BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Top 3

Can you name the sports stars that placed in the top 3 in voting in the BBC's annual Sports Personality of the Year award?

As this is a British award, only British athletes are eligible for nomination.

Some overseas sports stars are eligible, however the majority of their career should have taken place in Great Britain

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Year	Sport	Winner	Sport	Second	Sport	Third
2023	Football	Mary Earps	Cricket	Stuart Broad	Athletics	Katarina Johnson-Thompson
2022	Football	Beth Mead	Cricket	Ben Stokes	Curling	Eve Muirhead
2021	Tennis	Emma Raducanu	Diving	Tom Daley	Swimming	Adam Peaty
2020	Formula One	Lewis Hamilton	Football	Jordan Henderson	Horse racing	Hollie Doyle
2019	Cricket	Ben Stokes	Formula One	Lewis Hamilton	Athletics	Dina Asher-Smith
2018	Cycling	Geraint Thomas	Formula One	Lewis Hamilton	Football	Harry Kane
2017	Athletics	Mo Farah	Motorcycle racing	Jonathan Rea	Athletics	Jonnie Peacock
2016	Tennis	Andy Murray	Triathlon	Alistair Brownlee	Show jumping	Nick Skelton
2015	Tennis	Andy Murray	Rugby league	Kevin Sinfield	Athletics	Jessica Ennis-Hill
2014	Formula One	Lewis Hamilton	Golf	Rory McIlroy	Athletics	Jo Pavey
2013	Tennis	Andy Murray	Rugby union	Leigh Halfpenny	Horse racing	Tony McCoy
2012	Cycling	Bradley Wiggins	Athletics	Jessica Ennis-Hill	Tennis	Andy Murray
2011	Cycling	Mark Cavendish	Golf	Darren Clarke	Athletics	Mo Farah
2010	Horse racing	Tony McCoy	Darts	Phil Taylor	Athletics	Jessica Ennis-Hill
2009	Football	Ryan Giggs	Formula One	Jenson Button	Athletics	Jessica Ennis-Hill
2008	Cycling	Chris Hoy	Formula One	Lewis Hamilton	Swimming	Rebecca Adlington
2007	Boxing	Joe Calzaghe	Formula One	Lewis Hamilton	Boxing	Ricky Hatton
2006	Eventing	Zara Phillips	Golf	Darren Clarke	Gymnastics	Beth Tweddle
2005	Cricket	Andrew Flintoff	Sailing	Ellen MacArthur	Football	Steven Gerrard
2004	Athletics	Kelly Holmes	Rowing	Matthew Pinsent	Cricket	Andrew Flintoff
2003	Rugby union	Jonny Wilkinson	Rugby union	Martin Johnson	Athletics	Paula Radcliffe
2002	Athletics	Paula Radcliffe	Football	David Beckham	Horse racing	Tony McCoy
2001	Football	David Beckham	Sailing	Ellen MacArthur	Football	Michael Owen
2000	Rowing	Steve Redgrave	Athletics	Denise Lewis	Athletics	Tanni Grey-Thompson
1999	Boxing	Lennox Lewis	Football	David Beckham	Athletics	Colin Jackson
1998	Football	Michael Owen	Athletics	Denise Lewis	Athletics	Iwan Thomas
1997	Tennis	Greg Rusedski	Tennis	Tim Henman	Rowing	Steve Redgrave
1996	Formula One	Damon Hill	Rowing	Steve Redgrave	Horse racing	Frankie Dettori
1995	Athletics	Jonathan Edwards	Boxing	Frank Bruno	Rallying	Colin McRae
1994	Formula One	Damon Hill	Athletics	Sally Gunnell	Athletics	Colin Jackson
1993	Athletics	Linford Christie	Athletics	Sally Gunnell	CART	Nigel Mansell
1992	Formula One	Nigel Mansell	Athletics	Linford Christie	Athletics	Sally Gunnell
1991	Athletics	Liz McColgan	Rugby Union	Will Carling	Football	Gary Lineker
1990	Football	Paul Gascoigne	Snooker	Stephen Hendry	Cricket	Graham Gooch
1989	Golf	Nick Faldo	Boxing	Frank Bruno	Snooker	Steve Davis
1988	Snooker	Steve Davis	Swimming	Adrian Moorhouse	Golf	Sandy Lyle
1987	Athletics	Fatima Whitbread	Snooker	Steve Davis	Golf	Ian Woosnam
1986	Formula One	Nigel Mansell	Athletics	Fatima Whitbread	Football	Kenny Dalglish
1985	Boxing	Barry McGuigan	Cricket	Ian Botham	Athletics	Steve Cram
1984	Figure skating	Torvill and Dean	Athletics	Sebastian Coe	Snooker	Steve Davis
1983	Athletics	Steve Cram	Figure skating	Torvill and Dean	Athletics	Daley Thompson
1982	Athletics	Daley Thompson	Snooker	Alex Higgins	Athletics	Steve Cram
1981	Cricket	Ian Botham	Snooker	Steve Davis	Athletics	Sebastian Coe
1980	Figure skating	Robin Cousins	Athletics	Sebastian Coe	Athletics	Daley Thompson
1979	Athletics	Sebastian Coe	Cricket	Ian Botham	Football	Kevin Keegan
1978	Athletics	Steve Ovett	Athletics	Daley Thompson	Cricket	Ian Botham
1977	Tennis	Virginia Wade	Cricket	Geoffrey Boycott	Motorcycle racing	Barry Sheene
1976	Figure skating	John Curry	Formula One	James Hunt	Swimming	David Wilkie
1975	Cricket	David Steele	Athletics	Alan Pascoe	Swimming	David Wilkie
1974	Athletics	Brendan Foster	Boxing	John Conteh	Rugby union	Willie John McBride
1973	Formula One	Jackie Stewart	Tennis	Roger Taylor	Show jumping	Paddy McMahon
1972	Athletics	Mary Peters	Football	Gordon Banks	Eventing	Richard Meade
1971	Eventing	Anne, Princess Royal	Football	George Best	Rugby union	Barry John
1970	Boxing	Henry Cooper	Golf	Tony Jacklin	Football	Bobby Moore
1969	Tennis	Ann Jones	Golf	Tony Jacklin	Football	George Best
1968	Athletics	David Hemery	Formula One	Graham Hill	Show jumping	Marion Coakes
1967	Boxing	Henry Cooper	Cycling	Beryl Burton	Show jumping	Harvey Smith
1966	Football	Bobby Moore	Speedway	Barry Briggs	Football	Geoff Hurst
1965	Cycling	Tom Simpson	Formula One	Jim Clark	Show jumping	Marion Coakes
1964	Athletics	Mary Rand	Speedway	Barry Briggs	Athletics	Ann Packer
1963	Athletics	Dorothy Hyman	Swimming	Bobby McGregor	Formula One	Jim Clark
1962	Swimming	Anita Lonsbrough	Athletics	Dorothy Hyman	Swimming	Linda Ludgrove
1961	Formula One	Stirling Moss	Boxing	Billy Walker	Tennis	Angela Mortimer
1960	Show jumping	David Broome	Athletics	Don Thompson	Swimming	Anita Lonsbrough
1959	Motorcycle racing	John Surtees	Football	Bobby Charlton	Swimming	Ian Black
1958	Swimming	Ian Black	Football	Bobby Charlton	Football	Nat Lofthouse
1957	Golf	Dai Rees	Formula One	Stirling Moss	Athletics	Derek Ibbotson
1956	Cricket	Jim Laker	-	No record	-	No record
1955	Athletics	Gordon Pirie	-	No record	-	No record
1954	Athletics	Christopher Chataway	Athletics	Roger Bannister	Show jumping	Pat Smythe

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