List of sport awards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Start of the Hanover Grand Prix on August 5, 1920

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

General and miscellaneous[]

See also: Category:National sportsperson-of-the-year trophies and awards

American football and Canadian football[]

See also: Category:American football trophies and awards and Category:Canadian football trophies and awards
  • Associated Press College Football Player of the Year – to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States (Associated Press)
  • 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 (Heisman Trophy Trust)
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Vince Lombardi Trophy – to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, the Super Bowl

Association football[]

See also: Category:Association football trophies and awards
A–E
  • 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 (Romania)
  • 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
F
G–M
  • Goal of the Month (Germany)
  • Goal of the Year (Germany)
  • Golden Ball (Czech Republic)
  • Golden Ball (Portugal)
  • 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
N–Z

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 (49 ft) 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[]

See also: Category:Auto racing trophies and awards
  • Astor Cup – originally awarded to Astor Challenge Cup winners (1915-1916), 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

Baseball[]

See also: Baseball awards
  • Baseball Hall of Fame (disambiguation)
  • Commissioner's Trophy – to the Major League Baseball team that wins the World Series
  • Cy Young Award – to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball
  • Gold Glove Award – to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position
  • Manager of the Year Award – to the best managers in Major League Baseball
  • Most Valuable Player Award – to the regular-season most valuable players in Major League Baseball
  • Olympic medalists
  • Rookie of the Year Award – to Major League Baseball's best regular-season rookies

Basketball[]

Beach soccer[]

  • Beach Soccer Stars

Boxing[]

See also: category:Boxing awards
  • Golden Gloves
  • Lonsdale Belt
  • Olympic medalists

Cricket[]

See also: category:Cricket awards and rankings

Cycling[]

Figure skating[]

Golf[]

See also: category:Golf awards

Horse racing[]

  • Ascot Gold Cup (UK)
  • Auckland Cup (New Zealand)
  • Ayr Gold Cup (UK)
  • Caulfield Cup (Australia)
  • Cheltenham Gold Cup (UK)
  • Cox Plate (Australia)
  • Geraldton Gold Cup (Australia)
  • Hollywood Gold Cup (USA)
  • Melbourne Cup (Australia)
  • Queen's Plate (Canada)

Ice hockey[]

North America[]

  • The Stanley Cup

Sweden[]

Lacrosse[]

  • The Minto Cup

Olympic medalists[]

See also: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
  • Alpine skiing
  • Archery
  • Athletics: men and women
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Biathlon
  • Bobsleigh
  • Boxing
  • Canoeing: men and women
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Curling
  • Cycling: men and women
  • Diving
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing: men and women
  • Field hockey
  • Figure skating
  • Football
  • Freestyle skiing
  • Gymnastics: men and women
  • Handball: men and women
  • Ice hockey
  • Judo
  • Luge
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Nordic combined
  • Rowing: men and women
  • Sailing
  • Shooting
  • Short track speed skating
  • Skeleton
  • Ski jumping
  • Snowboarding
  • Softball
  • Speed skating
  • Swimming: men and women
  • Synchronized swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Taekwondo
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water polo: men and women
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling: freestyle and Greco-Roman

Paralympic medalists[]

See also: List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists
  • Alpine skiing
  • Wheelchair curling

Rugby league[]

See also: Category:Rugby league trophies and awards
  • 1989 League Legends Cup – awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the Canberra Raiders and the Wests Tigers
  • Albert Goldthorpe Medal – award to the Super League player of the year by Rugby Leaguer & League Express magazine
  • Auckland Rugby League club trophies – prizes, medals, and awards won by clubs of the Auckland Rugby League
  • Clive Churchill Medal – awarded to the annual National Rugby League Grand final's man-of-the-match
  • Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Honours – prizes, medals, and awards of the National Rugby League team Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
  • Dally M Awards – the National Rugby League's official annual awards ceremony
  • Foley Shield – awarded to the winners of the annual inter-city competition of North Queensland
  • Harry Sunderland Trophy – awarded to the annual Super League Grand final's man-of-the-match
  • The Immortals – the top six players in Australian history according to Rugby League Week
  • J. J. Giltinan Shield – awarded annually to the National Rugby League season's minor premiers
  • Jack Gibson Cup – awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters clubs
  • Johnny Mannah Cup – awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Sydney Roosters clubs
  • Lance Todd Trophy – awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man-of-the-match
  • League Leader's Shield – awarded annually to Super League's leaders at the end of the regular season
  • Mal Meninga Medal – awarded to the Canberra Raiders player of the year
  • Man of Steel Awards – awarded annually to the Super League player of the year
  • RLIF Awards – the Rugby League International Federation's annual awards ceremony
  • Ron Coote Cup – awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters clubs
  • Rothmans Medal – awarded annually to the best and fairest player of the New South Wales Rugby League and the Brisbane Rugby League
  • Royal Agricultural Society Shield – awarded to the annual winners of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in its early years
  • Charity Shield (NRL) – awarded to the winner of an annual pre-season match between National Rugby League clubs the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons
  • Rugby League World Golden Boot Award – awarded annually to the player of the year according to Rugby League World magazine
  • South Sydney Rabbitohs competition honours – prizes, medals, and awards of the National Rugby League team South Sydney Rabbitohs
  • Super League Dream Team
  • Thacker Shield – awarded annually to the winner of a match between the champion clubs of the Canterbury Rugby League and West Coast Rugby League
  • Wally Lewis Medal – awarded annually to the player of the State of Origin series

Rugby union[]

  • The Webb Ellis Cup

Domestic trophies[]

  • European:
    • European Rugby Champions Cup – a competition involving leading club, regional, and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales
    • European Challenge Cup – the second-tier competition to the European Rugby Champions Cup
    • European Shield – a defunct repechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup (no longer awarded)
    • Heineken Cup (no longer awarded)
  • France:
  • Great Britain and Ireland:
    • Anglo-Welsh Cup – (aka LV Cup, a cup competition for English and Welsh top-level club teams)
    • British and Irish Cup – a cup competition for British and Irish semi-pro club teams
  • New Zealand:
    • ITM Cup – New Zealand's annual professional domestic competition
    • Meads Cup – a cup played for between provincial teams during the Heartland Championship, the second-tier domestic league
    • Lochore Cup – the secondary trophy in the Heartland Championship
    • Ranfurly Shield – a trophy between provincial teams
  • South Africa:
    • Currie Cup �� South Africa's premier domestic competition
  • Southern Hemisphere:

International two-team challenge trophies[]

IRB Awards[]

IRB Awards (includes two awards given by the International Rugby Players' Association as part of the awards program):

  • IRB Development Award
  • IRB International Coach of the Year
  • IRB International Player of the Year
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year
  • IRB International Team of the Year
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award
  • IRPA Special Merit Award
  • IRPA Try of the Year
  • Melrose Cup – to the winners of the Rugby World Cup Sevens
  • Webb Ellis Cup – to the winners of the Rugby World Cup

Sailing[]

  • Awards:
    • ISAF World Sailor of the Year
  • Trophies:

Tennis[]

  • Grand Slam trophies:
    • Australian Open
    • French Open
    • US Open
    • Wimbledon
  • World championship trophies:
    • Davis Cup
    • Fed Cup
    • Hopman Cup

Water polo[]

Other sports[]

References[]

Retrieved from ""