# Milliyet Sports Awards

The Milliyet Sports Awards (Turkish: Milliyet Spor Ödülleri) are given by the Turkish daily Milliyet annually since 1954 in recognition of highest achievements in sports. The award is determined by a poll of Turkish professional footballers playing, athletes, teams, managers in Turkey and World. From 1954 until 2004, there was only one award "Turkish Athlete of the Year" or "Team of the Year".

## Award
### Athlete of the Year

| No | Year | Athlete / team | Branch | Info |
| 1. | 1954 | Murat Güler | Swimming | 0000 |
| 2. | 1955 | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | Football | 0000 |
| 3. | 1956 | Hamit Kaplan | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 4. | 1957 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 5. | 1958 | Varol Ürkmez | Football | 0000 |
| 6. | 1959 | Nazmi Bilge | Football | 0000 |
| 7. | 1960 | Mithat Bayrak | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 8. | 1961 | Yücel Cavkaytar | Archery | 0000 |
| 9. | 1962 | Metin Oktay | Football | 0000 |
| 10. | 1963 | Muharrem Dalkılıç | Track and Field | 0000 |
| 11. | 1964 | Kazım Ayvaz | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 12. | 1965 | Kemal Öncü | Equestrianism | 0000 |
| 13. | 1966 | Turgay Şeren | Football | 0000 |
| 14. | 1967 | Ahmet Ayık | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 15. | 1968 | İsmail Akçay | Track and Field | 0000 |
| 16. | 1969 | Necdet Yıldırım | Football | 0000 |
| 17. | 1970 | Ali Rıza Alan | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 18. | 1971 | Özden Ezinler | Fencing | 0000 |
| 19. | 1972 | Cemal Kamacı | Boxing | 0000 |
| 20. | 1973 | Yasin Özdenak | Football | 0000 |
| 21. | 1974 | Ersin Aydın | Swimming | 0000 |
| 22. | 1975 | Cemal Kamacı | Boxing | 0000 |
| 23. | 1976 | Veli Ballı | Track and Field | 0000 |
| 24. | 1977 | Cemil Turan | Football | 0000 |
| 25. | 1978 | Ekrem Özdamar | Track and Field | 0000 |
| 26. | 1979 | Şenol Güneş | Football | 0000 |
| 27. | 1980 | Eczacıbaşı SK Woman Volleyball Team | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 28. | 1981 | Efe Aydan | Basketball | 0000 |
| 29. | 1982 | Salih Bora | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 30. | 1983 | Yılmaz Helvacıoğlu | Taekwondo | 0000 |
| 31. | 1984 | Eyüp Can | Boxing | 0000 |
| 32. | 1985 | Galatasaray High School Basketball Team | Basketball | 0000 |
| 33. | 1986 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 34. | 1987 | Naim Süleymanoğlu & Tennur Yerlisu | Weightlifting & Taekwondo | 0000 |
| 35. | 1988 | Naim Süleymanoğlu & Tanju Çolak | Weightlifting & Football | 0000 |
| 36. | 1989 | Rıdvan Dilmen | Football | 0000 |
| 37. | 1990 | Arzu Ceylan | Taekwondo | 0000 |
| 38. | 1991 | Derya Büyükuncu | Swimming | 0000 |
| 39. | 1992 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 40. | 1993 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 41. | 1994 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 42. | 1995 | Turkey national football team | Football | 0000 |
| 43. | 1996 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 44. | 1997 | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 45. | 1998 | Galatasaray S.K. (football team) | Football | 0000 |
| 46. | 1999 | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 47. | 2000 | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 48. | 2001 | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 49. | 2002 | Süreyya Ayhan | Track and field | 0000 |
| 50. | 2003 | Süreyya Ayhan | Track and field | 0000 |
| 51. | 2004 | Atagün Yalçınkaya | Boxing | 0000 |
| 52. | 2005 | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 53. | 2006 | Neslihan Darnel | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 54. | 2007 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Motorcycle Racer | 0000 |
| 55. | 2008 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Track and field | 0000 |
| 56. | 2009 | Bahri Tanrıkulu | Taekwondo | 0000 |
| 57. | 2010 | Nevin Yanıt | Track and field | 0000 |
| 58. | 2011 | Mete Binay | Weightlifting | 0000 |
| 59. | 2012 | Aslı Çakır Alptekin | Track and field | 0000 |
| 60. | 2013 | Arda Turan | Football | 0000 |
| 61. | 2014 | Şahika Ercümen | Freediving | 0000 |
| 62. | 2015 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Motorcycle Racer | 0000 |
| 63. | 2016 | Taha Akgül | Freestyle wrestling | 0000 |
| 64. | 2017 | Ramil Guliyev | Track and field | 0000 |
| 65. | 2018 | Ramil Guliyev | Track and field | 0000 |
| 66. | 2019 | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling | 0000 |
| 67. | 2020 | İbrahim Çolak | Artistic gymnastics | 0000 |
| 68. | 2021 | Mete Gazoz | Archery | 0000 |
| 69. | 2022 | Adem Asil | Artistic gymnastics | 0000 |
| 70. | 2023 | Melissa Vargas | Volleyball | 0000 |

### Sport People of the Year

| No. | Year | Executive of the Year | Job | Info |
| 52. | 2005 | Aziz Yıldırım | Businessperson, President of Fenerbahçe SK | 0000 |
| 53. | 2006 | Ahmet Ağaoğlu | Businessperson, Turkey Golf Federation Chairman | 0000 |
| 54. | 2007 | Aziz Yıldırım | Businessperson, President of Fenerbahçe SK | 0000 |
| 55. | 2008 | Adnan Polat | Businessperson, President of Galatasaray SK | 0000 |
| 56. | 2009 | İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu | Politics, Mayors of Kocaeli | 0000 |
| 57. | 2010 | Turgay Demirel | Commissioner of Turkish Basketball Federation | 0000 |
| 58. | 2011 | Erol Ünal Karabıyık | President of Turkish Volleyball Federation | 0000 |
| 59. | 2012 | Ünal Aysal | Businessperson, President of Galatasaray SK | 0000 |
| 60. | 2013 | Demirhan Şerefhan | President of TBESF | 0000 |
| 61. | 2014 | Cüneyt Çakır | Referee | 0000 |
| 62. | 2015 | Fatih Terim | Head coach of Turkish national football team | 0000 |
| 63. | 2016 | Fikret Orman | Businessperson, President of Beşiktaş JK | 0000 |
| 64. | 2017 | Aziz Yıldırım | Businessperson, President of Fenerbahçe SK | 0000 |

### Manager of the Year

| No. | Year | Manager of the Year | Team | Info |
| 52. | 2005 | Abdullah Avcı | Turkey U-17 Football Team | 0000 |
| 53. | 2006 | Bogdan Tanjević | Turkey national basketball team | 0000 |
| 54. | 2007 | Bülent Uygun | Sivasspor | 0000 |
| 55. | 2008 | Fatih Terim | Turkey national football team | 0000 |
| 56. | 2009 | Mustafa Denizli | Beşiktaş JK | 0000 |
| 57. | 2010 | Bogdan Tanjević | Turkey national basketball team | 0000 |
| 58. | 2011 | Şahin Çatma | Turkey girls youth national volleyball team | 0000 |
| 59. | 2012 | Fatih Terim | Galatasaray SK | 0000 |
| 60. | 2013 | Fatih Terim | Galatasaray SK | 0000 |
| 61. | 2014 | Ersun Yanal | Trabzonspor | 0000 |
| 62. | 2015 | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | Galatasaray SK | 0000 |
| 63. | 2016 | Şenol Güneş | Beşiktaş JK | 0000 |
| 64. | 2017 | Željko Obradović | Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball | 0000 |
| 65. | 2018 | Željko Obradović | Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball | 0000 |
| 66. | 2019 | Şenol Güneş | Beşiktaş | 0000 |
| 67. | 2020 | Ergin Ataman | Anadolu Efes | 0000 |
| 68. | 2021 | Giovanni Guidetti | Turkey women's national volleyball team | 0000 |
| 69. | 2022 | Abdullah Avcı | Trabzonspor | 0000 |
| 70. | 2023 | Daniele Santarelli | Turkey women's national volleyball team | 0000 |

### Team of the Year

| No. | Year | Team of the Year | Branch | Info |
| 33. | 1986 | Küçükyalı 50th Academy Woman Volleyball Team | Volleyball | |
| 34. | 1987 | Turkish National Military Volleyball Team | Volleyball | |
| 35. | 1988 | Üsküdar Girls Academy Volleyball Team | Volleyball | |
| 36. | 1989 | Galatasaray SK | Football | |
| 37. | 1990 | Turkish National Taekwondo Team | Taekwondo | |
| 38. | 1991 | Beşiktaş JK | Football | |
| 39. | 1992 | Turkey national under-20 football team | Football | |
| 40. | 1993 | Galatasaray SK | Football | |
| 41. | 1994 | Trabzonspor | Football | |
| 42. | 1995 | Beşiktaş JK | Football | |
| 43. | 1996 | Anadolu Efes S.K. | Basketball | |
| 44. | 1997 | Galatasaray SK | Football | |
| 45. | 1998 | Turkey National Basketball Team | Basketball | |
| 46. | 1999 | Galatasaray SK | Football | |
| 47. | 2000 | Galatasaray SK | Football | |
| 48. | 2001 | Anadolu Efes S.K. | Basketball | |
| 49. | 2002 | no award | | |
| 50. | 2003 | Beşiktaş JK | Football | |
| 51. | 2004 | Fenerbahçe SK | Football | 0000 |
| 52. | 2005 | Turkey U-17 Football Team | Football | 0000 |
| 53. | 2006 | Turkey National Basketball Team | Basketball | 0000 |
| 54. | 2007 | Fenerbahçe SK | Football | 0000 |
| 55. | 2008 | Turkey National Football Team | Football | 0000 |
| 56. | 2009 | Beşiktaş JK | Football | 0000 |
| 57. | 2010 | Turkey National Basketball Team | Basketball | 0000 |
| 58. | 2011 | Turkey girls youth national volleyball team | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 59. | 2012 | Galatasaray SK | Football | 0000 |
| 60. | 2013 | Vakıfbank SK | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 61. | 2014 | Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) | Basketball | 0000 |
| 62. | 2015 | Turkey National Football Team | Football | 0000 |
| 63. | 2016 | Beşiktaş JK | Football | 0000 |
| 64. | 2017 | Fenerbahçe SK | Basketball | 0000 |
| 65. | 2018 | Vakıfbank SK | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 66. | 2019 | Turkey national football team | Football | 0000 |
| 67. | 2020 | Turkey women's national volleyball team | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 68. | 2021 | Turkey women's national volleyball team | Volleyball | 0000 |
| 69. | 2022 | Anadolu Efes | Basketball | 0000 |
| 70. | 2023 | Turkey women's national volleyball team | Volleyball | 0000 |

### Footballer of the Year

| No. | Year | Footballer of the Year | Team | Info |
| 1. | 1954 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 2. | 1955 | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 3.-4. | 1956-1957 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 5. | 1958 | Varol Ürkmez | Beşiktaş | 0000 |
| 6. | 1959 | Nazmi Bilge | Beşiktaş | 0000 |
| 7.-8. | 1960-1961 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 9. | 1962 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 10-12. | 1963-1965 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 13. | 1966 | Turgay Şeren | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 14-15. | 1967-1968 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 16. | 1969 | Necdet Yıldırım | Eskişehirspor | 0000 |
| 17-19. | 1970-1972 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 20. | 1973 | Yasin Özdenak | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 21-23. | 1974-1976 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 24. | 1977 | Cemil Turan | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 25. | 1978 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 26. | 1979 | Şenol Güneş | Trabzonspor | 0000 |
| 27-31. | 1980-1984 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 32. | 1985 | Zoran Simović | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 33. | 1986 | Zoran Simović | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 34. | 1987 | Zoran Simović | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 35. | 1988 | Tanju Çolak | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 35. | 1988 | Harald Schumacher | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 36. | 1989 | Rıdvan Dilmen | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 36. | 1989 | Harald Schumacher | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 37. | 1990 | Detlef Müller | Sarıyer SK | 0000 |
| 38. | 1991 | Mehmet Özdilek | Beşiktaş | 0000 |
| 39. | 1992 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 40. | 1993 | Reinhard Stumpf | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 41. | 1994 | Shota Arveladze | Trabzonspor | 0000 |
| 42. | 1995 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 43. | 1996 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 43. | 1996 | Gheorghe Hagi | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 44. | 1997 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 44. | 1997 | Uche Okechukwu | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 45. | 1998 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 45. | 1998 | Elvir Baljić | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 46. | 1999 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 46. | 1999 | Gheorghe Hagi | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 47. | 2000 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 47. | 2000 | Gheorghe Hagi | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 48. | 2001 | Rüştü Reçber | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 49. | 2002 | Nihat Kahveci | Real Sociedad | 0000 |
| 50. | 2003 | Sergen Yalçın | Beşiktaş | 0000 |
| 51. | 2004 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 52. | 2005 | Alex De Souza | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 53. | 2006 | Tugay Kerimoğlu | Blackburn Rovers | 0000 |
| 54. | 2007 | Mehmet Aurélio | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 55. | 2008 | Arda Turan | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 56. | 2009 | Arda Turan | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 57. | 2010 | Alex De Souza | Fenerbahçe | 0000 |
| 58. | 2011 | Award not given | | 0000 |
| 59. | 2012 | Selçuk İnan | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 60. | 2013 | Didier Drogba | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 61. | 2014 | Arda Turan | Atlético Madrid | 0000 |
| 62. | 2015 | Arda Turan | Barcelona | 0000 |
| 63. | 2016 | Fernando Muslera | Galatasaray | 0000 |
| 64. | 2017 | Cenk Tosun | Beşiktaş | 0000 |
| 65. | 2018 | Cengiz Ünder | Roma | 0000 |
| 66. | 2019 | Çağlar Söyüncü | Leicester City | 0000 |
| 67. | 2020 | İrfan Can Kahveci | İstanbul Başakşehir | 0000 |
| 68. | 2021 | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Inter Milan | 0000 |
| 69. | 2022 | Enes Ünal | Getafe | 0000 |
| 70. | 2023 | Mauro Icardi | Galatasaray | 0000 |

#### By player

| Rank | Player | wins |
| 1 | Hakan Şükür | 5 |
| 2 | Arda Turan | 4 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Hagi | 3 |
| 3 | Zoran Simović | 3 |
| 4 | Alex De Souza | 2 |
| 4 | Harald Schumacher | 2 |

#### By club

| Rank | Club | Wins |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 22 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 12 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 5 |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 2 |
| 5 | Eskişehirspor | 1 |
| 5 | Sarıyer | 1 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 1 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 1 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 1 |
| 5 | Roma | 1 |
| 5 | Leicester City | 1 |
| 5 | Inter Milan | 1 |
| 5 | Getafe | 1 |
| 5 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 1 |

#### By country

| Rank | Country | Wins |
| 1 | Turkey | 29 |
| 2 | Germany | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 3 | Romania | 3 |
| 4 | Brazil | 2 |
| 5 | Argentina | 1 |
| 5 | Georgia | 1 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 1 |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 1 |