete)}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref name="propotov" />
|-
|align=center|1992
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Andre|Agassi}}
| [[Tennis]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/2304995/Wimbledon-Was-this-final-the-greatest-ever.html|title=Wimbledon: Was this final the greatest ever?|date=22 July 2008|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=11 January 2009|location=London|first=Debasish|last=Dey|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030111627/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/2304995/Wimbledon-Was-this-final-the-greatest-ever.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1993
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Greg|Norman}} (2/2)
| [[Golf]] || align=center|<ref name="norman">{{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=70677&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29 |title=Norman to design The Wave Golf Course |access-date=3 January 2009 |work=[[Gulf Times]] |publisher=Gulf Publishing and Printing Company |date=30 January 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630143737/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=70677&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29 |archive-date=30 June 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1994
| {{Flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Brian|Lara}}
| [[Cricket]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/brian-lara-my-favourite-things-452384.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105163912/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/brian-lara-my-favourite-things-452384.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2009|title=Brian Lara: My favourite things |first=Angus|last=Fraser|work=[[The Independent]]|date=9 June 2007|access-date=11 January 2009 | location=London}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1995
| {{Flagu|New Zealand}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Jonah|Lomu}}
| [[Rugby union]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/des-takes-charge-of-great-leap-backwards-1526185.html|title=Des takes charge of great leap backwards|last=Baker|first=Andrew|date=17 December 1995|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|access-date=29 September 2010|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109054506/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/des-takes-charge-of-great-leap-backwards-1526185.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|1996
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Evander|Holyfield}} <sup>{{dagger}}</sup>
| [[Boxing]] || align=center|<ref name="Ind. 96">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/hill-wins-bbc-award-for-second-time-1314754.html|title=Hill wins BBC award for second time|date=16 December 1996|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|access-date=25 September 2010|archive-date=3 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103181143/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/hill-wins-bbc-award-for-second-time-1314754.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Michael|Johnson|Michael Johnson (athlete)}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]|| align=center|<ref name="Ind. 96"/>
|-
|align=center|1997
| {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Martina|Hingis}}
| [[Tennis]] || align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/csi-ambleside/bad-losers-on-yahoo-chess/|title=Past winners: 1994&ndash;98|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603003250/http://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/csi-ambleside/bad-losers-on-yahoo-chess/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1998
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Mark|O'Meara}}
| [[Golf]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/234398.stm|title=Owen nets BBC sports award|date=14 December 1998|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 January 2009|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121182217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/234398.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|1999
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Maurice|Greene|Maurice Greene (athlete)}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/lean-greene-on-a-quest-for-mo-gold-741554.html|title=Lean Greene on a quest for Mo Gold|date=19 December 1999|first=Simon|last=Turnbull|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=15 January 2009|location=London|archive-date=25 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025102829/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/lean-greene-on-a-quest-for-mo-gold-741554.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2000
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Tiger|Woods}}
| [[Golf]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/redgrave-voted-sports-personality-of-the-year-628399.html|title=Redgrave voted Sports Personality of the Year |access-date=3 January 2009 |first=Chris|last=Gray|work=[[The Independent]]|date=11 December 2000 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2001
| {{Flagu|Croatia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Goran|Ivanišević}}
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/an-email-conversation-with-goran-ivanisevic-talking-of-split-there-are-still-three-gorans-517243.html |title=An email conversation with Goran Ivanisevic: 'Talking of Split, there are still three Gorans?' |access-date=3 January 2009 |first=Nick |last=Harris |work=[[The Independent]] |date=28 November 2005 |location=London |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025085840/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/an-email-conversation-with-goran-ivanisevic-talking-of-split-there-are-still-three-gorans-517243.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2002
| {{Flagu|Brazil}}
!scope=row| [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| [[Association football|Football]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-fights-the-flab-and-dodgy-knees-1050397.html |title=Ronaldo fights the flab and dodgy knees |first=Glenn |last=Moore |date=4 December 2008 |work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=11 January 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207133147/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-fights-the-flab-and-dodgy-knees-1050397.html |archive-date= 7 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2003
| <del>''{{Flagu|United States}}''</del>
!scope=row| <del>''{{sortname|Lance|Armstrong}}''</del>
| <del>''[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]''</del> ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item909987/ |title=Armstrong stripped of BBC prize |publisher=ESPN Star.com |date=17 December 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122153026/http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item909987/ |archive-date=22 January 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2004
| {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Roger|Federer}} (1/4)
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sports-awards-holmes-wins-bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year-685577.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831144229/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sports-awards-holmes-wins-bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year-685577.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2009|title=Sports Awards: Holmes wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year|first=Mike|last=Rowbottom|work=[[The Independent]]|date=13 December 2004|access-date=10 January 2009 | location=London}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2005
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Shane|Warne}}
| [[Cricket]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/dec/12/gdnsport3.sport|title=Ashes hero Flintoff voted Sports Personality of the Year|first=Andrew|last=Culf|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=12 December 2005|access-date=10 January 2009|location=London|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117232228/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/dec/12/gdnsport3.sport|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2006
| {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Roger|Federer}} (2/4)
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/phillips-is-surprise-winner-of-top-sports-personality-award-428036.html|title=Phillips is surprise winner of top Sports Personality award|first=James|last=Corrigan|work=[[The Independent]]|date=11 December 2006|access-date=10 January 2009|location=London|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602231739/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/phillips-is-surprise-winner-of-top-sports-personality-award-428036.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2007
| {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Roger|Federer}} (3/4)
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2328106/Calzaghe-is-BBC-Sports-Personality-of-the-Year.html|title=Calzaghe is BBC Sports Personality of the Year|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=10 December 2007|first=Paul|last=Bolton|access-date=10 January 2009|location=London|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921111359/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2328106/Calzaghe-is-BBC-Sports-Personality-of-the-Year.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2008
| {{Flagu|Jamaica}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Usain|Bolt}} (1/3)
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/3851050/Usain-Bolt-and-the-paradox-of-sprinting-evolution.html|title=Usain Bolt and the paradox of sprinting evolution|last=Smith|first=Ed|date=19 December 2008|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=10 January 2009 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090208024925/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/3851050/Usain-Bolt-and-the-paradox-of-sprinting-evolution.html| archive-date= 8 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2009
| {{Flagu|Jamaica}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Usain|Bolt}} (2/3)
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405693.stm|title=Sprinter Usain Bolt secures BBC Overseas award again |date=13 December 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091217032112/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405693.stm| archive-date= 17 December 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2010
| {{Flagu|Spain}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Rafael|Nadal}}
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref name=nadal>{{cite web | url = http://www.sportinglife.com/tennis/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=tennis/10/12/19/manual_214859.html | work = Sporting Life | access-date = 20 December 2010 | date = 19 December 2010 | title = Rafael Nadal claims overseas prize }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2011
| {{Flagu|Serbia}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Novak|Djokovic}}
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16031387 |title=Sports Personality of the Year 2011: Novak Djokovic wins overseas award |publisher=BBC News |date=22 December 2011 |access-date=22 December 2011 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601040629/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_personality/16031387.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2012
| {{Flagu|Jamaica}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Usain|Bolt}}  (3/3)
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center|<ref name=Bolt2012>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/20697979 |title=Usain Bolt wins BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year |publisher=BBC News |date=16 December 2012 |access-date=16 December 2012 |archive-date=9 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309200103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/20697979 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2013
| {{Flagu|Germany}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Sebastian|Vettel}}
| [[Formula One]] ||align=center|<ref name=Vettel2013>{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-12-15/sebastien-vettel-wins-oversea-sports-personality-award/ |title=Sebastien Vettel wins Oversea Sports Personality award |publisher=ITV News |date=15 December 2013 |access-date=15 December 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925202846/https://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-12-15/sebastien-vettel-wins-oversea-sports-personality-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2014
| {{Flagu|Portugal}}
!scope=row| [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| [[Association football|Football]] || align=center|<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/30414684 | title = Cristiano Ronaldo wins BBC Overseas Sports Personality award | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 19 December 2015 | date = 14 December 2014 | archive-date = 15 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221215083106/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/30414684 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2015
| {{Flagu|New Zealand}}
!scope="row"| [[Dan Carter]]
| [[Rugby union]] || align=center|<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/35106794 | date = 19 December 2015 | access-date = 19 December 2015 | publisher = BBC Sport | title = Sports Personality of the Year: Dan Carter wins 2015 Overseas award | archive-date = 25 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210525004841/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/35106794 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2016
| {{Flagu|United States}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Simone|Biles}}
| [[Gymnastics]] ||align=center| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/38304889 | date = 18 December 2016 | access-date = 18 December 2016 | publisher = BBC Sport | title = BBC Sports Personality 2016: Simone Biles wins overseas award | archive-date = 6 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190406090519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/38304889 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2017
| {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
!scope=row| {{sortname|Roger|Federer}} (4/4)
| [[Tennis]] ||align=center|<ref name="auto">{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/sports-personality/42323268 | date = 15 December 2017 | access-date = 15 December 2017 | publisher = BBC Sport | title = BBC Sports Personality 2017: Roger Federer wins BBC overseas award for record fourth time | archive-date = 12 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210712110050/https://www.bbc.com/sport/sports-personality/42323268 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2018
| {{Flagu|Italy}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Francesco|Molinari}}
| [[Golf]] ||align=center| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/golf/francesco-molinari-wins-spoty-2018-13742448 | date = 16 December 2018 | access-date = 16 December 2018 | work = Mirror | title = Francesco Molinari wins SPOTY 2018 World Sport Star of the Year award | archive-date = 27 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210127205644/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/golf/francesco-molinari-wins-spoty-2018-13742448 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2019
| {{Flagu|Kenya}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Eliud|Kipchoge}}
| [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/50757884 | date = 15 December 2019 | access-date = 15 December 2019 | publisher = BBC | title = Eliud Kipchoge wins World Sport Star of the Year 2019 | archive-date = 24 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210524151345/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/50757884 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2020
| {{Flagu|Russia}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Khabib|Nurmagomedov}}
| [[Mixed martial arts]] ||align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ufc.com/news/bbc-names-khabib-nurmagomedov-world-sport-star-2020-read|title=BBC Names Khabib Nurmagomedov World Sport Star of 2020|publisher=ufc|date=19 December 2020|access-date=19 December 2020|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305062822/https://www.ufc.com/news/bbc-names-khabib-nurmagomedov-world-sport-star-2020-read|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2021
| {{Flagu|Ireland}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Rachael|Blackmore}}
| [[Horse racing]] ||align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/59681682|title=Sports Personality 2021: Rachael Blackmore crowned BBC's World Sport Star of the Year|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 December 2021|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904222224/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/59681682|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2022
| {{Flagu|Argentina}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Lionel|Messi}}
| [[Association football|Football]] ||align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/64027088|title=Lionel Messi named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 December 2022|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-date=31 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231102553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/64027088|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2023
| {{Flagu|Norway}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Erling|Haaland}}
| [[Association football|Football]] ||align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/67726030|title=Sports Personality of the Year 2023: Erling Haaland named World Sport Star of the Year|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 December 2023|access-date=19 December 2023|archive-date=19 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219213310/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/67726030|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2024
| {{Flagu|Sweden}}
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Armand|Duplantis}}
| [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] ||align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/czenyx0yglwo|title=Duplantis named BBC World Sport Star of the Year|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=17 December 2024}}</ref>
|}

===By nationality===
This table lists the total number of awards won by place of birth.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope=col|Nationality
!scope=col|Number of wins{{ref label|Note1|a|a1}}
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|United States}}
|align=center| {{sort|9|19}}{{efn|group=nat|2024 recipient Armand Duplantis was born in the United States to an American father and Swedish mother. He holds citizenship in both countries and represents Sweden.}}
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Australia}}
|align=center| 8
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Soviet Union}}
|align=center| 5{{efn|Of the recipients born in the Soviet Union:
* 1961 recipient Valeriy Brumel, and 1968 recipients Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, were born in what is now Russia, and represented the Soviet Union.
* 1972 recipient Olga Korbut was born in what is now Belarus, and also represented the Soviet Union.
* 2020 recipient Khabib Nurmagomedov was born in what is now Russia. He became a citizen of Russia upon the collapse of the Soviet Union during his early childhood.}}
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Switzerland}}
|align=center| 4
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Germany}}
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Jamaica}}
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Brazil}}
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Czechoslovakia}}
|align=center| 2{{efn|group=nat|Of the recipients born in the former Czechoslovakia:
* 1987 recipient Martina Navratilova was born in what is now the Czech Republic. She fled to the US at age 18, and held only United States citizenship at the time of her award.
* 1997 recipient Martina Hingis was born in what is now Slovakia. She moved to Switzerland at age 7.}}
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|New Zealand}}
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Portugal}}
|align=center| 2{{efn|group=nat|One of Portugal's recipients, 1966 co-winner Eusébio, was born in Mozambique while it was still a Portuguese colony. He moved to mainland Portugal in his childhood.}}
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Spain}}
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Yugoslavia}}
|align=center| 2{{efn|group=nat|Of the recipients born in the former Yugoslavia:
* 2001 recipient Goran Ivanišević was born in what is now Croatia, and became a Croatian citizen upon the country's independence from Yugoslavia.
* 2011 recipient Novak Djokovic was born in what is now Serbia, which became a completely separate country in the years after the breakup of Yugoslavia.}}
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Argentina}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Austria}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Barbados}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Canada}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Ethiopia}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|France}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Ireland}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Italy}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Kenya}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Romania}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|South Africa}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Sweden}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
|align=center| 1{{efn|group=nat|2023 recipient Erling Haaland was born in the United Kingdom, where his [[Alf-Inge Haaland|Norwegian father]] was playing professional football. He holds citizenship in both countries and represents Norway.}}
|}

{{notelist|group=nat}}

===By sport===
This table lists the total number of awards won by recipient's sporting profession.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope=col|Sporting profession
!scope=col|Number of wins{{ref label|Note1|a|a2}}
|-
!scope=row|[[Tennis]]
|align=center| 17
|-
!scope=row|[[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]
|align=center| 12
|-
!scope=row|[[Golf]]
|align=center| 9
|-
!scope=row|[[Association football|Football]]
|align=center| 6
|-
!scope=row|[[Boxing]]
|align=center| 5
|-
!scope=row|[[Cricket]]
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|[[Figure skating]]
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|[[Gymnastics]]
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|[[Formula One]]
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|[[Horse racing]]
|align=center|2
|-
!scope=row|[[Rugby union]]
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]
|align=center| 1 <del> 2 </del>
|-
!scope=row|[[Rugby league]]
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|[[Mixed martial arts]]
|align=center| 1
|}

===By gender===
This table lists the total number of awards won by gender.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope=col|Gender
!scope=col|Number of wins{{ref label|Note1|a|a1}}
|-
!scope=row|[[Male]]
|align=center| 51.5
|-
!scope=row|[[Female]]
|align=center| 8.5
|}

==Note==
*{{note label|Note1|a|a1}}{{note label|Note1|a|a2}} The fractions refer to occasions on which the awarded was shared between more than one person.

==See also==
*[[Athlete of the Year]]
*[[Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year]] (Laureus World Sports Academy)
*[[Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year]]
*[[L'Équipe Champion of Champions]]

==References==
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