# BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year

The BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year is the most prestigious annual sport award in Wales. It was first awarded in 1954, and is currently organised by BBC Cymru Wales. Throughout much of its early history, the award was presented at its own televised ceremony.
Following a trial in 2002, the competition has been open to public voting, rather than a decision being made within the competition prior to this. It later reverted to being chosen by an expert panel of judges.

## Winners

| Year | Name | Field |
| 2024 | Emma Finucane | Track cycling |
| 2023 | Emma Finucane | Track cycling |
| 2022 | Olivia Breen | Para-athletics |
| 2021 | Lauren Price | Boxing |
| 2019 | Alun Wyn Jones | Rugby union |
| 2018 | Geraint Thomas | Cycling |
| 2017 | Jonathan Davies | Rugby union |
| 2016 | Jade Jones | Taekwondo |
| 2015 | Dan Biggar | Rugby union |
| 2014 | Geraint Thomas | Cycling |
| 2013 | Leigh Halfpenny | Rugby union |
| 2012 | Jade Jones | Taekwondo |
| 2011 | Chaz Davies | Motorcycle racing |
| 2010 | Gareth Bale | Football |
| 2009 | Ryan Giggs | Football |
| 2008 | Shane Williams | Rugby union |
| 2007 | Joe Calzaghe | Boxing |
| 2006 | Joe Calzaghe | Boxing |
| 2005 | Gareth Thomas | Rugby union |
| 2004 | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Wheelchair racing |
| 2003 | Nicole Cooke | Road bicycle racing |
| 2002 | Mark Hughes | Football |
| 2001 | Joe Calzaghe | Boxing |
| 2000 | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Wheelchair racing |
| 1999 | Colin Jackson | Athletics (110-metre hurdles) |
| 1998 | Iwan Thomas | Athletics (400 metres) |
| 1997 | Scott Gibbs | Rugby union |
| 1996 | Ryan Giggs | Football |
| 1995 | Neville Southall | Football |
| 1994 | Steve Robinson | Boxing |
| 1993 | Colin Jackson | Athletics (110-metre hurdles) |
| 1992 | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Wheelchair racing |
| 1991 | Ian Woosnam | Golf |
| 1990 | Ian Woosnam | Golf |
| 1989 | Stephen Dodd | Golf |
| 1988 | Colin Jackson | Athletics (110-metre hurdles) |
| 1987 | Ian Woosnam | Golf |
| 1986 | Kirsty Wade | Athletics (middle distances) |
| 1985 | Steve Jones | Marathon |
| 1984 | Ian Rush | Football |
| 1983 | Colin Jones | Boxing |
| 1982 | Steve Barry | Race walker |
| 1981 | John Toshack | Football |
| 1980 | Duncan Evans | Golf |
| 1979 | Terry Griffiths | Snooker |
| 1978 | Johnny Owen | Boxing |
| 1977 | Phil Bennett | Rugby union |
| 1976 | Mervyn Davies and the Wales national rugby union team | Rugby union |
| 1975 | Arfon Griffiths | Football |
| 1974 | Gareth Edwards | Rugby union |
| 1973 | Berwyn Price | Athletics (100 metres hurdles) |
| 1972 | Richard Meade | Eventing |
| 1971 | John Dawes, the Wales national rugby union team and the British Lions | Rugby union |
| 1970 | David Broome | Show jumping |
| 1969 | Tony Lewis | Cricket |
| 1968 | Martyn Woodroffe | Swimming |
| 1967 | Howard Winstone | Boxing |
| 1966 | Lynn Davies | Athletics (long jump) |
| 1965 | Clive Rowlands | Rugby union |
| 1964 | Lynn Davies | Athletics (long jump) |
| 1963 | Howard Winstone | Boxing |
| 1962 | Ivor Allchurch | Football |
| 1961 | Bryn Meredith | Rugby union |
| 1960 | Brian Curvis | Boxing |
| 1959 | Graham Moore | Football |
| 1958 | Howard Winstone | Boxing |
| 1957 | Dai Rees | Golf |
| 1956 | Joe Erskine | Boxing |
| 1955 | John Disley | Athletics (3000 metre steeplechase) |
| 1954 | Ken Jones | Rugby union, Athletics (sprinting) |
No award was made in 2020 due to the effects on sport of the Covid-19 pandemic.