List of sport awards


This list of sport awards is an index to articles about notable medals, prizes, and other awards in the field of sport. It is organized by sport. For a given sport, awards are often given for the best players or teams in each country.

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  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year:
  • *BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
  • *BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award
  • *BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award
  • *BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award
  • *BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award
  • *BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award
  • *BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
  • Egebergs Ærespris - to athletes who excel in more than one sport
  • ESPY Awards
  • Golden Globes
  • James E. Sullivan Award - to outstanding amateur athletes in the United States
  • Kids' Choice Sports Awards
  • Laureus World Sports Awards
  • NACDA Directors' Cup - to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics
  • NXT Year-End Awards
  • Olympic Cup - to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic movement
  • Slammy Awards
  • List of sports awards honoring women

    American football and Canadian football

  • Associated Press College Football Player of the Year - to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States
  • Grey Cup - to the champions of the Canadian Football League
  • Heisman Trophy - to outstanding college football players whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Vince Lombardi Trophy - to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, the Super Bowl

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  • Albo Panchina d'Oro - to the best Italian coach of the Serie A
  • Best European Goalkeeper
  • Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award
  • Best Soccer Player ESPY Award
  • Bota de Prata - to the top scorer in the Portuguese Primeira Liga
  • Brian Clough Trophy - to the winners of any league, cup or friendly match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest
  • CAF Clubs of the 20th Century - a ranking of the most successful clubs of the 20th century in Africa
  • CNID Awards - to players and coaches in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and to Portuguese players and coaches in other countries
  • Coach of the Year
  • Copa Libertadores - to the winners of the Copa Libertadores
  • Copa Sudamericana - to the winners of the Copa Sudamericana
  • CSL Golden Boot - to the top goalscorer in the Canadian Soccer League
  • Det Gyldne Bur - to the best goalkeeper in Danish football
  • DZFoot d'Or - to the Algerian player considered to have performed the best over the previous year
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup - to the winners of the UEFA Champions League
  • European Golden Shoe - to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league
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  • FA Cup - to the winners of the FA Cup
  • FAM Football Awards
  • FIFA Ballon d'Or - given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season
  • FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century - a ranking of the most successful clubs of the 20th century
  • FIFA Development Award - for the development of football in countries judged to need it most
  • FIFA Fair Play Award - for exemplary civil or sporting behavior
  • FIFA Order of Merit - for significant contributions to football
  • FIFA Player of the Century - to the greatest player of the 20th century
  • FIFA Presidential Award
  • FIFA Puskás Award - to the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant and "most beautiful" goal of the year
  • FIFA World Cup awards
  • FIFA World Cup Dream Team - an all-star squad published in 2002 and composed of some of the best players of all time
  • FIFA World Cup - to the winners of the FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA World Player of the Year - to the players who were thought to be the best in the world; replaced by the FIFA Ballon d'Or
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  • Football Manager of the Year
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  • Goal of the Month
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  • Golden Ball
  • Golden Ball
  • Golden Foot - to players who stand out for their athletic achievements and personality
  • Guerin d'Oro - to the player in the Italian Serie A with at least 19 games played who has obtained the best average media rating
  • Heart of Hajduk Award - to Croatian club HNK Hajduk Split's best player
  • Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards
  • IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
  • Iran football awards
  • Lennart Johanssons Pokal - to the winners of the Swedish Allsvenskan
  • MLS Golden Boot - to Major League Soccer's regular season leading scorer
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  • Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch - to players who reach 25 caps for the Norwegian national team
  • NTF football awards - to players and coaches in Norwegian football
  • Oscar del Calcio - to players and coaches in Italian football
  • Pallone d'Argento - to the Serie A player deemed to have displayed the best civil and sporting behavior over the previous season
  • Piłka Nożna plebiscite awards - to players and coaches in Polish football
  • Premier League Golden Boot - to the top goalscorer at the end of the Premier League season
  • Prva HNL Player of the Year - to the best player in Croatian football
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  • PSL Awards :
  • *PSL Club Rookie of the Year
  • *PSL Coach of the Season
  • *PSL Footballer of the Year
  • *PSL Goalkeeper of the Season
  • *PSL Player of the Season
  • *PSL Players' Player of the Season
  • *PSL Referee of the Season
  • Rinus Michels Awards
  • Silver Ball - for the best goal scored for the Estonian national team
  • Sportske Novosti award - to the best player in the world
  • Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award - to the best player in the Croatian Prva HNL
  • Ubaldo Fillol Award - to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio in the Argentine Primera División
  • UEFA Best Player in Europe
  • UEFA Cup - to the winners of the UEFA Europa League
  • Women's Professional Soccer awards
  • World Team of the 20th Century - an all-star squad published in 1998 and composed of some of the best players of all time
  • Young Player of the Year

    Australian rules football

  • AFL Army Award - to players who produce significant acts of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of their team during a game
  • AFL Rising Star - to a standout young player in the Australian Football League
  • AFL Players Association awards - a group of awards given annually to players in the Australian Football League, voted for by all AFL players
  • All-Australian team - an all-star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season
  • Brownlow Medal - to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game
  • Coleman Medal - to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year
  • Goal of the Year - for the best goal of the season
  • Herald Sun Player of the Year - a media award for the Australian Football League given by Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun
  • Jock McHale Medal - to the coach of the winning premiership team in the Australian Football League
  • Leigh Matthews Trophy - to the most valuable player in the Australian Football League
  • Lou Richards Medal - to the best player in the Australian Football League as voted on by the Sunday Footy Show panel
  • Mark of the Year - for the best mark of the season. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catching a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without the ball hitting the ground
  • Michael Tuck Medal - to the "fairest and best" player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final
  • Norm Smith Medal - given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match

    Auto racing

  • Astor Cup - originally awarded to Astor Challenge Cup winners, now awarded to the IndyCar Series champion.
  • Borg-Warner Trophy - to the champion of the Indianapolis 500
  • Gordon Bennett Cup - a defunct trophy to be raced for annually by the automobile clubs of various countries
  • Harley J. Earl Trophy - to the champion of the Daytona 500
  • Sprint Cup - to the championship winner of the Sprint Cup Series of NASCAR
  • The Wally - to the winners of a national event of the National Hot Rod Association
  • Vanderbilt Cup - the first major trophy in American auto racing