As one of the most happening spoty year, is about to end, the BBC Sports has just announced 'the Sports Personality of the Year nominees,' and sports enthusiasts can’t hold their breaths.
A short list of six contenders has been announced for the 2025 BBC sports Personality of the Year award.
The nominees include England footballers Hannah Hampton and Chloe Kelly, rugby union player Ellie Kildunne, darts player Luke Littler, golfer Rory McIlroy and Formula 1 driver Lando Norris.
Director of BBC Sport, Alex Kay-Jelski, said, “This has been a breathtaking year for sport, driven by athletes whose performances belong in the history books and each one has delivered moments of pure brilliance that have defined 2025.
“It's been incredible to watch, and I can't wait to honor their achievements and to see who the nation chooses as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025.”
The voting will take place during the show on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
The Team of the Year award will also be decided by a public vote, with contenders to be announced on December 15, 2025.
The six nominees include:
Hannah is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women’s Super League club Chelsea and the England national team.
In 2025,she won the world's best female goalkeeper at the Ballon d'Or awards and became joint winner of the WSL's Golden Glove award with 13 clean sheets in 22 games at club level.
Her current teams are Chelsea F.C. Women and England women’s national football team.
English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women’s Super League Club Arsenal and the England national team.
Kelly is European Championship and Champions League winner
She is the hero of the Euro 2022 final, showing big moments by scoring the decisive penalty as the Lionesses retained the trophy.
She was also an integral part of Arsenal's Champions League success and was fifth in the Women's Ballon d'Or voting.
Her current teams include Arsenal W.F.C. and the England women’s national football team
Ellie Kildunne is an English Rugby union player and member of England women’s national Rugby union team.
Ellie was named World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year at the World Rugby Awards in 2024.
She scored four tries as England once again recorded a Grand Slam as they retained their Six Nations title in 2025.
Ellie also scored 14 tries for Harlequins during the 2024-25 season.
She is currently playing with Great Britain.
Litter is an English professional darts player and the Youngest darts world champion in history with a dominant victory over Michael van Gerwen in the final.
His subsequent victory at the World Matchplay made him only the fifth player to complete the PDC Triple Crown of World Championship, Premier League and Matchplay titles.
Additionally,Litter's triumph in November's Grand Slam of Darts showed he climbed to world number one for the first time.
He currently competes in the Professional Darts Corporation PDC.
Irish Professional golfer Mcllory was titled as European golfer of the year 2012,2014, and 2015
He is a former number one golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking and spent 100 weeks in that position.
Additionally,he also won Masters Tournament in 2025
British car racing driver Norris who competes in Formula 1 for McLaren
He secured McLaren's first drivers' championship since 2008 in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Norris had won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 2025 with McLaren and has won 11 Grands Prix across seven seasons.
