PAP Poll for the best 10 athletes of the year in Europe

Previous winners

1958 Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland/athletics)

1959 Wassiliy Kuzniecov (USSR/athletics)

1960 Yuriy Vlasov (USSR/weightlifting)

1961 Valery Brumel (USSR/athletics)

1962 Valery Brumel

1963 Valery Brumel

1964 Lidia Skoblikova (USSR/speed skating)

1965 Michael Jazy (France/athletics)

1966 Irena Szewiska (Poland/athletics)

1967 Jean-Claude Killy (France. alpine skiing)

1968 Jean-Claude Killy

1969 Eddy Merckx (Belgium/cycling)

1970 Eddy Merckx

1971 Juha Vaeaetaeinen (Finland/athletics)

1972 Lasse Viren (Finland/athletics)

1973 Kornelia Ender (GDR/swimming)

1974 Irena Szewiska (Poland/athletics)

1975 Kornelia Ender

1976 Nadia Comaneci (Romania/artistic gymnastics)

1977 Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR/athletics)

1978 Vladimir Jashchenko (USSR/athletics)

1979 Sebastian Coe (Great Britain/athletics)

1980 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR/swimming)

1981 Sebastian Coe

1982 Daley Thompson (Great Britain/athletics)

1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czechoslovakia/athletics)

1984 Michael Gross (BRD/swimming)

1985 Siergiey Bubka (USSR/athletics)

1986 Heike Drechsler (GDR/athletics)

1987 Stephen Roche (Ireland/cycling)

1988 Steffi Graf (BRD/tennis)

1989 Steffi Graf

1990 Stefan Edberg (Sweden/tennis)

1991 Katrin Krabbe (Germany/athletics)

1992 Nigel Mansell (Great Britain/Formula 1)

1993 Linford Christie (Great Britain/athletics)

1994 Johan Olav Koss (Norway/speed skating)

1995 Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain/athletics)

1996 Svetlana Mastierkova (Russia/athletics)

1997 Martina Hingis (Switzerland/tennis)

1998 Mika Haekkinen (Finland/Formula 1)

1999 Gabriela Szabo (Romania/athletics)

2000 Inge de Bruijn (Netherland/swimming)

2001 Michael Schumacher (Germany/Formula 1)

2002 Michael Schumacher

2003 Michael Schumacher

2004 Roger Federer (Switzerland/tennis)

2005 Roger Federer and Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia/athletics)

2006 Roger Federer

2007 Roger Federer

2008 Rafael Nadal (Spain/tennis)

2009 Roger Federer

2010 Rafael Nadal

2011 Novak Djokovic (Serbia/tennis)

2012 Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Formula 1)

2013 Sebastian Vettel

2014 Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain/Formula 1)

2015 Novak Djokovic (Serbia/tennis)

2016 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/football)

2017 Cristiano Ronaldo

2018 Novak Djokovic

2019 Lewis Hamilton

2020 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/football)

2021 Novak Djokovic (Serbia/tennis)

2022 Iga witek (Poland/tennis)

2023 Novak Djokovic