Summary

  • Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020

  • Jordan Henderson second; Hollie Doyle third

  • Team of the Year: Liverpool FC

  • Coach of the Year: Jurgen Klopp

  • Expert Panel special award: Marcus Rashford

  • Unsung Hero: Sgt Matt Ratana

  • Helen Rollason award: Captain Tom Moore

  • Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero: Tobias Weller

  • Young Sports Personality of the Year: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

  • World Sport Star of the Year: Khabib Nurmagomedov

Live Reporting

Emma Sanders

  1. Spoty winner - Lewis Hamilton

    #Spoty

    Your BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020 - Lewis Hamilton.

    Read the full story here.

    Lewis Hamilton wins SpotyBBC Sport

  2. That's all from us tonight!

    Some incredible achievements in sport this year. Make sure you check out all the content on the website from tonight's winners and contenders.

    I'll leave you with one final post...

  3. Get Involved

    #Spoty

    Kay Fletcher: Well deserved Lewis Hamilton - such an inspiration on and off track!! Get in there Champ!!

    J Marcelo: Congratulations Lewis Hamilton on winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2020! #SPOTY bigger than a sportsman, a example of human and conscius person.

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  5. Tonight's BBC Spoty winners

    • Sports Personality of the Year - Lewis Hamilton
    • Team of the Year - Liverpool
    • Coach of the Year - Jurgen Klopp
    • World Sport Star of the Year - Khabib Nurmagomedov
    • Young Sports Personality of the Year - Andrea Spendolini
    • Unsung Hero - Sgt Matt Ratana
    • Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero - Tobias Weller
    • Expert Panel Special Award - Marcus Rashford
    • Helen Rollason Award - Captain Tom Moore

  6. Remembering the stars we lost

    A host of figures from the world of sport passed away in 2020.

    Here, we remember the sporting names who have died since the 2019 Sports Personality of the Year programme.

  7. Get Involved

    #Spoty

    Richard: Some worthy candidates but it would have been a complete travesty if Lewis hadn’t won. Only one man in the history of the world (OK, since 1950 but that’s still 70 years) has come anywhere close to what he’s done and soon Lewis will leave him trailing too. Awesome.

    Andrew Webb: I will say well done to Hollie Doyle finishing third. Her year she has had with victories at Royal Ascot, Windsor and Champions Day was great for horse racing.

  8. Here are a few of the powerful stories from tonight's show.

    Rob Burrow's quest to raise awareness for MND

    Sports Personality of the Year: Sgt Matt Ratana wins Unsung Hero award

    Sports Personality of the Year: Marcus Rashford receives Expert Panel Special Award

    Captain Sir Tom Moore

  9. 'Dream the impossible'

    Lewis Hamilton clinched a seventh World Championship and became the most successful racing driver ever with a masterful victory in the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday.

    The Mercedes driver equalled Michael Schumacher's achievement in terms of titles, after already surpassing the German's number of race wins last month.

    Victory at a treacherously wet and slippery Istanbul Park track in a topsy-turvy race was the 94th of the 35-year-old Briton's career.

    As he received the congratulations of his team, Hamilton was almost overcome with emotion in the car after the race, saying: "To all the kids out there, dream the impossible."

    Once out of the car, he added: "Seven is just unimaginable but when you work with such a great group of people and you really trust each other, there is just no end to what you can do together.

    "I feel like I'm only just getting started, it's really weird."

    Read all about Hamilton from BBC's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson.

  10. Get Involved

    #Spoty

    Amy: Congratulations Lewis Hamilton on winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2020! Grinning like an idiot on my sofa right now! SO HAPPY!

    James Stevenson: Congratulations Lewis Hamilton on winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2020! The only option and clearly the best option. Legend.

  11. After Lewis Hamilton secured his record-equalling seventh World Championship, BBC Sport looked back at his career in illustrations.

    'Recognise me now?' Lewis Hamilton's career illustrated

  12. 'Thank you from the bottom of my heart'

    BBC One

    Spoty winner Lewis Hamilton, speaking to BBC One: "I want to say congratulations to all the incredible nominees. I'm so proud of what they have achieved. I want to say thank you to everyone that has voted for me. I wasn't expecting this knowing there's so many great contenders.

    "I want to say Merry Christmas to everyone - it's been such an unusual year and I want to mention all the frontline workers and all the children round the world, I want you to try and stay positive through this difficult time, I'm sending you all positivity. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

  13. Gary Lineker waves "good night" and that's a wrap for Sports Personality of the Year 2020!

  14. Brilliant message from Lewis Hamilton to "all the kids out there".

    "You have what it takes to be great."

  15. Confirmation of the final results:

    1) Lewis Hamilton

    2) Jordan Henderson

    3) Hollie Doyle

  16. Lewis Hamilton collects his award on Zoom and you can hear his phone pinging off!

  17. Winner - Lewis Hamilton
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    Sports Personality of the Year

    Lewis Hamilton is named BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020.

    .BBC Sport

  18. In second place... Jordan Henderson!

  19. In third place... Hollie Doyle!

  20. Here we go...

    Kevin Sinfield is here to announce the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020 winner!